PROJECT 10073 RECORD I 1. 0 1 T E riME GROUP 2. L OCATION Near Gi~ci i, ( 2 Witnesses) 3. :iuUf~C E 10. COI'ICLUSION ! Civilian 1\. NUMBER OF OBJECTS LENGTH OF OBSERVAT ION 30 IVJ.inutes TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 11. BRieF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observers watched 2 bright bluish white lights that . ability to hover and movo at extreme speeds. After minutes the lights disappeared to the SE. CO iTS: A deep te:mperature inversion existed during sightin-s and two KC-135 aircrtift \Yere shootir_g instrument approHches ~--.S...:.e=-e=--C-=a~s-=s--------1 to runway C5R at Lock~ourne A.io'B during this time. Report s . PHOTOS indicated that the liehts were seen in tho goneral vicinit:r of Lockborne. Tower and GCA were queried at the time of siBhting o Yen with negative results. Crewa of the KC-135' s did n~t see any- 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FT D 5E P 63 0-329 (TDE} p,..lou a adlUotu o f th.h form -.y be u .. d, OS"iC:P ;:; TH=: ".t::NO I.IetiO I Tl-'"lO..J<>rl 0~ THE i"OLLOrliNGI TYP!::, FIL T!OR, LENS PRESCRIPT lOti OTHER AP?LICA8LE D ATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA SliHGLA SS!::S BINOCULARS < WINDSHIELD SlOE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE 00 YOU OROINARIL Y WCAR GLASSES B-00 YOU USE READING GLASSES? QYES 18 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED CF THE ' 19. WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF. PHENOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SP0 ":r' IO(; I'Y)?ll. PHENOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLE,\R A PICTURE A S POSSiaLE OF WHAT YOU S AW, DESCRIBE 1:-1 YOUR OWN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY. SIMILAR T O WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON. WOULD BEAR SOM E RESFMBLANCE T O WHAT YOU S AW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND OI!"FERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATIN G FROM THE PHENOMENON ANIMALS OR MI'CHINERY I N THE VICINITY' '._j YES ~NO. IF yc:s. OES:::RIBE. OR ANY EFFECT O N YOURSELF, A. OlD THE PHEN OMENON DISTURB THE G~o..;NO OR LEAVE ANY HYSICAL EVIDENCE. I r "YES, DESCRIBE. 2.2. HAVC: 'IOU c.VC:R SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON 8EFORE7 yr;;s,~ G IVE D.\TE Al-10 23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU S AW THE PHENOMENON? . YES 0 NO. IF yEs. DID THEY SEE IT TOOl QYES 0 NO. A. LIST T'iEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF LAST NAME. F IRST N A M E DDRESS (Street. TEL CPHOtl:;: (.l NFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND A N Y EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. C:S WH!::'< 1-'10 ";"0 W-iOM DID YOU REPORT T H T vo,; HAO SIGHTED THIS PH::NOMENONl ::6 D ATE YOU CO!o'PL'::TEO THIS QUESTIO'lNAIG!::. U l',f' MATION HHICH YOU FEE L I S PERTINENT SUT W~liCH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COJEREO IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. \ L !'!NATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION O F THE SIGHTING S! u!i r IIIG o;= U~t I DcJlT I;: I EO PtlEMO~CIA QUiST I O,tiA I Kc NUMRE."i 1 1 iO.S~ TillS QUESTIO"':-:AIRE HAS llEEN PREPARED SO fHAT YOU C'A:-< GIVE TilE U.S AIR fO~CE AS MUCH t-.;FOR\11\TION AS POSSIUL.: C'O~CERL':INC THE UNIDF:NTIF!ED PHEL':Ot-.IE:-.10'; THAT YOU HAVE OB:>EI~VED. PLEASr. TRY TO i\;\SWEF< ALU OF THE QUESTIONS. TilE H\ FOR~.tATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USEfJ FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES YOUR NA~IE WILJ,.. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WI T H ANY OF YOUR STATr.MENTS OR CO..,CLUSIO~S \HTIIOUT YOUR PEI~MISS!dN. RETURN TO AlR FORCE BASE INVESTICt\TOR FOR FORWARIJl,'lC TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT p ATT!.HS0:-1 AI 1), OH 10 <15433, I AW AFR 80-i7. ({F ADD/ TIONA!-SHEETS ARE NF:DED FOR N,lRRA TIVJ:: OH SJ\ ~TCHES ATTACH SF.CURf~L Y TO THIS FOF~M OR ANNOTATE 1\il'J'll YOU!: 1\'A.\fr: FOR IDF.NTIFIC A T/0.\'.J 1 WHetl 010 YOU SEE THE PHENOMENO N ' 2 IYHAT TIM E 0 10 YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOI.IENON ? 1 WHAT TIME 010 YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON> 1. TIME' ZO'lE DAYLIGrlT SAV I NGS STAND~RO 0 CENTRAL 0 MOUtH AIN =.J P ACIFIC 0 OTHER 5 Wr1t':RF.: WERE YOU W~E N YOU SAW THE PHENO MENON> IF IN CITY. GIVE THE N EAREST STR!::ET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON AnA 1\WN MAP HHE~E YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE AOO'tE:iS. IF IN THE t:OUNTRY . IDENTIFY THE ERE ON OR NEAR ANO TRY T O FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOvNIZ~eLt: LANDMARK . '> 1\.\AGINE YOU ARE A T THE POIN T SHO'IIN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN -A ON THE CURVED Ll~lE TO SHOW HOW 1-'IGH T~IE PHEN::>'-l ENOtl WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE WHEN FIRS-SEC:N . PLACE fl 3" o -. THE SAM E CURVED l..INE TO SHO'o HOH HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE ?HENOMENON WAS WHEN !..,\ST SF'EN. 0 N Tv THE f"HE.N:::'-1,-NON wdEN i-'11(NOMFNON WHEN LAST SEEN. FIR5T .iEEN. 'LA<.-A ,;- flli:. I.O"'~"SS rc INDICAT-. T.l O IHE:CTIO.'< 7u 7 IN THE SKETCH BELOW. PLACE AN A~ AT THE POSITION OF THE ?~E"'OMENON WHEN FI~ST SEEN . AND A s AT THE POSITIO'I OF THE PHC:NOM Z NON WHE N LAST Sc.EN. CONNECT THE " A " A'ID "!)"WITH A LI'IC: TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE ?HEI'IO!'>IENON SETWC:EN " A " AND "B" . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER TriE MOVEM!'.:NT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR 'ZIG ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS A'l EXAMPLE. OF hOW TO COM THE LARGER >;KETCH. PACE 2 01= 9 DAGES WHEH WERE:: YOU WHEN Y O U SAW THE PHENOMENON? (I. heck npprupriacc IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY Ull1 .. DING RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER I N OPEN COUNTRYSIDE f"1t1J\T NEAR AIRFIELD 'IIIPLAN!:: 0 AS PILOT 0 AS P ASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A V EHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: OIRECTIO N WERE YOU MOVING' HOW F AST WERE YOU MOVING? l l qtt ... DID YOU Sl'O? ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE ?HENOM!'.:NON ' '" fHE AST ' '"II 1 HWEST SOUTHW!::ST "'"WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES I N ITE MS SAND 6 . ,,.,,. I'YPE OF V EHICLE YOU WERE IN AND T Y P E OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF W\TER YOU TRA VERSED DURING '"' TI~IG. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. TRAFFIC WAS THERE? NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES' QYES NO. IF "YES. -DESCRIBE WHEN T H E Y WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE T I M E 111N G THE PHE N OMENO N AND WHERE T EY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENO MENON I N SIGHT? CERTAI N O F TIME NOT V E:=!Y SUR ~ FAIRLY CER T.>.I N JUST A GUESS DETERM INED' " ~"HC:NOMENO~ IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY> ~ES 0 N O . IF " N O . " INDICATE WHETHER T HIS IS DUE TO YOUR f 'r-,.,,,.,. r O R THE '3EHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON . A 0 D::SCRIS!:: SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. I~IDICATE OISAP- r:'J O N ?REVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 oc 9 P AGES 10. I F THERE "II!ORE MORE THAN ONE PHEN OMENON, HOW MANY WC:RE THERE' Q RA,W A P I C rURE TO SltOH HO:f AP.RANGED. DID T HIS ARRANGEME~IT CHANCE DURIN G THE SIGHTING? CONDITIONS (Check appropriat e blocl.s.) CUMULUS CLOUDS ( l FOG OR MIST "'RUS CLOUDS {1/igh fl~ecy or 1/errinll HEAVY RAIN N IMBUS CLOUDS (Rnin) HAIL PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SN OW OR SLEET C O MPLETELY OVERCAST ( T hu.11dustorrn.sJ HAZE OR SMOG NONE OF THE A90VE THC: S IGHTING WAS AT T WILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT T H E STARS A N D MOON> Ill STARS I 21 BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS PAR Tl A L ( Ntttu o r qw:uter) D . IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT , WAS THE SU'l VISIBLE? QYES 0 NO. I F "YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED THE PHENOMENON? FRONT OF YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAO(Ve~MO~ IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR L EFT E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINA T I O N PRESEN T DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, HEADLIGHT S OR STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILL U"'IN,.,TION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE . GIVE A BRIEF OESCRI?TION OF THE PHENO M!::"'ON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED OARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF- L UMINO U S AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION O F 'oiiHETHER IT WAS SOLI D OR TRANSPARENT, WHeTHER EDGES WERE SHARP O R FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR I NDICATE IF I T A?PC:ARE D AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE C0'4P,\RISON S WITH OrHER OBSERVED C9JECTS, LIKE S TARS. A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJECT IN YOU R FIELD OF VIEW. PAGE 4 OF 9 P AG!::S 0 10 THE PHENOMENON \J NKNO"''l IN A STRAIGHT LINE> STANO STILL AT ANYTIME' SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE' CHANGE COLOR? GIVE' OFF SMOKE? CHANGE BRI GHTNESS CH r,NGE SHAPE> F L A S H OR FLICKER> D ISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIKE A TOP MAKE A NOISE? FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? DREW Y OUR ATTENTION TO THE PHEN O MENON? DISAPPEAR' 010 THE PHENOMENON M OVE BEHIND OP 11\1 FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, T REE, OR BUILDING A T ANY TIM E 1 P A.GE S OF 9 PAGES HAV::" APPI::ARF D A S WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE E'.JIH,\UST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY Al-1 ARR O W THI::. DI~E': riON Tf-IE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16. Wf-IAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE' HOLD A VATCH AT ARM"S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A K'IO""N OBJECT. SUCI-i AS A STREET LI'~P OR THE I-lOON. NOTE HOW M UC11 Or THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD SEE N ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EX<>ERI MENT AT THE TIM E OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTIO'I O F THE PHE N 0 '4ENON WOUL!) HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. 7 :'110 '0U 0:3S~P.V.,. 1H;;. ?\i:ONO\IE'IO~ THROUGH Al'f 0~ T ,:_ i'(;LLOWI~IC' IN'-"LUOE II'<F0''-'ATI 0 N OS MOO~'-. TYPE. FILTER, l.EI.S PRESCF!IPTION O R OTH!::R APPLICABLE DATA. E'"Y EGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS ' / WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE OTHER A . 00 YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES> 0 YES f2j NO B . DO YOU USE READING GLASSES> CJ YES 6 NO 18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THl:: SPEED OF T~LE f ;. PHENOMENON> GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED/ I ; ' . -.~r , 19 . WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHENOMENON? GIV E ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE ? :1) ; ~ : 20 IN ORDE R THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE A5 POSSIBLE OF WHAT Y O U SAW. DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN 'JiORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENO~ENON. WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCR13E SI MILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. DID YOU N OTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OP HEAT EMANATING FRO M THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, JI.NI\.\ALS OR MACHI~IERY IN THE VICI;"ITY, 0 YES ,IZI._No. IF " YE!S, " DESCRIBE. A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURa TnE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES IF "YES.~ DESCRIBE. :! 2 . HAVE: Y O U liVER SE E N THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMEtiON ClEFORE' LOC-.TION. YES NO. IF vEs. GIVE DATE AHO 2J. ~S ANYONE WITH YOU A T THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON' )Z1v=:s 0 NO. IF -YES,~ OlD THEY SEE IT TOO> A . LIST THEI R NAMES AND ADDRESS GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIO'I ABOUT YOURSELF LAST ~IA\IE. FIRST NAME, MIDDL E N A M ADDRESS (Scrur. City, Statf' and Zip Code)( ' cod e and numbft} 1-!ALE FE~ALE INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I N CLUDING OCCUPATION AN!) ANY EXPERI E NCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT . ;:,; O Ar YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAI"!E. n I' OHr~ATION WHICrl 'rOU FEEL IS F'C:RTIN:.'oT BUT NriiCH IS 'IQT AO!::QUA r ... L Y COJ::::REO IN Trll;) OUr.:,TIONNAtRe. AL TERNATIVCLY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EX"'LANATION OF THE SICHTINC. HE\OQ:J.>.R 7E.PS R l OTit ':.01-'0 ,..-SJ::>PORT Gf<()UI ITA~ LOCK~CUnNtc AIR FORC-:;; E , OH I O 4J217 suaJEc-\JFO Observations, 23 January 1963 To ro?T{UFO) WPAFB, ATTN: 2nd Lt. Carmon l~ano 1. Reference your lette r dated 26 Har 1968, same sub,ject, follo,dng information is submitted: a . Only observer contacted vias of Franklin County sheriff' s department~ I n addition to hls letter Hhich you have, AF Form 117 has boen completed f rom info tion iven over phone, ~d i s attached