PROJECI ivv73 . C~)~<0 j1. DA;rE"il~cGROU? 2. LOCATIO N 'vii tues~es; 4. ~UMBER OF OBJECTS 15 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION l l L'ilinute 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLuiiiOI'- PROBABLE t ( H<Yl' Al ~ 'iJA 1 .Y .OCN) Tho description is suitable 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS to that of a garmet bag bot air Observer sighted a l uminous yellow light that moved ac=os~ thJ sky at the speed of an E o satellite. It finally gavo a \ appearance of disentegrating when it drop~ed 3 or 4 smaller j yellow pe:ces, which burned out before they reached t be grounl. a !lA' a _.. , lUI 57 ....... .,_ .IWW.lU:cliGflloill!~abQSSi ~r. Coo.cion Uti vera1 t y of Co1orado 202 woodtru...,y H.nl J Boulder, Colorad.o 80302 ~ne followins information ia for.Vardee for, your revie~. The act.u&l sighting occt:red on 21 Septem~ 1967_, however, 1 t vas not poas1ble to ob"U.in the e.tte.ched infrared. photos untjl 6 hbrue.ry 1968. l'.r. Kenneth Pie t che::-is a. free lance phot.ogr&phe:-special 1zinG in 1 c f're..rc:. vork. The equip:nent usei vu a .Mmi ye., Aut.olm: 35 Came!"&. &ett.inga ve!'"C 1 /30 second, ASJ... 2 0 .Autorus.tic, F 2.8. Film va..5 Kor'al: Intre.rec IR 135- 2C.. J?il ter use d wt..e KoC.a k Wre.tten "A" til ter, n'I.Elber 2 5 . He deve::t.opec the :t:._ u:;!,ns lt.ic~l Y., Staruie.rt! c1lution for 20 ldcute~. lf.r. Pl e-;.cher ati~ uc.:. t.b.e rilm, but 1s reluctant to releuc 1 t ( I suspect be 1s prepe.ric.g a. mS.C,!;,- ~ine ert 1cle). Toe attached newspaper &ecount i& .rubni tte<i to serve e..c ne:rative. wee.t.her wa.& not a faetor; it vaa a c lear, colc!,nig:ht.. "t~ r,Jr~ r LINDsAY A.. HJl.l"E::! C.pt s UE/.P U?O Pro~ect C~f!cer ~e Phone~ SlS-463-461 Gra.nci Raf~clb Ne.,.-upe.per i.rt !.cle INCUSTHI.I'I... AOVCR -~l v OLACK AND WHITt: COI..OR KENSWAY PHO TOS 1'\\0 RIVLFG'f"'C:. OhiVr L.OWE:LL, MICHIGAN 4!1331 PHONE TW 7-7\0S EO IN :>TCRCO .. --~ VOUR WEOOING RCCO ,) h i ('I'/ liott s 'f'mnwd Ctlli'itt' Bt !::> K OTI.J.R Jt .. . t-' U.., attciC~r~t ;ue nut rr.:.rlt ~ ! r ji.lOil ..: (If fl ltltWol, "\\\l(tlttiJ\ Ill~ I tot ~ tht' oot:t I 'I t} t~ f " t ..!ill .r-.~ 'I lur.u.t tt LO'.VF.LL PC\LIC~; Cl!li:.F A .. '/ Blol<. left, f" Of t"l" l 'tJ,o.f' I ra,.,tr r t:ed "i'h httle sn ,. ,.,. . . .... :"'l~ures. Th e ad::"lissi on of othe r d eecri::Jtiv e no::::!e n c lo.t u r e to - : U70 :!ay b e a r e3Ul t of co:1bincd ana lysi s , a s of r epor>ts Of Reuort Of ~ir-~tin3 Of UFO o f York l~onroe Cy} .Kotes: The :'l"ri t er at a b out t~is tio e was prepe.rins , and f i led i p s o fa cto, a state::1en t o f r e l it;iou s d o ctrine vri t h t h e Ne(r York btate Co~stitutional Co11v e n t i on . Co~oarison of the ao~eur- a.nce of t h e UFO a nd the filing of t h e r elic;iou s s t a t e:Jen t dica tes to the irri ter a s 191 of a pprova l or author ize. tion b y God t o the contents the r eof. ~ee enclosur e . The note nad e ein l s e. p r i!::la f acie , that i s I:L direct atatenen t 'tlhich can be subj e c t ed t o oppos i n g truths , as i n loGic. No sub j ect- ive or inte rnal knowle d g e obtains t o the reoarks made in the note _ ~DP!(uro ~ifaj H QuintaniJ Ja, J r/7CY916/lsb/4 Jan 1968 UFO a oservstion September 30, 1967 1.. This replies to your requested jnformation on letter of December 30, 1967 in which you your unidentiried observaticn o f Se?tembe r z.~ The description, that you provided co your observation, i s con- sistent wi t.'l other reports that l;e have received of plastic garment bag hot air balloons.. These balloons usua.lly appear as a l:;minescent obJect that is red, orange , yellow or vhite in cclor, and usually uses birthday candles for a heat source. Mta:: the. canf.les bu_""'D down, the stage or plat form on vhic h the can:Ues are mo~ted Ct' Gcme - times catches f:ire and sparks can be seen :falling from the objec t Shortly a:f'ter the fiery pieces fa) l the llght dims and disappears 3 . ;.te have requested \leather data for your erea for Sept e m':Jer 30. It the objec~-that you saw was going in t he direction of the surface winds it s eems very ~il\:ely that it vas indeed a hot air balloon that 4.: i Inclosed 'is' an :extract frtm AFR 80-17 regarding disser.Unation o:t.Jnformati~."~ the public, {Seeihion ;B./ AFR Bo-17) . 5". . We hope that .:the inclosed Blue DQok brochure will be both inter- eating and jn'formative. Thank you t'or reporting your observation to the Air Force . ,Ul:r7r.IOO~-y.~- Jr, Major, USAF hiet', Aerial P'nencmena Office Aerospace Technologies Di vision Production Directorate l . Elctract 2 . Blue Book count illustr3ted in Ex. 1 i s probably too ucall the ~rrit.cr seens to recall in til e one or sevcr~l atte~ots de to take <:!. visual count (of the objacts nBurest-di:J .-\.3 ) t1:1e c>.t ninet~eo. I~1 other Hord.s the e;ount of ths obJ _-.;~.~::. nearest dl:1 ... G probably ,.,as !lot less th:;!.:1 thi~ty or ::or~ th:m fifty;, sixty, or sev e!'l'':.y. I:ote i!'l re:-D.r::l to the l~r.,::th o f dii:!ension ... .w. the .-1rit~r c.:J.<ie a !.:~CcD.nico.l esti:~2.te, ,;:;,pp- roxi~ately five ti~es the lcn~th of the short di=e nsion. This ::li~si1t V3.ry possibly fro:-:t thre~ tli1e9 the len:;th of the short side to -o~rh~os s e v e n times the lenP:th of t!;e short side. Esti~a\ed t~tal count of disc units , 3 ,6115. To n easu.re tre an:~ular d istance bet.-r~en oos erve r and. 1'1:1.i t:e circul::tr d:1.8C n e .::!.r:;st o oint ..:\.: a ri-::ht tria.n~le abc in rlhich a i s the observe r , o is the disc ne<:~.rest -~, ar..d c i s the p oint of intersection of the include d ri t an~le. The writer ca11 f irst state he thinks these di~ensions a r e rela- t i vely s~all for two reasons: first, ther e i s no possibility the U~O units be ins overhead (of ::fest -.-\ vc .. ) fro:J. v isual o bservation, and irera n e r aly obse rVJJd a s bein~ ne~r \lest 4\Ve. and t:ro, unusually, the o~rlter had to hold his head backw~rd so3e~hat and additionally roll his eyes back so~e ~that to vie i/ the circula r \'lhite unit near est point -A; t::-te curious circu~stance is furthe r enli;:;~tened by st2-tin.::; that a certain a~ount o f r elief fro~ this ~anner of viewing rTas done instincti~y, without t~oucht., by ~ountins sereral o f the :first set of steps le3.din :; fro:J the street to ,rit- ers residence, 1:.1. order to vie \/ the circula r ,:hi t e units nearest observe r . Hence :te h~ve a v ery r;ood dete r:::1in2. tion i n re~ard to di:ension ~,3 (of course we have a lso a V9ry good deter~ ina tion i n re:;ard to di7:!e n sion ~\D, in praced- aGraphs). be previously estio~ted a t fiT1e hundred .feet ; ac e sti::nated, fi.n~ hundred feet ; ab esti":l2.ted, seve~ hun- dred feet. Perspective V1e;t Overall Fro ;.I Observe r ' s V :1nt: . .::;e ?oint, an illustration ;.Jade for the reader' s ~ind's eye or i~agi:.1.ative ~ initial viev1, a:r:d not for purposes of e:<.:l.ct:ness or a ccuracy o f di1:1ensions. Note the linec:.r outline dJ.~..;.:l?d.t. a.ppe.::1r , and i s here used for convenience only, t o ayc1uf.'rer:derin,:5 t h e figure as actually couposed of circular iri1ite discs "; te to this observa! the existe~ce o f a plane, rectaz1~ular - - -fic:ure, f o r insta!1cc, di::::e~1sion .,;~.B i:ippeared -;:.o equ.:J.l scver- striking v i ew Yrhe~ one considers the abnolutel y re5ul~r size end positionin3, prevlously noted, o f the i~diridu~l d i s c s :rl1i ch nal{e up t :t e obj ect. The Hrlter d i d not at t~1e tine o.f the obs~rvation i.!9..ke a perspecti1e measu re::1cn t , data r e lated ther eto i s fro~ r e c o llectiono 9e th~t ~s i t oay, ~nd with t~e understandin~ that a comp e t en t 2athe~etician =~Y de- ive a fisure of a diffe rent for:1 than that of the '."lr i t e r , the following esti11ates a r e o~de fro~ r ecoll ection; at poin t ~, the nearest white dis c -like object therato appeared to b e at an altitude o f several hundred feet , perh!3.p3 f i v a hundred feet, and of a p e rspective d iaoet e r appro ~i~ately one i nch. sy!.fool a , the "liFO unit ne9.res t there t o , a t altitude i n excess o f one thousapd feet, p erhaps twelve or thi~teen hun - ed feet; ?nd.a~df~neter with a p erspective dimension of several sixteent~s of an inch, perh~ps t h ree or four s i zteenths of an i nch; at p::>i.nts G and D, tl~e ne~res t UFO units ther eto, at altitude of s ev e r a l thousand s of feet, estinated t~ enty-two hundred fee t , a nd of a pe rspec t i v e diuension sev e r a l s i xty- fourt~s of an i~ch, possi~ly a sixteenth o~ an inch. I nnobility of the UFO and the d i s c or Hafer units. ~he obj ect re~ained fixed a nd in~obile durin3 the observation period . Do not k now how ter~inatcd. ~rter observi ng san e for p e rhaps fi~teen mi nutes d e cided tha t all there was to observ e had been seen~ and consequently retire d t o residenc e in roo~ing bouse a t addres s noted. Do not know at what j U!1cture the o~ject ca~e into exis t ence. ~he wri t e r was returnins t o r e s - ence fro:.t lunch in early or :tid-~fte::--:10on. , ... t app:"ox i:::a tely rthen about to tur:.-1 off the street a nd '.val~c up s t ep s o:~ r e s i d - ence , ~oticed~aid UFO of cir c u l a r w:tit e d i s c s in sky abov e . !' H3.S no"t-{r.,ell physi c ally at 7-i~e o f observe.t.ion, other - wise a nore accu~ate and co~plete observation would b e ~orth coni n.g. Think UFO ~ot of n::ttu:'a l oric;i n o~ na.r!u:'.lcture f ro::r observable infor;::ation . (ue e ~x.2), a nd ~1ote p r-ior s:.~te::1ent only and consequen t inexactness a nd. inn-ccuracy of over~ll contents and det ail; look a t fi~ures on l aft s ide o f exhibit, these r epresent clouds f a r sepa r ate froo the UFO, es'ui::e..t ed ive !:tiles and at esti:tated altitude f our thous and fee:. ; thes e cloud s appea red to b e subject to str on3 wind s , possi bly of ga l e force, the base o f each cloud wc::.s fla t , and the liter a r y scuddin3 ' see~s a n appropria t e t er~ to describe sane4 Consequently t':1e urite r thi~ks t h e UFO to be of oth-::r tha n terrestial ori6in, a legal'act of God.' Total count of the i:ldi ~riC.u=..l circular \ih i t e discs in the object; di~ension ~3 wa s though:. by the ~1riter at tine of o'bser va tion to cont1:!-in <:1 s::1all enou;_;h quantity of t?1e .-rhi te discs tha t t~ey c ould b e c o .. G1'ued b:t eye a::d a n a tte::Jpt .ras nade in r ela tlon thereto ho.;cv;r the c-::>unt ,ra s los t once or s e v er a l tine s , the writer thinks bec a use o f the si~ilarity of the discs. ~t the sa~e ti=e t h e writ~r co~cluded tb~t absol~tely n o possibility existed for takinJ a ~ech~nical v isual count of tr1e d iscs n21.rest d.i:-13:1si~:~ .. o , so :: r-e=-t \'fC!.S the nu:l"'::>=r of c i!"'c uL1r .-:i1i :. e d 1 scs. T~e r e;.son t:-:~ '.:ri t3r count of tha discs ne~rest C.i:-1 .. -.\3 , which :i.s, h: r:o tld :-.ot h~ve ~t~e2~tad to court~ ala~-~ ouantitv of t~-ese ~1scs, Clct~ co~er: eJ~i t~d at ci than fifteen psr cen~. Viu ibility; cleJ.~. Co~puss Direction ; the U~O ~ppear~d to lie en an exact liorth-South lina or ax1 3 . The writer thinks t~8 asti~a~a h e r ein referred :.o \ro:.tld not ad::Ji t of any .;5r e.3. t v:lri~ :.