302537194.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  18 January 65 - 19/0500 | Santa Barbara, California  |
|  3. SOURCE | 30. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | ARCHART  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  2 - 3 Minutes | Object believed to be a star or plane falling. Then light javelled off like a plane coming in for a landing. Increase in size and brilliance to that of a car light. Changed color to red-orange as object neared. Made direct left turn as object came within 150 yds of observer. Flight then returned object…

Mrs Hunt/DAPORCE/72842/22 Apr 65

April 23, 1965

Dear [redacted]:

The Air Force is in receipt of a report which indicates that you observed an object on 16 January 1965 which you could not identify. Although your report did not contain sufficient information to establish a definite identity of the object, the description you gave was similar to a jet aircraft with afterburner.

It is requested that the attached form be completed as fully as possible and returned to this office so that a complete evaluation can be made of the report.

Sincerely,

JOHN F. SPOONER
Cf Colonel, U.S. Chief, Air Fo…

HEADQUARTERS
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
BRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO

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ATTN OF: TDEW/UFO

SUBJECT: UFO Observation, Near Santa Barbara, California, 18 Jan 65 14 Apr 65

TO: Hq USAF SAFOI-CC (Mrs Hunt)
Wash D C 20330

Our office is in receipt of a letter from [redacted] reporting an observation she observed on 18 Jan 65 near Santa Barbara, California. The object is very similar to a jet aircraft with afterburner, however, there are some inconsistencies in this analysis since she has indicated that the object was extremely close…

March 6 1942

Dear Sirs

Would you be able to give us any information that would explain the object we observed in the sky on Jan 18th between 9:00 & 9:05 P.M.

We were at Lake Cechunna (Santa Barbara) Camp D-37 losing the west. When I first observed the object, it was light enough & thought it was water or a plane light falling. Then it made a slight wavering and instead of continuing what appeared to be direct falling it started coming in as if a plane would for standing to the camp site. Increasing from star size to what would be comparable to the size of a car head lamp. The color …

From this side view we could see a tapered frame (composed) about a foot long. At this stage of turning it was rising and very rapidly returning skyward. It then made a slight wavering and the flame turned to a smoky, bleach, purple and disappeared, leaving nothing but a small black vapor or smoke like strip hanging beside the small range of hills, black the lake.

There were two witnesses and except for one of us feeling the light at Mr. Largent was back & ball, self, we agreed on colors and the actions very close and both felt it probably wasn't more than 2-3 minutes in our view.

I was …

United States Air Force Dept.
Washington D.C.

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