CO:-ICLUSIG:-1 .l U ife.-1. JJ~!ntif= i~d F lying Objcct Lns Lunas, 11M f::= ... ~runcc y our letter oF l u Muy 1!)67, on your s i u h ting of ~ n Ltnid e r1ti f icd F l ying object lnv.:stiHution revec.,Jed th ... , t one of our \ir rorcu IH!I i coph:r .. s \.td~ f l y i n g in t iH: Surne \lr' tc) unJ (lt the r,ulllt! tin:e you r.w"1t i one d in your I ettcr . Thu p i I ot Sb1t~..:J l1e \-JuS o pc>r.:Jt- i . -.h i s high-ro~'+'ercd sear c h I i ghts ot tiH.-tir.1c ~md the ... .,-:.,vsr hE're conta i n-=!d u I Drge <unount o f c.lu .. t ... 1nd ~>I o~., i n g I ""' OU I d I i k c t o thank you for your i ntcrcst ttnd if y o11 h.1ve ony fur .. th r q uesti o n s , r lt'uSt! fct:J r rce t o contuct '"~ ut Kirtl ... ,nJ AFB; Telephone 247-1711, Extcn~ion 3061. CH\RLLS H . V,\N 0 1 VEl~ , Cdpt, USAF Chi~f of Safety DEfi'ARTM.ENT. OF . THE-AIR ~NTI!R:t FONI:IGN TECHNO LOGY D IVISION I AI'"SC) WRIGHT-P"ATTI: .. SON All'l F O !'tC!r J1A5'[, O HIO 4!5"-Jll U.?~ s--=servatio n , 9 Ifay 1967 Re:-er e nc e y(,u r unident1fi~d obaervo.tion. The informati on ""hich w~ ~ve received is not sufficient for a scientific evaluation . Re-;-es t yo u complete the attached FTD Form 164 nnd return i t in t e~velope provi de d . Thank you for reporting your observa tion t o -~c Air Force. ,..( ~t':.SS C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF F~D For m 164 ""/enve lope ' %::-=!ct o r of Technolog y and SUbsy s t ems (\ i I . I UMClASSifiD DUAaTJJUMT Gf ml AJI fOia STAt-, tAiSSAGI BlAHOf IrK~ f,\ISSAGI INFO~ X(:?-1, XOPX-2, SAFOS-3, DIA/JCS-1 (12) A'DV CY 'DXA !ill a B2'5??.'7 u ""w R UA' JEMA02~ ~3 tt9rlf5- u uuu-~ t!DH~. P lll6S~V..AY67 FM USAFT r~C NELL IS AFB NEV T 0 RlJ'vM r\ ~ I ~DC ZENI\J~IV 0: C<LCRAOO BOlLDER CO OOJm F~ F . D ;~ F3 CHIO ctDETR>, CSAF <Af'RDC>, O~F' (S~F-OI>. ATT N~ 0:1 CO'DO~ <D ~1RS CP 4~:::-:'S C.U TO TY.:: RADIO PCRERN1 oFN LH~." <2> 45 rECRuS (.3) 6 DZGPEES, Sf OPPD OJfR t1R c~qLF.sr ON ( ~) SYEf.D :U. Y AF H O JAAU 0-309C U~CLASSifi~O !JNCtASSIFHD DU.UT.\IDtT o; T;JE All FOlK S'l;'~n MiSSAGI OU*>t t:IC~IM& i.\BSAGf 9 11AV z:J. l_:jCAL C2) DARK. PARA llE: 801 GTH sr, BU..Dffi CHY9 ~U.D~ Ci.:' , NEV: R.lt1BINGAtD HEAT ING; mi!: YEI'R COLLEC:Z tif SM,TA ' .. ;A~ (3) Vi1!7 TO YEll.O.:J TO A LITTLE ffiEEN SfAl< M'O EACK ll-:iOUSH (9) NO~;=:. ?;.-'A llB: <D THE: RADIO FROffiN~ " OFNLINE" (2) 45 IErn:::.::s <3> -5 DEGREES <4> NC~ (5) INSfMITLY <6> ONE NINUfE. PARA 1 18: ( ! ) ffiOUN0-\1 ISUAL <2) NCEN < 3) NA. PARA 1 ID: < D l2 > D\-:>, P~?~ 'lC: ONZ 9...0:\ 3fuH 07 TQrlOFt\H HIGHVAY. FAAA ll~ AFHO Jl ... AFIN: 53G43 UNCtASStfl:fD D!?o\U'fltNT o; nt AHl FO!tC! SJ&vr r.lUs.\GI D:WfCM I:K~IMG :.\tssAGi ONE DE' M!'iJ S0-DEGREE TtRNS <5> OBJECf DID Nar DI~APf'EfR-!ii:O: IND!V I:':.!~L =zcf\t1E FR IGHrENED A~ LEFT. < 6) FOLR HOlR s . PARA 11C~ PACE 3 RL\..1 ::.'1A0205 UNCLAS f.~!vPJG AR:V-D IN TH DE~T TRYn:G TO eET 0..053{ TO IHE 03tJ2CT. .f! CQ.!...EC, 0\L IF; UNE1''1 A.. OYED; Nar VERY REl. IA fi.E <2 > ~ ~. ~--:-:::~ IT:-'S 1 lG T~OUGH I C.C: t.~E THE SAME F'ffi ~LL TlREE REPCRTS~ U~ClASSif~:o UNCLASSifiED CUAIJ~tHI' Of TtlE AI. fOlU STAH t.U.SSI\Gl B'l m<~iG t.US~GE PEOf1..E 0\LL:::J IN THE 1R SIGHT INGS T 0 A LOC'AL "OFN L H~SiRJ\C IO PRC~'lAM. 1 .-::: HUSBANDS OF THE TWO WQ'tlEN ALSO WEHi \4 IT Nt;SSC:S T 0 THE UFO S ::;-.1 INGS, AND Tl~EE APFEARED TO HAVE BEEN r1ANY OI'HER PECfLE WHO s~u THE UF'O At'iD DID NOT CALL INf 0 tlfl.L I S AFBo A v. AS"' PmKl' ~ CALLED nrr 0 T FZ RAD IO SiO~ li~I> EX A..A lt:W D" AS THE ?._,;~r:: VEJ~S. THIS APFEARS TO~ THE t105! Ll!'.Zl..Y FXFLI\~4ATIO~I. CfriCI~ t':Al.HlG ADDRESS FCR aT FTER B T TCl-t:R SI TF.JC <CDD C!LT T S41 C.-2 >, NEll. IS AF'B fi.V B91 10. BUSINESS PHONE IS l'!ew ~texico 87031 Cnptain Vnn Dive=-in ou.:-Safety Office sent me your letter i n '\'1hich you r~queated information and books on U}'Os. I would fir~t recomm~nd consulting the p~lic 11brnry and , if the y are not able to autisfy your r~quirem~nts) you might write to: S.AF .. OIC Waabington, D.C. 20030 That agency, part o f the Sccrct~ry of the Air Force' a Office, i= g L~ to ensw~r specific ~uantione and provide more information than ~e can. In regard to your q,uestion3 about halicopter a , they con deocend 1 r. a straight line, hov~:-at a standstill and thea tllkt! ott in a otr:ti;y:t line. Aa you c a n tJ~a in the attached photo, one of our Kirtland h()l i.- copter.s ia at a atand3till fig~t1ng n :t'i r a . The search lights u s ed on the night in queation are a s~riao o f li@1ts ~ather than one c~ngle light of the World Wa r II searchlight variety. ~u:~, the lights would appear to be a glm1 rather than be n single ba-am. ~.ut vould nlso :r.a:<~ it glmr. Helicopters when nearing the earth craac~ :.1.rg~ clouds of c.ut f"rCtll the wiro gener"ted by their rotating propdllar ":l::&.dea. Hl1lic e:" are aloo equippad with blinking red und llhito li@lt3 .:.;; \tall ll3 red a ."ld :: .. ~een l i ghts ~ .. o~ our helieOJ:l-o;e=s ohould be in the Los Lunas/V~\lencia area next ~u:rsdllY evening ( l June ) and you mi ght b e nbl e to compare what you :;n ~.\.rlier. " ~:1 t.hb Air !cr 'Je et:~ doing om beat to nns:\'er UFO qucrios j n u n opon nast mnnne~. w~ try to explnin cnch gntlng. Your oignting io an -~:1-l:::., o~ cu: e!"':"::r-:;.a to J nveotiuat~ and d.:ttcrmlnet 'o~hnt waH oightoo. ::.: ltN! can b~ of t1c::"!:t avolutnnc o , pleas~ loll"it.c. JC:~ ~. DUE}~L, Captain, U Dileetor of" Infornatlon 2 . Dut!l She.,t HH-l~3.0