PROJECT 10073 ReCORD 1. OA TE TtME GROUP 3. SOIJRCE 2. LOCATION ~REENVILI.E,.OHIO 10. CONCLUSION .,.... (Very Prob JAH) ~----------------------~ Sirius was on Rn nz of 125 deg a nd at an elev o~ 16 deg .C. HUMBER OF OBJECTS S . LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ground visual (BX) SE {Stati onary) 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Qbserver noted ver y bright yellow light that was much closer than any light in the s~y. At times it would emit colored l ights. The object ciin not~ disappear while the witn~ss was viewing it. Description is conGi.sl.ent 'With that of a n astr onomical observa- 20. Do you think you con estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) Yes Q 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? (Circle One) Yes @ fib-f.-C..CCvlC< kf'1-1fkt, clo~r lt~f'"l ~;ew'Fr IF you answered YES, then how for owoy would you soy it was?-------------/ 22. Where were you located when you sow the object? (Circle One): 1> Inside o building b. In a cor c. Outdoors d. In an airplane (type) 23. Were you (Circle One) o. In the business section of o city? b. In the residential section of a city? (5? In open countryside? d. Near on airfield? e. Flying over a city? 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 Whar direction were you moving? (Circle One) c. East e. South g. West b. North~st d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest 24.2 How fast were you .,~ing? ..sn ... , iles per hour. 24.3 D.d you stop nt any f lme while you were looking at the object? ( C trcltt One I No Did you observe the object through any o f the following? Eyeglasses (e.) Binoculars No 'l!) Telescope b. Sun glasse-s Yes No Windshield g. Theodolite Yes No d. Window glass 26. In order that you con give as clear o picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a common object or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the some appearance as th e object which you sow. Month Year 34. Date you completed this questionnaire: 35. Information which you fHI pertinent and which is not adequately covered in the specif ic points of the questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your s ighting 30. Hove you ever seen this, oro similar object before. If so give dote or dotes and location. 31. Was anyone else with you a t the t ime you sow the object ? 31.1 IF you answered YES, did t hey see the object too? (Circle One) (Circle One) 31.2 Please list their names and addresses: Or. y~e=-r?vllle. CJ-tt: iJ information about your self: First Nome Middle No""' City Zone State TELEPHONE NUMBE J lnois:;:nt any ::~ddttt ,,fo'"tat ton bout If 1 d yovrse , tnc u ng any spectol experience, hich might be pertinent. .f:-sfA c:l.4-r1 'Nh~n a nd ICl whorr did y'>u report that you hcd c;e~n ,~,., obt c t ? '.J. Doy Month Yeor V Observer called back steting that he got up th~ next corning and saw Sirius as Dr. Hynek had a sked him to. The observer said that this star looked like the object he had seen on 7 Oct. 66. Dr. Heynek had explained hew the star has been misidentified as an alleged UFO on several occasiene. Dr. Hynek talked t e the witness on the preceeddng merning and asked the witn~ss to get up the next merning and cempare his sighting with Sirius which was rising in the merning at aboutOlOO. Wright-Patterson Ohio l{5433 IDV"OR QUIN'l'AlU!J:A, J'r,...Major, USAF biet~ Project Blue Book unideutif led Supplemental Report October, 1966 Submitted by LAW OF'F'ICE:S o~ GREENVILLE, OHIO October 21, 1966 to FTD Form 164 In Re to Item 10: I observed this object first a s a very brilliant yellow light that was much closer than any light in the sky . At times it would emit colored lights , to wit: pinkish-red and a bluish-green. I best describe it a s comparing it to the beacon ray on top of a police cruiser. Observing the object through 8/40 binoculars , it occured t o be a very b eautiful, brilliant blue-white light. I would compare this light and its intensity to that which i s emitted by a very large diamond hit by a spotlight at night. I ke this comparison .rom fishing at night with a jeweler who wears s u c h a rin g which l s occasionally hit by a spotlight. In Rc t o !tern 11: I tlsed the binoculars o n the moon and the stars , ~ha~ I coula see in the s k y , and then would go back to the object. '\'her. Lie:.1 ten ant Williatnson set up the astr o loger' s telescope, he foc used i. t cn ~he moon and then would place it on the object. At all time~ through the large telescope it appeared t o be a brilliant blue-wh~te. but mor e white the n blue. r-~ I_n_Re-tr> I ,~-rn-1_2_: I;,-the-laroe t scooe. the object appeared as sk cned ~,, I t e m 19. L~cutenant Willia~son ept c ec 1ng t e of the tel~scope o n the moon and on the star s . It appeared as a In Re to Item 13 b: I answered this with a modified Yes. The ob- ject appeared to come closer to the earth in a motion that I can est rlec;cri.be as comparable to a weighted parachute coming down in a moderate wind . This comparison i s backed on my experience i n the army. I als o lined up the object with a telephone p o l e and myself so that we were all a straight line . The object went to the left of the pole and to the right of the pole a n d trave led up and down. would point out tha t this particular night was extremely clear and cri.~p. The ~lilky Way wfts prominant and quite obviou s--visibility unlimited. I have also been amazed at the number of people who have described to me, occurances which they saw and hesitated in re- porting. These people are respected members of our community and the y couldn't believe the~r own eyes. Very frankly I am bugged because.~ cannot come up with an answer that is logical and elim- inates the outer space bit. I realize that this is quite rambling, but thes e are the im- pressions which the experience left me with. I also wished t o explain to you the basis (lacking of anything else to call it) of my observations. . In Re to Item 15: Refer to comments o n Item 11. In Re to Item 17: Refer to comments o n Items 11 & 12. In Re to Item 18: Had I k nown of this test I would have performed the same. However, I have tried to experiment n o w and find that I cannot, with any accuracy, recall the size of the object. I can only say that t o my naked eye a n d to my depth p erseption the o bject was much closer then anything else in the sky . In Re to Item 19: At all times , the object appeared to be a per- fect circle. On its outside perimeter, h owever, a s the four o f u s took turns looking throug h t h e telescope, I saw four d istin c t things . One, it appeared to be like a Model A s teerin g wheel, the outside perimeter was a blue-white halo. Secondly, it appeared to be a series of concentric circles . Third, a halo with the interior of the halo like a mist. Fourth, there appeared to b e slots in its interior within the outside halo. I saw no wing vapor trails , etc. In Re t o Tte ms 22 & 23: I reside in a h o use that is o n the North orpor atio n line of Greenville. There are n o street l i g hts in the icinity and in~edlately t o the North i s a 40 acr e soybean field. The object was firs t o b s erved from the bedroom windo w and t h e n we we n t t o the front y ard so we c ould better see it. In Re to Item 28: tha t I perceived. descriptiun . h .:\ve described I do not thin k I the sen sation could draw it with of movement In c0mpl eting the questionnair e , I can say o n l y that this was a ~ost unu~ual experie nce. I had reser,,ation s about reporting it. "ly traini'1Q as an a ttorney has given me what i s a very logical derl y minrl rejecting that which i s not p roven in fact. This sighti~g haq caused me p roblems in that some of what I saw I can explain by lvgic. But the rest, like the movement, I can't. I contacted Attorney Walter Rhynard, who ~mitted amat eur astrologer. advis~d !lie 'that what 1 saw was Venu s a n d that I would see the same thing the following night. At 2:10 o n October 8, 1966, it wasn't there.--Th1s -Bling 1 s bothering me further, due to t h e fact that some t e n years ago I was a n artillery man. I was trained a n d experienced in the use of observing at night with optical assistance. have shot a number of high burst registration s and cente r of im- pact registration. I've shot a lot of artillery shells at all t imes of the day. I used t o be a fair hand with binoculars a n d other in- struments used in artillery. This i s something you don ' t forget e n tirely a n d I know tha t the focusin g of the binoculars was done nccurntely. I also fish quite a bit at night in the period from April to the first of November. I observe the sky at that time and I have n e ver seen anything that compares with thi s . This bothers me. U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION This questionnaire has been prepared so that you con g ive th e U.S. A ir Force as muc h rmation as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that y ou hove observed. Please try to answer as many questions as y ou possibly con. T h e infor mation that yo u give w ill be used for research purposes, Your name w i ll no t be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact y ou for further details. 1. When d id you see t he o b je c t ? 3. Time Zone: (Circle One ): o. e re were you when you sow the objec t ? Nearest Pod o l Address 5. How long was obj c t in s ighT? (To rol Ouro i Of') (Circle One): ( C ircle One ): a . ~: Saving Cit y or T o w n Stole M County H o urs Minutes Se conds a(f;;;ai0 c . Not very s ure b. Fo~rly certa in d. Just a guess 5.2 Wa s o b ject in s ight continuously? Yes No _ 6. What was th e condition o f t.,e sky? o. Br iqht b. C loudy 7. IF you sow the object during D AYLIGHT , where was the SUN located as y ou looked a t the obje c t ? (Circl., One ): a. In front of you b. In bock of you c. T o your r gh t d . Toyourleft e. Qverhl'lod t remember 8. IF you saw the ob1ect at NIGHT, what did you n otice co-c~mtng th e STARS a nd MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle Ore): 8.2 MOO'~ (Circle On,. 1: a . Bright moonlight C b. Dull-,;onnlight) Don't remember c . No moonlight -pi tch dark d. Don't remember 9. What were the weather :onditions at the t ime you sow 4.e object? CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHEr? (Ctrcle One): ~Clear skU 't'~a.-r-ef ~a- b. Fog, :'"'i:., or light roin c. Scattered cloud~ c . Moderr,t~ o r heavy rain Thick or heavy cbuds 10. The object appeared: (Circle One): a. Solid C d . As o lig0 b. Transporetnt e. Uon 't remembet- c. Vapor 11. If it appeared as a ligh~, was it brighter than the brightes t ! tors? (Circle Onto): c . About the s~.,..t- d. Don't know 11.1 Compare ~i!;htnss to some common obje c t : The ~;es of me obrect weo. (Circle One): o . Fuzzy or blurred b. L ;~. ,. oriyht star c. ~orply outlined d. D,:,,.'t remember D id thet o b ject: (Circf'! One fo r each question) Appear to stand still n t any ttme? Suddenly speed up and rush a way at any time? c. Break up into parts o r exo lode? )' rs Don't know Give o ff smok ? ... 71flrf'tn! Don't know Change bright,-:-ss? Change shape? Don't know g. rh"h or flicker' D.,n't know h. Di'ioppear and f"'Ot'pecr? DC\n't kno 14. Did the object disappeOI" while you were watching it? If so, how? 15. Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud? (Circle One): Ye~ @ Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell whot Did the object move in front of s omething at any time, particularly a cloud? (Circle One): Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what 17. Tell in a few words the following things about the object: 18. We w ish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object and note how much cf th~ o b ject is covered by the head of the match. If you hod perfOI"med thbriment at the time of the sighttng, how much of the OO!f!Ct would hove been covered by the match head? ,/ ' c/o t.jc<.l#tn1'i'f(,.,.y Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Lobel and include in your sketch any details of the object that you saw such os wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapOI" trails. Place on arrow beside the drawing t o show the d irection the object was moving. 27. In the following sketch, imagine that you are 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 saw it. Place a "B" on the same curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you lost saw it. Place an "A" on the compass when you first sow it. Place a "B" on the compass where you lost saw the object. 28. Draw o picture that w i II show the motion that the object or objects mode. Place an "A" at the beginning of the path, a "B" ot the end of the path, and ~!.u,.. .:.ny changes in direction during the course. I 29. IF thef'., wos MORE THAN ONE obtect, then how many were rhere? ----------- Draw a pcture ot hnw they were arranged, on.:f put on arrow to show the direction that they were tTaveling.