1. DATE TI:.IE GROUP '::;. SO\JRCE } Ci vilia.:-. ;;. NUMBER 0~ O!lJ ECTS iS. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SW.\MA RY A ND ANALYSIS j . The observer sighted an objec~ ~hat looked like a fla r e that I 1' l 5 s~cond.s 16 TYPE OF 085ERVATION made an arc tow-ard t:he eartn. ?he object 'as seen in the t From Auto 3 . PHOTOS ?. PHYSIC,\L EVIDENC E The descrip-.ion is like that co.n:~ocl.y given for a FTD S E P 6 3 0-329 (T OE) Provloue ed!Uon .. o l t~e f ortD m e y b u>ed. PROJECT 10073 RECORD i. D A Ti: . IME G.ROUP .m.uer J._;, SOlJR-i 1 1(}, CONCLUSION Ci vL 1a n ()t[,(q: Prob9. bl e ( S.E:..r.CHLl.G:.':') l 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 7 . COURSE Couc. ~ ercl o cl<:\ll ise 8 . PHOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE i't'r1e;ht -Fa tterson was reportin5 1 2 ,000 ft overco.s t an:! uJ.y tor: reported 6~000 f t overcast. UDe :v~! 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS As Received by Duty Officer, observer sa,, o. ~b~a-lii< i. . . travel ins in a counterclockwise circle centered on obs.:rv c.:-... ,. ; 45 deg elevation. ObsP.rver said object l ookP.d like patter:-1 : made by a searchligh t on cloud bases but said it couldn' t be I a search 1ght because the si<y condition ...-a s cle:\r. Obje ct. !':::1!\ been visible for 50 minutes at the time of the c a1l anJ was still visible. FTD S E P 63 0-329 (TOE) Prevlouo edltlo M o f thlo Form mJ' b u ud . Prcjoci: 5957D -UFO Data -SURFACE DATA -Dayton, Ohio l,.,T!ND I VISIBILI T T81PERATURE SEA L"::'VEL Al:r:C: CIDUD IRECl'ION & ( Statute and DEltl PR8SSURE SE'ITIUa liUDIJlCT : HEAO'JUA::tT~;{S FORZIG N TECHNOI...OGY OIVI"liON (Ar:'CJ WRIG H T -?ATT.O:tlSON AIR i"'OJ'l.:::~ lilA!>~. OHIO 4:.'1433 UFO Obs~rvation, 14 December 1967 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting ~hicb you reported to the Air Force. The information ~hich ve have received is not sufficient for 2 scientific investigation. Request you complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope . Tna~k you for reporting your obse~ration to the Air Force. .. ~.A}I!ES C. MANATI', Colonel, USAF Director of Production AF Form 117 BOB Nr 2l-Tl258 ~: J:iih'~Q Q,; '...i'l! .. )c;'HI?L:D ,,~lE,'.OI'tl~0.JA QU~$TlQ,\l,'1AiHi TtHS C:.'ll-..;)TIO~NAlRE I:IAS BEE~ PR'ci,A.RED SO THAT YOu CAN GIVE 'HiE U.S. ,.,.!R FORCE AS P!UCU I::tFOR ..... \TION ~ AS P0'3!BLE COKCERNii'IG THE UNJDE1{TiFIT::D PHE~O\iE:'ION TB \T YOU ~t.\VE OBSERVED. PLEA3E TRY TO A:-l'S'.'f!'.~ .\LL OF Tir:::: OUE3Tt0NJ. TP.E' WFORMATIO.:-J YOll GIVE '.ViLL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR :' A'iE WILL NOT BE USED 1N CONNt:CTim~ WIT H 1.11\: OF YOUR STATB .. \ENTS OR CONCLUS40N3 'YITHOU YOUR p::RMISSlON. RETURN TO A.lR FORCE DASE INVST:G.\TOR ~OR FOR,'iAROING TO FTD (TD=--:TR), RruG.HT-t PATT~:-!-.ON AFB, OHIO 45133, lAW 80-17. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS .4..RE NEEDED FOa NARRATlVE OR $KETCJJZS .tTTAr..;JI SECURELY TO T1I!S FORM 01~ ANi'i01'AT..J:IITll YOUR N.'l.'rf E FOI~ JDENTIFICA TWN.) YEAR I . :- I. "'nE.' DI!J YOU SEZ THC: PHENOI-lENON? 2. WH,\ T TIMe D I D YOU :3. Wti <>.T TI~.!<O PID YOU t.I\ST SIGHT THE PHENO'-IcNON ? // , -31' '14., TIME/ ZONEj 0 DAYLIOHT SAVINGS CJ STA!JDARO ~ 0 EJ.CT:::RN 0 CENTRA L 0 MOUNTAIN 0 PACIFIC 0 0 rH~I'-. 5 . \'o~i';RS WERE YOU f'IHEN YOU SA1 THC: PHC:IIOMENON7 IF IN CITY, GIVE THE N E AREST STREET ADDRESS ..... NO INOIC ATF. ON~ A H I'ND 0<!1\WH MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDIN G WITH REFEREr<CE TO THf:: AOORESS. I F IN THE COU:OT?.Y, IOEN TI!!'Y -riIEI H ICHNAY YOU WER E O~l OR NEAR A N D TRY TO FIX A o:STANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME R:O:COGNIZA!:!LE LAHOliiARK. 6 1'.!.'-GH<E YO:..J ARE o\T THE ?OINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, ? L N .::t:: AN A -ON THC: CUR'/C:O LIN:?: TO S'-lO'., I.JON HIGH THE , j . PHE'IO\lENON WA.S ASOVE IHC: HORIZO'l, 0~ SKYLINE. 't'IHEN FI~ST .s::EN. PLACE A ~a ON T H E S.\M-::: C'JRV'::O t_iNE: T O j j 51-'0V HO ; I HIGH A90V::: THE HORIZON fHZ ?rlE~Ot..IEr-ION WAS ' HE.'! LAST S:O:EU. J OSSEAVE "! Ol -t:;:.:,lo.~ TO TH~ i"t'!:; 101o4ENON jOI'-fE~I Flf>$T S:::'1. PL..I'C!': A " B ' ON Til"' :r.t.!"'\'iS TO INOICATI:: TH'E 01q~CTION )"') ~INW I NNE 7 . IN Tn" SKZTCrl !32l.Oft. Pl.AC'2 Ml ....... AI 'irl::: ?OSITION 01"' Tnt: PHC:NOM E:-10'1 ,ofHEI'ol FIRST :iEEN, AND A ,.a AT Trl:: P031TIC.'f OF T;-t::: PrlE~IO\.!ENON WH:!.-1 LAST SC:!N. CONNECT THE ....... A'IO "B~ WITH A LIN! TO A?r>ROXIHAT"-T'"t!:: !C'-'.;tiT QF -He; PHE~O\IENON S::.T'\'IZ:::N ".\ AND a ... THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHO>f Wri.::THE~ TH:::: MOVC:Mc'IT APP A ::o TO !lC: ST?A. ;I'IT, CURV:!D Ort ZIG-ZAG. P::::FER T<:> $ ;1.4Al.LI!R Si<ETCH AS ;\~1 E:XAM?LE a~ ~OW TO CO,\o~PI r:-E OR.\IY I\ PICTURE 10 .:HO"t HO~ TH !Y Wl!:l:! 1 PARTLY CLOUDY COM?LE'rELY OVERCAST CONDI TIONS (Cht<ck appropriate bloek,.) CIRRUS CLOUDS (lligh fleecy or H errins- NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (T hMder .UonM) FOG Oi'! r.!IST HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN O R DRIZZLE SHOW OR SLEET HAZE OR SMOG NONE OF 'rHE ABOVE C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHA T DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOO N ? (I) STARS (2) MOON aRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UNKNOWN f'.../y PARTIAL (New o r qi.Ull'ter) D. IF SIGHTING WAS I N DAYLIGHT, WA S THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. I F "YES, 'ltHi::RE ';'lAS THE S JN 1\S YOU FACED THE PHENOMeNON? IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OV<::RHEAD (Near neon) IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEi"T t. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUI>IINATION PRESENT DURING THe SIGHTING, SUC~I AS THE SUN, HEA DLIGHTS OR STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLU~INATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE:. :a. '.'iH<:RE "IZRE YOU '.'IH=:N YOU SAW THE PHt::NOMENON? (C:A,.ck tJpproprla:e bloc::J,} ~ BUSINESS '>ZCTIO !'I OF CITY 1"4 RES I DEN TIA\. Sf.:C riO N 0 AS OP.IVEH Q A S PASS.:':NGI!R IN O?~N COUNTFlYSIOE !'lEAR Ali'l.I"IELO I 'l J\1 pOJ.M-.E 0 AS PILOT [lAS PASSENO~R FL YINO OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTR Y I F YQtJ WR:=: IN A VEHIC L E , COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING : WHAT DIRECTION lfi:.:RE YOU MOVING? H O W FAsr 'NC:AE YOU MOVING? 010 YOU STOP ANYTIME VIHIL..E OSSERVIHO THE PH ENO!Ioi .. NOli? NO'{THEAST j EX'"-AIN '~HETHE~ SUCri :>.IOVEME N T EFFECTS YOUR Sl< ETCHC:S IN IT EMS 5 AND 6 . VEHICLE YOU ':-REIN ,\i'lO TVP-OF ROAD. 1 c.RRAIN OR BODY OF \'fA 1 c.R YOU TRAVEPS~o DU~I. G THt:: SlGHTI~G. STATE W~IETHER WINDO','IS 0~ CONVERTIB L E TOP WERE UP OR DOWN . HO> MU'::II GTHE!'l TRAFFI C WAS THERE1 D I D YOU tiOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? QYES 0 NO. IF vEs, o::sc~IBE WHE N THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIV::: TO THE TIM::: SIG"i':'INC TH.:O P'-!;:;NOMENON A N D WHE~ THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO TH!:: POSIT I O N OF THE PHENO~ENON. 9. HOW LONG WAS THC: PHENOMC:~ON IN SIGHT? f./" CC:RTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE LENG i'H Ot:: TIME , nOW WAS TI\I~E,..-ET/.'ERMINEO? k-4.-A' l (!_(, ';V\'\5 THE P HEI'+OioiENONt1N SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? (]}YES n NO. IF Ho. INDICATE WHC::T~IER THIS lS OU:O: TO YOUR ~OV~/o10::NT OR THE Bi:::'HAVIO~ OF THE P nE.:NO"'iENON , A N D OESCR19E SUCH :.IOVEMENT Ort 9HAVIOR . INDICATE DJSAP- 1 P!::Al'lANCES O N PREVIOUS SKETCH:::S. Pf\GZ 3 Or') PAGES 01:-t:;:CrtON THE PHENOM!::N O N WAS MOVING. I 15. WHAT '.'lAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT A R)oi' S LENGTH I N FRONT OF A KNOifN OBJEC.T , SUCH AS A STR::ET ~ L <,M? OR THE MOON. NOTE HO'N MUCH OF THE 09JECT IS COVERED BY TH!:: HEA"' O F THE Ill} :!-!. SO'"" 1"" YOU HAD i 8EEH ABLE TO PERFOi'l.\4 THIS EXPE~IMENT AT THE TIMC:: OF THE SIGHTING, EST!~,!ATE '/tHAT r '-\CT'- -i F THE 4 PHE'-~"'ENON WOULO HAVE aEEN COVERED SY"TH~ MATCH H EAD. h PAGES OF 9 PAC<:S OIS.l.P?EAR AND REAPPEA;:P M> KE A NOISC::7 rLUTTER OR WOS8LE 7 14. WHA~ Ol'li!:W YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHEMOM~NONl I B. n:>:!J TH~? ;E'10"4ENON t~OIe ' U YES ::.rw. IF -,. -BEHINO OR IN y ~s. o=:SCRI BE. FRO'iT OF SOMETHINC, LIKE >. CI.OUI), TREl::, OR ~UI'-'"'I"r.: T DE?ARTM:e::NT OF' THE AIH FOr:tCE HEAI.:>OUAl'lTERS fORZICt~ TECH"-jQLOt;Y OIVo:SION I '\ . .,.~C) Wi'l1C.HTP.\IRSO~ A I R FORCE :SA:.i::: OHIO 4J1:l3 UFO Obs,~rvatlon Refe rence your recent unid~ntified flying object sighting '\o.'hich you reported to the Air Force. The information ~hich we have eceived is not suffi.cient for a scientific investigation. Re .leat you complete ~he attache~ ftY Form 117 a nd r eturn it in the se1r- addressed envelope. Thank .1cu for reporting your observation to the Air Force. ~JAMES C. ?<lOJlA'IT, Colo::1e1, USAF Director of Production AF Fonn 117 ~ lY;..o(: l'lt.T<:.R, L.Et p,.~<.;CRI?TION Oil C(MER A?PLICi\"!L!... OATA. ~ J'l~1...\S'3S SINOCULA"S ~ ! r.-;!);HIELO TELCSCO?E ~ S-:: WINOOW Or VC:I-IICI.E 'THEO!)OLITE " I l ,.;fti.;)WPANE OTHC::R / /JL~ 0 YES 0 NO 0. 00 YOU USE REAOING CLASSES? 0 ':':0:5 0 ItO I 18. "'-i~ \~.\S YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHA r WAS YOU~ !~PRESSION OF THe DISTAHCZ 07 TH~ -f A. O"l YO<J OROINA"liLY WEAR GLASSES1 ?h~ ~MZNONI GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED . PHENOMENON I GIV:! ESTIMATE OF OISTANC::: f 20. IN o:l~OER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTU;(E A S POSSiilLE OF WHAT YOU SAl#, O.!SCRI'3E IN YOUrt O'lfN HOROS J A COM~ON OBJECT OR OBJECT S WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU "'OTEO '(HE ?HENOI-4EHO~. \'rOULO 9EAR SOME R E.SEM9L.ANCE TO WHAT YOU SA'#. Ot::SCRIBE SIMILARITIES M~D OIFFER:.HCC$ BETWEEN THE CO\IMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. 010 fOU ~IOTICE .oi.NY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEA l :O:MAN>.T!!:!_G,FROM THE P H E N O MENON OR .oi.NY <OFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANI"'ALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? 0 YES ~0. IF "YES. o=:SCRIBC:. .a.. 010 T t':O: PHC:N0"4ENON OISTUP.a THE GROUSD OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDE"'CE. 0 'fE.i (!i IJO. lr y:::s. DESCRIBE. PAGE 7 OF 9 PACES WA S A NYONE ~liTH YOU ,\T THE TIME YOU uNO. I F yr.:::;, 010 THE:Y SEE I T TOO' i"O RMATION ABOUT YOURSC:LF BOB Nr 21-R258 l ..;l(;li-;'i:'iG .Jf U,'J.D:::J'JTlrlED ?!-i~t,~OI'.!IENA GUcS-ilO,\lNAl?..:: ~ i THTS Q H:.STIO:-I~AIR~ H;\S BFEN ?REPr\R;:.:o SO THAT YOU CA:I Gl VE THE U. ~-AIR FORC: AS M' JCH INFOR.'AA'TtON j AS .POf''[dLE CONCC:PNI .. G ThE U~!DE);TIFIED P HENO:\H:::-:oN THAT YOU i1A VE OBSERVED. PLEASZ TF.Y '!'0 I AN:-i'St::~ .\!...L OF THE QUESTIONS. THE !!iFORMAT!ON YOU G!VE WILL BE U~>ED FOR RESE,\RCH PURPO;)ES. 'YOUR ;>;,\\\E WILL NOT BE USED IN CON:O<ECT10:-i WITH ANY OF 'lOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCL\JtjJO.;-!S iY'!THOUT 1 YOUR Pl:R~.ItSS!O)I. RETURN TO AlR FORCE ElASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDL'I G TO FTD (TDET?.), WRiGHT- ! P AT1'E.1<.::'):-, AFB, OiUO 45~33, IAW 80-17. (iF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEF.D0 FOR N,\P..RATJVE OR SKETCHES ~ ATTAC'l~F.CUREL Y TO TfllS FORM OR ANNOTATE IYITH YOUR 1\'A.'t!E FOR lDN1'IFICATlON.) , 1. '.'IHEN OlD YOU SEE TH!:: PHENOME~ION? ~,