Mr. Richard H. Hall
NICAP
1536 Connecticut Ave.
N.W. Washington 6, D. C.
Dear Mr. Hall:
I enjoyed Major Keyhoe's speech to the Pan American Management Club
recently. I am sorry he felt he had to "soft-pedal" some of the Air
Force activities in covering up.
I spoke with Major Keyhoe at some length after the dinner. I
informed him of the incident that occurred here on 10 January 1961
and as promised, I am sending you a copy of the report.
On 10 January 1961 during a test of a Polaris missile from Cape
Canaveral, Radar 1.4, a S band AFMTC Model II type, tracked an
object that appeared to be alternately hovering, then moving
rapidly to a new location. The hovering was not steady but actually
was a slow drift. The radar maintained track for about 14 minutes.
The first stage impacts long before this. The radar was calibrated
before and after the test as a matter of routine and was "AOK".
Optical camera track was maintained on the first stage. The film
showed no evidence of any such movement on the part of the first
stage.
The official report on this test (pg. 5) merely states "Object
Unidentifiable". The camera followed the first stage in error (pg.
7). However, his films proved that the first stage did not act in
an unusual manner.
This is a 16mm cine camera with a 20 inch lens.
I am enclosing $5.00 for membership in the NICAP and for the UFO
Investigator.
I wish NICAP all the success in the world in the coming
presentation to Congress. I hope it opens some minds.
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Sincerely,
T. F. Van Natta, Jr.
42 Cocoa Palms Drive
Cocoa Beach, Florida |
