PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. OA lE 'T!~! GROUit 2. LOCATION ~l8....Uov f..7 _q/o4-::o Z CovingtonJ J. SOURCE . 10. CONCLUSION NUMBER OF OaJICTI Insufficient Data Other (LIGHT SOURCE) S. LENGTH Of OISERYATION 11. BAIEfl SUMMARY AND AMALYIIS Confusi!H~ . tt. TYPE OF OISERVATIOH '7. COURSE 9. PHYSICAL EYIDIMCI t)l~5, r Dr .. f}lG-ycury /J:.c. r-c ts)' f Llc.'JJ' i ' Y fu -/r,/cl S,P~ ~Yf'OSI/re l~ FOR THE RECORD 29 Oct.ober 1968 Subj: UFO sighting 18 Nov 67 or Phot."l la alled on 29 Oct 6C a:~d ..te.:l ted to know the me on distance to the moon and 1nean s.:-_g ..:lar diameter of the moon for 18 Nov 67 at 10:30 pm CST. alled Dr Hynek's office on 29 Oct, and asked if Dr ~;nek could find the above information Dr ~ynek called on 30 Oct 6B to say the: the diameter of the moon was 29'46 sec Semi diameter of the moon was 11~' 53 sec, ~e3:1 angular diameter of' the moon ,,.,as 31' 5 sec, Center of earth to center of moon was 249,426 miles or 401,652 km Radius of the earth ~ss approx 4,000 mi Rad.i.1s of the moon ;.;as approx 1,000 mi. FTD WORK ORDER 1. Description of Work:" (lncludp title of unscheduled tasks.) 18. Div. Chiers ins:ructions/ Modificorion or Expansion of Work Description 2. FTO W.O. No 3. Monitor . 4 Phones 5. DIA Tosk No 6. 01 A Priority 7. Dote Needed 8. Consequence Code 9. Classification of Sources lO. Classification of End Product 11. PP TO or Oep Sig. 12. Div./Oir. Symbol 13. M-H ~stimote 14. Monitor 15. Phones 16. Oi v. Precedence 17 . Div. Chie-f/ Cir. Seg Copy No. 2 to Blocl< ll TDPrR/Sgt Kist Request surface observations for Convington, Indiana, 18 November 1967 at 2200 hours and 2300 hours TDPI'(OPO) !.~ )laxano Tucson, A.~zona -August 10, 1968 ETAC Su.r!ace History Files MEMO l"'OR THE RECORD Sub~: UFO Sighting, 18 Nov 67, Covi.ngton, Indiana sighting was shown to Capt Shelly, SAFOICC on 7 Aug 68. Ca~t Shelly stated that the sighting really didn't fall under his dorr~in yet, but read the case so as to be familiar with it in case there were any congressional inquiries. CARMON L MARANO, 2d L~, USAF SAF-OICC/Miss Turnure/76526/MBy 3, 1968 ?-!a j or Knauss 1. Attached draft reapond3 to letter from Rep. ~tyers ot Indiana, who wrote dlrec to Lt Col Stiles ::oncerning a constituent, of Covington, Indiana, who says that he has taken pictures of a UFO. 2. SAF-OICC action officer is Miss Jo Turnure, DA_Vro B. O'HARA, Colon~l UC'~ :- C:-t,et, C~m.munirr~ R')ra~i"; . .Jj ~oord Cy -SAF-OICC. ~ SAF-OICC/Miss Turnure/76526/May 3 Thi:t vill repq to your letter of April 30, 1968, to Lt Col St.Uea in bebalr o r Covington, Indiana, who b. a !l~ pt~turea ot unldttot1rud flying objecta ( UPO' s) that, he wnts to present to Lt. Marano. Lt. Marano has contact and is making the necessary ar~ngement~ for a visit Patterson Air Force Base ror the desired conference. w~ trust this information will be helpful. Sincerely, Honorable John Myers HCU3e ot Representative~ Coord Cy -SAF-OICC Cmbk Cy -SAF-OIC Activity Cy -SAF-OIC Reader Cy -SAF-OI JOliN i'. M l"ERS 'ITH Dt"JlfttLr,IHmANA ttOMC ~D:JnC:.Sh C:OMMtrrr:~: 1\GRIC'JL TUU: GOVE.UI-IMr:NT OPFBI\TION3 121 D nNo STnru CovtNGTO'f, lm,IANA 7031 WA:.IIIP.GTON Of"f"ICCr 1238 H cu.>c O r I ICC DIILOitl:l 20~1:, fTH DISffciCT OP'I'ICK: 103 Frot.nAL O :JLr IN3 TcnNt: H1.un.:, lrPIANA 47flOS TEUrtiONEr81~:3Z1;H ~ott~e of :\cpret;tntntUJ2( lUn~bfnnton, P.. Lt. Colonel David L. Stiles Room 4Al20, Washington Dear Colonel Stiles: This letter has reference to ton, Indiana, who would like he has made of a UFO sighted to share with the Air Force in his area. ould like t o have permission to meet witlt Lt. Marano, TDPT, UFO, Aerial Pheno:nenon Office, \-!right Patterson Air Force Base , Dayton, Ohio, i n orde r that he may personally present his photc graphs. It w~J ld be very much appreciated if you could make conta=t to ensure tha ill be able to see pers0:1ally, \o~hen he makes the trip to Dayton. ~ly thanks for this service. -..John Hyers (J appropr1ate Lt. t-1ar a no, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 80 GARDEN STREET CAM!,UDOE. MAS91\CHU9~tt S 02t!8 ~:ector C.uintanilla, Jr., I..t. Colonel, USAF C~.ief, Aerial Phenomena Of .rice Optical Meteor Project Illinois 61S01 Ae~osp~ce Technologies Division ~Tright-Patterson Air Force Ba.se Dear Col. QQtntanilla: or Covington, Indiana, has asked me to confirm that "Swinf,er" 1-iodel 20 camera (serial no. HB 71/31A) :!.s cap~.ble of clearly imagine the fuJ.l moo:1. I agreed to supervise ~:.:,e exposing of a series of prints to confirm tha~ his images are in r~ality the moon On the morning of. 12 July 196S nd I loaded hie camera 1i. th a nel-t roll or type 20 high speed film and fixed the c~1lera to a movable tripod. Seeing and sky conditions 'trere poor, with o~ly second m2.g:"li tude stars visible. The tripod v1a.s leveled and o::-len-1:;-Jd in azimut.l1 (:t. 5 degrees). A series of four prints were ex~osed "ri th the 7 /S moon e.nd a nearby street light in the field. ~:J.ltiple exposures '"'ere use in prints .3 end 4 to offset for poor sky co~ lv:tons. ! e~ enclosing the four prints show~n ~ .. si t:,r levels. !t is rrry opi:nion tha o.~ ~:-od'.lci"lZ an ;,...,?..ge as dense as his the moon at various camera is capable er 1967 " l!oon" orint. I trus:. thes~ :pr i!"lts "trlll be of sor.1e use to you in studying his Very truly yours, ~i//AI6TIJ~J;V/),'AN~ MEt-10 FOR THE RECORD Sub j: UFO Photo 18 November 1967 Accepted a collect call from Covington, Indiana. Mr aid that his camera was capable of producing a sharp image of the dloon that is 1.08 millimeters in diameter and that some people frc~ the Smithsonian were coming out to his house to prove it. Colonel Quintanilla said that if the people from the Smithsonian would write and state that the camera was capable of producing such an image of the moon, he would re-subrnitt the information to the photo-analysis section. MEMO FOR THE RECORD Subj: UFO Sighting of 18 November 1967 Covington, Indiana R~:erence: Telephone coversation of 25 June between Dr. Craig, u~1versity of Colorado, and Lt Marano. D~ Craig said that the image on the video tape that was submitted by C3~t Arrington had been identified by the image orthicron people a s being caused by a bright fireball. ~pr (Uro) Lt Col Quintanilla/70916/mbs/28 Jun 68 0/0 Photographs, l.8 November 1967 Convington, 1. Re.t'~rence your unidentified fl.ying obJect photographs of 18 November 1967 ~hieh you submitt~d to the Air Force for analysis. Photo analysis has bef!n accomplished on your six Polaroid ~'Swinger" photographs to determine the identity of the imagEd ~unidentified objects," with the followin~ results. a. Initial revie-w ot' the referenced photography revealed that an "unidentified object'' .. l'las imaged as a spot of light on each of four prints designated by source as 0, i1:2, f/-4, and ,.j5. Source stated that he attamptad to photograph one large and about 12 to 15 snmller objects. The larger object appears on all four prints; ho~ever, only one small object was imaged (print #4). One of the remaining two photographs -was labeled "moon" and the other "star"; the exposures were :na.de by source 1n an attempt to image the moon and a star to compare their brilliance, size and composition to that of the uunidentified objects." b. An attempt '-'8B made to duplicate the star and moon photography with sn identical camera and film. On a night of unlimited visibility a sipgle star or group of stars could not be photographed. A full tnOOD produced only a slight photographic impression. 'I he spot on the tmoon" photo baa very sharp edges and a total lack of density like that or a processing aberation. Furthermore, if the fUll moon could have b~n clearly L~ged th13 camera system could not have produced an i~ge diameter larger than .810 millimeters. The diameter of the pno~g:aphic image measures 1.o8 millimeters. The size and appearance of the spot on the tatar'' print indicate that thi:s image could possibly b@ t.nat of the mooa. c. Source stated that the color of the objects revolvedfrom red to blue. lo all four photograph$ the object must have been in a blue mode because the film used is ''blindn above 650 millimicrons d. A thin black "uhell" encompaseea the obJect on three or the four print, and thia ''shell" is most probably a halo lfhicb ia a no l eftect ~hen photographing a point source or light. On the fourth print (print #2) the object appears to be blurred which could ha reaulted from ca111era vibration~ e. 'lb.e a 1ze ot the obJects could not be detetmined because the to the obJeota is unkno\fDe 2. There ia no indication that the images represent anything of an extraterrestrial origin. Six (6) Swinger Polaroid Photograph&~, Polaroid ti'ilm "Ulltl'ANITJ ,, Jr, Lt ColoDel, Aerial Phenomena Office Aeroapace Technologies Division Production Directorate 20 3eri~l number ~134o9 Picture lab~led ~0 in front bas nwnber torn off backing. Other five (5) photographs are labeled on back as 2, 3, ' Y 1e1 PIIV.t.H UJI tO AVO p l O"ICIA' IUJINUI PAYMINf OP POITAOI, SlOO INSTRUCTIONS: fill in irems belo w and com plere #' 1 on ochft' side, when applic:tble. Moisc~n &ummcd ends and auach ro b:u:k oi article. Prine on fronr of anide RETUIN RECIIPT REQt:IJTIU. REGIST!It!O NO ~AM! Of SENDER Col Quintanilla aiTifiED HO. STiti!ET ANO NO. Olt P. 0 . IOliC Pbenomena Office IHSURIO NO. CITY, ZONE ANO STAff Wright-Patterson AFB, ~uet1oD Direetorate :Ohotograpba' Polaroid Film aerial bWilbe '7 !to Pieture lAbele~ r f 3 9 has Dumber to 0 ill 1'roDt Otber ti ve ( 5) orr bacu g . :re5labeled on :. :-rs3 # 1-INSTRUCTIONS TO DELIVERING .. "EMI'lOYEE rn tkliver ONLY to 0 Sho .. addnss where 1ll La tddres~ee delivered ( AJJit;omtl ch11rgts rtf!UirtJ for thtst swvicts) lllUlN aECilPT Received the numbered article described on other side. SIGNATURE OR N~ OA1 Dfli'/!RED Wt4ERE DfliVU0 (only if tequftr.d in itMI # J l PHOTO ANAL VSIS REPORT 68-27 DATE OF REPOfiT 21 June 1968 m;IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT Cotington, Indiana 18 November 1967 PHOTOGRAPHY s:..x Polaroid "Swinger" prints 1. PURPOSE: This report is in reply to Work Order Number 68-44, submitted by Lieutenant Colonel Quinta..""lilla, requesting photo analysis be accomplished on six Polaroid 5\-:inger" photographS t:J determine the identity Of the imaged unidentified Objects". I 2. ANALYSIS : a. Initial review of the referenced photography reveale d tha