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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.

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  • p. 2 # ENGINEERING SUPPORT WORK REQUEST ENGINEERING ANALYSIS PHOTO ANALYSIS MACHINE COMPUTATION FTD FORM SEP 64 462 Previous…
  • p. 8 …found the radio inoperative, though it has worked well since then. This is apparently still another…
  • p. 9 …This report is in response to work order No. 65-106 submitted by Major Quintanilla, Jr…
  • p. 12 …The radio worked perfectly before and after this incident. c. It is 37 years old and…
  • p. 20 …his radio and found that it was working normally. He also stated that he had not…
  • p. 21 …At the end of the working day, Mr Heflin returned to his office in the Road…
  • p. 24 …in analyzing photography and naturally had to work with a newspaper print which had obviously be…
  • p. 28 …Heflin said he was working near the Santa Ana Marine Corps air facility when he caught…
  • p. 29 …3 while working in an area between the El Toro Base and the nearby Marine Corps…
  • p. 30 …Hellin said he was working near the Santa Ana Marine Corps air facility when he caught…
  • p. 34 …New Zealand artist, the 1913 original creative work of 1920 was exhibited once in life pictures…
  • p. 38 …Heflin, 37, county highway department investigator, was working on Myford Road between the Santa Ana Freeway…
  • p. 39 …he carries in his truck for his work. Heflin said he spotted the "saucer" hovering at…
## TDEW/UFO

Request for UFO Information, Captain Reichmuth

Hq UBAF SAFOICC (Mrs Bunt) Wash D C 20330

Analysis of data submitted by you concerning the photos taken by Mr Heflin on 3 Aug 65 at Banna Anna, California, has been completed. We are attaching two copies of the photo analysis report. It is suggested that one copy be retained for your file and the second copy given to Mr Heflin. This evaluation was based on enlargements of the polaroid pictures. If the original prints are received, this analysis may be altered.

FOR THE COMMANDER

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

1 Atch Photo Analysis Report

ORIGINATOR DATED 1724/65

TDEW/UFO Maj H Quintanilla, Jr.

Every time flying saucer believers think they've got the Air Force pinned down, the boys in Project Blue Book at Wright-Patterson come up with an answer.

The latest saucer to get smashed belonged to Californian Rex Heflin, an Orange county highway department inspector. He nailed an unidentified flying object with his Polaroid camera in August.

Mr. Heflin said the thing was 30 feet in diameter and eight feet thick. The Air Force, checking the saucer against highway pavement in the two pictures, estimated its size at less than one foot in diameter.

Apparently the Air Force doesn't believe in Mr. Heflin's observations. No doubt he doesn't believe in theirs.

Assuming the Air Force is right and Mr. Heflin is wrong, however, what about that teensy-weensy pilot and his tuliphigh navigator?

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