PROJECT 10073 RECORD l . SvUP.Cf 10. CONCLUSION t . NliMf\E~ OF O'JECTS Photo: Light Source 5. LfHCTH Or C'~SERVATIOH 11. BRIEF SUw.AAAY AND AHALYSIS 2 :ni~utes ~. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Observer was taking time exposures of ni t skies. When negatives wer e developed, unknown light sources were present one negat i ve . CO WfS: Photo analysis determined the imageG l. COU lit SE multi~le exposures of flashin -l ;Q----~--------~, 8. PrlOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIOINCI! TDPr (UFO) UFO Cbserva tion of: February 1968 Bamburg, New Reference your letter of 18 October 1969. Enclosed is the negative to your UFO sighting of February 1968. Photographic analysis of your negative revealed the following: "Examination of the referenced photography revealed that the ,~identified flying object', referzed to by the :photog~apher as 'lightning', l!J probably a result of a multiple exposure o f a flallbing light source. 'l'he erratic pattern displayed is probably caused by camera motion/ vibration TOR QUINTA~ILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF ~Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate Project BlueBook: Dea:." Sirs : , llew York I have often to you about the knowledge of Flying Saucers. I~ a bout the middle of Febuary 1~68 I unexpectatly caught a picture of a UFO on my picture. I am an amature astronomer and like to take pictures o! stars which are all tioe exposures. This one was taken at f/8.8 for about 2 minutes of some con- stalletion which I do not remember. I would appreciate it if you could tell me &?proximately what it is. My theory is that it could be a lightning picture but if it is it's one of the most startling ever taken. To prove this ther are as I forgot to mention earlier star trails c,n the negative. Thank You. Inclo s:td are f.Y.f four enlargements and o:1e contack print. Sincerely yours, This replies to your letter postmarked December 14, 1968, in which you inclosed some photographic prints . In order t'or u s to evaluate a photograph, we must have the cr!.r,inal negative (or original Polaroid print). If you cere to nd u s the original negatives, ve will have them enaly d. The !':.llowing i .nf'ormation will also be needed: Type and 1c.ake or camera T,ype, focal length, and make of lena Brand end type of film. Shutter speed used Leng opening ~ed.J that ia, "f'" atop F11ter used, if cny Was triiQd or solid stand uoed Was "panning" used Exac:t direction camera was pointed 'W'i th relation to true North, and its angle v.!.th respect to the ground I'f all of the ebCNe information ia not ovailoble ::-eq\lirements are type of camera, and smallest end l81ges t "f" stops a=d shutter speed resdiogG of the camera. The prints you sent us are inclosed. Sinc~rely, J.Al<SS H. AIKMAN Chief, Civil Branch qommunity Relationn Divi s i on Office of Information v ... Coord Cy -SAF-OICC Cmbk Cy -SAF-OIC Activity Cy -SAF-OIC Cy -SAF-OI Project BlueBoo~<: Vla3hington, D.C. Dear l.!ajo r A.il:na!l: I.:! the letter which I sent you regarding the pictures I took of an un- known o~jec~ I am returning the information which you requested for the investigat- ion of t~at object. As you also requested the negative which I am sending to you in the good ho;:>a3 t hat I will gat it back undamaged from you. I would appreciate you sending t he negative back as soon as possible because I treasure the negative ve~ The type and make: Kodak Vigilant Type, focal length, and make of lens: Brand and type of film: Kodak 620 Kodak Anastigmat Lens Shutter speed used: Time. 2 minutes or more. opening used: f / 8 . 8 No filter \f.'lS used. Tripod: Kalmar F -88 No panning was used. Exact direction: This I o.rn not very sure of but I recall where almost I took the picture. I-rwas North Esst at about 120 but I cannot tell you ho~ high the object wa s in tbs s~ because I never saw it myself. Inc los 3d i.:; on>3 negative and Thank you for you r tlme. FTD WORK ORDER 1. Description or Work: (Include title of unscheduled tosks.) 18. Div . Chiefs lns!Tvcfions/Modificorion or Exoansion of Work Descriotion FTD JUN 6813 Prevloue edition o f thl form i o b ulete. Dote I s sue d_..:i..:... 2. F TO W.O. No, 3. Monitor 4. Office Symbol/Ext. 5. 01 A T oslc No 6. OIA Prrority/FTD Pre ced 7. Dote Needed 8. Dote Completed 9. Clouificotion of Sourcs Clossi ficot ion of End Product 11. Apprv. Sig. Br. Off. Sym/ F unc MH Estrmote Contributot 15. Phones 16. Prec./Revi lon Dote 17. Bronch Chf/ Oiv. Slg. Copy No. 2 Dear :.:ajo!' :.ik:Jr.an: ~ December 14, 1968 I sent you soma photographs of something which I not kno;v. I received back a request of infornation that you wanted in regard to this photograph. This I sent ir..madiately to your headquarters and I an still \7aiting fo!' a reply .. I said in this latter that I would like my negative back as soon as possible and I would appreciate this request most urgently as I need it. It has been almost 3 months since I have sent it and I have been wondering if so::1ething has happened to it. Please send it as soon as possible along irlth you= raports i f any. Thank you for your time and trouble Marano/sac/24 OFO Obsemt i on, Ree r e nce your UFO photograph of Feb 1968 f rorn Hamburg, Nev Yor k , Your ne6ative has bee n submitted to our photographic aepar.n~ent fo~analJsis. nowever, they hsv e not returned it yet with their f1~d 1ngs. Ir you vish your negati ve returned i~ediately, please contact us; and we ~ll return it ~ithout the analysis. In either e, your nega tive will be retur ned to you intact and uncama~ed. Tba nk you r or your cooper a t i on. ... C'iOR ~UINTft.NILLA, .Jr, Lt Col, US,\14' Chie.t, Aerial Phenomena Eranch Aerospa ce Te chnol og ies D1:rision ?ro~uction Directorate SAJ'- OICC zu:J~ect: UFO observation, Fobruary lc;68 I n December 1968 I sent you a photograph of a UFO which you v1era to have eval1~ated. I an now requeoting that 11:y origiona l negative a:-:cl possibly the results of the analysis be r e turned to r.le as I have need o." them i mr.tediately. Thank you very much for your help in this Jt!atter PHOTO ANALYSIS REPORT U'I:DE::TI?IED FLYING OBJECT February lQt,B PHOTOGRAPHY l. PURPOSE: ':'; _s report i s in reolv t o Work Order 6Q-L,L submitt e d hy Lieutenant r.oloncl Quin~anilla, T:-?""((UFO) , requesting photo analys i s be accomplished on a pho togranh o f a n "uni~entified i'lying object" t o determine Hhat the object may be. The photograoh vras taken r. Hamburg, Ne~ York in February 1968. 2 . ,;.~;ALYSIS: Examination of the r eference d pho togr aphy r e vealed tha t the unidentified flying object", referred to by t he photographer a s "l i ghtning", is probably a result o f a mul t :ple exposure of a flashing light source. The erratic pattern displayed i s pro bably caus~d t -; caMera motion/vibration PHOTO ANALYSIS BY : J HES R. SC:fUI'l Intell~ger.0e Research Specialist APPROVED BY: WILLIM1 L. TURN P.R Chief, Photo Analysis Branch ~ t\.._ \f.[LBER PRICE, JR. Intelligence Re~e~rch Specialist Chief, Photo Exploitation Divis i o n P!1ot ographic