PROJECT 'a0073 RECORD 10. CONCLUSION C.lvi":.~an Possible: AIRCRAFT . ~. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ~-LE~GTH OF 03SERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 30 seconds 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visj'al WI'11J -NNE 9. PHYSICAL EVl~ENCE Observer sighted 3 objects that had a brig.'-lt bl"eer. anc .":!C:. 1 ; glo'" Tha objects were "flattened out hamoure;er cico.. shaped," traveling at speeds near 1000 mph and were :. t .-: ~ miles high. COHMENTS: Two of the witness give that ime as 9 or ~'J minutes rather that 30 seconds. One gives the direc:.. :..:.:. as NW to E. Both witnesses said that there was onl~ on~ object and one said that " I think it was an aircraf:-,." Although there are numerous conflicting points, since one witness feels that it was an aircraft it seems r.l.a ~ it may have been one. 11. DID YOU OBSERVE THE ftH~NOM'!NON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLL.0\1NGt INCL.UOE INFORMATION ON MOD!L, TVPI!, FIL TEA, LENS PA~SCRIPTION DR OTHF-R APPLICABI.E DATA. EYEGLASSES CAJ11ERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIE~ 0 THEODOLITE WINO)WP '"'' ){ OTHER e Y r'..,~ DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? A. 00 YO\J CAOI .. ~AIL. Y W!AR GLASSES? 18. WHAT WAS Y.:>~R IMPRISStON OF THE SPEED O.F/ THL PHENO'-'i:'"'t , GIVE I!STito4AT! OF SPEED. "' C~ t9. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION 011' THE OISTANC~ OF TH~ PHENOMENON? GIVi: ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE,! ,:.t;: ~ ' . .-:_: 20. IN OAOEP -""AT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CI..EAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE 011' WHAT YOU SAW, OESCRIO! IN YOUR OWN WORDS COMMON ,:)3JECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOULD 9:!.\~ SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON O!!J ECT AND WHAT YOU SAW ,.21. C:IO YOU N071;:E ANY oonR, NOISE, OR ~c:AT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ~ ANllo(\LS O>'t MACHINERY IN THE VICINIT'Yt [ ';{YES 0NO. IF vES, DESCRIBE. A. OlD THE PH E~ ~"':""ON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVI.DENCE. 0 VES 0 NO PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 22. MA'VIi VOU EVER S~EN T"'' OR A SIMILAR PHENOM!:MON BI!FOA!:r r.t, YES 0 HO. "ves, GIV! DATE AHD LOCATION. '-r! 21. WAS ANYOpo,jE WITH VOU AT THE TIM!: YOU SAW THI! PHEHOM~NOHt DYES 0 NO. IF vEs, DID THEY SE~ IT TOOT [l YES 0 NO. A. LIST TM E.1A ~ MALE FEMALE. AT ION INCLUDIN~ OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHIC MAY BE PER"IINl.N r. 25. WHEN ANO T O 'l'f~C"f 0 10 YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? MONTti ,1"' ;:s. 0/\TE YOU C:>"'~'LETEO THIS QUESTIONH.AI H E . MONTH I i (''" PAGe 8 OF 9 PAGE~ 27. INII'OMMATION WHICH VOU ~I!I!L IS ~K .. TINI!NT BUT WHICH II NOT ADI!QUATI!LY COVI!AI!D IN THIS OUI!STIONNAIAI!. AL Tl!ftNATIVILV P .. OVIDI! A NAA .. ATIVE EJCPLANATION 0, THE SIGHTING PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGES DEPARTMENT 0,. THE AIR FORCE HllAOQUA,.T"8 frO"~IGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION CAF'SC) W"IOMT-PATT~"SON AI" FORCE BASt:. OHIO .. 3433 U70 Obser~tion 30 Oatobar l.967 Chrvood, B=v Jerae;; 070Z7 Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project Blue Book) as being a ~itness to an unidentified flying object. I f you were a witness to an UFO sighting on 30 0::: tob~1 1967 '\;o'..:ld you please complete the atta ched AF Form 117 and return it i~ the envelope provided. If you ~ere not a ~itness to this sighting, ~ould you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form. information which you provide -will be used in evaluating this 0~3ervation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. MANATT, Colonel, of Production AF Fot:1n 117 BOB Nr 2l-R258 SIGHTING OF U1 HD-::r\4 n .:s::o PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE THIS QUESTlO:'I:'-tURE HAS BEEN PREP \ 1-'ED ~)'I fiAT YOU CAN GIVE. THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE COSCERNING THE tJNJ).)l;NTU'H~D PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL 0F THE QUESTIONS. THE Ii'l I,.O ATlO~ YOU GtVE WJLL BE U3ED FOR HESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAME W::LL NOT B~ USED l N CONNt:C'i'l\1d V;lTll ANY OF YOUR STATEMlNTS OR CONCLUSIONS \f1THOUT YOUR p~::Rv..:;;.~O;"i. RETURN TO. A1R FOt~CE HASE tNVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDiNG TO FTD (TDETR), WRJGHT- PATTEr<:,...1v .,\_:; 3 , OlUO 45433, IA'N 80-l 7. (lfr' .1VOll CONAL SHEETS .4l?E: NE::EDED FOR NARRATIVE OR sKETCHES ATTACH .... -;;~: :-'.ZLY TO THIS FORM Oil .4. N:'VOTA l'/~ $'1/TH YOUR N.tL'WE r'OR lDENTIFI CA TlON.) L WHE~ 01~ ": .. ~!!E THE PHENO~ENON? 2. WHAT T ltol C 0 YOU FIRST SI<::HT T HI:! F'H'.!.NO~r.~ION? 3. WHAT Tl ... ~ :w=> YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHE.NO'AENON? e~ I 0 LJ O A'f'-l G!-tT ~.AVI~IGS 0 STANDARD 4. TIME/ZONE 0 CENT~AL l ] ;-'OlJ NT AIH 0 PACIFIC 0 OTHER S . \'Hc~C: WE.F.E. YOU WHEt~ YOU SAW THE PHENOHENOtH I F IN CITY, GIVE THE U EAR:ST STREET AODRESS AND INDICATE ON A HAND 0~.:.. 'I'~ tAAP WHERE Y O U WERC: S f.S.--1011-W WITH REFERENCE TO 1HE ADDRESS. I F IN THE COUNTRY, I DC:NTIFV THE H t:>t-f ... " Y Yv'J WERE ON OR EAR AND TR'I' 10 FIX ,\ OIST ANCE AHO DIRECTION FROM SOME R ECOGNfZABLE. LANDMARK 6. IMAGI"-1~ YC~ ).~EAT THE POINT SHO 't".J 1:-1 THE ~KC::TCH, PLACE AN A" ON THE CURVED LINE T O SHOW HOW HIGH THE P.-!E"'104C:~I-;, "'' WAS ABOVE THE ttORIZO~ OR SKYLINE, 'A'nEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A .. e ON THI:: SAME CURVED LINE TO S~O II r+:>'l't 1-l! v'-! ABOVE THE HORIZO N < -i = ?tl~tJOt-I~NON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. 1 .\. NOW I""AG1HI! YOU A~l! ATTHI! C;!NTt!A 0~ THI! CO~,_ASS AOSI!. PLACE AN A ON THt! COMP.\!tS ro INDICATE THI! DIRECTION TO THE PMENOM~NON WHEN "AST :iEEN. PLACE A s ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE! DIA!CTIOH TO THE PHEH0"4"!NON WHN LAST S!:EN. 7. I N THE SK=:TCH BELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION OF THt! PHENOMENON WHEN FI~ST S~EN, AND A a AT THE POSITIOH Or THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A ANO e WIT"i A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEl-tES7 ::>F THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A AHO e. T HAT I S, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT AP?::;A;-~:;c iO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIC-ZAG. REFEit TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE L AR~=R SK~TCH. PAGE 2 Or.' 9 P AGF.S WHERE WEAl! YOU WHEN YOU SAW THI'! PHENOMENON? (C,.eclr approprlat bloclle.) IN 8U~INESS SeCTION OF" CITY IN BUIL.Dit-IG IN RESIDf!NT'IAL SECTION OF CITY D AS DRIVER AS PASS~NOI!R IN OPEN COUN TRYSIO!: IN BOAT NEAR AIAFIELD IN Al~Pl...A'-1! -AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OV~R CITY OT~E: P F"LYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOL.L.OWING: WHAT :;i CTION WEAK YOU MOVINOf HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING? SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIM! WHILE O!ltSi!RVINO THE PHENOJJ'&NONt NORTH!: -\3T NORiHWi!~T EXPLAIN WH~i~ER SUCH MOVEMENT EFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS SAND&. OESC~IBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, T ERRAIN O R BODY OF WATER YOU T RAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHE R WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DO'.VN . HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? ) 0 ! 0 vou r.l0TIC2 ,t.HY AIRPLANES? 0 YES 0 MO. IF YEs, DESCRIBE WHEN THE Y WFRE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TI: ... E , o= S IC:l'iT 1l'lG 'Ttl~ PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SK Y RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENO~,otENON HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? LENGTH 0,: Tl~ ~ CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VEP.Y SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WA~ TiM~.~ET~R,h41NEDT. \-,.. ( WAS TH~ Pn~NOto4"E~ON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLYr (SrYES ~NO. IF No, INDICATE WHETHER THIS I S DUE T O YOUR MOVEM::HT 0~ T\i~ B~HAVIOR OF THE PH'!NOM:;NO~. AND D SCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE OISA~- PEA~AHCES ~ ... ?~!:'/IO!JS SKETCHES PAGE 3 0,: 9 PAG~S IF TttERI! WEAl! MO .. IE THAN OMa PHaNOMENON, W!"l! THI!RI!f PICTURI! TO SHOW HOW TH f!Y WI!AK ARR,.NOI!D. THIS ARRANOIEMKMT CHAMOIE DURING THE SIOHTINOf CONDITIONS (CAeelc approprioJ CUMULUS CLOUDS (L0111 /Zuffy) F'OO OR MIST CIRRUS CLOUDS (Hl1A fleecy or Herrln1- OR DRIZZLE NIMBUS CLOUDS (Raln) HAIL PARTLY .:'..OUDV CUMULONIMBUS CLOUOS SHOW OR SLEET COMPL !T Y OVERCAST (T launder lotrru) HAZE OR SMOG THE A BOVE THE SIG !-ITt NG WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS NO MOONLIGHT HIDDEN BY CLOUDS PARTIAL (New or qiUJI1er} ooooo\.oo:~, ooooooooo ooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo ooooooooo o oo ooooooooooooo I F S I G H TIN:; WAS DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED THE ~HENC"''ENONl FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVC:RHEAO (Ne~ noon) I N BACK OF TO YOUR LEFT E . SPECIFY T~E MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINAT.ON, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. O!SCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENOH, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED OAR I< WHETHE R IT REFLECT EO LIGHT OR WAS SELFLUMt-.OUS AHD WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPReSSION O F WHETHER IT WA S SOL I D OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF APPF-ARE~ AS POINT OF LIGHT. IN OICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT O R OThC:R OEU~CT I H YOUR FIELD OF V IEW. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES THE PHENOMENON MOVE IN A ITAAIOHT LtNEt ~',.-,.: .. STANO STILL AT AN'fTIM!? :iUOOf!HLY ~P~0 UP ANO RUH AWAYT DREAK UP IH P "'':lTS ANO EXPLODE? CH ANOU COL. Of' l GIVE OFF SMO)(! CHANGE ~H.;a;.o.1 FLA~M oq FL.; =~t !"? DISAPP! A~ A.."' ':1 ~!APPEAAl SPIN Ltl< A -~! MAKE A NOISE' FLUTTER OR w=91LE1 14. WHAT OR~ YOUA ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMeHONt A . HOW 0 10 IT r lr..ALLY DISAPPEAR? 0. 0 10 THE ?'-~'t";'lo{~,.O~ ,..OVE BEHtN O OR ! H f'RONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUlLDH~G J.T ANY T I Mt!1 . -"ES, DESCRieS:. PAGE 50;: 9 PAGES U. DRAW A PICTURa THAT WILL SHOW THa IHA~E 0" THE PH&NOMaNON. INCLUDE AND LA8KL ANY D~TAILS THAT MIGHT HAVI! A~lltaAfltWD AS WINOS Oft PROTRUSIONS, ANO INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW TH DIRECTION THK PHI!NOMI!NOM WAS MOVIMO 16. WHAT WAS-;..;:: A'1GUL..AR SIZE? HOLO A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH .\SA STREET LA\4? OP '-4001". NOTE HOW MUCH OF TH OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THEM, ";H. NO.,., I F YOU HAO BC:!!h A.s:..:. '7~ ?~RFORN THIS EXPE~I._.!HT AT THE "TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTirt-e ')F THE PHEI'oi0"'E~O~ t'rO~!...O HAVE BEEN COV~ReO BY THE MATCH HEAD. PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HKADQUA,.TEIItS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV1910N ( AftSC) WlltiGHT.PATTitA!ION AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO .. !5433 L~:. Observation Yo name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project Bl~e Book) as being a ~itness to an unidentified flying object. If you \:ere a witness to an UFO sighting on 30 u::t~c~r 1967 . .-ould you please complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you were not a -witne~s to this sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form. The infot"tnation which you provide will be used in evaluating this o':>servation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF of Productio:1 AF Fox,u 117 17. biO YOU 09SERVE THE PHEHOMSNON THAOUOH ANY OF THC FOLL0'1HGt WCLUOE INFORMA