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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  6 July 65 06/0800Z | McKeesport, Pennsylvania  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Retired Army Major | AIRCRAFT (~~(illegible)~~) Poss. Refueling Mission Track #212 Crow Track  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Two Possibly two Military stores in area. No data presented to indicate objects could NOT have been aircraft.  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  1 Minute | Light no shape or features discernable. Approximate size and magnitude of 1st mag star. White. Two objects, one flew South and stopped. Another
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FTD (TDEW)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
27 July 1965

Dr J Allen Hynek
The Harvard College Observatory
60 Garden Street
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

Dear Allen,

Request your evaluation on the following cases:

1. Ltr fm Mrs [redacted] observation - 7 Jul 65

2. Msg fm 662 Radar Sq SAGE, Oakdale Ai, Ps, observation - 6 Jul 65, McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

Sincerely,

HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr
Major, USAF
Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch

2 Atchs
a/s
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06/08002 Mcteestrat PA.
INCOMING MESSAGE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED

AF IN: 5360 (7 Jul 65) G/gem
ACTION: NIN-7
INFO: XOP-1, XOPX-8, SAFOS-3, DIA-1 (21)
SMB C158 ZCHQB899ZCEJB464
PP RUEAHQ RUEAHQ
DE RUCMOF 142 07/2010
ZNR
P 061500Z
FM 662 RADAR SQ SAGE OAKDALE AI PA
TO RUCMEN/ AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLO
RUEAFN/ 26 AIR DIV STEWART AFO NEW YORK (260IN)
RUCDGU/ AFSC FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVVWRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RUEAHQ/ HQ USAF (AFMIM) WASH 25 DC
RUEAHQ/ SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (SAFOI) WASH 25 DA
BT
UNCLAS 66200P 389
THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBMITTED 
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INCOMING MESSAGE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED

AF IN: 5360 (7 Jul 65) G/gem Pg 2 of 4

4. NUMBER TWO (2)

5. FORMATION: ONE FLEW FROM SOUTH AND STOPPED THEN PAGE TWO RUCMOF 142 UNCLAS

ANOTHER CMAR FROM SOUTH AND STOPPED BOTH HOVERED FOR A MINUTE (LOOKED AT CLOCK) THEN ONE WENT NORTH AND THE OTHER BACK SOUTH.

6. NO

7. NO

8. NO

9. JUST STOP AND FLIGHT

8.

1. AWAKENED AND SAW LIGHT IN SKY WHICH STOPPED.

2. HIGH FROM A SOUTH TO NORTH DIRECTION. 1

3. ONE DISAPPEARED NOTH OTHER SOUTH.

4. SAME AS ABOVE.

5. DISAPPEARED IN A LINE NORTH TO GLARE AREA, DIS-

APP
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INCOMING MESSAGE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED

AF IN: 5360 (7 Jul 65) Pg 3 of 4

2. BQT OPERA GLASS
3. NO
PAGE THREE RUCMOE 142 UNCLAS
D.
1. 0800Z 6 JUL 65.
2. NIGHT BUT GLOW STEEL MILL IN NOTH INTERMITTENT.
E.
1. HALF MILE SOUTH EAST FROM CENTER OF MCKEESPORT, PA.
F.
1. MR & MR EXCELLENT.
, MCKEEPSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.
G.
1. COOL, SLIGHTLY OVERCAST - COME STARS VISIBLE.
2. 340 DEG AT 7K SURFACE
6,000' 300 DEG AT 13K
10,000 300' DEG AT 16K
16,000 3QP DEG AT 14K
20,000' 330 DEG AT 16K
30,000 300 DEG AT 38K
50,000' 270 DEG AT 39K
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INCOMING MESSAGE
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED

AF IN: 5360 (7 Jul 65) Pg 4 of 4

80,000' ---
3. 10,000' 1
4. FIVE (5) MINUTES
5. OVERCAST (19 TENTHS)
6. NONE
PAGE FOUR RUCMOF 142 UNCLAS
7. SURFACE TO 5,000' PLUS 3 DEG C, 5-10M 7 DEG C, 10-15M 9DEG C
15-20M 12DEG :.
H. NONE
I. N/A
K. PELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED NO OBVIOUS CONCLUSIONS
OBJECT REMAINS UNIDENTIFIED.
L. NONE.
BT
NNN
N
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UFO Case: Report of telephone conversation with Mrs. [redacted], McKeesport, Pennsylvania, [redacted].

Unfortunately, the call took better than a half an hour, but I couldn't shake her story, although getting information from her was sometimes like pulling teeth. The general picture was this:

She and her husband were asleep as prior to 4:00 AM, 6 July, 1965. The bed faces a large window with no blinds, southern exposure. Horizon defined by neighbor's rooftop, but still giving good view of sky. Mrs. [redacted] awakened for one reason or another and saw a light like Echo coming directly up fro
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October 26, 1965

Mrs.
McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Dear Mrs.

Unfortunately, I forgot to ask you one very important question the other evening when I called. When you first saw the object coming up from the south, did you see it making its way, so to speak, among the stars? Were you conscious of there being many stars out? And, later on the porch facing north as you watched one of the objects go north, was it a starry night? Was the moon visible? Would you please also ask your husband whether he was conscious of the stars being out and roughly how many?

Thank you for your trouble.

Sincerely yo

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