LCC,\ iJC:-1 Potto~o;1n Poo.nsylvcnia :::,ich tins tbo ob~e~-v(;r v.:.~ lout r; he \:ould ~o t cc:r.o obsorvo~ o!~tod an o~jcct ~o c~oke or vapo~. durin~ the si tin~ t~t ccl~ud down n~tor THE A I W!AE MOAE THAN ON I PHI!NOMI!NOM, HOW fit ANY W!R! T H ERI!f SHOW HOlt THI!V Wi!n~ AARANG~D. DID THIS A RRANGEM!NT DURING THE SI GHTING? C ONDITIONS (Check approp r iate blo clc.) CUMULUS CLOUOS(Low FOG OR MIST TWILIC:.H~ r CLOUDS (lli1la or Herrln1 O R DRIZZLE NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL PARTl.Y CLOUDY CUMUl.ONIM BUS CLOUDS COMPLET:_y ( Thwul er&Corrru) HAZE OR SMOG N O NE o ae ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooO oooo AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT OlD YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE NONE B~IGHT MOONLIGHT HO MOONLIGHT FEW MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY PART! At. (New or qULJI1er) JUNKNOYtt-. ~lvi-ITIN( .VAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN V ISIBL E T [)YES E ~ JoP! H ~'no( EN ON t 0 NO. IF YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FAC~O I N 9ACK :;;: YOU TO Y OUR LEFT UNKNOW~f J E . SPECirY Tl""!: MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLU).IINATtON PRE SENT CURING THE SIGHTING, SUC H AS THE SUN , HEADL I GHTS OR ST~EET L.A~e:t. E T C . FOR T E RREST R I AL. ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY D ISTANC E TO LIGHT SOURCE. 12 . GiVE ~ B~l~ ~ ::i ESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WH ETHE R IT APPE A RED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT ~ R EFL::C":" E~ - IGHT O R WAS SELF- L UM!SvUS AND WHAT COLORS Y OtJ NOTICE D . D ESCRIBE YOU R lf .. PRESSION OF WHETt-lER IT lfAS S~:.. ='O R TRANSPARENT, WHETH~R EOGES WE R E SHARP OR FUZZY. D ESC RIBE THE SHAPE O R INDICATE I F IT APo::A~C.-, "SA POINT O F LIGHT. IN:I:.t,TE COM?A R ISONS WITH OTHE R O BSERVE D OB JECTS, LIKE ST ARS, A LIGHT OR on"~::?. Oa.r;~7 IN YOUR FIELD O F VIE~. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES 010 THE PHENOMENON l-40VE IH A Sfii"IGMT LINE? STAND STil.\. AT ANYTIME? SUOOENLY SPE~O UP AND RUN AWAY? BRE::AK UP IN pa q'I"S AND EXPLOD:!? CH J\NG~ COL :)~ GIV~ OFF SMO~E" eqiO"'T!~ESSl CHANGE S"'IH DISAPPE; ~ SPIN LIKE A -;-c;:.p FLUTTER 0~ 1'1?88LET 14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO TM E PHENOMENO N? -r ia J J~ tJOW 0 1 D I'; FINALLY DISAPPEAR? FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TRE~. O R !J!JILOING AT ANY TIME' 1s::-yEs, OESCRIS~. PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 11. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THK SHAPE OF THE fiHEHOM!NON. INCLUDE AND LASEL ANY DETAIL$ THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE OY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16. WHAT ..,~S --"! A>J.:iUL.AR SIZE? HO!....O A. MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET 0 ~ , ._.::: -'C~'I. NOTE HOW MUCh OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF Y O U HAD SEE~ As_.:: ~:z~F'ORM THIS EXP~Rl"'::,_.T AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRA..CT!f)H OF THE P HC:).IOME "::"' '=':. '-=>HAVE BEEN COVE?.~O 8 ':' THE MATCH HEAD PAGE:: 6 OF 9 PAGES 17. DID YOU OBSF.,_V THE PHttHOMf.NOH THAOUOH ANY OF THE FOLLOWINOf INClUD~ INFORMATION nH MODI!L, TYPE, FIL TEA, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHF.R APPLICAaLE DATA. CAM!:RA VIF.WEI'\ _./ EYCGLASS~ SUl'IC.L ASSES WH40SHIE!_C Sl OE WINOO-r 0~ VEHICLE OINOCULAAS THEODOLITE A . DO YOW ':>CO: "''RIL. Y WEAR GLASSES? B . DO YOU US! READING GLASSES? c. ""....J 10. WHAT liA3 ':'::L~ IMPRESSION OF THE SPEEI" OF THE tt. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRE S SION O F THE 013TANC~ OF TH~ PI>!C.~lO'~E"i::-._., GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED, ")j~ ' ' . . PHENOMENON? OIV~ ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE '}L ... . c l'..i 20. I N O~CE~ ~-,~T .._E MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIOLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, OISCRIB~ IN YOUR OWN WORt>S A CO~otMOI't .:>PJJ~CT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHF.N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHEA'! Y O U NOTED THE PHENOME,...ON, WOULD SE A ~ S01tt4F. RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIDE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETW~EH THE MON 09J ECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. 0'0 Y'"'IJ ...; '"'7 A~Y ODOR, N O ISE, CP. ~==-'~ ;:..tAAHATING F~Ot.4 THE P H ENOMENO N on ANY EFFECT ON YOURSE LF, ANl>-o.: s ':>rt t.-. ACHia-4ERY IN THE VICIN ITY?. fiJ YES 0 NO. IF YES, DESCRIBE. A . 0~0 T H e ? ,-,E-.:v ~ : .... ~,_. DISTURB THE GP.OU~IO OR L E-'V ANY PHYSICAL EVI.O ENCE. 0 YES u... NO. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 22. HAVE YOU EVI:R S~EN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOM~NON B!FOR!:T (]YES EJ NO. IF yEs, GIVE DATE ANO 23. WAS ANYONE 'I1TH YOU AT THE TIMI! YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? [) YE$ 0 NO. IF y:is, 010 Tttl!Y !JEE IT TOOt A. LI!JT THEIR N 'MES ANO AOORESSES GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF LAST HAM!:, F:~ST NAME, MIOO\..E NAM!: HlOICATE .A::'')ITION"L INFORMATION INCl. CCUPATION AtiD ANY EXPERii:NCe WHICH MAY BE PERTINEIIT. ~ THAT YOU HAD 31GH'rE D THIS PHENO'AENON7 YEAR .L_Cj c. I 2 . PAGE 8 OF 9 P.>.GC:S rrovcnhcr 1.3, 1967 UFO IriV::J~PJGi~TTOP~1 c r'i'r~'t l)~\ Y ro; , orrro g1ven T:l8 r:aucera. He tolrl 11e tho.t i f' I \"!rotc to send ne L form to fill out about it. you, you wovlcl I V.'ould b e very r,.ratefull if von cent T'le 8. for1n to fill out o:n the lJ:PO Sincerly you_ro, POTTSTo:.rr-~, r:3TErASYIJVANIA ~VATiON oo.:. TD.P!' (trFO) Lt Col C'uintanilla/70916/mhs/29 1\pr 68 r.;ro Observation, ~, !Iovember 1967 ro~tstown Police Depart~nt ?:>ttatolill, PennaylVM1a 194.64 flyi.a~ object O~.lri ed on 7 ,u_ Ol'f'ice ia in receipt o'f a n uniJentified (Ult"') report from .Pottst,own, Pennsylvania, \lhicb November 1967, nt nppro:d!l18te ly 7: 20 am. 2. Tee , , i tneaa stated that he obs.arved a n object that "looked lik e t"liO saucers glued together with a strip of somethlng in the middla." ':!?he object wa~ obs~rved for ten minutes t\lld at one point -w~s only 30 to 50 f~'2t high nnd ,.;aa hovering 011er a house. 3. The ::~ighting occurred o:t 7:20 am.~ on Rhoads :rtoad, u.nd the o~1server otatad that there v:as no trar'fic on t b e roacl. Since wa sre not f amiliar \rlth R!loads Road, ,.,e 'WO'lld appreciate your o pinion ns to '\lhdther i-: i3 1J2taly that traffic '1ould not b e on t:'l13 road ~t what 19 usually the peak time -ror people soing to 4. Did you receive any reports of unusual objects for this date'? ~e \IOUld appreciate your cornments as to a possible cause :for this ;:;1gbt1ng. 5 Thank you for your assistr1nce on this matter \i.e.:. at ~NII.I il, J~ Lt Colon~l, U3A.F .. :!.:.iet , Aerial Phen~"Dena Office _:~.!~-.-pace Tecbnologias Di,113ion c~ion Directo~te TDI'r (UFO) Lt Col Quint.lnilla/7091f1/m.'1s/29 !\pr 68 uro Observation, ~tovember 7 Pottatollll, Pennaylvania. 1946~ 1. Reference your u.n1dent1f'1ed observation or 1-lovember 7, 1967. In the A? For:a 117 that you completed, you stated that you observed the UiO for npprox1mately ten minutes Nld that 1 t vas about 30 to 50 feet high and over a .lhouse at least part of the time. 2. Ilequest. in:tor.nation on the following. n. In question 1/:7 of AF Form 117, you indicat~ that there 'W<:1s no tr~ff1c. By this, do you mean that there was no traffic on P~aods Road during the ten minute interval 'l If not, -what does 1 t b. Eov f~r uway from your home vere you7 observed the object for ten minutes and didn't nttention.to it? How is it that you c all anyone else'3 c. In your original letter you stated that you and Kevin Bender ''ha~1e both seen many flying saucers.'' Yet, on the for.n you completed, you state that you had never observed a sbilar phenomenon beforej please explain. 3 ~ank you for your assistance in providing thio additional. LUOI :tJAtion. / ?t!'OR Q.UINTANIJ.tA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF /':~!.af'~ Aerial Phenomena Office te;~s?8ce Tec~nolog!es Division Self-addressed envelope ~u~ion Dizectorate Potts to\.n, P:., l <J'I G 4 f.ir.Ea:7:r Quintanill~,., Jr. mr. Qv..:..:'ltanillo.., In rclJly to :'lour re(_!uen t o~ infor'l:--, tion fo-r A:r' Por:.: 117 l nrc the necesn~r:y e.n swers: 2c... ~:1c~e ,-g:s little or no tr2ffic a t all nt t11at 'Lntcrvel I \ .. 0 0 i n the li vi:nr roo;(t ;~.t the t ime and c allcrl 11y mother told me not .oe t invoJ. v r)rl in 'C e 11 i_ nr: ~ olr.:cs hecaus c it ;;, s alnos t ti; 1e to r;o to Dchool. ::os~ E.ll of the p:1eno:::cnon I h2.ve sig htcr1 v:cre 1:tootly :-: t : ight or c1ltsl: enrJ this ':/;-tS t h e first -Gyne li!ce that t~-1:"' : I have ever I hone I hc:.vc p i ven yo1.J_ the necessazy inforraation