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Project Blue Book case file (combined PDF)

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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. 1 …Ohio Brooklyn, New York Colorado Springs, Colorado Santa Ana, California Gregory, Texas Albuquerque, New Mexico Sioux…
  • p. 5 …flying object taken by Rex Heflin of Santa Ana, California, is based on enlargements made from…
  • p. 8 Santa Ana, California 3 Aug 65 FLYING OBJECT CAUGHT ON FILM IN CALIFORNIA: On August 3rd…
  • p. 9 …14 August 1965 PROJECT UFO Report LOCATION Santa Ana, California DATE 3 August 1965 PHOTOGRAPHY AS…
  • p. 10 …Heflin, employed by the Orange County Road Department, offices located in Santa Ana, California. Original Polaroid…
  • p. 11 …Duffield interviewed at his residence, 1107 West Nyack street, Santa Ana, California on 1960 on 10…
  • p. 13 …May at Santa Ana, California reported that they had received no complaints of interference on UHF…
  • p. 14 …None (sound covered by nollceptors at MCAF, Santa Ana) i. Kona ## 2. Desorption of a chemical…
  • p. 16 # BASIC REPORT IAW AFR 200-2 UFO, 3 August 1965, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 1. Description of…
  • p. 17 …Myrtle Street, Santa Ana, California (observer has moved to 1008 N. Parton in Santa Ana); telephone…
  • p. 18 …His supervisor, Mr Herman Kimmel (400 W 8th Street, Santa Ana, telephone number 547-0547), considers…
  • p. 20 # FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY NARRATIVE REPORT AND ASSESSMENT UFO, 3 AUGUST 1965, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 1…
  • p. 21 …On or about 18 September, Frank Hall of the Santa Ana Register contacted Mr Heflin, borrowed…
  • p. 22 …Both Frank Hall of the Santa Ana Register and Sergeant Dolyak of the G-2 office…
  • p. 23 …On 23 September the investigating officer went to the Road Department offices in Santa Ana and…
  • p. 28 …Heflin said he was working near the Santa Ana Marine Corps air facility when he caught…
  • p. 29 …during his sighting of the object he tried to contact his base station in Santa Ana…
  • p. 30 …NEWSPAPER UNKNOWN ( CLIPPING SENT IN ) ## UFO Photo Released SANTA ANA, Calif. (UPI)—A county highway department…
  • p. 31 …11.4.1 METROPOLITAN ORANGE COUNTY'S WATCHFUL NEWSPAPER SANTA ANA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SUNDAY SEPTEMBER…
  • p. 32 …Beflin, employed by the Orange County Road Department, offices located in Santa Ana, California. Original Polaroid…
  • p. 33 …This concerns the above-named constituent, residing at 1003 North Perton Street, Santa Ana, California, who…
  • p. 35 …diameter and eight feet thick, near the Santa Ana Marine Corps air facility, streaking overhead like…
  • p. 38 # Countian Took Pictures Of Unidentified Object BY FRANK HALL Register Staff Writer SANTA ANA-Rex Heflin…
  • p. 39 # The Register METROPOLITAN ORANGE COUNTY'S WATCHFUL NEWSPAPER SANTA ANA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER…
Santa Ana, California

3 Aug 65

FLYING OBJECT CAUGHT ON FILM IN CALIFORNIA: On August 3rd, a county highway department investigator in Santa Ana, California, took three photographs of a UFO which was flying near the Marine Corps Air Force facility there. According to the photographer, the object was close enough for him to be able to estimate its dimensions. He said that it was 30 feet in diameter and 8 feet thick. It was in sight for only about 15 seconds.

The highway department investigator, named Rex Heflin, added that the object made no sound, and had a beam of white light which rotated underneath it. He also stated that he tried to communicate by two-way radio with his supervisor, to tell him about the UFO; but he found the radio inoperative, though it has worked well since then. This is apparently still another case of electromagnetic disturbances caused by the presence of UFOs.

The pictures, which are in our files, were taken in broad daylight, but are not clear enough to reproduce here. They show a flat-topped object with a rim below the main portion, something like a hat. Somehow we get a skeptical feeling about these pictures, though Mr. Heflin has stated that he is willing to take a lie detector test regarding their authenticity.

At least one other sighting was made in the vicinity of the Marine base at about the same time as Mr. Heflin's.

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