?f-.OJECT 10:!73 RcCO~D 10. CONCLUSIG.-l ?~oto: Il~5'Jfi'ICIE.:-:T W..T.A FOR EVALUA':'10:! '> .. :::--iGYH OF O..,SERVATION :>. TY?E Of OaSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUM.'~ARY AND ANALYSIS The observer sighte d and photographe~ a grey, transparent, saucer s ;ed craft. C.rou::lll-Visuol co:-:: ::.N':S: ?~<.~ observ~::r we s re(j_ues":ed to su'bmH t t he original 7. couRSE polor6id ;tot o , but f ailed to do so. In the completed 117 the bserve r indicated the duration of the sightin~ as 5 ~inutes, : -S i:l anotter l etter h e indico.ted it uas less than 10 seconds and 8 . PnOTOS on still another, 15 ~inutes. Ra also stated that he had 14 otter ~tnesses to the sighting , yet did not supply any names or l : Yos eddr3sses , even ater requaated to do so. The o bsarv9r also has _:-.lo --!a sighting for 4 Nov 67 o 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE} Prvtou e d lllona c( t~l l:>ro ttu Y l> u .. d. UEO Photographs Quintanil.la/70916/mhs/17 This replies to your telegram with regards t.o a photograph of' an pn1de;nt1:f'1ed fiying object. . If a vitnesa .. '\oli.shea to report his obser;vs:tion to the. A1r Force he may do so by contacting either the nearest Air Force base or by contscting our of~ice. In, ... order to :per:form a scie?-ti.fic investigation, the originaL negatiyes-are~needed . If you."Wish to report your observatiou please complete the attached AFForm 117 and photographic data sbeet inclosed . and return them along with yourorigjnal negatives in the envelope. Upon completion o'f analysis -we.will. return you:r alollg 'W1. th our findings. . QUINTANILLA j Jr, Major, USAF ~ .. ~ ~ ~.Aeria~ Phenomena Office ... Aerospace Technologi"ea D1 v1s.1on.-: Production Directorate 2 Atchs AF Form.ll7 v/envelope Photo De.ta Sheet ll2~A eST APR 15 65 CTA !24 MB036 ) ~A J')~ ;iC:.CTOR () 'JI LLI U"i 0 Gl:.:T:..t:.~" f..N I F '!01) ARE. I NTZRESTED Ii': PICTURE OF IJ( O CONTi1CT D.O. V EN ?GF.T I OiN A .\I''H SO-li{Cl) SIGHT: ilG Of TillS f.,>Ui.SI'IO:'<N\P~::: liAS lli::E:'>i PREPJ\:~E[I SO TIIAr YdU C"'A:'-1 G!V Ill!. U.S. A!R FOR('l~ J\'l MIJC"'ll INFORMATION. \':> P ... H-.mL E CO:'\CEI-':>:1:-of~ T!IE u:-.:in:i':Tr!-'kO P.tr.'~J . IE~,c,:-; T!-!A, YOU ~IAV: 0LlSi':RVED PLEASE TRY 70 .1\~;S'.\ I:.R Al.U OF Tllt:: (,)l,;ESTIO:--JS THE INFORM.\ fl::::'ll YOU GIVE \I. ILL tiE USED r.'")~ f<t.:':ArKH f'liP.P03ES j \'OvR ~lAME \\ILl,-:-10'1 Ul:: U~ED !'I CO-"NCTION WI':'!~ '-SY 01~ YOUI~ ~TATE1>1ENTS OR CO CLUSIO~S W1THOUT 1 YOl'R Pl:.RMISS!d:'-1. l~ETURN TO .\IR FOf<C'E BASE J.:v::')':'IGATOR FOR 1-0RWAR'[)!:\(i TO FTD (TDETR). WR!C"'HT-) f' A TTERSON AFll, OH 10 15433, Ill 'I ArR 80-f 1. (IF ADC! ;{..).'\',:I. Slfr:TS AHF. N I:F.DIW FOr< NA Hi\11 '([ VF. OR SKETC1tF:S .1TTA:..','1 SFCU.'V.l. l' T<> THIS FOR'! OR ANl\'OTATF hl'fH i'OUR NAME F'OR iVF.NTIFIC:ATIO.V.) ! I N"if''-Dl::> YOU !.EE Tl1!:: PHI;:;NOM;:'NON' 2 'o';H AT _T_I_M_E_O-ID_Y_O_U FIR-ST-SICI11' THE PH!::NOro4ENON7 o;,,o ...- hr ,.>t.v 3.,. ---J J-,-,,_.-~,-T-T_I_M._E_O_IO_Y_O_U_L_A_S_T_SI_G_H_T_T;;-E F11ENOMENON > _.{r~ rAVV 3 --l ' TIMe ZONE tl ~;,sTERN L']oAYLICHT SAVINGS [_]STANDARD 1 r.flcE~ITR~L QMOlJNTAI ' lJPACIF:: 5 I'IH i"Ri:: WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHEN O MENON> li" IN CITY. GIVE THE NEARI:.ST STRECT ADORES:> AND rNOI::::.T:: 0'11 A f-IA'IIO O"lAWN MAP Yl"iERE YOU WERE STANDIN G WITH REFERC.NCE TO THC: AOO"!ESS. I F ltl ..,.HE r.:OUNTRY , IDENTIFY Tl"=:l "i1CHNAY YOU 'HERE 0'11 "'R NEAR ANO TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE Jl.NO OIRE:CTION FROM SCMC:: RECOCtiiZASLC: LAN0'-4ARi<. 6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH. PLACE A N " A ' ON THE CU"!VEO LINE TO Sl-10'. HO'If l11GH THE "'~>'!:'N:>:.1C::NON WAS ABOVE THE HO"!IZON, OR SKYLINE WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 3" 0"1 TH":: <;AME CURVED LINE TO Sr'ON U0'/1 HIGH ;t.BOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENO N WAS HHEN L AST SEEN. 085EP JE rt hFR 80-l?(Cl) NO~ l~.,r:>l'll::: YOIJ ;>.;q:;: A T T Ht;: CC!NTC:i\ OF T HO:: C O'rli'>ol.:JS ROS!::. PLACE IN .11 ON rH:: CO'~?~SS TO IND I CATE TH~ DIRE C T ION TO THE P HE:H :l'AEION WHE N FIR !iE~N. PLAC E A " <3' 0.'1 THE C CMPA.:.S TO I'IOICAT!:: I H E DIRECTI O N TO THC: PHENOMENON 'NHE~I LAST Sl!t::N. '1 IN TI1Z S:<;::TCH BELOW, PLACE AN "A" AT THE POSITION OF THE P HENOM E NON WHEN FIRST SEEN , AND A a AT TH2:: ?OSITION OF T't'!E PHENOMC:NON WHEN LA!iT SE E N . CO~INECT THE " A " AND a WIT H A LIN E TO APPROXIMAT!O THE MO VE:.IE'IT OF THE PHE N O M ENON BETWEC:N "A" AND e . THA7 I S, SCHEMATI:::ALLY SHO' WHETHER THE MO V!::'-4ENT APPEAi'!ED T O BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLC:R SX!::TCH A S A N EXAMPLE O F HO'N T O CO)oH"LETE THE l .AF!C ER SKETCH. ?AGC: 2 OF 9 PA~=:S l IF THiZ-"'l W.:!. t't ~OP,~ TH~N Q)j:! J.>H;.>;~OMt!NOlll, )1~:1 M>.NY '1/C:ill! THE>t E I D~A'fl A PICT U Ai!: T O 5HO'llr H O 'N THI!: Y W:! A'lli'I~HQ1t0. 0 10 THI:\ ARJot.-\lWO '!W!NT CH).;,iOI! DUHINO THi! SIOHTI~G7 CONDITIONS (Ch~ek a pproprlace b l o clcs.) 0. WI!ATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOC OR ,_,1S T iof)aLETi!LY OVERCAST CIRRUS C L:>U':>S (Hizh fl,.ecy o r Herring / N lloi"'US CLOUDS ( Rai11) CUI>IULON1M9US CLOUDS (T Jo..UAckrJUJrwu) H AZ':: o q S).IO G / H E A V Y R LIG H T RAIN O R D RIZZ L E !:~IO~tr OR SLI:! E T UN:<~O':'IH N O NE OF THE A BOVE i C . IF TH'! SIGH rtNO WAS A T TWILIOH r Ol't NIGHT. WHA T OlD YOU NOTICE ABOUT TloiE STA~S AND MOON? ,I ( I) STARS BRIGHT ~OOH LIG HT tiO MOONLIGHT :>. IF SIOHTIH G ~s IM D AYLIGHT, o,tAS THE SUN V1Sia~E1 IZJ YES TME PH=:Ho-.z: H O N l 0 NO. IF yzs, WHERE W.~S THE SU N A S YOU FACE D IN F~OHT OF YOU 1-'"-TO YOUR RIGH T OVERH~AD(New~o~ l H 8'\CI< O F YOU TO YOU R LEFT :. S?:!Ciii'Y TH~ !ol..lJOI't Sou-.c!: OF ILLUMINATION P R!:S:!HT OURIHG THI!: SIGH TIHO, SUCH AS THE SUH, HEADLIGHTS OR STP.'!i!!T LAMP, !:TC. FOI't T~"lU!JTRIAL ILLU)IIHATION , SP~CII'Y OISTAioiC 1! TO LIGHT ,50URCC:: 0 1'1!. A o.-1!:1' OESC"I .. TIOH 0, THP: PHEHOW!:HO H . INDICATING WI1ETHE~ IT AP.-I!!AAE D OA~I< OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT RZi=LZC~:!O LICHT O l't WAS St!LI"LU)IIJoiOUS ANO WH.t.T COLORS YOU NOTICED. Ol!:SCRIBE YOUR I\4?RESSION O F WHETHER IT WAS SOLID O R TRAHS,..AR!!HT, WH ETHl!R EDG.::S WER!: SHA~P O R FUZZY. OI!!SCA IBI! THE SHAPE O R I N DICATE IF I T A?Pe:~"!!:O AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INOICAT!! COloiPARISONS WITH OTHE R 095l!:RV!!O OI!IJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGH T OR OTH~R OaJ'!C T IN YOUI't FI!!LO OJf VI:! ... PACE 4 OF 9 PAGES BUSINCSS :;<c oO 'l II~ Rt15IO::t. TIA'-S<;:CT IO!ol C~" Cl r Y [)AS P.>.SS"NGER IN OPeN COU,'TilYSI~ CJ AS PASS!NGER FLYING OVER ::ITY IF YOU WER'-:: I N COM? L IZTC: THE FOLLOWI~IG 'HHAT O:RECTION WERE YOU MOVIN07 :-lOW rAST WElle YOU MOVIN G> x r SOUO'H I ~10 YOU STOP ANV7l\IE WHI ... t::-C PH E H OMEHON1 SOUTH l':AST 9 1vcs NORTHWEST SOUTH'IIEST ~ E X?LA!Il WHETHER SUCH ~OVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKC:TCHC:S IN ITE MS 5 AND 6. o::.::;CRISE TYPE OF 'll::HICLE YOU WC:RE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, T ERRAIN 0::> BOOt' OF 'II ATER Y~U TRf.V::CRSEO o.,~, .. ~ THL SIGHTING. STA7E V.HETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTI3LE TO? WERE U P OR OO'IfN. ; HOW MUCH OTHER TRAi"FIC W A S THERE> J 1 DID Y O u NOTICE ANY "'"PL ANEs 0 ve:::; (ll ,.;o. IF yes. o::scRIBE WHEN PiE'! ... c:RE 11 SIGHT REL..:.-IvE ":'O THE Tl'l::: l O F SIGI-iTI'IG THE ?HENO'~'E'NON A N D WH ERE: THEY WERE. IN ThE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITI::lN Or THE P..;ENOMEN')'I. j HOW LON G W/145 THE PHEN O M E N O N CER T A I N O F TIME FAIRLY CERTAIN _JUS r A GUESS WAS TI"'E DETER1>41NEO> WAS THE Pt-~;;NOME NO~ I N SIGHT CON T INUOUSLY! !ZJ YES g NO. I F N o." INDIC A T E WrP::Tfo'ER THIS I S OUE TO YOUR<::::> MI)VEM::N; OR THE BEHA V IOR O F TH~ PH'!N OMENO N , AND DE C<>laE SUCH MOVE'-4ENT O R Bi:H.\VtO<> 'N::liCA>E 01'>.0.<>-' P:.::A NCES ON P~EVIOUS SKETCHF.S. 4 1 aoaect tP.!A i< U"" IN P~RTS AND E XPLODE' I GIV!: or:~ SMOKE' CHANGE BRIGHTNF.SS CH;\N':#E SHAPE1 / !-'LASH OR FLICKC:R / OJ'S .._p PEAR ;\NO REAPPEA R I lL '.lAKE A NOISE? Fl.UTTER O R WOa8LE7 14. WHAT OREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON A. h O W 010 IT FINALLY DISAPP EAR 9. ?ID THE PHC:N0\4~NON MOVE BEHIND 0~ IN FRONT OF SOM ETHING, LIK E A CLOUD, TREE, OR 9'Jl\...O.I-G A T ANY T i '-'E.' !2j YES 0 NO. IF "YEs. DESCP.tSE. AI-'H 30-li'(Cl) HAVE AP?EAr~ED -"SWINGS O R PROTRUSIONS. AND I~IDICATE CA.HAU<;T OR VAPOi'l T~.l\11_.:;. I~IDICATE BY AN ,\RROW THE OIP.C:CTION THE ?HENOMENON WA S MOVING. lo . WHAT 4.\S THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGT~I IN FRONT OF A KNOH'l OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAM OR THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF TH:: OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. tiOW I F YOU HAD aEf:N ASC.E TO PERFORM THIS EXPERI MENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHE!'iCMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES ')10 YOU OilSCRVF. P H C: NOM I" 'lO rl "!'"RO o; ,-;H I>N'r' OF" on:: FOLLO WI NG? T'r'P'E, F l!... T E R , LENS PRESC~IPTION O H OTHE R APP L I ::ABLE A CAME~- I >':YEGL.ASSES -r SUNGLASSES l WINDSH I E L D I SIDE WIN D OW Or VEH I C L E DOW;> AN<:: 0? Y O U ORDINAPIL.Y WE\ P GLAS<;ES? WHtoT WAS YOUR IM R E S SION OF T H E SP EED OF PHEN OM!::NON E STIM A T E OF SPE:;O B I NOCULA q s T HEO'JOL.iT E D Q YOU US!': WHAT WA S YO PHZ NOMENON EA:JI~lC GLAS:.ES' 0 YES '/.N O UR 11'-IPPESSION o~ rdC:: DISTANC: ... : OF -.,..,i; ' Glv:: E::.TI~AO'F: C'-' DISTMIC:E 1.vO ,/', IN ORDER T HAT WE M A Y OBT AIN AS CL ':::A R A PICTU RC:: A S POSSISLE OF WHA II COM"10N O B J1::C 1' O R OBJECT S WHICH, W HEN P L A C E D T I-' E SKY , SIM I LAR T YOU SAW, OES-'<13E I N "OU R ~WN WO~D:' I TO WnEFlE YOU I,OrEO lYE PHE~lOM Ei:>N. WOULD B EAR SOM:: RE!>EM B LAN(;E T O HHAT Y O U SJ\W. D ESCRIB E SI MI L A R ITI E S II.Nn D I FF"!':?.C:NCES MoT WC:EII T HE" OMMO N 09JECT AND WHA T YOU S A W. Dl:l YOU NOTICE ANY O DOR, NOIS::. O R H:;AT E M A NATI N G FROM T H E PHE N O . 'I OR A N Y E:"'"'EC7 O~, Y OL.RSELF. 19E. 4NI~ALS OR M A C H l"'E R Y 1"1 Tn : Vl::INITY' Es, DESC A . ~10 THE PHEHO M E N O N DISTURB T).l:: GROU N D O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL E VI