PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1, ofre. TI,ME G~QVP 2. LOCATION " -, ' Peoria, Illinois 3. SOIJRCE 4 . NUMBER OF OBJECTS t.. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 10. CONCLUSION Astro (1-fETEOR) Observer noted a movinA brilliant yellow light that moved veJ"l' fast across the sky in about 2 secoods. The light was elongated whm observed. Ther e was no s~d during the observation. The object disappeared ov e r the treetops beyond observers vision. Descriptim is cmsistent with that of a meteor observation. ? . PHYSICAL EVIOEHCE F'rD ( TDm'R) tJ../ Wright-Patterson AFB - 9 November 1966 Ret'erence your unidentified observation o1' ll October 1966. The 1nfot'2DBtion which ve bave received is not sufficient eval.uation. Request you eunpl.ete the attacbed l''TD Form and return it 1n the envelope provide d . We v-lsh to thank you for reporting your. obaervation to Air Force. OR ~Ul1ll'.All11lA, Jr, MaJor l ~ w~e~' . Project Blue ~ Project Blue Book Wright-Patterson Air Force Base U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL IHFORMATIO~ This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much information as possible concemlng the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you hnv_. oLserveti. Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly con. The information that ye:u g ive w i ll be used f04' reaearch purposes. Your name will not be used in connec;tlon with any st~tttl'lenS:~, conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal Information fiC that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details .. ~.~.ur 1n l etter (typographical) 3. Time Zone: (Circle One}: ~. Eash'(;j c. Mountain d. Pacific (Circ/('1 vne): ~ D~iijht So: inn ::> '"1. 5t0f'IC:Iard 4. Where were you when you sow the object? Walking from the gaTage to the house. 1122 North Ellis Street Peoria Illinois City or Town S. How long wos object in s ight? (Total Owotlort) :1 . Certnin _/ c. Not very s ure \..::( f!lid~ crtoin d. Justo guess s. 1 How we s flight of UFO across area 5.2 Was objKt In sight continuously? 6. What waa the condition of the aky? b . Cloudy Yes x No--- b. C loudy 7. IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you foc.lc~d at the ol,je.ct7 ( C lrcle One): a, In front of you b. In bode of you c. To your right d. To your left e. Overhead I. Don't remember FTD OCT 62 164 Till lorm euped rTD 164, J u l 61, ..,hlch I obeolele . 14. Did the object disappear while you were -ta tching t? If so, how? No. It disappeared only in the sense that my backyard has many trees. The object "disappeared" over the treetops beyond my vision. 15. Did the object move behind somethtng at any time, particvhuly a cloud? (Circle Ontt >: Yes Don't Know, IF you .:mswered yr;;,, thttn tctll .... hot it moved behind: 16. Did the object move in front of ~pmething atony time, porticulorly o cloud? (Circle One): Yos ().,n't Know. IF you answered YES, tt-~ tttll wio'll 17. Tell in a few worda the following things about the objl!ct : There was_no. sq_un<;i_. t_h~ obj seemed to ..!:J-9 thru_!!lle .J}Q!~E!le~sly ._ The color was J:?rtght ;y:ellow like a _!~ghtbulb. . _ _ . ... . 18. We wish to know the angulor alu. Hold a match stidc ot arm' s length in lin with a lcnown t.bje-tt ancla:":>l '":."' much of the abject it covered by the head of the match. If you had p .. rformed this experiment at th tk~; ,i l.t~ sightini, how much of the object would hove been covered by the match hood? The match h aad used i3 1/4" in length: Appro.xj:pately 40-45 times the match-head length would have covered the: object in length and 1 1/2-2 times the match-head 19. Draw c p ic:hlr tnat will show the shnpe of the object or objects. Lebel and include In your aketch any detoila of the object thor you sow -.uch aa wings, protrusions, etc., and eapeciolly efChoust trait. or vapor fTolla. Place on arrow beaide the drawing to show the direction the object was moving. Tne object was clearly defined. 8. IF you sow the ob1ect ot NIGitT, what did you noll'e concerning the STARS and MOON? 8.1 Sl AI<~. (C rrc/e One): 8 .2 MOON (C.ircle One): d. Dont rememb.r 9. What ... ere tne weather condetions at tf,e tllfle you saw t+te object? CLOUDS (Crrde One): WEATHER (Circle One): Ca. Clear slcy) ( o. o,y") b. Holy b. Fog, mist, Of ltght ralu c. Scatter..d ciCJvJ~ c . Moderate Of heavy roin d. Th tc ~ o he\Jy cii)U,h d. Snow Don't remember 10. The object oppeored: (Circle One). b. T ronepmeut (tf. Aa o light _, If it appeored oa a light, woe it brighter than t+te brightest atan? ( C lrcle One}: c=. Brighter) c:. About the aome d. 00ft't lcnow 11. 1 Compore brl ghm.ea to MIN cOM...an oeject~ (C .. , fo 1, .. .,) o. Fuuy CK blurred ~ 9-.Mply outline d. DOn"f rimemi;;t' Other The whole '? . :v!as an intense a. Appear to stand still at any time? b. Svddttnly t pnd up and ru~h owoy ot O"Y tim? c. Break up en to ports 0# explode? d. Give off smoke? Change bri~t,eu? f 1 Change aha~? g. flash or flicker? h. Otsop~ar and reappear? (Circle One for eaeh queatlon) Don't lcnow Don't know Don't know Don't lcnow Yes Don't lcnow Don't lcnow Don't know 27, In the follow I"' a Ieetch, lm11IM thet you ore et the point ehown. Place on '' J.." on I he r:urv.,r! I tn to a how h~ high the object woe obcwe the horizon {akyllne) when yw llr1t saw lt. Plact~ 1.1 "s on the 1-1me cYr'iN lin. 7<' ahow how high the object woa above the horizon {skyline) when ynu lost ~tJw it. Place .:~n .. A' on the ~ompou when you llflt aow It, Place o "8" on the eompon whe,. you lfut aaw the ohject. directly overhe ad o tree-top 28 . Draw o picture thot will ahow the motion thot the object or objects modo. Place on "A or the beglnni:\A u t ihe path, a .. 8" at the end of the poth, and ahow any changes in direction during the ~:lUue, Object moved smoothly in one direction from northeast to southwest. IF the,. waa MORE THAN ONE object, heft how many were '*'ere? _ Draw a ptcrvr or how tn.y or orroft9ed, and put an row to ahow rhe d irectton that they wr trovelil'g. 20. Do you think you can astimate the speed of the object? (Circla One) (_ Yes ) No Whatever length of t ime an object tra veling - about "iO feet in 2 seconds takes; IF you answered YES, then what speed would you utii'T'.ote'( C' _ - 21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the ob ject wos? (Circle One) ( Yea .1. No IF you answered YES, then how far away would you soy it was? Twen~..f_eet above t ree-top height. 22. Where were you located when ~ou aaw the object? (Circle One): o . Inside o building b. In a car d. In an airplane (type) e . At sea 23. Were you ( Citcle One) a. In the business section of u city? c. In opc.n country~ide? d. Near an ai rfield? e. Fl)' ing over a city? f. Fly ;n, over open c ountry? 2~. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the t ime, then complete the followir.g qu .. tiOfts: 24.1 What d irection were you '"oving? (Circle OneJ a. North c. Eoat e. South b. Northeast d. Sau..,east f. Southwest h. NOtlt1weat 24.2 How fo1t were you moving? ,.m,iiles per hour. 24.3 D id you etop at any t ime while you were looldng at the object? ( C irc:l One) O ld you o bMfVe rhe o b ject t+1rough ony of the following? E vegla .. Binoculars b. Sun g iauH Yes No f. Telescope Yea No Windshield g. Theodolite d. Window glou h. Other ... 26. In order that you con give aa clear a picture aa pouible of what you 1aw, describe in your own wonla o COfftMOf' object or objects which, when placed up In..,. alcy, would give the some appearance 01 tne object whlc.h ) 'OU IO " Tubular, elongated neon light. :U. Date you coMpleted thia questionnaire: 35. Information which you fMI pertinent and which Ia nat adequately covered in the apaclflc pointe of the queatlannalre..or a nanatlve explanation of your sighting. I feel positive about seeing some fonn of UFO. Arter walking into my J house and depositing packages I was carrying I hurried back outside to--~ see if there might be some Rf qAfi-~rRRioRh e g fi~R Bgb~R~) of Dzy' house (knowing well there \fas no such wire j. I just was so awed I had to take another l ook to prove to myself that I actually had seen s omething in the night sky. 30. Hve ~., ever n thia, ot a timi lor objct befote. If ao g ive dote ot do ttl ond location. No . 31. Waa anyone_ -.1. with you at ftte t ime you aaw the object? (Circle One) 31.1 IF yow anawered YES, d4d they eee the object too? (Circle On) 31.2 PleeM liat their namea encl addreaaea: (A 12-year old daughter was with me at the time. bead I was startled and said, "Look, but When I looked up over my the object had left my sight before I could get her attention.) T E L.E ftHONE HUM8E IMIC'"- ..., ~ltiMI lnfor11tl0ft about yo~nelf, lncludlnt ohy ap.clal nperlenu, which might be pertlnenY . I am employed as the Information Division of the No ern Util1zation Research and Developmen~ Division, Agricultural Research Serv~c~, U.S. Depar nt of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois 61604. 33. When afMI te w+.Oftll dlcl you rej : t that you hM '"" the ohject? ~ supervisn~ 13 Oct ober 1966 Project Blue Book Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Gentlemen: Two weeks ago on October 11 between 7:15 and 7 :30 p.m. I sa~y a moving light (at who.t seemed to be a height just above the tree t ops} pass over my house. light was e longated (perh~ps three feet in length and a few inches thick --from my position on the ground), brilliant yello-.7 in color, and moved very fast. There was no noise. I am sur e I saw something of this description. Even th.:>ugh I live on a well lit street corner, I was startled when I looked up into the sky an1 saw t.l-te "thing" moving so sviftly . I am RTi tin.~ t o you b~cause I ju1t. r ead an o.rticle entitled, ''UFO' s To Be Probed" in the Oct ober 22, 1966, edition of Scie!!c~ ti~ws. You asked in the articl e that such e vents be reported. Sincerely,