Ottawa Ohio — March 1966

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Keywords: circle, object, remember, porch, match, answered, house, lease, evaltmtion, raayllh, powde, hummed, shertiff, dupty, tncreased, prooly, tonignt, tellin6, lengtft, obieavatt, cnesses, vrlrious, inform01, suomitteci, adbess
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PROJEC7 100: 3 < ::CORD 29 l'arch 66 0830Z Ott.awa, Onio (multi.plel 10. CONCLUSION J. ~ounce E--s INSUF?ICir;h.L D/\'l'A FOR EVALtmTION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS !i. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11, BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANAL. Y SIS to. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual 7 . COURSE 13. PtiOTOS f ? . PHYSICAL EVIDENCE . SEE CASE 34. Date you completed this questionnaire: Did the object disappear while you were watching it ? If so, how? Did the object move behif"ld something at any t ime, particularly a cloud? (Circle One): Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell whot it moved behind: Did the object move in front of something at any t ime, particularly o cloud? (C irc/e One): Yes Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what in front of: Tell in o few words the followinq things about the object : Color .t. LJ...rAAYllH. Ql We wish to know the angula r size. Hold o match stick at arm's length in line with o known object and note how much of the obiec ; s covered by the heod of the match. If you hod performed this experiment at th e time of the sighting, how much o f the object would have been covered by the match head? Draw o picture that wi II show the shape of the object~ objects. Lobel and include in your sketch any details of the object that you saw such as win gs, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails. Place on arrow beside the d rawing t o show the d irection the o bject was moving 'l'onight my family and I saw aa o::>ject in tile air, I t was a t tree top l e v e l . The time was 8: 30 or 2.5: 9 . It had a powde r blue , ed which was v ery brigh t whea it took off the red color tur a e d to orange, like when you ligat a match. It also had e;re e.1 in it. It was v e r y huge, as big as our house. '1.Y brother who is l 9 went out to get a better look at it, h e said it hummed. I informed the shertiff of what I saw, He just laughed, but he did send a dupty out. I ~ not writing this letter to you for you n ot to do nothin g about i t . It' s true. I would not joke about a thing like this. When it started off it was at fir s t s low, but it :tncreased speed as it we.:1t along. :-l,Y mother when she saw it turned on the back porch light, thats when it took of:f. We watched it for a long time. I t hink my famj.ly and I are honored to see such a thing like this. Its r eally hard to explain You your self prooly have never s.aen one, but I have. If it waan t a Flyin~ soccer, I don't t hink the Air Force should send anything a t night off like that , especially when it c ame real close to t .. e house. I c could cause somebody to P- IC. I dont care what anyone said 11 never tell 1ne anythin.; d ifferent. I ca not doing this for publicity or anything . ? lease i f you answer my letter don t send me anything 11at do esn t h ave a..1y thin;:; to do \'lhi t wr.at I ha v e tol d you tonignt . I ;et a l o ng with people ver y well, I hope my l etter doesn't sound to .z'ar ff"t.cned becau$ e it really isn't I ' m tellin6 you the truth. P lease take thia serious yo~ ~id as w~ll race it, I'~ not t : e oaly one who has seen ';:lis. Sincerely yours Air Force Headquarters, for investiGating DAYTON, OHIO 3. SOIJRCE 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS s. lENGTft OF OBIEAVATt(;" 8-10 minute!!! fu. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Grcund Visual 8. PtiOTOS I?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PROJECT 10073 RECORD .. 4 .,i.:cnesses CONCLUSION Unidentified Obs~rvers -...atched ;., oblong shaped object with vrlrious colored lights travel toward the north. '.lhe obj~ct stnrted up slow, but increased its speed very fast. A humming sound w;o.s heard. Th~ object was about ;o.s large a~ a house. '.lhe object took off when a back porch li1ht wa!l turned on. The d escription is not consistent with that of an i<craft ob3ervation (conventio~l aircraft). : t is possible th;tt. some type of aircraft was obser.e. but with the inform01.tion suomitteci such concluf:on is not warre;l'...!:O. f-TD S E P 6 3 0-329 (TOE) Prt>vl o ... diU one of thb to,.,.., be u .. d, U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Forc e as much information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly con. The information that you give will be used for research purposes. Your name will not be used in connection w ith any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details. 1. When did you see tht~ object? 3. Time Zone: (Circle On e): a. tastern (o~ Central Y. Mountain d. Pac ific (Circle One): (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving b. Standard when you sow the object? ~ - Nearest P ostal Adbess 5. How long was obje c t in sight? ~ Fr.ur ly certain (T otal D ura t ion) Ho w wa s time in sight d~ermined? Jl;t C ity o r Town State or Count \ Minutes /Seconds c. Not very sure ---- d. Just a guess Was object in sight continuously? Yes r/ 6. What was the c o ndition of the sky? {9) Bright 7. IF y ou s a w the object during DAYLIGHT , where was the SUN locate d as yo u looked at the object? (Circle One): a. In front of you b. In back of you d . To your left e. ov~rheod c. To yo ur r igh t f . Don' t remember T h l a lorm auperaedea FTO 164, jul 61, whi c h is o b a olete. 8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One}: 8.2 MOON (Circle One): a. Bright moonlight b. Dull moonlight c. No moonlight-pitch dark d. Don't remember . , d. Den't remember 9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object? CLOUDS (Circle One}: WEATHER (Circle One): @Clear sky b. Fog, mist, or light rain c. Scattered clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain d. Thick or heavy clouds e. Don't remember " 10. The object appeared: (Circle One): d. As a light e. Don't remember b. Transparent 11. If it appeared us a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? (Circle One): @) Br ignter b. D i !':'I mer c. About the same d. Don't know Compare brtghtness to some common object: 12. T he edoes o f the o b iect were: (Circle One): o . Fuzzy or blurred Like a bri:,Jht star Sharply outlined Don't remember 13. Did the object: (Circle One for each question} o. Appear to stand still at any time? b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? c. Break up into ports or explode? d . Give off smoke? e. Change brightness? f. Change shape? g . Flash or fl icker? h. D i sop peor a nd reap pe ar? Yes ;'J( No Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know 30. H~ve you ever s~en this_, ~r a similor.P.bjtc.t before. If so ~ive dote or dotes a~d locatio n . 31. Was anyone else with you at the time you sow the object? (Circle One) 8 No 31.1 IF you answerltd YES, did they see the object too? (Circle One) 0s ...,) No 31.2 Please l ist their names and addresses: ) -i ..J 32. Please give the following information about yourself: Middle Nome TELEPHONE NUMBE AGE --JJ~-..0~-SEX 33. When and to whom did you report that you hod seen t he object?"'~ ~...A. ><Vcv ........... Month Year 20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? -------- 21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was? I IF you answered YES, then how far away would you soy it was? . ~ 22. Where were you located when you saw the object? (Circle One): @ Inside a building b. In a car c. Outdoors d. In on airplane (type) 23. Were you (Circle One) a. In the business section of a city? b. In the residential section of a city? (;> In open countryside? d. Near on airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over open country? ~.. g. Other <Dn {\,A,n., Qa.,hl"w'\ 24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the t ime, then complete the following questions: 24.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One) c . East e. South g. West b. Northea.st d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest 24.2 How fast "'fere you moving?--------' i les per hour. Did you srop at any time while you were looking at the object? ( Ci rde Q,e} 25. Did you obs rhe object through any of the following? Eyeglasses Yes e. Binoculars b. Sun glosses Yes No f. Windshield Yes g. Theodolite Yes No Window glass 26. In order that you con give as clear a picture as possible of what you sow, describe in your own words a common object or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the object _:.yhich you saw . 27. In the following sketch, imagine that you ore at the point shown. Place an "A" on the curved I ine to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first sow it. Place a "B" on the same curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you lost sow it. Place on "A" on the compass , when you first sow it. Place a "B" on the compass where you last sow the object. 28. Draw o picture that w i II show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an "A" at ,the beginning of the path, a "B" at th~t end of the path, and shv~oo .1ny changes in direction during the course. 29. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? ~ ~ ~ Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the d irection that they were traveling.