PROJECT 10073 RECORD l:()s Angle Qnrese Alhambra, ~. NUMBER Of OIJIC'n S. LENGTH Of OIIIRVATION t TYPE Of OBSERVATION 8. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EYIDINCI 10. CONCLUSION Astro (METHX>R) ject ot.ernd over 11. IRII' SUMMARY AND ANALYIII Fo1r obeexvatione. Bright o~ect as ot t1 re po:lntecl in f~nt , uatec:l u a possibJ. color. Alao Or&llJ in colc:r a. IF you saw the obiact at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One): Don't remewalaer 9. What .. ,. the conditions at the 8.2 MOON (Circle One): ((!;)Bright moonlight 1. Dull moon light c. No moonlight -pitch darlc d. Don't remember JOU saw the obiect? a. Clear alcy b. Hazy .. a' Scattered cloucla Thiele 01 heavy clouds WEATHER (Circle One): Fog, mist, 01 light rain c. Moderate 01 rain 10. The obiect appeared: (Circle One): d. As a light Tr .. sparant Don't remeunber 11. If It appe11recl aa a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? (Circle One): a. Brightw c. About the san:e d. Don't lcnow 12. The edps of the ~ect were: (Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred b. LiS. a laright at es; SMrpt, outlined 13. Dlcl the obiect: a. Appear to stand still at any tiiiie? b. ~ddenly speecl up .. d rush away at any time? (Circle One for each question) ' - Don't know Don't lcnow Don't lcnow c. Brealc up into parts or explode? d. Give off smolce? Change bridttness? f. Change shape? -D~t lcnow I Don't lcnow g. F l.uh 01 fl iclcer? Y ltS No ..... Don't know h ..... Disopp and reeppar? Don't know 14. Did the obiect disappecr while you were watching it? If so, how? 15. Did the obiect (Circle One): behind something at any time, particularly a cloud? Yes Don't Know. IF you answeNcl YES, 16. Did the oltfect .we in front of son.thing at IF you answered YES, then tell what (Circle One): No Don't Know. 17 . Tell In a few 1 the following things about the obiect: 18. We wish to lcnaw the angular size. Holcl a sticlc at arm's lentth in line with a lcnown oltiect ancl note how much of the oiaject Is coverecl by the ol the match. If you had performed this experiment at the th of the sightirtg, how much of the obiect would haYe been covered by the match head? of the oltject will show the shape of the obiect obiects. Lal.l ancl include in your sutch any details you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especiatly exhaust trails or vapor trails. Place an arrow besicle the drawing to show the direction the oltiect was ma+ing. ~ . 20. Do you thinlc you can estimate the speed of the obiect? (Circle One) Yes IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate?------ 21. Do you thinlc you con estlneate how far away from you the obiect was? (Circle One) IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? -------- 22'; ~Where were you when you saw the obiect? (C lrcle One): a. In the businealsectiori of a city? ~ , a. Inside a building b.. In the residential section of a city? b. In a car In open countrysicle? . Near an airfield? e. Flying over a city? ~ Outdoors -. d. In an airplane (type) e. At sea f. Flying over open coUntry? 24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions: 24.1 What d iraction ware you ing? (Circle Ollft) e. South b. N01theast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northweat 24.2 How fast were you lltOYing? _..miles per hour. 24.3 Did you stat any time while you were loolcing at the obiect? (Circle One} 2S. Dicl-yau observe the abiact through any of the following? Binoculars b. Sun glasMs f. Winclshield Window glass In order that you ccm give as elear a picture as possible ot what you Jaw, describe in your own words a C:Of!'lmon object or objects which, when plocecl up in the slcy, would give the s appearance as the obiect which you saw 30. Have you ever n this, or a similar obiect before. If so give date or dates and location. 31. Was anyone else with you at the thne you saw the obiect? (Circle One) 31.1 IF you anawerl!cl YES, cllcl they ... the obiect too? (Circle One) Nl vc ~r tTY G C/k..I.Fo PI Sr/Ntlf l/tiZ t?/1 t11- 32. Please give the followlftl I ADDRESS . TELEPHONE NUMBER- about yourself: 33. When and to who111 did you report that you had seen the obiect? SEX -.L.tv\~- In the following slcetch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an "A" on the curved I ine to show how the obiect was above the horizon (slcyline) when you lirst saw it. Place a "B" on the same curved line to show how high the obfect was above the horizon (slcyline) when you last saw it. Place an .. A" on the compass when you lirst saw it. Place a "B" on the compass where you last saw the obiect. 28. Draw a picture that wi II show the motion that the obiect or obiec:ts made. Place an "A" at the beginning of the 8" at the end of the path, and show any . in direction during the course. 29. IF thera wos MORE THAN ONE obiect, then how were there? ---------- Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the diraction that they were traveling. 34. Date you completed thla questionnaire: 35. lnforn~atlon which you feel peallnent oncl which Ia not aclequately covered in the apecific points of the queationnalre or a explanation of your alghting Wrisht-Patteracm AFB, Obio area code 513, bue pbcne 253-lrlll ext 69216 or 66378 EXTRACT FROM DUTY ORFICERS REPORT -29 Sep 65 Received call from Mr He said that a man from FTD is going to see him today (JO Sep 65) about a meteorite burned a portion of this meteorite with which he found. a match. Mr. ted the visitL~g man from FTD to know this before I MEl) FOR THF. REX:ORD: 29 SEP 65 Sgt MoodY contacted Oakdale, Pa for tiler& to obtain obJect that allegedly fell Asked them to sky. Phone con. Major Qllintanilla. contacted which he had picked up. Pa resardinS the object x.plained that the obJect wu too f'raaile to Similar to aize or childa football color li&bt gr&J with streaks of , ODe ODe aide ruat color. It cratera in it. Oil the ot obJect vhen it :tell. It a tail sav 1 t cOIIiDI appz oxlllate 1.7 4:tt oraae with blue tail, white slow. Araln4 9lg(11J'f) to put tbe obJect 1D .. il. Ite broken like an eg. is a ... 11 hole in the grco-nd, size of' haU dollar pieces with it. size of' 50 cent piece o~ ~r. He wants 1 assurance that the object would be returned to hill in the or1g1nal condition. Major Quintanilla explained that we might han to s chip it in order to 1 t. Be aaid that be didn't want Major Qu.1Dtanill.a to do this to the the ... 11er piecea :tor analJ8ie. 16 September 1965 .. .., OP THE INVES'l'IGA'l!DU OFY.ICER: Reference the three sightinga of the u:ro or light and the map vbich a directions arxl lea of sightings. Allowiq tor discrepancies in observations attributed to untrained it is believed tbat the three reports tend to be in fair that phe DOD vas bY, a relati vel.y ..L.L. ... h obaernd relative~ at altitude am short , that tbe 1n.11 observed tbe meteorite during the lest "rev ot ita J1te. Altbough tbis is not concluaive green color DOted 'b7 is indicative ot tbat given ott by a ferron te. No r logical explanation f'or the cause baa been dete by the Iuveatigating Officer. A check was made w1 th personnel at the Griff'i ths Park Observatory and 1 t was also their opinion that the phenornenon o.s described could have been caused by a teori te. CIL\IU..tBS F RBICIDir.-m Capta1 n, USAI' SSD (SSPA) tiM) Investigating Of'ticer MD> FOR THE RECORD Call recei Senior 61.L.I. rtor CD Dut7 Detroit Air Sector (IORAD) Battle ' Mi~ Be explained tb a aeteor aitiDS occurecl on the 28tb da7 of Sept, and near tl:la. It triSAteDecl thea, the7 left tbe returniD& later to f1n4 ot a child a tootball. It ia 1.7 hollmr with rubbe17 wal.l8 approx1Jiatel.7 1/16 inch thick. cracke4, wt all plece vere ~1 ia near Oil Cit7, tbla to 1abe: 662 Airentt , Oakdale, theJ are 1till8 to pick up th1 object tor dellfti'J' to Ull if t!aill la dea1re4 ~are &OiDI to 11ait tor a cUl traa liD. MEMO FOR RECORDa Major Qt1int.anill a wsnt lDf to vania ani obtained ths object CIJ wae a ot eome aort, not a Mteor. 1 SPECIMEN FILE ...... WILL INDICAT& W IICIIVIM orriCI nPU 01 ...... IUIPIIIIIMft PILl ATIOII INTIEIINAL IIOUTI... _. DATI TO N11 ' ..,,., dl. NMta,. Hlia'J ACTION \. l I 0 Major Qu:l.ntanil 1 a INITIALS CIJICULATI TDEW-tnt'O COORDINATION lltftHIUIIA TIOII VEJISATION Re UP'O, 9 Sept 65, IDa Angeles, and the three ini- tial reporto forwarded to your office on 10 Sep 65. I ted the parties aga1 n and found. that some of their earlier c nts were in error. Attached arw tbe revised reports, a map a and m::1 1D1 tial conclusions, or guesat1 mate of the cause. SSD(sst.A-tm>) fOIM 9 5 Rcpla.cn DD FOIDI Ni 1 Feb SO, aad DD Form 1 OCT &O oa, 1 Feb eo. wbleb wll be used UDtaleabaua&ed mw(uro) Nr 3 tor s tima period and date. Mrs ....a. to be a 11 ttla COORDINATION INPORIIATIOII ftQI COfl VEitSATtON but v1111DB to do ber civic duty in reportius fOIII 9 5 fta-plMII DD FOtw N. I Feb 50, ud DO FOtm ... -lt-71271 1 1 OCT 50 15, l Feb, wbleb wUl be used unW tlbausted. MEMORANDUM UM>, 9 September 1965 Sighting "A~ Residence: worker, Bureau ot Public Assistance, IDa lea County, tel. Angeles, California Mr said he could testify to the time pretty accurately as being between 9:4o and 9:45 PM, 9 September 1965, as he had been checldng the time in his own interest just prior to the sighting. He was on his scooter, riding at a speed of about 15 to 20 MPH on LeiDln Avenue, just ott Nonumdy Ave. I IDs Angeles, and, esti- mated the pbe non at sse t1aae ot the sighting was in a s.w. direc- tion f'rom him at about 8o in elevation (nearly straight up). He was attracted to the sight because the light pattern in the sky was like nothing else he had ever seen -it was pointed, like a bullet or e lliptical shape with a radiation on the surtace or trailing edges ot the el.llptical surface. He rode along for one or two secoms, lookins at the pbe Then he looked down because he was on his scooter to see where be was going, am when he looked up again the light pattern had doubled in size, leaving him with the impression it had c quite near. In his estimation the light pattern had not c a So he s the scooter and. when he looked up again, the tbins vaa gone. ~tal elapsed of both sightings was no n.-Jre t1 ve seconds. Mr sta that the moon was full and clear. For !Als ~ 1 t was a cl.ear night especia.J J y when looking upwards. !.fr couldn't detexnli ne how far avay the object waa, !"lO"'.r hig:O, 'J!'" its size. F...e said it looked very low down. At f ir!lt it a ppea.reo. about saucer size, and then changed to a size of about a dinner plate or serving plate which is larger than a dinner plate. The light looked like electrical house light. Mr repeated tbe object was en elliptical shape, or bullet shaped. It IIOved froa a distant position toward h1 m and didn't move horizontally. He aav the object tvice: once smaJ J er and once larger. He interpretated the change in size as mvenent - s~ ward would be the direction :aet.ea 21 Ito Ce'' ft:net a . . I 1 I.Q8 ADp1- Mr be CO.''"-'te8tit'y to tU8 -~ be!J28 bet.D S:lto 91~, HI, 9 1965, u he 1m been c ta. U. 1D 1Dteaa'b Jut prior to He "JU t'D , ri4