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| 1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION | | --- | --- | | 25 June 1964 | El Paso, Texas | | 3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION | | Civilian | BALLOON The film was analyzed by, the U.S. Army Photographic Range Instrument Laboratory and evaluated objects as weather observation balloon with its 2 instrument package. | | 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | | Three | The observers description of the objects was like "a silver ice cream cone" accompanied by 2 ivory objects. The observer took 28 frames of pictures with a homemade telephot lens attached. | | 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVAT…
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Texas Boy Gets Photos Pourtoon-year-old Jack Spiro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Spiro of 12 Paso, Texas, was using his telescope on Thursday, 25 June 1964 when he spotted three V-shiped objects in the southwestern sky. One glowed, the other two were "dark ivory" in color. The boy photographed the objects with color film. He subsequently sent the film to Dallas for special processing. When the film came back, the boy's parents notified authorities at Bigg AFB. An Air Force sedan picked Jack up at school and took him to Biggs where he and Air Force technicians observed the film. Jack said an ivo…
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HEADQUARTERS 95TH BOMBARDMENT WING (SAC) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE BIGGS AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS REPLY TO ATTN OF: OCCIO/Major Thornton/ext 2668 SUBJECT: Alleged UFO Sighting, 25 Jun 64, El Paso, Texas 18 JAN 1965 TO: IDEW/Major Quintanilla Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 1. This sighting was investigated by the 95 Bomb Wing Intelligence Division and determined to be a weather observation balloon launched from the El Paso weather station some 10 minutes prior to the sighting. Tracking data at the launch site corresponded perfectly with the reported positions of the supposed UFO. 2. The disposition…
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25th Bomb Wing (DDG10) S1925 AFB Texas, 79918 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE OFFICIAL BUSINESS FTD (TOWN) UFO Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 SAC FORM JAN 64 369 PREVIOUS EDITION MAY BE USED.
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OFFICIAL FILE COPY 25 Jan 64 A. Voss KDEW/Major Quintanilla/ext 69216 Alleged UFO Sighting, 25 Jun 64, El Paso, Texas 6 Jan 65 Commander Biggs Air Force Base, Texas 1. The Air Force project on unidentified flying objects has received a request for information pertaining to the attached newspaper article. No report has been received by this command of a sighting and/or films of this alleged incident. 2. We request that Major Thornton, or other personnel associated with this sighting be queried and if such an incident did occur a report in accordance with AFR 200-2 be submitted to this comma…
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No Case (Information Only) 25 June 1964 El Paso, Texas June 28, 1964 El Paso Boy, 14, May Have Films Of Three UFO's El Paso (AP) - A 14-year-old El Paso youth believes he has captured unidentified flying objects on film. Missing picture film taken by Jack Spiro Thursday has been sent to Dallas for processing. Spiro reported seeing three Y-shaped objects in the southwestern sky late Thursday afternoon. One of them glowed. The other two, he said, were dark ivory in color. The youth viewed the objects with his telescope as they moved northward. He then took films of the objects. After seve…
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MR. REMPLAINT Newark 4, N.J. Dec. 26, 1964 Dear Major, Wrong a severe interest in the subject of uncertified Injury 11745 and very a collater of such photographs I identify real of a young El. Rev. Texas youth who claimed to have taken colored motion pictures of a U.S.C. This story appeared in the local Texas newspapers and I would like to ask the following questions in reference to this film strip. A. Were the Rev. Texas aware of this film strip and have they appeared in interest? B. Was your department in possession of this film strip, if so what was the final analysis? C. Was the film …
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21 January 1965 Dear Mr. [redacted] The Air Force cannot identify a photograph without the date or location of the sighting and the name of the photographer who took the film. There are no unidentified cases in Air Force files which were submitted with photographic evidence. All photographs submitted have been identified as known or conventional objects or hoaxes. Sincerely, MASTON M. JACKS Major, USAF Public Information Division Office of Information Mr. [redacted] 84 Summer Avenue Newark 4, New Jersey
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