Betweencrestviewandmilton Florida — September 1967

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Keywords: crestvie, stroked, florida, sparsely, pensacola, server, aryland, rolled, hinds, colorado, single, observer, officer, circled, lights, stayed, neportad, oboervar, coustant, pherics, ocking, windova, luoft, la8sifitj, kcati
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t-'KUJt:l.l IUU/:.S r{tCU:.W fC' a~. TE . T IME GROUP 2. LOCATION . . 1 1 28 Sept 6 7 28/ 0700Z Betwee::l Crestvie~i & Hilton 13. SOURCE ~ 10, CONCLUSION d. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I Not neportad 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION I Ground-Yisual ,7. COURSE t S e e Casa 8 . PHOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE INSUFFICI~IT DATA FO~ EVALUATIO~ The sighting wa s not r e;orted untill more than 6 months loter. Becaus e of the age of the r eport it is being evaluated as insufficient date. . 11. BRIEF SUMMARY A ND ANALYSIS The oboervar sighted 6 very bright, coustant red. s pherics) -lights. The li~to traveled in single fil e d circled observers car. Ha tried t o outrun them but they stayed ahead of him as if z:::ocking u.s. The oboerver s t o pped imd th p lights buz.z.sd.his car. \"/he n the observer reached a sparsely J.?Opu.late d area the c~ase ended. .A.t acme t~ durins the observation the observe r rolled down his windova a4d heard a lo~ pitch sort of h~. FTD SE P 6 3 0-329 (TOE} Prnlou,.d.lUOft ot thla fof"al ~1 b. u .. d U' '~LA8SIFITJ) EJi'TO COL KCATI::G Let t er report of observer. 2 . Envelope containing his lette r . Forwarding military correspondence. 3. Iu view of lapse of time since observation , and non-urgency of above report, all copies o f this NSG a."ld of its Atch are being t :-.:Lnsmitted by airmail only to all a\:-..<.lressees, t o avoid burdening commQ~ications' circuit s on a weekend. NAYJ\L AIR STATIO N PEI'iSACOLA. FLORIDA 32:508 Cc::1:.1c-nding Officer , J'.11avru. Air 3tation, Pensacola, ?J.o-rir'l,a 3<.1 J.3 Co:n :n..1der, Air Proving G:round Ce~ter, Egli n Air F _rc~ .:;e, Flo:.rida 32542 3ubj: Report of Unidenti?ied Flying Oojects Encl : (1) Letter vrrj.tten 1Jy ltr 1. Enclosure (1) prov.i.des a vrritten statement alleging the sighting of six unidentified flying o"ojccts on 28 September 1967. Records at this station disclose no infornation of any sort to substa~tiate or e}~lain this reported incident. The report is forivarded to your office for rmy further action you deem necessary. 320lst AB Gp (PGBO) E . N . .tJ.BREC!-:.'T B:r direction In accordance with APGC Supplement #1, 28 Feb 67, to AFR 80-17, the atta ed is forwarded for such action as you deem appropriate. /. Jlu\fES P . S'!'E':T.ArtT, Lt Colonel, USAF ~ Ch, Operations & Training Division (for i::f') onlJ) JOINT MESSAOErORM ' SE.CUFIITY Ci..ASSIFICATION OOOK MUI.Tl SINCLE TYPE M S G PRECEDENCE AC TI0:-1 :,AIL RESEfWEO FOE? COMMUNICATION CENTF.R AffiC EGLD! AFB FLA 32542 SPECIAL INSTRUCTIO.'IS UNCLAS EFTO FGFS J!'TD I TD.GTR, Hright -..?atterson AFJ , Ohio L~5433. C SAF I AFRDC, Hq USAF, Pe!'Jt agon, Has hingt on, OSAFI SAFOI, Hq USAF, Pentagon, l.Jashington, AFSC / SCF (UFO Officer), Andre\'IS AF3 , l-id. 32 AIRDDT I DOI, Gunter J1..73 , Alabama 35976 University of Colorado, :oulder, Colorado Co:nmanding Officer, ( Co d.e AJT.), I. a val Air Station, Pensacola, Florida 32508 ADC I ADOII'., Ent AFB, Colorado 80912 Utiiif COLORADO FOR DR. C01IDotf. Su'~j: U::?O Report (U). THIS HSG IN THREE PA-~S. 1 . P.eferences: c . APGC Suppl l , to AFR 80-17, 28 Feb 67 addressees). I TY?EO "'AME AND TITLE PHON::: R ~? TURE ". I T '3:Zi Z '1 G::!:RSHATER t,.-~PEO (or 4/om;:>ltd/ N~E: A N D TITLE e I!.TELLIG"E! CE P83~RCH SPECIALIST ,.... i :ALT3R F . -!z:EATD'.G, COLOLEL, USAl. .t b-R DI?2CTOti. 0::.' F OREIGit T~C;:IJ..OLO.::TY Ul..CLASSIFTZD EFTO ' I :"JOV. oJ U:.CLASSIFIED !!:FTO COL l.' .t,'l'llfG 2 . :-'eporting Data: n . Description of objects: (1) Shape : Spherical or globul~::-. (2) Siz e comparison to known obj-:ct: UITIC "very b right consta.11t red light". (5) Formation: Single file . (6) Discernible features/details: "At no time did the li.;!l-cs pulsate, flick e r or dim. (7) Tail, etc: :negative report. \ie rolled our ~or...ndows down as the car Ha3 airconditioned . Upon doing this, a loud noise was apparent, the tone was of a low pitch, aort of a hum. . . ( 9) Pertinent or lli>usual features: Hot far from the i r position another red light appeared to b e in the woods not far from the -cr acks which i n turn was only a few hundred yards from us, this or.e ?re~nously not with theogroup remained at that spot. Suddenly -che six U . F . 0 . ' s began to move towards us, to put it bluntly -we go~ tne hell out of there!" a . Description of Objects' Course: when first sighted they appeared to b e marker lights tho witho~t any suspension m;cLASSIFIED EFTO U. CLM.>SHTED 't''t' O '\stat ion~n-y in a -;-;orth-Hesterly posit ion '\oThile against a clear night sky ... all six 'lights' started to move in a procession of one after another the same single file order they hel d while By this time the six objects had circled our car keep ing the same approxima~e altitude and distance when they abruptly stopped. Up to that time v1e were trying t o out-run them from about 70 m.p.h. to 130 m. p . h . (high stroked 396 SS Chevy). Em.;ever, they kept up and stayed slightly ahead as if ooc~ing u s . Finally they stopped off the passenger side , in turn we decided to stop. As we separated . The out . . the objects still in s~ngle file moved a fe"' thousand yards "uehind the group after which the next t o the last one (5~h) slowly d escended to hover above the tree tops. After making these maneuvers they remained so for a few sec . . At this point they gathered at the spot where w~ had been and lined up in a front line position. After circling the area they proceeded to buzz u s resum1ng finally their original positions~ Upon reaching a sparsely populated area the chase-ended. " Hhat first called attention o~ observers to objects? (2) O~jects when first observed: rr..rcLASSIFIED it'f'!'O ll',CLAGSI?IED ~,-''TO COL KF~f\'f D G (a) Elevation: "approximately three to four thousand feet in altitude. Estimated: at about a 4::>-45 degree (above the horizon) . b) Azimuth: approximately 31 5 degrees (1.1-T). (3) Objects ' elevation and azimuth upon disa~pearance: (4) Description of flight path and ~aneuvers of o~jects: suo-paras 2 a(9) and 2b, a bove. (5) ;.Jethod of objects' disappearance: (6) Duration of visibility: t;.;x, c . Nanner of observation : (1) Ground-visu a l . ical aids: negative reported. ( 3 ) Airborne: N/A. cl.. Time/Date of Sighting: Approximately: osooz, 0200 ( C!T), TEURS, 28 SEP e . Location of observers : U. S . F~ghway 90 somewhere bet.veen the munici!Jalities of Crestvie\>T 'tilton, Florida" (3033.lf; 870230H). ~ie >;Tere trareling ;vest ... (cstinated approximately 22 lR-1 .'.,,I of !3ase Op::1s, Eglin AFI3, Fla. ) . Identifying information on Observer s : (1) Deporting observer: ltimore, l'"aryland 21206. !lo other info available . (2) Second o~server: never identified. Heather and Hinds-Aloft Conditions: (1) O~server' s Account of ~;-1( conditions: "a clear night ( 2) Report f rom Det 10, 6th ~:;: \ling ( l !AC), Egli:J AF3 , (a) Hinds' Altitude, direction and velocity: So angels, unaraila.::Jle. ang , 086 degrees, degrees, 57 kts. ~if.c d.Rtt Surface, 3::-== I'~ U~CLASSI?l~D EFTO U?.CLASSIFIF.D I'2TfJ COL r~F.A'.:'I:.G Officer, Dlre(:torate o f Foreign Tecb-10logy ( ?GF), q ARJC (A:FSC), E~lin AFB, Florida 3251.~2; Telephones: :>uty: Autovon 8'39-1400; Extension 332- 1823; Quarters: Ar e a Corle: 904; 243- 0348. (2) Comments and observatio n s : (a) U. S . Eiglr,.;ay 90, bet-v1een Crestvie,., and t.:ilton, Florid a , is a two- lane , non-divided highway, containing so:ne curves with hills f r om l::E to ST!l. ~ oted that o~server reoorts driving " ... from about 70 moh to 130 mph ( high-stroked 396 S . S . Chev~' at 0200 hrs. P..ny commen~ woul(!. ':>e suoerfluous . (b) Observer f ailed to supply n ame and address of allcgeu s e c ond ooserve r (co~panion) o r any information aoout (c) Obse~rer wai~ed slightly more than six (6) full months b efore mailing his undated letter, (postmarked ";3alti.more, Haryland, 2 April 196.9). Nearest A:'3 ~observer's return maili n g - address i s Andrer.o1s AF3 , ~aryland. A copy o= this message and of its Atch ere bei~g transmittec to ASC (SC7/G7 0 Officer ) . If further info i s desired, s uggest contac t o f latter. (e) Transmitt ed to eac h addre s see of this ~!SG ~re one copy of each of follo ng: