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of f ice teler;:>hone

703-764-4359, hoHe 703-826-2119. Tne facts in tiris report Here

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about

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nazres

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on the

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Vi ::ginie. 23

062

Nov

emb

er

23

1

1966

Radar

T ~ a i n g

~ a n d

I ~ g l e y

Air Force

Ba8e

Hampton,

Virginia

To

Y lhom

I-t;

J.Icy

Concern&

As I

saw an UFO

last

night and thought i t should be

r e p o ~ e d I

have

d e c i d ~ d

to send =r

observational notes

to you.

I am also sending

copies ot

these note3

to

Dr. Edward U.

Condon of the University of Colorado

and to Dr. J Allen Hynek ot Northwestern Universit:r. The

notes

re as

to11ows:

1.

Observers *:

a

Graduate

Assistant, Parasitology Section,

e

of

Marine

Science, Gloucester

Point,

23062.

Associate Info11na.tion Officar,

Inst i tute of Harine Science

*Two

passengers

n

the back s ea t

or

the car

did

not

sed the

object . They

\ ~ e r e

a , Resea.rch

Assistant ,

Applied

lcience,

Virginia Ins t i tu te or

Narine

Science

b Assistant ~ ~ ~ Scientist ,

Physical

, Virginia Inst i tute of

Harine Science

2,

Tima: Approximate time 7: 50-S:OO PH EST, 22 Novamber

1966

3 Observation

: rom: Car

travaJl:lng

at

about

45

mph

on

Colonial Parloonq

f'roc W illiamsburg,

Va. to',.;ards

Yorkto\-m, Va

4. Place ot

observations

Approximately miJ e west or bridgg across King

C r e ~ k (about 3?0 16

1

13" N

la t ; 76

36

1

30

i lon6.)

S Direction ot path o object:

AJ) )eared to be travell ing directly

South

(path should

have

crossed

over Fort Eustis

, Va . :

paralle l to the ground a t

undeter:nined

height .

6. Object 's position

an81e:

25-30.

(angle or

e

levation)

7. D t ~ a t i o n of observation: se

ccmd

s, ~ ~ t i l t r e

es

a l

ong

the parkway

hid

i t from vi

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7/7

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4

a.

Notea on

Object:

Oval to circulatt i A ~ shapo.

Object

extremely' bright ,

le3s intense

l ight

area t ra i l lng after object . Color

blue-green to yellow-green. Sparks appearing to come

trom

sides

and rear or object . Object lett .

no

apparent

t ra i l ("vapor" or

otherwise)

after i t had

passes. No sound heard

above

the noise t the car

motor.

No

sound

or

i t s

hit t ing earth.

Travel1

ing

at

high

ra te o speed.

Seemed

to be larga

Rough

sketch t

object: OBJECT

=

???????

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I would

l ike

to know

i fv there i s

a

natural

_

xplanation for this

observation.

I

have not

reported

this to any

newspaper

and

would

prefer

to

have my

name

1i\Publicized.

Th;u 1lt you

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