~er.v~:, ~o~orado .c. Nlllll\ot:R OF OBJECTS s. LENGTH o: OBSERVATION 6. rYPE f O&SERVATION northw~rd 8. PttOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION Insufficienc aata for ~va1u~ti 11. BRII!fl SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observers wat(.h=d .-. l~rge fi t - b..tll f:a~.ling t.o;.rard the ground. .::t looked like an c e.'a ft !.~ t. J'J.:i--C..~-o7..'l.:~--tt until it slowed down. The observrs ~h~n thoug~t ~o- ject wa3 a helicopter, but la~er movements ended thi-:ioe of thinking. No~1 the object looked ei...) if it was co:J~ng vertic~ down. No sound was heard ~t any time durir.~ ~he observ:ltion. As the observers turncc.. "o .50 tow:arti ~:.t'! object, it took off with a burst of .: '.J~eci and finally dis.,.ppe ared .crrom view \>iithout an exact date it would be extrem~ly difficult determine any activity in the -rea which could have accounted for the sighting. ~'iithout such essenti.-.1 Project Blue Book Infolmation Center Washington, D.c., 20330 Gentlemen I env~r, Colorado 80204 December 5, 1966 My wife and I observed a UF8 1n June ot this year ( 1966) , but afraid ot ridicule, and not wishing publicity, we have hesitated to tell anyane other tha.ll relatives about our experience. After reading the article about UFOa tn the latest Science Digest an4 learning the address ot your of'f'ice, I decided to wr1 te to you 1n hopes that my 1ntol,uat1an will help you. Firat of all, I want to impress upon you that I have been connected with aviat1o:n over the years (as a :passenger in earlier years, an armchair enthusiasts 1n later years), so I am very fami- liar with types of aircraft, their behavior, and the behavior of atmospheric conditions. I am 36 years of' age, my wife is 29. At thia late date, it is impossible for me to remember the exact night of our experience -one of the things I learned you wish on a report -but everything else is vivid 1n my mind. The night was very clear, but there was no moon9: The temp- erature was warm enough that we wore only light sweaters. It was around nine o'clock, for that is the normal time we return home from washins at the laundromat. , I do not remember it it were a Saturday or Monday night; but those were the only nights we have washed recently. At the time ot our ezperience we were liv- ing at reet. , e were almost to our home on traveling north on that street, wherl a large,t1ery red ball atracted our attention. It was, I f1rat judged, about a halt-mile to the north, at an alti- tude of about 1000-2800 teet, which would put the object at the northel'll 11m1 ts ot Crown Hill Cemetery. It was travellns from West to East. i The size of the ball was so large, and its appearance of such a nature, that I thought at first it was a private aircraft, burnins and tall.ing to the earth. In fact, for a few seconds, I wa.s certain the object was a falling plane, particularly because of' the speed, which I to be around 200 mph. However, when I drove the 1ength or fanother block north or our home) tor a closer look, the obje glowed a brilliant red, and slowed so much that I decided it was a helicopter with some sort or a large flare. It's downward tall, which had been at first on a 20 degree angle, was now a1most vertical, and I could attribute this only to a hel1- cppter, especially \vnen the object '\'Tas descending very slowly after an earlier fast approach My curiousity got the best or me, for I was wondering what a helicopter was doing 1n that area, at that time, and wonder- ing 1n particular what was glowing so red from it, 'or the color no longer looked 1ike a blaze of any sort. Because of the cemetery, w~ had to drive east an 26th Avenue to Wadsworth, (appox. one mi1e at 40 mph) before we cou1d resume a northward trif toward the object. All the while, I kept my eye glued on the object as much as possible) ~ch was now on my left. It was then that I became aware that the object was behaving st~ely even for a helicopter. It made no sound, at least not loud enough to be heard 1n my van. Now, I have always been able to hear a. helicopter While d.rivillg, even in trs.f:f'1c, and coul.d easily recognize one by its "egg-beater" sound. In a number o:f' 1n&1iancea I ha.ve heard thea-long before I could see them. Further, the object seemed to be drifting, like a parachtme. The possib1l.ity o:f' a. parachute crossed my mind, but its size, arid its original speed lett me doubting this. What transpired next convinced me IT WAS NO'r any of these things. Tha object was almost at roof-top level when we turned north Oll Wadsworth, and it was stlll to my left, although because o:t' the turn we made, 1 t was more to my fi'ont -1n other words 1n the left co:t:"ner of my windshield. Suddenly the object moved at a faster speed, changing its course to northeast. It moved so rapidly that it faded away 1n size, despite the fact I was moving 50 mph 1n its direction. It f~ally headed due north, on a line with Wadsworth, and grew smaller, giv~ every indication of moving at a high rate of speed. I the object two miles, but al1 the time it pulled away. (The lights were sreen at intersections, and I was able to maintain my 50 mph speed). Suddenly, the object disapNeared, or I should sa:r, I could no longer see 1 t because the red glow shut I watched all the news media for the next week, and no one mentioned seeing the red ball. There was no air-crash reported, but I \'las already convinced it was not an airplane. Its behavior, plus the fact that I heard no sound with the windows clown, made me certain that the object was not a plane or helicopter. The sudden burst or speed without further loss or altitude explodes the para- chute possibility. particularly when the wind was calm thatn1ght. I asked tacttul questions, found no one else Who saw the object, and found no report ot aircraft in the area at the time. Nor was the object light retlect~ons. I am too well aware of light reflect- ions 1n the air and on the ground, for they have startled me at times before I discovered it was a reflection 1n my auto window or aircraft ~dow. This object was definitely a powered craft ot some sort -a UFO. I might add that al~hough I have never doubted the possibilities or such things as UFOs, I have never berore seen one that I could not give a logical explanation tor. Being a his- torian, I have always been one to check all facts before calling any story or object a mystery. Heretofore, the UFOs I have seen were unindentified only for a brief moment. Closer scrutiny has always revealed them as lights, shooting stars, puff's of smoke, even airplanes at high alt1~de. But this til:ul, such 'rras not the case. Tais time I did see a UFO. So did oy wite, who at first thought it was a blazing object, then became as puzzled as I.