Civili:....n 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ~. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15 minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual ( TX) 8. Pt10TOS PHYSICAL EVLD!:NCE o. a.rawlng x y., object. 10. CONCLUSION Possible ( liC1l' AIR B.u.LOO!i ) BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS object. The ticcs the speed Obaerver noticai a bright s'br like light moved vas a.pprox1r:n tely 3 travels acrose a TX. l!ultipla or the ::leon lichts \tcrc imately 5 minutes ~tc ~ obccrvcd. Appro"A 'cared to f~ ll from the object c.:1d thc!l a c . \.A to tumble out like spa.rks from a ligbt being visible for only 3-4 Ro~n Candle 'l'Dm'/UFO DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FO"CE HKADQUAftTEftS FOftEION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION f A'SC:) WftiOHT.ptATTEftSON Alit FOftC:E .ASK. OHIO s33 IIIIJ.li.C' T UFO Observation Toledo, Obi~ Reference y~ .. ur unidentified observation. '!be inforJMtion vhich ve have received is not sufficient for a scientific evaluation. Request you complete the ettachecl F'l'D Form 164 and return it in the envelope proviJed. Thank you tor reporting your observBtion t o the Air Force. S C. MANA'rr, Colonel, USAF ,..ctor of Technology and ~bayateu ~D Form 164 w/envelope Toledo, Ohio 43623 Dear Sirs, The evening of July 31, 1967, at approx. 9:55 P.M. was a very exciting evening for my wife, neighbor and myself. I had just finished setting my small 234 power refractor telescope when my wife, noticed a bright star-like object in the western s She had first thought it Venus but then we realized that Venus had already set. I continued setting up my scope using my low power Hl2.5 mm. eyepiece. At first it was hard to focus as the object began to slowly move in a South Westerly direction. The object was approx. 40 degrees from the horizon and approx. 45 degrees from the point where the sun sets. The speed the light move d was approx. 3 times the speed the moon travels across the eyepiece. After about three minuets time I was in focus. At first I thought I wasn't in focus because in the scope I saw multiple lights. I had to move my scope ahead of the lights & let them pass the eyepiece. I did this several times, each time trying to look for some small detail I hadn't previously At this instant approx. 10:00 P.M. (to the unaided eye), a spark like light appeared to fall from the ofject and then a second light seemed to tumble out like sparks from a candle flare. Each light being visible for Qnly three or four seconds. I saw these happenings both by my telescope and by my unaided eyes. My wife saw these lights times with her eyes. She is not familiar with the telescope enough to keep an object in view of the eyepiec e . I didn't want to chance missing some important feature in the time it would have probably taken her to sight.the lights in the scope. This was not selfishness I felt, strickly vital so I could remember any and every detail that could be seen. What I saw in the scope can be clearly seen in my enclosed color illustration. This is painted as close to actual size (as seen in my eyepiece) and with all the detail which I was able to see. The most unusual thing occured each time the spark-like lights exited from the lighted areas. Every light except the one falling out would flutter or dim. As the orange lights left they tumbled as a football would bouncing on the ground, appearing only for a few seconds then they appeared to fade away or to burn out. This left only the white light and one big orange one. The other two lights had left. I talked out loud telling my wife what I was seeing through my scope while she watched with unaided eyes. She then ran to get a neighbor for a witness. At this time the object seemed to fade out & disappeared. We explained to our neighbor what we saw. She didn't seem to believe us. Then the light reappeared in the position we had last viewed it and the same occurance again happened. This time I already had my scope set up in the general position and Judy and I had a witness. We then saw with unaided eyes a bright star-like object with sparks leaving it. Our neighbor also described it as lookinq similiar to a roman candle. Time, approx. 10:10 P.M. This time I again saw what is in my illustration, but this time I was sure the lights were back up under the white light. Through my scope I could again see these other orange lights tumble out at different angels to each other then fade away. I then saw only a whitish light for a few seconds then it too disappeared as to just get smaller or to fade away. After waiting for approx. five more minutes to see if it re- appeared, I left my wife outside to watch the sky. I then called the control tower of The Toledo Express Airport, who then advised me to write to your base. At approx. 10:20 P.M. I made written notes of what we had seen & drew a rough pencil sketch. I tried to get a barring on the objects by telephoning my boss who lives in that general direction, Maumee, Ohio. I was unable to get him until approx. 10:45 P.M. He saw nothing. Tuesday morning I then painted this sketch from memory and from my previous rough sketch. The following Friday I started to mention the incident to another neighbor (who stopped me in the middle of my explanition of what I saw) and in his words he observed what Judy and I saw. He said he observed the object circle a wide area and seeing the spark-like lights leave the main light overhead, not the same angle that I saw it. At all times the sky was clear, in the air. I had no way of judging the lights were. No sound was heard no clouds or mist was how large, fast or close at any t1me I am a twenty-six year old commercia l artist~ fathe r of twin daughters and a member of Grace Lut h eran Church. I described and illustrated as close as possible what we saw. I waited until now, my vacation, to write this letter as I have been working longer hours than usual