PROJE~T 1tG73 RECORD ~shland, Kentucky 10.-CONCLUSION C i. vi.:. o . Poss 1 ble (AIRCRAFT) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS l ENGTH OF OBSERVATION -lO ~inutes ~ach ~ TY'PE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Conflicting ....,_A.IUIJ No 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Tri-sate Airport at Huntington, West Virginia :.:e.;x>rtu: , .. Allegheny Flight 519 arrived at 832 FM, 28 Nov t7 and de,. -~:. shortly thereafter. The plane was a Convair 580 wh .. ::.. -:; -.:, 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS little noise and has rec. and wi.i! t~: . strobe lights. } Observe r sighted an object nated rrom red to silver. and the second t ~e there over a hill. that was self luminous anJ a l t The first tUne there was al obje~\ were two. The object di ssappeu:.:eJ. F TO 5 E P 6 3 0329 (TOE) Prnloul edition of thb fona ma1 b u .. d. BOB Nr 21-R258 S1GHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE TillS QUlo;STio RE liAS BEEN PRl!.'"PARED 00 THAT YOU CAN GIVE Til& U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS PO~t3LE CONCERNING THE UNIOENTlFil!.D PHENOMENON THAT YOU U A VK ODSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL O F TilE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATtON YOU GIVE WILL B E USED FOR RF..SEARCH PURPOS&q, YOUR N-\ME \\1LL NOT BE USED IN CONNEc:.-I'ION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUI~ Pl-:;;:.\fl-.SION. Rfo:TURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVgSTlGATOR FOR 1-'0RWAl~DING TO FTD (TTJETR), Vt"RIGHT- p .1\TT~R~,i't ~.:-'B. O HIO 45433, lAW 80-17. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARe NEEDE D 1-oR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES ATT...t'":.U .s.:::; ::R..::.LY TO TlllS FORM OR ANNOTATE WlTll YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFJCAT~ON.) 2 . wHAT T:~.:. .:;,o vou FIRST SIGHT nm PHENOMENON? 0 ~ 0 4. TIME/ :!vi"! 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 STANDARD l4EASi::.-, []cENTRAL QMOUNTAIN 0PACIFIC 00Tt1ER s . '.YHi!RE. ws:t:_ YOU WttEU YOU SAW THE PHENO~EHON7 If' IN CITY, GIVE THE N E AREST STR E E T ADDRESS AND INDICATE OH ,, H ASO : h "'~N MAP WHE R E YOU WERE. S T A.NOI~G WITH REF E R ENCE TO THE AOU R E SS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGH:,\ 'I v; J WERE,ON 0~ !~EAR 1\~lO T,AY T O FIX A DIST AN 17.ABL E LANDMAn K . 6 . t \GHiZ y:,; A R E AT THE P OINT S}-l:>.~t-. IS THE SKETCH, P L J..CE AN A ON THE CUR VC:O L INt! TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE p;p..:?~=:,..:.s fi!AS ABOVE THE HORIZO"'', O R SKYL I NC:, WHE N FIRST SO:::EH. P L A C E A a ON 1' H E SAME CURVED L mE TO 5t10" r.;)'lf Ml:il-i ABOVE THE HORIZON TH:;: P H E NOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. 085ERVC:R ~ lA. NOW IMAGIN~ YOU AfU! AT THE CENTI! .. Of' THI: COM,. ASS .. 011. PLACE AN A ON THil COM .. ASS TO INOICATI: THE DIRECTION 1'0 THC PHEHOMI:NOM WHI!N l'tAST SI:EN ... LACK A a ON THI: COMPASS TO INDtCATI: THI! DlftllCTION TO THE PHENOMitNON WHEN LAST lf!CN 7. IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A AT TH~ POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEC::N, ANO A a AT THE POSITION OF TH'E PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A. ANO a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVE'-IE~n OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN "A A.NO a. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MQVEMENT APP~AR:ZO TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETe THE LAROE~ SKE-TCH. PAGE Z OF 9 PAGE~ WHE .. K Wf!AI! YOU WHI!N YOU SAW THE PHI!NOMKNON? (CAf'cll approprloae roee.} IN 8USINDS I!CTION 01' CtTY IN BUILDING IN AEIIDINTIAL IICTION 01' CITY -AS PAIIIINOI:~ IN OPIIN COUNTAYSIDI! NIAft AU,,.IILO IN AIAfltl..~.N~ AS .. ASSIIMOIIA I'LYINO OVaft CITY I'LYING OVER OPEN COUNT~Y Ill' YOU WI!RI! IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WM 'T Clli'I!C:TION WI!RI! YOU MOVING? HOW I'AIT WIIJIU! YOU MOVINOT SOUTH WIUT DID YOU ITOP ANYTIME WHILE onllftVINO THI PHINO .. IINON? NORT!1tAST SOUTHIIAIT NOR it-' I!' EST EXPLAIN WH!THIR SUCH MOVIMI!NT EI'FICTS YOUR SICI!TCHIS IN ITEMS I AND S . DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WEAl IN AND TYPE 01' ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SICHTIN~. STAT! WHE.THER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? 010 YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? ~YES fi NO. IF YEs, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE T.O THE TIMe OF Sl::iHTING THE PHENOMENON AND HERE TliEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. 9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? L.1'JGO 0 F TIME I CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE g FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A CUESS HOW WAS Tl'-1~ ;,ETERMINEOT WAS THE ?H~N:;Io4!NON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? p YES NO. IF No, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT O!'t THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PH::HOMENO , AND D tRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP- PEARANCES C"t PREVIOUS SKETCHES. sec o'C\, o PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES tO. " TH&Ra Wll_.l MO .. I THAN ONa PHaNOMIINON, HOW MANY Wl:_.ll THE .. I!t DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY W~A ARAANG&O. DID THII ,.,.,.AMOKMI!NT CHAMOI! DU,.INO THE SIOHTIMO? CONDITIONS (CAeei oppropriaee block~.) CUMULUS CLOUDS (Lotu fluffy) FOG OA MIST HEAVY RAIN CIRRUS CLOUDS (Hi61a fleecy or Hetrlfl6" LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Ral,.J CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET COt-4PL~i'l.Y OVERCAST (T huntler8torru) HAZE OR SMOG NONE OF THE THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR H IGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT HIDDEN BY CLOUDS PARTIAL (New or qUOI't~r) I~ Sl~rtTING 'li AS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS TH~ SUN VISIBLE? IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUH THi! ~HEhOM~NO~! IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OV,RHEAD{NewMo~ BACK O F YOU TO YOUR LEFT Th~ MAJOR SOURCE OF 1\ .. LUM!NATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR - ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL I l.LUMIHATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE OESCRIPTION OF THE F"H!:: NOhfENOM, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT R!::FLECTEO l.ICiHT OR WAS SELF-LU ... INOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER :.1 IT ViAS. SO,_I O OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICAT E IF IT AP!:)EAREC POINT OF LIGHT. INOICATE COMPARISOMS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, l.IKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OT~ER OBJ E.:T I N YOUR FIELO OF VIE'ft, PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES THit PHENOM.NON ~OVI IN A STAAIGHT LINIU STANO ITILL. AT ANYTIME' SUOOENL. Y SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? BREAK UP IN ~A~TS AND EJCPL.OOIU CHANG COI..C~' GIVE OJriL" SMOK~' CHANGE II.~IG"! lST CHANGE SH., f F'LASH OA F~I:<E!Itt OISAPPEA" AN:I REAPPEAR? SPIN LIKE.\ ~,:)Df MAKE A NOI S? FLUTTER OR lf0B8LE? 14. WHAT OAEW YOUf' ATTENTION TO TH! PH&NOMENON? A.. HOW 010 IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? 9. 010 T ..:: ~H ,:; !'I'o!O"f MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR '3UILOIHO I.T ANY TIMF.? DESCRIBE PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES U. D"AW A ~ICTU .. a THAT WILL IHOW TH INA~ 0, TM. ~H.NOMIENON. INCLUOil AND LA.RL ANY DIETAILS THAT MIONT AP~IEA.-aD AS WINOI Ollt ~ftOTIItUSIONI, AND INDICATa EXHAUIT Ollt YAPO .. T"AILI. INDICATE BY AN Allt,.OW THil Dlllt.CTION THa PHENOMIENOM WAI MOVING. . 1&. WHAT .-AS Tr~ ANGULAR SIZE? HOI..O A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP 0? -r,~ M-OON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THEM~ -~H. NO! IF YOU HAO BEEN A3L ~ ;-, -='E~rORM THIS EXPEPIMENT AT THE TIME 0, THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT t-RACTI~"'h ")F THE PHE:,..O~.-iO .. 'lfOU :..O HAVE BEEN COVEP.EO BY THE MATCH HEAD PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES 17. OlD YOU OB~'iAV~ THr PHENOM~NON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUO! INFORMATION ON MOOKL, TYP~, FILTE~. LENS PRESCRIPTION OA OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASS~$ CAMIEAA VIEWER WIHCS!-'1~ 0 , ~ TELESCOPE 510!: "'fte-t;~< 0~ VEHICLE THEODOLITE A. CO vcv o~::;~ARILY WEAR GLASS!I? r-YES ~NO 18. WHA-,.~3 YOv ~ IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF T!l: PH::"CO~'-'~"f! GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEI!O _.I,.li.A..--. 8. DO YOU USE READING GL.ASSEST C YES tl NO 1t. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THJ! PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE { fu I .. 20. IH O~i:)i~ T!oiAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CL.~AR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRI3!t IN YOUR OWN WOROS COMioiO~ OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR. TO WHER! YOU NOT0 THE PHEHO,..ENON, WOULD a !::0.~ SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES B!TW!EH THE COMMON OS.:ECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. N :J1 ~ i No 21. D I D YOU NOTlCE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HeAT E.MANAT~ji FROM THE PHENOMENON On ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANt~.t.L5 oR \IA=HtNERY IN THE vtCINITYr DYES cg.No. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. A. 0 10 THE:: p;,~""CE"~?:-.t D ISTURB THE GP.OUNO OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. :_YES ~NO. PACE 7 OF 9 PAGES U. HAVP.: YOU EVER SI!EN THIS 0" A SIMILAR PHI!NOMF.NON B~FOAI!' NO. II' vE.;, OIV~ DATE AHO 23. WAS ANYO"fl! WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? ~ES 0 NO. IF vEs, DID THEY SEE IT TOOT 0 YI!S 0 SO. GIVE THE FOl.LOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF MALE FEMALE ICATE AD:>ITIONA """"RMATION INCLU OI~IG OCCUPATION AN 0 ANY EXPERIE NCE WHICH MAY BE P EATINENT. 25. WLiEN A~O T'O ,.,...::.)It OlD YOU RF.PORT TH~T YOU tl.\0 SIGHTEO THIS PHENOMF.NONT NAME DAY_ c/ D MONTH I . , ;,.i ' YEAR :!6. DATE YOU CO L.;: TED THIS QU ESTIONHAIRE. PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES DEptARTMENT OF THE AIR trORCE HKADQUA"TIUt I'OIItSION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION C ,._..C) WRIOHT.PATTIEReON AIN I'OIItCC 8A8Jt. OHIO A!l.t33 U?O Ob~ervation, 28 No Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which y~u reported to the Air Force. The 1nfoz tion ~hich we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Re~uest you complete the attached AF Foran 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. ,-;f.~S C. MANATI', Colonel, USAF ) !;~rector of Production AF Form 117 The stacond si~hting of 0b-' cold kf'pt hfr insid@ mo!lt n( jccl' in the sky" w~a report@d th@ time but she did mak@ Monday night -lhi~ time hy 8everal trips O\ltdooaa to watch Miss Gi!rtntrle Ramey, founder the objects. Jokingly, this morn and su~rintendent nf the Ra ing she said, "If 'they' land and mey Children's Home. ~nd want to be tak~n to t'Ur leader, about 14 of the home's resden~s. I'm going to M~n~ them tn The Thp "thing.'' described as Independent to see Bob Mc{;ul ~ilver in color and much bigger lou~h... (McCullough is editor than a star. appeared first over ~ of The Independent and on the horM and frorn it tater Ramey Home board of direc came ahout 11 other smaller tors.> objt-ets. Miss Effangham, who ~aid ~he Miss ltinel Effingham, a stu . had "never seen anything like dent at Ashland Community 1 it," said the large object would C<>llege. said she and the other l!et red, dim, disappear and y()ungsters -atl high school then reappear. Tlie 1l sma11er rollcge agP. -~ralched the un ohjects stayed silvery in color ifit-<i flying objects from ! and in formaton~ of about three R: :lo until nearly 10 p. m. to a group and '"ould disap l\liss Rame-y said the bitter p u when the large one ctid . ,Ra1ney Ho.r1te . (Conti"uecl From Page O"e) Miss Effingham said the for- mations didn't take off but just i m m e d a n d disappear!<~. ''There may be some exp1ana tion, but I don't quite under- s.t ~nd it," she said, a<iding that ! t~ere wa3 not much sleep last j ni.;~t for tne youngsters who 1 sa.v the phenomena. I Several miles from the Ra-j m!y Home, and about the sam~ ti~.-. the children were w;~tch i:;~ the sky, Ashland Patrot- .,,~n , Roger Gussler and Clyde 1 T:-::~nle were stat~Jned at the iJ:-?.!: tower with highpo\\.er-~ G:.;~.i ~r. whl) reported s~eing s,.~,.s ~:.... .... rJ.;y ni6ht, said he and e'. ~ojJt s.=-;e:-al ''shootin~ stan :;~r.rl a:rp;anes" during their 2 'i'i'!e p~t:-oiman said "the view i3 ~ ei'.:' ,ful, you can see a II a:.,~,.;nd.'' but none of the ob jC'(' he watched for marly thr~?P hours Sunday night were ~ct-n. T}-;e tower is located off Rt. ;na wruch joins the-entrante to T .;;l a net he and Trimble il ocr about 10 p. m., 'J.'hc children have a large tele~cop~ on a tripod and u~d