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Project Blue Book case file (combined PDF)

US Air Force, hosted by NICAP · 40 pages · text by OCR

This Project Blue Book case file compilation, hosted by NICAP, covers Rex Heflin's photographs of a UFO taken near Santa Ana, California, on 3 August 1965. It includes an Air Force investigation report by Captain Charles F. Reichmuth, a USMC El Toro G-2 report, an FTD photo analysis dated 14 August 1965, correspondence with Ralph Rankow and Congressman James B. Utt, and newspaper clippings. The analysis concluded the object was about one to three feet in diameter, close to the camera, and could not be the size reported.

  • p. 8 …On August 3rd, a county highway department investigator in Santa Ana, California, took three photographs of…
  • p. 15 …Observed radio not of County Food Department out during observation. 9. No interception or cation taken…
  • p. 19 …The only controls are a black and white or color select and a shutter release button…
  • p. 28 …He said the object made no sound, but a beam of white light rbtated underneath the…
  • p. 29 …The county employe said he carried the camera as part of his work. Photographers said it…
  • p. 35 …There was, he said, of white light rotating under the object, and his two-way radio…
  • p. 38 …Heflin, 37, county highway department investigator, was working on Myford Road between the Santa Ana Freeway…
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12. Three photographs of the UFO were taken. Blow-up copies of the original prints are included as Atch 4 to the basic letter. The photographs were taken with a Polaroid camera Model 101 which is a standard item of equipment for Orange County Road Department officials. The camera has a focal length of 114 mm (about 4.134 inches); has a variable aperture varying from f8.0 to about f42.0; speed unknown but variable; picture format 3 1/4" x 4 1/4". The camera is fully automatic and utilizes a built-in light meter which automatically adjusts camera speed and aperture. The only controls are a black and white or color select and a shutter release button. The camera utilizes a black and white film pack utilizing film with a speed of ASA 3000.

CHARLES F. REICHMUTH

Captain, USAF

Investigating Officer

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