1. DATE TI~E GROUP 4. NUMBER OF 08JICn 5. LENGTH Ofl OIIIRVATION 6. TYPE Ofl OB,ERVATION Gro\lnd-Via\lal 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 2. LOCATION Springfield, Ohio 10. CONCLUSION Probable (HOT AIR BAJJ,OON) The description ia conaiatent with that ot a hot air balloon. The wind w 11, IRIIfiiUMMARY AND ANALYIII Obaerver sighted a bright orange lisht in tbe NE. The 113hJ o moved weaterl:y and a amaller ore.nge light appeared, and 'hen diaappeare4 under the larser oranse light. The orange light oont1nue4 and 41eapp d to the DOrth ot tbe obaerYer. PNIoua ecUUoaa el tlt.&1 leta .. , M ueed IM A YOU 'IlL II ftiRTIMINT MIT WMICM t1 NOT ADIQUATIL.Y COV.RID IM TMII QU AL.TIRMATIVIL.Y ~ROVIH A NARRATIVI IXftLAM 0' TMI IIOMTINO PAGE I OF I PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE TIOI QUitlnOMNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED 80 111AT YOU CAN GIVE TilE U.S. AIR FORCE AI MUCH INFORMATION AI POgiBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENnP'IED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBI&RVItD. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL OF 11fE QUESTIONS. TilE INP'ORMAnOif YOU GIVE WILL DP. USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAMit NOT Bit USED IN OONNECI10N WITH ANY OP YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSlONS WITHOUT YOUR PKRMIMIOif. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- PATTER&ON AP'B, OlUO 45433, lAW 80-17. (IF ADDlnONAL SHBETS ARE NEP.DBD FOR NARRATIVB OR SICBTCHBS ATTACH S~t;URRLY 'ro THIS FORM OR ANN01"A'I'B WITH YOUR NAMB FOR IDI!NTIF'ICATION.) "WHaM OlD YOU ll!a THl. PHEN~MI:.NON? /, , (/ I. WHAT TIME DID YOU F'IRST IIOHT THE PHENOMENON? 0 A.M. (SlP.M. 0 A.M. tiJP. M. J. WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIOHT THI! .. HENOMENON? HOUA MINUTES 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDAAD TIME/ZONE 0 CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN D PACIFIC 0 OTHER I . WHERE WERE VOU WHEN VOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF' IN CITV, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A HAND DAAWN MAP WHERE VOU WERE STANDING WITH REFEAENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF' IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TR T9 FIX A Dl TANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK &. IMAGINF YO:.J ARE 'T T ... F.: POitT SHOWN IN THE SKETC'i. r'L A C E AN A ON THt: CURVE D Llt\F T O SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON, OR SKYLINE, Wt~EN FIRST SEEN. P LACE A a ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN OBSER\IEH -- lA. NOW IMAGINI YOU A .. l ATTMI CENTI,_ 0' TMI COM~AII "Or-1. fiLACE AN A ON TMI COMfiAII TO INOICATI TMI Ot.-ICTION TO TMI fiMINOMENON WMIN ""IT IIIN. ~LACI A ON TMI COMfiMI TO INOICATI TMI 01.-ICTION TO TMI fiMINOMINON WMIN LAIT IIIN. 7. IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION Otr THE PHENOMENON WHEN triRST SEEN, AND A a AT THE POSITION Otr THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A AND a WITH A LINE TO Afi .. ROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A AND a. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REtrER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE Otr HOW TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKE>TCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES WHERE ftRE YOU WHEN VOU lAW THE ~HENOMENONf IN .UIINIII laCTION 0~ CITY IN eun.OtNO IN .-IIIDINTIAL IICTION 0~ CITY D AI O"IYI" D AI ftAIIINOI" IN OftiN COUNT.-YIIDI NIA,_ Al""aLD IN Al .. ftLANI l J AI ftiLOT l J AI ftAU.NO~" ~LYING OYI,_ CITY OTMI" ~LYING OW" OltiN COUNT"Y ur VOU WERE IN A VKHICL..K, COMPL.. KTE THE lfOL..L..OWINO: ... CTION ..... VOU MOVINGf HOW 'AIT Wl"l YOU MOYINOt lOUTH WilT ~ID ..-~U_I_'T~r-ANVTIMIWMILI O .. I .. VINO THI NO .. TMIAIT ftMINOM.NONt NO .. TMWIIT xttLAIN WMITHI" IUCM MOYIMINT .,,ICTI YOU" IICITCMII IN ITIMII AND 1. DIIC"II TYPI 0' YIHICLI YOU Wl,_l IN AND TYPI 0' "OAD, TI""AIN 0" oDY 0' WATI" YOU T"AYI .. IID DU .. ING TMI liGHTING. ITATI WHITHI" WINDOWS 0" CONYI .. TI.LI T~ Wl"l UP 0" DOWN, HOW MUCH OTHI" T .. A,,.C WAS THI.-It OlD YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANISt ~YES l;rl. NO. ef' YES, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY w~.-E IN SIGHT .-ELATIVI TO THE TIMI 0' liGHTING THI PNINOMINON AND HIM IY WEM IN THI SKY .-ILATIVI TO THE POSITION 0,. THE PHENOMENON t. HOW L.ONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT'? LENGTH 0' TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT YERY SURE 'AIRLY CE.-TAIN JUST A GUESS HOW W~I-~JME DElERMINEOT r;. WAS THE,PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? ~YES D.li NO. IF No, INDICATE WHETHER THIIIS DUI!~OUR MOVEMENT o.-THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENO , AND ~RIBI SUCH MOVEMENT 0" .EHAVIOR. INDICA OISAP PEARANCIS ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE I OF I PAGEl ~ to. I~ TMI-.1 Wl._l M0-.1 THAN ONI ~MINOMIMON, MOW MANY wa.-a TMI .. It o-.AW A ~ICTU-.1 TO IMOW MOW TMIY WIRI A-.-.AMOID. DID TMII AMAMOIMIMT CMAMOI DU-.IM. TMI IIOMTIMt CONDITIONS (Ciaeei _,,roprlate .loelc.) CUMULUI CLOUDI (Low fl.,f1J f'OG o.-MilT .._.,X NIGHT Cl.-.-ua CLOUDI (Hilla fle1 or Her,..._ LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLI CLEAR ' NIM.UI CLOUOI (lh'Jt) HAIL l.A fiARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIM.UI CLOUOI SNOW OR SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST (T,._flerIOiru) UNKNOWN .. E :: .::::::: ~ HAZE OR SMOG \{ NONE OF THE ABOVE C. If' THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THIE STARS AND MOON? (t) STARS (Z) MOON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS NO MOONLIGHT UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or q.,.,.er) > ....... D. If' SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE IUN VIIIBLEt 0 YEI 0 NO. If' vEl, WHERE WAS THI SUN AS YOU trACED THE PHENOMENON? IN FRONT Of' YOU TO YOUR RIGHT IN BACK Of' YOU TO YOUR LEFT E. SPECIFY THIE MAJOR SOURCE OP' ILL.UMINATION PRESENT DURING THIE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIP'Y DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE IZ. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OP' THIE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELI"'LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER lEDGES WERE SH~RP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICA:TIE IF IT APPEARED AS A POINT OP' LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSIE .. VE D OBJECTS, LIKE ITARI)A,.~IGHT OR OTHER OBJ IECT IN YOUR P'IELD Of' VIEW. .,_ ) l: PAGE 4 OF I PAGU DID THK ~H.NOMaNON MOYI IN A IT.-AIOHT LIMit STAND ITILL AT AN\'TU.It IUDDENLY 1~110 U~ AND RUN AWAY? e.-lAIC U~ IN ~A.-TI AMO IJC~LODit CHAMOa COLO"t OtYa O,fP IMOKit CH A NOI e"tOHTNIIIt CH ANOI IHA~.It 'LAIM o.-fPLICKIRt DIIA IA" AND .-IA IA"t I~IN LIKI A TO~t MAKI A NOIIIt fPLUTTI" o.-WOeeLit t4. WHAT DRaW YOUR ATTINTION TO TMI ~HINOMINOMt A. HOW OlD IT P'INALLY DISAPPEAR? 8. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN P'RONT OP' SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR 8UILDING , ,T ANY TIME? ~NO. IP' yEs, DESCRIBE. PAGE S OF I PAGES tl. MAW A ~tCTU._I TMAT WILL IMOW TMI IMA~I OP TMI ~MIMOMINON. tNCLUDa ANO LAeiL ANY OITAtLI TMAT lltOMT A IA"IO AI WtNOI 0._ T._UitONI, ANO tNOtCATIIJCMAUIT 0._ VA~O" T._AtLI. tNOtCATI ey AN ._._OW TMI Ot._ICTtON TMI ~MINOIIINON WAI MOYtNO WI. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SllEf HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT. SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE Ml. ':H. NOf' IF YOU HAD BE~N ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME Olf THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT ,.RACT''"'~ ">F THE PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD PAGE e 01' I PAGES II. MAYI YOU lVI" IIIN TMII o-. A ltMILA-. ftHINOMINON rro"lt NO. "vat, OIYI DATI AND II. !JI ANYONE WITH YOU AT TMI TIME YOU lAW TMI ftMINOMENONt ~ Yll 0 NO. "vas. DID TMIY Ill IT TOO? JjYII ONo. A. LilT TMII_. NAMII AND AOD-.11111 GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFO .. MATION ABOUT YOURSELF ' ' FEMALE DICATE ADDITIONAL INFO-.MATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY 81 PERTINENT 2$. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? )/~,MONTH~") a. OATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. f i) PAGE 8 OF I PAGES t1. DID YOU OIIII .. YI THI ~HNOMINON TH .. OUOH AMY 0' THI 'OLLOWIMOt IMCLUDI IN'O"MATIOM OM MODIL, TYftl, "L Tl .. , LINI ~ .. EIC"I~TIOM 0" OTHI" A LICA8LI DATA. IYIOLAIIII IUMOLASIII WIMDIHIILD IIDI WINDOW 0' YIHICLI .l.!],WIND).ANI A. DO YOU O ... INA .. ILY WIA" CU.AIIII? tl. WHAT WAI YOU" IM~"IIIION 0' THI I~IID 0' THI .~ ftHIMOMIMONf ..,..OIVI UTIMATI !J' aRRD U TILIICOftl THIODOLITI 8. DO YOU Ull "lADING OLAISISt :J Yll 0 NO tl. WHAT WAI YOU._ IMpt"IIIION 0' THI DIITANCI THI t ptHIMOMIMOMt OIVI IITIMATI 0' DISTANCI ( > ' ) - 10. IN O"DI" '~A7 WI MAY 08TAIN AI CLIA" /( ~ICTU._I AI ~1118LI 0' WHAT YOU lAW, DIIC .. I811M YOU" OWN WO .. OI A Clw:.IC't 0 .. 08JICTIWHICH, WHEN ftLACID IN THIIICY, IIMILA" TO WHI"I YOU NOTIO THI ~HENOMENON, WOULD 81A" IOMI "ESEM8LANCE TO WHAT YOU lAW. DIIC .. I8111MILA .. ITIII AND D.,,I .. EMCII 81TWIEN THE COMMON 08JICT AND WHAT YOU lAW. 2t. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR H~AT L.MANATING f'ROM TH~ PHENOMENON Or. ANY Ef'f'~CT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITYf 0 Y~S 0 NO. If' YES, DESCRI8~. A. OlD THE PHENOMENON DISTURB TH~ GROUND OR LIAVI ANY PHYSICAL EVI.OENCE. C YES 0 NO. If' y~s. DESCRIBE. PAGE 7 Off I PAGES lA. NOW tMAOtNI YOU A.-I AT TMI CINTI" 0' TMI COM .. AII .-o~l ... LACI AN A ON TMI COM .. AII TO tNDtCATI TNt Dt.-ICTION TO TMI .. MINOMINOM WMIN ""IT IIIN ... LAC& A ON TMI COflt .. AII TO tNDICATI TMI Dt.-ICTtON TO TMI .. MINOMINON WMIN LAIT 111M. 7. IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN "RST SEEN, AND A a AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A AND B. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT. CURVED OR ZIO-ZAO. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LARO ER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF I PAGES DOB Nr 21-R258 SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PtiENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE THIS QUESflONNAIRE liAS IJEKN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCII IN .. ~ORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING TilE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMitNON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL OF nfE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMA110N YOU GIVE WttAL BE USP.D FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAME WILL NOT BE USED IN CX>NNECi.ION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CX>NCl,\JSIONS Wl'rHOUT P~RMIS!DON. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR oR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGUT- PATTER&ON AFB, OHIO 45433, lAW 10-17. (Ill' ADDinONAL SHBETS ARB NI:!DI!D FOH NARRATIVE OR Sf<F.1.CIIES ATTACH SC(f.IRBL1' TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH l'OUR NAME FOR IDNTII;I CATION.) ' WHKN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENONt 1. WHAT TIME DID YOU I'U.ST SIOHT THE PHENOMENONt I . WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIOHT THE PHENOMENONt e. TIME/ZONE 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ' B"(TANDARD ------1 ff"EASTERN 0 CENTRAL 0 MOUN~AIN D PACIFIC 0 OTHER I. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ACD~ES5 ~NO INDIC~TI:: ON A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY , IOEIITit''t nn HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION ,ROM SOME RECOGNIZABLt l ~NOMARK 1. !MAGIN YO~ ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACt:: AN~ ON THE C URVE D LINt: TO :;HOW HOW HI CHI 1 H E PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON, OR SKYLINE, Wt4EN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A a ON THE SAME CURV E I'I liUE. TO SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. OBSERVER --~ tO. " TMIRI WIRI IIORI THAN ONI ~MINOMINON, MOW MANY WRI TMIRit DRAW A ~ICTURI TO SHOW HOW TM.Y ..... ARRANOID. DID TMII ARRANOIMINT CMANOI DURING TM. IIGMTINOt CONDITIONS (C epproprlole 1oeJ