P ROJECT 100/3 RECORD i 22.. <:i~67 26/0410Z Salt l.ake City, utah (2 \'litnosses) _-=C:::i vil i a n 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH Or OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground- V isuel 7 , COURSE '1 to viNW 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION Probabl e , (AIRCRAFT') There i s nothing to indicate t~at the object could not have bu~ a satellite or an aircraft with its landing lights on, but b9ca o-r the direction of travel it is most likely to have h eAn An A/C'I~ 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Obse=ver sighted a bright white light tha t ~as brighter than the brightest star. No noise \las heard at aoy time. FTD Sf P 6 3 0-329 {TDE) P:-.. tou dJtlOt\a oC thh tonza may b. u .. d. j :n. 'IINV..>IlYONE \'liTH YOU A T TH!; Tllll.! 'fOU ?>A'rl THE P HEN.:lMiWOU! , Qf'YE S 0 NO. s,~ '-f LA. K8 C lTV 0 I>IC. IF "YES. 010 THC:Y SEE IT TOO' GIVE TH~ FOLLOWI~IG I N FOR,\U\TION :\BOUT YOURSELF INCLUOIHG OCCUPATIO~ AND ANY EX?:;:I~IEMCl! WI41CH MAY 91:: PERTi l'IE;tlT. I .:5. '1.-1 i!~l M~O TO >HOM 010 YOU RZOORT Tl-'AT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHEkOloi!ON ON' I " :>" re: YOU COl?LETEO TliiS QU:!STIOHN,III"~ '27. !.<FORMATION .;IHI.::H YOU FEEL IS ?C:RTINC.NT OUT WHICH 1.; 'lOT AOC:OU,\TELY C0'1ERO tN r>.r;, QUt:STIONNAIRE. ~ A~ TERNATIVEl.Y <>ROVIOE 0. NARRATIVE EXPLANATION Or" '(11!:. SIGHTING. COVEt:tED AOt:-QUETi~L.( .. l!l:Ol.Y TO DC:P.~'RTMENT OF THE AfR FORCl:: WRIGHT-PATTERSON .-.I R FORCE :3.,51!. OHIO Hl\33 UFO Observation 2IJ' September 1967 Refe rence your recent unidentified flying object sighting ,:hi-::b you reported to the Air Force . The information ~hich ~e have received is not sufficien t for a scientific investigation. Re~uest you complete the attached AF Form 117 a nd return it in t he self - addressed envelope. Tnank you for reporting your observation to the Ai r Force . :;Y.!V4ES C . MANATI', Colonel, USAF ;~irector of Production AF Form 117 acr= tte a DEPP..RT~1lF.:NT OF THE A I R FOnCE WASHINGTON 20330 OFFICE CF, HE SECRETARY This replies to your recent letter concer r.i::g the ol::ser- vation of an unidentified f lying object (UFO) . Without essential information, such as detailed flight characteristics, angular velocities, or 1-reather i:~formation, we are unable to undertake a scientific investip;ation. Had you contacted the UFO investigator at your nearest Air Force base immediately, an on-the-spot investigatlo~ would have been \.Je hope the inclosed Project Blue Book rep'::lrt may be of help to you in identifying your observation. you for reporting your observa"t:.ion t-J tl:e Air Force. Attachment Sincer e l y Chief , Civil Branch Cornm ity Relations Division Office of Information ~-n::Ot OPW'-t Dear .Sir: To: Dept,. of tr.e Air ?orc; Proj~ct Bluc~ook 3elo . .r we ha;e given a complete re?')::': on the un:.r:icnLified flyi.ng obj'x: t that ~e sighted last night : On ::Onda y night., September 25, 1967, shorr.ly before 9 :00 ? . i., 'tTe ':lere riding our bikes along Foothill 8oult:.v.1rd, nea r lJth South, :1hen vie spotted an unusually bright object i n the we.:;r.e.:-::1 .s!q. It was, at our g uess , three or f our mjles aHay, a n-:l. VT:J.s roughly three L.ime.s as br l ght a s L:1e rt:ost brillian, s t a r . At first, \ve thought it 'lras a pla::1e or a helicopter, but, a~ida from t:-te c-illiant r.-ihite l ight , there w-er e no ot!le.:-light 3 visible. I t moved odC.ly; i t ~muld slo:: do;m, t~en sudJenly speed up. :..t. tines it appeared :.o .roh~le. ~te.: a \-lhile , a t r e e blocked it ft""Om v ie.r, an,;. i't. did not ::-ea~pear. tie coul d see nothing except this 'tThite l ight, rThict :,-as about the sjze of a dima at arm' s lengt h . :!e heard no sound and the ob~e:t di.i not change color . :,.Je had this objec t in sight f rom four to seven nln.1t.es. ~/e d) not '.vant any puolicit y .JhaL.Soeve.:-, anJ for all ,;~ cac-e , you can thro;o~ thi3 lett e r a:.;a;>-once it is explained. >:Ost of t.he people, ( inclu:l.L"1.:; my family, G.i~.) that v1e knorT a.:-e skc ;>:.ics and they mi,~ht never let us het.~ the end o:: it i.f they fi~J out He have reported it. S inccrely, TDPl' (UFO) Lt C~l Quin !1illa;70916/::::'1s; 29 fl:pr o;j 7J~ii) Obserre tion, September 25, 1967 Salt, J.akl! City, 84lo8 1. Re:ference your unident1:f1ed observation of September 25, 1967. Because of the erl"Qr that vas 1n1 tiallJ made in processing ;your sighting and the lapse o~ time since the.n, ve feel that it is nov too late to m.ake a complete .investigstion into your report. 2 . The description you provided is similar to others ve ha~re received of aircraft Vi th their landing lights on. Since aircraft flight records:for September have-long since been destroyed, it 1s too late to positively p.etermine if there vere any ai::-craft in the area at the time.. A1rcraf't can often be seen bu t not heard, 1.f the rlnd is blowing awy :from the observer. 3. We thank you for completing our foro, and your report will be filed with others of that ti:ne :period. Once again_, thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. ! n the even~ you s h ould ever observe another dentified flying object, p lease repo1-t 1t to the nearest .Air Force base for they are in a far better position tO epnduct a~ on-the-spot investigation. QUINTAN-n~:tA Jr, Lt Colonel, ; .Aerial Phenomena 0:1't1ee Aerospace Technologies Division Produc.tion D!reetora.te THIS QU51'10';:-o;AllxE H.'\S OEEN PREPAHED SO 1'!1.\T YOU :..A~-1 GIVE Tl.~. U :'. "':': :'ORCF. AS ~UCH JNFORMATI0:'1 A$ POSSinLf: C0'\C'!. :-:I!'iG THS t;.'iDENTIF!ED PH.ENO'r\'S"'C;-. THAT YOU IV.VF. O'lSFR' f'D PLEASE rRY TO i A~Sii'ER ALL Ol-THE QUF.STIO:>::>. Tll2 lNFORMATICr..: YOU G~n-:; WtLL dE lJSEfl FOR i<o'SEARCH PURPO.S!::S ~ YOUR NAZ\I E WILl,. :>lOT BE USF.D IN CONNECTiON V.1Tli A:>iY O.f YOUR STA'l'E~!ENTS OR CONCLUSIONS 'Vl"r.'OUT J ':'O!JR PER).!IS:::Hcf~;. RETUR:-i TO AW FORCE BA:5E 1:-IV.<:.:STIGATOR rOP FORn'r'.RDING TO FTO (TDETRJ, WR!G'HT - ' PATTi::RSON AFB,OHI0~5433,1AW AFR80 i7. (IF ADCIT/:JcVAL S!-!Er:TS ARF: :VE ED.SD F'OP NA~F<Af!\/F. OR ~KETCHES~ AT? ACH SECliF? P:L. }' TO THIS FORM OR AN,\'OTA T~ 1\iTP. ~'OUP NM1 F. FOR IDr:iJTI F ICA TJON .J t l I WHEN OlD YOU SC:E THE PriENOMENON ' " 2 Wrt..\T TIME "I=' YOU >IRST SIGHT r,;E: PHC:NCMENO:P HOUR q MINUi"ES /y -f J A..... ~;. 3 WHAT TIME Oi~ YOU LAST SluHT THE PH'E:NO'AE'10N> HOUR q MII-.UTES /3 . [)A.M. ~,., M . J 4 TI~E ZONE j~o\YLIGHT SAVINGS LJ S'fAN"ARD 1 O EASTEPN [l CENTR4L ~UNTAl.'l rJ PACIFIC l_l OT11Eq } 5 . WHERE WSRE"Y::>U WHE N YOU SAW T'-1!:: PHENOVENON' IF IN CITY. GiV:: TrlE NEAREST STREET .ADDRESS '7A A HA.NO Qq:..WN MAP WHE"lE YOU WER!Z STA.NOINv WITH REFERENCE T O THE J'OOPESS. IF IN THC: '=OUNTRY. IDENTIFY T~-':!t "iiGHWAY YOU ;,ERE ON OR NEAR ANO Ti'!Y TO FIX A. OISTArc:: AND DIRECTIO~I FROM SOME RE:CO(;NIZ.:.BLC: LANO"l"'F>I(. t FooT H 1 LL V ~ t..L.AGE. PosT OFFICE . ~ 6. WAGiNE YOU ARE AT THE POINT S'10W.'l IN TH!:: SKETCH. PLACE A'l "A ON THE .:URVED LINE 70 SHO'H flOW HIGH T11E PHENOI>'ENON WAS ASOV THE hORI :!ON. OR SKYLIN E . WHE:N FIR:;T SEEN. PLACE A J ' C'J THE S A>.lE: CURVED LINE 70 SHOW HOW HIG!-' ,_BOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOM ENON WAS HHEN LAST SEEN. oas:::R .'ER "'' 'J I 7H'-: C:>MP.\~'5 70 I'IOICAT ': TMi' O!Rl!:CTION TO TH!!: ?H !II~ ol '!Ill OS 'riH O::N LAST S.!~M 7. IN rHE S-<~rcH B!;:LOW, ?l.IIIC!:: .4N " A A T THE ;:oos7tO~t o.:-n~: PJ,ENO~ ZNON "''HE'~ FIRST SEEN. MIO A o w A T T'1E I P051T I O N OF TtiE PliENOMEN O N WHE N LA~T SZ::EH C.:'l~t'~E(;T THE "A* AND g Wl7ti A '-IM TO APPROXI"'.PoTE THE t.IOVE:.IENT OF iHE PHE N O M E N O N BETWEEN.,... AIIO " 8 ' . 7HA T IS, SCHEI.I;.TIC AL.L'f SHvYI' 'I"HZTHER THE MOVZM E N T :!Aq:::o TO BC: STRA I G H T , C U R V E D OR 'ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO S"'At..t.ER SI<ETCH A S AN EXAMP L E O F HO':'t T O COM"'LETE T H ! LA'lC'!R S'<ETCH . PAG!: 2 OF 9 ;>AGES IN AIRDLAN E 0 AS PILOT FLYING OVER CITY A " PASSE:tlGER I FLYI~IC OVER OPEN COU'ITqy IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE. COMPLETE THE FOL'. OW ING: WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVI NG' HOW FAST WEDS YOU IJO'Jiii(P 1 SOU T H /lEST 010 YOU STO? ANYTif.!E: WHII F OBSEI')VING TI-'E PH EIIOMENO'I RTHEAST SOUTHEAS T I NORTHWEST a EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT ;,FFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEM S 5 ANO o DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I N AND TYPE OF ROAD. TERRAIN OR 90DY OF WATER 'fOU TRAVER'.iEO OUCli'O,.. T~IE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR CO,YN. HOW ~UCH OT!~ER T RAFFIC WAS DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLAN!::S' ~::-YEs []N O . IF "YES. " DESCRIBE WHE:N THEY mE: 1~1 SIGYT REL,IIT IVE TO TI"'E -:,.,\IE I OF SIGHTIN~T H:, ;" ~o RS ;R~J~oiNq Kf.M~AM~ ~0 CH~:~t~i~o~;F s~E;( )ENO. t 9 . HO.,., LONG WAS THE PHEN OMENON I N SIGH T LENGTH OF TIME V ERY SURE 1'/ll N VTE_ ~ .L"fFAIRLY CERTA: N JUST A CUESS HOW WA S TIME D ETERMINED? WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CON TI\IU0\JSLY7 .~:zr:YES O NO. I F "NO." INDICATE WhE-HER T:-'IS 1:; DUE TO YOIJq MOVEM E N T OR THE B!::HAVIOq O F THE PHENO M E N O N . AND OESCqlaE SUCH MOVEME'IT OR BEHAVIOR. I'IDICATE DISt-<>. "'EARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. a . w::ATHEi< _ j !.'VIUGH"r CIR~U:; CLO\IOS (/iigla fl<"t:r.; o r 1/ .. Nl!.-eu:; C LOUDS ('Rain) y CL!OAR f'.'\.'lTI. Y CLO U::>Y CUIAUL0~11'13US CLOUDS I S N OII OR SLEET COMP!.. C: rELY OVZ:: RCAST (Tiu.r.<i~starm.s) IJ~Il<NO"tN - . 1;. 'rt-t-; 5!CHTING \'lA S AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WH,\ T 010 YOU NOTIC!! ABOUT THE STARS AtiO UOON> S T A fl S I NON::! BRIGHT MOONLIGHT ' JO MOONLIGHT t .0. FE'.V-MOON WI :'H HALO , U NKNO"'N ) . IF ..iiGI-IT!N> 'hAS IN DAYLI'>HT, T H E PI-'C:I'IO"'!::HON? WAS THe S 'Ji'l Vt~IE:~E' 0 ':SS 0 NO. IF wy,;:s, WHERE '..lAS 'Pi<:: SUN t\S YOU FACEO liN BACI< OF 'fOU T O YOUR LEFT U~I'<NO"'N EC1f"Y Tf'!:: />I,),JOP. SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION P M:::SENT OIJRING TH!:: SIGHTING, SUCH AS T!-la SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STREET L .l.!4P, ETC. !"O R T E~RESTRIA L I~LU;.<INATIOI'l. SPECIFY O IST,t,HC! TO LI'.JHT SOURO::E. ST r-t FT L 1 6 H r Ov E g H E A. 0 REFLF.CI E:D LIGHT 0~ WAS SELF-LUMINO:JS A .'-10 WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. OC:SCR13E YOUR i.!PRESSION OF ""HETHE R ll. CIVE A BRI:::F DESCRI"'TION OF ':'HE PHENOME'ION, I'IDICATING WHETHER I T APPEA~!::D D K o~ LIGHT. WHETHER IT ~ , l'r 'HAS S.:JLID 0~ TRANS ARENT, WHETHER EOCcS 'IIERS SHAP.P 0~ FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE 5}-'A ;:>E o q INDICATE: IF IT A''P2\"l;:'J \ S A POI'lT oc L!C"iT. IN:JICo\TE CO'A?A? SONS 'HIT H OTHER OaSC:RVED OBJECT$, LIK;: STARS, A LIGHT OR t OTHER OSJE:':T I N YOUR F!:SLD 0"' VIEW. i c. \<S-\1\_, ~JT .s t;EtvtE:P S:HARPLV Ocr-/ Nso I Pvr<.i:. \vi-\f\t: 8,l:-16~iTEi2. THAN PH[!NOMENON l Y~S U~IKHO{I"l MOV IN 1\ STRAIGHT LINE? ST.'.NO STILL AT ANYTIME > SUDD::::HLY SPF.ED U P AND RUN AWAY BF<I!!:ll.:< U? IN PARTS AND EXPLODE' CHANGE COLOR? GIVE OFF SMOKE CHANG!: BRIGHTI'IESS7 CHA NGE: SHAPE? FLASH OR FLICKER? DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIKE A TOP? .!.-/ MAKE A NOISE? FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? 1-l. WHA T DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON? f\L.t Ei\J 0 D 'REW A . HOVI 010 IT FINALLY 0151\?PEAR? \)\SA rre.At<.EO B. ~HE P H E N 0lo4ENON MOVE BEHIND 0 ~ I N FROI'OT OF SOWETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDI~IG AT AI'IY TII~E (a ES 0 NO. IF "YES," OESC~I3E. \f' 0\ ~A P'PEAi<eO-