Project Blue Book case file (combined PDF)

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# FOR CRITICAL LISTING

Mr Herlin states that at no time did he verbally agree to the release of the photographs or sign a statement of release. He also stated he wished it had never happened.

On 14 September 1965, the G-2 office at the El Toro Marine Corps Air Station learned that the photographs existed and contacted Mr Heflin on 18 September. See their report in Atch 3 to the basic letter.

Mr Heflin stated that following the publication of the UFO reports on 20 or 21 September, he received several telephone calls, including apparent hoax calls and two bomb threats. He also received two additional calls: one from a man who identified himself as a representative of Boeing and the other who identified himself as a representative of MORAD. According to Mr Heflin, both callers requested that he comment no more on the item "for reasons of national security", and that they would contact him personally as soon as possible. Mr Heflin said he was quite concerned about all of the phone calls for several reasons, the primary one being that his telephone number was unlisted and that he did not know how all of these people managed to get his telephone number. Although Mr Heflin's name was mentioned in the press releases, neither his address nor telephone number was mentioned. A check with the Orange County Road Department verified that Mr Heflin's telephone number is unlisted.

The Marine Corps G-2 investigator who had borrowed the original prints of the photography from Mr Heflin returned them to him at noon on 22 September. Both Frank Hall of the Santa Ana Register and Sergeant Dolyak of the G-2 office confirmed that Mr Heflin had given them the photographs without any hesitation, without attempting to verify their stated positions by closely examining their credentials, nor did he ask for any receipt for the photographs.

According to Mr Heflin, on the evening of 22 September a man in civilian clothing visited his house, flashed an identification card, and announced that he was an "investigator" from the North American Defense Command". Mr Heflin said that he did not examine the man's credentials closely but recalled that the man's I.D. card was in a special cardcase about 4"x5" (Comment: About the same card carrying case normally used by OSI, CIA, and other investigating officials.), and that the single I.D. card appeared to consist of two sections - the upper half being orange or pink in color, and the lower half being blue or bluegreen in color in the dimness of the porch light. Mr. Heflin stated that he gave the original prints of the photographs to this man, again without receipt (he being a trusting soul), and assumed