Thousandhillsstatepark Mo — August 1967

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O~her ( C~'m.ICT!m D.\TA) ~col...,e ... u1.u .oightc~ 3 object. Dll \1Cl .. O ollZ.1i :lu::l colo~.)d ~::.cl appo~ci solid. Tho ti:r. ... ,:,~ obja~t ll~o cval ~:ul d. The oc~or..(l \ lc.s a t vo-pioco objoct.vith c.n l::.lh iliccl cord The seco~d p~t voe t in~ as if tryinG to got ~h d or ~he ------4 p~t. The .)rd ono wQ~ round nnd c.ll o~jo~ts W.)ro .3oiu::: -.:c.:;~. oa .. ; no o.i:planoo llr,d tbat t:;..) objoc~o t:.:.d o ~o noiGc. S~o .:::::. ~o c~vo toe duration cs 2-3 ~oco~dJ. . ~ ~:.:. I~ alco ote.tod tha t o~::Jervors c~utcd th~; t !loy co~.:-. c:. ::.:. ... : no no:.:~ f'ro:n UFO s bacausa or tho noi:Jo -lrc";;l a c.~all ~i c::c.i\~ l1 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUART!:RS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AF9C) W~IGHT.PAn'EASON AIR FORCE .1ASE. OHIO 45433 UFO O~serV3tion, 20 AU8U&t 1967 Vt.n~ouver Washingtcn 9866o Yo,.:.r name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project s:~e Book) as being a witnes s to a n unidentified flying object. !~ :;ou \o:ere a ~-:itnes s tc> en UFO sighting on 20 Au&uat 1967 .,c,_ld you please comiJlete the attached AF Form 11"( and r eturn it i~ t.he envelope providecl . If you "were not a \li tnes s t c thi:; sighting , v.c '.:.ld you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form. Tn~ infonnation \ihic h yc.u provide -will be uoed in evaluating this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. ~S C. MANATT Colonel, USAF ... ,,.. rector of Productio:1 AF Form 117 BOB Nr 21-R258 SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMEi'JA QUESTIONNAIRE TiltS QUES'I'tO~AIRE HAS DEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CO~CERSlNG THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL j p THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR N.'..\IE \\fiT_;.. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PER.'rtlS510 N. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR ~ooR FORWARDING '1'0 FTD (TDETR), WRICHT- PATTE~SV~ .~.:=-3, OH!O 45433, lAW 80-17. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCIIE S ATTACH .:E~::-::~Lr' TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITil YOURl'IAlriE FO.~ IDENTIFICATION.) 1. Wr1E"' :::r- -!..SEE THE PHENOMENON? 2. WHAT - :E..:':) YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 3 . WHA1 Tl~;. ~10 YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 4 . TIME/ ZO~!:: 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 STANDARD 0 EAST::~'c f6cENTRAL 0MOUNTAIN 0PACIFIC QOTHER S. WHERZ .,~ ! l"OU WHEN YOU SAW THE PI,EN~MENON? IF IN CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICAT E O N A HAND o::-,,.,.,..MAP WHERE YOU WERE Si',I.'IDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IOE'I"riF Y THE HIGH.VA Y y~.,~ WERE ON OR NEAR A"':l T~Y TO FIX A OICiTANCE ANO DIRECTION FROM SOM~ RECOGNIZABLE LAHOMARK. J ,6~rJ h<-v.:-tL n.t"GJLio:. y-:;:.J ~nEAT THE POI,.4T SH::HHi l'i THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A ON THE CURVED LIN E TO SHOW H OW HIG H TriF- P nE-,0-4::."':"' NAS ABOVE THE HO~IZv"', 0~ SKYLINE, WHEN FI~ST SEEN. PLACE A a ON THE SA"-'E CURVF.O L I ,..E TO S!-IO;oi ~OW 1-1(;~ ABOVE THE HORIZO"' 'ihl! PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEE::N OBSERVE H ~ &A. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THI! C~NTI!R 0~ THE COMPASS ROSI!. PLACE AN A ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE TH~ OIAECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A a ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEI!N. 7 . '""' -y~; TCH BELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOM~NON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A a AT THE oc;)'-IC.., O F THE PHENOMENON WHE.-. LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A AND a WITH A LINF-TO APPROXIMA rE THE MOVMi:NT OF THE PHENOMENON SETWEEN "A AND a. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE t~OVE~ENT AF'~EAP:::.O TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETe j ~R SK E-TCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES WHERI! WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Checlc opproprloee blocla.) IN BUSINESS SECTION 0~ CITY IN BUti..CIHG IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION 0~ CITY 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSI!NGI!R IN OPEN COUNTRY$10~ NEAR AIRFIELD IN A!f,DLA.~E 0 AS PILOT r-AS PASS!:NOI!R FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU W!:RI! IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: :,1qECTION W~RE YOU MOVINOf HOW FAST WEAl! YOU MOVING? DID YOU STO,. ANYTIME WHILE OltSI!RVINO THI! PHI!NOaii!NONT NO--!:: AST SOUTHEAST EXPLAI N W"'~THER SUCH MOVEMENT I!FF~CTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS SAND 6 . OESCRte:: i -( E OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I N AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERS0 DURING THE SIGn7:1'tC. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCri OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? 1 D D v o u NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? 0 YEs 0 NO. IF yEs, DEscnt3E WHEN THEY wERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE To THE TIME OF SIGHT INC THE PHENOMENON AND WHE~ THEY WEM IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION 0~ THE PHENOMENON. t-10'-t LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? LENCT~ OF T 1"4E CERTAIN OF TIMI! NOT VERY ~U:;tl! FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WA S T IWE C~TERMINED? W~3 '7'n~ ~HE"'CI!IIE"'ON IN SIGHT CO"~TINJOUSLY? ~YES ~NO. IF No, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MO V\otE-...T oo -~E 9EHAVIOR OF THE P HENOMENO , AND 0 CRill!: SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIO,.. INDICATE OISAP- PEARA,..C:!S c-.. P,_!VIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAG!:S 10. IF THI!R~ WERI! MORI! THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THf!AI!f DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THI!Y WER!! ARRANGI!D. DID THIS AR .. ANGEMI!NT CHANGI! DURING THI! SIGHTING? CONDITIONS (CAeclc approprloCf! block.) CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOG OR MIST TWI~l ~H T CIRRUS CLOUDS (HitA fleecy or Herrlt~r HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rabt) HAIL CUMULONIMBUS SNOW OR SLEE T CCM~L::7::LY OVERCAST ( T luu.df!r#JonM) HAZE OR SMOG c . I F THE ::;,:;-tTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OP. NI<;HT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON? BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT A FEW MOON WITH HALO UHKNO' .. M MOON HIDDEtoi BY CLOUDS PAATIAL ( New or q!IDI1er} U N l<NC w-. "":; WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUH VISIBLE? IF yEs, WHR~ WAS TH~ SU N THE P lo.4,:)\4NOM? IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR niGHT OVEnHEAO(Ne o~ OF YOU TO YOUR LfZFT E . ~PECI FY 7~E MAJOR SOURCE OF IL.L ~MINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, HEADLIGH T S OR STR~ET ~AMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTR!AL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. D ESCRIP?10H OF T i-4! ?H ::NOMENON, INDICATING WHETHE R IT APPEARED DARK O R LIGHT, WHETHE~ IT ' L I GHT OR WAS SELF-LU'IIl' .. OUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIB YOUA IMPRESSION O F WH!:THZR $"-':>O R TRANSPARENT, ~i-t!TriER EDGE S WERf! SHARP OA FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT A?~Et.P~':I POINT OF LIGHT. 11'401CATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHE R OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS. A LIGHT OA FIELD O F VI!W. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES DID THE PHENOMENON Yf::~ NO UNI<HOW" MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LIN~? ST ANO STILL AT ANYTIME ? SUDD ENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? BREAt< U P I H I'AttTS AND E XPLODE? CHANG E COL O R? G IVE O F " S)wtOKE' CHANGE e~I':;~"~"~ESST CHAN\i SioJA,:.!:" FLAS~ Opt ::_:::<-.rU OISA?PEA'# ., .:; A PPEAR? SPIN LIK ! A -:>o? FLUTTE~ o;, 088LE? 14. WHAT O";-.. YOUR ATTENTION TO T H E PHENOMENON? 47JN O !:l 1-="lNALLY DISAPPEAR? B. 010 THE: P~:;~c-..!-..:>"" NOVE BEHIN!:> 0~ I N FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TlfA~1 PAGE 5 OF 9 P AGES 15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL. SHOW THE SHAPE OF THIE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AHD LAB!L ANY DETAILS THAT NIGH r HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THI! DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING 16. WHA-As TM! ANGULAR SIZIET HOLO A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET L.~'-4o O R i;..S: WOON. NOTE HOW WuCH OF THa OBJECT IS COVERI!D BY THE HEAD OF THI! Mr~ ... NO' IF YOU HAD BE~ ... A9~C TO '='ERFORN THIS !:X~!RI~INT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTtt"'l'f OF THE p,., :::~0\,1\ofC-w~u LD HAV!: B!!EN COV!R!!O BY THE MATCH HEAD. PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES 17. 010 YOU OBSE::RVE THE PHENOMC:NON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLL0\1NG ? I NCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL, TYPE , FIL TE~, LENS PRESC RIPTION OR OTHE R APPLICABL E DATA. EYf::GL AS~SS ~ CAMERA VIE WER X SUNGLASS~S BINOCULAHS WIN DS.,.IE!..C TELESCOPE 0E WJ~:;):i tt I)~ VEHICLE THEODOLITE i'IINO')'M~:. "E OTHER t-A_._o o_Y_o u_::.> :>_, :_:_.,L Y If ::AA GLASSES? DYES ~NO B . DO YOU usE READING. ~LASSEs! t?;1 YES [J NO 18. Wr-1-\T w~-; ~ :' ~ I~?RESSION OF THE S?EED OF')!HE.J ~ 1t. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRE SSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE P "!E.-l.":l..,.!:. ... :; .. GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED -2,4~.,.... ~ HENOMENONT OIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE 20. I N 0 ~:;)Eo;:) ~-'I WE MAY 09T AIN AS C LEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORD3 A Cv C.., :: ;.;e:cT OR OBJECTS WHIC H , WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHEHOMt::NON, WOUL.:. : ,:.,..:.. 30ME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIB~ SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COM!o401-1 )~-ZCT AND WHAT YOU SAW. :,o " )J N:.-.:..E A~Y O DOR, NOIS=., 0 " HEAT :..MAN A T I N G FROM THE PHENOME N ON OR ANY E:FFECT ON Y O URSELF, A~I:.OA-3 ~;; v,.::UNEAY IN THE VICI ~ TY7 0 Y E S ~'NO. IF ye:s, D E SCRIBE. ~.sTuqa T !-IE G~cJ ... c oR L EAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVI.DENCE. 0 ve:s )<THo. PAGE 7 O F 9 PAGES 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? 0 YES ~0. IF YES, GIV~ DATE AND 21. WAS Al'o'I'ONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? rg_ YES 0 NO. IF yEs, DID THEY SEE IT TOOl ~YES 0 NO. A. LIST t"1El~ N T LEo-:'"" E (Area cod~ "'"" MALE F EMALE INDICA-=: AI'JDITIOHAL INFORMATION INCLUOinu AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHIC H MAY BE P ERTINENT. IJIIIH!::N J."::; -o WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? 26. O~TE '(0U COI.fPLE: T E D THIS QUESTIONNAIRE . PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES TD!!'!'j:JFO DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUART"5 FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION C AFSC) WRIGHTPATTERSON AIR FO,.CE BASE. OHIO 43<433 ~0 C~servotion, 20 Auguat 1967 You~ name has been given to the Aerial ~1enomena Branch (FTojec t E e Book) ns being a witness to a n unidentified flying object. I~ :tou \:ere a ,.;1 tnes s to en UFO sighting on 20 August 1967 ~o d you please comp l e t e the attached AF Form 117 and return it i n ~he envelope provided. If you ~ere not u ~itnes s to this sighting, ":culd you please make a stateruent to this effect on the attached form. T"c~ info:nnation ,.;hich you provide "''ill be used in evaluating this o~servation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. of Product:!.o~ AF Forrn 117 C ~ .. -..._..::..;.::; l o cu~ ~lzG either in the pa l .. k or in Kirksville s c e=.s to hs.vo ~w~.':. -;ho obj~ct~. Objcc~ i.:. 2891 could h:.va decayed o.t or no~ thi~ ti=.:c t'..l;; \:.;.;J.~ r.ot hc.vo b~on going N';l. Loca l c.i~ports ver~ e~: d if they h~d e1-: .. ::; ~:.:."'~:.. in t.ho c=~c., p:::-tict;~lary .. oneo toving advo;-tizin~