LE:..:GTH Or O~SERVA 1'10~ 1 ') :-linuteo . G:t.~a.ttd-Visual I:::. ELST ?nYSIC,l.L EVIOcFX:E :2. LCCAYION Cincinnati {l\J1,tir,ln ) CO CLUSfO>f ,.. ( HOT .. UR BA I t -OC)l ) .I?ozoible poliso d~:pt Cincinno.ti r e !_::Orted ::-oc0i v od roports or Ullu.oual sightings descriotio!l. is of_g3.nllent OQit:=F SU~.\RY A~1l A~JALYSlS TOO observer sighted tvo in the Ec.;ter;:l objects changed position relative to each othe::. Afte r ap~ro~ 15 minut~a t he lowe r light dis~:J;>:peared. total tU:le ~o .About l t:dnute later tha ligllt di cappae.rod H1l...!St>N I S. OJU,W A PICTURI! THAT WILL $HOW THE SHA~!: OJF THE PHlNOloiP:NOH. INC LUO& AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGH T HAVE APPEARED A S WINGS o.-PROTRUSIONS, ANO INOICAT EXHAUST OR VAPOR TI"AILS. I NDICATE B Y AN ARRO W THE DIRECTION T H E PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16. WHAT WAS T H E ANGULAR SIZ7 HOLO A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH I N FRONT OF A KNO WN ODJECT , SUCH A S A STREET LAMP O A THE MOON . NOTP: HOW MUCH 0 ' THE OBJECT IS COVERP:O BY THE HI!:AO OF THE MATCH. N O W IF YOU HAD BE!:H ABLE T O PERFORM THIS EXPP:RIIIIENT AT THE TIME O F THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVI!:RI!O BY THE MATCH HEAD. PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES AFfl R0-17(Cl) 17 . DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHE N O M E NON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLl.OWIN('> IN~LUD!:: INFORMATION ON MODEL. TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLIC ... BLE DATA . WINDSHIELD SlOE WINDOW OF VEHI C L E B. 01) YOU USE READI~IG GLASSES> 0 YES ~0"'NO A . 00 YOU ORDINARILY WEAR CLASSES> l~YES 0 NO 18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEE~T!IE 19 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION Oi' THE DISTAP'ICC:: OF lf.HE PHENOMENON> GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED~ PHENOMENON > GIVE ESTIMATE OF OISTANCE// ?7 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN A S CLC:AR A PICTURE AS POSSI9LE OF WHAT YOU SAIY. DESCRIBE IN YOUR O WN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHE N PLACED I N THE SKY, SI MILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHEN OMENO N , OULD SEI\R SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETNEEN THE COMMO N 09JECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR N O 'i!':. O R HEAT EM"NATI FROM THE P..,EN O MENON O R ANY ANIMALS OR 'AA CHINERY IN T>::" Vl':INITY> 0 YES EfNO. IF yEs. DESCRIBE A. OlD THE PHENOM~NON DISTURB THE GROUN D OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVEJ!::NCE. 0 "E'i EFFECT ON YOURSELF. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES U. HAVI YOU ZV!f,_ .t~e:H THIS Of' A 11MILA" PHI:IitOM!HOiit l!tX,.OM? .13. WAS AHYONf: WITH YOU AT T>t~ T IMII!: YOU SAW THE PHf:NOWIENONf GJ"Vtts 0 HO. 1!:5 0 NO. IJ' y~s. 010 THZY SEf: I T TOOl A . LIST THZ:I" HAM:IS OCCUPATION AHO ANY ElCP~11fHCit wt41CH MAY B E P ERTINENT. 25. WHEN AHD TO WHO M 010 YOU RI!PORT THAT YOU H A D SIGHT0 THIS PHEHOioiEHONI P AGE 8 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UHIDEHTIFIED PME M~ QUESTIO~MAIRE BUDGET BfJ~e.W N"/#.OVM. t/UiiiBE~ 11-111~ THIS QUESTIO:-INAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBL E CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALl) OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE \VlLL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES . YOUR NAME WILf,.. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT - PATTERSON AFB,OHIO 45433,1 A'N AFR 80-f7. (IF ADDITIONA L SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHeS A TT.4CH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR /DENT/FICA TION.) 1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON? 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGH T THE PHENOMEN O N 3 . WHAT TIM E DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOM E N O N ? 4 . TIM E 'ZONE (Mt>AYLIGHT SAVINGS OsTAI-IDARD 0 EASTERN 0 CENTRAL 0 MOUN T AIN 0 PACIFIC 0 OTHER S. WHERE WERE YOU WI-lEN YOU SAW THE PHENOM E N O N ' IF I N CITY. GIVC: THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND I NOICI\TE O N A HAND DRAWN MAP YIHEqE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY. IDENTIFY TH~ HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LAN DMARK. 6 . IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN "A~ ON rHE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIG H THE PHE~IOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON , OR SKYLINE . WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A ' B ON THE SAM E CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW H IGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHEN O M E N OI-I WAS WHE N LAST SEEN. OBSERVER . .,_.. 6A. HOW I:IIIAOIH1: YOU AI'!~ ATTHt: CE~Tl! ... 0,. THil COM,..U~ nO'S~. ;or_ACl! A N ,\ 0>4 THZ: COMI"ASS TO IHOICAT!: THE OIRI!CTION TO 7H!! PHZ NOIU.:HOII4 WHZH f"I,.ST S!:ttM. P!..ACI! A 21 O M TI-U '. CO,_;tA!II TO 111401CATP. THI!: 0111\I!CTION TO THE ,.NI!NOM!HOH WH~H LAST SllltN. 7 . IN TH!!: SK~'!'CH BEL.OW. PLACE AN.,. AT THI!: POSITION OF TH!:: PHEHOMI!:HOH WHEN FIRST SI!:EN, AND A e AT THI! POSIT1014 OF TiiE PHEHOWI!:NOH 'I'IHI!:H l.AST SEI!:H. CO~NECT THE ...... AHO e WITH A L.IHE TO APPROXI IOIATE THC: MOVEMEH r OF THE PHI!:NOMEHON BETWEEN A AND " 3 " . THAT I S, SCHEMATIC-'l.L.Y SHOW WHETHER THE h!OVEiotEHT APPI!:ARI!O TO BE STRAIGHT, CUJIVEO OR ZIG-ZAG. REFE R T O SloiALL.ER SKI!:TCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF H OW TO COMPL.ETI!: THE l.AAGEA SKETC H PAG E 2 OF 9 PAG~S WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Ch"c k nppmpriate blocks.) v OUTDOOR S IN 9USINESS SECTION OF CITY IN BUILDIN G RESIDENTIAL SECTIO N OF CITY 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER OPEN COUNTRYS I D E N EAR AIRFIELD I N AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS P ASSENGER FL YINC OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN C O UNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTI ON WERE YOU MOVI NC? AST WERE YOU MOVING DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVIN G THE PHEN O M E N O N ? N ORTHWEST EXPLA I N WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6 . DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE O F ROAD, TERRA I N OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURIN G T H E SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN . HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? DID YOlJ NOTICE ANY A IRPLANES? 0"YES 0 NO. I F "YES, DESCRIBE WHE N THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIM E O F S I G H TIN G THE PHENOMENON A N D WHERE THEY WERE-I N T H E SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHEN O M E NON. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENO N IN SIGHT? LEN GTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURC: FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DF.TERMINED WAS THE PHEN O"'E NON IN S!Gio<T CONTINUOUSLY? ffYES [l NO. IF "NO,~ INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVE>4E N T O R TI-lE BEHAVIO R 01' THE PHENOMENO~. AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEM ENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISA;:>. PEARANCES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. 10. IF THE~E Wi!:l'li=: M OR THAN O HI!: PH!:NO/IIIeHON, HOW MANY W!::R TH~RC: DRA'fl A ?ICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY 'JIR~ AR,.ANQ0. 010 THIS AA,.AHG!!toi~NT C:-tANG~ ~U.IillNCi TH!! SIOMTt!'tG' Tor> ..-/.rJD rHCf o...Jt.J- CON CIT ION S ( C h~t:lc appropritslt: hloclu.) A . SKY B . CUM U LUS CL.OUOS (Low fluffy) FOG O R MIST T'MIL.ICiH T CIA~ US CL.OUO$ (Hi!f/1 flr:t:y o r ll~ui7tR H EAVY RAIN LICHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE C L EAR NI'48US CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL PARTLY CLOUDY C\.!NULONIM 8US CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST (T 1\ o der:JSI'Jrt'\S) UNKN O':'I'N ft A Z!:!: OR SMOG NON!:!: OF THE C. IF THE: SIGHTING WAS AT TWILit:iHT OR NIGHT, W~AT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON> BRIGH T MOONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT )lOON 'WITH HALO MANY MOOH HIDDEN BY CLOUDS PARTIAL (New or qu.ort~r) D. IF SIGHTI N G WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN Vl518l..E7 0 YES IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU F ACED THE PHENOME H O N 7 IH FRO /'I T OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Ne o~ IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEF7 UHKHO'.IrN E. SPECIJII'Y T H E MAJOR SOURCE Of' ILLIJMIN,TION PRESENT OURI"'G T H E SIGHTING, SUCI-4 AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS O R STR~ET L4MP, ETC. FOR TEP."l':STRIA L ILL.UMIH.-.TIOH , SPC:CIFY DISTANCE TO l.IGHT SOURCE. GIVI!: A BRIEF DESCRIPTIO.! Of' THE PHEHCioiE I'IO N , INDICATIN G WH~THER IT APJIII!:ARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER I T R EFLECTED LICH T O R W"S SI!:LF-I..UMIMOUS AHO WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCR I81!: YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT 'WAS SOLID O R TRANSI>AH!HT, WHET.-::R EDGES WEAl!: SHARP O R FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDIC4TE IF IT APPEARED A S A POINT 0 LIGHT. I NDICATE COio4PAqiSOH S WITH OTHE R OBSERVED OBJECTS, l.IKE STAAS, A LIGHT OR OTHER O BJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. PACE 4 OF 9 P ACES DID TH!t .-H8 N OMI!NON YES H O UNKNO WN MOVE IN A STRAIGHT L I NE? STANO STILL. AT AHYTINEI SUODE:~L.Y SP!:!O UP AND RUN AWAYI ltR!:Al( UJO IH PARTS AND EXPLODE? CHANG COLOR ? CHANGE B R IGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPE? FLASH O R f'I..ICKI:Rt DISAPPEAR AND AI:APP!:AR? SPIN L.IKE A TOP? ........ NAKE A NOISE? FL.UTTER O A WOBBLE? 14. WHAT DIU!;W YOUR ATTI!:NTION T O THE PHENONI:NOH ? A . H O tll DID IT FINAL. L. Y OISJ\PPEARt 8 . D I D THE PHENOME N O N NOV EIEHIH O Oft I N FlltOftT O F SOM E T HING, LII<E A CL.OUO, TREE, O R BUILDIN'G AT ANY T INE? 0 YES S"No. IF yu, DI!:SCAIIIE. PAGES OF 9 P AGES AFR 80-l7(Cl) 15. CRAW A ftiCTUA!: THAT Wll.l. SHOW THt: SHAI'"I: 0, THE PHE:NOW!:HON. IHCl.UOC AHO I.ASEL ANY D E T Ail.$ THAT MIG H T HAVE APP!:AR!O AS WINGS OA PAOT,.USIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPO,. TRAILS. INDICATE B Y AN ARRO W THE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATC H AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJE C T , SUCH A S A STRE E T LAMP OR THE MOON. N OTE HOW MUCH OF THE O BJECT IS C OVERI!:O BY THE H!!AO OF THE MATCH. N O W I F Y O U HAO BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTIHG, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTIO N OF THE PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAO. PAGE 6 OF 9 ?AGt:. S 17. D I D YOU OBSERVE THE PHE N O MENON P.. N Y 0 F THE FOLLOWI NG' INCL U D<:; INFORM~TION ON MODEL. PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. I CA1>4E!'l ~-VIEWER E'fEGLASSES SUNGLIISSES V BINOCULARS WIN DSH I EL 0 TELESCOPE SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE A. DO YOU ORDINARII.. Y WEAR CLASSES' DYES DQ YOU USE READING GLASSE:S (3'"ES Cl NO WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED O F THE WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE D ISTANCE OF THE ,.J PHENOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED u..,-~,..1,.~,11 PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE~-'~"'-""'. 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WniCH, WHE N PLACED I N THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON. OULD B EAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND D IFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CO~MON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU S AW. ro..ut.T~. 21. DIO YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, ~0 S:. O A HEA T E M-\NAT ING FROM THE PHEN O MENON ANIMALS OR M~CHlNEI'lV I N Tt-.:: V ICI'IITV? 0 YES (3'No. IF ~VES." DESCRIBE. OR ANY EFFECT O~l YOURSELF. A. DIO 'TH PHENOMENO N DISTURB THE: GROUN D OA LEAVE <\NV PHYSICAL EVID::NCE. I~ " Y E:S. CE3CRIBE. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES TDPI' (U!I'O) Lt Col Quinte.nilla/70916/mhs/ 29 ?v!ay 68 UFO Obeezvation, LJanuary 1968 1 . Reference your uni dent1.f'1ed observation o:f' 1 J anuary 1968. Ye :f'eel that you might hav e been watching t'WO ga.rm.et bag bot air balloons., We receive numerous slght1ng.s of the s e balloons , especially 1n the neighborhood o f c ollgges and universities . Incl osed is a brief description of thi s type of obser TBtion . 2 . Once again, thank you for r eporting your obserqs.tion to t he Ai:r For ce .. QlllBTA.NIU'..A Lt Colonel, USAF Aerial. Blenomena Oi'fi.c e Descript ion of' Hot Air Balloon Aerospace T~chnol.o~ s Division Production Il:t rectorate :l. HA..,. 'n>\1 t:V" a<N THIS 0,. A SIMII..AO. ,al't~NOMt:NON :liii'O .. Zf ",.Y!:s , GIVE OATi! A H O Zl. W.t..S,ANYO~!: WITM YOU AT THt: T IME YOU SAW T H E PHt:NOWI:l'fOH7 (3'Y tl5 0 NO. If' v'!s. 010 THEY SEE I T T007 GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FO~MATION ABOUT Y OURSELF LAST HAM&, ,.,.ST NAME, MIDDLE NAME HAL IHf'O,.MATION IHCLUOIHG OCCUPATION ANO ANY E lCPIE"I1CC WHICH NAY B E PERTI N E N T 25 . WHEN AHO T O WHOM 010 YOU RI!:PORT THAT Y O U HAD SIGHTED THIS PH~NOliiEH0 ... 7 26. D A Te'; YOU CONPLETP:D THIS QUI!!:STIONHAUU!. PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES It& I"\. Y TO DEPARTMENT O F THE AIR FORCE H EADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION I A F SC) WRIGHTPATTERSO N A I R F O RCE BASE. OHIO 4!5433 UFO Observation Reference your recent unident i f ied flying object sighting ~hich you reported t o the Air Force. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request complete the attached AF Form 117 a nd return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reportin g your observation to the Air Force. S C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF rector of Production AF Form 117 TDPI' (UFO) D E?ARTMENT O F THE AIR FORCE M &AOQUARTE:RS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY OIVISIOI'I ( AFSC. WRIGH T -PATTERSO N A I R FORCE B ASE. OHIO 4!5433 UFO Observation January 1968 Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being a vitness to an unidenti~ied flying object. If you were a witness to an UFO sighting on would you please complete the attached AF Form ll'( a e~rn it in the envelope provided. If you were not a witness to this sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form. The information which you provide will be u sed in e valuating this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this CTOR QUINTANiu.A, Jr, Major, USAF Chief, Aeria l Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directo~ate AF Form 117 w/envelope TDPI' (uro) Maj Quintani11a/70916/mbs/17 Feb Ul''O Observation, 1 J anUOl"'J