PROJECT 10073 RECORD 11: OA ~c:.: 'tMt: GROuP 2. L OCATION Gro~er.on, Nissouri 3. SOUF: CE 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1-5 minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Gronnd Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10, CONCLUSION UNIDENTIF I e:D 11. B~I.E F SU!AA'ARY AND ANALYSIS / The observer was avakened by several of his cows bawling. The observer rushed to his living room and sighted a craft that was estimated t o be about 10 0ft. in diameter and had concave sides. A bright yellow-green light came from the concave sides of the craft and the craft itself produced a pulsating sound similar to a piece of wire vhirled at high ~P ~ bove a per son ' s head. J. } TttP tJl:W ... }, C"l> t;}lp cows wer'e~staring at the object whi aoo'ut lOO to 200 ft away and about 25 ft. above the ground, Finally ~he cows vhirled and ran into the barn. Shortly afterward tbe craft moved away rapidly toward the SW. W A ,._, '77-~ ":P. 1 ~.:. i- eDde tomcx:"IOw Dlgbt. r ... ~FOR MORE ON VFOo..~: Air Foree Asks St. Joseph, Mo., nt Official fat" Report : St. Joseph, Mo. (AP)-Assist- ,; ance in obtaining information e-concerning a reported unidenti 1 :d, Bed flying object in the Gower, I m Mo., area at 4:30 o'clock itJ tb6 1 al-morning, February 9, was asked j ps of John C. Riley, jr., city avia. ~ ~ tion director, by the Air F'orce. f The request came from .Maj. J Hector Quintanilla, chief of the -l Aerial Phffllomena office of the B :~ Foreign Technology division ~ w-th& Air Force headquarters at 31 the Wright Patterson base . in as I The letter from the Air Force t .1 v I stated. . Tb Aerial Phenomena of!Jce is by i.n receipt of an unidentified flyin,c !r object report from Gower, .Mo. er i The observer sighted an e or !tremely hri2ht Ught and also be&rct '--j' :1 DOllie. It soundt!d similar to the ~ swish of a piece of ~. whirled at h1~h speed above " petiVti'Wt b-rbead. and had puJuttnc. :dx)lhnrt ~J t ef some kind. lllitiaUy tb. ~)ftltta' O was boering, but wbeu it JDO\Ied' N s- , toward the southwest. the nolle , d-was two or tbne times Joude and the sound pulsat.iolls were more rapid.. . an I N REPLY REFER TO: D EPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HEADQUART ERS FORT RILEY FORT RILEY, KANSA S 66442 A LiV\ v 3 r iay 1 6? t>UbJLCT: UFO Observation, c. Februar;y 1968 Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AT C~l: LTC !lect o r Quintanilla 1 . A che::d, of our aircraft operations i.ndico.tes th~t no aircraft operating from t:B.rshall Army Airfield wer e flown in or around the a rea of Go~:cr, l1issouri on 9 February 1 968. 2 . Our norrr..a l helicopter lo . .; level training i~ rest ric ted to an area in the i.mmP-dia te vicinity of Fort Riley and SmoY.ey Hill Bomb Range, Salina, Kansas. The area around Gower , Hissour i is not used by this Post for helicopter t raining or flight missions. We do, ?n occassion, use the i n::>tr,unent landing facilities a t Rosecrans liemorial, Saint ~'osert~, t-~i ~souri. HoHever, no assigned aircraft o~era.ted a t Rosecrans tla jor, 'fC Fo~t Avidtion Officer TDPl' (UF'O) Lt Col ~intanilla/70916/mhs/29 Apr 69 UFO Observation, 9 February 1968 Marshall AAJf Fort Riley, K:ln.saa 66442 1 . 1~e Aerial Phenomena Of~ice is in receipt of a n unidenti~1ed fly1ng obJect report from Go"Wer, Missouri .. hich occurred on 9 February 1969 at approximately 4 : 30 em. 2 . T:le observer sighted an extremely br16}\t light and also b e ard a noise. I t sounded similar to the s~sa of a p iece of wire, whirled at a higb speed above a person' s head, a nd had a pul3ating r hyi:hm of some kind., Initially the objact -was n ove ring, but ~vhen i t .JJoved to,..mrds the southvest, the noi s e \olas t-wo or three ti.cles louder and the sound pul sa tions were more rapid. 3 ~-lr. , Facility Chief a t the Kansas City Municipal Airport, haa suggested that the sight!Dg may have been o:f a lov e l t i tude operation o a turbine-powered helicopter and suggested t1:s t 'l-re contact you. Do helicoptP.rs from your field ever operate in the area i n question'? Do you have records for the abo11e da t & And time that would indicate ~betber a hel1cop or other aircraft would b e 1.n t.he a~ <J. t the time? I:f so, was there any activity in the area a t tbsit time 4. To obta1:~ thia data, we r~alize that. J10U must do quite a bit of research, hmlevet"', lie would sincerely ~reeiate your answering the~ ~e&~io 5 Tl:aok you for your assi~tance in this :::;atter FOR ~'HlS COMMAJIDER ':OR C.lJ'ICITA:fl!.LI, Jr, lt Colonel, ,PChie.t, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate POLICE DEPARTMENT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI64106 CLARENCE M . KELLEY Chief o f Polico HECTOR. QurNT.ANI LLA, JR, !1AJ08., USAF' CHIEF, AERI.AL PHENOffENA OFFICE AE~OSPACE TECHNOLOGIES DIUISION PRODUCTION DIRECTORATE JN REFERENCE IS OFFJ:R.ED. TO YOUR INQUI~Y DATED APRIL 17, 1968, 0RSERVATION, FEBnUAR.Y 9, 1968, THE FOLLOWING TrlE K.Ar.rsAs CITY lio. PoLICE DEPAR.Tl'IE!IT HAS flCT 'rl.ECEIV- ED A VERDA 0~ WRITTEN REPOR T OF THE DESCRIBED INCIDENT T 0 TH :r S D A T E SIN C G 0 WE t:t, N I tl f" 0 U R. I IS L 0 C A TED N P: A R. THE TYA OvEn.H.AUL B.Ase, AfOqTH OF' KANSAS CITY, l1IssouR.I, IT COU LV DE ASS UffE D TH.ri. T THE .AC T IV I'r I ES AT THE BASE lv' O U LD ii.1P"Z .iC BEiiR.ItVG, l-!HAT ff.AY HAVE C~.fUSED THI S UNUSuAL R.EPOR.To WE REGqET NOT BEING ABLE TO ASSIST YOU IN THIS HATTER. Youns TRULY, COffj'f.A.V DING RECORDS & JDENTo UNIT K. C. No~ PuLICE DEPTo TD?'l' (UFO) .t-1aj Quintanilla/ 70916/:r.h::;/ 15 Apr i l 1968 UJO Cbservation, 9 t"eb.rua..7 1963 Police Departments at Kan s a s Cit y , Missouri Plattsburgh , Missouri Joseph, 111 ssou r i 1. T.bl!! /\erial ?.l~omena Office is in receipt of .fl.yizls obJect report 1'I"'Ul Gover, Miosouri, \m ien 9 ~ebruary 1968 a~ approximately ~:30 ~. an tmlden~1f1ed 2 . T.:.e obael'VP.r sio.:.,ted an ~tremel;,r b r ight. llgnt 3nd also ~esrd n nolse. It sounded aioilar to the svisb of a piece of Yire, whirl~d o t blg!l speed above a versoo ' s bead, f\llC i 1:. l.:ad a 3JUl.M ting r~;,rtbm of socsae ki.nd. Ini:ially the object !-138 hoV\"!ring, b u t \11-:en i t :r.oved tolo'ftrds t he south~s~, the noise watt tvo or "three ti!l1es louoer and the $0Und pulsations vers ~ore rnpid. 3 D1d you rectt1ve any .re:port.a of Ulll.UfU.al objects :for t~is date! 'Ae 1ooulll sppneiate your cocneats a.a to a poeaible cauae :ror t his a18ht1ng ~10R C'.Ul3l'.AJillJ A, Jr, ~lajor, USA' cie:t Aclrlal. ?!1euomeaa Office Aeroapeee Tee~logiea ~Yision ?.toduetiOD D1.reetora'te SUdJLcT UFO Ohservatiott, ~ fabrunry l~bK Hect o r Quintanilla, Jr. >laj or, I.JSAF Chief, Aerial Phenom~na Office Aerospace Technolog ies Uivlsion Production Directorate 1 . Your J.etter subject a s above , dated 17 April 1968, was referred t o his office by the Puulic Infornation nftice, Headqua rters, Fort Leavem;ort h for action. z . rhe c!.escription o~ t he si~hti.nt'; docs rescnble, in an intanr.;ible way, t lte mnnner in \Jiticlt menber s of the laity describe our helicopters. Kowever, our helico?ters seldom operate in the vicinity of Go~1er, ~ii~souri. Xor e speciElcally, our reco rds rcve~l no helicopter flights on 9 Februar y 1963. s. Sherman A rm:/ Airfield Contro l Tetler i!" non-o?erational durin;; the period '1.300 t o 0 700 hours, therefore, it wns not in a pocition to receive any reports of unusual objects o r noise. nte airfiel d oper ations office is o?en on a 24 hours bnsis and no rc~ort pertinent to the alleged si~hting ' The a tr.ached abo\1 L Lite UFO. 1\C\v~ cli~Ji>in~ \7ill sup?ort your q uery for i nformation Aviac~on Of~icer Tt:Pr ('Jro) j Quintanillo./70916/mhs/15 Apr 63 Thi s letter was sent ~o the Rosecr a nce Airoort St Joseph, ~!o 64501 follo~ing addresses: Fairfax }llnicipal Airport Kansas City, ~Ansas 66115 ~lid Contin~nt Inte~ national Alrpor~, Kansu.s City, ~!o 6t~llJ l Pulic Info Off / Ft Leavenworth , Kansas City r.h.m Airport 1. '!l :e !\e~al na Qtt'1oe 1a 1!:a ~e~i.Pt ot n n unic:umti1'1ed i'l;rin.g objec~ ~J;Ort .fro:n Gol.rer, Mllllleu.:r-i .:.:::..iczl oecur't'ed o n 9 !"ebruGey 1?63 d t appro~ tel~ : ~c na. 2 . The obae1~r si~t.l!Jt! m:t e.t. l)' bri6ht li~t.t nco r.l:so ;)ee.ri ~ 1iOI.illl: &.incl. l'Ci~:tll:/ :.1'1e objd~t -,.aa l:overln;;~ b u!.. ... ~.ttn tt ;.:c-n!td t b J uonnrl :pul..Ga~l;>alS \olel'Vt ~nt '!."apui .. } . : u ~elh."'Ol)ter~ i'l'OIII& "JJUr fi~ld ~,~lt o~..rata in 't-; rtta. ia ~a.at1en."' ~ :fCA1 !leVIS .t."f!corde tor t oe ~hove ' t2Dd t.U. t.~a't. 'YCI.ll.il 1""'.d1esta vhett-.e:r a :h.el1COJ.)ter ~ o~r <"i.ror~"t"t ~ld ec, 1."1 th~t~ H.:rea .!\t. tee t.U.7 !1' ii.O, '".w t!~cre cny 'loU vi ty b 't..W r~r~s Q~ "t."$t. ~. 1-. Diif ~yaua u~ t.ce cotltrol tower receive ~ report or a.."l unuGUill obj4tct or uo1Hs .for the t!tal:"}7 i'X>I'ai.ag .ooura ot t:1e 9't..'\ l)f ;.eo.ruaeyt 5 '.i'::J. o~tail\ t.hi.'l <1"-ta, tie r~li:~ut tc:~t J0.1 : tUn do CsUi~ 3 'bi"t o:r retJCeT""'!'l,. howe Y'er, wa l<0.1ld &i.ltcoertil7 ~P'PNcis.te. your 3Jls--....er.....n6 th~u1c ~Oft ~UIMA.'UI.l.A,. 3r, U&Jor, USAI ,li .nter ~ Anal. P"~ or.r1~ ; e:"OSpac:e Teebnol051 Division ~t1011 U:rrate ~;c:: t{T.3: Seve~al Police Depts. and Airports in the ar~a \Jere co.'1.tact.ed. :.o ~I.! .t.:~:;:;~:-.e if they had received any reports; had thensel ve s see:1 anyt.:-.i:~t; u!'\usual; a~u if there vere any helicopter activities ic the ares. No one else in the are~ seems t.o have seen anything unusual and although several people thou~t t he ~escription somewhat similar to that of a turbine helicopter no record could be .r"ound of any helicopter activity in the area. NOTE: The observer is near sighted but did not have his glasses on at the time of the sighting . DEPARTMENT OF THE A I R FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREI G N TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AFSC) WRIGHT-PATTERSON A I R FORCE BASE. OHI O 4S433 TDPT ( uro) uro Obattl''t'&t.1.on, 9 February 1968 Plattsburgh Police Department Plattsburgh, ~11ssour1 64477 1. The Aerial Phenomena Office is 1n receipt of an unidentii"ied :fl.ying object report fl"'al ~r, ltlssouri, Yhich occurred on 9 February 1968 at approximately 4 : 30 am. 2 . The obaer~er sighted an extreme~ bright light and also h e tard a noiee. It sounded s:U:silar to the swish of a piece of '\lire, \lnirl.ed et !11gb speed above a person's head, and i t had a pulsa tj ng rhythm o f SOIH kind. Initially tbe obJect '~'.ISS hovering, but v ben i t moved the aouthlMst, the noise vas to10 or three t~es louder and the sound pul aationa vere more rapid. 3 Did you receive any reporta ot utNeual objects :for this datet We vould appreciate ycAXr coramenta as to a possible cause for t his sighting. 4 . '!'hank you for your assistance in tb.i.s lll&tter. ,(fr,-Major, USA7 Chief, A.erial. Pb.eDOIIilln o.rt1ce .Aero~ TeehDOJosiea D1 Y'Uioo Pl'oductioa i)ireetorate I have no information on any such s ighting. Polica Cl e::-k R f:I"LY TO DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION C AFSC) WRIGHT.PATTERS O N AIR FOR C E BAS E . O HIO 4543 3 Mid Con t inent International Airport Kansas City, Missour i 64141 2 . The obMrll'er ~igateu an extrseJ..7 bright li~t ~nd also ~rd a r.ola.. l t sounded ai.tdlar to tbi! ~nri~ ot a piec ~ o ? t;f.re a~ a h 1gb .::peed n bove 3 ptt r:soo s he&d , and rttld .e. pu 1:~ ting rnythce o.f ~ :dna. Initull,y -c.r.e objectt 'W& i:.o~rtna, but \lnel1 i t :lOVed tOlfarda tn. aouthve.-t., "i.rre ooi.H vaa t""' or t ref! t i::nes loqdJ" and t.l::e ftC'IInd pul :sa~ioa. \-#ere ::x>nt rapid. J . to belieoptera 1":'014 your t"1~ld ever OJ:;>et'&te 1n t r..a Rr!!a in ~ueat1on7 .r.o YtM l~ :-eeorde tor t b t ahcne d8ta and t ime t'!lat 'WOUld indicate \.r-Ather a ~11copte:r or ot!:ler "lirel"tlf't "\>IIOtll.d be io. the al"ea a t t i.'tt timet J.r :Jo, 'tJ."aa t here eny ~cti n ty in the a,.ea st t hat t:~Jae. : h 01c1 a~ ht. the c:cot.rol toMr reee1?e a report of a_., unuaual o b ject or no1Me ror tile evq aontlDg .h01aaa or t..~ 9'tJl o-t l;oebr\lary? .:;. 1'o obt..1A thl.a da~, "il.S :''!!4Use ~-"' ;jO:J WUa"t do ;ui te ;:) bl"\ or nnMnb. ho ue W'ltP, ..,. ~ld sincwl' 17 a :Au eciat. 3'0UP ana rin8 theM . ..,. T.ltQlk )'Q.l to:r your :'laaut.enee 1D thi ~tter. Chte:t, .?bla..naaena ot:f1ee .eero8jlece 'I'eehno.l.ogiee D1 natoo ~o.mcntoa Di.rfiJ~"tOr "t.e No helicopten-a1e based or operate ~rom controllers in the t ower. here. ~o reports we received DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ATCT (Hunicipal) Kansas City, Missouri Hajor Hector Quintanilla, Jr. , USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorat e Wright-Patterson Air Force, ,Ohio 45433 Dear Major Quintanilla: 1 Your memorandum of April 17, 1968, in reference to a reported UFO observation at Gm-1er, Missouri, on February 9, 1968, was relayed to me by the Municipal Aviation Department. Except for unusual incidents, we records for the concerned date. tio n was recorded at the control have disposed of our aircraft movement No incident similar to the UFO observa- elicopter operations from this airport normally do not operate the area or at the time involved. The observations related in paragraph 2 of your memorandum give indica- tion of l ow altitude operation of a turbine-powere d helicopter. I would suggest contacting Sherman AAF, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, and Marshall A~, Ft. Riley, Kansas, for possible information. Those facilities are both southwest o the location reported and conduct extensive helicopter ope:rations. Sincerely, 2-f.DJ O.U.nta:oilla/70916/mhs/25 ~:ar 68 uro Obaervntion, 8 Febl'Wlry 19@ Dr. J. Allen Hynek Rctorence the attached report. frOCZl l.U ot Groveton# H1oGOU.ri, Conservation Acrca Itnnch on his un1dtmt1ficd observation ot 8 February ]9$. P'l..ellao ccntl\ct. your evalua tioa. ou this ob&ervat.ion. . . :crron c~unfTA."~UIJA-Jr, l:Ojor, USIJ' b1e.r, /I erial Phenomena Office Aeroapnce Technolooiea Div1G1on l"roduc tion Directorate noo let. WJ know or SAF-OIC/Misa TUrn~/76526/Feb. 16, l 96d Your l~tte.r or FeOruary 9 , 156(3, to the ;;;.c::retary or ne.r~us. bas beea refe-rred to th1.a ot"t1ee ror re.P17. aiit.bcM~ adcl:itiooal. 1nrora ntiau, ve cannot o:frer an e.x-plaDatioa of the un1deatir1ecl t~ obJeet. {010) l'OU obse.I'Yed. .BoveYer, it you vUl. complete tlw a"ttac:lwd. ~'UIIstiODDai.l"e a.Dcl m..U it in the inclo.aedo eDYe.lope,. our tec:hnieal ~eople st Wrig.bt-Patt.erson Air Foree Ease v1ll ~ able to 1nv .. tiaat further aDd make aa evaluation. Should you i:JVU sight onother oro, pl.Me .t"'eport it as ';()OD tU r,oaible to ~he !le8Nt Air J.l'oree b.ase. E'.acb. tase baa a tJro