10 . CONCLUSION INSID'i'' ICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION L N\lM\E R OF 0&.~ =: CTS :...EXGTH OF cas:~VATION ' 2-3 minutes t C\. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8. ?riOTOS 9. Pr1YSICAL EVIDENCE 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS While the observer vas on e. mission duli ng the cvc:1inr. o..t' . 8 Nov. 67, he noted a fast-moving return on the radar scope. Sotr1ev1h.at later, five more returns were sighted o:l radar. The five returns were grouped Yithin a five mile radius and ~ere moving at a high rate of speed. They ~e~c present on the scope for approximately two to three minutes. FTD SE? 63 032q (iDE) Pr.vloua edlUona ot thh fona tMJ b. uud. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE H EAOQUARTt..:RS 39020 AIR DASC WINC, (SAC) OFFUTT AIR FOnCE DASE, NEBRASKA, 68113 To: L~. ;.:::... I ctor '~uJ.nt:1u.tllu, Jr. h~nOlllCl1..1 Office A:.::: -; . .:~cc 'l'c chnolo!_;i.:.s Division .C10C:."~t.ion Dircctol"o:ce 1. . ,y npolo3:ies :for th.:; d~l'ly :in r eplying to y our r cquest duriuc; our lcp~on~ convC'!rsc.tion in l~p-;: ll. 1 illjor Vo.n\."'Vcnhovc n hnc b~cn on ~:.:.7e. I \1..l.S f:tnnlly a.bl~ t o cont~ct hit1 on lcnv~. I r,~ccircd th::5 .J.~count of the incid~:!n'i:. in qu t.ion. 2. \,;J.ill! h~ \TC.S on 0. Liis~:.on durln~:; the cvr.:ning o-.l u Eovcrnbe;r 196'7) h:-not~cl rt fa8t-movinc r.:!tta'.tl on the raU.ar scop:.:. ..,om~iih:xt lo.t cr, fi v~ ::~ore rctt~rnc \ Je:ce si~t~d on the radar. 'l'hc f.i.v~.~ r::~urn.s \Jo::.r, c;roup.:zd \lith:tn a fi V(! mile: r a d:i.u s and H~rc: tlo-;r.i.n~ at. n hie;h r o.t.c of sp.:cd.. Thc:y u el"C pre Gent on the ro.J.a.r ::;cop e fo1 o >pro:-::imo:tcly ;;~.7~ t,e> three minut:~s. Th"! objects uerc ncY~r sic;ltt(:d vinu..'llly or ot isc idcntifi~u. J. =~jor Vnncvcnl10VCll r.:~i.:~tion.cd the sightings JGO Clllcetr:;o c~ntcr bu~ d:.d not repel~ the si6}1tiugs to Offutt Air Fore~ Base. A copy .) brief' r eport b Chicn.tio c~:nt~r fin.'1~ly arriv<..d :tn my of..L'ic;c ~arl~-this year. At tc.c.t t i me, hovTev~r, Ibjor Vo.ncv~nhov~n 11as r:.ot ~.-;ailable to conr.l~n~. h . : l .. ca.lize that this .!port is very s~{.etchy. Unfortu;1atcly, it is ~h~ only illfon--:e.tion th:lt r.1o.jor Vo.n~vcnhovcn cou.ld provide . 3:.r!c~ ~:,~ same inforr.2L:.tion '\ln.s rcf'lcctxl in the repor t .rrow ~hicAgQ c .')nter, I ar.1 ::.:::'aid. tha t this present st.:tt :::ment Hill not b~ :--: -...4c~ aasistance to you. Peace is our Profession :rr:~ (tff.'O) Lt Col <~uintanill~L/70916/mha/ .Hay 6S l. ~er~l.~llC~ t~'tt:phoa.l C(.';lVet:s~tion bet-,~:':l C:-~pt~in roy Cunnin.:;a'u, :..:..:;<~ Oper~1tions, Ot:l:'u tt t.~"!J, :~ne Lt Col ~ulu~:alllu, thl:.; orc.:\u1.:.l.- t.~on, ora 5 .b;pril l~);J. J\t thut, t.ilue ... -e 1nfor.:~ed c(i,Ptr:,!n \;uuninr,;ho.~ c !" :J. d1~;cr u~c:t r1:_port. t.:&!.t hnt~ becl~l ~tooepnre\.i bJ th;J U:ni:e r~l1 ty o f C~lor do ~;1th re.y .. rt~!:) i~o ~l.iLl 1nv st:tc;~t!on of -:~:l urlirlc~ti1'1 a flj1n.~ t nt tiH-.:r~ h.\d l.~{;!n ~' ~.li4 u:p :ln the resort, to--.t~V!n.-, :.\~ \,Otll'l ~ t~t;.::!lpt U:a1 ve:-..t.)i ty of ~;olvr '~o '-'ns.l to thi;:> o;'f1ct~. th~ teri:ll P.t~:;cr.-.en(;. Office ,Ul.!ITI\?liiU~, J1., J~t Colonel, US;\i~ .~erin 1 .;..r.c:.lo-~ne. O!"fice ;~.o ce TC ologic~ ~1vis1on !- Ju~t1on r.irectoruta h:1~1 :r..ot rcc~i'l'-!r the lJ~"O st;it~t.; oe thf3 lliVI.:St.1~;3.tiOl-). 5 April l9G3 Sub j : UFO Observation, 8 November l 967 M~Jj...;r-.uintonilla spokt~ \JlLh Cnptrd.n Cunnin[7l:1rn \vith rcr,ardn to o.n u::: entified observation of 8 November 1967. MaJor C~uln t anilln i:-1 ~'o':'"med Capluin Cunninghttm that a discrepancy report ha d l>een prepnr e d h y ~he Uni versl ty o f Colorado '.Jl th regards to An unidenti.fierl observation o.: :) November 196? b y a pilot. Captain CunninBha m said yes there ha d been up in the repo!"t, ho\.,rever, he would atter:~pt to contact the pilot an_ send the Unlv of Colorado a r eport and 14:ljc>r (~lnt~nllla a report on -:1c sir;hting. uro Project U~fiV .S'RSI'!'! 01' COLORAOO 202 t:oodDu ry Hall Eoulder, :~lorado R.ef memorandum f'Onl R. Craig, 21 Feb 68, subj: "Co:mnen~ o n Air Ease Coope~ tion \Ji th the CU-UFO ..::":4QJect. '' The attached letter "from Captain C\L"lningha.m 13 in response to your memorancum !..t Col ~tan1lls MEMORAl\TDUM E. U. Condon R. Craiq Date: Comment on .Air Base Cooperntlon with the CU-UFO Project 2l February 1968 L On 8 ~ovember 1967, a mUUa.ry pilot, while airborne, reported, to the Chicago Center, visual observ2.tion of an unknown object and radar. tracking of six o~her unknowns. The single obj ectJ VJhlch \vas observed for two to four minutes, \vas a fast-moving large ball, changing color from red to yellov: to \vhite. The :-eport indicated that six more objects \vere tracked by radar within a range of one and 2.half to five miles. The Chicago Center st~ted that the vtsual UFO also \'Jas sighted from h'JO inbound T\VA aircraft, but no oe~ails of this oiJservaUon \'Jere available. No report of this sighting wa.s sent to the CU Project. Project ,., persOtlJ."'l.el le2.rned of it in n1id-Dece:nber during telecon vnth the Offutt A1r .... Base U:?O office~, V.'ho mi stakenl.y assu:n ro that questtons pertaining to a different UFO ~eport pertained to the 8 November event, and indicated he had no inform~tion be~1ond 2.:1 ~nit1al b::-lef report from the ChtcC~.go Ccnte!', : s'?nt to Of;utt beca.use the pilo~ v12.s b<.'-sed tnere. The officer, Capt. Roy Cunninah~'n, did ao:ree to cor.tact the~ V")!.lo~ a.~ a send CU vJhatever 1nfor- r:.tation c.bout t:.'-1? e\ent he could get from an 1nte~v1e\v v;ith Pilot --., cvenove!"~ S1nce e ::~port s~emed a p2.rt~cularly interes~1ng one, project 'Oerso!'ln~l souC'h t add~t~onzJ. inform2.tion from the Chtcaqo Center. Telecon with Chicago Cen~ er co:J.fb:rned that the report had been made by both the ~ ilitary pilot 2.:: 2. TIVA ;>Hot 2.nd ere\','. Ta?es of conversations \vith th~ pEots, made t~\~i:1g the observaUons, had, by December 19, been destroyed. J. :1 1r .. forrna~ io::. :-ega:rcing the s:ghting h2-d been sent to Chanute A FB :ommE.!'ld Pes:. Telec~n !Jecembe!' with M2.jor Ntchols, Chanute A~'B, revealed ::-.~, slnce ::;e s:gh~ing \vas 70 miles :~om O:nn.~n., all information v;as s>.:.:)ped ~o 3~se C-o~ratlons at O~utt A 1-'B Since no inform ior.. m.d yet been received fro~ Capt. Cunntngham o~ Cf.futt P FB, he v1as ar~in contacted ":Jy telephone on 4 J 2.nuary 1 ~63. He :...'1dic(!ted he had not ho.d a chs:1c~ to interview pilot Vn.nevenoven because \~a~evenoven and h i s c::c\T' had te.l{cn Chri::tr:1as vac:?,tion as leave. .Altho1J.g:'1 v~ ... '1evenoven had b~en Un2.V2.il2.blc, C apt. Cunnlngham indicated he could nov: reach him, a.'1d \~:o~ lc1 do so very zoo~. I-le s~!d he ~;ou ld get a. repo~t of th~ UFO 1t!c1den~ to e.s shortly E. U. Condon . 21 February 1068 No report had been r~:e1ved by 31 January 1968. According to further phone conversation ~'f:~ ~"1 Capt. Cunningham, pUot Vanevenoven had on temporary duty and c-:.:y no\v would be avaUnble for lnterviev1 Cunningham aqreed to qive p:-~or1ty to intervlevJ1nq Vo.nevenoven, getting a report to the ColorP.do Pro: ect Vlithin a few days. He nqreed also to send lmmedl~.tely t\ copy of t:.~ inlt1a1 UFO stqhtlnq report VJhtch Offutt rece lved through Chica~o Cer! er. The latter was done, and a copy ls As of t.his da.~e (21 Fe":):-\!ary 1968) no report of the UFO lnctdent of 8 November 1967 has yet b~=n. received by the Colorado Project from Offutt A 1<9 or o~her so-J.rce. nr UFO report investigate: by C2.pt .Arrington, Chanute AF'B. Durtnq 19 Decembe~ teleco~ ~.Jith Uaj Quint~"ltlla of Project Blue Book, regard- inc; the above Incident, it VJas ~earned ths.t a Capt .Arrington, o! Chanute P,E''3, h2d investigated a repo~: :rom ground observers vJho vJatched strange moving lights for ten minutes c~ 18 November '1967, and took a photograph of the lights v1 ith a "sv;~.nger" c~:nera. Major Quintanilla said Capt. ArrL"lgton had F..~:-anged a pers~::al mee~inq \'Jith him a.t Wright-Patterson, scheduled fo:-the next day, to ::-ansn1it informat lon regard lng this s1qht1nq to Project Blue Boo!':. . Although the ea~ly lnfor~.ation did not lnd1cate that this v1as a par- ticularly strange or inter.estin~ UFO report, inquiry v1as made about 1t during the ~.'Jove-!!lentioned telecon \Jith Chanute AFB. It v1as agreed that Cz.pt. Arrington would send CO?~es of the picture end a complete report of l1~ UFO sighttn~J to th~ Coloraco Project. No such ~!'l:o~xation h2.d ~een received by 31 January 1968. Return c~.ll to Chanute A ?3 on ~h~J. date ~evealed that Gapt . .Arrington had cleared . ~:~e ~ase th2.t da~" :c:-ot..~er assi ent, and would not be returning. "' c~:~ to Major Qt~. e!l::la :revea~ed tf'.at Capt .Arrington's earlier plans to .< .~ :11m hzd bee:: c;_r. lled, a:-:: ~lnj or Quintanilla v1as still a."lticipating 3>..:e 3ook' s ::-ec-? ::_:): o: ca,~ . .A~! gton' s report. Major Quintanilla was -: ::::=e:-:1ed tha~ e =-~?ort had nc~ ~ee:t rece1ved, and 1nd1cated he VJOuld ~--~==:;-: to loca~e C2.;>~ . .Arringto:1 d get the report. When contacted again Z: :? -=,:ruary 1938, ~l2.jO:': Qu~nta~::na indicated that Major Nichols, \t;ho had ~e9:1 Capt. .Arri ton' ~ S Jperto! ~:fleer at Chanute AFB, had told Major Q~:::~?...'lllla en 31 January that he vould contact Cap~ ./\rr1ngton, v1hose ;:':~t h2d been ~v,~iting ~inal ty?:-~g, ~d get the report to Blue Boo~. 1\s o: 2: :?ebruary, neither 3lue :So~:.: nor Colorado P~oject ha d received o o o o I o o