1. DATE T .M: ~ROUP 3. :iOUF:C:E t 4. Nllt.~t\ER CF OoJECTS 5 . LEt-i~TH 0~ OBSERVATION i 7. cc~.RSE e. Ptf07~S PROJECT 10073 RECO~D 2. LOCATION .asn1nc, on, 10. CONCLUSION Probably hot air balloon released in Georgetown area . 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object \vas round and red i n color. Lic;ht appeared to flush a t ~imes. All observers stated object wa s overhead) and o e~ t, d isapp eared suddenly. z NR fJ P_,. PJ ~::Fu"~IC~'lr 5. D~T~ILS: LIGHT ~?P~A~FD TO rL ~T TI~E~. ~0 T~tL, F~ f\ T tJ ~ S R EPORT~D. 1. ~!-'~ ,;'?~:-~VSRS REPO?.TED ~IGHTING T~': 08,J~CT RY "CCJOr.:NT. NO ~I~?0 RNE SIGHTIN~. TIN!E S!t;HTIN"iS: V TIC6l T p ~RADI~NT: 3 D RE~S C/ 1,000 FT. ~0 ~TTE~PT ~ADE TO INT C~PT. OONC~R~Jt'NG THIS OBJ~CT BY TH~: B~SS OP'-="RATI'J~,c, OlJTY OFFIGC:::?, ~ BoLLOON ~liT~ LlGHTS. W~SHIN~TO~ CC'~T AND MEMO FOR THE RECORD SUR.JECT: UFO Observations, M:1ryland , 22 Aug 6'( At 091?, 24 Aug 67, Major Quintanilla spoke with Cap V:tin J e nsen a nd Lt ~Ji e lson of the Public Information Office, Andrews AFB, Mnryland Lc.. ::.:.:-lson had investigated the reports on this p~r:-tieular UFO. Lt Nielson if he had checked with the pollee depnrtr.1ent :his sighting. He said he hadn't but he had heard that the nolice c.e~ _:~t.:nent had mode observations of t he UFO. HaJor Quintanilla explaine d tt3~ we also felt tha t the observation ~us a balloon but confirm~tions frc~ someone (like t~e police dep~rtment) is need~d before ve can rel=ase a statement "t.) th~ public that it ,.,as fl bolloon. Lt. Nielson s a 5_j he would check wl t h the police depart!llent but he "-'3Sn 't sure tL~t he could get a confirmation. Lt Nielson commented that r1ICAP repo r ..,. 'If.e NBC film report left no doubt that it "'as a ~:.lloon for eviden t.l:; t.his p erson h:td observed one go up the night ce re. Major in~ an:lla asked Lt. Nielson to call the lady in the doc ntary and fin~ o~t where she h~d gotten her confirm3tion. Lt. ~i::.e-:.:;~n didn't unclP.!"'s~a:1d W'hy he should get a confirm~ttion from h e r s::.r.~ = t he film left-~o d.:>ubt that it was a balloon. r~1aJor Quintanilla e;~::..:--~:::ed that we n~-::dej a confirmation before we c a n release a statement ,::..s a balloon. Captain Jenson then azked what c!?:::-:. _:s:; ~,o.;::.r: ~e.: 7:0 .:..;o,; who was in t eres ted in "vhis. tvtajor Qulnt:1nilla in.: .. ::-:--::-:::: n..:.m that it -.,~s Public at S::1foi that had had the inquiries ~e must give t~en1 a otatement. Captain Jen~on sal d -Lhey would tr,. ::.o ~=c a conf)rrnation. Lt. Nielson se..ld Lhat the sk.t \-lD.G ov~rco.st to 12 ,000 ft ond the oir "-'d.S very still. Their ext0nsion ls li-511. At 0930, Major Quintanilla spoke with Mr. Jim Newton of Public Relations, SAFUI regarding thi.s observation. Wanted to kno'wo. if Publ!.c was still getting inquiries on this sighting. Public hntl gotten onl~ t-wo press inquiries, however Community relations had had several. t.~ajor Quintanilla 'informed Mr. Newton that he had spoken wlth Andrews a~d wanted them to get us a confirmation. Major Quintanilla also ir:~o:-:ned t~. Newton of the statement that was given in a news report t the observation was a balloon, and that Andrews was checking Mr. Newton said the only release that they gave out ~as tt the case is currently under investigation. FOn THE RECORD Subject: UFO Reports, Wash D C Rren, 22 Aue 67 Lt ~ielson of Andrews AFD, Ohto spoke ~ith rding additionul info tio~ he had been able to gather on the Gightin8s rnadc in the \.:~::._.::, :;t):1 D C area on 22 August 6'(. Lt Nielson checked wl th the D.C. p.: ~-.... .::. department and F!llington police department. The y '\r.lere ncga tive, :1 0 -:~licement ob5erved a UFO nor did anyone turn in a bo.lloon. Lt. N:..::.:..::;oz, also talked to a private citizen and he told Lt Nielson that he ... '.:!.S standing in dO"..lrltO'WTl Georgcto"'rn and there wa s a policeTi13.n on the ~orner who -was al3o w:ttchine this object. Lt Nielson has been unQ.~!.e to get in touch vith the policeman, however, he comes on duty at :p:n and he will try to reach him then. L:. .:ielson also spoke ,~'!. tr. Lt Col Builta who is with the Scientific an.: ~echnical Dlvisiru1 of DIA. Lt Col Builta said that based on eve~j~hing he has se d heard the object was most probably a surface bal:oo~ ~ith some ~i of light tied onto it. ~sked Lt Niels if everyone reported that the color was red ss.id yes. to see if any of their pilots had obse::-.-:>.:: -:.: ~ UFO. The tower said none obs~rved the UFO. However, L~. ':e:5J~ said he could perso~ally check each airline if one of had observed the UFO if ~R.jor Quintanilla "'unld "'nnt him to dv ~-;). I informecl Lt Nielson thnt would call him back in approxit!1f.l Lely 1} hours REPL. Y TO DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS, 100 1 S T AIR O A!.>E W I N G (HQ C OMO USAF) ANDREWS AIR FORC E BASE, WASHINGTON O C 20 3 3 1 WlO/Lt Nielsen/4511 UFO Sighting, 22 August 1967, \~as hi ng ton, D. C 1. Reference is made to the n1essage sent from this Headquarters, 23 :~..:gust 1967, concerning subject sighting 2. An investigation conducted by the undersigned has failed to posi~ively identify the object sighted over the Georgetown area of Wa gton, D. C. at 2200 hours (local) 22 August 1967. 3. However, I was able to locate a Washington, D. C. policeman who sai~ the ob ect looked like a flare (red, railroad flare). of Av~nue, Oxon Hill, Maryland stated that he was on duty in the Georgetown area on 22 August 1967. He observed an object which he described as an intense red light, like a flare. He sai:! he could not see anything above or belo\-1 the light. Ha said he fi~3~ saw the light afte r noticing othe r groups of people looking up in~'"' the sky. The object made no sound. He said it was almost over- head and eared to go up and out of sight. At the time of the sig~ting was standing on the corne r of Wisconsin and Q Streets in :he District. 4. Crist stated that his first r eaction to the object was that it was a :la~e. He also state d that anothe r policeman told him he had seen the sa~e object thre e nights in a row (21, 22 and 23 ~ugust 1967). I have not been able to locate the othe r policeman. 5. 1 discussed with r~3u1t of a prank. s.:-.~ :he object. the possibility of this object b eing the a~d that WaS \That he thought it \-laS when he t o watch for the object to appear again and l e t me v.o...::~, a nd '"ould also advise the other policemen in 7. It is my opinion that the object sighted over Georgetown on 22 August 1967 was either a red light or a red flare attached to a large balloon released by someone as a hoax. I plan to take no further ac~io~ unless the object reappears. w:r-~dn D. NIELSEN, 1st Lt, USAF u70 Investigative Officer Copy to: University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado 80302 ATTN: Dr. Condon