S. LENGTH OP RYA 1. 2 Mimatea 9. PHYSICAL EVIDDICe Ohio, Incti 10. CONCLUSION 1. Pl'obable Otberc 2. lrobable Aatros (SA!J'KIJ .IT.I (SA!J'SJ~.rt--'1) 11. UIIP SUMMAaY AND ANALYSIS . SiptiJI& #1. ~t 0850Z the obaerwer aig!lte4 a white 118tlt ill WSW. Aa the l:lsbt cloaer the d) MrYer """''~ 888 aparka tra111Dg tbe ~bject and arter about minute it cl1 ed ill the Nortb. tiD& 12. .At 0912Z obaezswer eighted an tlem1Dg obj tbat wae oD a bea41D ot 244 de& aeoor4ills to a S:lptiD& 13 At approxim~Ate 0920Z a white ligbt llaa seeu ott tbe rigbt wing. Thia light eel to be at the alt1tu4e u the plane vu Yiaible tor 20 JDinuteae DE .. A .. TMENT OP' THE AI" P'ORCK MKADOUA._T.,._ trOR.IGN TECHNOL.OQV DIVISION ( AtrSC) WRIGHT . .-ATT.RSON AUt ,.ORC. .AS . OHIO 4154133 UF'O Obserwtion, lJe. s.p--..r 1967 Your has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project Blue Book) as being a ~itness to an unidentified flying object. If you were a witness to an UF'O sighting on 14 s.pt.Mr 1967 would you please complete the attached AF Fol'm 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you were not a vi tness to this sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the attached foxm. inonoation \/hich you provide will be used in evaluating this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. S C. MARA'I'l', Colonel, USAF irector ot Production AF Fonn 117 DE,_A .. TMIENT o,-THE AI" ,-o,.CE HIEADQUARTIEite f'OitiEION TIECHNOLOQY DIVISION ( Al'eC) WltiGHT.~ATTIEit.ON Alit f'OitCIE 8ASIE. OHIO s3~ UF~ Observation, 14 Sep Your has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project Blue Book) as being a witness to an unidentified flying object. If you were a vitness to an UFO sighting on 14 September 1967 "-ould you please complete the attached AF Fol"m 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you were not a vitness to th1:3 sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form. The infonnation which you provide will be used in evaluating this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. uu l, USAF of Production AF Fo11n 117 ..... ~ATT!RSOM API. OHIO UNI T!D ST AT!S AI,_ POitC! OffiCIAL BUSINESS STAG! AND P!!S PAID DE~AfltTMKNT Ofl' THE AIFt ,.OfltCE HKADQUA-.TK-.8 I'O-.KIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AI'8C) w-.tOHT-~ATTE~toN Alit I'OitC~ .ASK. OHIO s UF~ Observntion, ~ Your has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project Blue Book) as being a witness to an unidentified flying object. It you wre a witness to en UFU sighting on l.4 Septalbel' 1967 ~'0\lld you please complete the attached AF Foi"m 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you were not a witness to this sighting, 'WOUld you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form. The infozsution which you provide will be used in evaluating this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. S C. MANA'rl', Colonel, USAF rector of Production AF Foun 117 1'Dr!T/UJO {MaJ Q.lintanilla/70916/mhs/29 Sep 67) 1. )'CUr un1dntU1ed observations of 14 September 1967 which )'Ctlleported to tbe .Air Force. Bequest you co111plete the attached JTD 164 1n order that we zrray perform a ac1entitic i!lvestigat1on. :. Please.. each or ~ three atgbtinp on a separate fox m. . . 2. Do you. or a~ o~ your other knov the name and address ot the Captain.o~ the Universal 689 \lho also observed the urost Any additional. in:ronwtion you ceo provide on these s1sbt1nga is apJ)reciated. ColODel, USAP !l""!!c'tor-o~ '1\:cbnoloQ and. Subsystems TDPr/UIO MaJ H Quintanilla, Jr/70916/lsb/2$ Dec 67 Requeat tor tDO Intors.t1on 1. Reference your telephone conversation with. 2nd. r .. t Marano on Decem.-. . ber 21, 1967. Incloaed are two AF Forms ll7 for Ml. ~-~u~. Request Mr. Unsue cotaplete one tozw for each of hi a sigbtings; thi a wiLl he.lp to clariry the sightinga tor our analysts. Dr. Men:.el Dr. Donald B. Menzel. Harvard Co11ege Observatory 60 Gard~n Street Cambridge~ Maaaachwaetta 02138 3 'l'han:C you for the aM:J illtoraat:Son 011 ;your sighting a~ad your asai in :torvard:iog the inclosed fo1ra to Mr. Unaue. Jr ~ MaJor, USA? f, Aerial. ~rice AI ll7 (2 eya) w/envelage Ae Tachnolog1e Di.vj, a10D Product1oc Di tora te TD?r/UFO Maj H Quintanilla, Jr/709~6 /lsb/~3 Dec 67 UFO Observations, ~4 Sep Ref 1 enca your uniden t1tied observation or ~4 September 1967... The Air Perce does not. uae t~ f'o1s, which you coaapleted, to in- vestigate aightillga. I~ you wish to oftticiall r~port your sig.'lt- : ing vot.Ald you pl..eaae te the atta~bed A7 lPoliD 1~7 and return . it in the envelope provided. Please provide t'he complete Dames a."'ld addreeaea of any witnesses to yo~ observation. Thank you for yo~r assistance in thia matter. . OR ~ Jr, MaJor, USA7 A~r O!!ice Aeroa.pace~Technologiea Division Production. torate AF l'Ol'!ll ll7 aiPL.'I TO DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR ,.ORCE HEAOQUAfltTKRS ,OfltEIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION C A1'SC) W"IGHT~ATTERSON Alflt ,OfltCK 8AS&. OHIO s33 UFO Observ:ltion ~ Septellber 1967 Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project Blue Book) as being a witnes s to an unidentified flying object. If you were a witness to an UF~ sighting on 14 SeJ~ 1967 would you please complete the attached AF For,a 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you ~ere not a witness to this sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the atta ched form. The infot'll'ation lihich you provide -will be used in evaluating this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. AF Foun 117 S C. MANATI', Colonel, USAF 1 })!rector of Production UNIVERSITY of PENNS'1'L7/..JYIA Flower and Cook Observatory l!njor Hector Quintanilla, Wrirrht-Patt~rson A.F.B. Dear Hnjor Quintnnilla: In reply to the le";tel" enclosed in the 1orge set of reports on probEilile fireb~l1s, received yesterd~y, I hnve loo~ed up the cards for night of Sept.lJ/14 1967 in our file. ''ie have t'tro_reports i'ro:n ftircre..ft, one n t 0214 Z ,one t:rG.!:t 0213 Z, proba.bly snme ob- ject, and seen ove~ gener~l area you ask for But, as you ~ee this is Fbout 7 6r 8 hours before the approximate tima you ~ention. So I rA t to say \re hc"/\3 no 1:li'orma.tion of use to you. Thnnk you for the l e.rge ba tch of re- POl""'t~. It Hill tnk~ s ome ti.1e to checlc "vhem An~t our file, rnd P?e if cny a~e o n snce o b j ect, 1n ,hich case ey~min[l.'tio:1 P ou l d be undertrlc~ntto ~ee 1f nn atcosphdric Jlath con b e c~lculPted. . The for::1 u Red for the repo!"'t !. ... or;: Chy- enne, Uya., for o~1jact o f 20 l:nrch, 1967, struck rr r=t once ;>y its corci:=;enes s nnd cler.rnes~. It is Vt'f~rtly ens1er to -:ork on tr.c.t t-~e r;:uch /, nin 'Lh: nk1n you v nry r:1'1~)l'e ~.:r, I HON. RALPH TUCKER, MAYOR KXOI'I'ICIO MWM8KIIl RAYMOND P. THOMAa PlllC810KNT M. C. TOP,.ING, M. D. VICKPIIlK81 OKNT ROBERT M. MONROIE 8KCIIlKTARY RICHARD HARRINGTON I:LI:ANOR A. WALaH CLKIIlK8KCIIlKTARY TO THE COMMI8810N JOHN .H. GRIPI'ITH I'IWLD 8UPIIRINTKNDatT of AYiation Gon1n1issioners City oC Terre Haute, Indiana HULMAN FIELD TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA .. 780S TELIE,.HONE CRAWFORD 4848 January 11,1968 ~jor Hector Quintanilla Jr. Dept. of the Air Force Hdq.Forelgn Technology Dtviston Wright Patterson Air Force Base,Ohlo 45433 Reply to TDPT/UFO Subject: UFO Observation, 14 September 1967 We wish to advise you that no UFO objects was sited on tne above mentioned date at this location Very truly yours, Sie;btiDS Jlz AAother aircral't ~ppearentl1 a1gbtec1 object /J.l. The t!J:le or- t~ aightills.v~ giveD aa 08JSZ end du.ratioD as lO aeconda ... Also a sroucd- v aigbtiDg waa ma4e at 0~40~ in Gary They 1Dd ted course waa N& dYI'atioA u 10 aeconda. Because the iD1 tial obaener at a ted that thia obJect vaa ~ Yiev it a likelJ that it vaa ca~4 b7 the decay ot 8Qile uncatalop4 apace 4ebr18 bOVeYer, the liata 1\ U a teor. Sip tiD& 12 a to haYe bHA a meteor. SiptlA& 13. ot \be arev -= atatecl tbat u t~usla' it BOARD c,-AVIATION COMMISSIONERS ST. JOSEPH COUNTY AIRPORT 2296!5 U.S. 20. SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46628 GARWOOD JUDAH. AA. MANAGER EDWARD V. MINCZESKI, P"ESIDENT el8 ODD tri:LLOW UILDINO 80UTH a:ND, INDIANA eeot DANIELL. WARREN, SECRETARY 307 NORTH HILL STREET oUTH OEND. INDIANA .. 8817 R. FLOYD SEARER, VICE PRESIDENT eGO WHITC:OM. AND KELLER BUILDING JOHN 8. MILLER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY 11372 JE:I"f'ERSON ROAD eOUTH .END, INDIANA eeot OSC:I:OLA, INDIANA e11e1 Department of the Air Force Headquarters Foreign Technology Division ( AFSC ) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433 Attention: Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., USAF Subject: TDPT/UFO Dear Major Quintanilla: In answer to your request of January 3, 1968, we have checked with various agencies on this airport facility for reports on aerial phenomena during the period 14 September, 1967 between 3:40am and 4:15 am and find no sightings having been reported in this area Ve truly yours UNITED AIR LINES O'Hare Field Station, P. 0 . Box 8775, Chic~go, Illinois 60666 January 8th, 1968 Hector Quintanilla, Jr. , Haj or, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate \.fright-Patterson Air Force Base Dear Major Quintanilla: In regard to your letter (undated) recently received with reference to a UFO Observation on September 4th, 1967. I am enclosing a copy of report number #Ses which appears to fit the location and time you describe in your letter. The NORAD file, with regard to report #8e5 indicated that there was no known TIP (tracking and impact prediction) decay for thnt location at thnt time. The nAO (Smithsonia n Astrophysical Observatory) file for this report i.ndice.ted th-=t t this event was a meteor or fireball entry into our atmosphere. This does not of cours~, rule out the p~ssibility of a pieco of uncatFtloef.3d debris re-entering the a tmosphere cnts1ng th'3 event ttta.t you describe in your letter. If thA!~ is anything further thnt I can hel? y 0u with, do no-c hesitate to write. Sincerely Yours H. E. Roth, Project Director Volunt3~r Fl t ght Offic~-'!~tHor~-:: United Air Lines' Rule of Five: safety passenger com fort schedule dependability honesty sincerity T clephonc S H~rwooJ 2-8..J.O~ LAFAYETTE, INDIANA ,t190l DEPAR~1ENT OF POLICE 5 January 1968 Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr. Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio In reply to your letter of January 3, 1968 regarding reports of unidentified flying object on September 14, 1967 between the hours of 3:40a and 4:15a, please be advised that this department has no report or knowledge of any such sighting by persons in this area. Respectfully, Richard P. Burke Chi~f of Police lm.fO FOR THE RECORD 21 December 1967 Captain C. C. Davis called and wanted to know if we received his report. He said that he saw the first object for aboutAminutes. At first it looked like an aircraft with landing lights on, then it started streaming sparks. Captain Davis corupared it to grinding steel. on an emory wheel I .J.I"wlf,J Be said~he saw the ssw the second objectJ Lt was going up and down. The object moved across an4 started to stream orange flames. It passed below the horizon and disappeared just before it hit the ground. Ninety seconds later it reappeared, rose~ up to their altitude~and flew parallel with them for approximately twenty minutes. Captain Davis said that he had seen satellite deCAYS many times before and tbat he didn't think these were satellite deC-4ys. Captain will cal.l back later today. It we send him a 117 he will give it to He stated that he would llke Dr. Menzel~' s address so he coul.d send hill a copy of the sighting.