PROJECT l~ )7} -;:=co;w ll/04JV._.It " NW4\BER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual 8. P HOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE . 10. CONCLuSIOh .IN::ii.!:!'l-'ICIE.l~'I ZIAT~ !'C:. I::VAl.UATIOr\ tl. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ObserYers called duty officer t o say that t hey ha~ been watc~J ing a bright star-like object for 20 minutes and t hey w~ ~ ~1~: watching it. The object was describ~d as being siailar t v ~ l magnif~ing glass, on its side. Comments: A 117 was sent tc t h6 observer but w~s never~: turned. Into~ataion such a s ~ow l on g they watched t he OOJc~ . elevation and az~uth when firs: and last seen, sod how ~ha object disaappeared were not supplied. It seems likely t~at the observer was watching a star/or planet. however until more information is receiveu the ca~e i~ being carried as insufficicient lata . ~ 22. HAVE YOU EVER S~EN THIS OR A S"IILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? 0 YES N O. IF yEs, GIVE DATE AND 23. WAS ANYON E WITH YOU AT THE T IME YOU SAW THI! PHENO M E NO N ? ES 0 NO. IF yEs, DID THEY SEE IT TOOl A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF MALE FEMALE ION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHIC H MAY BE PERTINENT 25. WHEN AND TO WHO M DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENOHl 26. D ATE YOU COMP~ETEO THIS Q UESTIONNAI RI!:. PAGE 8 OF 9 P~GE:S 17. 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHE N OMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATIO N O N MOO~L., TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRI!:SCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE OATA. EYEGLASSES ~CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD TELESCOPe: SlOE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WIN O.:>WPAN E A. 00 YOU OROINARIL Y WEAR GLA SSES? B . 00 YOU USE READING GLASSES? 18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRI!:SSION OF THE SPEED~ ,TH~ 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE 0,. OIST AN Cit 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE I N YOUR OWN WORDS COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCFUI!IE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW 21. 010 VOU NOTit:E ANY OOOR . NOISE, OR HEAT EloiANATI G FROM T~E PHENOMENO N OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, AHI"'ALS OR MACHIHEqy IH THE VIC1NITY7 Q YES .G NO. IF yES, OESCRII!IE. A . DID T H E PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVI.DEHCE. IF ye;s, DESCRISE. PAG 7 O F 9 PAGES DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION C AFSC) WRIGHTPATTERSON AIR FORCE SASE. O HIO -4~ .. 33 UFO Observation Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting vhich you reported to the Air Force. The jnformation which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request you complete the attached AF Form 117 a nd return it in the self- essed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. <HU"u:.S C. MANATI', Colonel, USAF ~rector of Production AF Form 117 8 UII.I&CT: DEPARTMENT OF' THE A IR FORC E HEADQUAAT!:I'tS FOI'tEIGN TECHNOL.OGY DIVISION ( A,.SC ) WRIGHT-PATTE RSON A I R FOI'tCE BAS. OHIO 4!5433 UFO Observation., 10 January J.968 Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project Blue Book) as being a ~itness to an unidentified flying object. If you ~ere a witness to an UFO sighting on l.O January J.968 '"ould you please complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you ~ere not a 'itness to this sighting, ~ould you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form. information which you provide will b e used in evaluating this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. '-:IJ.I.MES C MANA'IT, Colonel, USAF irector of Production AF Form 117 BOB Nr 2l-R258 SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH fNFORMATION POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL OF TiiE QUESTIONS. THE DIFOR.\IATION YOU GtvE WU..L BE U SED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAME WILL NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUStONS WlTiiOUT YOUR PE~SSION. R.ETUR.l'~ TO AIR FORCE B ASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDtNG TO FTD (TDETR), WRlGHT- PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 4 5433, lAW 80-17. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.) 1. WHEN 010 YOU SEE TH!: PHEHOio4EHOH? YEAR b '\, 2 . WHAT TIME 010 YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOM~NOHT 3 . WHAT TIME 010 YOU l.AST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON ? 4 . TI.,..,ZONE 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 STANDARD ge:ASTERN 0 CENTRAL. 0 MOUNTAIN 0 PACIFIC 0 OTHER S. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IH CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N O R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE L.ANDMARI<. 6. IM).GINE YO:.l ARE 1\T THE P O I MT SHOWH I H THE SKETCH, PL. A C E AN"~ O N THE CURVE D l.IHE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENO!o4ENOH w ... s ABOVE THE HORIZON, O R SK':"!..IHE, 'I'IHEH F IRST SEEN. PL.ACE A a ON THE SAME CURVED l.INE TO S~O'#t HOW HIGH AtiOVE THE t40RIZO N THE PHENOMENO N WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. SA. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE A T THE CENTER OF THE CO,..PASS ROSE. PLACE AN A ON THE CO,..PASS TO INDICATE THI!: DIRECTION TO THE PHENOME N ON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A a ON THE COMPASS TO llo4DICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOM E NO N WHE H LAST SEEN . 7. IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION OF THE P H ENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN , AND A a AT THE POSITION OF THE PHEN O ME NO N WHE N LAST SEEN . CONNECT THE A AND a WITH A LINE T O APPROXIMATE THE MOVEM eNT OF T H E P H E NO MENON BETWEEN "'A AND a. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZICZAG. REFER TO SMALLER Sl<ETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW T O COMPLETE THE LARGE~ SK6TCH . PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES WHERE W!:RE YOU WHC:N YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Check approprlau blocAI.) f<>uTOOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY IN BUIL.OIHG IN RC::SIOEHTIAL. SECTION OF C ITY 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPI!N COUNTRYSIDE NEAR AIRFIEL.O IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FL. YING OVER CITY OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY YOU W ERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WER E YOU MOVINGl HOW FAST WER E YOU MOIIING7 DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHIL!: OltSI!,.IIINO THE NORTHI!:AST SOUTH!:AST EXPLAIN WHI!:THER SUCH MOIII!:MENT EFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES I N ITEMS 5 A N O 6. DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED CURIN G THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. UCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE7 OlD YOU NOTICE t\NY AIRPLANES? 0 YES \;f.NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE T IME OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OJI' THE PHENOMENON. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON I N SIGHT l LENGTH Or TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE FAIRL.Y CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME OE fERMINE01 WAS THE.PHENOM!!HON IH SIGHT CONTifofUOUSI..Y1 ~YES J;!NO. IF No, INOICAT!!: WHETHER THIS IS CUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT OR Tl'oE 8H ... VIOR OF T"HE PHENO MEioiO , AND 0 CRISE SUCH MOVEio4ENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE OISAP PEARANCES Otoi PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PACES 10. IF THER!: WEAl!: MORI!: THAN ONE PH! .. OMI!:HOH, HOW MANY WERI!: THERI!T DRAW A PICTURI! TO SHOW HOW TH!Y WI!!:RI! RANGED. OlD THIS ARAANGEM!:HT CHANGE DURING THI!: SIGHTING? CONDITIONS (Chttclc appropri<Jte blot:/r$.) B. WEATHER CUMUL.US CI.OUOS (LOUJ fluffy) FOG OR MIS"'T HC:AIIY RAIN _ /~RRUS CL.OUDS (Hith /Ueey or 1/ernr~r HIGHT v bor~e) L.IGHT RAIN OA DAIZZL.E l,cLEAR NIMBUS CL.OUO$ (Raitt) HAIL ./ PARTLY CL.OUDY CUMUL.OHIMBUS CL.OUDS SNOW OR SL.EET COMPL.ETELY OVERCAST (ThUAder$Jori'M) _).JNKNOWH HAZE OR SMOG ./ NONE OF THE ABOVE C. IF THE S I GHTING WAS AT TWIL.IGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON? (1) STARS (2) MOON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HAL.O MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UN KNOWN PARTIAL (Nt!W or qiM:IIrter) D. IF SIGHTING WAS IH DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBI.7 0 YES 0 NO. THE PHENOMENON? IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT IN BACK O F YOU TO YOUR LEFT .,/' t~O MOONLIGHT IF yEs, WHI!:RE WAS TH!: SUN A S YOU FACEO OVERHEAD(Ne~MO~ E. SPECIFY THE MAJO R SOURCE O F ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS TH!: SUN, HEADL.IGHTS OR STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. 12. GIVE A 9RIEF DESCRIPTION O F THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR L.IGHT, WHETHER IT RErU;:c; cO LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICEO. DESCRIB! YOUR IMPR!:SSION OF WHETHER II WAS SOI...ID 0"' TRAN5PoiiRENT, WHETHER I!:OGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT APPEARED AS A POINT OF LlCH~T. INDICATE ~O"'PARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OB.JECTS, LlKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTi-iER OCJJECT ltf YOUR FIELD O F VIEW. _.ACE: 4 OF 9 PAG~ 010 THE PHENOMENON MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINET STANO STILL AT ANYTIME? SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLOOET CHANGE COLOR? G IVE OFF SMOKE? CHANGE B!'tiGHTNESS7 CHANGE SHAPE? FLASH OR FLICKER ? D ISAPPEAR AND REAP PI!AR T SPIN LIKE A TOPT MAKE A NOISET FLUTTE R O R WOB B LET ./ 14 . WHAT DRI!:W YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON? A. HOW 010 IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? B. 010 THE ~OMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOME T H ING , L IKE A C LOUD, TREE, OR 9UILOING AT' A NY TIMET 0 YES HO. I F yEs, DESCRIBE. PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 15. DRAW A PICTURI! THAT WILL SHOW TH!: SHAPI! 0" TH!: PHI!HOM!:HON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT )liGHT HAVI! APPEAAI!D A S WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INOICATI!: EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THI!: DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16. WHAT wAS THI! ANGULAR SIZI!t HOLD A MATCH AT AAMS LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREI!:T LAMP O R THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH 0~ THI! OBJECT IS COVERED aY 7HE HE:AD OF THE Ml'':;lol. NO ... I" YOU HAD BEE N ABLE: TO P~A .. ORM THIS EXPI!RIMENT AT THE TIME 0~ THE SIGHTING, ESTIMAT WHAT FRACTII"tf" ) l" THE PHEf\IOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED 8Y THE MATCH HEAD. PAGE 6 OF 9 PACES