REF: UAP/1960s/078Contested
1965-08-03
Heflin photographs
Santa Ana, CA · USA·Photographic·1960s
Contested
§ ASummary
Highway inspector Rex Heflin took 4 Polaroids of a hat-shaped object; analyzed repeatedly incl. by NASA-affiliated scientists; originals confiscated/returned mysteriously.
§ BWitnesses
Rex Heflin
§ CEvidence & Documentation
4 Polaroids; multiple photoanalyses (incl. 2000 Journal of Scientific Exploration reanalysis)
§ DOfficial Investigation
Blue Book (hoax verdict contested); Condon case
§ EStatus Assessment
Contested — JSE reanalysis found no evidence of hoax
§ FVerifiable Sources
Blue Book file; Druffel/Wood/Kelson JSE 14(4) 2000
§ GCross-referenced cases6
1947-07-07🇺🇸 USA
Rhodes photographs
Photographic
1950-05-11🇺🇸 USA
McMinnville (Trent) photos
Photographic
1952-07-16🇺🇸 USA
Salem, MA Coast Guard photo
Photographic
1964-04-24🇺🇸 USA
Socorro / Lonnie Zamora landing
Police CE2 / landing traces
1964-09-04🇺🇸 USA
Cisco Grove bow-and-arrow encounter
CE3 (entity encounter)
1964-09 (Big Sur)🇺🇸 USA
Big Sur missile-track film claim
Missile-test film claim (contested)