Capeneddick Maine — April 1968

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Keywords: phenomenon, maine, omenon, indic, iqtos, 2o1ents, biddeford, vicwer, nieoool, possialf, eflence, anathi, ania_, evtrj, numbrf, hieadoua, ossista, technolo6ics, prepaf, pv1ucil, infohmatiun, certhng, phenombnon, purpq, iventjf
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD Cape Neddick, Maine :!, SvURCE 10. CONCLUSION _..:;,. _ Possible (AIRCRAFT) 4. NUMBER OF 0 3JECTS ' 5. LENGTH OF 03SERVATION 11. BRIEF SUt-.t.MARY AND ANALYSIS About one .minute t 6. TYPE OF OSS!:RVATION Ground-Visual 7. COURSE : i S to NNE r 8. P.-iQTOS 9. PHYSICAL EY:~cNCE The observers were "'a tching an eclip'se of the moon when they sighted a flat disc shaped object with a dome. It had an extremely brilliant white pulsating light on the "head-on side and clear; brilliant red blinking red lights across the side. C0!2o1ENTS: The description is similiar to that of an n.ircraft with an electrical advertising sign. One advertiser who operates in the area was contacted but stated that it was not his plane. If the object had continued NNE it '\0 uld have pas sed over Biddeford and Sa co l~aine. No one reported any UFOs to their police departments. Peace AFB and Ports- mouth Airport are only 10 to 15 miles SSW of the sighting an~ FTD SEP 63 c .:2? (TOE) Prevloua edl:lona ol th!a form ... , be u .. d. 15. DRAW A PICTURF: THA1 WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF 1 HC P H E NO M ENON INCI.UOE ANO LAUEL ANY D ETAILS THAT MIG H T HAVE A PPEARED A S WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE E XHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. IND IC ATE AY AN ARROW TtiE OIRl:.C.TION THE PH!:'NOMENON WAS MOVING. 1~. \'!HAT"'"'~ r~:: .&~GULAR SIZE? H0LO;. U AT~H AT At1M"~ L ENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUet " ' A.._-' A EE'H " Z '-~: - . ;; :::) ;o;:tM THIS EXPERii-1~T A T iHE TIM! OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT F RACTI'-''"' '"' 1 ~ f 17. 1)10 YOU OBSERVE THE f.>tlF.NO M ENON THROUGH .A.NY OF THC F OLLOWING INCLUDE IN~ORM.A.TION ON MODEL, TYPE, FIL TCR, L t N S PHESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLI C ABLE OI'TA. :.Yf::GL ASSE'<; CAMf.::Ff.A. VICWER SUNGLASSES OINOC U L .A.RS WINOSHIEL~ SID:: WtN OO'H 'J F VEHICLE niEOOOL ITE WIN DO \liP ~N E OTHER [fvEs o No 19. WHAT W.A.S YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANC E OF THE 18. WHA.T WA.S v~ ::., !'-!PRESSION O F TtiF SPEEO OF/THE PH E. NOME NON 1 Gl VE ES Tl ~ATE. O F 01 STAN~, 7 -.--. IN OA:l~P Trk -WE MAY OBTAIN , ,5 CL:::AR A PICTURE .A.5 POSSIALF. OF' WHAT YOU S.A.W, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COM\40!'11 : 3JE:C1 O R OBJECT~ WHICH , WHEN PLACC::D IN THE ~KY, SIMILAR T O WHERE YOU N 0 1 EO THE PHENOMENON, LiJ SE--:; J M E R ESEMBL " N CE TO WHAT YOU SAW. OCSCRIBE SIMIL AHI Tlt:S .A.tl 0 01 F F EflENCE S BETWEEN THt:: C O MMON )': ::.;T AND WH.AT YOU SAW. 21. :JI~ 'f(;:J :-4Y;ICE: ANY OOOA, N O ISE, OR ~E AT E~ANATHI~ f"ROM THE PH~NOMF.NON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOU~SELF, ANIA_'; Q;:; '-' \~rl!NERY IN THE: VICINI TY? lJ YES ~-1 NO IF yt::s, t'lESC:H'BE . L EAvE:. AtlY ?HYst~.:AL EvtrJ("tJcc.. LJ vf's ~rNo. PAG E 7 O F 9 PAGES 22. H A V E YOU f!VE:R SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHE N OMENON O!i-'ORE' 0 Y E S [fj NO. IF vEs, GIVE DATI! AND LOCATION. ZJ. W~S A NYONE ~1 l'H Y O U AT THE TIME YOU S A W THE PHENOM~NON? [ J Yt:S 0 JooC . 0 HO. IF yEs, OlD THEY S!:~ IT TOO? A. LIST TH !lA ;.. A~!S A !"f 0 ADDRESSES FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF LAST N A,..!;, r y , ~talc and Zip Ccod- ) TELEPHONE ( 4r~.l ,..od~ !lnd numbrf) .AOOIT.:"H A L IN rO;~. , I.).'J INCI..UOI'~G OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHI C H M"Y B E PERTIN~NT. T H .\ T YOU HAO SIGHT E D THIS PH ENOMI!:NON 7 .\NOT::> W"'' : .,. :;: .:> :'OU REPORl PAG E 8 OF 9 P A G E S 27. INFORMATION WHICH YOJ FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATt::LY COVE R E D IN TtiiS QUE.STIONNAIRE. ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EX'PLANATION OF THE SIGHTING. PAG E 9 OF 9 PAG E S 'I'D?: (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AlA FORCE HIEADOUA.-TE"S FO"EIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AF'SC) WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO 41:54133 Maine 03902 Yc~ !' nw:le h~1 s bee n r,i ven to the Aeria 1 Phcnone n a Office (Proje c t Bl~e Bock) ~s beinB P. v;itness to an unidentifie~ flylng object. I f you \t;e r e c ,,.i tness t o a n UFO sir;htinf~ on 12 P.uril 1968 .. ~J.ld you ple~se COir.plete the n tt:~ ched A? Form 11-r o nd return it i t. the envelope provid e d . If you \:ere not r1 \d tncss to this sie;hting, woulc you please :nakc H statement to trds effect on the ~t:~(:chcd form. The information ,,:hich you provide will b e used in cv . lu'ltint; this observation. Thunk you for your ossista nc e in thiG r.:q -r te r. v,UINT;'J~ILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF :.i~f, Aeric l Phcno::-~ena Office . !.e.,..csp~:ce Technolo6ics Division ?~:~uction Dircctornte PF For~ 117 w/envclope THIS QUt~STJC::--i\1:\IRF: HAS BEEN PREPAf~ED SO THAT YOU CAN GTVE THE U.S. / d R FOf-<C'-;: AS Pv1UCil INFOHMATIUN ~ AS POS~ ;~ CO~CERtHNG THE UNIDENTII-'lED PHENOMBNON THA' C YOU HP. VF. (J.3S1.f.' VETJ. PLEI'.SE TRY '1 0 I ANSWE't-' rl.U O F THTO: QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATlON YOU GIVE WILL HE tl"En 1-0H l?r.Sl!:t\RC II PURPQ:.,(::>. ~ YOUR ~. ,\,, :.. ',\ILL NOT OE USED t~ CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR ~fA fl:M.E':.;Ts OH CO~CLUSJONS Wl'l'HOUT YOt'R -.~::..~:t!J.2~Id~. ~ETURN TU A!~ FORCE BASE lNVEST lGATOR FO~ FOi'W.! t.:DI~IiG T O F'.l.'P (TUETI~). 'iJ!<I<.::rr. .<~ TT!C':.f. =;~:,'RF.L \' T O THIS F C'f(.t OR ANNOTATE H'TTII VOVR NAME FOr< IVENTJF IC:/, TJO.V. ) OU SEE 1 HE Pt-iE.NOMENOS ' 2 WH:.. i ,.:: OIC Y:.)U FIRST SIGHT Tr~E PHt:NOMENON7 3 . WH-'\i ... ~ 010 YOU LP.ST SIGHT THE PHENOMeNO N ? A~'~':o:?N [lCENT~Al [jMOUN T/\ll'l f_loM:IFIC l :o1Htl"\ , 5 . WrH:q:: ,..::;~::YOU WHEN YOU SAW TrlE PHE.NOMt::N0N7 IF I N CITY GIVE THE Nf:AREST S TRCF T AOrtR F!;.5 MID INDIC,\ T E Q i, I A HA~') :;;:.,.Aw~ MA.P WHE~E YOU WE~=: :i r ANDINv WITH RErEREf.I~F. TO THE A OOR7'i5.. 1r ll'l THC ( 'OUriTRY, IOEtiTIFY T~ ~'.:: HI0H W A'Y YOU WI::.RE ON OR N E A R MPJ -~y TO FIX A D IS'rANCE AND Dln::CTIOtol rRO tli S0r-=: RECO'INIZA::"jLE LMfOM/\RK. t c .. :;: .. :--.. :_.,.j~l 'Nf'[j /\E30VE TH= ~C;:::> : o-., oq SI'\YLINE . WHEN Fl'lST S~EN. PLAC E A :r 0~ l 'PE 5M.1!:: CURVED LINE Tv 'S~'>fr 11:1" -,IG~ ABOVe THE HOR::o.~ TH PHEt~OMENON WAS HHEN LAST SEEN. OBSEHVER .--:v :lA. HOW IMACII't~ 'YOU .a"z ,t..T THI! C!:NTi!A OF THF-COMt-'AS.a llO~t". PLAC~ AN A ON THE C O h4PASS T O WOIC,t..TE THf: DIFH!CTION TO ;r Poi:::'fOM~NON WHEN FIAST SEF.N. P L "C! A..,. ON THE C0>4PA::iS TO UfOICATE THE DIRECTION TO TH~ PHF.HOMENO"' ~H!:.to; l-AST SI!:!N. 7. I S;<"E.TC~ a:: ... OW, PLACE AN ,\ AT T H E PO<;I TIOU OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEE"', A N D A .. l,. A T THE ?.JSI'r! O\J o;: T~! .,"'ENOM~NOH WHEN LAS; SEEN CONNt::C T T .. E "A ANO e WITH A LINE TO APPAOXI M "rl: rHE lo10\'EM ~NT OF' T r E ? H ENOMENON EJETWE EN ;.. A t,. D "a. THAT IS, SCrt EMATICALLY SHO W WHETHER TH!. MO V t:MENT APPEAil'!~ 'iO 9~ ~-RAIGH'I', CURVE D O R z,o.:AO. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAM?LE OF' HOW 1 0 COMPLETE T H E LA~O ER s,c::-=H. P A.:;E 1. or-9 PAGES AFR f10-17(Cl) WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE PMENOMENON' nrpropriatt' bloclcs.) OU":"C:>v"<S BUSINESS SECTION O F CITY >SU !LCI'IG IN R E S I 0 C N T I A L S t: C 1' I 0 N 0 F C I T Y 0 AS ORIVEA 0 AS PASSENGER OPEN COUNTRYSIDE I1Nill')A7 NEAR AIRFIELD U AS PILOT AS PASSEI'Il;ER FLYING OVER CITY 1::-~ ... ::-FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY A. IF VOLJ WERE IN A VEHICLE, COM?L ETE 'fHE FOLLOWING: : .:~ECTION WERE YOU f-IOVI NG 1 HOW FA!'T WE R E YOU MOVING? 010 YOU STO P ANYTIME WHILE OBSEHVING THE PHENOMENON? QYES NOP-r~.lf!ST EXPLAI ,_, ......... ~i'HER SUCH MOVEMENT FECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITE MS 5 AND 6 . -OES'-RIB~ T'-~E OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I~ AND TYPE OF ROAD. TERRAIN OR BOOT' c r WATER YOU 1 R/\VERSF;:O DURIN G TH!! Sl:;HTt~:;. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVE RTIBLE TOP WERE UP OH DOWN. ~ HO"" "WC~ OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THER E ? ; C .":' "'OW NCTI ::E ANY AI RPL ANES7 C v ! S ~0. IF YES, DESC~IBE 't!H EN THEY WER E IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME ~ vF Sl:i'ni~G TliE PHENOMENON AND WH iMEY WERE. IN THE SKY P.El.ATIVE TO THE POSI!ION OF TH!:: PHENO'AEI'"ON. ~. h O,.. LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SI G!-1T1 ---~ ,..;Q'fl 1\'AS ; :lETERMINED? WAS Trt::: P-';:"' !l'f~ ... IN SIGHT CC"'f-I"<UCUSLY? 1;-jYES 0 NO. IF' No." INDIC"f E WH!::THE H T l1lS I S OUE TO YOUR t-IC\ ~lot~\t--;::ito.~ B~HAVIOR OF TH~ ='HE~.:>M!NON. AND DESCRIBE SUCH fo40VEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE OISAP.