0r 0o .. ECTS CONCLUSION :;FvBSERVATION B~.Er SU,-.\MARY AND At'ALYSIS G'oserver stated t:.:1t the obj<::Ct. .:-.:J..-c~red as a li ~:-:;:;, ccc. -.. , cright, ,sec~:~. 'i'he edg~s o~ the object nl.!:::-e sha:::-.::.l.J o'.ltlinedd he o~1jcct disappeu.rcd back into the wo.:.d::; "~' . . r..,e light over th a house ..:en t o . t . Object h a d n~-.:. c..ny v..:...s- tincti v e sound of :. ... s O'ruJ.. Color: red and whiLe-. .,,aviou .. edlllo n of thl torr. .. ~-/ [)It:: you compla~.,J th is questionnaire: P o o;uo 7 Information which you feel pert inent and which is not adequately covered in the 1pocific points of the questionna ire or a narra tive e)(planotion of your sighting DE?ART!"'I\ENT O F THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTeRS 37Slh A EROMEDICAl AIRliFT WING (t.IAC) SCOTT Alit FO~CE BASE, IlliNOIS 62225 ~uiiJ '' R eport of Unidentified Flying O bjecL ro Foreign T echnology Division (FTD) ATTN: Major Quintanilla {TDET-UFO) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio The attached report i s forwarded in accordance ,vith USAF message SAF-OICC 88579 Ma y 67, copy o which was furnished your oicc. FOR THE COMMANDER WILLlr\...vl E . BARBER, Colonel, USAF Deputy C ommander for Operations UFO Report C y to: Univ of Colo {Dr. C ondon) , MA C (MAOID ) , USAF REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT 1 . GENERAL. This report is submitted in accordanc e with USAF message SAF-OICC 88579 Nlay 67, which directed this headquarters to contact named individuals in the Bourbon, Missouri area who had sighte d unidentified flying objects in that area over the past iew months. PERSONS CONTACTED: RR 1, Bourbon, Mo Telephone: St. Louis, Mo Telephone: Sal<;slad y RR 1, Bourbon, N[o -.Te lephone: RR 1, Bourbon, Mo RR 1 , Bourbon, Mo Telephone: Housewife -Age 74 Retired -Age 78 3 . _PERTINENT FACTS. Bourbon i s a small community on Highway 66, approximately 75 miles southwest of St. Louis , Missouri. The a rea of the sightings is approximately 2 and 1 I 2 miles northwest of Highway 66, and is a rural. area with homes separated by distances of a few hundred yards to one mile. Areas around the homes have been cleared and are maintained as lawns and/ or open fields. !viost of the remaining are a is i n woodland. Most of the sightings _have occurred at the home of Mrs The first sighting occurred on 8 F..;bruary 1967, and sightings have reoccurred almost nightly since that time until the present. Generally, the objects appear as a reddish glowing light the size of a large grapefruit, originating over the trees in her backyard. They some- times come out of the woodland itself, and as they approach the house can be seen to increase in light intensity , changing to a brilliant white light which bathes the area in light as though an outside house- light had been turned on. The lights hover near the ground as if searching for something and emit a fan shaped sweeping white light. On occasion the objects touch the ground and give off sparks (described as like popcorn shooting into space). The objects '.Vander back and forth at low level, sometimes drifting off into the trees o r over them, and again shooting straight up and disappearing. b . The lights have distinct form, although a solid vehicle }tas not bet::n observed. Sometimes three lights appear as a triangle, approximately five feet scpa::-ating each light. On other occasions a singl e light has been seen as an elon~atcd object with legs appro)..imate ly three feet long protruding from all !>idt. s except toward the back of the object. The legti can be withdrawn and c.<.te:1ded. The legs had white lights on the end of each one. This object emitted a whirring noise whenever it moved, and the noise stopped whenever it hovered. Mrs eported that she received a on her TV whcneve the objects were i n the area. Also, the furnrJ.ce made a yoa ring noise and acted e rraticly. She claimed that many people in the area had complained of unusual f urnance troubles. On one occasion there was a strong odor of orange peel in the outside area when the object had been s ighted. d . The objects appear regardless of the weather, being seen on clear nights as well as during rain and sleet storms. They can be seen shortly after dark, and sometimes stay throughout the night. e . Mr dog seems t o sense the objects, and barks whenever they are in the vicinity. outside to the objects. tend:; an invalid husband and is fearful of going stigate; therefore, has never attempted to approach g . There is a garden appro;dmately 100 yards from Mrs home containing rhubarb, and she claims that one one occasion the leaves were torn and burned, and some stalks pulled out of the h . She has counted as many as a dozen lights at one time hovering and flitting about her yard, in the garden and in the trees . She has observed them with binoculars through the windows, but this did not mak0 them more distinct in form. i . Mrs has been told that the area is rich i11 magnesium deposits, and that so~e foreign government is gathering the mineral, and our government should be lookb.g into t~is matter and saving it for their own use. j. Mrs . is a sister of 'Mrs and has sec 1 llt,; objects on three occasions. She describes lhe lights essentially as Mrslliiiiilllll.did. Her observations \Vere sometime in March and lasted up to 3 and 1/2 hours at a sighting. Otherwise much of h e r comment was based on what her s isle r had told her. She did em.phasize that the dogs hair stood on end when the obj ects apvroached. k . lvlrs . s two boys , ages approximately 5 and 7 years, who went out to d i spose of t h e garbage one e v ening at dusk. They came racing back to the house, s t ating that a luminous round object ad come down over the m and then zoomed off. It flared up and b ecame quite bright . There was n o noise a t the t ime, but the dogs stal"ted barking. No physical signs could be found in the area later. This incident occurred before word had gotten around that Mrs. so seen the objects. L a t e r on Mrs . lso saw lights simil a r to those described by Mr s . They were v isibl e across a field in her backyard, and were in the woodland approximately one-fourth mi l e , behind the house. Mr property and that of M1s . Hunt e r ajoin w ith approximately one mile sepa r ating the houses. sited Mrs. home appro;...'imately two months ago, having heard of the sightings. lie, too, sa~v the same type of sin g l e lights , which became qnite bright as they hovered over the garden area. They moved back and forth, at a hei gh t of 20 feet down to 6 fl!et. They changed color t h ree times, changing from red to a gn:~enish color and then orange . The lights b ecame diffused when in the orange stage, covering an area of approximately 25 feet with the light. He o bserved the lights for 15 minutes and described the m as phenomenal. The Reveren hac; known Mr .for approximately six mon ths, and although not her pas o r does visit her home periodically. He described her as a very honest, stra ightforward p.:!rson, not tending to exaggerat e , and having seen the lights 1-imself must agree with h e r report. as a bit reticent, and had to be draw n out , but did coniirm that he had seen the lights on two occasions in N1r s . backyard. His home i s approximately 150 yards down the road from Mrs property. n. Th~ live about a mile hom _\1rs on the opposite side of the road, and about 1/2 mile off the highway. There is a junkyard across .from the entrance to their side road which can be seen from their prop~rly. About a month ago Lhey had guests one evening, and as they were leaving at 9 :30 p . m. they comm~nted on the bright car headlights a t the junkyard. Aiter the guests l eft the noLed the lights still there and they realized it co be a car, as the lights moved up and down. They would dim and then get bright again . They watched the lights for approximat ely 1/2 hour and have not seEo!n them sinc e . 4 . COMMENTS: a . There is no doubt that these people have seen something, and are not letting their imagination play tricks on them. he area i s in the country, with no street lights. The neares t airport i s at Sullivan, Missouri, six miles distant, which is a small community and has no night time air traffic as far as i s known. There are no radio or t e levision towers in the area. The lights could not be sightings of planets as they move around, and were at various elevations . Initially, the sightings were made without knowledge that o ther people had had s i milar experiences. Although there are arm p onds th roughout the area, the land is generally at same elevation and is d r y and rocky. This, therefore, should rule out swamp gas. Fireflys are also ruled out as these sightings occurre d initially in rathe r cold weather. was impressed by Mr sincerity and i n terest in this matter. While most o.f the people spoke to wer e elderly, they were not senile . They were all very rational, and wer e curious as to what th i s unusual phenomena might be. I feel that it is especially significant that a minister would confirm these s i ghtings, and could vouch for Mrs character . S. P.E :t.:>ON P .KEF~ \Rl:-G ltE.PO it r : Civilian, GS-12 Wing Plans Officer 3 75th Aeromedical Airlift Wing (MA C ) Scott AFB, Illinois 62221 1 Atch Area Drawing 'l'DETjUFO( !aJ Quintar.illa/709l6/mhs/9..7un67) ~70 Observations, USAF ( SAFOICC) 1 . . Reference correspondence :from Mrs observations of numerous \mi dentified concerning the obj0cta s i nc e February 8 , ... 2 . 'lbere are t1ro a:!r re:f'ueHng tracks in the area , plus a high speed lov level trajning route; however, sL"lce air activity r ecords m e normally destroyed af'ter thirty days, -we are UI".abl e t o check those records :for possible e.ir activity. . 3 It does not appear that satellites, balloons, or ground lights, 1iere responsible :for the sightinga. The lights vrer e reported to have been seen in all di.rections and 1mder all types of weathe r con- C.itions. .. 4. . The wi tnt=ss did state that she had contacted the State Highway Patrol concerning her observations . Contact wes made with the State Highway Patrol Station , P.olla, Missouri. An incident r e por t reveale d tbat. a Trooper Shelton -went to visit the witness on 6 March 1967 after s.he bad reported observing unusual objects. Dtring his visit, the witness pointed out to Trooper Shelton eight light configurations iothi.cb she claimed to be UFOs. These lights were evaluated as aircraft. lights~ by the trooper,_ and gave the appearance of' lights coming :froxa 5., Mrs. has sighted a number of lights on different occasions, and it 1.s impossible to def"1nitely identify each of her observations becm1se of the Jack o:f specific:.. dates and times. There is no way to check e.erial activity ..:without specific times. There is also no question tliat Mrs. bas been seeing 1 ights and that she is motivated by pa 'when I"el>QrtiD,g her sightings; however_, there is DO i.l'ldication that they ~ hostile and she snould not become alarmed. Mrs.~ lives in the path of v ery heevy military and" conaercial air activity and she vill continue tocbserva various light configurations in the vicinity of her home during the hours of darkness. ?OR THE CCMMANDER )iU-iES C. ~.fA.."qATl', Colonel, USAF , ector c"f Technology a.nd Subsyste:ns UFO Report,