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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  28 February 66 28/1145Z | Sells, Arizona  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | Astro (VENUS) ☑  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  1 1/4 Hours | Object was the size of a grapefruit and was very bright white. It was as any other celestial body. No vapor trail or exhaust and no sound was observed. VENUS RA 20.07, was on the Easter horizon and rising at 0445 hours local time. Its stellar magnitude was -4.3. There is no reason to believe that the Soviet…

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN: 44049 (3 Mar 66) A/sah Pg 1 of 4
ACTION: NIN-7
INFO: XOP-1, XOPX-2, SAFOS-3, DIA-1 (15) ADV CY DIA.
SMB A046PTTU JAW RUWJBBA5012 0620030-UUUU--
RUEBHQA
ZNR UUUUU
P 022235Z
FM 12SAO DAVIS MONTHAN AFB ARIZ
TO RUWMFVA-ADC ENT AFB COLO
RUWMEWA-28AIRDIV HAMILTON AFB CALIF
RUCIFGA-AFSC FOREIGN TECH DIV WPAFB OHIO
RUEBHQA-HQ USAF WASH DC
RUEBHQA-SAC AF WASH DC (PROTECTED)
BT
UNCLAS UFO. BDOB 03028. SUBJECT: UFO. THE FOLLOWING UFO
REPORT OF A SIG MADE AT 28-1145Z FEB 66 WAS RECEIVED AT THIS
STTION AT 01-1500 MAR 66. …

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN: 44049 (3 Mar 66) Pg 2 of 4

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B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: (1) WAS A WHITE LIGHT AT NIGHT LIKE A LARGE SPOT LIGHT ONLY MORE BRILLIANT ON TOP OF KITT PEAK. (2) ELEVATION OF OBJECT WHEN FIRST OBSERVED: MOUNTAIN TOP LEVEL, EAST OF SELLS, ARIZ., CLOSE TO KITT PEAK OBSERVATORY. (3) ANGLE AND AZIMUTH WHEN OBJECTS DISAPPEARED: MOVED SOUTH TOWARD BABOQUIVARI PEAK AND CLIMBED TO AN AZIMUTH OF 70 TO 80 DEG A ST OVERHEAD BY 0510. THEN HOVERED AT THAT SPOT (SEEMED TO BE VERY HIGH AND FAR A…

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN: 44049 (3 Mar. 66) A/sah
Pg 3 of 4

INFORMATION OF OBSERVERS: (1) OFFICER HUIER, POLICE OFFICER, SELLS PAGE 3 RUN JBBA5012 UNCLAS
ARIZ.-RELIABILITY UNKNOWN. CAPT NURRIS, CAPT OF POLICE, SELLS, ARIZ-RELIABILITY UNKNOWN. ALLEN B. CLARK, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR, SELLS, ARIZ.-VERY RELIABLE, WORKED FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT IN THE 9140'S ON UFO INVESTIGATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH PHILLIPS, BARKSDALE AFB, LA, AND DR. LA PAZ, NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY METEREOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. HE MADE THE STATEMENT THAT "HE HELPED DEVISE AFR 200-…

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN: 44049 (3 Mar 66) Pg 4 of 4

(6) THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA: NONE. (7) VERTICAL TEMP GRADIENT: SURRFACE

4M TEMP PLUS 5 DEG PER THOUSAND FEET.
PAGE 4 RUWJBBA5012 UNCLAS
4M-7M TEMP -2 DEG C PER THOUSAND FEET
7M-9M TEMP PLUS 2 DEG C PER THOUSAND FEET
9M-40M TEMP-3 DEG C PER THOUSAND FEET

H. OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY: NONE. I. INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN AT TIME OF SIGHTING: N-A. J. LOCATION OF AIR TRAFFIC OR BALLONS AT TIME OF SIGHTING. UNK. K. POSITION TITLE AND COMMENTS OF PREPARING OFFICER: CHIEF, BA…

28 Feb 66
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MEMO FOR THE RECORD: CALL FROM MAJ BURKHOLDER, 4 MAR 66, 0850.

Maj Burkholder from Pentagon called at 0850, 4 Mar 66 regarding report of Venus observation from Arizona on 28 Feb 66. Wanted to know if it was possible that the Soviet probe that was going nearby or passing at that time would have caused Venus to appear unusual. The observers admitted that it was Venus but couldn't understand why it was so unusually red and bright. Major Burkholder wanted us to make sure that no unexplained activity might be related to the observation.

After checking it was found that Venus was -4.3…

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Dispensing Chemist
VICTORIA AUSTRALIA 11/1/1967

Dear Sir. Reading in the Science Digest, & a somewhat similar article in the Saturday Evening Post that you were interested in collecting information with regard to unidentified flying objects, I wish to tell you of one I saw in Australia last year.

On February 27th, 1966 I had been driving my car along a country road some miles from the country town of Yea, which is 64 miles; approximately north of Melbourne, the capital city of the state of Victoria, Australia. It was a quiet road, & there were no other people about…

2. Visibility was excellent, bright sunlight, and not a single cloud in the sky. There was no wind at ground level.

I am not an expert judge of distance or height, but estimate that it was about two miles away & at a height of between two to three thousand feet. There was no sound of engines or vapour trail, & it was in a horizontal position & travelling horizontally in the general direction of Melbourne. It was travelling fast, but not exceptionally so. It was under power, not drifting.

I have seen the large aircraft which travel between Australia & the United States of Amer…