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eye je en ER ar, . nt 7 —— — - , "7 Approved, Ege! 25 01/0405 CHRP MPEP 1000800077 ot : tint 3 i? 13¢ Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Chief, Contact Division, Attn: — BrancbaTr: 7 November 1957 TO : FROM : 25X1A SUBJECT: Photographs and Ba ound on Unidentified Flying o> Joc in 25X1A 1. In accordance with telephone request made by Scientific Branch, on 6 Qrap e of an unidentified flying ebject. The photographs are forwarded herewith and may be retained for 30 days. 25X1A e. The print marked "A" is an enlarged photograph of the originel 16 mm movie strip on which MM took the photos in 1952, The size of the UFO may be gauged in relation to the perforations on the film which are of known standard size. The lerge print marked "B" is an outsized enlargement made from a stepped up negative of one of the original frames. 3. It may be of interest to know how the enclosed prints were processed. Pictures were originally snapped on 16 mom movie film from which a number of prints were made. Four by 5 negatives were processed from these prints, then 8 by 10 negatives were processed from the latter. The three 8 by 10 prints are con- tact prints of the & by 10 negatives. ‘The large print, "B", is a blow-up of one of the 8 by 10 negatives. 4, Background information follows: d+ Camera used was a 16 mm movie, focal length of lens was 63 mm, speed 24 frames per second. Altitude of the UFO, as estinated by source and other observers, was two thousand feet, Maximun camera angle was estimated by source to be 45°. «The UFO appeared tc have the shaye of a saucer, i.e., a rotating oblate sphercid which seemed to flatten out as speed increased, The UFO was in view for about three minutes and was of 4 bright orange color. At the time the film was taken the lens aperture of the camera was £:2.7. Fila emulsion was fast panchromatic. Time elapsed between photographing the first image and the sixth image —-~ (the first being the smallest at the top of the film strip) was y approximately .25 sec. v 6. EE «22-0120 that he would be glad to make such negatives as he S available on a two weeks loan ifthey would serve a useful purpose. The original negatives are in ..fr Force | \r" tease 2001/040NG ARTA 80007-7