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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 7 Jun 60 | 2. LOCATION | Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local Not given GMT | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☑ Yes ☐ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | --- | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | ---  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Witness was taking motion pictures of the contrails in the sky an image was first noted in the form of parallel light rays. The light rays then appeared to form a rectangular image…

This case includes three (3) 2 ¼" x 3 ¼" negatives.

OFFICE of INFORMATION
4239th Strategic Wing
Kincheloe Air Force Base
Michigan

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: IXO 2 May 1961

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO)

TO: Officer in Charge
Aerospace Technical Intelligence Section
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio

1. Enclosed is a somewhat damaged 8 mm film which apparently shows a phenomenon of some type. Being as we have no qualified splicing personnel or equipment here, the film is forwarded to you for editing.

2. The film was taken by Mrs. [redacted] the 7th of June, 1960, between 1100 and 1200 hours, Eastern Daylight Savings Time. The picture w…

AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
OHIO

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: AFCIN-4E/Maj Friend/vw/69216

SUBJECT: Request for Photoanalysis 5 May 1961

TO: AFCIN-4D4a

1. It is requested that an analysis be made of the attached photographic prints and negatives to determine the nature of the images.

2. It is requested that the negative and prints be forwarded to AFCIN-4E upon completion of the analysis in order that they may be returned to the witness.

L. A. A. / L. A.
for
PHILIP G. EVANS
Colonel, USAF
AFCIN-4E

2 Atchs
1. Envelope containing phot…

5. Since contrails from high flying aircraft were apparent the loud sonic-type boom could have been caused by the aircraft passing through the sound barrier coincident with the appearance of the image.

WILBER PRICE, JR.
Chief, AFCIN-4D4

2 Atch
n/c

AFCIN-4E 8 JUN 1961

UFO Photographs (Mrs)

Captain John W. Plantikow (IXO)
Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan

1. On 2 May 1961 your office forwarded to ATIC a roll of 8mm film taken by Mrs. Ste Marie, Ontario. This roll of film had frames which showed some type of phenomena of which the witness was not aware while taking the pictures.

2. The ATIC conclusion is that the disc-like phenomena shown on some of the frames was caused by lens aberration when the lens was exposed to direct sunlight. The boom which was heard by Mrs. and others could possibly have been a sonic boom since jet aircraft …