. ' P ~OJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DAr~ TIM! GR8i 4. NUMB! A OJI OIJICTS 5. LENGTH Of OBSIRVATION -10 Mhutea 6. TYPI! 011 OBSERVATION 2. LOCATION Aikea, So\lth .Cuol 10. CONCLUSION INSUJTICDNT DA.TA J'OR EVAlUATION All 11ate4 obaerYera were ... , 117' A8 ot 6 NOT 68, DOAe ver 11. BRIIfl SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS DEPAITMIIIY OF THI All FDICI STAFF IUIICII INCOMIMI 1111111 AIKEN S.C. HOUSEWIFE, ~ELIABLE, EXCELLENT C~ARACTER, WIFE Or RADAR OPERATO~. (3) , AIKEN SC, HI SC~OOL PAGE RUCLEDK~001 UNCLAS STUDENT, EXCELLENT CHARACTE~. (4) P~OFESS I, P~OF'ESSO~ AT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CA~OLINA, AGE 50, , VI~GINIA ACRES, AIKEN S.C. RELIABLE, EXCELLENT CHARACTER. ( i1ILITA:iY) ( 5 ) SSGT, USAF SUPE~VISOR, AGE 40 , , AIKEN S.C. RELIABLE, EXCELLENT C~AaACTE~. (6) , 1ST SGT, AGE: 39, , AIKEN SC, RELIA9LE, EXCELLENT C~A~ACTE~ G. WEATHE~ AND WINDS7ALOFT CONDITIONS AT TIME AND PLACE OF SIG~TINGS: ( 1) OBERVE:1S ACCOUNT OF ~.~X :CLE:A~-NIGHT-FULL MOON -~0 ATf1 OSP:-{Eqrc CO~J7 . 04~DEG~EES-4 KNOTS. SU~FACE TEMPERATU~E 62 C~3~EES DEW POI NT 59 ?. EP ORT F ROi'1 7 5 DEGREES 3 DEG:iEES 245 DEGREES 245 D EG~EES VELOCITY I N ~NOTS 83,00B FEET DEPAITMIMT OF THI All FOICI STAfF IUIICII 265 DEGREES 275 DEGREES 270 DEGREES 35 KNOTS (3) CEILING: HI SCATTERED. (4) VISIBILITY: 10 lliLES. <5> CLOUD COVE~: PAGE 4 RUCLEDK~001 UNCLAS SCATTERED. (6) NO THUNDERSTOMS (7) VERTICAL TEMPERATURE G~ADIENT: fl'llNUS 4 :!. AST~ONIMICAL ACTIVITY: NONE I. NO INTE~CE?T MADE J. (1) CHECKED WITH SAVANAH RIVE~ PLANT FOR POSSIBLE LAUCH OF BALLONS-NONE LAUNC~ED LAST NIGHT. <2> CHECKED \IIT!-i SHAtJ AI~ FO~CE BASE \~ING COril .. 1AND POST .J AND BASE OPE~ATIONS FOR POSSIBLE NIG:iT FLYING-NONE(3) NO C~MERCIAL FLIGHTS FR0l'l COLUl~BIA S.C. AIRPO~T, AU.GUSTA AIRPORT IN T:-tE GENE~AL DIRCETION OF FLIGHT OF T~E UFO SIGHTING. ~. UFO OFFICE~: JAflES V AFHQ JAN 0309C UNCLASSIFIED. DEPAITMIIIT DF All FDICI STAFF IUIICM IJICD MISIAII SNOWDEN, MSGT, 861 STRADA~ SQUADRON, AIKEN S.C., 648-1341 EXT-247, 648-1102 HC1"1E PHONE. CQ"lNENTS: P~ELir1INARY ANALYSIS OF POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THE SIGHTINGS 'IIERE A POSSIBLE STA::l OR DC-9 T~1AT . FLYS FROM COLUM9IA AI~PORT TO ATLANTA GEORGIA. HOWEVER IN ACCO~D7 ANCE WITH AFR80-17 AND CHANGE NO. 80-17A, A PERSONAL INVESTIGATION PAGE 5 RUCLEDK0 1 UNCLAS WAS INITIATED BY THE UFO OFFICE~. EACH OF THE SIX PERSOrJS CONCERNED WAS PE~SONALLY CONTACTED AND INTERVIE~ED. ALL WERE EXPLICIT, CONCISE, LUCID, RELIABLE, COMPETENT AND ALL HAD A KNOWLEDGE OF CENTURY TYPE Al~CRAFT, SPACE SATELLITES, BALLOOF , FLAS~ING LIGHTS, WING TIP AND TAIL LIGHTS OF AI~CRAFT. THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES WE~E CONTACTED TCf D.ETE:-ti1INE IF THEY HAD ANY FLYING 0:1 LAUNCHING OF BALLOONS DU'i- ING TH!S PE:tiOD: 3HA~1 A::tFB, ~JING CCI1~1AND POST AND 3ASE OPE:1ATIONS, AK~ON M~N!CIPAL A!RPO~T, A~SUSTA A!~PORT, CO~UM3IA AIRPO~T, SAVANA~ RIVER PLANT: T~ERE WAS NO FLYING OR LAUNCH OF 3ALLOONS DURING THIS PERIOD. BEACUSE OF THE VARIED BACKG~OUND AND EXPERIENCE OF THE OB- SERVERS, I FEEL THEY A~E CO~PETENT, RELIA3LE 09SERVERS; T~AT SINCE NO CONVE.NTIONAL AI~C~AFT 0~ AERIAL 03JECTS CAN ACCOUNT FOR THE SIGHTING-THIS IS AN UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL P(JEdOY!E:NA~ TrLiE~ (3) OF THE OBSE~VERS IN DIFFE~ENT LOCATIONS DESCRIBED T E SIGHT- AF'HQ .JAN o-308C UNCLASSIFIID DEPIITIIIIIT OF THE All FOHI STAff IIIIICII lNG IN THE SAME WAY. THERE WAS NO, RADAR PICK UP OF T~E OBJECTS THAT COULD BE ASCERTAINED. SHOULD A SIMILIAR INCIDENT OCCU~ IN J THIS VICINITY, I FEEL FUTHER INVESTIGATION IS ~EQUIRED. AFHQ -..IAN ... Q-309C TDPI' (UFO} DE~AftTMI:NT 011' THE AUI P'O .. CK HIIADOUA.-TEft. I'OftllrGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION C AI'SC) WftiGHT.~ATTE"SON Alft ,.OftCE aASE. OHIO -6!1-63. UFO Observation, 7 September 1968 Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being a ~itness to an unidentified flying object If you \Were e '~itness to an UFO sighting on 7 September 1968 ... auld you please complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you v:ere not a witness to this sighting, ~auld you please make a statement to this effect on the 2.. t tnc.:hed form. The information vlhich you provide. ~ill be used in ev:-tluTting this observi:ltion. Thank you for your assistance in this ~CTOR (iJ)lNTANIT.I..;, Jr, Lt; Colon.el, USAF ?~htef, ~erial Ph~no~ena Office Aerospece Technologies Division Proouction Directornte AF Form 117 w/envelope TDPI' (UFO) DEPA,.TMKNT 0,. THK AUt II'O,.CE HKADOUAJtTKN8 P'OJtKIQN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AP'.C) WNIGHT.fiATTEJtSON AIJt P'OJtCK 8AS&. OHIO .. !1 .. 33 UFO Observation, 7 September 1968 Your nnme has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being e witness to an unidentified flying object. If you ~ere e witness to an UFO sighting on 7 September 1968 ... ould you please complete the attached AF Forrn 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you were not a witness to this sighting, ~oulc you please make a statement to this effect on the 'lttuch e d fot'm. The infortnation \olhich you provide. ,_.ill be used in ev~1lu~t!ng this observation. Tha nk you for your assistance in this ' ~F2.CTOR Ci,UINTANILL;, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF J Chief, Aeri~l Phcnonena Office J..erospc.ce Technologies Division Produc ti.on Directornte AF Form 117 w/envelope TDPI' (UFO) DE,.A"TMIENT OF THIE AIR P'ORCIE HKADOUAR"ra ... I'OftEIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION f AJ"SC) W .. IGHT-ftATTE,.SON AI .. F'O .. CE BASil. OHIO 4115.3.1 UFO Observation, 7 September 1968 Your nnme has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being a witness to an unidentified flying object. If you ~ere a witness to an UFO sighting on 1 Septe~ber 1968 .... ould you please complete the att8ched AF Form 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you ~:ere not a witness to this sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the ~t tached form. The information ~1hich you provide. will be used in ev."tlun ting this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this \ - CTOR QJJINTJ~lii,IA, Jr, Lt Colonel, .,Chief, i\eric.l Phcnooena Office J..erosp,:.tce Technologies Division ProctH.: tion Directornte USAF 1 Atch AF Form 117 v/envelope TDPI' (UFO) DE~AitTMI!NT OP' THK AIR ,.OftCE HltADOUA"TitU f'O"~ION TIECHNOLOGV DIVISION C Al'aC) W"IGHT.~ATTE"SON AI" f'O"CK aAS&. OHIO 4!1433 UFO Observa tio:1, 7 September 1968 Virginia Acree Aiken, S C 29601 Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being a witness to an unioentified flying object. If you -ere e witness to an UFO sighting on 7 September 1968 .:ould you pleaoe complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you ":ere not a \-Ti tness to this sighting, ~ould you please make a statement to this effect on the :1ttnch e d form. The information v:hich you provide. will be used in ev~lu1ting this ~bservation. Thank you for your assistance in this -~f!ZCTOR OlJINTANILU Jr, Lt Colonel, a Ch ief', Aeric.l ?hcnocena Office P.erotipce Technologies Di ~rision Prc~uction Dir~ctornte USAF l Atch AF Form 117 w/envelope DE.-A"TMKNT OJr THE AIR II'O,.CE HEADQUAIIn'a" P'O.-EIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVt.ION C AP'SC l TDPI' (UFO) UFO Observa tio:l, 7 September 1968 Aiken, s. c. Your nnme has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being a witness to an unidentified flying object. If you \-.ere e '"itness to an UFO sighting on 7 September 1968 , ... auld you please complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you \-:ere not a '~i tness to this sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the 3. 't t~lched fotrn. The information "'hich you provide. "'"ill be used in ev~tlu,tlng this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this Y.2CTOR QUINTP~ILIA, J r , Lt Colonel, t Ch i ef, Aericl Phenomena Office ;..e rospFtce Technolog ies Dt vision Pror.uction Directornte USAF 1 Atch AF Form 117 w/envelope TDPI' (UFO) DE~AftTMKNT OF' THE AUt P'ORCE HaADOUA .. Ta ... I'O .. I:IGN TI:CHNOLOGY DIVI.ION f AI'SC) W"IGHT.~ATTE .. !ION AI" trO .. CE aAS&. OHIO .!S.33 UFO ObservatiO:'l 7 September 1968 Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being a ~:itness to an unidentified flying object. If you \;ere e \.Ji tness to an UFO sighting on 7 SeR,tember 1968 ,.-ould you please complete the attached AF Form 11'( end return it in the envelope provided. If you \-:ere not a \vi tness to this sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the :J.ttached forrn. The information \o:hich you provide. will be used in evrtlu:1tint; this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this ~!:CTOR Uij!NTANIIJA, Jr, Lt Colonel, :,.Chief, r-.eria l Phenomena Office ...ero:;p~ce Technologies Division Prociu ction Directornte USAF 1 Atch AF Form 117 Y/envelope DEPAIITMUT OF THE All FOICI STAFF lUNCH IJICOMIMI MISIAII ACTION: RDC-4 INFO: XOP-2,XOX-2, SAFOS-3, DIA-l (13) SMS B027PTTUZYU~ RUCLEDX0001 253Z600-UUUU--RUEFHQA. FM 861 ~ADAR SQUAD~ON AIKEN AFS SC TO RU~JMFVA/ ADC RUCLEDA/32AD/320DC GUNTErt AFS ALA RUEDFIF/FDT WPAF3/TDETR RUEDFQA/CASF/AFRDC RUEDFQA/OSAF rtU ErHQA/SAF -OI ~UED~lA~/lST AF/!ST AF ODC/STE~A~T Af8 NY UNCLAS 8S10DC SE? 68 . SUB UFO SIGHTING. AT APP~OXIMATELY 08/ 03i5Z Qq 23~2 LGC~L !HE 86iST ~ADA~ SQUADrtON AT AIKEN AfS, S.C. RECEIVED OVER THIRTY (30) CALLS, (6) SIX PEOPLE IDENTIFIED T~E~SELVES. T~E REST REFUSED TO IDENTIFY T~E~JSELVES BUT INSISTED ON ~APO~TING THE,SIG~TING AND ASKING WHAT IT WAS. IN ACCO~DANCE WITH AFqs~-17 AND CHANGE 8 0 -17A, T HE F 0 L L 0 3 SAID qouND/3 SA1D 03LONG. (2) SIZE OF' A G:iAPEF':iUIT O:i OiAN:J~ '~ELD AFHQ ..IAN o-309C UNQASSIFIED UNQASSIRID Df TM All FOICI STAFF IUIICII AGAIN. (4) FR~"'t 1 TO 4 AT DIFE~ENT PARTS OF AIKEN. C5) NONE . 10'./EVE~ ONE SIGHTING WAS REPORTED AS: CA RED CENTER WITH 24 LITTLE LIGHTS PAGE 2 RUCLEDK0001 UNCLAS A~OUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE RED CENTE~. (6) NONE (7) NONE (8) ~ONE (3) NONE B. DECRIPTION: Or COU~SE OF OBJECT: ( l) LOOKED UP DUE TO ALTITUDE AND COLOR OF OBJECTS UNUSUAL. <2> 45 DEGREES. C3> 45 DEGREES AND 9~ DEGREES. (4) 2 PATHS: 1ST: OBJECTS JOINED, SEPERATED, ONE STATIONA~Y T~E OTHER ERRATIC, THEN JOINED THE STATIONARY OBJECT. 2ND: 1 03JECT HOVERED FO~ A SHORT TIME THAN TOOK OFF RAPIDLY TO\~ARD THE HO~IZON. (5) INSTA~lTANEOUSLY TO THE NORTH EAST, (6) FROl~ 4-10 MINUTES. E. f1ANNErt OF OSSE::tVATION: (1) G:tOUND 'JISUAL (2) TSGT GREEN, SSGT E~GLE, THll'1AS RUSSELL ERGLE USED BINOCULARS. (3) N/A D. TIMEAND DATE OF SIG~T!NG: ( 1) 08/03t5Z OR 23?...~ LOCAL. (2) NIGHT-CLSA~-FULL ~100~. E. L OCAfiON OF OaSERV ERS: 75 MINUTES NORTH r~Qr1 DO!.tJNTO~.JN AI:<EN S.C. ; TSGT L.C. GREEN-SMILES NQqTH OF SAVANAH ~IV~R PLANT; SSGT HA~VEY L. ERGLE71 MILE l't10RTH ''JEST OF AIKEN COUNTY '{OSPITAL; fiY~S 2MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN AIKEN; PROFESSO~ 5MILES SOUTH EAST OF AIKEN S.C. F. IDENTIFYING INFOR~ATION 0~ 03SE~- VERS: (1) (CIVILIANS): S.C. RELIABLE, ELECT~ICIAN AT TL{E SAVANA~ iiiVE~ PLANT. (2) i~?tS AFHQ .1-u. o-30taC