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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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# FOR CHRISTMAS ONLY PHOTO ANALYSIS REPORT HN 65-48 PAOE CF 1 PAOEB DATE OF REPORT 14 August 1965 PROJECT UFO Report LOCATION Santa Ana, California DATE 3 August 1965 PHOTOGRAPHY AS 18 QUALITY PRINT 3-8X10 Prints & Investigating Reports 1. PURPOSE: This report is in response to work order No. 65-106 submitted by Major Quintanilla, Jr., (TDEW/UFO) requesting photo analysis of attached three photographs showing alleged unidentified flying object. The following analysis was conducted from three cropped, blown-up copies and not the original prints. 2. ANALYSIS: Although it is not possible to disprove size of the object from the camera information submitted and distances to the object quoted in the report by Mr. Rex E. Heflin, we feel that the following is the true case. The camera was probably focused on a set distance and not on infinity, as the terrain background was blurred on all three photographs. The center white stripe on the road and the object appeared to have the same sharp image. Therefore, it is felt that the object was on the same plane as the center white stripe or closer to the camera and could not possibly be the size quoted in the report. Using the width of the road as a factor, it was estimated the size of the object to be approximately one to three feet in diameter and approximately fifteen to twenty feet above the ground. 3. A test was conducted by the FTD Photo Analyst and Photo Processing personnel with the results shown on the attached photos. The photographs were taken with a Poleroid Camera, Model 110A using 200 ASA film. Focal length 129mm, aperture F32 at 300th of a second, focused on a distance of 15 feet. The object seen in the photographs was a 9" in diameter vaporizing tray, tossed in the air approximately 8 to 12 feet high at a distance from the camera of approximately 15 to 20 feet. The result of the test shows surprising similarities between the object on the test photography and the object on Mr. Heflin's photography. PHOTO ANALYSIS BY: Frank E. McPeak FRANK E. MCPEAK Intelligence Research Specialist APPROVED BY: R. H. H. H. ROBERT L. BASE Captain, USAF Chief, Photo Analysis Division WILBER PRICE , JR. FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Director. Photo Exploitation Directorate
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