PS\OJECT 10073 11cCO~D Q::9.ha. Nebrasha tO. CONCLUSION t 1. Hll~f:\ER OF O~JECTS 5. LHIG TH OF Ob5cRV.\T IOH Ls -1 0 Hinutes ~ (.. T YPE oF 09ScUV.t.T IOt-4 Gr c'und.-Vi. s ua l tl. a~IEF :SUJ,~,4A1H A NO AM~LY.Sil t ~ight in3: Two 18 yr old boys, saw 1 ie;h t n~9.r the grormd comin g ! ~oto1ard them. t'1hen nE:'arl y overhead they stated it was 150 ft ; abov e them antl t h e "size of o cotage and reta ngular . The obser~e:r~ re.porterlly chased object up to 90mph but i t Rngled a wa y . 1 Cu-:i'Ei:TS ~ Both boys '"ere requested t o complete an IJ! Fonn 117 but r.eithe r ha s done so as o f 4 N~ 69. Althou~ the boy3 sta~l.d ~ ! .-;the y report e d the sighted to the p1ic e , the Onaha police depot. t :J. PHOTOi .stated th:1t the y had not received any :reports on this date that none o f the officers on duty that night saw a nything e i thef. il H " The. boys had just been talking about s pace ship s a n d thing.<:J of l ----- ---------! tbis"sort", when t hey sighted the obje c t . About J days to a ...,e~k ~ 9. ?H"t'SIC~I.. i:VIO!MC&t Ja ter the obs.:H~rers r e_portedly sighted the same object ag'lin in 89D'le area and t raveling in the se.me direct ion. Tr.e re are s ':lver~l airfields SE of the ooservers po3ition and th~ llghtin~ c onfig- . uration of ths "UFO" is very similar t o that o: a n u1rcra1' c found of' an ....:!llnooo ccmmon obje ct; no could be thoug..~t similar. It appea r e d U:J.S slightly tt70 pontoons lil~e joine d by a -vc:s.-u.iJ TH OmS.:'la iTebraska 68106 l.'o;:'O.:;A7:0' i tN:::Lt.;),,..; OCC...J?A TiO. A ,'\ u ;.., Y EXPERt;;::-~cE WriiCH MAY OC: PC:RTII'.O::NT. ...,:~.trolman Omaha P~lice Dep~. in hj.s o.vn -ro.:: ls. 'Ih-.. sto-rie::> '-rere b-oi..sicall:r the san~. I c"~ ..:;'~cd Lhr:: s=;ne q_._1~stiona of both boys a nd 'th "!l r '"l.nswers <rere the f; . On thursday niz,.'lt, ll July 68 at 12301 :-::ycDT , the two boys ver~ out on a. c ou_1.try road hear na.:..."11l' s Auto junk yM. They wer e looking ac:::-os s t~1= fi~ld::; tm-ta.rd3 a Roberts dairy fJJ:'ID building :J.pproxim8.tely one mile 1:,1ay. In th~ area bet1-1een their position and the farm build ing it: . valley . A hill obscur..es the valley from -ric'." from t h e p o .3i tio~.1 o f the t--;;o boy:;. Suddenly, the object a 'O:pe:u-ed r isiti.g from the v:1ll~y and 1~s.s i n sig.'1t e..:; it rose aoove the hill line. They do not remembe.r i f i t wss r is.l.!.16 'Fe r tic'2lly onl y or if it ' lad any discernible fon.;a.rd mov~me.1.t a t that time . ~ter gaining ap:proxi natel.:r th~ty feet o f e.lti tl.!<le e.bov'"! the hill lin e it b ec3m.e illttroin.a.ted b y three vbi t e ligh-r.s in th.a .front ::L"l.d t1w green l ts o n the rear. I ask~d them if the l ights could have possibly been on aJ 1 the tine but just ";ere not noticed 'till then. fuey feel the.t t .ne ob.iect was dark until that tilne a."'ld then o.pp~ared to turn oa the lights It contiw d t o climb until t H~S high eno1 to be above t h e horizon. rTo grou~ disturbance, noise, or omell w::1s detected. T.!:le o b ject appea-r~. to l evel off at about 200 fee c abov e the ground after travel:!.!!g a:_ppr~;d mat ely lCOO feet in a r.orlheasterl:r direction. It then maJ.a its only turn, t1rrain.g ri~t ".:o a s out'b.e3.Sterly direction . It fleH to.vards the -r...ewers and passed by tb:;::n a:pproximately 500 fe-=-t to their :::-ight. At thi s tine 'th~y pursued i t in thei r car, a 1953 Ford s~dan. ~ey were able to naintain a ~03ition .s.p,!)r'>:rlmately one half nile behind th~ ob ject whil~ trs.v~ling 8 0 'to ~0 ::Ules ner hotu-. ~\fter a~9roxinat~ly three minutes it e ccelerated rapidly and did ~at ,:.ppea.r to gain aay altitude.. It rc..:pidly disap_:peared i n the d iste>.:1ce so nth or the city of Omaha.. ~ 'Ib.e boya J:'eturned Oil Saturday nig':J.t in :!J.09es Of seeing the O!:>,ject eg3.in but it 1.o1a3 not seen. The boys were 18 yea:rs old and appeared to b e ve~J responsible. They s eemed to b e sincere.and quite positive i~ all tteir ~esponses to my questions F.o:. :.1 cmmrrG?_.\i'i, capt., usA:!' 1 Bep lty Chief, Base Infor:nE.-cio::J. D-ivision 1-.lrt tiC I called Off~tt AFB to t.::>.lk to Capt C...t.'1!1iogha.n (htt he was n'Jt. i n so I tolked to Sgt, McCoy-I ns~eU. him :o tell Copt Cunnine;na;r. t.o t:'i!ld out. il' any aircraft had 1a,tdcd at. Ofi'J,tt. or Omana City !\ir~)ort ::1t approximately 12 : 35am. Also} if the clty police had re~eLved any c~lls about a UFO at thac time or if O!'fi'tt. Tower had anything t:..l"lJsual in the log teat night, and ii' 8:-l.Jl:.hing unidentified w:ls cracked on radar. DEPARTMENT OF THE ~IR FORCE .t1CXI ( Cr>pt Cunningham/402-2~4-40)0) ukD Sightln3 of 11 July 1963 I TD ( :rn.::TR-Lt !1orano) 1. lfo kno..m aircraft vere f lying in the area at. the time of the sighting. Offutt A.:""B had only on e aircraf't landing close to the tltne. An EC-135 a i rcraf t l3.nded at Or'futt at 00]1 CDT on l.-urJway 30. By ln.nd.ing o n run1ay 30 this would mean that the alr c raft l:pp roacned Offutt f r o m t~e east and would not have been any-t~here near t h e are3. o:f the sigh7.ing. The sighting was to the 'Yrest o.L Ofr'utt AF.B e.pproxin-ately 16 miles. Ther e we.ce no air c r a f t departi:lg Ofr'utt duri z:g this tble f rame . 2 . 'l'here o.::-e only t'..ro airports in t h e vici::1i ty of the sig..rtlll6, the 1Iilla_"'"d. f'.1unici?BJ. and t!le South O:naha . ~lei ther of these alrnorcs a r e ve~ close. 'Ih~ closest one is at ~lllla::-d.. It is appro.xi- r . o.tely sev~n miles southeast of the position of the sighting. 3. I vlsited the Milla airport and n o on e th e r e had seen - ny-r..hing u:mst:al o r had heard of anything unus t-.a.l. 'i':'le::-e were no unusual design aircraft there. T'n-:r e are no homemade or t>.-qJerimen'tal aircraft present a t the airport. .A:!.l aircraft 11ere of' t h e usual light aircraft style, both hlgh wing a::1d low ..ring~ I'ne same results we~ obtained a t t h e oth e r airoort. 4. I cont a cted the Ome~a Radar Approach Control facility and spoke with Hr . El mer Gerfen , the manage r . He question ed all the r3dar con t rollers o n duty 'tbat night and no unidentif i ed t a rget s ~..-ere noted. 70R THE Cml!V.A..~ER .R. Cu~ING.HA!\f, Sa?i;, USAF Deputy Chi , I~ror.nation Division Peace ... is ou:-Profcs si.o'l S U OJtCO' DEPAR fMENT OF THE AI~ FORCE: H!::AOQUA"'tTER::> F ORF.IC N TCCH'I()LOCY DIVISION I AFSC) TDPT (UFO) UFO Ob~erv~tion, 12 Zuly 1;168 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting .ofhich you reported to t he Air Force. The information \-lhi ch we have recei ved is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Re q uest.. JOU complete the attacheri AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thar..k j'OU for reporting yoLtr observsti on to tnc Air Fo!"'ce. :iECTOR ~UINTM:ILLA, J r , Lt Col onel USAF 1 Atch Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office AF Form 117 w/ e nvelope Aer o space Technologies Divisi on Production Directorste D'IP~IlT~lENT O F T H::: AIR FORC E WRIGHT P .\ T TERSO-.: AI~ FO~Ci:: OASo!. OHI O 4!$4'13 TD.?T (UFO) U?O Ooservation Referenc e your recent unidentified flying object sighting J~hich you reported to the Air Force. The information which we have recelved is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Reque s t you complet e the atta~hed AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. 7hank you for reporting you r observation t o t he Air Force. ~CTOR ~UL~TANILLA, J~, Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Pheno~e~a Office Aerospace Tec ologies Division Production Directorate AF Fo r m 117 w/envelo?~ ;,rlO Obse::-ration, 12 July 1968 Omaha Police Department Omaha, Ne brask3. @ 100 1. The Aerial Phe nomena Office is in receipt o f' an unidentifl(.d i'lying object (UFO) report which o ccurred o n 12 July '19EB at 0030 hours, Ju-st outside oJ.' Omaha { 168th a nd Dodge Streets). 2 . The observers stated that they sighted an "U" shaped object t h at had three 'White ligt1ts a cross the front and tvo green lights i n bs.ck. :'he object appeared to be approximately i'ifty :feet across and vas t=avellng toward the southeast at lov level. 3. Did you receive e:::r.1 reports of u..-msual objects for this date? 1-le 10uld app:-eeiate your co:mrents as to a possible caus e f'or this F"ighting. ~. Thank you "for your assistance on this matter. ~ QIJiliTANTIJ.A, Jr, Lt Colonel, Chief, Aerial Phenomena Of:t'ice Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate seLf .. add.rcssec envelope ~ICHAR:> q \NDERSEN Crti~F 0 POL ICC PUBLIC SAf-'~'TV :JIH~. nl.tte:' . 1 _en ,Tt!lr sa .J.t -re -oort t :1 :, ':. tha~i this infor~ation xill sa i.~;fu:tion and a ppr oval. J 0 SE? 1SS8 Jr: J A !.len HJnek J.!tjrt>or~l 0b ~e rva tor;t ~'i ort.n'dl:!.j t-oe ::!l U:.li ve.t: sl. I"..J Yo-.. hc.'ld f-re ;io~;s.l,;; st.a'l;..~d. teat 10 o,.erl) (.Oi:l't. "to ~.:ell. r~._a=ri.ll1,., b t;elephcce the observer~, r.J.ea.:>e oa.ta a vrit-:.en t:-a::.......c~\:t. of :'lo ... r con<tersai;iOn j ;lour er~.i.13t.i:m o t 't-12 t>i t!.c.t.J..o.e,; e1..i i or-.:a rd. t.Le!!: t. ... i our offi~e uo la~er ~an c5 O~tober ~)c3 ~ttTOR .UL.'i'!'ANII.LA, J r 1.:~ Co.lo::el., uS.~F C~ef, r.c:1i&l P he.:::.o:..en.u t.f!'ice A.croS}.a.::e Tecb..aol oe:it!:l Di , iJic:l ~?-( u:o) L~ Col ~'Ui:ltanilla/70916/mhs/12 Nov 68 ;)r J Al l e n Hyne k :,efe r ence our lett-er o~ 30 Septe!:~b<~r 196S, ,Jit!l :: a.rds to t.r.e Ullidentified f lying ob.j(!Ci~ :;;i[;h-r.ln~ of l 2 July 1.)6 -3 .:.~om Gtn..'?ha , :!ebraoka.. I o date l'i'e ?-'rc not rece i 'r::d l.he .l'l!Sult::> of yoi..lr in- rcsti a a tion . If you did not oc'tu ally in.veati.;:Jte 1t i!l "J:.lJ form please not.ify u s s o t:C3t "'e c o.n t s ke the ''P'9l'OpTia t e 9 ctj on~ il you did contac t the oo:;;erve r s , plaasa comply i tn our rc~uern s , 35 stated irr our Let t e r of 30 ~ptc~ber 1968. Re.~uest yo1u compliar.ce , w-1. til c o ntent:;; of this letter, oo or b~r'ore 2 5 November 1963. :uU:C~:.A:!ILL'\, .;r, Lc Colonel, U~!" hief, Aeria l Phenomena .Er anch . .\3rospace '"':::conologies r:. vision ~oductioa ri~ctorat~ 1'\0RTHWESTERN UNlVERSIT Y foV,\~STO~. II.! INOIS t.OlOI DEPA:n.'I.U;S f 0! ASTl'.U'iO~IY Lit-. OHP.I'AER ASTRO:-:O~IICAL ~SEi.~C!i CE:-o TE:< FTD (TDETR) Research and Aerial Phenomena Division Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Attn: TDPT (UFO) 18 'i':ovcmber 1968 Sighting of 12 July 1968, 01uaha, Nebr. , Ken Hoit~ Lt. Col. Eector Quintanilla, Jr. 1. Enclosed is the complete transcrirt of my Luped intcrvj e;;., with Kenneth, witness in the a~ove referenced sighting. fill it in Thank you. you please for..:ard mt! another evaluation card so that I u.ay in connectio~ with the 25 February 1967, Fa