Lafayette California — September 1967

Category: 1967  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1967-09-7410866-Lafayette-California.pdf
Keywords: phenomenon, descai, obaervation, error, enoufa, craay, swirlinb, followingf, tyfiie, afiiplica8le, telescofiie, lfiieid, fiihinomenon, lfiiiid, imfiiriiiion, fiihenomenon, fiiicturi, fiioisi, deicri8e, fiilaced, aesemblance, 18111milarities, irinces, 81tween, lmanating
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I 2. l O~A TION 10. CONCLUSIOI~ on ... " npr::. .. oa. There rE:a.:. eva:~atio:-:. f,JJ.y !H. \'L ft. N. ,-~ER OF OBJECTS Nu:~: l''orm 11? was enOUfA i~fo~tion seen a satel te or :.o ma.tte any a~rcraft as a mc,ving li~J.:.. s. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION '.' Minutes t ;,-TYPE OF OISERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS observer s~.gnt,ed a bright lit.~. " St;da.e:-.~y fur~o en and off light st.r~ed blinking and tbe craay object began swirlinb t-owards our house." Ground-Visual Not Reported 8. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Preloae edlUOfte of dale feua -.., ........ . t'7. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF T .. C FOLLOWINGf INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL, TYfiiE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHEA AfiiPLICA8LE DATA. EYEGLASSES SUNGLASSES .INOCULARS WINDSHIELD TELESCOfiiE SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WIND')WPANE OTHER A. DO YOU ORqiNARILY WEAR GLASSES? 0 YES r\ NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? 0 VII fJ NO tl. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE lfiiEID !HI r fiiHINOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OP' lfiiiiD } t D I c tt. WHAT WAS YOUR IMfiiRIIIION OP' THE DISTANCE OF THE fiiHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OP' DISTANCE---- 10. IN ORDER THAT WI MAY 08TAIN AI CLEAR A fiiiCTURI AI fiiOISI.LE OF WHAT YOU lAW, DEICRI8E IN YOUR OWN WORDS 08JECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN fiiLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOULD BEAR SOME AESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU lAW. DEIC .. 18111MILARITIES AND DIP'P'IRINCES 81TWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 2t. 010 YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT LMANATING "'OM THE PHENOMENON On ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITYf ni YEI 0 NO. IF vEs, DESCAI.E. I [ f '''-htltl't Cl.:,l~l( A. DID THE PHENOMENON DIITUR. THE G..OUND 0 .. LEAVE ANY fiiHYIICAL EVI.DENCE. 0 YES ~NO. IF vas, DESCAI.E. PAGE 7 OF I PAGES ALTaRNATIVaLY ~ROVIDa A NARRATRIVTaiN!x"!L!UNT WHICH II NOT ADEQUATELY COVaRaD IN THII QUaiTIONNAIRa r" .. ATIOM 0~ THa liGHTING. ' 17. IN~ORMATION WHICH YOU ~EEL 11 Pa -4f\c +iu' i 11 tld.t.ltX - 1J-was (A_ bla~L ~i5.tu(. f) n1 i lta.r o ~ t.-on L I hP~ iolcA ~4_--ti)U(cl P AO e 0~ e PAGES Chief of' Staff' U S Air Force A!l'l'N: SAFOIC NOT! Alii) IHINATVItl The attached let matter pertaining to ter is forwarded Your office. L I rllJt l{_ 1 {J I l { ll I I} A I l-d~ lL t_ rve L nu.. l_.L'to R ,\/ Ly'C d_ \_ft~6 t-frV V C-~J u_j {)l_ilL fi(i <I; I \_, df c_ ~Q llt J-u d-CL~ !Y-fL) Q.,j\CJ. {JJ_ IJ LttJ d( rl l(UICL J lu'--' Cli r> LLf_rJ..AO lJu.;}tcL t L L o *"Lt U'li lll f lt(l _J ' cu _ \( _' o cy_) l.pL \ _Q_tJTt.J \ )u.. J HJLUL- TDPl'/UFO MaJ H Qui n "'cn~ .. UFO Obaervat1on, 5 Septaaber 1967 ~:[ J:,.; ;~ ~ Thil to .Your letter .. coaoerniD& your ~rvatioa ot ao uniden- -~ -t! a. While :rev~e~s our cor~lp~4ence tile ~e touod your le~;.r in . ,.. ; wbich yow'reported aeeing an unidentified object gn 5 September 1967. . Because o1 an error your a1sbt1n& vaa not 1nveat1gated at that time. . ......... We handle over 10,000 lettera and inveatisate appraxima~ely 1,000 uro e1gbtinga a yearJ once 1n a While an error ia We regret t t.hia baa kept ua t i.Dveatiptins your obaervation. Hawever, it you vould c the lncloaed U 117 ve will 1nveatigate your aigbtiD& ill aD at~t to de atiaulua tor rour obaervation. you for reporting your Obaervation to the Air Force, ooce apin, excuae ua tor Dot reapgod1ni to your correapcmdence earlier. QUilllAIIIJ Jr, MaJor, UBAr , : 1 Atch Aeroapace !'ecbllol ogiea D1 v1a10D .... ~: . .: _ .. ':~'J .Pro4uat10D D1notorate . lA. NOWIMAGIN~ YOU ARE ATTH~ CENTER 0, THE COM~AIS ROSE. PLAC~ AN A ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO TH~ PH~NOMENON WHEN "RST SEEN. PLACE A e ON THE COM~ASI TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOM~NON WH~N LAST SEEN. 7 . IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN ~fiRST SEEN, AND A a AT THE POSITION OF TH~ PHENOMENON WHEN LAST I~EN. CONNECT THE A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A AND a. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. RE,ER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKE-TCH. PAGE 2 OF I PAGES Pt't.f1!/r( IJ'- 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 PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMA'nON YOU GIVE WlLL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAME WILL NOT BE USED IN OONNECI'ION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR OONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, lAW 80-1 7. (IF ADDinONAL SHBBTS ARB NBBDBD I"OR NARRATIVE Oft SICBTCHBS ATTACH SBCURBLY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATB WITH YOUR NAIIB I'OR IDBNTII"ICATION.) t. WHEN 010 YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON? I. WHAT TIME 010 YOU ~fiRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? <lr'f''liiP!'! J . WHAT TIME 010 YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 4 . TIME/ZONE 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS (]CENTRAL (]MOUNTAIN MINUTES tJ 3 0 PACIFIC D OTHER I . WHERE WE