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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  June 1951 | Surrey, England  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  Minutes | Object was a silvery zinc color, but bright. It stayed in one position above river. There was low puffy clouds off to the side of object. It was the size of an average parachute.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  Groundn-Visual | COMMENTS: Description indicates a possible Sun Dog observation, however th…

1951 OFFICIAL FILE COPY

TDEW

UFO Sighting (Jun 1951, England, [redacted]) 16 Jul 64

Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs [redacted])
Wash D C 20330

Reference the attached letter from [redacted] regarding an unidentified flying object sighting in June of 1951 in England. An FTD Form 164 may be forwarded to Mr [redacted] in order to report his sighting in more detailed form. It should be stated though that due to a lapse of many years it may not be possible to make a positive identification of his sighting.

FOR THE COMMANDER

ERIC T de JONCKHEERE
Colonel, USAF
Deputy for Technology and Subsystems

1 Atch …

July 22, 1964

Dear Mr. [redacted]

This is in reference to your recent letter in which you reported sighting an unidentified flying object in England in 1951.

Since it would be necessary to have the exact time of sighting as well as the exact location in the sky and an accurate weather forecast for that particular time, it is believed that it would not be possible to give you an evaluation of the object you saw.

We are inclosing a summary of information on Project Blue Book, the program for the investigation and evaluation of unidentified flying object reports. This will explain in detail t…

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

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDEW

SUBJECT: UFO Sighting (Jun 1951, England, ) 16 Jul 64

TO: Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs Gaiser)
Wash D C 20330

Reference the attached letter from regarding an unidentified flying object sighting in June of 1951 in England. An FTD Form 164 may be forwarded to Mr in order to report his sighting in more detailed form. It should be stated though that due to a lapse of many years it may not be possible to make a positive identification of his sighting.
…

Klamath Falls, Oregon
5 July 1964

Dear Captain Quintanilla:

I saw in the paper recently how you take UFO seriously. I have had a little secret for about 13 years, but always feared being labelled a crack pot, but at this stage I could care less.

Perhaps you need this information in mapping the position on the world globe that sightings are made, the type, and dates.

Our home in England was about 500 yards from the River Thames, half way between the towns of Kingston and Richmond, in Surrey, England. I was home on a 3 day pass from the army in June 1951. I was alone, and standing by the riv…

(to see a very big bright circular object. It stayed in one position above the river for what seemed a long time, to me, though it may have been only for a minute. I longed for binoculars, a camera, or even a witness, but I was too far to be seen or heard. I had heard of flying saucers with portholes around the side, but this was just a slight object.

Saw
ROFFY
CLOUIS

Saw of an average parachute, circumpicama, diameter, etc. The dotted lines above are as I imagined. I can only guess it was as a plate, or saucer, as only the bottom, and side slightly was to me. After an eternity I moved a cou…

I almost forgot.
While watching the object, thousands of things flashed through my mind, but at one point I said to myself, "Why, it's made of bright zinc."
Zinc to me had always seemed to be a tarded or dull metal, not at all bright, yet here it was as if this zinc was extremely hot, and therefore so bright. Also, in spite of this brightness, the object was very clear, as clear and clean cut as the bright full moon on a clear night.

Klamath Falls, Oregon

9494

Capt Hector Quintanilla Jr.
Project Blue Book
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio