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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  31 March 66 01/0130Z | Toms River, New Jersey  |
|  3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION Possible (AIRCRAFT) not even probable. JHS.  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS As observer watched a high flying aircraft she noticed another object which appeared as a bright star that began to move in a SW direction. Object did not drop over the horizon as did the satellite she seen previous. Observer stated, the farther away the object moved, the closer to the earth it appeared, but did not travel in an arc.  |
|  5. L…

FTD (TDEW)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
28 June 1966

Mrs.
Toms River, New Jersey

Dear Mrs.

Please forgive me for not having written sooner, but my workload has been so heavy that I have had to concentrate on analysis of sightings, briefings, meetings, etc., and I have had to neglect my correspondence. I do appreciate your letter and I will try to answer as many of your questions as I possibly can.

Your observation does not appear to me to be that of a satellite. First of all the duration of 10 - 15 minutes is too long for a satellite to be visible. Ten minutes should be the maximum for…

becomes a problem and of course causes a delay in the identification of the object. Another delay in identifying balloons is that we have to get the weather information from Weather Central in Asheville, North Carolina. This can take three or four days to process. Wind data is extremely important in identifying balloon observations.

Believe me, if a missile was on its way to the good ole' USA, it would excite a lot of people including the President of the United States. This type of activity could easily be checked through NORAD and their slave stations.

I certainly don't consider the Americ…

Thank you for your most enjoyable letter and for letting me express my feelings on the subject. We don't have all the answers, but they, I don't know of anyone who does.

Sincerely,

HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Major, USAF
Chief, Project Blue Book

3 Atch
1. Sagan Article
2. Von Braun
3. Blue Book

31 March
01/01302

Toms River, N. J.
April 1, 1966

Major H. Quintanella Jr.
Foreign Technology Division
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Sir;

Last evening, March 31, 1966, between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m., I happened to go out of my house, which faces in a southerly direction, and I noticed what an unusually clear and beautiful night it was. As I looked up, I noticed an airplane traveling west at a high altitude. As I watched this plane pass under the constellation Gemini, I noticed what I had previously thought to be an extremely bright star in the constellation begin to move. I…

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any wild guesses. I do not believe it was a plane, because of its high altitude and brilliance, and because it was not moving when I first saw it, unless it was traveling toward my line of vision, which could make it appear to be stationary.

I realize most of these sightings can be explained in a very sensible manner, and I am always with an open mind, ready to evaluate all situations of life today, in what I believe is an intelligent manner.

Would you please inform me of your opinion concerning this matter, and also answer a few questions for me?

I would like to know why it takes so lo…

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objects as being from this planet or others, the hemming and
having that is being done only makes the public more doubtful
of your explainations, no matter how true they are.

We are not all ignorant people, nor are those in the
government services all geniuses. We are living in the space
age. The people of the world now know that we are in a position
to travel to other planets and build manned stations in space,
so why should we be made to feel that we are the only form of
life which God gifted with the superior intelligence capable
of achieving these feats?

We learn in school and in boo…