PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE. TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 18 Sep"embe:-66 19/0:ooz ~Jew York City, New York (1-fult:i.iJle) t. NlWP.ER OF OBJECTS 10. CONCLUSION Possible (BAIJDa~) 'i, \.INOTH 0,. oa;,,_YAYION 11, DRII~ IUMMA"V ANtl AHAL.Y,I& fl. 1 Y P E 0 F CBS E ~VA Tl ON Ground-Visual. (BX) In The East 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Obs~rvers \'mtchP.d a haey object that toras dimmer than the moon j wruld normally appear, rnovcr.:ent \'tas not noti.cable but it did , move to the right an<"! rammed to forner position in one hour' Oth:-s had bc1cn .-ratci,irlf. t.he object for nearly 9 ho~rs. The 1 object was tla~ke;,.. .. thi:l t~1e surrounding sky. Evtn the stars ' were brighter than ti.a object. ~ Considering the availc..ble ird'o 'tion it appeares that tho i observers were \';atc.1ing sor.~e typt:s of Ccl..U.Oon that has often been used as advertising r;ili~o.rLicks. A large balloon held in : place with a \dre ~uukl account. ~or t.he sighting. ~ _ . - _ PN\floua 1dlUona cf thle to,. rnay be u .. ct 30. Have you ever seen this, or a similar object before. If ao give date. or dotes ond location. 31. Was anyone else with you at the time you sciw the obiect? (Circle OnJ 31.1 IF y~u answered YES, did.they see the obiect too? (Circle One} 31.2 Pleo1e list their names and addresses: 32. Please give the foiiQwing Information about yourself: Cit~ Stato TELEPHONE NU Indicate ony additional Information ~bout youraelf, Including any apeclal experience, which might b. pertinen;. . I When oncl to whom did you report that you had n the obiec:t? , - IR.S'I ri'/Lt. ,_/. T Day Month Year I Spot(E T c 0; /.), J.1 f?EC1Nf . F.rD ( TDBrR) Wright-Patterson AFB~ 27 September 1966 New York, !fev York Reterence your unidentified observation of l8 Septc;nber 1966. The tion whic:h we have received .is not suf't1c1ent tor evaluation. Request you ca;cplete the attached FrD F01111 164 and it 1n the enclosed envelope. We wish to thank. you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. Sincerely, OR Q , Jr, r&lJor, USAF ehier, Project Blue Book f 0 I f f f FiD ( TDER) /J_ Wright-Patterson AF.B, Ohio 45433 Columbus Avenue Re.ference your unidentified observation or 18 Septesnber 1966. 'l'he information vhich we have received is not sufficient for evaluation. Request you canplete the attached Fl'D Foxi4 164 and return it in the enclosed envelope We wish to thank you for reporting your. observation to the Air Force. l UNITED STATES AJR ~ OFFICIAL BUSINESS POSTAGE AND FEES PAID Thle feu eraeclee ATIC Para Mr. 313. dated Dac 80~-dtcll la ebaolate. ACTION : F.DC-4 INFO : XOP-1, XO~X-2, SAFOS-3,' NIN-7 ,. DIA-l: (19) PTTU JAW R lEO Clt1A3313 2&21 '5-UUUU.-R.t0 HG\ FM 5 2FTR\V G SU FFQ K OOU~ Y A FB NY. : . T 0 RUEOHQA/C~F RUED HQA/SE CRETAR Y OF A F WASH 0 C RUEOMAA/ 1A F STEWARD A FB NY Rl 0 9 0\ /2 1A 1 RO IV M CG U IRE A FB NJ RUED F I A/H Q fT 0 WR I GHI' PATTER SON A FB T H I 0 F<R USAFC AFrH N> , 2 '\4 tRD IV C 21JD 01 N. UFO R PI'. JAW--A 20G-2 CONSO.. IDA TED REPIJU SU:Jo!IT.~Et; -~N -~ s'tctr- I NGS BET WE N 2 J 0 Cl 1 8 SE P-02 OC! 19 ~ P I N I N B Of H RE PI'RTS suasr A ~r I AllY T t SAME A. (1) ROU~ WITH HQ.E INMIOOLE. (2) GRAPEFRUIT. <3> m 1ST OBS::RVER: mEE N & \t:LLTW WITH &RIFE. SECONl OBSERVER: D U.l WHITE T 0 mAY WHITE. C4 > UNCLASSIFIED ADV CY DIA UNCLASSIFIED DIPAIYMIJif Of IHI All FOIG SIAFP IIANOI INCOMINI MESSAGE Ot C5> WA (6> OB~C' INmEA~ Afl) DEffiEA~O IN SIZE BUT D 10 C .. NCI: POSIT ION. (1) ~G (8) NH. (9) PA~ 2 RUED g.1AJ313 UNO.. AS THE HQ.E SEEMED DARKER IN ca.. <R T K4 N SlRR OUNll NG B. C 1) A NCJ rER PER SON. (2) 45 0 E mEE -90 DEGREES ELEVAT I ON, 360 DEGREEs C3) 0 10 NOT OBSERVE. ( 6) OBSERV EO Frn A Pffi OX I A TEL Y Of HOlR. C. C 1) tR OU~-V ISUAL. (2) 81 ~l CtLAR S (3) NIA f C IV t L I A N S: MR WE Sf SIDE CQ.t.MBUS AVE, No Y. BCJH LEEMEN APPEARED TO BE.INrELLI- . SUR F'A CE SENSia.E, VEL W IN) . UNCLASSIFIED PA (L 3 R LED GAA33 13 U NQ. AS UNCLASSIFIED DEPAITMIJII Of Ill AJI fOIG SIAff MISSAGI lUNCH IIICOMIJII MUSAGI J. U NKTWN K. WING CPERAT IONS OFFICIR.-BOTH OB~RVERS REPmTED SIGHTING CJ::R N. Y. CITY MU . SIGHI' It(; FROBAil. Y ll GHTS FR Q.4 MUSE lM RE R.E tT I~ FR CN A Q. OlD . OVER NEAR THE ~t USE lM UNCLASSIFIED IJ.S. Atk FORCE TECHNICAl IHFORMATIO;~ Thts questionnoir" hos been prepor.-d so thot you can give tla6 U.S. Air Force as mu~h infor:no~ion as possible c:oncornfng the unideiltified aerial phenoe11enon that you hcwu oLr;.,rveti. Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The inform<~tion that ycu g;ve wiU b~ VB~ for resoarch puq>OSOl. Your name will not b, used in conntt'c;tion with ony st!lterueni;;, ~o,::._ ~ions, or publication~ w ithout your permission . We request this personal inf<>rmotion ~e ~hot ;! i t is d't'lemed nectu'\ory, we moy contoc.:t you for further dotails. 1. When d ij ) 'JIJ S~Q th!J object? Month Yeur (Circle On{}): . ..-o.1 Ea.iftH:'l ~ Ct'Sntr.;! d. Poe !f ie (Circld On~): (Circle L1ne): ~ Ooytight Sodno 'ti: Sta'ldatd 4. rrh~ro \''!!' ~ ~ :>J whol'1 you saw tht'l :>b ;f':t? City or Town S. How brg w: object in sight? (Tot:JI Dvroth>n) Hours Secof'lch ). Fairly certain 5.1 HeN w:: , ~ in sight det~rm:red? c. Not very sure d. Just o guess ()-rllf3t?. 5.2 Was cci~c" =~ sight contintJOu~:~? o. S r ight b. C !oudy 7. If' you SIJW th, C'l!lj-'Ct during DAYLIGHT, wh~ .. ~ was the SUN located O<i you lock~d at tht~ olz;b;.t? (Circle One): o. In front of you b. In bock of you e. To your ri\}1t d. r 0 your loft e. Overhead f. Don't remember FTD OCT 62 16. Thl form euprd rm 164, J u l 61, Nldc h .. ,,..,. oleto. 8. IF you saw the obiect ot NIGHT, what did you notic" conc:oming tho STARS and M~? 8.1 STARS (Circle Ona ): d. Don't remmber 8.2 MOON (Circle One): a. Bright moonlight b. 0~11 moonlight \. c::, No moonlight - pitch doric a. oont remember 9. What were tho weather conditions at tho tim you saw the obiect? CLOUDS (Circle One): G Clear sky c:. Seatte=-d clouds d. Thick cr h~ovy clouds WEATHER (Circle One): b. Fog, mist, or lidtt roin c. Moderate or heavy rain e. Don t rememb~r 10. The obi~et oppearod: (Circlo Ono): b. TronJ;>crctr't e. o~ 't romem~r 11. If it c:ppeord aa a light, wa1 it briwhter th~n tha briQhtest stars? (Circle On}: a. Br i rjl rer c. Ab~ut the same ~ O!"'mer d. Don't know Cort'p<:re brightness to aome :ommon obJ~ct: A II~ Z / . /)1Mnc~ /ilt9 H 1/-lc Jf,fdON t,vel)/.1) ol!.fJ/Iv~/2-~'f r.J{'PERR.... 12. The edges of me obiect were: (C ir~ le ~:1 ): a. Fuzzy ~ bfvrrtt~ b. Liks a bri.,hr s~ @ Sharply out I ind J. Don't remember Other l?ouHO Wi-,-/1 HoLE I IV Qid the objec~: (Circ:l~ One for each question) Appear to stand atill at any time? No Don't know Suddenly speod up and rush away at any time? Yes No Don't know Break up into part a or explode? No Don't know Give off smo~a? Yes No Don't know Change brid1tnss? Don't know Change anope? Yea No Don't know Flash 01 fJick~r? Don't lcnow Disappear and roapp4tar? Don't know 14. Did the object di sappoot whi lo you were .. ,otch ing it? tf so, how? JUO f ~y -- r~ol~ ;:J,tc.,iJI / .(./cVI<- 15. Did the oe; ~ct move behind something at any time, particvhuly a cloud'f (Circle One): Yes Don't Know. IF you answered YES, them t~ll what 16. Did the obja~t move in front of !l~merhin~ at any time, particularly \l cloud? D'>n't Know. (Circl~ One): Yes @ 17 . Tel J in a few word a the following th i.1gs about the obiect: t. fl(t_-: ~I~ oAt 18. We wis~ to know the angular size. H.:>ld a match stick ot arms length in line with o known ubioct onc.4 n~?~, jw much of t h ~biect is coverod by the head of thtt "'otch. If you had performed this experiment at th~ tirflJ.; Llf ~l;f! aightin~, h~w much of the ob;eet woufd have bean covered by the match head? ~Hr f}fZE t. ' t<F {t./t,S 19. Draw c pleture m :t will show tho ~p.e of the objftct or obiects, Lobel and include in yout' sketch ony cletc.;la of the obieet ~=-::=-~ ~u saw such as win~s, protru$it'ns, etc., end eapecially exhaust troil' or vopor trail a Ploee on arro' ~s; :!~ tho drawing to show tho direction the obiect was moving. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the obiect? (Circle One I Yes (N~l S I trT I c N f:l!z._Y IF you anawered YES, then what speed would you estirr.otef --------- 21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the obiect was? (C irele One) IF you ons..,ered YES, then how far away would you say it was? -----------._ 22. Where werfl you locat~d when yov sow the obfect? (C ire le One): a. Inside a bu ilding b. In a car d. In on oir~lane (type) 23. Were you (C;,c/o Ontt) a. In the busin section of a city? (g lr. the residential s"ct;c;ea oi o city? c. In opcm country~ide? d. Naor an airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying ovor oper country? 24. IF yov wer~ MOVING IN AN AUTOMOSfLE or other vehicle at the time, then complete t~e followir.g questions: 24.1 What d irection were you moving? (Circle One) b. Nort~eost d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest 24.2 How fast were yov moving? miles per hour 24.3 Did you atop at any time wh II y ou were looking at the obiect? (Circl One} Did you obatrve the oblect through any of the following? Eye;l:uaea Yea No Sun glcs 1a1 Yes No f. Telescope Windshia id Yea No g. Theodolite d. Window ~!os' 26. In order that you can give aa clear o picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words o commor. obiect or objects which, when plated up In the slcy, would giv~ the some appearance oa the obiect which ) 'OU so"' Loot-<l"lf t]ul Sfl~lf?J?L-)' ov-r:t..lt\lt:;J) . '7t--1 l~/ot1--: 'IV rc-/Vr;~I-J. In the following tlcetch, lmoglne that you ore ot the point hown. Place on ' J..' ' or~ sho r:urv.,.~ I mt-f\) 1how ho.._. high the oilect wos above th horlzan (slcyllne) when y~ llrst aow it. Ploctt o "s on the 1.1me cur"ecf llae 'f.\ ahow how high the obiect wos above the horizon (tlcyline) when ynu last,"..., it. Place -:~n " A' on tha comptJst when you llrat taw lt. Place o "8" on the compost where ~ou la5t tow the ohiect. (" A HI) 8 1JCN /J{tJtty f(t~H/11HrHr; )//-17/CNfiJ~ N h-ALL '[IMtiS. 28 . Draw~ p ic t .. re that will show the moti.?n that the object or object5 modo. Pluce on .. A. ' at tho ~olnni:-tg nt' ~h8 ;:tot!'-, o "S" at the end of tha path, and 'how any change in direction during the ~.luuu. 29. IF thr woa MORE THAN ONE obiet, th" how many we