J . ..:.:.CI: 10. CONCLUSION I 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF 09SERVATION 5- 8 minutes 6. T YPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 8. PHOT OS 9. PHYSICAL E VIOEHCE Possible (nCT AIR BALLOON) 11. B RIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSI S The observer sighted an object that was a bright gold color. The shape was like that of a c a r cupola and the edges were sharp, but light ex~ended beyond the craft' s edges(HALO effect). CO?vrtv1ENTS: Originally the report was given for 3 Feb. ur..) by a young boy. The boy' s mother was given a witness to the e vent so a 117 was sent to her. She stated on he r completed form that the sighting had occurred on 2 Feb. 68. Surface winds for Vlsta at 200 hrs . were from 010 d . at 02 knots, at 2100 hrs calm and a t 2200 hrs . fro::1 100 deg. at 04 o~s. Since the wind bo~h a n hour before and an hour later had balloon is a possible a ~estedy i~ i s fel~ that a ho t oi~ exolanotion for the obser~ati0n. 15. DRAW,\ PICTURE THAT Wtt.L SHOW THE SHAPE Oi" THE PHENOMIWD'I. I HCI..UDE A~D l..O.BEL. ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAV E APPEARED A S WI NGS O R PRDTA U SIONS, AND INDICATE E AHAUST 0~ VAPOR TRAIL.S. I NDICATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHEN O M E N O N WAS MO V I NG. 15 . WHAT 'WAS THE ANGUt."R SIZE, HOLD A MATCH A T A RM'S L.ENGT H I N FRONT :>F A K N OWN OBJECT , SUCH A S A STREET L.AM'" O R T"!:: lo000'j .. ?-E H O W MUCH O F T H E O BJECT IS COVERED B Y THE H E A D OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD B E E N ABL.E T O PERFO?"' T~IS EX::>ERI M ENT A T THE TIM E OF THE SIGHTI'jG, !:':ST I MATE WHAT FRA C TION OF THE P H E"'O M E NON WOUL.D HAVE B EEN COVERED BY T H E MATCH HEAD. I r:ntch vouJl.d h~lve covered ab'Jt: t l/5th of o"-Jject . AFR R0-17(Cl) 17. 010 YOU OBSE:RVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING INCLUD: IN FOPM A TION O N MODEL, FILTER, LEN S PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEIIfEP. SUNGLASSES 'DINOCULARS WINDSHIELD SlOE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? a. DC) Y O U USE READING GLASSES? 18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED O F THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCEt_3>FrB~le PHENOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED 5Q() !:UJh PHENOMEtiON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE . 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE OF WHAT Y O U SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORO!i A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR T O WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOME N ON. WOULD EIEI\R SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMIL ARITIES AND DIFFERC NCES BETWEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT AND WHAT YOU S/JoW. cOl!1pnri son possi.ble an 21. DID YOU ~IOTII.:C AN~ ODO"', t-OISE. O R HEAT E MANATING FROM THE PHENO M E NON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY I N T"'Z VICINITY' IF ~YES," DESCR19E. IF "YES, " DESCRIBE. P AGE 7 oc:-Q PAGES 2.1. H~Va YOU ZV~I'I G1!:H TNI S OR A ISINILAA P H!:::MOM::EHOH 199!?0~1!7 LOCATION . AFR fW.-17(Cl) Y IU ~0. I F YI!$ , w G I V E O A T AND 2 3 . WAS ANYOHE '1\'IT H YOU AT TMiZ TIM\! YOU S.\W THE PHEMOM~NOH? .fJ YI!S 0 MO. E! QHO. IF v e::s,otOTHE.YSEEITTOO' A. LIST THi!:IR NAM!!S AND AOOA 351!:5 GIVE T HE FOLLOWING IN FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF L A ST HANE, F I RST NAME, .. IOOLE HAMC! TELEPHONE (Areo ceans1 e , a lLOrn1a INDICA T E AOOITION~L INFORMATION IHCLUOIH G OCCUPATI O N AHO A N Y EXP~AIS!HC!! ':'IH I C H M A Y B E PC:RTlNEN T . Secr e t a r y for real estate office 2 5 . WHEN AND TO \!WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT Y O U H A D SI G!-ITEO THJS P HENOMENON? 26. DATE YOU CO)~PLE:TEO THIS QUE5TION-.AI RE. PAGE 8 O F 9 PACES REPI..Y TO TDPI' (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTER S FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY OIVISION (AFSC l WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BAS E . OHIO 4!1433 UFO Observation 3 February 1969 Your name has been given to the Aerial Phe nomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being a witness to an unidentified flying object. If you were a witness to an UFO sighting on would you please complete the attached AF For~ r~2~ it in the envelope provided. If you were not a ~tness to this sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form. The information which you provide will be used in evaluating this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this C'IOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, tA.a jor, USAF . hief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope AFfi 80-17(Cl) 27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVeRED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATI ON OF THE SIGHTING. ' Approxima tly 9 p . m. , my :Jon s.nd h:i..s f a ther :::.rr i ved ho::ne by car. Tl~e.r hn.d. bot~1 seen t h e object while :r)ulJ in3 u p to the curb and n y sone ca le in t o get me. I so.v! an ob :j ect ( ::tbout the s ize of a d i:me at a r ms lengt h ) of' a b r ig:1.t gold color come over a h ill and pass ove r the sky in aboutJ 5 to 8 nrl.nutes . It then went ovei the o tl-::er horizon. Sj_nce my bus band had a ( pretty muc h so) simil D.r as did my son, I will m:?..lce tilis for bo t~ o.f u s . e:;cper~enc e The follonin g refer to ~im: insuronce s alesnnn phone and addres s same PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGES 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR P H E N OMENON BEFORE? '('8YES 0 NO. I F "YES, GIVE DATE AND LOCATION. .---;-_ 23. WAS A NYONE WITH YOU AT 1'HE TIME YOU SAW THE P H E NOMEN ON ? [LJ'YES 0 NO. Y ES 0 NO. I F YES," DID THE Y SEE I T TOO? A. LIST THE IR NAMES AND ADDRESSES 24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF ADDITIONAl-INFORMATIO N INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERI ENCE WHIC H MAY DE PERTIN ENT. DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON ? MONTH ~ < ' DAY rJ.. 7 Attachment 1 21 (B~comes Attachment 1 to A F'R 80-17) SIGHTING OF UHIDENTIFIEO PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDOET BUREAU APPROVAL NUMBER 21-R2H THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. 1\lR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION A S POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNiDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALI) OF THE QUESTI ONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. OUR NAME WILJ.. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS O R CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. R ETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FOR WARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB,OHI045433, lAW AFR 80~ f7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE IYITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.) I. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMEN O N ? 2 . WHAT TIM E DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE P H E NO M E N O N ? 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHEN O MENON ? 4. TIME/ Z O N E 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN l8fPACIFIC 0 OTHER 5 . WHERE WERE YOU WHEN Y O U SAW THE PHEN O M E N O N ? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE O N A HAN D DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU 'HERE STANDIN G WITH REFERENCE TO T H E ADDRESS. I F IN THE '==OUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIG HWAY YOU WERE ON OR N E A R AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZ ABLE LANDMARK 6 . IMAGI N E YOU AilE AT TilE POIN T SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN -A~ ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENOME N O N WAS AflOVE THE HORIZON . 0~ SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A ~13-O N THE SAME CURVED LINE T O HOW HOW HIGH AOOVE fHE HORIZO N THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. OBSERVER -" Attachment 1 (Becomes Attachment 1 to AFR 80-1'7) AFR 80-l i ( Cl) 6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE C O M P A SS ROSE. PLACE AN '" A " O N THE COMP A SS TO IND I C ATE THE DIRECTIO N TO THE PHENOMENON WHE N FIRST SEEN . PLACE A e ON THE COMP A SS TO INDICATE T H E DIRECTIO N T O THE PHENOMEN O N WHEN LAST SEEN. 7. I N THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN " A AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN , AND A " B " A T THE POS!TION OF THE PHENOME N O N WHEN LAST SEEN . CONNECT THE " A " AND e WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVE M E N T O F rHE PHENOMENON BETWEEN " A'" AND "B" . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEAHE O TO B E STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKI::TCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES Attachment 1 (Becomes Attachment 1 to AFR S0-17) IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY IN CAR AS DRIVER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR AIRFIELD IN AIRPLANE AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY A. I F YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING? NORTH EAST 'J SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTI C N ERTIBLE TOP WERE OR N. DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? Q YES ~NO. IF "YES, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITI O N OF THE PHENOMENON. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DErERMit~ED?(.(/(2/.5/ J.Jt"7-TC-/-r WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CON"!"INUOUSLY? f2:a'YES 0 NO. IF "NO." INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT OR THE EIEHAVIOR O F THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP- PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. oJte /-/ot?tz.o n Attachn1ent 1 11 (Becomes Attachment 1 to AFR 80-17) o, I F THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHE NOMEN O N , HOW M~NY WERE THERE ? DRAW A P I CTUR E TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE: ARRANGED . DID THIS ARRANGEM ENT CHANGE DURIN G THE SIGHTING! 11. CONDITIONS (Ch~ck appropriute CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOG OR MIST CIRRUS CLOUDS (1/ir,h fleecy or Herring HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE CLEAR N IMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONI MBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST (T hwde rstorrM) -. HAZE OR S MOG V N O N E OF THE ABOVE C. IF T H E SIGHTING WAS A T TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE ST "'"' ANO MOON? BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGH T MOON WITH HALO OON HIDDEN BY C LOUDS PARTIAL (New or quarter) IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. IF " YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED THE PHENOMENON ? IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Ne~=o~ IN BI\CK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMIHATION PRESENT DURING THE: SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN , HEADLIGHTS OR STREET LAio4P, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATIO~, SPECIFY D ISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. Ff2.orJ'I ;OOJ/LC~f-1 t-rtl??/--t c_or2..nrc .- rc_S..TL.,;qr>t~1,.,, 12. GIVE A BRIE F DESCRIPTION OF THE PHEN O M E NON, INDICATI N G WHETHER IT APPE ARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER I T REFLECTED LIGHT OFt WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU N OTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR rRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP O R FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT APPEARED A S 1\ POINT O F LIGHT. INDICAT E COMPARISON S WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. 0f3.;;Ecr wAS .scL.. r.LJ /....u~t/Jo cJJ ;rJ-0 c:fc) r PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES Attachment 1 13 ( Becomes A ttachment 1 t o AFR 80-17) DEPARTMENT O F THE A I R FORCE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL APPLICf>TIONS CENTER (MAC) BLDG 159 NAVY YARD ANNEX, WASHifiGTON, DC 20333 ETACIE.AJJ ( SSgt Dunham) sueJEcT: Request for ~-leather Data TO: FTD (TDPTR 1}) ..rright-Patterson .AFB, Ohio 4543.3 In support of pending UFO e valuati on s , the follovri.ng '1:teather data are submitted: Niddlesex, New Jersey: See attachment 1 . Vista, CaJifornia: See attac ent 1 . c . St. Paul, Hinnesota: See attachment 2 for radiosonde observation on 27 Dec 66 at 1800L. Requested surface observations are as follo:rs : 2 . Data sources vrere ETAC. sll!"face and upper-air history files and the Asheville , N. C. data files. Surface observations for Middlesex ( Nevrark), lle"t<r Jersey, iTer e not available on 6 Oct 67 at 03001 and 0400L . Extraction or evaluation of all other .... reather data were adequate for all sightings . FOR THE ~1ANDS~ II IJ 1 '1:1r r I {/JOFilli T. McC.AB.E, Colonel , uSAF C'.r.tief, Ernrironmental Applications Div. 1 . 1 Surface Data Sheet 2 . 2 Upper-Air Data Sheets 13. DID THE PHENOMENON YES MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? STANO STILL AT ANYTIME? CHANGE COLOR? )< CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPE? X FLASH OR FLICKER? D ISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? >< MAKE A NOISE? FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? 14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON? -1 ,t:.._ cc:J /< s;: ,:) 0 Cl T S r ,L';J A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? B. DID THE PHE~IOM ENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING. LIKE A CLOUD. TREE. OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME? ~YES 0 NO. IF yEs.~ DESCRIBE. I Attachment 1 (Becomes Attachment 1 to AFR 80-17) I S. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOM ENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED A S WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. /~ t....UrYJI/lod' :Y.Fi m .t:J ;oc1 'e T ~o?..cs 16. WHAT WAS T H E ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATC H AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON . NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT I S COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM TliiS EXPERIMENT A T THE TIM E OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION O F THE PHENOMENON WOULD hAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATC H HEAD. I Attachment 1 17 (Becomes Attachment 1 to AFR 80-17) 17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH TYPE, FILTER, LEN S PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER EYEGLASSES SUNGLASSES WINDSHIELD SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE WINDOWPANE A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? ~;YES ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL, APPLICABLE DATA. C AMERA VIEWER BINOCULARS THEODOLITE B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? 0 YES f2lNO 18. WHAT WAS Y OUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEE.D,.LC"J('1 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF ~IE PHENOME N O N ? GIVE ESTIMAT E OF DISTANCEC-LZ 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBT