3. SOtH~CE :L NUMBER OF OSJ:::CTS S. LENGTH OF O~SERVATION 8 l:'.inute s I f Tl"Pt: u:= OSSE~VATION f G~ound Visual t' I'<UJI:~ I IUV/-' t<C\-UKU 2. LOCATION i1or~D ntoHn , Fc rmsylYe..nin 10. CONCLUSION Aircraft(possible) 11. BRIE F SUM.\1ARY AND ANALYSIS Observe r .. :atched at first a.n orange fireball then n more o'\;)~ Gl'Va c o'.:>ject ccrr:ine from the east . Th e firebal l type of <'bject chn.n:;ed to one \'ilth a three light config- ure.ti o:: . 'lhcre was one ,11hite, another green a nd the t hird red. ':'l;c; o':>scrver made several calculation s to cletcrnine the h~:._:nt and s peed of the object. 9 . P t i OTOS ? . P HYSICAL EVI~E~::E The de s~r:!otion .is con s i s t~0nt "'lith tha t of an <: ircraft F TD SL' P 63 0-3:9 (T~=:) P r..,vloua eJittons o f ~hta fo n:1 m'l b e uud . Don.r Sir: Tho.nl-: YQ\l for yar report, which Lt. l :arle y h::t3 f o rtt?.rded to rne f or cx-J'~ent. Your calculations ~-ppear correct. :Ln principle~ but the spcod could hc.ve been calculated using t he .1~.~onu5e of the rig!'lt trlo.r~glo, since the uound \~ould be tre.vellin,r: c.long th~ bypot9m13~ fllhe~ the object was cl~Best. The calcul:lt i on dol~c in t hat ,.m.y r,i Vf3S The only pn.rt of tha siehting \'lhich does n ot. fit t h a deacriptio:\ o f a jet airplnna is the very briRht light, l lhich i3 n.?t. ordina r ily seen on cruising jets. I S"J.Y or-din3ri l;,. Actually the haizht~ you c:.tlc1llate<l lrould indicate a jet f:ltill cli.~biz\ out of airport to~.fard crttis11'4J altitude (over 18 ,000 ft. usually). It is c onDnon .for e.i:.:-craft. clil:JbinJ through a11proach routea to turn on th~lir landln.g l i t;hts <:ls ? .. Harning to p."Jssibla incoming aircraft. T.hesa landing lights are po~Terf'ul and a.:-e concentrated forward in a modara.taly Hide baam. I ta.1:o dona Gcme calcuJ ations on the brightne3s oi" these lit;hts at , ious di~ta.."1.Ces, and f'our..d, fo::-cx~npla, tho.t a lCOO cnndlepower ~ 0~t conf'L""led to a. .30-degrae be~n will ap~J~:u-of l~w.gnituda -6 to .3..--: .J~ser-..rer te~ r:.ile 9 f.lvp:Y.. -n. little 0 Jer 1 0 tin:es n s bright n.s Vonu3 .:_3 Tight now. It '"ould hn.ve the s:m.e brilli'1nce a s Venus ab-:>ut 30 r.tile3 ro:.;~;;. Thus the bri~ht light doe s not strik~ 1.:.e a s u nusual. !:1.3 romaining coni'i:r.urations nnd colora of lie ht:l you d,)scrihe uound to r.1e lika a canpetent description of the nomal r ucminv, lights oS. a jet !\it-craft, seen h'l various anglaa lla the plNJ.e p:tssea by. ;!')t, knolrlng the aitlina schodul9s I car.not of courna T.lnt~e n. po::Jiti ve ider;.tification, but in Ctl!itp~rison with the zeally unu::nw.l UFO si.1ht.ing s ccnpeting for Ol.J.r tir..:e # this one docs not seem to cn.ll for furth5r Ycl\J.rs truly, I~l.Gr&:'Jl. to\m, P c nil a To: Project BluA Book, ,,/rieht PattArson Air },ore(~ Dayton, Ohio Subj 0ct: U:FO Tiooort Tine : 9 : tl6P!~ t o 9:54 PIi; J?ebruary I 4th, I 9G7. IJocntion: south of r~:orGanto,m, Penna. Dir"'ction o f Travel: Ert8t to Dec.c!'i ntion: at .first, Hn oran Ge f ireba ll; then ch::~nging t o a thr8e l i;ht fo:r:-::;.tj.on (tr iengl e ont: \'lhite,P.nother grr.cn, Dnother ruby r .ed) nn0. th~:n, ::::.ft e r 5 B(!Conds rcore an e.ppcart=;nce of 2 ... " U" shc~.pc;d crer-;ccnt of r uby red non-blinking-cont inuou s liehts. r: y ca.lculation s concc~rnine other factor s pretaining t o the size, npr:-ed, ar:c e .. l ti tude of thi;::; object: .re~ . . at 45 degre0s abobe the horrj_ zon. Reel ctlstancc from obRervor .. , .. ft. Rec-_l a ltitude A.bov0 thE erouncl . 12. 629 ft. Sour-.d lag: I8"' inches behind obj cct a.t 24 inches. So1:~d description: no sound unt i l i t pr.-,ssed 2.bout I 5 deerc:cs b,.~onu the observer; then, a loud motor sound likE~ a 4 motored propeller type airnl an e I liv e in a nobile hol!le 0.:1d l 0 t e in the ev0ning I ~-::uelly t ok e ?. 12.11~ on t~r-dnrkenP.d. road to cr1oke e:. cig{:e.r ette. This pr-:~.:n ts the tr21c r from e(~tting c;~elJ.ed up Bince i t i s closed up at thi.: time of thP C!-\-~ning. At the evenine; of the :-ir;hting, I ,.,e.lkf:d clo\m -c:--_c: ro;;d lookine U!! nt the stars.I ~-;o,:.J.d like to poj_nt out that here \i e :-.2.ve e. gr)od lo~s.tion \ri th"r;ood sP.cing" for observing the te:1.rs. The r e a:'e fcH stree t li -:~1'ts h ere, 2nd the surrounding to,:ms H.re I O to I 5 miln '2 .. \ir::; c-:nd the glou from nea1by to~.rns docri not intE=:J:fere very nuch l:Tith the ('~<y ht'r c . Vif".l :?.1 'Observa.t ions e ven rr1thcr cloBc to the horri zon ere I iD kno.'; t1'.L~.t ste.rs lo\'!cr than IO degrens abov e the horri zon are u~:.::~:. --_y obscured ~te to the 2.cldccl atoor- hPro tnat th~ lic:ht ha~ to pr.nn t~ ---.-: ::(1, e.n.:: gro:.::1d lir~ht eloH, end cloud obscurine c:tc. I noticed ~ u~:.-.;.:: ;~:: l i ht to -:-.:f :=:~onth cast 1'hich lool:f'cl like a pl2.net ( ["!.bout G.s b:cic;h r-:.s ::.:-::. s::-i 8 \fhfn OV8rhe.a d ) but about 2 or 3 dcgrecs ?vbove uueJ.sh I:ount- pj_:-_-, -<:ich is to -::y south. This 'Jas i1m10diatcl~r noticable . r~nd I stood n.lor:.c--:~C' road ..rh0.r e vn r:t.pplc tree ''-yas bft~rccn me C:~!.d t~e sky: in that wav I could notice motion in reJ.ati0n to tho tree lJrAnches. After A. few sr-c' ndP:, I noticed. th;.~t i t looke d likC' r:t fire- bG.ll' and uas a brit.;ht yell'J~: color r;nd th~t the: "0e.th of trrvcl \Joul'l hr'.vr. i. t tr8vr.l :prre.llel to t 'l:: ro2.cl And at an nltitud.c! o f 45 c18c:rer s to me. I HD.S '01Dnninc to ignoY :"t'"'~ort:i.ng this . r::Lnce my l e,st rc9ort to your offic e \!rt.R not ae1c:no~.rlndr;ccl but I th(HJ.ght J had better ect my ,,..,ifc irlmc:di8trl y t o tPke a lotlk a t thif;, .iust i n cRse. ( Lnter I m0nsurcd the distrnc c from \ihc :rc I uar; nto.ncling, by the DT,lPCl tree, to tho door of my trail0 r ) -I rc:1~ 8.8 fast a s I conltl, runninc; 100 y2 ... t cla h~ck to the trn.i1cr, o,0nrd th~ door [-JJ1d CD.ll C"d my '.d_ fe; out . iUF)t in tir10 to sec a fire- b all , apnf-'.rent s ize, thn ni ?.C of ?.. y>encil rra~er held P.t t:'.rl1G dir:t~nec, (f:i.ne.t 24in) 8nd directly to my nouth 8rtcl I noted "Lhc uosition i~ rt:l atj_on to ~-pol7crliue pol e a.nd uites a long the rond. It took !7 secondn for me: to run the IOO yo.rll n , ancl get n y \Jifc out- si ~(' to see the fire-ball. At this time it chnngc::d to an O:C(;~ngc color; t~. ~ same colo.r 2nrl brif.;h'Gnc f::s as [ln oil burne r flHme a dull or~1nce. I uf!.s r:u cldr:.:n l y fnrarc that I \12.sn' t t 0kine pnrtainent i:.1formz.tion f o r lo.ter ce.lculations; so I irnmr:.diatcly r~ot the app0.r cnt dic:u<:tr.r . Then t:--::_ motor E:ound '':cts heard. h y Hife said " thP.ts not Bn airrJ1 2.ile" . I noticed that the sound l('.o; l1etHecn the firehn.ll 8nd its sound source \-::;.s very direetion~l n.nd , u in~ t1-ro hCl.ncl spons ';!i th m;y thumbs to,:;c?ther, ! notGd tha.t the ~onncl l a[; \las IS inches c~nd DY e.rr.1 len~ti1 i s ?4 i:-~..;~es. I checked this three times for accuracy. I noted the timej ; 9;i50 ,tlhen the obj~ct "'2 .. s directly south I noted t :~:t its path '.ras 4 5 dc[.;rce s ; exactly h alf vr ;.y bc-'tHern ny zenith n.nd t!1 ::-eround. After the fireball passed end v1as south 'Tef1t of r.1e, it suddenly c:-:.Bnr;cd to a 3 l i ght forn,ution; in a trinnelo, the lnft 1iGh t 1ras e:-:::-cn, the for1-rard one 'rhi t~, End the rie;h t one red; l.nd for fi v c , .. sc:::conds this y>attern prf'v ailed. I got the t.;~,pr,r;.rcnt diP.17J.0t~r_.Q;t_thc !_ 1 i cht formation: t in at 24 inched. J .t-loo1fcd likq s~rent ,r n, .. :i.r9lf'-~G a.l"l1 gav e the impression o f ;.;_-:~" out oT:fcreano outline cmd r co.lly After the five s e conds ~Then it HD.S trPv~line-more \'Tes t than South, it :-~mod a "U" r-ha:>ed crescent, resembling ~ " r-;o.nccr sh2.pc" , but no bli::~:ine light in ti-!3 c enter. I watchod it for r:'nothcr 3 nir-utes, chrckc d its 2.nryarent siz9 :-..ll the time: cnd just b efore it nntered 2 cloud cov~ ~-{and the clou~ls Here high C\..nd to the tr0'st: for tte P.lo~t p are a clE-2~:':' sky \!i th eooC. Rt=!Ein{!). I got an e.n.:;arcnt di~mcter o f th0 \d.dth of a nic~le. Then i t enter e d the c loud cove r ru1d '~:~.s obscured. end -::1i s objf?Ct T:r~s in t llr. flisht l c:ne b e t':Ic8n Philadelphia and HB.rrisl)nr&.; but i t clcfinetmly was not en atrn1 Gne unleAs o~1r. h nd F). terrific fire t:b..2.t burned for 8 cinutc8 bc:fore b eing e~ctingui;:~hed. It did. h a v e the eyi ~"J "'..?.!! e q oun d , ~::P). t t ~d.~ ,., e.s not h card u n ti 1 e.f t c r it h ad. T> CJ.s r: c~d b y . no ~:~i~ bocn r t c . ~o ouLline. Kn:::--=.:::.::-that the C':'.lnd 1~ in 1 6 inchf.s in ~4 i~chcs; thon the r2.t:to o f ! ~/ ~;. -G ir:1 es I C48 i't SC'C (the-npeE"cl. of sound n.t 40 deg:tc F s ) yt::ilds the c-i:r spsed of the obj~ct. Thin calcu le.tion is 780 ft/Rcc . Sinc0 83 ft/ sec equ2..l s 60 r1i/hr; then I. 47 ft/ ;.;ec equals I mil e/hr. Size: s~i.nce the ob~3crvcd diEU1'.c)teT of-l-inch e:~ ~)~.inches, H2.~ mG.clc a t a 45 <lc8;ree anelc: by nul tip lying b y I. 4 ( th0 s qu t')rc root o:~ 2 ) I ht'VC corr0.cted t o 350 tn 'I.Thich i H the; arynnrcnt di8)'ll.l:cr o f an ob ;c-:rvor directly unuern0P .. th i t . ~.lith 2.. 45 clecrQe ::1c;l c thr. sicler: a r c I: I : ru1d,_J; 2 -; con~f'qurntly thin corrcction i s n Gc eRr:ary in CB.lcul~.tion of the rea l diar'lnt c r of th0 obj cct. Calculn:tio(!lt., ~!lC' correction for th<: I:o1:e : the a}1parcnt diw.ctr:r i s r e a l " y thE:' hypo tenus e of s. right tri8n c l e ; "J1cl ~-~in c o thiR one iR a 45 dc--grce one , the correction r'l~rely r cquir;-s :~ulti!>lyine; t h e a:})o.rc n t cliPHc .. t rr by the FQ.unrr: root of t\~To; \'!lr i.ch i~ 1.4 : r~.nd t'H' roal ~tP'1 .r~nt d:i.Pmf?tcr iR 350 inchc n a t 24 i n ches . Thi~1 t-rill br~ u sccl to c~lc1J.latc the rc,al d.i2.:netc r n ow. If th~ r.ound lPg i s I S incllc ;. F't e. dir.t~nce of ~4 inchP.::;: then the r atio tj_men the ~r)ecd of r~ouncl ,.fill c;ivr. the rco.l r~0t'fld of the pbj' ct. Since the corrected a rY'1C.1'::nt c1i<.:J~ct<::r i s 350; '1.11rn !8 in/. 350 y c iJ.dr; 5I. 4 di::;nctPrs p cr :.7 ~econds. Sincn th0. ! 8 inches u crc trPV(' rRcd. in 17 nrconds; t h0n 5I. 4/ 17 {~i v c n ).02 ~iC;"ll'jtcrR /sec GJ1c1 th0 Crtlculc tcd. speed i s 780 ft/Bec: then 780/3.02 Hill gtvc the real cr:.lc,_,_J.ated u:LDJ!lf~tor; uhj.ch is .25..8_f:1 ... r: :-..::1 o1Jj cct ;LR trnvcling 8.t the sp~H.:cl o:r. sound; . then the sound ln~ uil ~ :,,~ a. 45 degree 2.ne;le, nncl a.t FJ.n arrnf: l c n t;th of 24 i nches, the ob~i r.ct \;o ul-1 he,ve to a.lso h nv e e, sound l2t~ of 24 inches to tr:J.vel e.t the ermtc r !Jce l e.s Round. The rc.J.tio provides the r::~tio o f sr>crc1 as compared to thf '=:)CP.d of sound; And if the time ncc~1ed. to tre,vcl an equal distr-n c o i r:-::'2-terminPd (time d ) then the real spe<='c1 c:.?n b n dr~tc~rminrd. as I hs.vc :: f,::t: the se.roe :)connt of time i s n 0 eden for the c.ound to travel to the ob--?:"vor e.s it te..kcs for the ohj r-et to travel o. lr-11gth rr1u nl to t he: nound l':)r . Since thi~ ,.;rrs I7 acconc1A for thif:~ ::--ightin,o;: thE'n 17 X IOl~O ,_rill ~iv~ thP fee t rn.r8.y fron the observer. 'rhi~ is 17.680 ft . ::1:ich iA thn hypo .-:nu8e of a richt triunglf' ond not the true o.ltitudo e.bovc the erounc1. By eli vi eli n f; b~r I. (the \,-2-) ~:e c an c alcula t e tbc actua l altitude: abov e the e;round f.irectly und~)l"nen.th the o b ;j c c t As ::; !'E:flult of thc e c2..lcul2:tions, I h :.\ e de tcrrninf~d t h:::t the ooj cct, uhen it w~s directly ~Ju~h of me, 'iaS 233ft. in diru~st at a r e a l tr2.ve-ling at a unifor1:1 S~)eE.d of e ). , Pe~tl'ttrl,.,.:. t"ennsy1van1a l:~de 'etters A thrc:ugh N r~tfer t~ map on other sioa: ~ :hrough Y rf'ler !"maps accve. A~Y:;;ita:ot& D4 tlAAtON C ~ ClEA~F!ElO F 3 CliNTO~ . . G.l COlUioiGt-' K -} CUWf Q<ID . 8 l CU "'B~RlAND h~ D~UPHIH .. J S DElAWARE M ~ Acboth1~tt . 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