PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. ['AlE i iME G~OUit Lnckland Ar D, Texao Oct obe r 1968 2. saur.c t. HUMl'ER OF 0 3JECTS ~. L ENGTH OF OtUERV"TIOH Uot neported t.. TYPe OF OBSEAVATIOM Gr o und-Visual '1. COURSE 9. PHYSICAL EYIO!MC! 10. CONCLUSION Other; (UNRELIABLE REPORT) This is the obs ervers fourth report 11. 8 RIEF SUMMARY AHO ANALYIIS The obserTer sighte d a mother disc and s e veral omsller (baby Lt . Col. H~ctor nintn.nlll , Jr. irTIJ ( rD~T/ Ur,O) rt~seJ.rch .1.nd A~rial ... ht!n.J:1Cnon Div . a right .P'l t t~rson /U., !.las~, OJ.1 i ::>lt54JJ D::!ar 5ir: I am of t~e above tributing U F 0 , t~ri~l, to the de rtmcnt of Celor~do, Under t.n::: authority oi' Hr. 1!.. U. ~ridress,. University On J;,nu,ry 15, l~tJ/ , I sent in tne m1 t -' rb.L, (Black Discs ) 'Co '1'fla t s;un~ add:;:e ss, nr, t. Jmo1oi.ng t.h 1. t t 1e Un i V..! r s i t.y off ice h::td c los<!c'. , and been transferred t o 'Jri::~ht PG.ttc .. nson A.:."7'1_;se The sme :.ras stJn t b:v:k to m~ ancl s ur;gcst,:rl t h1t I send H t 0 your rtcTJ.artm~nt. Al l .';;.:Je rs are l nr: J.oc;ed, to;;et'1;,::-:vith hi~ l~tt3r t o "'"' :l?J t~e ;ub- I si~hted this ;.he ~"Jntonon , t.;h Lle vi. sit in?, ln L'l.:, L:tck.land e ::-ia .Jn the ~hir-::t ""'l :e!<:end in Jct-:>~cr 196c5,. I d.)!J'I; k no: i..C c'is J!l.:J.t,r i.al, will .2 ot ;<r:,i hel;1 z'c r ~o:.~r dcp - ''rtm .. mt o r nat b:1t. if s o y0u r e ent~rel.t W-::lco.nc l;o s ame , I nere::-dis- c uss i;y 1wr:{ \Tit'1 oth2rs J.nd ''ill st.~nd b<Jnind any 'lnd all o f mJ 1ork Ynu l!l:<J use rty name if it will bt! f an;r service t.o your cli!p'lr tmcnt UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ~OULDrR,COLORADO ev30~ 1006 JILA Bldg. 20 .Tanunry 1969 Thank you for your letter of The report on the Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects conducted by a group at the University of Colorado for tl1e U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research was delivered to the National Academy of Sciences in Washington on November 15, 1968. The project office here is . I suggest that you send the report of your sighting to: Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla, Jr. FTD(TDET/UFO) Research and Aerial Phe nomenon Div. \'/right Patterson M Base, Ohio 45433 Sincerely, Thez~ ,:~s l'hrel] ~..!rt . .J.IT' .. d.nCoJs , of t.h.;)se !Jiscs Th~ f'i.rct. o~iur~ 1 fix;i :->- alr .... :v'iy . Then all l'lf t n:; ~-~:.).ller discs j'.tst rljs.s:~.ppearcd.len.v.tll~ c1nl.t the r'1nt:1 ... c ... 11~::; vi.::;ibll}. nc>ne of thesJ 'Jis~ s disintrc~:"'.tcrl, 'l'hcy r,rer~.~ ~hcr8 and V1cr the~r '..rcr e n~ ::. t.here, all in the t :-.ri:L-:ling of an ej'e. f.\:J1'.:>. Ther~ ~ 3 tl-lrce fh:,_ses of these di~c s. the flrs L or.~ h~inr; in a fj_xed p-:.ttern al:-~.= .. d_,--, I'he l~rgc r.vther disc, :tbout si.x inches in di ot~r 1\. .o 31iiallc r di.sc s, ahout :-: !lf L'-1~ ~izc 0: t!"!e mothe r d.i~c. 'tnd 0n e ~n tne l eft one c:~ t.~e :- ighr.. side of the r-.. ~-.. :t~r disc, v-er:,r c leavan:.1 v~;ry p l :.in .!.'ht!~ betueen anct belor..r t'-: _ !"i.;:":~t md left discsoan~a~h V!e mother disc,. sev-en s."'"tll er o:1es a~ou~ h.:tlf t':-1~ siz~ 'Ji: tne ri~roc a.""ld left di::;cs. one of the smalle r discs ~'J..J directl y l elo:.J th2 mo-:!1-;r disc, and t:v~ ~t.her si."{ scatt..!red J.t different an.~los fro11 the mother disc E'1c r-:other Disc staYed in a. fixed pl!J.ce , and the other on~s just. diss~ppe.n,red. nc)ne of -}1~m disintre g "'tted, first they ~-Jere there and then th-::y ere g :1ne. l"n~ li<l.}' I f ut e rm .... in~d t.hJ :"ositions, of this phcnom.,n ,'l, t.ras by their pusitio n aLove the Horison~ Then I t. urned ffi,'/ eyes :o.;1.rd the noth::!r r! isc, The t;rl:'} 1 n{;'.)r discs :.r..re e:--:erg-- in ~ f rom the oppisite sid..:s ; :' thu moth\3r disc, a.n d goint{ . o the r.~lati v e s amt.! oosi- t i o n s as Has in the first. .?'1 q se , t :1e se~Jen S!;'J lle r discs, each C..:L'ie .fron dif .f't:T'(.~:lt slots a.'rld formed t~l3 sa.:e .. si:.i~ .. m . n.::d a t 1-he ~neles. :.ts b~fore. i.n t'~e first .::.:ts:~. 1\.r ,. i"'l:; no pattern of :1~1:..:r ... -t.~at I ct:'.lld see or gro.sp. thair col0 r 'beL t"li!3 .:::i:n-J d::~.3 p 2 ')ft black ?. s b8f ~re e <~t:n in the r ?../S of thB risin~ sun t:v~re tias no ch-r.se L, t~\Jir color o r roflec of c sun r~;s. l'~!.~O:~I. (?.'l i s :.s ~:.y omly possible conclusion) Is it possiblt.~ L1at t~1ese Discs could be 3. n.e~o/ ~t.hod of photogr3.phy unknotJn to us 3.t this tj . I re ber so~e ti~c ago , a J a t pilot c h asedone of these discs, ~d the 1~ster l~e flet..r , the f nster the d isc :;;:?e~ded, The pil;>t was C3.lled off t~te ch.J.se. I b~ l:..ere th:rt r.her e coul d have been ::. b1.rrier t:J.rust oet:reen the jet :md t~c disc , th~.t r1.:p;ht have add~d t he s.Peed o f t~J J e t to t!-le speed of the di3c, to Hh~re ic Hnuld ::-t.:L':e :~ impossi~le f o r t c::.3':! to ~a ov:;r tn.ken :"r.e r~ason for the _;J::J":.ography th~v!""'J is the site and position of th:;;: disc3 .Jh~u:.. th0s~ disc.:> ~ave lv~=-~>-1 :1t an~' of t~e rest of the EJoints of ~he co:npa.ss of t ...... "! they c 0uld vien L:;.-::{1~ nd ~'1d a. g c o:i -:o~tion of Kellyf'icld, -::nieh lies to inc .. r d 1 v