Shively Kentucky — April 1967

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Keywords: circle, object, irclc, coservaiion, yslcal, vlnua, chrtona, nembc, cxperim, estimol, inoculcrs, pectftc, iptnnillc, lught, anytping, gnificnnt, cpate, lunli, rcactecl, invdsti, parlr, percectly, ipltling, famll, npprais
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llc. CONC ... u5:C.: l c. C'iri OF 03SERVATION , '/'?c Oi= CoSERVAiiON ?. r,YSlCAL EVIDE~>:C:= DE) Prfl!vlnua Chrtona ot 'h l~rm c~J 8. IF yo..1 sow the obr.ect at NIGHT, wha t did you notice concerning the STARS ond MOON? 8. 1 STARS (Circle One): on't remember 8 .2 MOON (Circle One): o . Bright moon I ight b. Dull moonlight c. No moonlight -pi tch dark d. Don't reme mbttr 9. 'Vthot were the weather conditions at the t ime y ou sew the object ? CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (C irclc One): a . C lear sky !.?") Dry b. Hazy b . Fog, mist, o r light rain Scattere d c louds c . Moderate or heav y rain d. Thick or heavy c louds d . Snow i 10. Tne object appeared: (Circle One): Ia~ Sol id d . As a light b. T ron sparent Don't remember 11. If i t appeared o s a light , was it brightl!r than the brightest stars? ( Circle One): o. Brighte r c . About the same d . Don' t know 11. 1 Compare brightnes s t o some common object: 12. The edg~s of the object were: (Circle One}: a . Funy or blurred b. Like o brigh t sta r (c,"l Sharply out I ined d . Don't re:nembc:r Did tn~ object: o. Appear to s tand still ot any time? b. Suddenly sp.,ed up and rush away at any time? Break up into ports ~,.,, cxp 10<1e? d . Give off smob? e. Cha ng'! brigh tnes>-? Change shop.:? Flas h or flicker? h. Disappear and reappear? (Circle One for ..:cx:h que~tion) Dcn'r know Don't know Don't know D~Jn't kno w Don' t kn<Jw Don ' t know Don' r know Dcr't know 1 L Di-l the ob1e c t di;a p;>eor whi 1-, y ou wcr:! watching it? If so, how? 1 15. Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly o c loud? (Circle One): (Y_:.s._ No Don't Know. IF you onswer'!d YES, then tell wha t i6. Did th e object r;,ov.a in fr ont of something at any t ime, particularl y a cloud? (Circle One): in front of: --------- Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then t'lll wha t 17. T :JII in a f:!w words the following things about the object: l S . Y.~ wish t o know the angular size . Hold a match stick at a rm' s length :n line wit'-! a known object and no~o ho-H much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you hod performed this cxperim~nt at the t i me o' tf-,~ sighting, how much of the object would hove bee::n covd red by the match hood? 19. Draw o pict ure thot will show tho shape of the object or objects . Lobel a nd include tn your sketch any detai l:. i of tho object that you s:~w such os wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails. Place on crro~ beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving. J'rii:)J'f :'0. f), y-1u think you c o n estimate the speer:! o f the obj~ct? ( C i rc lc One} IF you onr,wercd YES, rhc n what speed would you estimoL? . 2l. Do you t!,in~ you con estimate how for CJwoy frorn you the object was? (Circle One) IF you cnswered Y ES, then how for owoy would you soy it was? _ _::-r ">.!..i. -tG C ; 22. Where '"'ere you located when you sow the object? (C irclc One): a . Inside a building b. In o cor d. In .1n airplane (type) e . At seo Were yo u (Circle One) o . In the business section of o city? ~ In the residential sect ion of o city? c . In o pen countryside? d . Near on oi rfie ld? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over open country? g. Oth~r 2J . IF you w ore MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at th e t ime, then complete the following questions: 2 L 1 Whor d~rection were you moving? (Circle One) c . East e . South g. Wes t b. Northeast d. Sout heas t f. Southwest h . Northwest 24.~ How fast were you moving? .miles per hour. 24.3 o .d you s top at ony time while you were fool< ing at the o bject? (C ire le One) 25. Di::l you obs~rve the object through any of the following? o . Eyeglasses e. B inoculcrs Yes No b. Sun glosses f. Telescope c. Wind ield g. Theodolite d. Wi 1dow gloss In orde t:.ot you con give oc; clear o picture as poss ible of whot you sow, describe in your own words a coMmon objcc t o r obj~c Is which, when p ieced up in the sky, would g iv~ th e some opp.,arance as the object v.h ich }'Ou :oow. 27. In thJ followtng sketch, imagine that you ore a t t h potnt ... hown. P loc" on "A" on the r.urvc:d lin! to ... how f o" hig;, th" ob1cc t was above the hortzon (skyline) when you ftrst sow tt. Pl,,c:~ o " 13" on he some curved lt'l~ t.:> show how high the obj.!ct was obov~ th~ horizon (skyline} when you last :;ow ir. P locc o n "A" on the com;>a.:. .. when you ftrsl sow i t. Place o "13" on the compo!;S where you last sow the object. 28. o~\JW 0 pictur~ th-::t w: II show the rr.ot io n thor the object or obJects mode. place on II A" at th e beginning of the p'ltn, a "B" at the end of th p orh, and show any charges in dircctton durt ng the course. ?.?. IF there was MORE T HAN ONE obje ct, then how many were there? Draw o picture o f how they were arranged, and put an a rr ow t o show the dire c t io n that they were tr:::veling. "'~0. Hew, > ,..J ,.,..er seen this, or a simi lor obj.,ct before. If so give date or dotes and location. 31. 'W,,:; on,~;,,,e else with you at the time you sow the object? (Circle One) 31.1 IF you answered YES, did they see th e object too? (Circle One) 32. Pieu,e JIVe t h e following information about yourself: l : LE PI lONE NUMBE lndicot~ any additional information about yourself, including any special experience, whic-h might be pertin e n t . 33. \thm tl,d to whom did you rcpcrt that you h !d :.een the o!>jP.ct? I 34. Dot you complete d this questionnaire: ! 35. Information which y ou feel pertinent and which is not a d equately covered in the ~pectftc points of the quo:.tionnaire o r o norrolive explanation of your sighting. H~ctor 0u iPtnnillc. The puzzling thing about the entire case is h c. into possession of t h e r ather remarkable color pol."lro o to~;.r<'pid:. \.rnat were the circumstances under t.hich the photographs were takl:!ll. :mc.l hotv were they contrived? Somebody '"ent t o a [air amount of ' ''lltl..lie, but why? I questioned both the sheriff a nd asked the teport s to find out also, whether \Uts ever knot<~n to have l)(lught photo- graphic supplies in the local stores, and whether he kneH anytPing about photography himself. The reply to this as (ar as could be determined, tvas negative. If one had the time, this ~.,ou t d 1n11!'e :t very interesting, but not terribly s i gnificnnt detective : t fiL y . 1 would suggest it a s a psychology master ' s d~gr~e th~si~ It should be pointed out that the siehting , .......... 110 means the only case reported in that a rea. There follr cpate of reports, apparently all through the year, and "~late as November 3, 1967, t1hen a mnde a typic l ~ ~n- lunli body s ightint; . "It tms big enough l" ,, i ., a c a r aid, "it uas sh~ped like a c igar -I'll i to~as I believe there is a mora l to be dn:n.m from the h'el i: ngton case. Ha d the Altus Air Force Base rcactecl promptly and done~ ~0ol invdsti- gation o n this case, very e arly in the game, and i n parlr ., t, had found out hotv Nr . had come into possess ion o [ said ,. " ' es, :t lot of l ater lc.l have been saved. We still don' t kttow how the p ictures c ame into being. 21. 2 April 1967, Shively, K~ntuck~ . The evaluation " possible air craft" seems okay. The si1: rting [its a pattern of the unusual, b u t He do not knot<~ how much thn young boys "read into' ' what might have been a perCectly ordinary ":ipltLing. They a r e famll iar with UFO 1 i t e rature and could have giv<:>1 I i-1 i .. h ly preferential interpretation to their sighting. The sightin6 ;.::;::. of short duration and the telescopic sight i n g \J3S 20 secon,Js or l~ss, hardly eno ugh time to m!lke a cold npprais'll at a time of high c:<cite- ment. Proper investigation at the local level could have easily determined ho-.... nuch of this \Jas interpr e tation and ho .... mt.ch v:ts fact. 22. 3 April 1 967, Pittsbur~l1, PcnnGylvania. The evaluati.o:l "air craft" on this i s ludicrous, if c1t~y ctedcnce uhatever i s given to the sanity .:md relinbil ity of the obeerver. If it was nn aircraft, then it created in the mlnd of the oi"servcr au entire fantasy, because as the ob-;erver stated, "there is no object I 've ever seen simila r to this object I oaw. Or could even compare TDI:.'T/UFO H EAOOUA ~TE,. 5 FO"!:IGN TCCI"iNOl.PC Y OIVI"l ON I \'JC l WRIGHT.PATT=.~:sON Alft F O ili:IE JAS:!. OH!O <1~<1.1'! UFO Observation, 2 Reference Y~'ur unidentified observation. 'The i:1forrr.atioa vhi~h we ha'le received is not Gufficient fo~ a scientific evaluat i on . Request you complete the attached FTD Form 164 e.nd return it in the envelope pr oviJ.;:d. 'Ih:>.nk you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. J~I.ESC. N.~:JATr, Colonel, USAF Director of Technol06Y anc Subsystems F?D Form 164 w/envelope caa as 'S&&!l U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL IN FORMATION This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give tht: U.S. Air Force as much information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you hav:!! observed. Please t ry to answt:r as many questions os you possibly con. The information that you give will be used for re:>earch purposes. Your nome will not be used in connection with any stohmen~s, conclusions, or puolicotions without your permission. We request this personal informat ion so that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you fo r further details. 1. When did you see the object?