Auburn Newyork — February 1967

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Keywords: circle, objec, moonl, object, nflictinfl, or4lnge, si1htine, conflictinr, technicat, quest1onnoir, prllpored, po11siblo, oltlorv, connedion, jtemeni, conclusion3, noceuory, cerneng, moofll, coltor, ltuhr, soltci, rllrlt, uront, odgea
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. Ol. 1 F. 1iME GROUP 2. LOCATION f'IWJECT 10073 I!ECO!'!D Auburn, U..:.v York 10. CONCLUSION NliHP.CR Of' OBJECT S LENGTH OF OBSE RVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION WSt \t.:trd ? . PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Oth~r(C~nflictinfl da~a) ~ 11. BRIEF SUM.'v\ARY AND ANALYSIS Obs::rv~r r::ported a yello..t-or4lnge colored object that maneuvered between the belt or the Constell ation Orion. At o:1e tine in the report the Hitn!!SS said that th~ object was visible for only 5 s e cond!l yet in another p<lrt o f t he report t h e ooject '"as sai~ to b e visible for about 3 min- utes. In addition the time s o f the si1htine v nry. \'lith such the case i:J being carried a s conflictinr, ds.ta Pra v louo e ditions o f lhla foro U\AY be uoed . U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAt. INFORMA"fiOd Thi s quest1onnoir" has been prllpored so that you con yivo the U. S. Air Force oa much informat ion as po11siblo concernlno the unidentified aerial phenom!'lnon th a t you hnvo oLtlorv.tri . se try to answer as many quutlons 01 you possibly c on. Tho information that ye:u g iv e w ill be u s d for r<~seorch purpo$e S. Your norN will not b~ used in connedion w ith any 't:Jtemeni;, conclusion3 or publications w ithout your permissior.. We r~qu~st th is personal lnform:.~tion 'IC thor if it is deomod noceuory, we may contact you for further details. 1. When did you ue the objec t ? '1. fime of ria; Month Yeur i ( trclo One): A.M. 3. T imo Zone : (Circle One):~ (Circlv. One): A Dayli\)hl Sc:tnf) 1~ Sta'ldord c. Mountain d . Pacific 4. Where were you when you sow t he object? City o r T o.,.,n 5. How long was obje c t in sight? (Total Ourollon) a. Certain ~ Fairly certain 5. 1 How was time In s ight de termined? 5.2 Wos obje c t in sight cont inuously? 6 . Whet wos the condition of the s ky? o . Br ight Houra Mlnul c . Not very sure d. Just o guess {9} Br ight 7. IF you liO'W the object during DAYLIGHT, wnrs was the SUN locot~d O S you loc.I<I!J C!! the obie.::t? (Circle On,): o, In front of you In bock of you ~ To yoor rig,t FTD OCT 62 164 d . To your left e . Overhead f. Don' t remember a. IF you sow th o obJ~C.I o l NIGiiT, what did ycx. no l ttO COf\Cerneng th:t STARS and MOON? ~ 1 A f<:., (C. lfcle One): Bright moonl tgnt b. A few Dul I moOfll ight No moonl ight -p itch dark d. Don't r .. member d. Don't rememb.r 9. What ... e re th e .... eother cond ttiona ot the time yoo aaw the objec-t? CLOUDS (C,de One): @ Clonr aky c. $coltor .. cJ c:louo-s d . Tht< ~ t)l he11. y cl-:.uth WEAT HER (C ire le One ): b. rog, mt:sl, Of ltuhr roilt c. Modera to or heavy rain e. Don't '"lll')mber 10. The obJt~CI appeared: (Circle One). Soltci rL As n T rllrlt~uront e . Don't rem.tmb.r 11. If it a pp.,ored 01 o l ight, woa it blight.,, th a n the brightest a tor.J? (Circle On): @ Br ighter c . About the aame d. Don't know 11.1 Compare b,ightneu to some common oblect: 12. The odgea of th objct were: ((,,do t;n, ) o. Fuzzy or blurred to. Like a br ight 'or @ Sharply outlined d. Don't remember (Ci,c/o Ono le< occh quoo!lon) ~ o. Appear to atond atill at or:y time? b. Suddenly ape.,d up end ru'h oway at any time? c. Brook up tnto parts or e:cplode? d. Geve o ff smolc~? o. Chon~ brightness? f . Change ~hope? Yu g. fla~h or flicker? h. Deaoppeor and '"appear? Don't know Dl)n't know Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know Don't know 14. D id th e oblt~CI disappear while y o u W(:rc. 101ching t ? II ~o. l1ow? 15. Did the objec t mov e behind some th1ng at any t ime , partcul\,lrly u c loud'? (Circle OM): Don't Know. IF yCJu Jo1Swered Y[. , thnn tttll ..-hot it moved beh ind: 16. Did t ho objed move in front o f GS)mething a t any t1me, pnrticulorly o c loud? (Circle One ): Yes D o n't Know. 17. Tol l in a fe w words t h e follo wing th i ng s abou t t h e o bjt!CI: We wish to k no w the ongulo r size. H o ld a motcn stick a t a rm' s lengt h in l in~ with o kuown vbjo.:t a nd 10-:r :.11 much of t he object i s covere d by the head o f th e roatch. If you had p ttr fo r me.d t his experime n t a t thft t ir.l-: .i ;I.~ s i ght ing, how much of t h e objec t would hav~ been covered by t he match h e a d ? 19. D raw a pict ure tha t w i ll s h o w t h e :~hope of t he obje c t or obje cts. Lebel and inc lude in y vut s~etch a ny detailt of the objec t that you saw such a s wings, p r o t r u &ions, etc. , and esp ecially exhaust trails o r vapor tra ils. P lace a n arrow beside t h e drawin g t o show th e direction t h e obje c t was moving. 20. Do you thtnlc y ou con c~timoto the ~peed of th~ objoct? (Circltt One) IF you answered YES, then what spa"d would you ostin.ate~ -------. 21. Do you think you can estimate how for away from you tht>t object Wlls? (Circle One) IF you answered YES, then how for away would you soy it was? _:; ;\: . ..! !_ - _ 22. Where wer~ you locatttd when you s ow the obfect? (C ire/a One ): o. Inside o building b. In a cor c:, Outdoors d. In on airplane (type ) o . At sea 2:L Were you ((,cJ,, Onl'l) In the busine-ss secti on of a city? lt. rh u residential S\lCT ;c:.." ,:i c city? In o plln country!\ido? Nl}or an airfield? Fl"ying over a city? Fly;n~ oyer o pen country'! 24. IF you ware MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle a t th& tt me, then comple t e th~ followit.g qu .. tior~a: 24.1 What d ir5ction were you 1noving? (Circle One ) b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwst 24.2 How fas t were you moving? ..Jmi les per hour. 24.3 Did you s top at any time while you were looking at the object? (Circle One) 'Yes No 25. Old you observe the object through any of th e following? Eyagloue a Yes Binoculars Yes No Windahield Yea Theodollta d . Window glou Yes No 26. In o rder that you can g ive as clear a picture as possibl., of what you s a w, delcribe in your own wetd, a ce>f'lmon objtJct or objsch which, when placed up in the sky , would give tha some appearance as the object -M1lch )'OU IC"" ?7, 11'1 th 1 ioll~':"fin~ !lbt<:>t, l;.,d9lnt ~hot you on ot t~:1 point 1MOWI'I. Pbc l 1;11 f." or. I h., r:J rv.tf: I 1M. to ..1how ho~.. h igh tbobloet wos obov t he hodz~ (skylln-t} v.hn yw first sow lt . Ploc~ 'I ''8" on t he a;,rmt <.ur..,:td li ne,,. s how how high the obj~tct wos obov tho horizon (s!cyllnt) wlun you lalt ~uw il. Place un ' '/1.' o n the ~ompnu when you l irllt aow it. Ploet a "B" o n tht compou whr~ you io J t !lOw th'l ohfllc t . 28 . Draw o picture that w ill show the motion that the object or objects modo. Place on ''A ' or the beglnrsi.1R ui \ he path, o "6" at the end of the path, and shaw any changes in direction during the c:>ur$e, 29. IF thtr~ waa MORE THAN ONE obJect, then how mony were thtrt? -------- Draw a picture of how they wtrt orrangtd, and put on arrow to ahow tha d irection that thoy wertt tra ... uling. .!.L Oat" yov compl-tt~d thi:J c;u.utlonnair~: lnf<:fmatlon which you feel pertinent and which ia not odquotaly covr~d in th lp.clflc polnt:J of t h utioonoire or a narrotiv~ oxplonation of your sighting. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE H~AOOU~RTERS FOReiGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION L\FSCl WRIGHT-PATTERSON A I R FORCE BASE, O HIO 4!5433 UFO Observatioq 1 Feb 67 Jui t.trn, New York 13021 Reference y:)ur unidentified observation. The information "'hich "'e have received is not sufficient for a scientific eva luation. Request you complete the attached FTD Form 164 a nd return it in the envelope provided . Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. fP1Es c. MANATI', Colonel, USAF I (Director of Technology en~ Subsystems F~D Form 164 "'/envelope