ASHBY reported light formation observation — April 23, 1966

Reference your letter of 27 April 1966 giving information on a UFO sighting reported from your area on 23 April 1966. Under the Air Force has the responsibility for investigating unidentified flying objects over the United States, you may refer any personnel desiring to report a UFO to the nearest Air Force base. MCDONNEL, Colonel, USAF Deputy for Technology and Subsystems COORDINATION: DATED 7 JULY TDEW/UFO DATED 9 JUNE The text in the document reads: ACSI-DFISM (29 Apr 66) SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object HQ, DA: OFFICE FOR INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, D. C. smog 495 Colo, Spr ing & Tech Division ASHAB-SI (29 Apr 66) SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object HEADQUARTERS FIRST US ARMY, FT GEO C MEADE, MD., 20755, 4 MAY 1966 THRU: Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army, Army Command, Fort Monroe, Virginia 23351 (C.I.C) 9 MAY 1966 TO: Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army, Washington, D.C. 20310 Incl as DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY HEADQUARTERS FOKE DEVENS Fort Devens, Massachusetts 01433 29 April 1966 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object TO: DCCS, Intelligence First U.S. Army ATTN: AAGBSP Fort Meade, Maryland 20755 Forwarded for your information and action is a copy of a letter describing the sighting of an "Unidentified Flying Object" in Massachusetts on the evening of 29 April 1966. AS REPORTED TO MYSELF, THE OBJECT WAS HELICOPTER SHAPED WITH FIRE OR FLAME EMITTING FROM THE TAIL SECTION. ASHBY CIVIL DEFENSE DEPARTMENT Ashby Fire Station ASHBY, MASSACHUSETTS Both auto and object were traveling westerly on route 31 from Fitchburg to Ashby, and after the object passed close by, the auto accelerated at extreme rate of speed and disappeared over or around Mt. WITNESS STATES THAT OBJECT DEFINITELY WAS NOT A METEORITE THAT WAS SIGHTED BY MANY PERSONS ON SAME NIGHT.