Project Blue Book case file (combined PDF)

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that the discrepancies in Mr Heflin's statements were due to both of the following reasons:

a. The Marine Corps investigation was generally cursory while this investigating officer went into detailed questioning.

b. That Mr Heflin, while trying to provide as much information as possible, was faced with the problem of trying to recall a considerable number of specific points which had been observed some seven weeks' earlier.

It is considered probable that although Mr Heflin was doing his honest best to recall details, that he would have had some difficulty in trying to separate "fact from memory" from general discussions and suppositions put forth by all of the people who have talked with him prior to the investigating officer's contact with him.

Prior to the contact with Mr Heflin, the investigating officer had been informed by Mrs Sarah Hunt, SAFOI, of FTD's initial P.I. estimate. Based on this information, the investigating officer attempted to effect a minor ruse by stating that he personally had tried to perform analysis of the newspaper print of the UFO and that he personally had estimated that the UFO had a diameter of about three feet. Instead of being insulted or arguing or acting as though he had been caught in a hoax, Mr Heflin politely made the following comments:

a. That this was quite interesting since a man from North American Autonetics Division in Anahiem (who had gotten a copy of the photograph) had called him to say that it was only about four feet in diameter;

b. That he was still convinced that the object was about 30 feet in diameter and that he did not think he could make that great a mistake in observation. The investigating officer commented to Mr Heflin that he personally was rusty in analyzing photography and naturally had to work with a newspaper print which had obviously be retouched and that it obviously would be to everyone's benefit if we could obtain the original prints and have an accurate analysis performed by people more qualified to effect photo interpretation.

As stated above, Mr Neflin agreed to forward the original prints when and if they were returned by the alleged NORAD official.

CHARLES F REICHMUTH

Captain, USAF

UFO Investigating Officer

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