Friday, 21 February 2020

UFO Newspaper Letter:
“The Morning’s Mail:
UFO Sighting Nets Odd Explanation”


23 October 1967
(The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York)

Source: NewspaperArchive.com

The whole letter:
“To the Editor of The Post-Standard.

I’m beginning to think that we in this area have been ‘had.’ In the past three years, many local UFO sightings have been reported by the press here. You may recall that a good percentage of these was ‘explained’ as the misidentification by the observers of a high-altitude, experimental aircraft from Griffiss Air Force Base at nearby Rome.

So many of our local large-scale sightings have been instantly ‘crushed’ by word from Hancock Field Air Force officials or from Griffiss itself. We have heard this ‘experimental aircraft’ theory so much that it seems to be a now customary reply for those who report that they have seen a UFO.

I am amazed now to learn that it isn’t just this area that has been flooded with these ‘explanations.’ I firmly believe that it’s high time we re-evaluate the worth of these statements, mainly because of this incident:

Several months ago, during nine consecutive evening hours, hundreds of persons in the Oneonta area observed an object flashing red, white, and greenish-blue lights alternately. Among the observers were a newspaper sports editor, a Chamber of Commerce executive, and a school district superintendent.

In Oneonta, just as in Syracuse, a statement was issued by Griffiss AFB to the effect that they had a lighted high-altitude plane aloft at the time which was flying in a circle over Rome.

This is one time when that worn-out explanation didn’t go over very well. Witnesses to the sighting quickly rejected Griffiss statement, explaining that Rome is approximately north-northwest of Oneonta — and the UFO was seen in the east, toward Stamford.

ROBERT BARROW, Syracuse.”

My comment:
This newspaper letter is something to think about the next time we read some of Project Blue Book’s UFO case reports or read/hear military statements about UFO incidents.


Wikipedia article: “Griffiss Air Force Base”:


Wikipedia article: “Hancock Field Air National Guard Base”:


Wikipedia article: “Oneonta, New York”:


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