5. L~:-.t~TH Of OSS VATION 6. '"i"YP~ o;: 03S::RVATION At 19.SBL. Echo 1 vas at coordinats 7l doG long end 40 dec la-t. end travel ins to-,.,ard the NE. The observero ];03i tion io e.ppro~. ~ 11. BRI~F SU y A ANAL VSIS The observer sighted a bright white light that movod trc SB to the E. 9. ?HYSICAL EVl'OEHC! r r 'lit;. U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL IHFORMATIOH Thi ' questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much information os possible concerning the unidentified oeriol phenomenon that you hove observed. Pleas" try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will be us: fer research purposes. Your n~n will oot bo used in connction with any statements, cone lu s :~ns, or publications without .yo~r parmission. We request this personal information ao that if ;, i& deemed nceaaary, we may contact you for further details 1. When did yo~ see the object? 2. Time of day: ----- Month Year (Circle One); a. Eastern b. Central c. Mountain d. Poe ific 4. Where were you when you aaw the obieet? N~r~t Poatal Addreaa (Circle One): (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving b. Standard Clt1 or Town Stote 01 Count., S. Ho..., long was obiect in sight? (Total O"rotiOft) c. Certain b. Fairly certain e. Not very aure d. Just a ;u 5.2 Waa c!):c~ i;, sight continu~uly? 6. What wos - :-encii~;:n of the aky? a. Bright' 7, IF yQu sow t:., obj~:t during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you loolced at the object? (Circle On): a. I~' f ront of you b . ln bock of you c. T., your riQht d. To your left o. Overhead f. Don't NtMmb.r s ... l_a_t_i_v_e_R_e_f_e_r_e_nc_e_S_e_rv_1_c_a .l FTO OCT 62 164 Thle ,,.,. uJHtJ JrTD 114, Jul 11, wlda2a h oa,eolt '6 8. IF you ~ow the ao,ect ot NI~HT, what did you notice co-ce-tneng the ~TARS and MOO~? STARS (Ci rcle Or-e.l: 8.2 MOO~ (Circl~ On~): Bright mnnnl ight Dull monnf iqht c.\ No mot'nlight -pitch dark Do:"\' t ref.,..em~r fl. Don't ;er1.embr 9. What we:~ .... :--en . ., .... :-O"rtitinns ot ?n~ time you sow ht-object? Scatte!'e:: Th ic:k c r b. T ran soorent ~. A~ o light e. Don't remttrnber Mod~rllt" nr heavy rain 11. If i t c;:>pe:lre~ as o itph, was it bright than the brighte!lit !lora? a. Br i ghtt'"r b. D~mer c. About the so.,(' d. Don't know 12. The edges of rh e obir~t were: (Circle On~): o. Fuzzy or blurr~d c. 5r.ar~ly outlind d. O:;r' remembe-r (Circle Orte for each Question) Don't know Don't lcnow Don't know c. Br~ok .::; -r~ ;,c-u .,.. exolocie' D("tf"''t know 001'l't know Oor1't know Dnn't know Don't know IF yo ... n:. -HeJ YE~, th"n ho'Y for 1-;way would you soy it was? d. Jn on Ot'Oion~ 23. Were you (Circle One ) o. lr' tl,., business !.t::--:t i o rl of a city? b. In the ;"l!.:;i::lc!ntia l s~ctaon o f o c:ity? c. In OiJ:.m ccuntry ~idc.: ?' d. Ncar a n oirfic ld? e. Flying ov.>r a c:iry? f. Fly in~ ov"r opon '''~un,ry? b. No:tneast f. So\:thw~s t h. Northwest I 25. Did ycu ~b tve th t obittct thr h Jroy of th~ f"lHow ing? Binocular:; f. T ~I!~ cope Y:.J Theodolite ;)', ..,ulj 'Ji 'ff th'l :io.-r~ opp:t!lrOt'l":> os the object which y ou 'ow I 14. Did the obtect disappear while you were watching it? If so, how? ect move behind som"thing atony time, particularly o cloud? Don't Know. IF you cnswered YES, then tell what 16. D;d th~ obj~ct m~ve in front of something at any time, particularly a cloud? (Ci-~le One}: No Don't Know. T e I I ;n o few words the following things about the object: We wisn r~ know the angular size. Hoid o match stick at arm's lengtn in line with a known object ond note how ! much of $ ob1ect is covered by tne head of the match. If you hod performed this experiment at the time of the l s i gnt ing, h?w much of the obiect would have been covered by the match head? Drc"" c ;;;i : :,.r$ rr-ot will show tna s;,o~ of the object or objects. Lobel and include in your sketch a,y details of tr!l) o b ie e t~ot you saw such 01 w ing1, protrusions, ete., ond es~eiolly exhaust trails or vapot trails. P ioce c:-:: :- :-~ :~1 ide the drowi ng t~ s,o'N the direction the object was moving 30. Hove you ever ~n this, or a similar obiec before. ,( ~o give dote or dotft\ and lo~otion. 31. Woa onyo~ ~!~e ith you ot the time you saw ri1e obiect? {Crrcle One) No 31.1 lF ycu e:uwered YES, did they see the object ~oo? ( Circlft One.) 31.2 P lase : ist their nams and oddressea: 32. ? lease give tha following information obovt yourself: F int Nom~ Middle Nome City State TELEPHON: NUM lndico?e ony additional information obou? yourself, including ony spe~ial t:Y.j)fl!ri3nco, which might be portin ent. 33. Whn OM t~ .. ~:s,. ! ;d you report that you hod seen the object? 27. In the following sketch, imagine that you ore ot the point shown. Ploc an "A" on th .. curved line to I' how how high the object was above the horizon ("yline) when you lirst sew it. Place a "B" on the same curved lin:) to ,how how high the object was above the horizon (s"yline) when you lost saw it. Place on "A" on th compo;g you litJ t saw it. Place a "B" on the compass wh.ar you last saw the object. Orcw a pieture that wi II show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an "A" ot the beginning of th~ poth, o "B" ot the end of the path, ond ileu .. -:any chonge s in direction during the cour~ 29. JF tf-:er W.l, ).;\QRE THAN ONE cblect, then how many were there?------------ Draw a p icture of how they were arrc'"l;ed, and put an arrow to show the direction th~t they were traveling. TLPI (UJO) Lt Col Quintanilla/70916/mhs/22 May 68 UJO Observation., 19 April 1968 1. Reference your unidentified obaerYation ot you r!ported to our office. 19 April 1963 whicb 2 . Although your sig..l-).ting rJS.Y have been caused by ~ plane \lith ita landing ligbta on, our analysis indicates that you .. ~ere probably \latching tbe satellite Echo I. At approximately 8 pm, local time, on 19 April 1968., Echo I was 30UtheAat ot your position tzaveling t~rd the northeaat. 'Ibua, you should have s~en Echo I in the southea3t and 1 t ::iliould have uisappe&:ed in the east about f'i ve to ten miDutes later. Echo I baa a atell.ar ~a~agni tude of appzoxtmately +l and is nearly a a bright as the brighteat stars. This 3&tell1te has often been nd.~interpreted aa an unidentified flying object. 3 Thank you for xeporting your observation to the Air Force CJ-'llft.AJIIIJA Jr Lt Colonel., USAJ' u... t, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace ~ehDologiea Div13ion ~ctlOD Dlrector&te