. : . !.. I r:a~ fljing the l~tt ::teat of a Wie!.iu.:..l! :m l.ir !)a..;o C-h 7 "a t ~o,m<l-roJ in rltght ,.liaabaden-~unich. On l'Oturn le" froa L! L'1ioh to Wiesbad(3n, I hrul ju t crr;:J5L~J. l .~o,-o.; .::; ;.u range station and had ootai;lcted a turn to hocld.in;~ of }45. At. thi~ { . t.t.me I noticeu at 90 to th.-Jt r1.~ht of tho lin, of flight. -.rh.:lt llt'?~r.~l~ect to be n vary ~ -br~ht white star. At. ii43t I attach~d no groat ir.tportance to it but b)san to ,roilde:r ~ ~ ... rhieh :~tar it could -..,'3. It "'a.-1 :;o bria1ht t~!at I S~"Jarch::>d the sky for other r:o1~a o~ ~ :>i;parable brilllanc:~. Ha.Yever, b9caU3c of a coon, L~arl;r f.ttll, tho s ur-J .~oro falrly f. i .dull . A: \proY..ir.\at.ol:r ten sgoonds later I looks d at this sana liJht a;~nin and r ~cel~t.~"' {J ~the i:npr\lssion that it ":7as moving. L:>oki.r\ti a:ray and (.hqn b:1ck a ain, r di.sc0'M:t~l ': ~ 'th:1t it. ,:as r.\ov.L'l~ and on a hoadiP.C: of np_oroxl~.a taly ?..70. fhe light c~:o..;::;tsd in ~ro.~.c':. J~ \0; our aircrai't. at about ~(0.)) foot (20L{) J'aet h:4~ht1r t.&'-131 ot:r al.titudo at th.J tim1; .1t a .;ptccl. ;w L'dat as or greater th~1 a jot. fight')r at cruise. '.~.'hJ liaht w:.t.J wnlt., ~,.ltn :1) buCll . o ut:1.:1.!'1ati:J.J ~ torafrcm, and no Ep...LI' 3 o~., trailing b~hind it,. I \t:l.3 tr>:> : f t:..toai:J!wd :..o d o :t:1ythi.nr: but. .-;atch it for a;>prcv.i~r:.-\t-,01y thr:33 sccor!~ob. J\f'td: i:-. t d [ ! :: :.'o~lil~lll in txmt ~1" tho aircraft AAd "Ht.\.<i approxt.:1ataly on~ milo or t;.-o .:ulo:J .:(("~fJ t., l ( !.:l ;c:l t he ~tttanlijoal o.f t:Hl copil~t to the ~joe~ an~l turn~d to follo., it.. At t!~,,t t 1n a ~ ' i.:iq ob jt.!.: L ~.J::.: J a fairlJ tight i;,urn of a{>prox'lF.ta t9~/ lJ~5 dor,reos ~i :t~..: I tu:rn'3d lit-: . i r-: ).:::-c'l.f~ to irrt~.Hc.uJt, .tt . 'iho objnut a~J >roachoJ rapidl3 oud -cto brilli:mt '7hito Lt..;ht : ~ cU.sa!>pe.~rod to u~ rtJpln~on hy a bridn. ( t!UClt b..:-ig:lt,vr than norr.al r;mn1.ng lt.i.~h :-,3 of 'aircra.f ~) bJ.inklnG l.'dd li~nt, th~.m a blinkin~ r;rl3en lit~ht, foll<:i;ad by the whlt~J 1 "l;;ht :again. ilt thi~ roL>tt tho object '.Ya~ ciireo tly 0\1r the city of 3 t.uttg.:!rt. n."1d I Cl. t 'j;)m ... - ted to rlcter;nina its DilhouJt.t.~ out.li!lod tl6a:'..n!Jt t!u ligh:.S of th~ citv. 2. At this point it is vn-ry pos~iblo Lhnt h~lluclnutioa ontors tho ~itu:ltio::t., fo:- o.'l~ a fr.;t.~t.ion o~ a ~acc,nd t'f'a~ I ablo to awe x .... r9 ;_ tn ~ilhm.!~J"vtl. It :13:J :JS ir:;;rm; :Jl'J.(' t:t:\'1:. the obj t. .; circ~1tar ln 3hat-e Hi th -r:hi to li~hta on ~'-le l~nding odtie. '.~oJ..id . :.~vl tr:tiling od3e Y:as ~hat at>peared to b~ a sli.;ht ha.;o sit1ilar to that ca.w'3d by :;a-..,--a.:J o!' intense heat emanai:.ln,:t from jot attcr-art, which fo'Lgcd the li;_:hts of tho cit;r :; =-~n th.rous;h ~hi!J haza. Til:) objJct mdu a sba.tp turn to the left on a h"ad!..ne of "'. p!'a.v..:li!ately 270 and di!JH,t>p9ared under t.h'3 no~e ~ Us alrcraft. ht thi~ poL'1(;. I o~nerveu the ti&l::t to be 2107 zebra. I e3 t.o ::.al til!:a of observv. tion to bo not l'7tcrtl th~'Ul thr-30 m.i:111t133. ( ATI C l!JB!rr: the .Air At tach a :L 1 Pr~.~U':t, C~echo.1lovakia) a!'ld has rac9ntl;r b"'lO:l a::.si&ned to tho Diroctorata o.:: Int?.lll~enc9 H.;~ad ... 1un~t.ers, Uni t'3d 3 t.ates Air Fore~.) GERALD M. J O~IE3 A'l' I B r.J.."lch _,Olf. rrii'H~X:UMf!'H CI)N r,\l'f5 lt1Ft;'ll1\l"ll(f4 Arrtr:TI;i':; 1 h~ HA 11C'fA1. : tr:rrn: <':;Til~ IJtilr :'~ !ottnS m ,.Ill ~I T r . UNCLASSIFI11. AF FOIIM 1U' ' ,AIT I APPIIIOYID I J~N& IM "L'fiy.let.ASS\F\ EO (8A V~ BI.ANIC} :AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT l }. to'"l ot-e1.p\. (8) !drcl"af\ were .eraa'bled. fro three (3) dltferf!Dt ba.aes bu.\ :to 1n~rceo~i~a. va acCOMl)ll~od du to con.t~ct loss wlthou\ re&!)pe&r"Ulce. f {a) froa ~clCboUl'De - . i._o 02) from O.'Bar .'U~, anl.tour ( 4 ) frca 3ell'rl~e f ~'S. lto iclM~Ui~\~on was .made ftlthoab fU+ St)Urcea were chec'-ced. . \. . ci~ua;,. o~. \M.a~-in~-cl~-b7 rerrresen,a\1.,.-..t at thl s hrtadqa.~er co~cladsd . ~-tha~ v~rr ;rftbf\b~. the .~ r l ted fl"'))l nrehing 1n the ~UlpmMv~;;--d .-. ~ttbro-~ JUPDM Z62 . M~NM JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN~WPML 4~4 ~, DE JWPDM 11 Ft1 CG 4 704TH DEF WG MCCHORD AFB WAS}t ,/ TO JEPHQ/DIR INTELL HQ USAF WASH DC JDWP/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON ArB OHIO ATTNI ATIAA2C J!DEN/CG ADC ENT AFB COLO INFO JWPML/CG WADF HAMILTON AFB CALIF 1. THE FOLLOWING FLYOBRPT IS SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFL 2~0-51 A. l. NOT DESIGNATED 2. NOT DESIGNATED 3. BRILLIANT LIGHT 7. NONE DESCRIBED s. NONE DESCRIBED PAGE TWO JWPDM DESCRIBED 1e. NONE DESCRIBED PULLED OUT OF ACROSS FACE 12. BEHIND CLOUDS. 13 NONE DESCRIBED foi!F,t ' 'Cit h.,~ WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON. 46 DEGREES ~-MINUTES 18 SECONDS NORTH. B. 118 DEGREES 28 MINUTES W24 SECONDS WEST. C. ~NONE' DESIGNATED. i3 . NONE DESCRIBED ~ IfiC STANDARD TIME 3. TEN MINUTES 1 . VISUAL D. 1. HOME, VALLA VALLA, WASHINGTON. A. "' DEGREES 8" MINUTES II SECONDS B. 118 DE;REES 21 MINUTES V24 SECONDS VEST DESIC:NATED. WALLA WALLA, WASH. PHONE PAGE THREE JWPDM 11 3. RELATED THIRD HAND TO SENIOR CAA CONTROLLER SCHRIVER, SEATTLE F. 1. 120 OVERCAST 20 BRKS OVC 2. 28J D~GREES 22 KNOTS 300 fEET, 240 DEGREES J5 KNOTS 35020 fEET G. NONEKNOWN Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla had witnessed this, no followup whatever was made. It i.: . GOLt of thins in this case, and in a great many others, that ;.. ti to the facetious, but somewhat deadly remark by someone that ,,jcct Blue Book miaht be called, not the "Society for the Inve , ; ion of Unexplained", (Ivan Sanerson' s organization) but ratllr , "i.inciety for the Explanation of the Uninvestigated". Since 1947, Lll~(n .~ of lack of funds and adequate personnel, a formidable nuuthN .. cases were not adequately followed up. I had often polut ~;~d '"" , both to officials in Dayton and in Washington, that a day n!. .:cclton- ins might SOI'Ie day come when the Air Force might be asked \ o Hhatl cause why proper investigations were not made. In this ct;::: fo.~ instance, no attempt apparently was made even to find oul ,. ; ''i.,H~ others" were who had made this sighting. How many? \~en.~ l:;. ,. ; passengers? Were they members of the crew? No attempt fV '"H made to find out the duration of the sighting. In view <. ~ :.1s, it is patently impossible to form any sort of a valid j,.,:. . , ,_: .. to what the stimulus that gave rise to this report mighl ,; b..:.!n. To list it as "insufficient information" is incorrect, !J\; ; :. nhould really be listed as "insufficient information because of leck o( followup". A store of information. may have been availabl\!, h\i:: this store was never tapped. Incidentally, how is the case pre:. l.y carried, unidentified, or insufficient information? The lai:\.t would certainly be more appropriate. 3. 4 June 19S2, Stuttgart, Germany. have rated this a 1:3 C6 meaning puzzling but possibly c>~pl an- able case of credibility 6, since there were two witnesses l.l'lln~t!ally trained. One witness was a Lieutenant Colonel who was shor\.:l y there- after assigned to the Directorate of Intelligence, Headquul \:t,s, United States Air Force. It seems unlikely that they would ; :lve been mislead into a misidentification of an F84, and report\ J.nstead a very bright light that crossed in front of their aircraft, nde fairly tight turns, and then have turned their own aircraft follow it. Of course, it is entirely possible that it was ;, 1;coss misidentification on the part of these two experienced pi J o . : .. H\<l therefore the evaluation of possible aircraft is justifi~d. it is unjustified, however, in the statistics for the year t n , 1 it an unquestioned aircraft. To be fair, one might also have ;.i;li.'lted it "possibly unidentified" and at the end of the year have .t..ed it as "unidentified". I have long inveighed against the u 1. ;>:: - able (and this is to any good statistician) statistics emplo ., by Blue Book over the years in transforming"posaibles" and "prn~ . ..Loles into fi~ actualities. Lt. Cul. Hector Quintanilla . Paae :t I hot ld the files of Blue Book ever be thoroushly examined by CO"'~tatent scientists, this incorrect statistical procedure will auru1y be pointed out as beins moat unscientific. Thoush more cunther.aome, the proper thins to do is, of course, to carry in the atatistical recorda the number of, let us say, aircraft, pro'>nble aircraft, ancl possible aircraft cases as separate entries 4. 5 June 1952, Lubbock, Texas Properly classed as unknown. It would be straining things to call these possible aircraft in view of the experience and re! ,ility of both observers. I feel, however, much more informa- tlor! cc>uld have been extracted from the original observers. For inu!unca, what did they mean by "lights appeared to be spherical awl six inches in diameter?" They estimated the objects to be 40,'100 f.:eet high. Did they mean six inches at arm's length, etc? Very obvious information bits have been repeatedly overlooked in the~e ca~es. It is obviously too late to go back for this in- forru;~ .ion in 1952 cases, etc., but in view of the continued interest in thu l1!!0 phenomenon in this and other countries, it behooves us to ,.o .. t'ect the mistakes of the past in the investigation of the tru: ~uzzling cases of the present. The great handicap that !'ru.: ~:.: : Blue Book works under arises not only from lack of staff in !''Y' nn, but far more importantly, in the gross lack of support at r!t(! riginating airbases. Also, what is meant by "two objects wer'- ~"~!':l"'Oximately 100 yards apart?" At 40,000 feet, this would '"'btended angle of approximately one-half degree. Things li!c~ !~! s could have been checked out by an intelligent interro- gat:c~ - ~Ficer. ' '1 >ne 1952, Wichita, Kansas ~-~ :!>. The past evaluation, "probably balloon" has a low pl,; ~,,, ,:.~tty, even though a piball was reportedly launched 10 ~.w' :!l c:~rlier in that general area. There were two witnesses an<! . . :he wind 25 miles per hour from the southwest it is unl1'tul.y that a balloon could perform the maneuvers as reported. It \lc.ts stated that the object remained almost motionless for 10 to r; :, t:eonds then moved southwest at:a fast rate (against the wln~' \ ... ,~teupon it stopped, made several maneuvers, revers