Tarenton Pennsylvania — March 1968

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Keywords: ienon, phen0, ether, positio, effieter, stdrted, fcllowini, aeioljt, lotai, ehiencz, anatively, lahation, ac1tment, forice, naille, _stiq, qtrestio, jfohmat, otlsei, lnectlo, 1vestigator, tter50, j54j3, varra, ecurft
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UCII'tC OCCU?~TIO'l AHO A~Y EX'"EHIENCZ WHICH MAY Bi:: PR riNc:.llT U ~H<O . .., M.fO T O '''10._. 010 YOU RZPO~T ;1-'\T v-u flAO s:-.r'fEO THIS PH:CN:l\IE>IO"i' MOr-nH.J.'~0.~ Cb J9 I ALT!::ANATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE c.xr>LAHATION o:=-THE SIG,.,ni'.G _.o .c ru-v~o--{_.I_A.J #flfi'JZtu, _o_/ra_/UlJ. --&t..LJ t~u 'l'DPT (UFO) J?AC1TMENT OF T:i"C: Al:::l FO~CE WR1GH r PA TTC::R:::iO~ AIR FOriCE i"!A:>~. OH IU -l.l4.l.:l UFO Observ?. t.ion , 6 tt.!arch 1968 Your naille has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being a Yitness t.o an unidentified flying object. If you Yere a witness to a n UFO sighting on 6 l ch would you ples.se complete th-e attached AF l''orm 1:17 ana" return it in the envelope provided. If you were not a vitness 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. Tnank you for your assistance in this -,, ,C'fOR G.UINTANILLA, Jr) tl.ajor, USAF Chie1') Aerial Phenomena Of:'ice Aerospace Tecr~ologies Division P:~oduction Directorate AF Form 117 ~/envelope SIGHTI!IU OF U~HDEIITIFIED PHE~IO~c:-. A QUt:,_STIQ!I.I,"'~InE BUDGET llC:'tF.,tu ,JPI":tO'I.U. THI<.i QtrESTIO-.;NAlf'E liAS BEEN I.>RE?ARhD SO THAT YOU CA:-J GIVE THE I' :\IR FORCE AS MUCH 1:-JFOHMAT!QN .'\S POSS!I3LE CO:>:CEH~f~G Til E UNlDENTif'lSD PHE:-;0\IENO"' THAT YOU HAVE OtlSEI-<VEil. PLEASE TxY TO A:-ISWER ALU O F Till: QUESTiONS. TI!F. tNFOR~lt\TIO:-: YOU r.rvr; WlLL liE USED FO~ PESF:M~CH PURPOSES. YOUR NAME \\ILl,-:-101' LIE USED !N C'O!'lNECTlO:-.f WIT!l ANY OF YOUR STA.TE~.!ENTS OR CONCLUSION~ WlTHOUT '."0\JR PERMIS::iid~. l<ETUR!'I TO AIR JORCE B ASE 11'1VESTIGATOR FOR FOR'.\AROI'I/0 fO FTf> (TIJF.'fRJ, WRIGHT- p .\TTER50'1 ,\FB, OHIO .j54J3, 11\W AFR 80-f7. (IF A '>DIT/0,\"AL SHEET S ARF. N '~/WED F( ;< .VARRA T / VF. OR SKI~TCHF.S ATTACH <'ECURFT. Y TO TillS FORM OR ANt\OTA TF IHTH YOUR .'vllME FOU JC)F.NTIFICA T/_0_:_, _> _j ~ 1 WHE~I 010 YOU SEC: T Hf. PHENOME NO'I~ r,Qill ~ t-2 WH~T TIME 010 YOU FIR~T SICHl TltE PHEtiO,\IENON~ -: i 3 WH;\1" TIME 010 YOU I Ac;r SIGHT THE PHENOM!':NON 4 . TIME ZONE 0 EASTERN l I CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAI"l r.J PACIFIC 0 O TH<::R 5 wHERE HFRE You wHeN You sAw THE PHEN0'-I'!NO N ' IF ltlCfTY crvE THE N""!.REST STRf Fl AooR"c:ss_A_"l_D_IN_O_I_C_A_T_e:_o oo_ A '"tA'IO ORA'II'l :>lAP \/'HERE YOU WERE STAIIOIN C WITH RE.FE<>E'lCE T O Tf.oE AOO"tES!:.. IF IN lHE '::OUITP.Y. IDEIITIFY Tl-1:-.1 1-'h .. ~V.IIoY YOU liERE ON OR NEAR A~O Til'f T O FIX A OISTA"lC~ A~IO DIRECTIO'I FROM 50"1!:: ~E!COCNIZAaLE LANOMA~r<. 6. 1"--~G!NE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH. PLACE A N "A'" OS TH"' CURVE:::l Ll"jE TO SHOW I-10'N HICH THE PHE'IOMENON 'H AS ABOVE THE HORIZQ'I, OR SKYLINE. NI"IE'l ""IRST SEEN . PLACE: A 3' 0'1 ':"hE SA'~E CURJEO LINE TO SHOH 'iOW HIC'" A90VE THF HORIZON THE PHENOM E N O N WAS N'iEN L A ST SEEN OBSE.P.VC.:R Af'H bO-l'l(Cl> 1 DIRECTION TO THE PHENO M ENON WHC:N FIRST !:.EEN. PLACE A a O N THE COM P A SS ro INO~':;\TE T~e: D IRE(.-IO'l T O I THE PH<H O " E N O N WHEN LAST <:EN. IN THE S'<ETCH BELOW, PLACE A N " A " AT THE POSITIO.'l OF THE PHEN0\4!::NON WHEN FIRST SEEN. ~NO A o AT T H E POSITIO N OF TtiE PHENO\IENON WHEN LAST SEE'I. CONNECT THE " A " AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE T"!E MOVEAENT OF THE PH:!NOMENON BETWEEN " A " ANO ~a. THAT I S , SCHEMATICALLY ';HOff W"!ETHER TH MOVE~EI-IT APPEAPEO TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-2AC. i'lEFER TO S'-IALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COI,IPLETE THE LARCER SKETCH. PAGE:! or 9 ">AGeS 4 111'1 "aui' ... DIN G L HI l'ii::.~IOI" tiTIAI :;:.._ TIOI~ o r CITY 1'-C A R .[.]A S DI'II V C R cJ AS ;.,;-SS CER IN AIRPLAN?: Cl AS_PILOT 0 A S P A SSENGER l')T'"IE R WI-< A"':' DIRECTION WERE Y OU ~OVING? ' NORTHEAST SOUTHEA ST NORTH W E ST N i;: A R AIMFI!::LO FLY INC OVF.t l 1.. FLYING O'.'E~ 0 PEN COU'ITHY CO~PLET E THE F O LLO'rliNG i HOW F A S T :JP:I YOU ST:J? Ml'fTI O H E N O MENO"'' I I yES (]N O E X=>LAIN 1'/~ETHER SUCH MOVE MENT AFFECTS YOU R SKETCHES I ITEMS 5 AND 6 . OO::SCRIB E TYPE oc-VEHICLE YOU WEPE I N AND TYPE OC' ROA D . T 2 R R A I N O R BOOY THE $1:i~TINC. STATE WHt::THER WI NDOWS 0~ CO:-!VERTillLE TOP W E R E UP 0?. 0 0\11 HOw M\JCI- Q;llJIIQ TPAFFIC WAS THERE O F WJ.TEA YOU TRA JER5ED Cl'~o"' :O 010 YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANESI 0 YES !;21 NO. I F "YE:S. " D~SCR19E WHc.N THE:Y OF SICHTIN G TH ~ PHE N O M ENON A N D NHE~ THEY W ERE 1~1 THO:: SKY RELATIVE TOT F."'E IN SIG~IT RCL.JI'fiVE TO THC TI-...E::-t ,. 1>0 StTI O N o r THE PI-'ENOMeiJ0\1. HOW L O'IG WAS THE L EtiGT 11 OF TIME r il if) l!~ HOW 'liAS TIM E DETER/o41N~0' W..\S TH:=: PH!::NOM E I'I O N IN SIGHT CONTINU O USLY' PH ENOMENO'I IN Slo:>HT7 CERTAIN O F T I ME: FAI"'LY CERTA I N VER" SURE:; IF -No. I NOIC ... TE WhETHO::R THI S I S Q U E TO Y O U R ~IOJE~!::NT OR THE aEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMEtiT O R B E H AVIOi'l. 1'1:' .;ATI;' OISA::> PEARANCES ON REVIOUS SKE T CHES. COi'l O IT IO~IS ( C i1.:ck opproptiat~ block .t.) ~ _ j OAY CUM \JLU'S CLOUDS ( L o'.P fluff'11 FOt. Oil :>liST I 'T'NILIC:!"T Ctl"t.'I\!S CLOUDS (Hi.~h fleecy o: Herring ~ICHT /:Jo,.~) HcPVY R AHI LIGHT RAitl OR DRIZZLE I" T~E: SIC>HII'lG WAS A T TWILIGHT 01'\ NIGHT. WJ.IAT DIO YOv N OTICE A30U'r THE STArtS A~'C MOOrP \ CI..E AP. WIM'3US CLOUDS (8ain) HAIL PARTL Y CLOUDY <:ll~UI..ONHHIU:i CLOUDS I SN C':'I Ol'l SLEET :.>RIGHT '-100/'II..IGHT tiC MOONLIGHT A i"EW I t~OON '.'liTH HA'~O y Ul'li<"'O''I'N ,/ IJ~IKNOWH If' SICH TI'<G 'JfA1 IN DAYLIGHT, WAS T"iE SIJN VISIBLE> Q YC:S 0 110. IF ~YES. WHERE: WAS THC: SUN AS YOU FACED THE I>HEN0:\1Et10'4 7 IN F 10!'< T 0 r YOtJ TO YO\.:~ C!IGi-!T OVER~< I': AD {Near I\OOrt) jiN B AC'< 0"' YOU T O "OUR LE~'!' E CIFY THe! M~JOR SOURCt:: OF IL..LU!-IJN A TIOH P SENT OU~t~O THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SU'f, H:AOLit;HTS OR STi'I!!ET L~NP. !:TC. FOR TEI'li'IS7 RIAL ILLU,..I.-i41T I OH, SP:O:CJF'Y Dl'iT.l.NCE TO LIGHT SO'J i'IC':::. o.~out ICJa -f.t . to ne..a~est ~t{'e.~t \a.~ GIVO:: 1\ lii'~IEF o:::SCRI?T'IO N O'F THE P!1C:.,. O W E:>tON, INDICATING W>4ETHZR IT APf'>E AAEO O AR)( 0~ LIGHT, 'NHETHER IT ~F-F'-~CT'':O LIGHT 0~ .1AS SC:LF-LUMI!oiOUS ANO ~HAT COLO~$ YOU NOTIC.E:O. OESC~'!C!Z YOU~ IMPRESSJ0:-1 OF WHETHER I-;" -lAS 50LIO 0::! T RIINS?A?.!NT, ~HETI-4ER EOGE5 \'IER!: SH.A~<> 0~ FUZZY. OESCRi al::: THE SH.,.?E O R INDICATE IF I T ;:,::op:::A~EO A$ A POINT O F LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSE:~VEO OBJECTS, LIKe STARS. A LIGHT O R OTH:!~ Oi.lJECT 1~1 YOUR F I C::LD O F VIEW. Mu~'r-.0DcY~ ~'"'(.).~e.c, liCjh~, \~-\urn\nC\J~,ca\ofle~ PA G E. 4 OF'~ PAGC:S UtiiOlOA'I STI'!AIGHT lT.I.~O S'riLl A'..ttAY'f C:XP LODC:? CHA~IGE COLOR' OFF" St.IOKE1 Sr!IGH TNESS" to. '""" AR AHO RAPPEA R I I 1 I~. w:-4)1T DREW YOUH ATTENTOON TO THC:: PHE:-IO).IENON> ~ ad~ ~hO.?'C.,C\f\d A . HOW 010 I T FINALLY DISAPPEAR> i ~ so~oo~-THING LIK E A CLOUO TnEE. OR autLOI N ::i A T ANY T ll>lE a. QIO T~IE PHEN O MeNON MOVE BEHIN D O R IN FRON