? ROJECT 10073 RECQ~L) NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2. LOCATION 10. C ONCLUSI ON 15 minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Vi5ual Bx westv.-ard PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 11, ll~l E F SUMM~I~Y ANO ANAL Y ~I$ Oo5~rvP.rs fixeci pc::; i t i o n to it s pl i t i n;:; ~dditionQ.l th~ initi~l !)r. Hvnek u nide ntifie.1. Prevlou11 cd1tion o f thin f o r m n111Y b u11eo . DEARBORN OIISERVATORY NORTHWESTEnN UNIVERSITY IN ANSTO N, ILLINOIS 60201 3 November 1966 FTD (TDETR) Research and Aerial Phenomena Division Wright Patterson Air Force Base Attn: Major Hector Quintanilla Dear Major Quintanilla: In answer to your sighting of Mr following to report. Both Mr. nd Mr word could be trusted . public schools and while ne speak of, their story was told 1966 requcstine me to look into the de on 23 August 1966, I have the home in Columbus where he lives with Mrs. I did not make inquiries as to their s eemed like normal, sensible people vrhose a sixth grade teacher in the Columbus them have any scientific training to in a straightforward, non-sensational manner. Both of them observed this phenomenon: it was called to H attention by Mrs hen t hey were both out in the bac r d at the time of late twilight. The stars were not yet out. I went out i n the yard with them and had them go through the full description. Their re- telling of the story tallied very well with the original statements made in Form 164 and so t here is no point in retelling them here. I checked a few details such as the color of the main obj ect which was vThite, a nd that of the ancillary objectswas a silver metallic color. The original object occupied about one/tenth of the total field of the binoculars a nd when it suddenly broke up and five objects fanned out from it to the west, he foll owed with the binoculars for a few seconds until they j ust seemed to vanish. Whe n he turned the b inoculars back to t he orig inal spot he could no longer find the original object. This case must remain unidentified unless we take the trouble to ask the Columbus newspapers to publish a short note asking other people in Columbus whether they had seen this sighting on 23 Aut,rust 1966. I am sure these newspapers would cooperate and I personally thirut it worth a try. A letter Major Quintanilla 3 November 1966 from your office, I believe, would be more effective than one from North- western University which is not in Ohio. I would suggest that Lt. Marley address the letter to the editors of the Columbus Citizen and Columbus Dispatch, asking whether they would run a short story about this sighting. This would enable us to make a triangulation and obtain an approximate height of the object. The original object' seemed to be like a big star but appeared to have a definite disk to it. Mr dicated that he even thought that the center was a little darker than the outside. The binoculars were in good focus since he is used to using them and said he kept checking the focus as he observed them. The central object was under observation for better than 10 minutes before it broke up. It is an odd sighting in that it doesn't i'it any general pattern, but I am afraid it must remain unidentified. I don't see how we ca.n quite fit a balloon into the reported maneuver. He stated definitely that it did not appear to be an explosion or a disintegration but rather an expulsion of five objects that moved uniformly out from the central object and at a considerable apparent speed. I believe this covers the sighting unless you are able to get further reports from other sources. Sincerely yours, J. Allen Hynek U.S. AIR FORCE Ti:CHr~lCAL IN fORMA T!OH This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give th., U.S. Air Force as rnuc.:h information as possible concerning the unidentified o~rial phttnomenon that you huve obsetrvod. Please try to answer as many questions as ycu possibly con. The information that you give will be uied for research purposas. Your nome will not be used in connection with ony statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission. We reque~t this personal information so that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details. 1. When did you see the object? 2. Time of day: (Circle One): 3. Time Zone: (Circle One):/~ ca~tern c. Mountain d. Poe ific (Circle One): a. Daylight Savi ng (!)Standard 4. Where were you when you saw the object? Nearest Pastal Address City ,, Town State or County 5. How long was object in sight? (Total Duration) Hours ~.4 i nute ~ @;)Certain c. Not very sure b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess 5.1 How was time in sight d~htrmined? ;:-i'./('t!t Cj! t i"' I h~ '' /J (d 5.2. Was object in sight ccnti11uously? Yes ~-t~o _ 6. What was the condition of the sky? (_a. _rlgb_t-AI-r!'l.;.,\l <i!rr o. Bright b. Cloudy b. Cloudy 7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was tne Sl)N located as you looked at the object? (Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left b. In bock of you e. Overhead c. To your right f. Don't remember FTD OCT 62 164 8. IF you saw the ob,ect a NIGHT, what did you notice co-cf'ming the 5TARS and MOO~? 8.1 STARS(CircleOr~): 8.2 MOO~ (Circl" One): a. Bright moonlight _;itt-'-1 ,J , , 1 \IT b. Dull moonlight i-,. ~ t'"'-.:.c-,tJJ-1 (; 1\T- c. No moonlight -pitch dark n . ,;..,- d. Don't reme,ber 9. -What were the wentht!r =onditions at the time you saw h_. object? CLOUDS (Circle Olfd: WEA TH F. R ( C rrcle One): '---a. Clear slcy , ( .. _ c. catterea c lou c d. Thick or heavy cl?uds b:-Fog, ..,;~t, or light r~in c. Moder11tft nr heavy rain 10. The object aooeared: (Circle One): /~ <,_d. A!; o light", ;:-oc;,-t remember / b. Transparent 11. If it appeared as a ligh~, was it brighter than the brightest ~tors? (Circle One): 0 ~righte~' c. About the sa.,e- b. Dimmer d. Don't know 11.1 Compare brightn..,ss to some common object: 12. The edges of the obict were: (Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred b. L i k .. ,. briyht star cc:) S~orp ly out I ined d. D:)r't re,ember Did the object: Apoeor to stond still nt nny time? Suddenly soeed up and rush away at any time? Break UD into pcnts ~, ewo lode? Give off smoic~ Change bright.,~ss? Change shape? Flash or flicker? Oisapoear ar.d r-"opoecr? (Circle One for each question) Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know ( No) Don't know Don't know Don't know a l::: Tf ft1 E: o IJ ft. 16. Did the object move in front of something at any time, particularly a cloud? (Circle One): Yes. Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what in front of: 17. Tell in a few words the following things about the object: a. Sound A J3Soi_iJ11:Jd' f'.J,~/.J" D JS ( P-PJ;/!!1..1 b. Color i--UMUJC{L'S" lA.II-,-r;;;-J-i f/t'.;;::' A 18. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in I ine with a known object and note how the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of the sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head? //1/E 'Nl1R6 f\outJb ai3J~C\ '.Joui-P l-iAtl~ 13f]=.JJ JUJ'/' 19. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label ond include in your sketch any details . J~) of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails. < Q-' \\ Place an arrow be aide the drawing to show the direction the object waa moving. ~ \)tV.: 5'_)~ \t-~\ ~ OKfEC I VJH I.Z)J s i ;A-nutJ/\ RY f c 1\ v P it-J f[) t:::l\s ''-Y . s FF-N st:G rn~ V-l~ '('P\:i I rJ /Ht...S Jt\\P\W il\i '-!) Sf:<..CJM~S ,LEA\ll-)r.; l~t /-\J\!1-..y o-fltitu\7 ~k)o C.J.ouP.S-/JG SlflR.S- No VAP>JR IT\Ao .. s A IH RlJ C.c.fl1t?j_t;~f CJ-E/\ f\ sKY, 20. Do you think you can eatimate the spHd of the obiect?