3. !iuURC~ oil. HUMS ER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH Or OBSER'YATJ0)'4 20 1-!i;outea. .S. TYP~ O'F 03SERVATlO~ Ground-Visual 7. COUi~S~ i 9 . PHYSICAL E VIOE1t<:E ~49homet Illinois (l Witness) 10. CO~CLUSI~ 11. BRIEF SU~ARY An'D AH~l YSIS The observer s ighted a round orange-red object that vas about 30 test in diemeter and had pods on the b ot tcm. After about; 20 min.uted.a the object di::"llappeared to the $ No sound '.iQ.S COf/M&Nl'S t The observer was requested to ocmplate a form 117 but failed to d o so. Chanute A...li'B is only about lO miles NE of' r--Iahcmet yet no one at the base sighted anything unusual, nothing unusual was seen on radar and nona of the observers ne ighbors saw anything ei t}+er Also see comments of investigating otf'icar. FTD SE? 63 0-3:29 (TOE) P?e~t Httt-. ct n.ia , _ ~ lloe on. C3rtf'.L: 1: C:),lcrJ c t llll"!.Y TO .O.TTN OiY: CUB.J:tCT DE?APTMENT OF TH!:: AIR f"O'".!CIE: H.!A00!JAI<Tl1::t.S FO~C:IGN o'C:Ch.''-IOLOGY 01/ISI..::lN t ,\r'SC I WRI G HT.PATTERSON AIR FO:"!CO: 3ASE:. O H I O ..1'5433 n ; -J l.iDJ UFO Obst.:rvntion Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting vhi ch you reported to the Air Force. The information 1-:hich \ole have received is not sufficient for a 5cientii'ic investigation. ReGuest you complete the CJ.ttached AF Form 117 a nd return it in th e self - addressed envelope . Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. HANATT, Colonel, USAF of Production AF Form 117 Di:PI\RTMENT OF THE Alll FORCE STAFf MESSA!IE B:lA:lCli IHCOMIHS MESSAwE ACTION: RDC- 4 INFO: XOP-2, XOX- 2 , DIA- l (13) ADV CY DIA s-18 A255PTTUZYlJ1ol RUCISBA5358 06822 6-UUUU--RUEFHQA, F1"1 TEC!1TNGCEN CHANUTE AFB ILL .ol'"lFV PI ADC RUCISKN'30ADIV SIOUX CITY MU~!I APRT IO . .J.~ RUEDF'IF/FTD 1..JP.~F9 OHI 0 ITD~TR RU~FHQN' CS"F/ AFRDC RJEF'!1QAI OSAF /SAF - OI E~/U~JIVERSITY OF COLO U"lCLAS XPO SUBOJ: U~IDENTIFIED Fl.YBJG OBJECTS <UFO). REFSRENCE P AGRAPH 11, AFR 80-17. ~. ( ! ) ROU~D CGENERALIZATIO~) (2) APPRGXIMATEL Y 30 FT I N DIAMETER. (3) 0RA \JGE, RED G_Ool UNClASSlFUD P.C\GE 2 RUCISBA5358 UNCLAS (2) 30 DEGREES NORTHEAST D.EPA~TMEHT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BAAIICH INCDMINQ MESSASE (3) NO~THEAST <~PPEARED, THE~ STOPPED) (4) 30 DEGREES ~ORTHEAST (5) SUDDENLY TO THE NORTHE~ST (6) 20 MINUTES. C. < 1) G.~QJ~D V ISUI\L. E. 1 MILE E OF M.I~H'1'1ET ON u. S. RQITE 150 a 0US8.oJIFE. G. < 1) CLEAR. VISIBILITY GOOD. (2) 110 DC::G:1ESI 2 KNOTS PAlGN, ILLINOIS DEPAR'f,'\'IENT Of THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSASE BRANCH INCOMIHQ MESSAGE 000 BROKEN (4) 7 MILES P~GE 3 RUCISBA5858 UNCLAS !\. J'JSEPH T. '.JAGNER, FIR Sf LIEUTE.INH USAF, UFO INVESTIGATING OfFICER. RECEIVED REPORT 19 fEB 68. ~JO PHYSIC.!\L EVIDENCE, OR EX?LA~ATIO~J OF THE SIGHTING '.JAS FOJND .. NATURE OF THE REPORTED SIG~TING PREQUDES ASSIGNING CAUSE TO KNO.~WNATURAL PHENCMENON. TI o~J AS A TIME U~JKNO.JN BASED SCLEL Y CREDIBILITY OF t .JITNESS. ~0 SU??ORTING TESTIM'J~lY FRCM ~EIG.l-f80RS. RELI.!\3ILITY OF REPORTING SUBJSCT IS QUESTIO~.!\ELE. C<Y.,JCLUDE .1\N UNRQ IABLE REPORT DUE TO LACK CF SU3ST ANTI!\TI~G EV ID5:NCE. lJN(Lt\SSiiUD