PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DA 1E :TIME vfCOUP 2. LOCATION 3l JUl 67 Ol/Ol30Z 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS .s. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual 8. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Indianapolis, Indiana 10. CONCLUSION (CONFLICTING DATA) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANAL Y$15 ' The observer sighted an object that he said looked entire obJect looked also stated that he bowls connected togeth~r, or two circles with each circle cut away and connected. something like binoculars. The observer saw the object for 50 seconds. Comments: One observer stated 10 seconds and looked like a the object was in view for only meteor. Although one witness says it looked like a meteor and there were 3 satellite de- cays that might have 1>een responsible being carried as conflicting data. tor the case. FTO SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Preloua edlUon of thla fora J M u .. d Ill I .r'- WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? ( Ciaeelc opproprfot toee.) IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY IN 8UILDINO IN fltESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY D AS DfltiVIflt 0 AI ftAIIINGiflt IN OPIN COUNTfltYSIDE ME Aft AlflttriELD t, ~ f'\ 0 AS PILOT C AS PASSINOiflt IN AIRPLANE FLYING OVER CITY OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICL.E. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WE .. E YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WIRE YOU MOVING? SOUTH WI!ST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBIIfltVIMO THE ftHENOMINON? NOfltTHWEST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT EFFECTS YOUflt SKETCHES IN ITEMS I AND 1 . 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. MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? ~YES ~NO. IF YES, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND HERE EY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT'? LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS WAS TIME DETERMINED? l. ~ n WAS THE ,PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES J;! NO. IF No, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENO , AND D RIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP- PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 11. D"AW A PICTU"E THAT WILL IHOW THE SHAPt 0, THI PHENOMENON. INCLUDI AND LA.IL ANY DtTAILS THAT MIGHT HAYt APPtA .. tD AS WINGI 0" P"OT .. UIIONI, AND INOICATt EXHAUST 0 .. YAPO" T,_AILI. INDICATE .y AN A""OW THI DI .. ICTION THI PHENOMENON WAI MOVING. 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTtON OF THE PHEt-'OMENON WOULD HAVE BElEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD PAGE 6 OF I PAGES DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? STAND STILL AT ANYTIME? SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? CHANG COLOR? GIVE OFF SMOKE? CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPE? FLASH OR fi'LICKER' DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? SPIN LIKE A TOP? MAKE A NOISE? FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? t. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON? A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? rr~T SJt)be.nL'I t::NOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING. LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME? IF yEs, DESCRIBE. PAGE 5 OF g PAGES U. HAVE YOU EVE" SI!I!N THIS 0" A SIMI LA" ~HF.NOMI!NOM 81!~0"1!' 0 Yl!l NO. I~ YES, GIVE DATI! AND U. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THI! TIME YOU SAW THI! PHENOMENONf YES 0 NO. IF yEs, DID THEY SEI! IT TOO' A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF MALE FEMALE ION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. YEAR ~G"AuK,_ PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES 17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGf4 ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL, TYPE, ,.L TER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICA8LE DATA. EYEGLASSES SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WIND'lWPANE OTHER B . DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? A. DO YOU ORCIN ARIL Y WEAR GLASSES? 11. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED . tt. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE---- 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. DID Y O U NOTIC E ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANA ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? 0 YES FROM THE PHENOMENON Ort ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES Iii! NO. IF vEs, DESCRIBE . PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES I?. IN~O .. MATION WHICH YOU ~Et\. II ft"& .. TINtNT aUT WHICH II NOT ADEQUATELY COVI .. IO IN TMII QUIITIOIIM~'-t. ALTI .. NATIVILV ~"OYIDI A NA""ATIVIIJC~LANATION 0~ THIIIOHTINO PAGE, OF. PAGES PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. 0~ TE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION Indianapolis, 3. sour:r.e CONCLUSION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ~. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION BRIEF SUMMARY ~No AN~I,' SIS 50 seconds t-.. lYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual 7, COURSE a. Pt-fOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE r-TO SfP63 0329 (TOE) l'rlou edlUone of tnae t ... ""' .... ., '- ued MaJ Quintanilla/70916/mhs/21 Dec 67 See Attached List for Addressees 3 We also rece1 a report tba .,mlns ot 6 Soptember 1967 1n vhicb nnother obaerver a1ghte4 a ~bite aaucer abapecS craft that flat on the top an4 bottom. 14. It you 1n the area on or abotlt these deye knov vbat may bava bam the cauM tor tb8 ai&htia&a appreciate ~ _letUDa ua , ... !bank ~ tor 8117 aeelatance tJiat 1QU ua 1io aolve these tliO caM roR Wllfl'ANIIJ.A, Jr, ~or, USAF ,.....ef, Aerial Ottice Aerospace ~ecbnoiosioa Div1a1oo ~ Plo4uct1on ctorate .. . : 'l'DPl' ( UJO) Maj ~1ntani11a/70916/mha/16 Mar 68 UPO Observation, Ind1anapolla J . Allen Hynek. 1. Reference the 'attached un1dent1t1ed tlyins obJect report ot 31 July 1967, 1nfomation has 2. 'l'he sighting had been carried copies of the report. as un1dent1t1ed and you were given been re-evaluated as conflicting data despite the fact that this obs and that three satellite plus or minus twelve said it looked like a meteor,