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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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"h that take a simply general simply inhed." # The # REQUIRED 5. 11.4.1 METROPOLITAN ORANGE COUNTY'S WATCHFUL NEWSPAPER SANTA ANA, ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1965 Daily 10c-Sunday 20c WATCHFUL NEWSPAPER 60th Year—Number 301. # AF Launches Full Probe Of # County UFO ## UFO Saucer Probe Heinin said he was questioned for 3 hours and 45 minutes last Thursday by Capt. C.E. Reichmuth of the Space Systems Center. ## RII.1, F.ARR ## Register Staff Writers He said initial investigation of the LPO sighting here would be conducted by the Air Force Space Systems Center in Los Angeles. The U.S. Air Force has launched a full scale investigation to determine the nature of the unidentified flying object shown in photographs taken by R x Hellin Aug. 3 near the Marine Corps Air Facility at Santa Ana. "The captain was polite and considerate throughout the interview, and we discussed quite a number of possibilities as to what the object I photographed might have been. Nothing concrete was decided Heffin said. Heffin took exception to remarks made by Maj. Quintanella Thursday that a preliminary analysis of the pictures showed the circular object to be a maximum of three feet in diameter and at an altitude of 15 feet." Three pictures of a purported "flying saucer" taken by Hellin on Myford Road between Valencia Avenue and the Santa Ana Freeway were published by The Register in last Monday's editions. "We will analyze the initial report prepared in Los Angeles and probably make a determination of what was photographed. If further investigation is required to reach a finding, then personсессуары personnel from Project Blue Book will do it," Maj. Quintan- ella said. Maj. Hector Quintanella Jr. chief of the Project Flue Rock team at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Saturday confirmed that the probe was underway. "I still feel what I saw was about 30 feet in diameter and 8 feet thick. It was about 150 feet off the ground. Even if I'm a bit off in my estimate, I can't The 37-year-old Helfin took the photos while on his job as a county highway investigator. He used a Polaroid camera assigned to him for photographing various traffic scenes and road project problems. He. He added, "I don't think we will have much trouble in making a determination." Project Blue Book is the code name for the Air Force assigned to investigate aerial phenomenon. This task was as signed to the Air Force by Congress in 1947. see how the Project Blue Book staff can make a very valid analysis from a newspaper reproduction of a copy of my photos." Hefflin said. Earlier in the week, a representative of the El Toro Marine Air Station intelligence section borrowed Hefflin's original photos to make copies for a report which was forwarded to the 11th Naval District headquarters in San Diego. Maj. Quintanella admitted that his staff photo analysts made their size and altitude estimates from a wire service photo supplied to United Press International by The Register (Turn To Page As. Column 3) A spokesman for the Naval District said no further investigation was conducted by their intelligence officers, but instead the matter was referred immediately to the Air Force.
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