P 1006-1 GT Guatemala Report

 

Date:  01-28-90  21:01

From:  Michael Corbin

To:    All

Subj:  P 1006-1 GT Guatemala Report

========================================================

(C) Copyright 1989 ParaNet Information Service

All Rights Reserved unless copyrighted by Author.

NOTE:  THESE FILES ARE NOT FOR REDISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE

OF THE PARANET INFORMATION SERVICE NETWORK

========================================================

NOTE:   THESE  ARE  ACTUAL  FREEDOM  OF  INFORMATION  ACT  (FOIA)

DOCUMENTS.   WHILE  THEY  ARE  REPRODUCED HERE AS  ACCURATELY  AS

POSSIBLE,  CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS HANDWRITING AND  NOTES

HAVE  NOT BEEN REPRODUCED.   THESE CHARACTERISTICS CAN AFFECT THE

DOCUMENT'S  CREDIBILITY  AND  MAY  BE  MISSING.    ALL   COMMENTS

CONTAINED  HEREIN  ENCASED WITH [ ] WILL BE THE  OBSERVATIONS  OF

PARANET.

PARANET   MAKES   NO   REPRESENTATION  AS   TO   THE   DOCUMENT'S

AUTHENTICITY.

=================================================================

PARANET CLASSIFICATION NUMBER:  P 1006-1 GT

      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

1.  Country:  Guatemala

2.  Subject:  UFO Sighting

3.  ISC Number:

4.  Date of Information:  23 Apr 67

5.  Place and Date of ACQ:  Guatemala City, 26 Apr 67

6.  Evaluation:  Source F Information 6

7.  Source:  Mr. J.R. Carlos, who observed phenomenon

8.  Report Number:  1 838 0030 67

9.  Date of Report:  12 May 1967

10. No. of Pages:  3 [Handwritten]

11. References:  DIRM 4A3e

12. Originator:  USDAO Guatemala

13.  Prepared by:   Col John A. Carroll, Jr., Defense Attache and

Air Attache [Signed by Col. Carroll]

14. Approving Authority:

15. Summary:

1.   This report forwards a narrative written and signed by J. R.

CARLOS  and  concerns his sighting of UFO's 23  April  1967.   It

should  be noted report is submitted as an IR since AFR 80-17  is

not available this station.

COMMENTS  OF  REPORTING  OFFICER:    a.   On  query,  Sr.  Carlos

described   his  portrayal  of  the  zig-zag  area  (on  attached

drawing) as representing his conception of the total path of  one

object which changed direction in rapid succession,  producing an

explosion  or  brilliant flash at each change of  direction.   He

thought also that the phenomenon he observed might have had  some

sort  of  connection  with  SOYUZ I which was  reported  to  have

crashed 24 April.

     b.    Source  became  visibly  agitated  and  excited  while

recounting the story.   He mentioned also that his children  were

pulling  at his elbow to use the binoculars as the two objects he

described  approached one another.   Therefore,  he was unable to

state  whether an actual collision took place or what might  have

transpired.   He knows of no one else besides himself and  family

who might have seen the objects.

     c.   This  report has been delayed in submission to  try  to

ascertain whether there were other observers.  No other observers

have  been  located and no local publicity has been generated  on

the subject.  Source is a responsible citizen, a florist in MIXCO

(1439N/090  36W),  a small town about 5 miles West  of  Guatemala

City  near the Pan American highway.   It should be noted  Source

came  in  of  his own accord after requesting an  appointment  by

phone.   He  first  reported  to the MILGP and  was  referred  to

DATT/AirA.  He was firm about not wanting any publicity as he did

not wish to appear foolish or overly imaginative.  His desire was

simply  to report the incident.   RO feels he seemed  believable;

there  was no joking about the subject and there is no  doubt  in

mind  of  RO that Source saw something [underlined] which was  to

him unnatural or at the very least highly unusual.

TRANSLATION OF WRITTEN NARRATIVE BY J. R. CARLOS

Memorandum  Concerning Phenomenon Observed Sunday,  23 April 1967

At Approximately 8:00 P.M.

     At  approximately  the hour indicated  above,  my  wife  was

watering the flowers in the window boxes of our house; I was near

a bedroom window which she had left open.   She asked me to close

the  window  and when I approached it I was surprised to see  the

sky so clear and full of stars.   At this moment I noticed a star

of  surprising  magnitude;  my surprise was even greater  when  I

observed it was moving from the Southwest to the Northeast.   Its

size  was  greater than Venus in its  most  visible  periods.   I

called  to my children and to my wife;  they saw the star (as  we

will  call  the object) which was moving and had a  very  intense

brilliance,  with  no change of color,  giving off a clear yellow

light with uniform rays.  We ran out to the fields near our house

and I carried binoculars (Zeiss) which are very powerful.

     As I leaned on a fence to control my nerves, I called out to

my  children that I saw a star of a dull red color,  without  the

rays  which normally appear around a star;  it was moving  toward

the  star which had first interested us.   At first I thought  it

was  an optical illusion since the other star wa also  moving  in

the  same direction,  but,  on training the binoculars on the red

star,  I noticed it was increasing in size and therefore must  be

moving.   I  called out to my children to look at the second star

but  found  it was not visible to the eye and it was  also  being

covered by a cloud.  The two stars rapidly approached each other;

both appeared to be at the same altitude or height on horizon but

the red star was moving faster.   On looking again at the area  I

could  only  see  the large star which had somewhat  changed  its

direction,  moving more to the North.  (Larger star is the yellow

star.)  I realized this change of direction later; I did not stop

to  think about it at the time but when I was  reconstructing  my

observations  I remembered it.   I did note at the time that  the

larger   star   was  moving  more  rapidly  but  without   losing

brilliance,  and while I was observing it there was no change  of

color or any flashes.

     The  drawing attached shows the larger star at the moment  I

saw multiple red lines moving from one side to the other,  making

a  kind of zig-zag and,  at the end of some of these lines,  what

appeared to be small rays,  completely rectilinear, forming small

stars of enormous brilliance.   The lines were red and the  small

stars  formed  at the end of the lines were of a  very  brilliant

clear  red color.   At this moment the clouds lifted and my  wife

could see the multiple lights or stars that formed.

     In summary,  this phenomenon seemed to come from one  object

which  moved rapidly from one place to another,  leaving behind a

red  line which faded out with a sort of flash;  it was not  like

the explosions of fireworks in which there are a number of rocket

flashes at the same time.

     I  believe  that  the  two  objects  crashed  together  but,

unfortunately,  I let my children use the binoculars and tried to

direct their vision toward the two stars;  also,  the observation

took  place during some 80 seconds so there was no  time.   I  do

know  that  the larger star was already somewhat out of the  zone

where I saw the explosions when they appeared.   It could be that

there  was  some  delay  in finding the  area  when  my  children

returned  the binoculars,  but when I again located  it,  it  was

difficult  to find as it was moving fast and had somewhat changed

its trajectory.  Signed:  J. R. CARLOS G.  26 April 1967.

[Drawing on Page 3]

16. Distribution by Originator:

    J2 SOUTHCOM

    USAFSO

    Am Emb Guat

17. Downgrading Data:  NOT APPLICABLE

18. Attaching Data:

[END REPORT]

=================================================================

1/90

1006-1 GT.FOI  

 

--- ZMailQ 1.10 @1:104/422.0

 * Origin: -=<ParaNet Alpha(sm)>=- Denver, CO (303)232-6115 (1:104/422.0)