PROJECT 10073 RECORQ 1. DATE TIM! GROUP 2. LOCATION Walcott, Iowa 3. :\uUf~CE 10, CONCLUSION t. NUHBER OF OBJ eCTS i .S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION I conflicting =o~d v 1.su.s.l i 7. COURSE 8. Pt-iOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Probabir. (METEOR) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer sighted a blue white object. The OQftCt was slight- ly brighter than Venusj the edges of the object were fuzzy, it appeared to travel at fantastic speed, and had a smoke trail. It vanished at an ele. of about 30 degrees. Co~T.ents: In the originial letter the observer indicated that she saw it at 5:15 pm on 17 Nov. On Form 117 she indicated that she saw it at 6:15 on 18 Nov 67. The obser- ver is only ll yrs old. Witness vas contacted but did not ret~ the 117s. It appears that the object was a fire- ball or bright meteor. p,...vlou e d ition ot thb fol'lll ~DaY b. ued. I 30. HGve you ever seen this ~ or a s1m113r object before~ If so }1.. \/u.s Gnyone else with y.ou at the time you S D\'1 the object. (Circle one) @) No 31.1 If you ans\vcred YES, d ld they see the obj cct too? (Circle o~e) No . one , tate "Zir, Cc::l/ c Telepto':le Numbe ~e-} } Sex 1: EfiAL.. _ Indic~t~ Any addi ona n ormation about yourself, includ- ing y s~ecial experience, which might b e pertinent ~h~n and to whom did you report tha.t you h9d seen the object? - . Day f.fonth Year Date vo~ comnleted this ~uestionaire: Day Month Year SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE THIS QUESnONNAIRK HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAM GIVE THE U.S. A.IR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION POSSIBLE CONCERMING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMitNON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL OF ntK QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL Bit USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAME WILL NOT BE USED IN OONNECI'ION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. RETURN TO A.IR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDE'I'R), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 4543S, lAW 80-17. (IF ADDinONAL SHBBTS ARB NBBDBD FOR NARRATIVB OR "SICBTCHBS ATTACH SEC:J?.EL Y TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATB WITH YOUR NAMB FOR IDENTIFICATION.) ,. WHEN tiiO YOU SEE THE PHENOMI!NON? 2. WHAT TIME :liD YOU fi"IRST SIGHT THil PHI!NOMI!NON? !, WHAT TIM~ OlO YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? HOUR , MINUTES 4. TIM I!/ ZON ~ _/ 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS l!l CENTRAL. 0 MOUNTAIN tv TANDARD D PACI fi"IC 0 OTHER S. WHERE WEP.E YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STRET ADDRESS AND INDICATE OH A HAND CR~JifH MAP WHERE YOU WERE STAHOIHG WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. 6. IMA~I ... ~ YO:.J AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AH A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE Prl~NOM~NOH WAS A90VE THE HORIZON, OR SI<YLINE, WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A a ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOI ._,IGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN L.AST SEEN. lA. NOW I~AOIN~ YOU ARI! AT THE CENTE,_ 01' THI! COMptASS ROSI. PLACE AN A ON THI COMptASS TO IMDICATI THI! DIRECTION TO THE PHIMOMI!NOM WHEN 'U.ST II!EN. PLACE A a ON THE COMptASI TO INOICATI! THE DIRECTION TO THE PHI!NOII41!MOM "HIM LAST SI!EN 7 . I~ TP"E S<EICH BEL.OW, PLACE AN A AT TI-lE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEt.f FIRST SEEN, AND A a AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOM~NON WHEN L.AST SEEN. CONNECT THE A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE TH~ MO\/C:McNT OF' THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A AND e. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT AP PE.F'c~ T~ BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE L ARG ::~ SKE-TCH. PAG 2 OF 9 PAGES ( WHI!t"l! Wl!"l!t YOU WHI!N YOU SAW THK ~HENOMENON? (Ciaec. opproprlelt &loe.e.J IN aUIINUS lllCTION Of' CITY IN BUILOINCI IN RlliiO!NTIAL SECTION 0, CITY AS DRIVE .. []AI PASI.NO ... IN OPI!N COUNT .. YSIDI! IN aOAT MEA .. Al .. f'lllLD IN AI R~LA ,.I I AI PILOT l J AI PASIIlNOilR f'LYINO OVI!" CITY 'LVI NO OV!R o,a!N COUNTAY II" YOU WI!AI! IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT Of~!lCTIOH WKRI! YOU MOVINGf HOW FAST WI!RI! YOU MOVING? DID YOU STO,a ANYTIME WHILil O"llRVINO THil fiHENOMENON? NOATHilAST IOUTHilAIT NO .. THW!ST EXPLAIN WHITHER SUCH MO NT Ef'FICTS YOUR SK,TCHIES IN ITEMS SAND a. ~ DESCRIBE TY 0, VEHICLE YOU WE"! IN AND TYPI! Of' ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY 0' WATER YOU TRAVERSED DU .. ING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? 0 10 YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? ~YES lrl NO. IF YES, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT "E&..ATIVE TO THE TIME OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND HEM HEY WERI! IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION 0, THE PHENOMENON. HOW LONG WAS THE PHEN9MENON IN SIGHT? LENGTH OF TIN! .sef/t'nls CERTAIN OF TIMI! NOT VI!RY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUI!SS HOW WAS TIME OETERMtNED? WAS TH!: PH!:-..Ofio4!HON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSL.YT !) YES J;! NO. IF No, INDICATE WHI!THI!R THIS IS DUI! TO YOUR MOVC:MC:HT 0,. THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHI!NOMI!HO , AND D RIBI! SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP- PEARA!'tCES ON PR~VIOUS SKETCHES. PAGI! I OF 9 PAGI!S tO. Iff THIRI! Wl,_l MORI! THAN ONB fiHINOMINON, HOW MANY WI,_B THE,.IU DRAW A PICTU"P. TO SHOW HOW THIY Wl .. l AAAAMOI!D. DID THIS AftRAMOIMI!NT CHANOI DU.-INO THI! SIOHTINOf CONDITIONS (CAee, approprlole bloclca.) SKY 8. WI!ATH I! A CO :..E.IELY OVERCAST CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low flulfy) CIAAUS CLOUDS (Hilla fleecy or Herrlfal- NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rallt) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (T hwadertolru) HAZE OR SMOG FOG OR MIST HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE SHO'ff OR SLEET NONE OF THE ABOVE C. I~ THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR N IGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON? (1) STARS (2) MOON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO t?/{ 0 ~ It& e MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or qUIJfter) ,.,.G WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS T HC: SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. THE P H !NOMENONT IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACEO L IN FkONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR LEFT OVePH EAO(Ne~MO~ IN B A C K OF YOU 12. CIVE. A. S;:.?!~F DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEAR!!O DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT R E:::-l..EC:i =:o LIGHT OR WAS SELFL.U)ItiNOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WA S SO~IO OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WI!RE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT APP~AR~:> AS A POINT OF LIGHT. I NDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHR OSJE.CT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. ;l I/) / tLa., ~ a. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES NO UMICNOWM MOVI IN A IT .. AIOMT LINif STAND STILL AT ANYTIMa? SUDDINl. Y IPIIO UP AND .. UN AWAY? ftAIAK UP IN PA,.TI AND EXPLOOI? CHANOil COLO'U OIVI! OI'P' SMOKI? CHANGI .,_,O.,.T"f&SS? CHANOI SHAPil' SPIN Llt<:t A. TOP! B. 010 Tt1Z i='~.l~C'ME .. ON MOVE BEHIHO OR I N F~ONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING ,,T ANY TIME? 0 YES f ,1 N::. IF vEs, DESCRIBI!. . PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES '' DfMW A ~ICTU.-IE THAT WILL SHOW THIE IHA~Il 0, THIE ~HIENOMENON. INCLUDIE AND I..A.IlL ANY DITAILI THAT MIGHT HAVIE AflflllARIED AI WINOI Oft ~ROTRUStONI, AND INDICATir lrJtHAUIT 0 .. VAfiO .. TAAI\.1, INDICATI! BY AN A .... OW THIE .. IECTION THil ~HilNOMilMON WAI MOVING vII Pt> I~ 16. WHAT 'MAS T~ ~ ANc;ULAR SIZE? HOL..O A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP 0~ -'-; E MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH Off THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD 01' THEM~ -cH. NOW. IF YOU HAO B EEN Aa 7:l ORM THI S EX~E-.IMEHT AT THE TIME OF THE SI'GHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTtntof I)F THE PH O~E:-tO."t \0U~:> HAVE BEEN COV!REO BY THE MATCH HI!AO PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES 17. DID YOU OBSI .. VE TH!t PH!tNOMaNOM THROUOH ANY 0, THa ,0\.LOWINOt INCLUDE INI'ORMATION ON MOOWL, TYPE, P'IL TER, LENS PAI:SC .. I~TION OR OTHER A~PLICA8La DATA. EYIGLAS~KS CAMERA VIIW~R SUNOL ASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHI!L.O SlOE W1NOOW 0, VEHICLE THEODOLITE A. DO YOU OttO I~ -\AIL. y WEA .. GLASSES? LJ YES G NO 8. 00 YOU USE READING GLASSES? 0YIU (11HO 18. WHAT W"S "'~UR IMPRESSION 0, THE SPEIQ 0, THE PHEHOMI~ONT GIVE ESTIMATE 0, IPE&D JJ $"/JO '1f',l+ .. tt. WHAT WAS YOUR IM~fU!S:liPN Of' THI DISTANCE 0' TH! PHENOMIENON? OIV!: ESTIMAT!: 0' DISTANCI! I J'f{rJ ,: . 20. IN OIIOR ~'iAT WI ~AY OBTAIN AS Ct. EA .. A PICTU .. I! AS POSSIBLE 01' WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS C.O ,J\40"1 :>aJCT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN 'I'HI SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHf!NOMENON, WOULD saA~ SOMI RESEMBLANC!: TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BI!TWE~N THE COM~ON 011J !CT AND WHAT YOU SAW, ,. ~ / A (} 21. 010 f :>U '\~oiCE A N Y ODOR, NOISE, c q HEAT ~MANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANI\4ALS CP tt(ACHIHERY IN THE VICINI TY? []YES 0 NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. , , A. 0 10 THE Ph::;..~.,.::.:>,. D ISTURB THE GROUNO OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVI.OENCE. 0 YES J!. MO. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 22. HAVIt YOU EVIA S~EN THIS 0 .. A SIMIL.A" PH~NOM!NOM BIFO,.I!? 0 YES NO. IF vEs, GIV! DATE AND 2J. W!1-s ANYON! WITH YOU AT THE TtMI! YOU SAW THI! PHENOMI!NONT YES 0 NO. IF yes, DID TH!Y SEE IT TOOT INDICATE A= FORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. 25. WH~N AN;) T~ .w;,o~o~t OlD YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? 26. OAT F.: YO:J :;;:-._.PLETEO THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. PAGE 8 OF 9 PAG5 17. INI'ORMATION WMICM YOU l'aaL II ... RTINaNT BUT WMICM II NOT ADEQUATELY COVR .. ao IN THIS QUaiTIOMNAIR .. AL TRMATIYaLY PROvtDa A MA .... ATIYa aJC .. LANATIOM 01' THa liGHTING PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGES D~AJitTMENT Ofl" THE Alflt F'O"CE HKADQUA"Tirlt. I'Oft&ION TIECHNOLOQV DIVISION ( AI'SC) WlttOHT.ftATT&ftSON Atft I'ORCIE BASK. OHIO 45433 UFO CbserV3t1on 17 Boveaber 1981 Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project B:ue Book) as being a ~itness to an unidentified flying object. If you vere a witness to an UFO sighting on 11 196f 1:-ould you please coc.plete the attached AF Forrn 117 e.nd return it in the envelope provided. If you were not a witness to thiG sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form. Tne infonnation which you provide will be used in evaluating this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter . ~-JA.\!ES C. MANA 'IT Co lone 1, USAF :-'!:>~rector of Production AF Form 117 BOB Nr 21-R258 SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE THIS QUF3rtONNAIRE HAS BKKN'PREPARED SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMArtoN AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. "NILL NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS Wl'rHOUT YOUR P ERMISSION. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRJGRT- PA'CTER A:::B, OHIO 45433, lAW 80-17. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARB NBEDBD FOR NARRATIV8 OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECr . .'~ELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATB WITH YOUR NA!fl8 FOR IDENTIFICATION.) 1. WH!.N 0 1>: :jU SEE THE PHENOMENON? 2 . WHAT Tl!Wi! = 10 YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PH!NOMl!NONt 3. WHAT T:t.;E ;::)10 YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 4. TIME/ZO:-.! 0 E.A.STE I 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS Ulf CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN 0 STANDARD D PACIFIC 0 OTHER s. WHERC. '1\:!0F. YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A HAND D~AWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE H IGH WER ON NEA TRY TO OGNIZABLE LANDMARK. r J1 .c n h e f' e IMAGINE. YOU ArtE AT THE POINT SHCWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN \\ ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORlZ:>!'of, OR SKYLINE, WHEN FIRST SE~N. PLACE A a ON THE SAME CURVED l..IHE TO SHOW HOW 4 1GH ABOVE THE HORIZON TiiE ?HENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST 5EEN, lA. MOW IMAO,NII YOU Aft. ATTHE CEMTI!,. 01' THE COM .. ASI AOSI!. PLACE AN A ON THE COM.-ASS TO INDICATE THE DIRI!tCTION TO THI!t PHENOMENON WHtM "RST Stii!M. PLACK A a OM THE COM.-ASS TO INDICATE THP. DIPU!CTION TO THE .. Hl!HOMitNON WHEN LAST SIU!N. 7. ''I 'I"M! S'<~TCH BELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIAST SEEN, AND A a AT TH~ =-t :aTI~"i O F THE PHENOMENON WH!H l.AST SEEN. CONN!!CT THE A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE Mt.'lVEM NT OF THE Pt4EMOMI!NON BETWEEN A AND a. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT AP?EA rn::o TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIGZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AH EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE T H E LAqo ::R SK.TCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES WHEAE WIUE YOU WHI!N YOU SAW THa PHENOMENON? IN BUSINESS laCTION Otr CITY