302545995.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  9 November 65 09/2300 Z | New York, New York  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION.  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Positional data missing. (Third hand report).  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  Not Reported | Four observers all members of the New Yorker Magazine staff observed what appeared as a round ball type object. Moved very fast. While observers watched the object it disappeared then reappeared then disappeared over the horizon, apparently…

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34. Date you completed this questionnaire:
Day ___ Month ___ Year ___

35. Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequately covered in the specific points of the questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting.

This is an after the fact report.

Call came from Capt Howell of the AF Command Post, he was relaying a call from Capt Harrison of Mr. McNaughton office (OSO/ISA).

During the blackout at New York, Mr. Weeks of the New Yorker Magazine and 3 other members of the staff (Mr. [redacted], Mr. [redacted], [redacted]) reported seeing an interesting event from…

PNAV 65 09/2300Z

# U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION

This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will be used for research purposes. Your name will not be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.

1. When …

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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?

8.1 STARS (Circle One):
a. None
b. A few
c. Many
d. Don't remember

8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. Bright moonlight
b. Dull moonlight
c. No moonlight – pitch dark
d. Don't remember

9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?

CLOUDS (Circle One):
a. Clear sky
b. Hazy
c. Scattered clouds
d. Thick or heavy clouds

WEATHER (Circle One):
a. Dry
b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Moderate or heavy rain
d. Snow
e. Don't remember

10. The object appeared: (Circle One):
a. Solid
b. Transparen…

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# DID UFO'S CAUSE THE GREAT NORTHEASTERN POWER FAILURE?

- by John J. Robinson -

November 9th, 1965, was a day long to be remembered by some thirty million people living in an area of eighty thousand square miles in the northeastern United States, where one sixth of our total population is concentrated. This region is the most densely populated, mechanized section of the world. The trouble even included a portion of eastern Canada, and caused havoc for a great many of our good neighbors there.

The power breakdown, coming at 5:30 p.m. at the height of the evening rush hour, caught many Ne…

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issue of Newsweek quotes Charles Pratt, chief engineer for the Niagara Mohawk Power System, as follows: "The first thing we saw on our high speed meters was a large increase in flow to the east and south." The meters showed a sudden jump to 490 kilowatts of power. This then reversed as the flow from other areas was called on. The reason for the huge power drain has not been explained, for no severed transmission lines, defective generator, or faulty circuit-breaker was involved.

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THE PRINCIPAL POWER LINES: Forty-two electric-utility companies in eight states and …

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several people who claim to have seen a fireball over Manhattan during the blackout; and a photograph in the November 19th issue of Time Magazine, taken from the Time & Life Building twenty minutes after the blackout began, shows what appears to be a bell-shaped UFO hovering over Manhattan! (See Page 16.)

On November 15th, the New York Journal-American carried a banner front-page headline story entitled "The Mystery Fireball and That Big Blackout." The story begins by quoting one Lesley J. Lorenzen, "International Director of the Government-affiliated Aero Phenomena Research Organizat…

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sent - flashing lights in the sky, more flashing lights on the ground, and mysterious interruptions of power."

The first report came in shortly after 8 p.m. from Nick DeVara, who was crossing the intersection of Maryland and Supornick with a friend when they saw a light "like someone welding in the sky." As it passed overhead, the lights in a nearby gasoline station went out momentarily. At the residence of Don Roush, in another part of town, all lights and electrical appliances went dead suddenly at 8:15 p.m. Shortly afterwards their son came home and said he had seen a strange blue ligh…