CONCLUSI0:-.1 HOT AU\ B.U l.OC~ : . :-.. Ji.i\~ R O F OBJECi"S '>. LcNGT,'-1 OF OoSERVAT!O~ r>. TYPE Or OBSERVATION I 7 . COU~SE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 11. BRIEF SUM.\.4ARY ANO .A.NALYSI~ Tha obser~er slght~d tour object on the night o: 17 ~ob ~c! tho s~a spot on tha h.o:;oizon Q.OO each '\Jas dosc:;oibe:C. as l w::i::.. 1 ike an orange ball ver"./ much like fU'c-..or}:.s, rC4:lOL c~""lC.l0 typQo Seve~al of the objects were observed t o dro? off spo - befora burning out~ FTO SEP (,J 0 -329 (TOE) 'Prevlo\U ediUo n o o ( lhl foro >Y w .... d. 27 I";:Q~"4ATION WHICH YOU FEEL I S ? ERTINENT 9UT WHIC H I S 'IClT A D A!.. r<:"RNATIVi':LY PROVI;)E A NARRATIVE EX?LANATION OF THe Sl"' EQUATE.L.Y C..:>VEP.C:O IN THI!i OUES710NNA1Rr." -,HTING. - PAGE 9 or: J p;..c, !''JPI' (UtU) L~ Col C;uintanilla/70916/ :nhs/14 Jun 68 u:ro Observation, 17 and 18 February 1963 Florida 33156 L. Reference ~ -'~nidenti.tied flying object {UFO) observations of 17 and 18 February 1968. We :reel that you might have been w.tching garmet bag hot air balloons. We receive numerous sightings _ of these bal.l.oons, .especially in t he neighborhoods of colleges and universities. Inclosed 1s a brief' description of t his type of observation. 'J'!!ank you tor- reporting your obsez tat ion to the Air Force. QUL~'UIJ.A Jr ~ Lt Colonel, USAF Aerial l'tlenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division ?reduction Directorate ~escrl::ption GAR>;J:T BAG ROT AIR :aALLCO)l'S Hot Air Balloons, made out of gannet bags yellow or white light in the sky and may rsr.:.l.~. .-l.o:r't as long as ten or fifteen minutes. If the :r a:ce fairly <'-. . . , 1cy may appear as two objects, one on top of the oth-er . 'L.;o . ,J ~ .... 1 object is the heat source and is quite bright; the uppe,-d\:ll ;., "'..o' . .;ing object is the gal'Iilet bag. Usually tb:! heat source i3 on s:.. u . ... ~\ ... 0ou the object is aloft it ~y move in an or a straight trajectory dependin.3 on flashes and flicker s as t~e wind blows caA:ldles. burn down, the platform may catch fire and sc.:.1etimes c~;i._.<~.: and pieces of burning debris to fall; hovever, they ust.<li~j "uu:.:.\ o~..tt before they hit t h e earth. Shortly after the sparks stop falliilg, the object disappear s . SIG~TIHG OF U~IDENTlFIED PHENONE~IA QIJESTIOH~AIRE Bl:cc T 8!..'l.,..w ;\YPJ<f)VAJ. NIP IOZR ;n Rll.! -\S l-'05:'11lLE CO:-lCE~:-ll~lG TilE U~liDE;.;TI! 11~0 PI!C.~O\If :.'):-; Tl..\ r YOL' llo\VE uB::iER\ ED. PL.t::,\ . . F. T1-!V ) I A:-<S',1,'1.h .. \LU OF THE QUESTIONS. THi:: l~lFOR~II\TlON YOt.l ~!Vf: WILL BF 1'<;::,o FOR RES~t\'-1CH !URPOShi I YOI't< :-, \\11. WILl,-NOT R~: USED !N CO)lNI.CIIO~ WlTII ANY OF YOUR ST\rE'.IE'<TS OR CONC'L'I~!O'<S WiT!I()IJ'I' YOv '{ f' c.R\IlS:-Jd:'ll. RETURN TO AIR FOR<~ U.\SE I N \ ES I'IG \TO I~ FOR F OP. ,A RD;:", G TO TO (J_r}_l::_'(El. Wfm . tl 1' p -\TT~!~SO'I AFO, 0~110 1\54:)3. IAoY t\FR 80-i7. (IF ADD/ fiONAI. Sff/.:.1 T S A RF-: .VI-:C.?r.D FO!< .VAI?RA TIVF. OR SKE i'Cilt:.'-. A7'T.l..:H .<oFCiiRELY TO.TfllS FOR\1 OR At\.VOTtiTE ~ITII YOUR 1\'A.\IF FOR mp;, rTF/CA. TIO.V.) I NHt::N OlD YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON ' 2 .VI-' AT TIME 010 YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHEN':>M E N O N ' t-J-. -WI-' AT TI\IE 010 YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENO.,ENON? ~ T t"'E ZONE QDAYUCHT SAVINGS p-iSTANDARD ~'\STERN [1 CEN rRAL 0 MOUNTAIN PACIFIC tl OTHER 5 W4!:RE l-lt"RE YOIJ WHEN YOU S AW THE PHENO~ON' I F IN CITY-GIVE-THE NEA~EST srREET AOORF<;~-A-N-0-INOICAn:u;; A HAND D~AWN MAP WHEI'IE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERE.NCC: TO THE AD0f1ESS. I F IN THE (;OU~1Tt1Y, 10"-NTIFY rH::l 1-'IGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR A N D TRY TO F I X A DISTANCE A't0 OIRECTIO~I FRO'~ SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK 6 I'IAC:.IN E YOU ARE A T THE POINT SHOI-IN IN rHO:: SKE TCH, PLACE AN "A ON THE cuqv'!D LI'IE TO SHO-t H O ,ll HIGH THE PI-'E.'IO M ENON W AS A30VE THE HORIZON, OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEO::N . PLACE A 3 " 0!'1 THE SAME CUR /ED LINE TO SH::lN HOW H IGH ABOVE 'IHE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS W!-'E N LAST SEE:'I. (>A N'1V. P-IA GINE YOU ARE ATTj;E: CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSe. PLAC E A N " A " O l THe COMPASS 10 ltiDI':ATt: THE OI=.C fiO~I TO THE PH!':NCMENON WriEN FIRST SEt::rL PL.>-E ,I; "El' O N T H E C O MP,>SS T O INDICATE "fHE O I AC::CTIO N T O Tl!'" P111:i.N OMENO N ',IHt N LAST SEEN. 7 . 1"1 THE SKETCH B eLOW, PLACE AN A '" AT THE POSITION OF THE P H E N O MENON f'f'iEN riRST SEEN, AND A e AT THE POSITIO'I O F THE PH'E:NOM.::::NON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE " A " ANO " B " WITH A Ll~lE TO APPROXIMATE THE 1oi0Vc:.\1ENT OF THE PHE NOMEN O N BETWEC:N " A wANO " a " . THAT IS, SCHEMATIC ALLY SHOW ',YHET HER THE 1'40VE/.4C:NT APPEARC:O TO DE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO S\1ALLER SKETCH AS A N EXAMPLE OF HO N TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 0 PAG~S INC.>'l rJA~:JPVE:R OAS"'ASSENGER I NOPENCOUNTRYSIOE IN 80 \T I t~!ZAR AIRFIELD 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYING O VER CITY IN AI~OLANF. OTI-'FR F LYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY A . IF YOU IIERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLET E THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING' HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING? NOPTH E AST SOUTi-1 WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING-... ~ SOUTHWES T I DYES Qt.C, EXPLA I N WHETH~R SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND&. DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHIC L E YOU w::: .. :: IN AI<O TYPE,OF P OAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU -R.\VEO'lS;::D CuRING THE S IGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE -op WE;;RE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TR\FFIC 'HAS THERE:> DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? _[~f. YES 0 NO. IF y/~.-DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT REL."TIVE TO I"'E TIME OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN 7HE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE pENO'oiE'ION . HCW LONG W"-S THE PHENOMENON IN S IGHT> CERTAIN OF TIM E ! NOT VE"'!Y su;:;:;_ JUST A ':>\JESS HOW WAS T IME DETERMINED' L .~ WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINL:OUSLY ? !~YE:S 0 NO. IF ~No.~ INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOU"! MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHEN0\1E"'ON, AND OESCR13E: SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR IN!JIC .:.TE OISAC>. PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. 10 I F TH:::P.E WE R E MO RE:. T~MI O~IE PHF~WMENON, HOW MANY W:::"<E T~IERE DRAW A P I CTURE TO SH O W t-iO W THEY WERE A~PMIC.Ea. D I D THIS 1\RI'l ~HCEM ENT CHAl-l::;E DUP.IN C T H E SICHTING PARTL Y CLOUDY C0"4PLETEI.Y OVERCAST CONDITIONS (Check app ropr iate b locks.) y CUMULUS CLOUDS ( Low flufjy)cJ/). ,,.. , ,.. C IRRUS CLOUDS (High fleecy or H e rring NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) CU~ULONIMBUS CLOUDS (Thunders corms) 1-iA!E OR St-40G FOC O R M IST !'.:AVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN O R D"'IZ ZLE SNOW O R S LEET NONE OF THE A BOVE C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR N IGHT. WHAT DID YOU N OTIC E A BOUT THE STA RS AND MOON> BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT ON WITH HALO MOO N HIDDEN BY CLO U D S PARTIAL ( N;:w or q uart.u) D . I F SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS rHE SU N VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. IF *YE S, WliERE WAS THE SU~ AS YOU FACED THE PHENOMENON ? IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(NewMo~ IN BACK OF YOU T O YOUR LEFT E . SPECIFY T H E MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PP.ES!::NT DURI~G T H E SIGH-riNG , SUCH AS THE SUN, STFIEET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL I LLUMINATION, SPEC IFY DISTAI'ICE TO LICHT SOURCE . 1EAOLI C HTS O R !2. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOM:::NON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEAR"'D DARK 0"! LIG!-11 , WhC:THER IT P E FLECTEO LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LU;Io!IHOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. D,E SCRIBC: YOUR I!IIPR :::SSION OF WHETHE R IT WA S SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WE~E SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRJS::: THE SHAPE OR t~ OICAT IF I T PEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE C OMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIK E STARS, A LICHT O R ER 0 9J!::CT IM YOUR FIELO OF VIEW. P AGE 4 0 F 9 PAG E S PH:!NOMENON STRIII iHT I n , \::' <;PEED UP AND RvN AWAY' i S:.JDO'!H'.. 'V ;> I N PARTS ANO EXPLODE' ..p,~,-s- Cf1Ao.;co:-: COLOR' viVE OFF S"'OKE7 BRIGHTNESS! FLA511 OR t-LICKEI'H uiSAP>'EA R AND REAPPEAR? :;?IN LIKE A TOPT MAI(E A NOISE7 FLIJTTE~ OR WOSBLE7 WHAT DREW YOUR A TTENTIO N TO T H E P H E N O M E N ON 110/f OlD I T FINALLY DISAPPEAR! I U~KNO'"''I a. DID T'i?N O MENON MOVE BEH I N D OR I N FRONT OF SOMETHING, L I KE: A CLOUD, TPEE, OR 8UII.:OINC o\T A N Y T IMC:' L. Y~-. NO. I F ye:s.-DESCRI3!:: PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 17 OlD YOU OBSERV E THE:. PHENOMEN O N THo~OUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL, Yr'l'. Fll T""l. L: i ' j r'">F.SCHIPTICl'l O R OTH,-n APPLICABLE r ATA . ; .. /1 EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIErlEH WINDSHIELD TELESCO P E SlOE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE / OTHER / A . DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? l2fYES 0 NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? !Ja'YES 0 NO 18. WHAT WA S YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED ,c?F THE,.;' PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTI MATE OF SPEED' ' <:J-' , ~ 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE QF rHE:, PHENOM E N O N ? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE ~J~- ./;?. 20 I N ORDER THAT lYE MAY OBTAI N AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSI BLE OF WHAT YOU SAN. DESCRIBE I N YOUR OWN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH. WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY. SIMILAR TO WHE~E YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON. WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COM \IO N OBJECT AN 0 WHAT YOU SAW. ~ 21. 010 Y:>U NOTICE A"lY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANAT~ROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, A NIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? 0 YES r 0. IF "YES. DESCRIBE A. OlD THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. lr "YES. DESCRIBE. PAGE 7 OF 9 ?AGES 23 WA;; A~IYONE Wll'H YOU AT THE T I M E YOU SAW THE PHEHOME:NON> A. LIST THEIR NAME S AND ADDRESSES /' Y E S 0 NO. IF " YES. " D I D THE Y S E E IT TOO'