2 . L OC,1.TlON 10 . C O t-;CLUSlON Insuffici~nt Oat~ I 7 . COuRSE BRieF SUMMARY A ND ~NALYSIS NORTHWEST ERN UNIVERSITY EVANSTON, JWNOIS 60101 DDPARTMI!NT OP ASTRONOMY LIN I) I 1111Mlllt ASTRONOMICAl, llt1SI1AitCtl CIINTnJt FTD (TDETR) Research and Aerial Phenomena Division Wright-Patterson Air Force Base TDPT (UFO) 28 February 1968 Sighting of 17 June 1967, Phoenix, Arizona, enclosed with your letter of 19 February 1968 Major Rector Quintanilla, Jr. 1 . I find that there is not enough informati on t o attempt a firm evaluation. Information on the "light curve" would be specifically needed . This might be obtained through interrogation of the witness, but since the witness ia a 12-year old boy his subjective impressions of the event may color the objective facts to such an extent that we still \1111 not get firm d.e.ta. 2 . I .r you a uthorize .i.t;, I will be happy to make a phone call t o ~:.!'. Perry a:1d a-:tcr:'p t a fJ::-ther evalue.t:!.on c~ the facts. 3-From the limited dnte. at hand, a ~eteor explanation seems to be ~he mo~ t likely even thoug~ five seconds is too long a time to cover the limL~ed arc indicated. His time est1ma~e may be in error as well as the arc covered. P.e s_peaks of "great speed" and this too is in contradiction with the relatively short arc covered in five seconds. 4 . I would recommend that the phone call be made . ALLEN HYNEK, Director Lindheimer Astronomical Research Center Department of Astronomy North,vestern University UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA Flower and Cook Obseruatory Dear Kajor c..luintanilla : I n reply to you~ l e t - ter of Feb.l9 ':'hich concern s an ohc:;ervation b y Stephen ll.Pa~ry of Phoenix ,Ari. , of a body he srt~ on 196~ June 17, Bur :.:'iles hav e been ex- amined end no fireball t'AS reported on that nip,-ht to us. Ho't-Tever, [Is explained t o you before, this means little as undoub tedly l'e receive r :feports of only a small percent o f thos e seen otter U. S . A The r eport h e sent seems th~t o f n bright meteor or -~"ire ball, Pfl th, rturntion and othe r d~ta nll fit in tell. As for the flicker- ing, it iS not too unco:mnon for such bodies to ch "nge b rillii'ncy d.u:--i nr; ::~light. Also v ery thin clouCis b-=hind vhi Gh it mir,ht hr've pc:u:~d could ca u s e it. In nny cn se, it Foul d not t :-".ke the bod y he sa-~ fron the meteor cetegory. As you su ested, h i s report i s being p l nced in fireb~ll file here. Your coopef,tion in ~endinf, u s re- rts i s very much appreciated ond helpful Sincer'?.ly yours , TDPr/UFO Maj R Quintanilla,._ Jr/7\$16/lsb/11 Jan 68 UFO Observation obscY."vatioo 2 .. , Wh1 J e reviewing 'our eorrespondence :f'il.es we fouud your l.e t ter .. , ... , which you,: reported seeing an unidentif'ied ooject on 1 Jur.e 1967. ' cause:ot" axr error, your sightillg was not jnvestigaten. at that t:h~e~ 'W'e handle over 10,000 letters and 1nveat1~te approxioDtely 1 000 U~O sight~ inga a year; once in a vb11~it an error is mBde. We regret that this has kep~ ua frOCl 1nve5tigating your observation. llo"~orevel .. if you vou.ld can- plete tbe inclosed AF J'ozm ll7 we will investigate your sighting in an attempt"-to determine the stimulus tar your observation . 3 'l'bank you for reporting your observution to the Air Force> please excuse u.s. tor not. res;pood1ng to your CCil'l't:spondence: once again, Miss Turnure/SAF-OIC/76526/1 Sep 67 Dtia replies to yaur recent ~etter concerning your . vatiolt ~ an w1deDt11'1ed 't'lying obJeet. (oro)... ~ ' "' lfitbouff easeJitial: int'ar:raatioa, sueh as detailed tl.ight cberacteristiea, angular ve.loc1t1es, o:r weather intornation, we are 1mabl. to nnctert.a'ke a aeierrt.1.f1,e iDTeatigation.-Had you contaeted the UPO iDYe.tigatar at your De8res"t ~Force belle illmediat.ely, au on-tbe-epot im'estigat.ian would ba.ve been lfe hope t~ 1ncloaed Project.-Bl.ue Book report "tl6q be or help to ,.ao 1D identir,yi.ng yaur obkl"tation. .. - _ 'J'bnlr )'OCZ to the Air }Paree. Stucrely, BMIJCUH B~ lOUMJ Lt Coloael~ USU' 01ef', CiTi.I Brneh .. Relations DiT.laion nretce r4 Int'arwtiou -SAF-OIC . Cmbk Cy -SAF-CC . Activity Cy. -SAF-OIC Reader Cy -SAF-OIC ~ Dear Gentlemen: Phoenix, Arizona On the 17th day of June, 1967, at around 10:00 P .l\I., I had seen what appeared to be a meteor re-entering into the atmosphere. I have seen many meteors before, but never like this thing. I saw it enter from the sky, and come dO\m at a g reat s peed for five seconds before it disapp~ared. The strange thing a bout it was that it' s vrhi te light blinked on and off three times before it disappeared. There \Tas no sig n of it after i t was gone. Yours truly, P . S . Pl~ase look into this throughly. BOB Nr 21-R258 SIGHTING Of UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHE~O~E:-JON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO I ANSWER ALL OF TiiE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL B E USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAM WILL NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION wtTH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PER~SSION. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDL'fC TO FTD (TDEIR), WRlGHT- PATTER:,ON AFS, OHIO 45433, lAW 80-17. (IF ADDITlONAL SHEETS ARE NEED E D FOR NARRA TlVE OR S."CETCHF.S ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE ',1-1TH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.) 1. WHE N DID YOU SEE THI!: PHENOMENON? 2. WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 3. WHAT T l !oiE DID YOU L.AST SIGH T THE PHEHOMEHOH7 4. TIME/ZONE 0 EASTEi'!N 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 CENTRAL. 0 MOUNTAI N M ONTH J Lf;tle 0 STANDARD 0 P A CIFIC OoTHER S. WHC:R E WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF ! N CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE O N A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH i'!EFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. I F IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE <:IGHttj5 v;~u;;;E oC "'JA~J6/it-Jo r-1x "DISTANCE ANo DIRECTION FROM soME [;co;N;;,~BLE L.AH~MA MY P~77 t.iiO)/ ('itrlfJ I \ vliN ~/? n L _ IJL{ "ti0JtY6 7 IM.\01'!2: yc:; >RE 4 r T~E POIMT SHOWN IN T H E SKETC i r_A;::E AN ,. ON THE CURVED L.INE T O $HO#t HO"' HIGH THE ?HENC"'~NC'! WAS ABOVF.: TH~ ~ORI!ON, O l't SK"'LI:ojF.:, W'iEN FIRST SEEI'4. P1..ACE A a ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW .._CW '"''G~-' "90'11! T~E H ORIZON l"HE PHEtlO~ENON WAS WHEN L.AST SEEN . Ol3SCRVER ~ 6A. HOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CC:HTER OF THE C OioiPASS ROSE. PLACE AN A ON THC: COMPASS TO IHOICATE THl!: DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A a ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THI! DIR~CTIOH TO THE PHE"IOM e'NON WH'!N LAST SEEN. 7 . IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN p., AT THE POSITION OF THE: PHENOMENON WHI!:N FIRST SEEN, ANO A a AT THE POSITIO~ OF THE PHENOMENON WHE N LI\ST SEEN . CONN!':CT THE A AND a WITH A LINE TO A PPROXIMATE THE MOVEME~T OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A AND a. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WH!!:THEA THE MOVEMENT APPEA~IrO 10 BE STRAIGHT, CURVE D O R ZIC-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLET!: THE LARGER SK~TCH. PAGE :i: o,: 3 PAGi!S WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Checlc opproprlcle bloch.) IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSI!NGI!A IN OPI!H COUNTRYSIDE: NEAR AIRFIELD IN 1\IRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSE:NOI!I't Fl. YING OVER CITY OTHER FLYING OV!:R OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST W!:RE YOU MOVING? SOUTH W~ST OlD YOU STOll' ANYTIMI! WHILE OBSI!RVINO THE PHENO!Jti!NONf EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT EFFI!CTS YOUR SK!:TCHES lit ITEMS 5 AND e. DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERI!? 010 YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? ~YES qq. NO. IF ye:s, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERI!!: IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIM!: OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON ANO HEAl!: EY WERE: IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PH!:NOMI!HON 9. H O W LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN 01' TIME HOT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW 'tWAS TIME OETERMINI!D? Atvo rile- tf/liM fJ WAS THE PHENOM!:HON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? ~YES 9 NO. I F No. I"'OICATE WHETHER THI S IS DUI! TO YOUR MOV~M:HT OR THE SEHAVIOI' O F THE PHENO .. EHO , ANO 0 CRI!tE: SUC~ MOVI!MENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE OISAP- PEARANCES ON PR~VIOUS SI(I!TCHI!S. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 10. IF TH~RE W~R~ MOR~ THAN ONE PHENOM~NON, HOW MANY W~A!: TH~A~f DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THf.Y WII!:Rt: ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING! PARTLY CLOUDY COMPLETELY OVERCAST CONDITIONS (Ciaeclc appropriate bloclc. ) B . WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS CIRRUS CLOUDS (Hi611 {luc y or H.nVa,. NIMBUS CLOUDS (RaM) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (TiuuwkrklriN) HAZE O R SMOG FOG OR MIST HI!:AVY RAIN LIGHT RAI N OR DRIZZLE SHOW OR SLEET NOHE 01" THE ABOVE C . I F THE S I GHT NG WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON ? (I) STARS (2) MOON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS PARTIAL (Ntn or q11411er) NO MOONLIGHT 0. I F SICiHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THe: SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. I F yEs, WHI!:RI!: WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED THE PHENOIU!HONf IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHI!AD (Nnr nooll) I N B A C K OF Y O U T O YOUR LEFT E.W.,.Gt!i liot~AJOR SOURCE O F ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THI!: SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR ~TREET LAMPETC. F O R TERRESTRIAL ILLUWINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. so r ftP~ 77ife~r LA 111 12. GIVE A 9RII!F OESCRIP710 N 01" THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WH.!"!"HER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REi"LE:CTEO LIGHT OR WAS SELFLUWINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICI!:D. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT "'"5 SOLIO O R TRANSPARENT, WHII!:THE R EDGI!:S WEAl!: SHARP OR F UZZY. DESCRI !!tE THI!: SHAPII!: O R INDICATE., I T PPEARED A S A POINT Of' !..IGHT. INDICATE C OMPARISONS WITH 0Tl1ER OBSERVED OSJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR 07HER OBJECT I N YOUR F I E L D O F V IEW. /vlffJ-<2- P AGE 4 O F 9 ?AGES 010 THE PHENOMENON YES HO UNKNOWN MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LIN!:? STANO STILL AT ANYTIME? SUDDENLY SPEED U P AND RUN A.WAY7 BREAK UP IN PARTS AHO EXPLODE?