1. D A TE TIME CROU? 3. S1">l!RCE 2. L OCA TION r'LOonro.~ 10. CONCLUSIO:-l Cl'i .... L LU 4. NUMBER OF OB J ECTS There 'orer e fou~ ciffercnt ob jects thut deca yed on 18 J un 6S hr s . So~e l o 20 cebris ) OPS #5138 payload ) S . L ENGTH dF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SU,' .. V,\ARY A ND A NA L YSI S except that i~ trave l ed e long the horizon. 6. TYPE OF OBSE RVATION und vis ual 8. Pt!OTOS PHYS ICAL E VID E NCE : tS It g. ~ 'IDPI' (uro) Lt Col Quintaoilla/70916/mhs/l Aug 68 U70 Obeerations~ 23 May 68 & 17 Jun 68 Bradenton, 71orida 33505 1 . This re-plies to your undated letter which we received on 23 July 1968. Your s ighting s of' 23 May and 17 June 1963 are over thirty days old, and as such~ TWOUld be ext~ly h.aril t o evaluate. For this reaSOJ'l, -we suggest that i:f you ever s_igbt another UF'O, you should report 1t to tile nearest Alr Fore& base. Each b ase i.to.s an U50 in"Vestigator, -who is ill a better position to make an on-the~spo~ investigation which usu~lly result ln a more accura~e analysis .. 2 . Your sighting or 17 June 1968 appears to be very similar to either a meteor observation or s atellite debris decaying i n t o the at:oo::;pbere. On this date there "'ere four such decays of ~o~bich one may haV& bee.n respon.sible f'or your observation. 3. .Althoug)l your sighting occurn:d o,er thirty days ago, we wonlrl appreciate )'t>ur completing the inclosed A7 Form 117 and r eturn it in the self-addressed envelope. By doing so, we will b e abla to file your sighting for 1 nformation purposee vb.ich may be of' assistance 1a evsluet11l8 other re:porta 4 . Thank ,au for n~rti.ng your obaervationa to the Air f'oree . e!, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace 'fecbrJOlogies Division Production Directorate AP Form 117 w / en-re lope ]. .:tL-.Ll..JOL.l.:l- ~a \ocr~. Q~ci