~t<UJtl; I IUU/3 RECORD t 1. ;. 1. f. .:TIME GROiJ? 2. LOCATION _.l6 .. ~eb_.91 17/0111Z STOUGHTON, \fiSCONSlN (1 witness) .1. NlJHBtR OF oaJ=.:rs 10. CONCLUSION U:JID~!Tir'Iill S. LENGTH OF OBSE~VATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 5-6 mint4tes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Vi &'u.a 1 ?. PHYSICAL EVIOENC: fTD SEP 63 0329 {TDE) There was no actual definite shape, j ust a light. faded and lblinded. Ob9ervel! stated the light was about the sa.roo size of her car. Lig)lt sourde had err otic metron. Appear e d to follow the observer Prevloua edltJe>nt of thh for'll!l mJ' be uaed. Until npproxlrr.ately ~:10 p.m., there was not.hing unusual nbout Thurr;ct~y evening, F ebru- ary lS, !Ol" Lynn '-Iarsh, daugh .. tc r o f Mr. and Mrs. Donald l\tar5h, Rt. 1. 1 Sh~ was driving home in her parents' 1065 Oldsmobile after attand.:.ng a 4-H Club knltfftig se:ss~cn at the home of one of he:: dub l eaders, Mrs. Gordon 7he radio was on to keep her c or:-1;>my as she drove down w:ntams Drive and n.pproached ~1.: Burritt School lntersactlon ~ ~t...'l County Trunk B. Suddenly and inexplicably the ;:.. d i o started b u z zing. She cct.~dn't get a station ..&lU~tt~a _. .. _ uIee di:f:f:e:renl:Jtaqnenct;a~ I! was the sort of thing that 1'..2 P9~ns when there is inte:-- fe~ence from power lines. \A.-'hen s~:; turnt!d her attention back to t.h: road, however, Thursday e \.'~!'ling, February 16, became 2:1 eve ning that she is sure sh-= wtll never forget. At f1 rst, she thought a c ar "VV : s approaching from he r right a! i"~5 County Trunk B. She s: : ::>ed at t he intersection ~"1d tJ:-.a;. while .slle waited;-The r;:: ;;pse of light, however, wa:- nct f:-om a car. That dece i:H:g f;:.~ r:1er b ecame defined Ll'lW a .:Hc~ad a single, bright li:;~t c.b-:t.:t the size of a car mo;e :.: .. e estimates it was about rwo hc-L!s~ stories above the gr ound a:.c she could not see a:1y s olid ctjact form. She didn't r.aar ?..:":/ 1~oLse and she de scribed the b':'1g:ht Ught as being s i:-.11- hr t o tilat PefleeUAg if'&::t~ !l l.<?.J:! v:..Oeet. U C2tlte-to "n-:~ ~!-~?! .-:6, t:overlng there w~i~e . ~ . -:-o s t completely ins!l:tc- t. ::-::!:.z . e: : toward hor:le . She: s a.v i : ::1:-c ugh the r!t;h l front \ \1:1Jov following beside her. She c r o s s e d the r a 11 r o ad t r 2. c k s and she r e m e m-. b e r s a train wa~ corning -- that's how she knows the time must have been around 0:11 p.rn. b~cause that's the regular sched'..lle. It was still there -- that terrifying light. Skyline, Drive, a fast turn right and the light crossed to her lett, cutting across the field by Hol- members from then on in is driving mucntoo .fas t, see the yard light on at home, . gar~ge doors ope n, and ::L rush to th~ front door and safety. Once inside, the pent-up anxi- eties or the pas t few minutes overwhelmed her ::Lnd she com- pletely broke down;-eoherP.ncy a.UnoogJ:t she t.l'led l6 e.wMlulhal bad ha~ened. ller famtly saw nothing un .. usual outs ide. Her father checked the car and Lynn had turne1 off the key and the car lights, although she could not remember doing either. A sleepless night followed and at school the next day, where Lynn is a senior, she didn't tell any of her friends about he r experience. She did, how- ever, talk to two teachers. Her moth~r, hearing reports of other area sightings that even- ing, cn.lled a Madison radio sta - and she was told to c all Truax AFB to report the inci- dent. Lynn, later that day, told her story to a Truax officer and 1t was forwarded to the UFO Investigation Center at Denver, What WCiS it? Well, it is now classified as an Unidentified Flying Object and there wUl most likely be an investigation in the near future to detexmine just what 1t was. Investigators may find a perfectly natural and 1 o gical cause for the phenomenon, but, then again, it may be come one or the few cases ot UFO's which thus far have defled reasonable explana- The other reports of UF 0' s that Thursday evening in Madi- son and near D~troit were writ- ten off as slghtings of airplanes which have a new type of light- Ing system. Lynn is positive it was not plane --it came t oo close to the ground. As to other given explanations for UFO's, there are no power lines near the sighting, which could possibly have caused a freak electrical phenomenon, and there are no swamps creating swamp gas. Prior to 1hursday, Lynn didn't believe in flying saucers or Ufi'O's in ge neral, but now she isn't too sure just what to bell~ve. She knows that she still doesn't sleep t oo well at night and as for driving alone attor dark --well, that may eventually be possible again. UNCWSIFilD DIPAITMINI OP 1111 All FOIG STAff MISSAGI IWKH IHCOMINI MESSAGI XOPX-2, SAF-OS-3, S'~B D033CZC3VC111 PTTU JAW RliCIFVA1139 0482337-UUUU--RUEOHQA. A~ 20TH A I R D IV TRUAX FLO V: IS T 0 R lJN FV .6.1 AD C RUEDFlF/FTD 'NPAFB OHIO RUED~A/CSAr WASH DC RUEOHQA/OS \'/ASH DC RlJ.~TPA..~/1~Ar R ICHAROS GEBAU~ AFB MO ZEN/UNIVERSITY OF' CClO BOULOE~ COLO ADV CY DIA UNCLAS 20-0IN-20414 FEB 67. !JFO REPORT. FOR TDETR, FTO; AFRDC, CSAF; AMl S~F-01, OSAF. TH~ FOLLOWI~'G IS A UFO REPORT OF A SIGHTI~G WHICH OCCUP ~D ON 16 FEB 67 AR STOUGHTON, V/ISCONSIN. <REF AFR A. OESCR IPT I C:.. Cr OBJECT: (1) OVAL ('?) A LITTLE LARGER THAN A CAR (3) WHITE, BRIGH~R IN SOME SPOTS (4) ONE (5) N/A (6) NONE <7> NO (8) NO (9) N [. B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: C1> ORIVIt\G \ VEHICLE TO RESIDENCE C?.> 450:G AT APPRX 50FT ABOVE GROU~D, UNCLASSIFIED UNCU.SSIFIED DIPAil~ OF THE All FOICI . 1 INCOMINI MESSAGI 90DEG (3) 2COEB AT APPRX 50FT ABOVE GROUNO, 180DEGo (4) APPROACHED AUTO~OBILE FRO'A EAST AS DRIVER WAS HEADI~ NORTH, OBJECT STOPPED AS AUTO TlF\ED WEST, THEN OSJECT PROCEEDED TO THE NORTH OF THE AUTO, PA~E 2 R UC I F'VA 1139 UNCL AS APPROX 50 F'i AWAY, WHEN AUTO TURt\ED f\!ORTH AGAIN, OBJECT WENT BEHit'D AUiO AND CAME UP FRO'f. TH:: LEFT ( !.'EST> SIDE AN'J CONTINUED TO PACE T~ AUTTO UNTIL THE V~HICLE DESCEMJEO A HILL AT WHICH TIME THE DRIVE~ J i D NOT OBSERVE Tr.~ OBJECT A~AIN UNTIL ARRIVIN'~ AT HER RC:SIOE~CE i.\~:RE SHE OBSERVED T~E OBJECT HOVERit\G NEAR A FARM HOUSE TO i HE SQ:jj r APPRX 1.25 11LES -THE 0 IRECT ION FRQ?,1 ~;HENCE SHE HAD DRIV::t!. (5) SHE STOPPED LOOKI~ AT IT FOR A WHILE, AND THEN IT WAS NO L tER VISIBLE VJH:N SHE WENT BACK TO THE WINDOW. (6) 7-8 MINUTES. C. ~I.ANNER OF OBSERVATION: C1) GROUNO-fiSUAL C2> NO~! (J) N/~ . D. TIME & DATE OF SIGHT I f\G: C1) 171510Z FEB 67 (2) NIGHi. ::.LOCATION OF C3SE~VER: 1 MILE N OF STROUGHTON, WISCONSIN. r: IC~NTIFVIN; I~F'O?.'.tATIOt\ ON OBSERVER: (1) 17 Y?.S , STOUGHTON, WISCOr~SIN 53589, STUDE~T STOUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL, UNK~!OWN. G. WEATHER: <1> CLEAR (2) SURfACE UNCLASSIFIED UNCLA.SSIFIED DIPAIYMIJff OF lHI All FOIG StAff MISSAGI IIAJIOI C5) OVCST <6) NO <7> STRON; GRADIENT TO 4000o H. UNUSUAL ACTV~ NONE .1 . INTERCEPT !ON OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION: NONE J. LOCATION OF ACFT m BALLONS I ~(AREA: NO RECORD AT CONTROL TOWER AT THE \1AD I SON/TRUAX FIELD AIR T:: .11NAL. K. INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, RCBERT W. CHA\13ERS, PA~E 3 R UC I fVA 1139 UNCLAS AP.EA TELE?JJJN~ CODE: 608, OFF ICE PHONE: EXT 8-755, HO'IE .PHONE: AFHQ MM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AfR FORCE HEADQUARTEft5 ,.Oft1GN TECHNOLOGY OIVI510N ( A'5C) WRIGHT.PATTERSON AIR FOftCE BASit. OHIO 411!5~33 Re:erence y~)ur unidentified observation. '!be information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific evaluation. Req_uest you complete t he attached FTD Form 164 and return it in t:-.2 envelope provid:!d Thank you for reporting your observation t o the Air Force. "r_6~3 C. MANATr, Colonel, USAF ector of Technolc~y end Subsystems ~D Form 164 w/envelope U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION T his questionnaire has been prepared so that y.ou can give the U.S. Air Force as much info r mation as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Pleas~ -:ry to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will be us~d for research purposes. Your name wi II not be used in connection with any statements, cone lw s ions, or pub I ications without your perm iss ion. We request h is personal information so thot if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details. 1. When did ycu see the object? 2. Tirne of day: J~.L (Circle One): 3. Ti111e Zor.e: (Circle One): a. taster~ c. l'iiov r. t a m d. Pacific 4. Where w e r e y ou when you sow t he obje:t? N~or~.st ?ostal Address (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving b. Standard Stote or County 5. how long w::s object in sight? ('~ool Duration) Minuh:s Seconds ( c. Certain c. Not very sure :. . ~oirly certain 5.1 How w':::. ~e in sight deter01ir.ed? d. Just a guess. . 6. What was the ccr.dition of the sky? 7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looke d at the object? (Circle One): a. In front of you b. In back of you c. To your right d. To your left e. Overhead f. Don't remember FTD OCT 62 164 Thla form auperaedea f 'TD 164, jul 61, which ia obsolete. tJ. IF you sow the object at NIGHT, whot did you notice concerning the ~TARS ond MOON? 8.1 STARS ( C irde One): d. C: :.r 't remember 8.2 MOON ( Circle One ): o. Bright moonlight b. Dull moonlight c. No moonlight -pitch dark ? Don 'i"rememb"er,, 9. What were t,! weather conditions at th e time you saw the object? CLOUDS (C,cle One):. WEATHER ( Circ le One): a. Cleor s~, b. Fog, mist, or light rain Scattere: clouds Thic-k -or :..2avy "clouds '-Aq_dera te or heavy rain e. Don t remember C' J 10. The obj~ct Ci)~ared: (Circle One): (_d. t.s a light ' \ e. vOi . ~emem er I 11. If it "~?Y:~cs o _li:ht, was it bdgC" ;h~n the brightest stars? (Circle One): c. About the some d. Don't know 12. The edges cf -.,:= ~bi,ct were: (Circle o-~ : ~. Fuzzy or blurr ed -:. Snorply oJtlir~'!~ -:. Jon ~ re~e;;1Ser Did the object: (C irclc One for e och question) Appear to s~ond still at any time? Don't know Sudd~n !y S?eed up and rush away at any time? Don't know Bre~k up in ro ports or explode? Yes Don't know d. Give off smoke? Yes Don't know Change brightness? f. Change shape? Yes Don't know Flash or flicker? Don't know g. h. Disappear and reappear? Don't know 14. Did the object di soppeor while you were watching it? If so, how? 15. Did the oo;e~t move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud? (Cir c !e One): Yes ( NJ Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what 16. Did the c~i~ct move in front of something at any time, particularly o cloud? (Circle One): Yes No (Don't Kno J IF you answered YES, then tell what 17. Tell in c f~w words the following things about the object: 18 . We wish T': ~ilow the angular size. ~old o match stick at arm's length in line with a known obiect and note how much of t:.,~ ~bject is covered by t~.e head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of the s i gi-1 t i~3, :.: ="" rnwch of the object '"":,"' ld hove been covered by the match head? (l C)\f C\nd c\\Jcc r'r 2 ()-tc\ltc6 c.f-\ -\ hQ f;fCUI'c . 19. Draw :J p i : -!.."e ;=,=~will show t he s~:>pe of the object or objects. Lobe l and include in your sketch any details of the :>oje:~ ":- you sow s uch as win~s, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails. Place a n Ci:w ..)~s:de the draw;ns t:> show the direction the object was moving. "20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? 21. Do you think you eon estimate how far away from you the object was? (Ctrcfe One) (Y~, No IF you or.s""ered YES, then ho; for away would you say it was? ~{'!'< 11}_] )\([\LJ 22. Where wer~ you located when you sow the object? (C ire le Ore): a_. _ lnsid~ c building c-.-OutCfocr s d. In en :: irplane (type) e. At se:s 23. Were you (Circle One) a. In the business section of a city? b. In the residential section of a city? I( c. In open countryside? , d. Necir an airfield?- e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over open country? ~-!. I f )~U we~ ~OVING IN AN AUTON'831LE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions; 24. ~ 'Hh=r -;:-ection were you movin;? (Circle One) ( o. No,.m'', c. Eost e. South 'o:--Kor~h east d. 5-:>utheast f. Southwest 24.2 How f:sr were you moving? .( .; .. -~ ~) miles per hour. 24.3 Did y?v stop at any time wh: 1~ you were looking at the object? h. Northwest 25. Did you obse"".-!' rhe obiect through o~y of the following? Binoculars f. Telescope Yes No Theodolite ( Yes . No Window ; ::~: 26. In order that you con give as clear a 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 same appearance as the object which you saw. 27. In the following sketch, imog ine that you ore at the point shown. Place on "A" on the curved I ine to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you lirst sow it. Place a "B" on the same curved line to show how high the obiect was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it. Place an " A" on the compass when you first saw it. Place a "B" on the compass where you los t sow the object