~fSR ( EC:0 II) , b . "i'YP.: o.: 03S~RVATlO~ . 3 . PriO"iOS ?HYSIC..l.l. EVID~E See case files. CO>: 2::75: Re:~e:ccnce the observers unidentified flyin.s; oo~ec ... observation o~ 20 July 1968. Satellite r ecords indicate t~at on 20 Jul 65 at approxi tely 10:57 pm, ECnO II should hav~ beer. vis~cle no~th of the observers position. 7~e sate:!..lite t raveled roughly due south an:-1 passed sllgntl y ea3~ of the obse~vers position. At about 11:06 pm i~ pas::;e~ into the earth' s shadov southeast of :the obs ervers position and woulc not have qeen visib:e eny longer . EC::o II has a stellar t1agni tude of - 1 a nd as s uch i s o:-i.:;r.ter than al.:r:ost all of the star s and most of the "' "ATION WHI~'"'~ Y)lJ FE!:L '' P!:::>TI'I!;:'JT C \::TUill:',_ : . ~e.:'..;!"~:Jce your unid c nt.ir'ie<.J fl~in~ object ( iJ:?O) <.}'t~erra'Li011 .;i' :) J uly l:Joc. 2atelli:.e record s .:..~d:!.c n e t.l!a-r. e n J July l/C.-3 -t ovproxi:na t.e ly 10 : 57 pm, .SCI:O II snoul.:3 ~are been : ... ~ . '::le ::Jo r h ..:!: ou r pos1.:.1.oo . ' he .j<ll:e llit.e t.r a te.L.ed roug!lly ue SO'.!t n and :'P..5~eu . e eari:b I J - b a .:ml sou-:..'1eRS~ of J()ur ,as i tion 3.JlC .. o uld not !::~-re o~en ' .;ible L"".Y longer . 3 C . O II !J~s a st.~llsr ma.g,n:. :u-:e o~ - l '\CO -ts ':han;( _ "t>u for r e ? o r-:.i:::;-3 you r o b s ervation t o :.~c i~ :ror-:e ; r o space ~!!::~"loloc:;ie.a Di Yi3ion ?:ouuc tion 0irec~orate ThiJ \odll r e pl y to y our recent le-ct e r in .l>~i;:n you reoorted the si.;~ t!nSt; o f an unidentifie d flying ob .jec t. ( UFO). Without additional information , we canna~ c.1ff-er Jn e;~planatlon of your .316!ltin g . :!owerer , i f you '"'ill co!!lplc:te t.be dttachc:d ;uestion- ~a~e a n d mail i t in rhe inclosed env~loue, our teceni~al people ~t Wright-Patterson Air ? or c e Base , Ohio, will b e able t o ~avestigate further and mak e an e v aluation. Should you ever s ight anot...~er UFO, p l ea!:ie l'epor t i t as soon as uossible to the nearest Air For c e b ase. Each b ase in t h e United States has a OFu investigator, who is in a better posit.ioa t o make a n on- t he-spot invest.igati o n , wnich ually r~uults i n e mor e accurate anal.ys i::; In the meantime, yo u might be ~ble t o identl~J toe sighting by looking a t the categories of ob.,ects ofte n rep:>r ted a s UFO' s in the za~erial ~e a r e i n c l o s ing. AI:lOifu-, ?w':.ajor, Chief'" Civil Communi~J Re l a t i o n s Divis i o n Attachments Offic e of Information Activity Cy S-~F-OIC Cy -SAF-OI SAF - OICC Dear :-=llr; The r~po.:-t on a UFO ~ihich ;o l ,;ill re3.d fol lo.-rlr.J; tra.:; pa~a:-:;:t":lp:. has b;.:-cn sent to you a ll ttl~ 1-::tt e . "Hcason .-ihy l t 1. s bel ng sent t o you a l ittle Late ls as follows~ I had o~igin~lly sent this report to Goddar d Space Fllghc Center,!J~cylanJ, 8~d r~cel-.red an answer three w 'cs later. They harl sent th~ a ldress of "Project Blu~ Book and said thA.t in;esti~al;lun of unusual aerial pheno~ena h~s been the re3ponsloi llty of the United States Alr Force ~nd to d irect my inqu:res to An eKact report on th~ Ufe vr:1lch mJ fath:::r a!ld oyself o:, ;-::.t~-.rcd i s cont1in e d in c~e follo~i!l~ p~rt of tnls letter. Th~ ni~ht of ~ne Twenti r1 of July ~t appr irJ~tal; up my sister fro~ a baby sitttn; job. ad gotten out of 011r ca~ and qalked to th9 front of the house to lo~k at the stars i'Then I notic~d 3.n U!l.Usually bright ob.jec~ a-:~.on.g the stars (3.s it sec:J::ed) . As I obse~red this stubby cylindric~l shaped object I lled my :'ac!ier a!".u ask~d him :~' it; ,/'3.3 just s~ tlluston o~ was this obje~t really ~ovins. answere~ and said t~q~ tt ~1as rnoring a~i wl sut an apparent of so.:::ei I a m s endln~ you T he! ~ooro~imate cou~se ot th~ U;.'O 1::; t0 flni out lf S"t~lll~e. asteroid, or comet p1asin~ over the rth in ~ c01rse that would cover New ~n~lAnd. The obJect Hhicl1 w~ obser~r~d r.oul<i. r1ot of been '1 rneteor enterln;5 the :;.tnospher e for it ild not <leulin~ Ln Altit urle o.c sp~ed but did s tay in a fixed orbit ~nd d~d not brealc uy or die out slowly but bla~kcd out with no traces in a clear s space with no obst =uctlon to our vision. This night was su~pos~ This ~eoort tTh i. c h you h a v e I ~ttend Catnedral Hi3~ School, an.:l T '3m about to ent~r into tenth ~rade. ? . 5 . !his report is no~-fiction and not s~iance-f & n. 1 hE ..:>o,t;: ... OME,ION W N LA!>T SEEN. u:nt.c. I I I ~ .J 7. IN THE. S-<ETCH BELOW. PLACE AN wA AT THE POSITION OF TrH:: PHENO"'ENON WHE'l FI<>ST SEEN AND ... "8" A T TIIF POSITI0~-1 O F THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A" "'10 a h iTtt A L;,.;:: 7 0 .;<>PP.OXI'olld(. THE MOVEM"''Ir OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN "A" A"lO "!)" . THAT I, SCH,..M>\TIC,\LL" S._,OWW'iET"i::"~" THE I '.J/St-.1 NT APPEA~CD TO BE STPAIGHT, CURVED OP ZI':>ZAG. RCFER TO So<ALLER SKETCH AS A'l cXAYPLE OF tl''' "0 CO.~'-'LL1E TH!:: LM>GER SK!::TCH. ~ Rf.'"I.Ar< H PIJRr'O':il::; YOUR :>iA:Vl!~ W:Ll,. NUT 9E U~D I:--: C()~!"-l~rtiO~l ',I,ITH .\SY '>I Y";l';-.~ ;.,T'\Tf!'.H:>I'ov l>t' cn:-:rl,ll~IO:>IS .~!Tiil")ll r II l'T ICil SI~GURBL Y TO TillS FORM OJ< ,1.'\".\ JT,\ fF :,f'f/1 l'fH'.'"' 'IJ 1.'- 1 'hrll'"t, DID YOU SEE THE:: PHI'"NOMENC\'1' -> WHAT Y:.H: OlD YOU LAS r SIGHT TH:;; P~SIO'::NO'I' LY.f'EASTE'-lN fJ CENTR\L t.= 'WJNTAIN - ,.>(' "IG I ~ OTHEP 5 . WHERF.: WERE YO'J WHEN YOW SAW T"E-;~DIO'<~EN)N' iF IN CITY GiV~-TI'I!O ' -A'li:.:;T sr;n::ET Arom,-;;-S.A"I'"' 1-NC>ICATE ONJ A HANI) O RA'I'IN MO.P Y/,-iERE YOU WERE ST;>.'ICING 'riiT-i REF.nEtiCE o T-1:. A :J::l"<E.S:i. IF IN THC: '-JilrJ~r!Y. !:JEIITI F f THLj HIG!-iWAY YOU Wt::RE ON ':) R NEAR A N:;) TRV 7":l "'IX:, DISTANCE" A':;:. DIOECTIO'l 1'1{0'1 SOl-'~ flE.CO'.i~IIZ.'\r, E LAIIO'-IA'lK . 6. IMAG INE YOU ,\!'lE .:,T THE POINT ShO'H'l '' - V'::O Ll'l!: TO SnOH HOH ,_.IG'-1 TYE. F'HE:NO,~ENON WAS ASOVE THC: HOR:ZO'l -:> 5 "-"IE '1!-iEN FI~S-SE:=.::tl PL.I-CE A 3 O N T~ S."IME CUTl/C:O LIIIE TO S hOW t-IQ,I HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON n~:;; -:.1-'F".J'AE:NON WAS WHEN ._As-SF.E'4. I 1 I 51Df.'HI'L ~<:.c flO l Ct Cl []AS DRIVER Ll AS "'S~EPI~C:>" I F YOU WERE I~J A VEHICLE. roMPL ETE THE rOLLOWI"'G ~-.... HAT OIRF.CTION ..,E?E YOU MOVIN')' t 50\.Ji!.i WEST !)10 YOU STOP ANYTI'-1~ NHILE OBSf P JI~IG !HE I NO~THWEST SOUTH'N!::H El<i'>l.AIN ~H!::THER SUCH MOVEMENT 1\iFECTS YOUR S KETCHiZS IN ITF.M S S A~JD r, O~Sl":1'lJ3E TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I N AND TYPE OF R:>.>.::J Tt::nRAIN OR BOOY o:: WATEr> YOU ""PAVERSED OIJRit l G TH:: SIGHTI NG. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE -');:> W E R E UP OR DOWN. hO"' 1-l.JCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? HO'f o'IA S 7 1ME DETER'-IINED' WAS THE PHEN O M!::N O N I N SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY U YES f/ N O MOVE.~.!! NT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON A'ID O E ,CRISE IF NO INDICAT E WHC:TrtER THIS I S DUE ro YOUR SUCH MOVEME N T OR BEHAV'OR. INDIC ATE DISAP. PE'I"'ANCES ON ;:>REVIOUS SKETCHE S. CONDITIONS (Check U!Jproprrcttc blacl..~.) A.. SK'f 8. WEATHER DAY CUM U LUS CLOUDS (l.o .. flrl{fy) FOG OR MIST CIRRUS CLOUDS {1/i;!h fleecy n r llt'fri1111 HEAVY RAIN TV/I LICH T PARTLY CLOUDY COMPLETELY OV!::RCAST bone) LICHT RAIN OR D~IZZLE NI"'9US CLOUDS (Rein) HAIL CUMULONI'-4BUS CLOUDS (T hr:nd.-rscorrns) HAZE 0 i'! Slo.IOC SNOW OR SLEET tiO N E OF THE ABOVE C . IF THE $ 1GHTING WA S AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STAr:!:; AND MOON ' STARS ( 21 NONE BRIGH T MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT MOO~I WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY C LOUDS PAi'!TfAL (Neu: o r quc.r:~r) D. IF SIGHTING \VA S IN DAYLIGHT, WAS T H!::: SUN VISISLE' 0 Y E S 0 NO. IF "YES, " WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED THE PHENOMENON> I N FRO)olT OF YOU TO YOUR R IGHT OVERHEAD(Nrwnoon) IN 9ACI< OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN