3. scur.cE Ci,rilie. n 4. NUMBER OF OB J ECTS 5. LE'IGTH OF C3SERVATION 2 ;.:i nutes 6 . TY?E OF OBS!:~VATION Ground-Visual a. PHOTO:> 9. PHYSICA L EV::ESCE PROJECT 10073 ReCORD 2. LOCATION BEL1.t!10SE , (3 Witneoses) 10. CONCLUSION Possible (AIRCRAFT \-liTH ELECTRICAL ADVERTISING S IGN) Descript io~1 seems consistent -v1ith a conventiona l aircraft :p\.\llin ~ a n electric~ aeria l advertizing si3 n . 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer sighte d an obj ect with flashing lights . There \>Jere full line s of white l i ghts that fleshed fran left t o r i ght o~l en ~gle. A single red and green light -v1er e on e ach r1id a of the uFO and were s teadly l it. Observer said it looke d lik~ a BroCl{lway M&quee. The object carne frc.m the east then turned Wll. It appear6d t o be follm.,ring a conve-ntional aircraft in the N'.v direction. ....., :. ) P:-.vloua tdltl!>n a '->f t~a form mAY b10 uaed, D id th~ o bioct disooo<tor whi If! y Oll wer~ wat ching it? If ~o. how? D id th~ coi,.ct mov., h-.him~ ~orn.,.l,inq a tony t imr:, p'lrt ic ult'lrly o cl~wd? on t Know.'. IF y o u on~wen"td YES, then tel l whot I F y ou :J'\5W(lrt:td Y E S, then t e l l what (C ircl~ One): i n fro~t of: 13 . Y{! wis~ ro kno w the anaulor ~i:r.t~, Hold o ma tch $tic:k a t arm' s le nc;t h in l in~ Y~ith a knnw n o bi .... c t nnd note ho'"'l much of ; ., e obi~c:t is covere d by t h<!: ha(jd of the rnotc.:h . If y otJ hod o-:rformed t h is ~l rim~nf tit th~ t im"'! of the s ig h t i ng , how much of t h e obiect w ould hove been cover~d b> the mo~ch head? 19 . Dr.:;w a ::-r:~ .. e S o t will show t he sho::>e o f the o b ject or obiects. Lobel and inc lude in your sk~tch a ny details o f the o oj e -: !..ot y ou s~w such ::~swings, pro t rusions, e tc . , and especia l ly o:<haust trail s o r vapor trai ls . Place o:-=::-... :>':s id e the drow in ? rc s :.o w the dire c t ion t he obje c t was moving . 20. Do .you think you con estimot" th~ spoed of tho objcoct? (Ci:-clo One) ons.,..~ .. d YES, the n what Spt'l&d would y o u estimate? .... .., 21. Do you t'.,t:-\ you con utimate h o w for away from you the object was? (C cl~ One) IF y o u on~w~tr!:td YES, th~n how far away would you say it was? 22. Where wero you locot~d whe n you saw th~ oblect? (Circle On'! ,i o . Inside o building b. rn Q cor d. In on a irplane (type) 23. Were you (Circle One ) o . In th :, busiress !.ection of o city? b. In th~ residential section of o ci~y? c . In op~n countryside? d . Neo r on airri">ld? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over o p::n coun?ry? \ 2A. IF yov w~rl! MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE o r othe r vehicle a t the time, then compl"te the following q ue s tions: 24.1 What direction were you mov ir.g? (Circle On.:) o, North c. East e . South g. Wost b. ,':.rh~ost d. Southeo~t f. Southwes t h. Northw~st 24.2 rb w f =~t were you moving? mi lcs per hour. 2!,. 3 )i~ "'~"' stop at any time whiLe you wer.o looking a t the object? (C :.~fe One} 25. Did Y"'"' :>h!",....,~ ;\.:~ o~ject throug!-1 any of the following? e. Binoculars Yes No f. Tele!icope Yes No g. Theodol ite Yes No 26. In ord&r that rou <:: 1 give as c lear o picture as possibf., o f what y o u sow, dascribe in y our own words a common object o r obi~c. .. ~ich, when p la ced up in the s ky , would give the sam~ appearance as the o bject which you sow 27. In tho following sketch, imagine th:.1t ycu me o t the p o int shown. Picco nr "1\" on :h~ c~rv~d lin~S t o sho"'l'ow high the obj~ct was above the horizon (skyline) when you first sow it. f" loco a ''B" e n th~ sam~ C"urv~rf l ine to show how hi:;h tl,e object was above the horizon (skylin") when you last s ow it. Plor.e en " A" on th<: compass Fiz t sew it. P lace a "B" on the comr>a:>s whore you lost sow tl.c object. 28. tJ row o picture that w i ll show the motion that the object or objects made. Place on "A" at the b~ginn ing of the poth, o "B" o t the end of the path, and show any changes in direc t ion during th~ caur:;e . u I/ II (I 29. IF tt,ere w?~ , .. C~c THAN ONE obj~ct, t hen how many were there? f Dra"Y o p en.:-~ c t how they were orr=.,~.::d, on.:l put on arrow to show the directio n that they were trave li ng. 34. Dote you compl~t~d thi:s questionnoir~: Doy Mont h 35. lnformotbo w ... -:h you bel pertinent a nd which is not adequately coverc:d in the-sp~cific points of the- question:lct:-: :;r a narrative exp lanoti'=>n of your sightin:;~. T!>Pr (r;ro) Lt Col Quinumilla/70916/mh3/l4 Jun 68 UFO ibservati on, October 22 J 1967 Bel:~rose, ~efdrence your undated letter regarding the e valuation on your Qnideatified obserr.ation or October 22 , 1967. .~ . :..ou .-:ta.y be! in teres-r:;ed in the inclosed information on aeria l . ldver-ti::;ing observ3.tions. The n~"Wsclippin~ from the C.d.l.boman," April 9 , 1967 i ssue, a nd t ne letter r.:-om the Ttfe.bash Vlle.:r Aviation Co ., of Lu.-~renceYille, Illino13 illustr~tes how cl~c~ri~al advertining can be misinterpreted a~ unidentiried flying objects. I hope that thi s additional information will nns,.er any q_uestions ;you had on your observation. '---r<r.roR QUDrrANIT.r.A, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF y 'h.l J .. \erisl Phenomena Office f\ rospace Technologies DiVision ~eduction Directorate Info on Aerial Advertis e!"s (sec address above) Belle1ose, New York UFO observation -October 22, 1967 TDPT (UFO) 1) This is in refercnc0 to y ou:-letter d., ted March 18, 196R cnnr.~rning my sighting of 9/2'?./G7. 2) If the sighting was an electrical adJcrtising sinn, a. Wou~fQ:t't the sian say s~mcthing? (something in the order of whatever it was advcrtisinQ for) ... not just a definite pattcrnjJt f lash ina l ig'ns. b. Where v:as the aircraft that \.Vas towing the elcctrlc<~! advertis ing si~Fl at the b~ginning of the sighting? c. Why was th2 electrical <dvcrtising sign approx. % mile b ehind stated eircraft? (wouldn't that make for h aznrdous air travel?) I am not trying to disprove your explanation but only illumirwtc mine . . . because t am not satisfactorily convinced of the one you S!:b-:lii:ted . ':Dl-'T (UFO) MaJ Quintanilla/70916/!Dhs/16 Mar 68 1 . Thi s 1eplie s t o your corTe ..;ponden~;;e on yo1Jr nnl..ien ~ified r:...,ing o 'oje..;t (UFO) Sicltine; or 0ctooer 2~) 19oi' ~l~t: tri~s.!.. :.ld..:e:::.i3i~:; S.!.oU. TH'! d=scrip t.iO!l JOi..L p:::o 1ideJ. is =cJ ~Lulsr t..; ~3st ~eoes ~G~C '"c: "ave :Jt .:!le.!-c:-i~<:.ll :.lcr::.al c..iv~rt.~S:trl($ .3lvl~ Chief) h;:: l'ial P~1enomer:a OI'fic~ .-'l.erospa~e :rechnolo~ies Di vi::>lon P:-c~uccion Directora~e TDET;U~O(Maj Quintanillatn916/mhs/3 Nov 67) ~.erial Advertising Pl:lnes . re,,;ar:t .~irport :!e-...ar:-c, :Tew Jersey 07102 l. The Aerial Phenomena Br t nch is investigating o.n unidentifi~d ; g object (UFO) observation of 22 October 1967 from Bellerode, ~lev Yor :<. T!'le Jescription o .;' the object is consistent .Ji th that ci" :ln Aerial Advertising pl! 1e vi tc .an el!ctrical ... ii,sn. I.n:t'orne.tion on ,.,nether t.1er~ were a n y adv~r~isi:l~ area .. oul...i be help.t'ul in our evaluation. -olancs 1n 3. 'rie have inclosed a l15tin.g of :1erial advert1..3ing planes ths.t 01:>1:!r e.t.e in the Ba5tern He!-)ion 1-1hich :::1ay be of u s e to you. !.. . Tbn:.< you for any :..'lS ~i:>tanco;! you can provide on this o"o3ervation. cfi,i;A2S C . :WIATT, Colon;;l, USA.? ;' ~Lrector or T~cb~ology ~:lu Sub~y3t 3 .~erio.l Acverti:.ing Li3ting l'tEPLY TO DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE H E ADQUARTERS f'OREIGN TECHNOLOGY OIVI!;;I O N I Af'SC l WRIGH T PATTEnSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 4 :S433 Do:)., i "rose, ~Tel" York J.l423 1<..: .. .' .~nee your urldentified observation. The infonnaUon ,,,hich vc .. -. . ~ received is not sufficient for<::~ scientific: inv0zLie,atjon. R':.!w_ . .5t .,Ol' compl e t e t~e attached l<'TD Forml64 oncl ret n1 it. in -:he -: .... vclope provided. Tr.an~ ,you for rep01:tin, "o 1 obs-~r,utior: ~o Ai1 Force. ....... :!.G'.S C:. ~.Al-lA'l-wr', Colonel, USAF ::~-:or of rrcchnology a!!d Subsy~tems F'l'D Fm;: lf>4 v/envelcpc lk lt..:rm..:. Nw Yv I'IWJIC I IJLI I HOOK l'/1 Wright l'.ti :r n r\1--B. .. , :h~ c\..:nin~ of October 22, 1967 [Sunday! , at appro\illlah:ly 8:00p.m., I, Yv,mn.:. my si'>tc r and motlwr. aull cou)::'l l ,:, ... r 1"1.:: .. or thr U.S. Coast Guard wltnc\~cd an unid,ntificd flying olljlct. 1\.1S lookin g out of my windo\\ that cwning [ waitill<' for sornconl'l unci ~aw an ol.>j..:ct ,dth na~hi!.l.b_li!i!.!t.~.~ Jt came from t> :ts t and ,,a~ hcach:d wes t. To the le ft o f my window, thne an: some ve ry l..rg;? t rees that the ohjed '\.h i t ted" hl:!lincl. ~(7: . There wu' no sound :..nd it moved sich:w;1y~ all the while th e lighh \\ e re vi~iblc and nasl1i11g. I tlll' n c;~lh'd 1ny ~hter. By tl. tum: she came, the UFO m cwed righ t ag.tin, to t he full visibility nf u~ hot h. Thl UFO t he n proc:ccdcd to move .:ft a,:.tin (n' ,btcr t he n went to call my cou~in und 1110thcr to viC\\ it), !!,!!!...Jlllltt:i.'[''cl to lll.! fol!owim; ~-"conven.tjnnal iJirnal)" Jn...:. not.\li\ : \ !jrcttiun. Due to the Iaten..:'~ of th1.: hour, no ~hapl' uf tin: UFO wa' etc terminable. It wa\ quite close !CJ tlw and \<a> .. nalugou~ tu the ~v.c of a trdn c:JT in width . J .. ill try to r.:cnac t the si,\!h:L~,; :.nd position. \,. were .til mo(t ~inccr..: in C.>'!r 'l;!htinl; and would U(l(Ht.:c iatc a confirmation CJf the lifO-or \\hcthcr it wa\ an ".:\p~ri:n:nt..! .rcrafl". however, \\1.' will n:n a.ccpt MARSH GAS a) ;m an\\\cr or I>Os\iblc ~ohlli<.m . "''I h e flashin~ lq,:hh wen: not ~in::;ubrlr J;Oing off un!l o n. lr<m_lcJ! t o L.i~ht.on_ an .:a11gjc.'' A_::J.n::Jc rc~ and :;reen , ,,adJlv-Ut.. I RO">I t\ UISTANCL I 1110U<.tll 1"1 \\AS lt:fh t" '' .;-n vn .:ach ,-idl o f tht: lJ I 0 :11H I ''en U. S. AIR FORCE TECHNIC AL INFORMATION Tlis questionnaire has been p repa red s o tha t y ou con give the U.S. Air Force as muc h .::,;;:,n as possible concerning t he unidentified aerial phenome non th o t y ou h ove observed. Pleas~ ry to answer os many questions a s you p ossibly con. T he info rma t ion that you give w ill b~ ul.ed r;:,r research purposes. Your name will not be u se d in connec t ion with any stat"'ment s , cnch.Js ' ons, or publications withou t your permission. We reque s t this personal information so at if it is deemed necessary, we may contact y ou for further d e tails. 1. When did y c;. :;ee the o bjec t ? 2. Tir,,e o f doy : Hour M i n u t"' s A.M. o r P.M.' 3. T irre Zone. ( Circle One): o . j t:ostern b: Ce n tral ( Ctrcle One): a . Daylight Soviny b.J Standard c. Mountain d. Pacific 4 . Where w~re y ou when you sow t he o b je ct? City o r T o w n State o r County 5. h o w lon ,uc s obje c t in sight? (iot:~! D:..r o t i o n ) ::. Certa in Not very sure