Pf:OJF.C;- CONCLUSION L:.NG'fli c:= Q..jSERVATION BRIEF SUM.'AARY AND ANALYSIS 1fPt: OF Oi1SERVATION PropOied replJ to (01sht1Dgt 'l'bia repl1ea to your recent lette~ cODcemlDg )'OUr observation ot BA an14ent1t1e4 tlyins obJect on J\lly 26, 1967 You stated, Venue at th1a time ot the year 11 not even or even on the h9rizon line." ~Accordin& to the Americ !Phemeris Venua aet at approximately 10&00 pm, EM' !bua,tbe planet would have been near the horizon You also mentioned that 'When viewed vith binoculars the obJect t 1\lzzy. or blurred. it&ia~ 1a noi,aally expected aince the 1m~sea tormed bJb1nocularlenaea otten show spherical aberration. Tba~k you tor reporting your observation to the Air Force Pi ttsbnrr;h 32, Pa Project Blue Book Information Office Waehirigton,n.c The many books I have read. say thnt when you sec a UFO to report it. V/ell this is what hapnened.I am using n. copy of your questionnaire. I sav1 the object Jul:y 26,1967 at olof;e to 9:30nm Daylie-)lt Saving time. The time zone was EA.stcrn. I was at the ao.dreso above. The object VvP.s in si~ht some 15min. ,,7hich is ju~t a p:uess. It secmeo that lont;.The object was in sight all the time.The condition of the sky wa s NIGHT; a.Bright there were no st~.rs at that time. There was a clear sky the v1eo.ther ''ras d.ry. The object apTeared as a lit;ht. The object was so brie:ht I at first thour;ht it was Venus but as anyone Jmows Venus o.t this time of year is not even close or even on the hori?:en line. At first r~lance apnearcd. ns a very bri-ght star en<l vrhen I put the Binocula rr- on it,it was fuzzy or blured and as I kept watching it became more clearer and. looked to have something close to it. The object looked to stand still anclchange brichtneos,it looked. to r:ive off a lot of that ane:le hair you use at Christmas, 1)ut this vtas silver or gray color. Then a red ball of lip;-ht left the main part of the object and. went to the north \'lest. Then there were silver small about the si7oe of nin hcacls objects near the Angle hair like material. There 3-4 of these small olJ j ects there. Then they seem to move up and away at a good speed.r,Iuch faster then the red. ball object c1.id. As I said before there were no clouds in the area at the time. There v1as no sound to the object or later objects.You ask to try that experirnant Yti th a match. It was big cnoueh that a. dime vrould just cover it. I woulc1. say that the object hnd to be at lest 5,000 feet or more .. I am an a.mature astronomer and_ was on my skyYratch a s usual I Bl;)etnc1_ up to , two hours end some times more out at night. I have been with aetronomy n<bw 10 years. The object vras at 90 0.it;rees rit':ht overhca rl. If I hn.Cl. had. a. 35mm camera you would h ave some c:ooCI. pictures vri th this No.32. Plea~c ~ive inform~tion about yourself: Pittsbureh 32, Pa. Telephone-None I hnve ocen satilir;hts alib kind.s of jets at all hi~hts Rll tjpes of Aircraft. I have seen metors and. a.e I said. before I have been with Astronomy for ten years. I reported the siehting the same ovcnine First I called the Ale~ru1ey AirPort tower (control) Next: I called the Pittsburgh Press and. ask if anyone had rel:)orted. an object they said no. Next I called the Dauhl Planetarium Ylhich they in tu.rn c;ave me a story nbout a \teather bali<'n. Now I ask you sence when 0oes a. whathcr ballon act lilce this did. I hoped I have helped in some way vdth this repo~t to you All At-~tvt!~ ~posed reply to Jon McDonald (Sighting: July 26, 1967) . This replies to your recent letter concerning your observation of an unidentified flying object on July 26, 1967. Investigation has revealed that you probably observed the planet Venus. At approximately 9:30pm, EDT, on July 26, 1967, Venus would have been on an azimuth of 275 degrees, at an elevation of eight You stated, " Venus at this time of the year is not even close or even on the horizon line." According to the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac 1967, Venus set at approximately 10:00 pm, EDT on July 26, 1967. Thus,the planet would have been nea r the horizon at 9: 30 pm EDT. You also mentioned that when viewed with binoculars the object at first appeared somewhat fuzzy or blurred. This is normally expeded since the im::1ges formed by binocular lenses often show spherical aberration. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force.