PROJECT lJU' J RECORlJ 2. :.oCA. T ION I liewark, Ohio 110. CONCLUSION oi. NUMP.c~ Of .:'S; ECTS :iossible HOT AIR BAI.LOON Surface wind was tram 140 degrees at 7 knots. ~. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS or 4 Minutas 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual The observer ighted an object that appeared as o small, dull reddiah-vbite object or glow. The glow gradually grew brigi~t white and much larger. At its max. intenait~. the ~henom . appeared ro~ to five ttmes. The shape and aizo of a bright atar. The abject passed the WCLT Radio station tower. FTO SEF' 63 0-329 (TOE) P"lout edl!lOft of tl\h fo,.IUP a.. u .. d. 21. INFORMA1' 10N ~HICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINNT BUT Wt11CH IS !'lOY ADEQUATELY C OVDH:Q IN THI:i QUE.STIONNAtnE ALTERN AT 1\/EL Y PROVIDE A NAAAATIV! lEX PLAN ,c.-r;oN Or THE SIGHT I"" G. \ DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ENVIRONMENTAL lECHNICAL APPLICATIONS CENTER (MAC) BLDG 159 NAVY YARD ANNEX, WASHINGTON, DC 20333 ~AC/EAD ( :/J:5992D/SSgt Dunham) ~e~uest for Weather Data ~r~ight-Patterson AFB, Ohio 454:3:3 1. Requested upper .. air weather data requt,..ed to CO!Ilplete the evaluation o~ a reported UFO sighting at Glasgat.r~ A..Tii3 ,!'t!ontana, are attached. Surface C.ata for this si~h~ing and. t he sie!-ltings at Newark, Ohio, and Bay City, ::ichigan, are listed belOtor a. Glasgcr..t AFB, Hontana -24 Feb 67 -0600Z: b. Newark, Ohio -14 Mar 68 -1900L: Surface Wind 14o degrees at 7 knots. c. Bay City, Michi~an -4 1-!ar 68 -2100L: S"J.rface ~vind :330 cegrees at 5 lmots. 2. Data sources ~rere ETAC surfac9 and upper-air history files. Extraction o~ evaluation of :-equired 't:-eathcr d~ta 't~ere e.dequate for all sightings. 2 Upper r Data Sheets TDPI'R/Lt Col Smith Request surface ~nd direction and velocity for Nevark, Ohio 14 Mar 1968 at 1900 hours. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AFSC) WRIGHTPA'n'ER!ION AIR F'OJtCE BAS. OHIO ..S:S433 F:~:-erence your recent unidentified flying object sighting '-'hich y":J"J. reported to the Air Force. 'lhe information '\.:hich we have re~eived is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. ReGuest yc'..l complete the uttached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- acdressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to t!le Air Force. AF Form 117 Ul~'O SIGH' lt~c-;. IN l.ICKir~G C~UNrY, OUIO AlU'.\ i1::::rch 14, 1068, b ct\'Iecn 7:0~ a nd ?:05 p.m., I ob.s.:'lrvecl a UFO. I !J.=:d ju3t finished sn~tH?r and ha1 gotten u p from thf' t ablo ~nd had ~tnll: C?i to the kitchen window. I looked out th~ window to the sou theast anC. o:> rved a :JlOt'lly moving, sm::J.ll, dull redd15h-\vhi'te object Ol' glow. At : ... 1rs~ I thought 1 t might be Echo reflecting the rn.ys of tho SW1 through ~::!e twilight atm:>sphero. But as I watched tho object, it seemed to ::..ove w1 th V"drying opead from east to est. I C3.lle1 ray pnrent s, Hnd !JlY iad rushed to get his binocul~rs. I went quickly to the s 1d3 door, the~ rushed to get my c:.!tu3ra, and then I went outside in tha 20 (dogre~) weather. Uean\vhile, the object or glo~:J h~d been growing briF.ht white and much lurger. At the tina '''hen I took 1 t s picture, 1 t 't11B3 about a.t its maximum size and hppaared four to five tim9s the size th3t a bright star appe?.rs to c. h'Jnun. Yet, the object VJ!'Is at an anglo of 1nclin::.t1on ) f thrde to five degr s. ~t~r noting th9 quictnoss of tho ni6ht, I :-ushed b3.ck inside, and f.lS ray p:.rents and I ~1ere inteutly v1~tching this object from our d ining room picture windo";l, the object or glow , '1hich -.J:.lS now brilliant ,..,:'l.i te, began moving \'Jes .Ja.rd \lith o. (p'3o.t e r velocity. &~ grove of trees c ar:1e b o twaen 1 t and us, but I ~.IJHD abl e to f'ollo~:J it ~d see 1 t grovJ smaller ~lnd chG.nge from 1 t s intons e vthi te to 1 t s duJ.~ l"eddi ab-whi te glo"ll, I snw 1 t p ass between tbe .-~cLT Rudio St::.ltion tow- er and us, so I gu'=tsse 1 the object was rtyprv:<inj~toly t,'Jo r-Ules di stvnt ~oing above the v 1.lley through which the Lic!tlne Hi v e r :flor''a. ':!hen 1 t emorgod from behi.:1d oo;he grove, it \'n s the S'.lm.~ color u s t ha t wh9n I ha d first observod it, E'nd it wa s gro..-dng f a i ntor all the tim~. The l'eJdish color appearerl to flE~.sh 1r.reg ul1:1rly unttl, e-ven throu.zh the binoculars, it disappea r ed. I have since c0~cluded, after retracing it& path in d ayliGht, that e flashing was u~ed by telephon e a nd cl~ctrlc ~iros paasine bG~in~ :>ur house, tor ~'t t:C.a tima tha flashings o'cu~rod, the g l o-:1 t-Ja s so S!.ileill 2.:1j faint th&.t it ~ould have easily b9en blocked from vie'.: by the v-!ir . S!nca the w1ra8 a=~ not equally spac ed, duo to letids to and from the ~aighborins hous.,s, this accounts for the irroguln r fla.~hings. I told no o::a ~:cceot one of my physics l'1boratory partners , hopi ng 2 co~ld find m0 i2f~rre1tion about p ossible types of ni~craft this :::.::..:::-t h ave been : o ;')r~vent reporting sue a a n object u~ a U.li'O if 1 t v:e r e ::..:-; .;:!e. HoNav-a::-, .,'9 conclud3d tha t it coUld be n o conventionnl airc r aft ' : ) The r e ;.!~ ::J sound \'Jh 3 tsoever. J ets can b o h9~rd for about five ~iles; c::-:)~:,.~llor-dri v en airplanes c~n be h t::ard for thre e or r .. O.L'6 r:!.las ~" :::.J'; l ikc\Iise f o r helicop t e r s . ( 2.) Th9ro w::s no g reen liGht. rost a!rcrnft h a Vcl a g r '3en lic;ht on one \'Jine tip . iU.so, there were no fl~sh1nJ li::;ht9 \'ihic~, so f a r :1s I kno'.v, nll nircro.f't hv.ve. ~3) The bri&~t light c ould not ha ve be un a plane' s lnndin~ lisht3 be use the object '1as moving ~1st t o vest of tls a s ~e were loot::ine southv::.J.r d , nnd l nn cling lit;ht s shithJ tot"t\'ard of the p l a n a , nnd nlso, ther o i s no EJirport for SI-JVO't'J.) r'liles of onr h om0. {4) Tha o b ject o r g lo'.'J chunco1 col:)r5 :=in:l int'3nsit~r o.n<l h::d no d efinite shap9 or forr~, just a n a li:_.,h t.:cl 1 i[')1t bu b r iJ J..:wn t has no dofini.';a form- -j u s t l'adi .. tine bri0htn-3 . Also, this could n o t h ave boJn o m,t~o:r or mer~ori t,~ or fo.lling debris becau3e of its much ~lowor spoad in rel2tion to tllt~ )~31 of ~ mateo~. moteorita , or f nllinJ d eb:ti!l o.od b~cause of its jlU~h g r.Jdtor siz~ th.m any of the3e, and als o du'1 to the f act that th~ c lo,tJ ri:'tint'linc.J s con- stcnt altitude parallel to tho horizon, visible fo'l.' H rel'-lti vely l o n g n~riod or time. Hel'e nre othar aalcul:;.tions and/or approxim:J.tions concerning the cbs~rvation of th9 UFO: : :::.\::C::!: r'R01.1 OBSC:.JtV.ft:RS: 2 miles ( approx.) ... .:;:ITJD.!!~ ABOVE GROUHD: 300 .. 650 foet (only appro::::.) . 5. ... :-i.IZONT.tu .. ANGLE T:-IR\)UGil Vv1IICTI I OBSERVED THE OBJECT ( sinco I wo s the first and the l &st to observe the object): 96 degre e3 .J!RFPTION: East to west ?.ROBABLE DISI'ANOE OBJECT COVERtill WHILE VISIBLE rro US: 2.8 to 3 miles, when at a distnnce or about two miles . ~!..TITUD3! ABOVE SE LEVEL OF OBSEfiVEHS: 900 :ft1et. :SINOCUWR PO~AJER: 7 X 35 SIGHTING OF UHIDEHTIFIED PMEMOME~A QUESTIO AIRE IJUbG!iT :JfJ61!AU AP1'MJ 1L THIS QUESTIO~NAlRE HAS BEEN PREPAR~D SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THF. U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENO.!Et;ON THAT YOU HAVE OBSEHVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL> OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL HE USE O FOR RESEARCH PURPOS~3 . YOUR NAM'S \nL~ NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLU5tONS WITHOUT YOUR PE'R~U~SidN. RF.TURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWAROlNll TO f 'TD (TL>ETR), WRIGHT- PATTERso:,; AFB, OH 10 45433, I AW AFR 80-f7. (Ir' ADDITIONA.L SHEF.TS ARE NEEDT:7D FOR NARRA 1'1VF. OR SKeTCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDF.NTIFICA 1'JON.) 1. WHEN 01:: i:>U S E E THE PHENOMENON? 2 . WHAT~: .. ,:, 010 YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 3 . WHAT Tl'"'7: O!D YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON 4 . TIME ZO"-: [J OAYLIGI-IT SAVH4GS ~ Sl ANOARD [lCENTRAL 0MOUNTAIN 0PACIFIC []OTH~R 5 . WHERE ""'ERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE EAREST STREET ADDRESS AN[) IHOICA'rE ON A HAND CO.AWN MAP YIHEqE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THI! HIGHW EAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANOtAA~K 6 . IM~C' I'ot~ Y:l..l ARE AT THE POINT SHO IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A' ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHO'N H O W HIGH THE P._.~ .... o v:: ... :>~ WA S ABOVE THE HORI !ON, ON SKYLINE . WHEN FIRST SEE N . PLAC E A e O N THE SA'.IE C URVED LIHE TO SI-IO H HC W , IGH ABOVE THE HORIZvN THE PHENOMENON WAS ~HE N LAST SEEN. AFn Dt)..l7(C1) CI~:!CTION T') T"t! ~M OM!HOM Wt'4l!~l PHlST IF-;!'f. Pl.I\Ci! 1\ .O; O~l THr~ co-. .. Au TO IHOICAT TH!:: OIRI!CTIOH TO TH~ P'H1::HOII4l!NO .. ~H~H LAST Slt!N. 7 . IN i~! !:'<::iCH !J:~OW, PLACE AN A AT T"1! PlS!Tt:>~ oc:-THE PH~P.,O)IIE>.ON V'HF-N FJnST SEEH, AND A a AT THE PCSITIC't 0 ' tiE P~-i!:NOM!:MON WHEH LAST S!lilt. COf'e~f:CT nn: .,A A"fO s WITH A LINE TO AJ:tPROXIMATE THE MO /!'4~ .. 7 oc-T'* E PHEHOM~MON B!TW!tE"f .\ A~O a. THAT f5, SCr4~MATICALLY SHOt WHE'rHER THE: foo40VC::MENT APPtA ~:) TO lJ! $T~AI~H"r, CUAV~D OA t a..;.zAG. !'li!,':'ER TO s.eALL.Ea SKf!TCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO C O,..PLETl:: PAGE 2 OF 9 ?AG!:S AFit 80-17(Cl) 8 . WHERE WERE ~OU WHEN YOU SAW THE F"H~NOMENON? (Checlr fll'l''opriatf' blor lc:r.) X OUTDOORS rP't f-'I :-.: f. 'I.'. IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE IN BOA-NEAR AIRFIELD IN A :R=._ANE 0 AS PILOT : AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CIT\' FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: w~.;~ :;, PECTION WERE YOU MOVING' HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVI~G? SOUT~o: WEST 010 YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE NO IJe A.ST SOUTHEAST NO~i~WEST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN '11<'-:THER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6 . DESCRIBE ~ vPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR B O D Y OF WATF.R YOU TRAVERSED OURI,_.G THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE T O P WCRE u c O R D OWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? Ol D Y O U N:::>~lCE ANY AIRPLANES' 0 YES ~NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE WHEN THt:Y WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME OF Slv"1TI"-G THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THE Y WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO HIE P OSITIO N OF THE PHENOMENON. i HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENO N IN SIGHT? LEf'jGT~o~ c..-7 "ME 1-. .~-. -,.<.. CERTAIN oF TIME N O T V E R Y suRE HO'Wit '"""S E DETERMINED? -c-. W~S "r'-1E P n~'r ENON IN SIGHT CONTI'4:.JOUSLY? f&j YES 0 NO. IF No, " INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS OUt: TO YOUR t,aO, ~ ~Eio.l; jO ;..-~ BEHAVIOR OF ThE Dl-f ENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR B EHAVIOR. IND ICATE OISAP- P::-.q"'IC~:; , .... D~EVIOUS SI<ETCHES. : PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 'OtO THE PHl!>fOMI!NON HO UNKNOWN MOVP: IN A STAIO~T L.INE? ,.(, STANO STIL.L "'T ANYTIME? _, .. , SUOO!:IIILY Siit!IO UP AND RUN AWAYf D A'C U9it 1'1 OA~'rS AND EXPLODE? ?'