! Civilian Satellite (ECrtO ~/~ I ;-~i~a-E_R_O_F_O_B JE_C_T_S ,One 'rtitness thought it was a satellit.:l. He ccmparea :t t o Ec~o I' LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 ~ii.uu~es satelii te.. At 2324, ECi10 II was going SB a t appro:dm::=.t ely !coordir.ates_ 80 deg longitude, 40 deg atitude. Th~ o bservers H. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 42 de3 longitude. ! fo. 1l'PE OF OBSERVATION Observer sighted what he described as a solid sil,ter :.1.,; . .-... .-. . .:~ was self-lumino~ and brighter thsn a:ly star. The oo_.2 c ... traveled from the \v to ESE and at u.:.e :tlOint passed iu fror..~ 1 Grou.r::i-Viaual 7 . COURSE j ~. P'-IOTOS \9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE a plan e blocking out the plane . I~ stopped at one poin~ one minute and f ive seconds and disappeared by becoming extremely bright and going vertically into the sk-.r an~ ':.ue..::.. was lost among the stars. . . ..t: DE?A'RTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE H EAOQUART!::!1S F OREIGN TEC HNOLOC Y OIVI$10 , I I Ai"SC l WiliGH":'-P ATTERSON AIR FOP.C E !JA 3!::. O HIO ~!3433 'T'D?I'/UFO UFO Obs :""!Rtion, 11~ F ~bruary 1968 City, Michigan lk31 35 Reference your recent unldenti!'ied flying object sighting .:hich you reported to the Air Force. The information ~hicc we ha ve eceived is not suf:icient for a scientiftc investigation. Re est you co~plete the attached AF Form 117 a nd return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your obse~ration to the Air P'orce. l~Al'IA'IT, Colonel, USAF of Product ic:1 AF Form 117 TI-llS()\: ,TIO:-INAIRE H AS U :-1 PRE.PAl~FD SO T!IA'r Y0t.: C \ :. G I\' ''Ill. US 1\IH H>.-'(7 .\S -rH INFOR.'.l!\T IU:-< "-" pf)~.:;'lll .. E CONCER NI:-:G THE IJ;:>;!Df.Ylir IE::> P ilE:'-<." ~:o:; Tt!A'f YOU H A\. E (JHSEP ,;0. P LE,\:5C. TI~Y T O ANS .'.c;R \LU OF TH2 QUESTlO:-i::i. THE l:>.fOP\I...\,TlO:'< Yut.' C.l\ i WILL Ht:: U~l-.0 !-'OR RESF.ARCII I'U..-P0$~5. YOv NA~U: WILt,. NOT 8Z U:>ED IN CO:-.l'oEr1 to<: \',1TII AN Y OF 'fOL R ST AT r\IF.NTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT OUR 1-'ER'.HSSidN. Rr~TURi'l TO .'\lR FO.~CE B \::.1:. t--:VEST!C' \TOR l ' O R FORWARDI~J(; 10 F T D ( 1'1Jr.1f<) , WRIGHT P .\ TTER~0:-1 AFO, OH 1 ') 4 5.\33. I M AFR 80-j7. (IF ADDi T /OSA L S W:~ .~ T5 ARI NF.'F.DF..D FOR f\AJ?P. \ Tl\ ' T.; OR Si<TCim'> A 'fT AC:..H Sr:CURE L Y TO 1 "liS FOF?M O R AN'\'OTA f 11/TH }'Ot'l? .\'. \ 'I F. F O R lllr:r: rl F!C~\ TIO.'V . ) I .VH F:-. CIO YOU SEE T~IE ;'>HE NOMEN O N ' l WHAT riM E DIO YOU FIRS T SIGHT THE PHE N O M EtlON ' UA.'I ~P.M. 3 . WHAT T IME. DI D YOU LAST SI C H T T H E PhEN O M E N O N ' MINU TEs_tP.,_lrty_ 0 A . M . 0 DAYL IGHT SA VINGS E) STA N D A R D 4 . T I ME LON!:: 0 CENTRAL 0 MO.JNTAI N 0 PACIFIC 0 O T h E R S WHER E \~ERE Y O U WH E N (OU SAW THE Pt'C:"'O'~:::NON' I F I N CITY GIVE rHC: NEAREST STREET AOD~ESS A N D INDI CATE O N A H.AN O DJ:ll\l~N MAP 'IIHE'lE YOU WERE 3TI-IIOlNG WITH REFC:R CN C E TO THE ADDReSS. IF I N THE -::O U N T RY. I D ENTIFY THE K'J EASrERN H I G H W"-Y YOll 'NF.RE ON 0?. N E A'< A"<O TRY TO F I X ~DISTANCE AN:> DIREC T I O N FROM SOME REC 0 vNIZA9LE LAI'ID'~ARK. Garden Ci t y , }a chigan o . I"''AGINE Y O U A R E AT THE POIN r SH OWN IN THE SKETCH . PLAC E A N "A" O N THE CU'lV E O LitlE 70 SH OW H O W HIG H THE P HF.NO.YEN O N WAS ABOVE THE H ORIZO N , OR SKYLINE. WHE N FlnST SEEN. PLAC E A '9-O N THE SA.ME C U?VEO L I N E T O HOW H.>W HICH A90V E THE HORIZON THE PHENOM E N O N WA3 WHEN L o\ST SEEN . 08SEP.V::R O!BEt; (10~ TO rH~ r'IIC:!'.O\I:;No,: WHEN THE ?tt!::>IOM'::NON "'HEN LAST SEEN . FlqST S~Er. o. ~>, :E A '\cS =;o I"'OI<:~TE Tl- r.t<>CCTIO ' I TO 7. I N THE S'<ETCH BELOW, P L ACE AN A AT THZ POSITION OF THE P'iENO~ENON 'NHEN F IRST SEEN . ,A"lO A s A T rHE POSITION OF ThE PHZN O ... ENON WH:::N L AST SEE'I CON'o::CT TH::: * A " A'IO a WITH A Ll~iE TO APPROXI\IATE HiE N T OF THE PHEtiO~ENON SETWEE~I A A 'IO " 3 " . THAT IS, SC"'E"'ATICALLY SHCH ttHETHER TriE "'0VE\IE N T APPEM~EO TO OE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZA G . RErER TO S"A!..Lt::R SKETCH -.sAN E X,>M?LE OF HOW TO COMPLET E HE LARCER SKETCH. PAGE': OF' 9 PAGES I l'o "~c.SiiJE, < ~'-5CVr10tl Ot :1 fY IN tJUI~::ltNG o r ~-'F. il A. IF YOU w::R~ 1/>l ,\ VE,..t<:Lt:. (;OM"'!.. ETC. ThE ""0'.LilWINC '""iAT DIRECTION -IE YOU MOVI ~G' --: I EAST PH~ HO).IeNON' NOPTH~J\ST NO tiORTM YEST I!X?LAI N WnC:THER SUCH MOVEME:N T AFFECTS OESCRlaE TY?!! OF' VEHICLE YOU WE~E l'l A' J TVPC: ()I= <>vAO, TE.RF!AIN O R 8 0DY OF WATEn YOU TRIIVF'RS0 DURING THE SIG~ITING . STAT!:: WHETHER WINQO,I/5 0~ CONVERTI'JLE TOP WEPE U ? 0~ ~O.VN. n~R TRAf"!"lC '~AS THERE' 10 YOU 'IOTlCE ANY AIR?LANE':S? {I) YES fl ~10. I F "YE~. D ESCRIBE WH E N THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE Tl"lE F SIC:HTINt; THE PHENOMEIO"l AND ,ilt.iEP'!: T HEY 'HERE l 'o T-iES'<" 'l<:LATIV~ TO Till;: POSITION OF THE PliE.~IO~ENON. airplare but v .. ":Uu g;1u 't-las an airo1..:l:1e moving and t he ooject. t he aircl..an~ vapor trr:til had blinking l i ghts the did not t he o"oject also :r.o-ved front of the plane OOJ'9CT.. .~-n HOW LO~<G AI.O.S T..., E: PHENJ, C:'>;O'o I N SIGHT> : CZ~TAIN OF TII.IE LENGTH OF TIM NOT VE'l'l' SURE JUST A GUESS FAI~LY CERT.o.iN DETERMio"'ED' by looking clock when object 1~as a t:d after ':/AS THE "'HENO\IENON I N SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY I~" .,_,0 l'oD!CATt WHETHEH T HIS IS OU!': TO YOUR I.IOVEME~IT 0?. THE B EHAVIOR OF THE PHENO'"'E:NO:-i o.~::> DESCRIOE Su.::H ,.OVE\IENT O R BEHAVIO R . DICA rE O I SAP- PEARMICES O N PREVIOUS S'<ETCHES. PAGE 3 OF q ~ ... CES an 1 nt III!Qf ~l!llllliiiIWIIII'III CONOI TIONS (Ch,.,..k aprr?priate biJcJ..t.) e. WEAT'1E.i'l X CLAR I HIM9US CLOUDS (!<air~) r---j:;AIL pARTLy c Lou OY I c u 1,4 J ::> N I~ BUS c Lou 0 s -+l-c;_N_O_W_O_R_S_L_E_!::_T -1 COMPLE fELY OVERCAST I'] I "'ders!orms) UNKHOWN NOf'JE O F THE A90VE HAZE O R Slo40C C. I F 'fnE s:CI1TING liAS AT T'II'I\.IGHT OR HIGHT . WHAT 010 YOU HOTICE ABOUT THE STI>i-<S A'l!) M':>ON' ,.,ONE BRICHT MOONLIGHT X t~O MOONLICHT :X A i '.! 't MOON H ITH HALO cNKN OWN HAHY '-lOON HIOO~tl 9Y CLO:.JOS UNKNOWN PARTIAL (:.'ew or ?!LOri r} 0 . I F SIG~TING \VAS IN DAYLIGHT, W.\s T H E SU:-1 VISIBLE! 0 YC:S 0 tiO. IF yES, tOfHE<{E WAS ":'HE SUt AS YOU FACED THE PHENONENON? 1>! F''lONT OF YOU TO )'OU~ RIG~T OVE"lt-HU 0 f\'~a. ,.,,,) I N BACK O F YOU TO YOUR LE,:'T I U"lKNOH~I 1:0. S?ECli'Y THE ~IAJO.:t SOURCE O F ILLUMINATION F'?<::S::N T OU~ING THE SIGHTING. 5UCH A5 rHE SUN, '!EAOLIGHTS OH $TR!OET LAlo4P, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIA L ILLUMIMATIO'I, SPECIFY DISTANCE T O LIG'1T SO'Jr'ICE straet light. over 100 y~ds 12. GIVE: A ORI:::F OE:SCR!PTION OF THE PHENOMENON, I'IOICATING WHE rHER IT AP:>~ArlEO DARK OR LIGI-'T, WHETHER IT REFLECT EO LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOU S AND /oiHAT COLO~<; YOU NOTICeD. DES':~19:; YOUR 1'-!Pr'tESSiON O F WHETHER IT WAS SOLID 0~ TRANSPA~ENT, NHTHEP EDGES H E E SHARP OR FUZZY. OESCP.IBE T~E SHA P E O R INDICATE 'f: IT APP EARED AS A POIN'r o;: LIGHT . INDICATE CO~PARISONS WITH OTHER OBSE~VEO 09;ECTS, L IKE STA~S A LIGHT OR OTHER O i'IJCT 11'1 YOUR FI::LO OF VI'!:W. ap~arad as a solid silver light sel!'- luminous 3olid si'larp shape like a star vras b righter t han an;r sta.:- Th~ object was first reported to me and s aw it too, thought it might be a binoculars it disproved these thought3. \'l"e th~n went out ani lo.:>ke plane but when 1-l""e looked throu h It dissa ppeared by becoming extreme~ bright and t hen at v~rtically into t he sky and ~ras lost al'Jlong the stars. 7ed in l~ont of a pJar~ blocking it out of our view les~ than one seco~d. Could then tell tha difference f or a very s t tima be t.;-reen the nla:-.e and : I S O~J\' \ PICfURF. f~/1 r "'ILL S140 W T H E SH.'-PE Oo:' TH~ ,H NO'LlON. ltiCLUOE A liD!.. ~BEL A NT' o::TAtL; T'-lAT " IC11T 15. Ill-fAT WAS T"iE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLO A IAATCH AT ARM' S LENGTH IN F RONT OF A. K NO~ N OBJECT, SUCH AS A STDEET LA~Jc. OR T"iE MOON. t lOTE HOW MUCrl OF rHE OBJEC T I S COV<::'l;;O SY TH!:: HEAD OF THE MATCH . NOW IF YOU HAD BE""tl A9LE TO PERFOR"" THIS EXPERIM::NT AT THE TIM E OF THE SIC"iTINC, ESTII.IATE WH;t.T F"!ACTION OF THE "'nZtl?~::::o~l WOULD H :\VE a:::EN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. sjze of a nicke1 ;:> \GE 6 OF 9 PAGES _,I_'ISSC.> "P<O~'UL AHj :.,f .t;u LO TH JDOL rt. WHAT WAC. y"'J< "f.'?.ES::OIOtl 0~ THE DISTANC&.t)" c-do" l"' P'if:NO~IHION' IJIV~ E'~ii~Aic O'F D ISTAN CE _=..;:.l.:;tf....:::.::.;:... GIV..:: E,<.TIMATE OF S?r::F.O UU.~nown 20 "I '" A THAT H E M I.Y OEJTA.IN AS C LO:;.R A ? I CTUR!': A~ I'')S~I'll..t. Of" WHAT YOU S AW. Dt::i=i')I<\E. HI Y O U R O'HN WORDS :, " ' \l::l~ OBJECT OR C'J IJ ECTS WHICH, WH E N ? t ACED IN 1~E !i'V SI\IILAH TO WH"PE YC\U t.~T0 THE PHENOMENON WO*ILO 3t::Afl SOME R!::SEMi3LAti C E TO Wt r. r YOU S AW. O EO:.:::RI!:IE' SIMILII'<ITIF.:S ;~lO OIF'F'ERENCt. flETNE E N T H E CO'~'!.?~ OBJ EC f .0.~1 0 IYH 1\ T YOU SAW. A st9.r.. Just by the way it looked like a large star mo"Jingo Object stoped and beca.IT9 dim and. bright. Stoped for one minute and five seconds ti.rned with a watch. Put plane out of vievT for less than a seconi stars do not usually do this 21. 0 10 YOU NOTIC E ANY :>OOr'l, NOISF., O R H E A T EI- MlATINI'j FROM TH~ PHC::'I0"1<;;N.;N O'l A N Y EFFECT O N Y OU?.SELF. ANI"'ALS o q M.O.CI'ii~Ei-il' I N THE VICINIT'f1 U YES NO. I F y ;:::;, OESCP'Dt: <t-t:t4 ueeun P -' RAP-we * 2~. w,\ S .\MYONE WIT H YOU AT THE TIME vou !.Aw THE: PHENO~ENONl fl'fES 0 NO. 1r-v~::s. 010 THEY:; IT T007 A. LIST THEIR NAI\IE S AHO AOO~ESSES n City Iftchigan 48135 City Hichigan 48135 GIVE THE FOLLOWING I N FORMATION ASOUT YOURSeLF LAST 1-lA:.!E, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME .;.TIO~ INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPZRIEI-ICE W)o!ICH IAAY BE PERTINENT. Called Self!"idge AFB said no plane in the area advised to call H~tro .fuport did said nothing -;;as in area 1-1hen plana ca"T-.e into vie;;or ttey called us asked if ,re saw both object and plane said we did told us to call S~lfrige agai n wa did they saij thay would check and let us knm-r. Advised to write you. Object appe:u:-ed to be "tTi.thing five miles of J:vetr o. :!3 JIIHEN MO TO WHOiool DID YOU F!EPOA T THAT YOU HAC SICHTEO THIS PH ENO~:!:NO,'Il 14 Febru~-y NA\oiE s:n;:?ttm: AF:e.i.ET.:w PBPCE.T DAY_ ':5 ..toN,n, ..... -:il~fl 26. D ATE YOU CO)o!PLETEO 'fHIS QUESTION.-1,\IA~. PACE 3 Oi-9 P~CES This 'Will r eply t o yom-l e t-ter in which you r e !Xlrted seeing an unidentified fl:ring object the evening o f Feo r,..l.8r y :t t~ . Ttlithout additional L"lformation, 'M'e cannot o f f er an expJ.a n a tjon of the obJect you saw. However, 1i' :rou 'will c omplete the a ttac h e d q_uestionnaire and mail. it in the incl o sed envelope , our t ecimica l people at Wright -Patterson Air Foree Bas e vi.ll be able to investi- gate fUrther and mak e an evaluation. I n the meanti:ne, we are sending y o u some 1 1 ter a ture that tnay bel.p you identifY your observation. Thank you f or reporting :i 1.. to the Air Force.