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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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“Works”13 pages

  • 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…
## A Flying Saucer?

Some people don't believe in flying saucers, but what's this? The picture was taken near Santa Ana by a government worker.

NEWSPAPER UNKNOWN ( CLIPPING SENT IN )

## UFO Photo Released

SANTA ANA, Calif. (UPI)—A county highway department investigator who doesn't believe in flying saucers has photographed a saucer-shaped flying object that has yet to be identified.

Rex Hefflin, 37, has released three photographs which he says were taken Aug. 3 when the midwestern and southeastern portions of the nation were

flooded with reports of unidentified flying objects.

Hellin said he was working near the Santa Ana Marine Corps air facility when he caught a glimpse of a silver object which he estimated to be 30 feet in diameter and eight feet thick. He said it was visible for 15 seconds and moved from west to east, accelerating at about the same speed as a jet.

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