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7 . Office Memorandum « 134 Vifice CMOVANAUM ~ UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO + Chief, Contact Division, Attn: een BrancbaTE: T November 1957 25X1A : 25X1A Ww Photographs and Ba. ‘ound on Unidentified Flying > 1. In accordance with telephone request made by Scientific Branch, on 6 Nov pos he e in of an unidentified flying object. The photographs are forwarded herewith and may be retained for 30 days. 25X1A 2. The print marked "A" is an enlarged photograph of the originel 16 mm movie strip on hi ch 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 large print marked "B" is an outsized enlargement made from a stepped up negative of one of the originel frames. 3. It may be of interest to know how the enclosed prints were processed. Pictures were originally snapped on 16 om movie film from which e 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 8 by 10 negatives. The large print, "B", is a blow-up of one of the 8 by 10 negatives, 4, Background information follows: 5e Camera used was a 1€ mm movie, focal length of lens was 63 mm, speed 24 frames per second, Altitude of the UFO, as estiuated by source and cther observers, was two thousand feet, Maximux camera angle was estimated by source to be 45°, The UFO appeared tc have the shape of a saucer, i.e., a rotating oblate spheroid which seemed to flatten out es speed increased, The UFO was in view for about three minutes and was of u 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 f approximately .25 sec. v 6. BE «=: that he would be glad to make such negatives as he 6 available on a two weeks loan ifthey would a —~ 25X1A serve a useful purpose. The original negatives are in ..tr Force ~ hands. 7 wil 8 | Appro tease 2001/04,0N GERI: 80007-7 25X1A