Torrance. California ~ lD. CD~CLUSirnf L;:~..:GTH Or O~:i:RVATION .>. "'fY?~ Or o::;st;RVATIO~ G::-c~C. ... Yisual .N3 to NNE ( 3 . PHOTOS 9. ?HYSICAL E VIO:=OCE Possible ( AIRCR\FT) police Dept reported that they had not received any ot U!lu.auel ob acts on 1 4 Jan 68 . Tha observer is cnl ll 11. ~ami.:~ SU~AriY A~"J A:.;A.LYSIS Observer stated, t he object he sighted kept ~ayicg back ~d forth and flashed red and white every ttoa i~ svayac. Tho ' object swung low and shot straight up and disappeared. Ill. OAA' A ,.ICTU AI!: THAT WI\.\. SHOW TH SHA,.~ 011' THE PHitHOlo4!:HOH. IHCL.UOit AMO LABEL. ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAV~ AP,.I!:AR0 AS WINGS 0 .. PAOTI'IUSIONS, ANO IHOICAT EXHAUST 011' VA"'OA T"AILS. IHOICATE BY AN ARRO W THE OIAECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16 . WHAT WAS THE ANGVLA~ St:::; HOLO A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OJr A KHOWH OBJECT, SUCH A S A STREET CAN.""bW fFI! iiivdN. N6Tt HOW MUCH OJr THE OBJECT IS COVI!:AI!:O 8'Y THE H!!AO Of' THE MATCH. NOW IF Y9U HAC 1/ B!:I!:N ABLE TO P!RI"'OI'tlo4 THIS !:X"!:RIMI!:NT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTI IICATI!: WHAT FRACTION OF THE f PHI!:,..OMI!:NOH WOULD HAVE BI!:I!H COVI!R0 BY THE MATCH HI!:AO. PAG E 6 OF 9 PAGES AFR R0-17(Cl) 010 YOU 06SERVE P HENOME NON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE !'<FORMATION O N MODEL, FILTER, LE:NS PRESCRIPTION APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA \IIC:WER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD 'THEODOLITE- SlOE WINDOW OF WI NDOWPAN E A . 00 YOU OROINARIL Y EAR GLASSES> a. 00 YOU USE REAOI~IG GLASSES> QYES 18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEE!:> OF T H E 19. WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHEN O M E N O N > GIVE EST I MATE OF SPEED 4 0 0 PHENOMENON ' GIVE ESTI114ATE OF D ISTANCE I Zca:Y.. ... IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTA I N AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU S AW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR O WN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHE N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHEN O M ENON, WOULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BET WEEN T H E COMMO N OSJ ECT AN 0 WHAT YOU SAW. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR. NOISE. O R Hi::fo T E M ANATING FRO"' TH;; 1.i;;NOM E N O N OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANI'14ALS O R MACHINE~Y I N T'i~ VICINITY > IF y;;:;, DESCRIBE. l'o. 010 THE:"'"" ENOM ENON DISTURB THE G?OUNO OR LEAVE: ;.NY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 22 . HA'ia YOU ~VZft lltCN TMII 0 .. A IIMILA._ rH~NOM!:NOM t!lrJII'~M? ..0. tfJ YES, GIVI!: DATI! AHO 23. \AS ANYOH! WITH YOU AT THII!: TIMII! YOU SAW THE P>4~NOM!NONP @YES 0 NO. If~ .. YLS, " 0 10 TH!:Y SEE IT T001 (gns 0 Mo. GIVE THE FOL.L.OWING INFO,. ... ATIOH ABOUT YOURSEL.F X MAL FE1o4ALE UOINO OCCUPATION AHO AH..,...I!:lCII'~JIIII ENCI: WHICH MAY O P ERTIH ENT. 25. WHIEN ANO TO WHOM 010 YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHI!:HONEHOIU 26. DATE YOU CO~PLETI!O THIS QU~STIONHAI,.!:. PAGE 8 OF 9 PACES 27. INFORI!IATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTIN E N T BUT 'IIHICH I S NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED I N THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERHATIV!:LY PROVIOE A NARRATlV~ EXP L ANATION OF THE SIGHTI NG. PA G E 9 OF 9 P<\GES INYEST\G.~TI\fE ERSON f\\r fORCE DAYTON J On \0 'IDPr (Ui'O) Lt Colonel Quintanilla/70916/mhs/25 Apr 68 UP'O Observation, 14 January 1968 Torranea Pollee Department Torrance, Cal11"orn1a 90.507 1. 'lbe Aerial ~enomena Offic e is 1n receip t o f an unident i fied flying object (UliO) report. f'rom Torxance, California which occuried on 1 4 January 1968, a t approximately 5 pm .. 2 . The observer s ighted vhat h e called a. "flying saucer." cording to the vi tness, the saucer kept rolling and w1 th ever.J roll '~"#IOU.ld change color, alternati.ng between red and white. 3. Did you receive any reports of unusual obje cts :for this date? We ~ld a ppreciate your comment s a a to a possible cause for tbis sighting 4. Thank you for ~ assistance on this matter. GJJINI'.Ai'nLtA, Jr, Lt Col.onel, USAl" Chie.t, Aerial. Rlenomena Ot:t'1ce Aeroe-pece-Teclmologies D1 viJaion Pl:och%crt1on Direatorate OFFICE OF" CHIEF OF POLICE CITY OF TORRANCE CALIFORNIA Hector Quintanilla, Jr.,Lt.Colonel, Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 3131 TORRANCE BOULEVARD TELEPHONE 329-3456 Re: Your letter TDPT (UFO) -UFO Observation, 14 Jan 1968 We are unable to make a thorough check without knowing the person' s name. ~qe did not send a unit, nor did we receive a report, at 1700 hours on 14 January 1968 in regard to any unusual objects. 1iqALTER R . KOENIG, Chief o f Police PH LIP ~H. WILSON, CAPTAIN, Commander, Staff Services Bureau PI!IIOL.Y T O 'IDPr (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HS:ADQUAATEPt!S FOJIIEIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AFSC l WRIGHT-PATTE RSON A I R FOR C E B ASE. O H I O "'5"'33 UFO Observation 14 January 1963 ~ Cal1fornia 90505 Reference your recent u nidentified flying object sighting \-lhich you reported to the Air For ce. The information which we have r~ceived is not sufficient for a scientifi c investigation. Request you complete the attached AF Form 117 a nd return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. CTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, thief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Techno logies Divisi on Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope SIGHTIHG OF UHIDEHTIFIED PHEMOMENA QUESTIO~Ml!RE BUDGET BU~ZAV A'r,OVAL "NUJIBZI 2J .a211 THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PRE. ARED SO THAT YOU CA:-1 GIVE THE U . .>. A!R FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERIJED. PLEA SE TRY TO ANSWER ALlJ OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATIO~ YOU GIVE WILL B E USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NA.'ttE WILT,. NOT BE USED lN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOU R PER.,.ISSidN. RETURN TO AIR F O RCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB,OHI045433,1fi'N AFR80-f7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKET CHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM O R ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION. ) 1. WHEN 010 YOU SEE THE PHEN O M E N ON> 2 . WH-'T T I M E OlD YOU FIRST S I G H T THE PHEN OMEHOI.P 3 . WHAT TIM E 010 YOU L AST SIGHT T H E PHENO MENON> 4 . TIME' ZONE 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS M I N UTES A C IC:I C ~ [l STANDARD 0 OTHC:R 0 EASTERN 0 CENTR-'L 0 MOUN T A I N S. WHERE WERE YOU WHE N YOU SAW T HE: PHEN O MENON I F IN CITY. G I V E THE N EAREST STREET A D DRESS AND INDICATE O N HAN D DqAWN MAP WHE"lE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. I F IN THE t;;OUU TRY, IDENTIFY THI( HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N O R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTIO N FROM SOM E RECOGN IZABLE l.ANDMARI<. oi. IMAGit.E Y O U ARE .. T THE POINT SHOWN I N TI-lE SKETCH , PLAC E A~ ... -ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHEN O MENON '"'AS ABOVE THE H ORIZON, OR SKYLINE. WHEN F:"'ST SE E N . PLACE A a ON T H E SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW "41Cio4 ABOV E Tt'E '"'0RIZON THE "'HEN OMENO N WAS 'fHEN L AST SEE N AFR ~17(Cl) GA. 1'10., lliiAOIHt: YOU Alltl!: ATTMlt CI:N ri!~ 0' rH!: CO~li'A.U ~OiZ. l'I.AC'l A!>f "A O W T l-4l C O lii .. ASS T O IHOIC.>.TI!: T Mir: OIJIIII:CTI ON TO THI!: PM'!NOW~NOH WHEN JI' I~'ST ~!:!:!'!. ~!..,o..:z A "?; THO:: COIA~A!II TO l H OI CATI!: YH E OI~I!CTIOH TO THI: PHitNOWI!:NON WH!:N LAST Sl!tiH. 7 . IN THI: SKETCH 31!1..0.,, PLACI! AN A AT THI! POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHI!:H FI~T SEEN, AND A a AT THI!: POSITION O F T'HE: ?HEHOWI!:PtOH WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNeCT THE A AHO a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE , WOVEMENT OF THE PH!:HOMI!:NON t!IETWEE~ J. AND a. THAT IS, SCH!:MATICALl.Y SHOW WHETHER THI!: MOVI!:WEHT AF>P!!AR!:O iO B!! STAAIGHT, CUJIIIVI!:O 01'11 Z IG-ZAG. REFER TO SWALLI!:R SKETCH AS AM EXAMPLE OF HO'A' TO COMPLETI!: THE LARGEl't SlC!TC H . PAGE 2 0~ 9 PAGES 8 . / W H ERE WERE YOU WHE N YOU SAW THE PHE~MENON? ( C heck flppropriale b /()c/q.) V OUTDOOR S V IN BUSINESS SECTION OF C ITY IN BUILDIN G IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY I N CAR 0 AS DRIVER 0 A S P ASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSID E NEAR AIRFIELD I N AIRP LANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS P ASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYIN G OVER OPEN COUNTRY A. IF YOU W ERE I N A VEHICLE, COMPLET E THE FOLLOWING: WHAT D IRECTION W ERE Y O U MOVI NG7 HOW F AST WERE YOU MOVING> N ORTH EAST SOUTH WE ST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING T H E N ORTHE AST SOUTHEAST N ORTHWEST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN WHI!THER SUCH MOVEME N T A FFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6 . DESCRIBE TYP E O F VEHICLE YOU WERE I N A N D TYPE OF ROAD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WI NDOWS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH O THER TRAFFIC WAS THERE ? DID YOU N O TICE ANY A IRPL .ANES? _(~YES 0 N O . IF yes. DESCRIBE Wf'IEN THEY WERE I N SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIM E HTI N G THE PHEN O MENON A N D WHERf!: THEY WERE I N THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOM E N O N . LEN GTH OF TIME H O W '\lAS T II"E D ETEAMIHED? HOW L ONG WAS T H E PHENO M E N O N I N SIGHT? }"CERTAIN OF TIM E V I FAIRL Y CERTA I N NOT VERY SUR E JUST A GUESS WAS THE P!otE N O MC:I'tO H IN SIGH T CONTINUOUSLY? J~YES n NO. IF No.~ INOIC .. TE WHE THER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR OVEMENT O R TH~ BEHAV I OR' O F THE i'>HENOMENO N , AND OESCr!l3: SUCH ~VE'MENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP- PEA RANCES O N P REVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 P AGES AFR ~17(Cl) 1;: TH:O:IIt W!:i'l!: .. ORE THAH OHf: ?!>41!>1Cfoii!:NON, HOW MANY "If~<!: THERE ' OR.t.W A P ICTURE TO 5110._ HO'It TH!:Y W!:R!!: ARIIIANQ0. 010 THIS Aliti'IANGV.CIENT CHANCI!: OURIMG TH! SIGHTING' CONOITIONS (Chul. appropriate bloc!c~.) W!:ATHI!:R [,cUMULUS CLOUDS(! FOG OR lo41ST CIRRUS CLOUDS (Hi,Jo flecy or HcrrinJ HEAVY RAIN NIGHT LIGHT RAIN OR OAIZZL.E NIM!IUS CL.OUOS (Rait~) PART~ Y CL.OUOY CUMUL.ONIM8US SNOW OR SLEET COMPLETI!:L.Y OVERCAST ( T lu.ll\dce r s toni'\S) HAZE OR SloiOG NONE O F THE ABOVE C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT T'ltiLIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT OlD YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON> NONE BRIGHT MOOH~IGHT NO MOONLIGHT A FEW MOO N WITH HALO MANY MOON HIOO.EH BY CLOUDS PARTIAL (N~ cw qucvtcer) C. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? (]YES TH PHHOioiHOH1 QHo. IF ve:s, WHEA WAS THE SUN AS YOU IH Fl'tOHT OF YOtJ TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHAD(Ne~MO~ IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT E. SPECI,Y THI!: MAJOR SOURCI!: 0" ILLUMIH.t.TIOH PR~I!:NT CURING THI!: SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STR!:I!T LAMP, ETC. FOI't T!!~P:STRIAL ll.LUMIMATIOH, SPECIFY OISTAMCI!: TO l.IGHT : !Z. Gill A 9--I~F De:SCRIPTIOH 01" THE PHENON!:NON, INDICATING WH!:TH!:~ IT AP~!:.t.iltEO CA~K OR LIGHT, WliETHEA IT R~I"LECTC:O LIG~T Ol't WAS S!:L,LUMINOUS ~HO niAT ~OLORS YOU NOTIC~O. l::!:SC~18E ':'OUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER I":' WAS SOLID 0~ TRA-tofSPARitNT, ':WHETHER !!DGES W!:flt!: SHARP OR FUZZY. OESCRieE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT .t,P,..EAflt!!:O AS 4 POI!otT O F LIGHT'. INOICAT!: CONPARISONS WITH OTHER OltSEAV!:D OSJECTS, LIKE STAAS, A LIGHT Oflt OTHflt 08J ECT I H YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. d. I Jf. dicL W ~v PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES 010 nu: fi"HEHOMIEHOH NOVE IM A 5TI'IAIG14T L I N!:? STANO STI\ .. L AT ANYTIME? SUDDENLY SPI!:I0 UP ANO RUM AWAY? IIIIII!':AK Ull' IN PAI'ITS ANO EXPLODE? CH ANGIE COLOR? G IV!: 0 F,. SJjl()l( E! CHANGE 8fUGHTNE$Sf CHANGE SHAPE? OISAfiOII'I:AR ANO RKAIII"II't!:AIU SPIN LIKE A TOP? lolA I< I: A NO ISlE? FLUTTEIII 0111 W088L!:7 14. WHAT DIIII!:W YOUIII ATTENTION TO THE PHEN<lhtf:NON? A . HOW 010 IT FINALLY OISAPP!:AR? B . 010 THE PHt:MOtttt!:NON MOVE 8t!:HINO 0111 IN JrRONT 01" SONI!:THIHG, l.IK!: A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILOIN~ A~ANY' TIN!:? ~YES 0 NO. IF v!:s, DESCIIIIIII!:. PA~E S 0 F 9 PAGES