PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCJ.. liON ! 3. $~liRC2 10. CONCLUSION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S . L E NGTH OF OBSERVATION 6- 7 minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Probable: : AIRCRAFT 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The observer sighted a round object that had 6 to 10 red and 'orange lights. The object produced a sound similar to the sound used on the T . V. show the Invaders. Dogs in the area barked and the observers hair stood on end. omments: No unusual objects were tracked on near~y radar. search and rescue team passed near the observers home near t he time of the sighting. They ve r e usin g an electric sir e n that produced a high-pitched oscillating whine which was probablely responsible for the noise the ooserver heard. A light plane arrived at Tri-City airpor t at 1915 PST and had a traffic pattern similar to the path of the UFO. FTD S E P 63 0-329 (TOE) P r e v louo edition o r thlo t orm ma y b e u .. d. , . rr:amr r Lt tol Gninta~illn/70916/wn~/27 J un 63 u.;-o Cb~6rvation, l;. or.l,ry 1963, ~Jed ln;1Ja, i..illitornia P4!!';~nce :rour tel~phone conv--!tn~tion o.t 25 Jun~ 19c8 v i th 2d L-t C.u::h?n ~.are.no, thi3 o:ttiee. f.:; re; ueat.;.<l, a CCIX/ o t t.h~ it !"cbr-li!lry 1:1&3 s-!gbtill.g ~t. 3e.O.l:lDda, Cal!r'cr:11:1, is t'Ol"'Xfl!"'tloed. rcr ;r:J'.J.r i"D.for - f~rtnl :'b o~ena Of-:' : Cf.! !cH'03pace 'lechnolo,;_;h!~ Ji:d.:}!.Cu ?rcd~c~ion Dir~c~or~te DEPARTMENT O F T H E AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 63d AIR ElASI::. CHOUP ('AAC) NORTON AIR FORCE BAbE CALIFORNIA 9.~40~) ATTN Or G63 {OTF) 13 Fe b 68 suBJEcT Unidentified Flying Object Report (UFO) Wright Patterson AFB Ohio 1. Sunday, 4 Feb 68, at approximately 1930 PST the Norton AFB Dispatch Section of Base Operations received a phone call concerning a UFO. The woman's description was very incoherent. Furthermore she would not supply her address or tel~phone number. Due to the nature of the telephone conversation the dispatcher could only ignore the incident and the UFO Officer was not contacted. 2. The first indication of a UFO sighting received by this activity was from a Hr John Ahrens of t he University of Colorado. Mr Ahrens called on Friday, 9 Feb, and asked if an investigation had been initiated by our activity. I told him that we were unaware of the sighting. Mr Ahrens said he was advised of the UFO sighting by Dr Seff of the University of Redlands, R~dlands, California. Dr Seff works in support of the UFO Early Warning Coordinatora System employed by the University of Colorado. I immediately contucted Dr Seff and was informed that he had implemented an investigation aided by Dr Kranz and Dr Sanderson also of the University of Redlands. They had interviewed the children (2 girls and a boy) of the~family and a All r eside in the same general area in Redlands, Calif. All the witnesses reported approximately the same findings. Thteir investigation was con- clud~d by the following: a. 'fhe UFO sighting was not caused by a cvnventional aircraft. They aid not rule out the possibility of a helicopter, if there had been one in t h e area. b . l'h~ ! ccd o..1hinnyi!lg sound associate<! with t he UFO was similar to the sound used on the rv show the "Invaders... The sound caused many dogs in the area to bark. c. witness, disclosed that he had a tingling sensation during the sighting that caused the hair on his body to stand on end. Dr Seff suggested that this description i mplied the presence of s ome so~t of electromagnetic force. Seff is now attempting to contact additional witn~sses. his investigation will be forwarded to the University of The results 3. After discussing the entire U.FO sighting with Dr Seff I conducted a belated investigation. 4. The follo~ing URO report is submitced in accordance with AFa 80-17. The attac hed UlO ~orksheet includes all information requirad by the above r~Jlation. 5. , t the Redlands Police Department, by this investigating officer. All questions aslt~d answered on the attached UFO workshre~at. It shou l d be this time that the answers are V3ry similar to the anst111ers given to Dr Seff and his associates when the same witn~ss was interviewed by th~m. In addition, two articl~s that appear~d in t~ local Redlands newspaper are attached. 6. Comments o f the i nvesti gating officer ar~: a. From all the information gathe it would be most likel y t o assume that the sound heard by and c aused the dogs to bark the electronic siren that produc a high-pitched oscillating whine by the Sa n Gorgonio Search and R~ascue Team as stated in th0 newspaper article, dated 1 Feb 68. The team n~ved through the area approxim.tely four to five blocks from the location o f the witness, in tb~ same direc~ion described by him, ~nd at the id~ntical tima of the sighting. b. As mentioned in the news article dated 1 Feb the implication is made that the mystery of the strange sound, s e ems to be satisfie d by the proximity of the search and rescue team. But what of the ~oving lights in the S~J? The inv~scigation disclosed that a light plane arrived at Tri-Ci~y airport at 1915 PST, Sunday, 4 F~b 68. Th~ traffic patt8rn for light planes at Tri-City would cause a flight path similar to the path of the UFO lighcs described by There was no helicoptor o;>e~atln,g in t!le vicinity a t the noted ti:ae ::1or did March AFB Approach Con1:r o l , lo.:.ated a t Marc h AYB, paint any unu;au.al targctts on radar during the ti~ span. In addi~io~. no weath~r ballons were released in the immediata ar~a during this period. c. ~sed op the strength of th~ facts pr~sented, the exists tn.t th~flight path of the light plane accompanied by the search and rescue siren caused this UFO r eport. FOR THE COHM&"'D:U EUGENE J SACCO, MAJ USAF u~o Officer 1. UFO Worksbaet 2. News articl~ dtd 6 Feb 3. News article dtd 7 Feb LOCATION OF OBSERlER. T LATI'IUDE AND 10NGIT!JD:i:;~ OR REF'ERENCE TO A l..NO' .:N a. CIVJl.IAN -MILITARY. l'U}JE, GRADEl~ ORGJ'.N IZATION, :OOTY MD E.:l'l'l} TE OF RELIABILITY Civilian -Estimate of reli~ility_..._QQDi. - -----~ OBSERVER' ..S ACCOUNT OF WFJ:.. 'YdER CONDITIONS GOOD REPO Ill' I<' RJt'[ NEAREST AW3 O'R U 3 ~-lEATHER t3U REAU: WTim DI &!CTIDN 1>h0~ J :~I ~T :: VELOO I'X7.Flli DEGRF1!:0" AND KNOT AT:- (IF-AV.llLABI.E). so ooo' zao75s- ---- High thin scattered clouds c. CEILING d.. VLSIB O~ITY Greater than 15 miles e . ;AHOUNT OF CLOUD COVER 3/8 or bess ?ow.:" .ANY OTHER uNU:aJAL .ACTIVITY oR coNDITION~ i11Ettcrh)f.Ot1CAi~.risT"ir>NoMic.u./ETCr~q: lNTEiiCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION 'l:.4JCE1i (FOB. ADDC OR A.IXC) c c 1 0 o LCCATION OF ANY A IB TRAFFIC IN THE Jll& .A 'r 'lHE TINE OF .SIGH'l'll~ G _f., 'i :;,_ r .. ~ .. ./ ,;-;,., e 11o POSITIO , TI 'fLE .AND CO.t-ll-iENT.S OF lliE P IWPt.ltiNG OFFICER:, mcL~JDING m:s I _Fli~ht ~ns~ruc t~lot) . .ANALJ:SIS Co~nts on basic l~tter 12~ EXISTENCE OF PHYSTC.!L EVIDENCE.:J-.SUCH A NA'.rERI.A.LS .MiD PHOTOGRAPHS.: rr . (H~lTV~: T~o a~ticles o f Redlands Fac t s EUGE."iE J SACCO, HAJOR, USAF ------Bubmi:tted, 'by.;;: DE$.m::PTIO.N OF THE OBJ'ECT: " UFO.B \.JOFKSHEET d. .Nm1BER 6 to 10 1 ights ANy DIXElfUBl.E FFA 'lURES OR DE'fAII.S~ . N/ A" ' . :. I' -~ . . ,-. .... . . TAIL, TRAIL OR EXHAU.ST, liiCLUDHW 5rZE OF .S.AHE COHPARED TO .hlZE OF h . IDL"ND. IF ~liD~ DESCRIBE ..l:OUND like Invaders T.V. Show (Siren) ANGLE OF ELrtA TibN !_AN D~A~OOTH '(b'i:l&Cnm:J). OF oBJFiT WHEN F lE_.ST SlGHTED ANGLE oF..::mATION~-:i'~l:P--lznruTff-(DIRECTION} OF .OBJEC1< t.ffiEN~LAST .. OBERV.ED DEXEPTIONOF FLIGBT PATH ANDiOR HANEUVE"R OF OBJEX:'T,;. Up and level and than e .. MANNER OF .. DI~PPFABA.NCE OF OBJECT -behind-trees .J 1:: :..:. - '"l.,. : " . J,FNGTH OF TIME IN .SX::GHT 6 - 7 minutes - a;.-~ U.SE: OF: ONE.O~:-AN-Y):NUMBEB..OE . . UfE FOLLmiDW IT.Et-15:-GIDUND-VI..9J..AL.., GIDUND-ELECTRJNIC, A'IR-ELECT:OONIC (IF ELFCTIDNIC, ..'.iPECIFY TYPE OF _, ~RA.D.A..Rrvtaual' -.:--Appro.rleb control--(&adc.r.) . contacted . _ No unusu.al targets on tbe night of the UFO Could if have b'een rescue team? 7 h / /'J4'1.. Was the sound a north Red- today as a possible explanation headquarters in Mentone at 7:11 ;;mds man associated with an for the high-pitched. oscillating p.m. and sped west on Lugon.ia 1t. u11iue ntified flying object Sun-or whistling sound heard about to Orange with its siren going . ;IJy night actually produced by 7:20p.m. Sunday by Albert Tet;r;. The carryall turned north on 4 a lighted object he saw moving taU. Or ange at Lugooia, less than Jcross the skies? ' When he first heard it Tetz. four blocks from Tettlat:l's was it merely the strange-lair said, the sound see~ed to home at approximately.. fbe sounding siren of a search and be . coming from a UFO that same time he says he first beard rc~cue te am car ry-all on its way passed "pretty high" over his the oscillating sound. ... IC' an auto accident in the moun-home on Washington street.near An off-<luly sheriff's deputy, La ins several miles no~th ' of Brockton a venue. : , . , who s. sitting in a church in .Redlands? . ~:c: He, said :t he sound indica ted the VICUllty at that. time, said The siren theory was advanced an,..eastward movement toward he heard the si r en, whi<'.b. c-ar- .. ... ---..:.:::::. ~Mentone, although he initiaUy ries consi derably farther t han saw no lights in the sky.,, mor~ conventional one::."". and However. Tetzlaff. sa id,. the ob thought the vehicle "was com- ject apparently "turned" over ing right thro ugh the church." ' Mentone , at which . time he If that, in fact. explains the s<..w ' 'about six, eight or. ten" sound heard. by: TeWaff and .by red lights partially outlining other residents in the area, something that rose vertically in there is stiJJ the matter o1 the t.bc air a11d then stopped before moving red lights in the sky to wards-me again." Although the rescue team car. moving: west and " coming to-oe explained. 1 T etzlaff. a . police department ryall is equipped with a red custodian and reserve patrolman, light on the front o the vehiclc,,L --------,..-=------ , said he continued to hear the according to Pounders, it would= ! "sound " as the lights moved to-appear mos t unlikely that 'it ward Norton "AFB and ;d jsaP.-was what Tetzlaff saw from bjs peared. \. \ patio vantage point. "It definitely went rigbtkover At any rate, " flying saucers" my lio~,: said Te~laff.'\ "I and interplaneta ry t~avel report. aon' t think 1t.was an a~tplan&..." edly have become a frequent A number ofpther residents toP.ic of discussion in North Red in north Redlands reportedly ands homes. J 3 h eard and saw the same phenom 1 .-----d F ebrucuy 6, 1968 pc;ge