1. DATE 6JIME GROUP v :v :.uiA1. 4. NUMBER Of OBJECT S T~:O S:i:GHTli':GS 5. L ENGTH OF OBSERVATION P~OJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION HALDASH ILLINOIS 10. CONCLUSION OTHER (CONFLICTING DATA) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 25 SECO:-DS THE OES:: RVER SEI\'T A REPORT OF TWO UFOS TH.AT w'ERE SEEN IN TiS J-.-----------t EARLY MORNII\G HOURS OF 21, JUNE TO THE Pi10.BCT BLUE BOOi< OFF'ICE. TYPE OF OBSERVA TION 01\"E SIGHTii\G OCCURRSD AT 3 :45AM AND '.i.'HE OTH:~R Nl' 1~:30 AM. vh0lr.~ VISUAL HOWEVER, ONLY 0 DURATION OF 25 SECO S IS LISTED. COX:1Ei'iTS: AN AF FORM 117 WAS SENI' TO THE \HTKSSS. HE RETURJ\"ZD HIS FOR.\! A?PAREr;TLY ON THE 4:30 AJ-t SIGtiTING. HE GIVES THE ~------------! DURATION OF THIS SIGHTING AS Tt,'E~'TY MIJI.l.iTES M:O STATED T!iAT IT PriOTOS TRA VE.f.ED SOll!'H. (TZ.:E OBSERVER STATED 'I' HAT IT TRA VEI.ED \,'EST) n yes I'I' A ?PEARS TiiAT 'riiE OBSERVERS WERE \-lATCHING SATELLITES, liO' ... TE:VER L-.!.:X::.:..:r~:..:.."'.:..:'o:.. -i BECAUSE OF THE CONFLICTS IN 'rHEIR S'.i.'ATEHE1\'TS TH'S SIGh'TIXG IS BEING CARRIED AS CONFLIC'l'II\G DATA. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD S(l' 63 0-329 (TDE) Provlou .SIIIona o/ t."l t orn> m a y b uaed, 17. INFORMATIO N WHICH YOU FEEL IS.PERT I HENT BUT WHIC H IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED I N THIS OUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATIO N OF THE SIGHTIN G . PAGE? OF 9 PAGES S U 8 J IC:T TDPI' (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORC E HI:AOOUARTI:RS F O REIGN TECHNOL-OGY OIVI~ION f AFSC) WRIGHT-PATTE RSON A I R FORCE BAS OHIO 4::1433 UFO Observatio:1, 21 June 1 968 Riverdale, Illinois Your nome hos been given to the Aerial Phe nomena Office (Projec t Blue Book) as being e. \-:1 tness to an unidentified flyine objec t . If you \o;Cre e .-.ri tness to a n UFO sighting on 2 1 June 1968 .. ould you please corr.plete the attoched AF Form 117 and retur n it in the e nvelope p rovided. If you \-:er e not o. vitness to this sighting, .... :oulC. you please make a s t atement to this effect on the '.!.t. tuc..:hed f orm. The infoi7.18.tion ":hich you provide \:ill b e used in evn1u, t 1ng thi s ~bservation. Thank you for your assistance in this r.m t te r. Cf.:::.cTOn. Q,UINT.ANILU., Jr, Lt Colonel, /Chief, Aerial Phcnonena Office J..er oGpnc e Technol~gtcs Divisi o n Pronw: t Lon Dlrecto:-t te USAF 1 Atch AF For m 117 v/envelope SIGHTIHG OF UHIDENTIFIED PHEHOMEHA QUESTIOHHAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL NUMBER 2 1 R2J8 THlS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PR.EPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS .MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING T H E UNIDENTIFI E D P HENOMEN O N THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL) OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMAT ION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAME WIL~ NOT BE USED IN CONNECTI ON WITH ANY OF YOU!~ STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE B A SE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRlGIIT- PATTERSON AFB,OHI045433,1AW AFR80-f7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES ATTAC H SECUR ELY TO THIS FORM O R ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.) 1. WHE N DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON~ Y EAR /9ut 2. WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOM E N O N ? HOUR MINUTES 3 . WHAT TIM E DID YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHEN O M E N O N ? R.EI)-PP HOUR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD 4 . TIME/ZONE 0 E ASTERN CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN PACIFIC 0 OTHER S. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU S AW THE PHENOM E NON? IF IN CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS ANO INDICATE ON A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERE N C E TO THE ADDRE SS. IF IN THE '=OUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTIO N FROM SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LAN DMARK. 6 . IMAGIN E YOU AfiE AT TliE POI'IT SHO WI'I I " T H!:: S KETC H LACE AN 'A~ O N THE URVED LINE T O SHOW HOW IGH THE PHENO M E N Otl WA S ABOVE TtiE h 0"'' 4:01'1, O R SKYLIN E . W'iEN FIRST SEE N . PLAC E A fta O N THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIC.H A BOVE THE HORIZON THE PHEN O M E N O N WAS WHE N L A S T SEEN. Attachment 1 (Becomes Attachment 1 to AFR 80-17) 6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN " A ON THE COMPASS T O INDICATE THE DIRECTI O N T O THE PHENOMENON WHEN F IRST SEEN. PLACE A " B " ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE P HENOMEN O N WHE N LAST SE6N. !>1C.,hTI1Jw A 7 . IN fHE SKE:.TCII BELOW, PLACE AN~ AT T"':: "'OSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHE N FIRST SEEN, AND A s AT THE POSI110N OF TilE PHLN Oio'E N O " '"-'EN LAST s:::::N . CONN!::CT T HE. "A" AND "1:1" WITH A LIN E TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMF:tiT O F PIC PII"NOio\~HOII. 9EfWE"1 .,... A N D o. THA T IS, ':CH LMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT API->EAREO TO UE S fRAICoHT. CUPVED OP. ZIGZAG. REF!:.R 10 St.IALL~:H SKCTCH AS AN EXAMPLE Ot I~OW TO COMPLET E ilE LARG"R t.KET CII PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES Attachment 1 Attachment 1 to AFR 80-17) WHERE WE R E YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOM ENON? (Check <'nprt~priatc blocks.) OUTDOORS IN BUSI~lESS SECTI O N OF CITY IN BUILDING IN RESII1t':NTIAL SECTION O F CITY ---+1-N_c_A_R ~D:::::.._A_S_D_R_I_V_E_R ~D-AS PASSENGER IN OPE:. N C:OU N T Ft YS IDE IN BOAT N E A R AIRFIELD IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 A S PASSENGER FLYING OVE R CITY FLYING OVER OPE N COUNTRY A. I F YOU W ERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTI O N WERE YOU MOVING? H O W FAST WERE YOU MOVING? SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE ORTHEAST SOUTH E A ST ORTHWEST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVE M E N T AFFECT S YOUR S K ETCHES IN ITE M S 5 AND 6 . DESCRIBE TYPE OF V EHIC L E YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURIN G THE SIGHTIN G . STATt: WHETHER WI NDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR OOWN. HOW M U C H 0 rHE R TRAFFIC WAS T~tE R E1 DID YOU NOriC E 1\NY A I RPLANES' [lY ES 0NO. IF " YES," OESCRIOE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME OF SIG H riNG rilE P H E N O M E N O N AND W~tER TI-IE:Y WERE IN Hll. SKY llCLATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. 9 HOW LO'IG WAS THE P HENOM E N O N IN S IGHT ? LENGTI~ OF 1 it~E------ ("-------------~-=~CERTAIN O F TIME NOT V ERY SURE HOW WAS TI"'E r.'::l'EHHINEO> WAS THE PtH:: .::"i:.'lC'I~I IN St.it<T C O "lTit.lJOUSLY QYES bi'fNO. I F "NO," INDI C ATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVE M E N T O H THt: OEHAVIO R OF THE PHENOM E N O N , AND OE"SCRIBE SUC H MO V E ME N T OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP- PEARANCES O N Pti"VIOUS SKETC ES. HClJ~. ;;_ He PAGE 3 OF 9 P AGt::S Attachment 1 11 (Becomes Attachment 1 to AFR 80-17) WERE MORE THAN O N E PHENOMENON, H OW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE A RRANGEM ENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING? 11. CON OITION S (Check appropriate B . WEATHER CUMULU S CLOUDS (/..ow fluffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS (lligh fll'ecy or H errin& HEAVY RAIN L IGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE NIMBUS C LOUDS (Rain) HAIL PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SN O W OR SLEET COMPLETELY O VERCA ST (Thunderstorl'rl$) HAZE OR SMOG OF c. IF THE SIGHTING AS AT TWILIGHT NIGHT, WHAT 010 YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOONt BRIGHT MOONLIGHT N O OON WITH HALO HIDDE N BY CLOUDS PARTIAL (New or qunrtu) o. IF SIGHTIIIG WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? wyEs, WHERE SUN A S YOU FACED PHEN O M E N ON? I N F R ONT O F YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAO(Ncwwo~ YOU TO YOUR LEFT J E. SPECIP'Y TilE I'A lOR SOURCE O F P.LU""'"'ATION PRESENT OURtN!; THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, H E ADLIGHTS OR ~ STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERHE!Ol'F{IAL ILLU M I NATION, SPECtFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE ~F .... c. P>"'::NOMENON, IN 01:::-< "!' NG W~E. lnE~ IT APPEAReD D ARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER RE"l.ECf ECI L IG,..T OR W"S C\f:LI' I~'I.,.I'<OUS .AND WHAT COLO<>!' N O TICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSION OF fRANSPARENT,WHETnER EDGES WERE s,.;~1"'c~ rUlZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT A. POt,..T O F LICiT INOtCATE COMPARISONS OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE 'N 'fOU~ FIEi..D oc: VIEW. I o ;J Pr "-E. o t.Oi'fH A/3Luc cc.,v,-e IZ DUAL FLJtt1 F Of~ I t1 PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES Attachment 1 13 (Becomes Attachment 1 to AFR 80-17) THE PHENOMENON YES N O UNK'IOWN OVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? STANO STILL AT ANYTIME1 'X . SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND R BREAK UP I N PARTS ANO EXPLODE? CHANGE COLOR? GIVE OFF SMOKE? CHANGE BRIGHTN ESS? CHANGE SHAPE? F LASH OR FLICKER? D ISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? SPIN L IKE A TOP? M A K E A N O ISE? FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? 14 . WH A T DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHEN O M E N O N ' rrt~;..J Jul',r-r::-12) Wl-16 IV iJ-J t>u {.;, H r ~>/-Four rn., J)oo A . HO''t 'Jtn IT FtIALl Y DISAPPE:A ill .I r S 10 f' P e IJ uJ r o r H e ~!:':NO~l~NON MOV::: SEHINO OP. IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY T IME? IF ~ fC:5,-DESCRiBE. S ec..o i\Jo PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES II A t ta chmen t 1 Attachment 1 to AFR 80-17) J 15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY D ETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW IHE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. iH !leu~ 1-1 {j /IU Ov u t.. f"t I< .S -SruPPt. n 1 NDiST/ftJt E i 16. WHAT WAS THE AtH~lJLI\R SIZE' HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONI OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH A S A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON . NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES Attachment 1 17 (Becomes Attachment 1 to AFR 80-17) 17. D I D YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOME N O N THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL. TYPE, FIL TER, LENS PRESCRIPTI O N OR OTHER APPLI CABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES B INOCULARS WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE DOWPANE OTHER A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? 18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRE$SION OF THE SPEED Of?THE PHENO MENON? GIV E ESTIMATE OF SPEED . 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANC~OF THE PHENOM E N O N ? GIVE ESTIMATE OF D ISTANCE 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN A S CLEAR A P I CTURE AS POSSIBL E OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COMMO N OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WH E N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON. WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU S AW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. f H t~ 0 U4 rl IJR K E IJ I rp,. PP clf/2 E D PL JtN r-r 0 I 0 tJO r :21. c,ovi"J'.J rK,.l'.<: \If OuOR \j:;'l$!0. ~>"t '11-"~T :OI~ANATING FRO M T,::. ::>,.l<:"!vM E NON OR ANY EFFECT O N YOURSELF, ANIMALS OP. MM .!:11:. R Y IN T1tE VICINIT'I'' IF ""E:S OE:~CP19E. OtSTIIIlR 1 HE C.RO!.J'lO Oi! L!o.AvE AN':' 1-'t'" .I~AL :viD"N Ci::.. IF "YES. DI:.SCHICIE. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES PAGES Attachment 1 Attachment 1 to AF R 80-17) 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENO MENON B EFORE ' L O CATION. f ,u E Nl> ~vlrrt rl e 5J YES 0 N O . IF "YES,~ GIVE OATE AND 23. WAS ANYON WIT H YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (3YES 0 NO. NO. I F "YES, " DID THE Y SEE ITT~''' A . LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF ..f J/ IJ.Nt S TELEPHO N E (Area code and number) AGE INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFO R ION INCLUDING OCCUPATIO N AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. 11V re. 12 G c; rG. IJ 1AJ tJ'~cJ's .A-Sf ROtJO.Ji v 2S. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHEN OMENON! M O N T H _ ,[uiiJ, YEAR jC( 6 0 25. D ATE YOU COMPLETED T HIS QUESTIONNAIRE . MONTH_!_:. PAGE 8 OF 9 I-'A'H! 5 Attachment 1 21 (Becomes Attaehm~nt 1 to AFR 80-17) SIGHTING OF U~IDENTIFIED P NONE~A QUESTIO AIRE DUI>CET DU.leAU .~,.l'Oif.IL f'IIJi:IDEif 2 1 211 THIS QUESTIONNAIRE H AS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU C A N GIV E T HF. US. AI R FORCE AS MUCII INFORM ATIO:-i A S P OS!>tOL E CONCERNING THE UNIDENT IF'lED P HENOMENO!'I THAT YOU HAVE OBSERV CD. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWE R ALU O F TilE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE w1LL BE U SF.D FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES YOUR NAME WIL L N O T B E USE D I N CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STI\Tl:.Mi' N'TS OR CONCLUSIO'l!> "'1T~OUT YOUR PERM!SS!dN. R ETURN T O AIR FO RCE BASE INVESTIGATOR F OR FO"!V..\RDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRI GHT- PATTERSON A F 8 , OHIO 45433, 1/I.W AFR 80-f 7 . (IF ADDITIONAL SH EETS ARE NEEDF.D FOR NAPRA TIVF. OR SKETCHES TT1\ Cll SECURELY ro THIS FORM O R ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAMF-: FOR JDF.NTIFICA TION.) '~wH E N DID YOU SEE rHE P H E N O MENON ? ~-/ r_ - / ,; .... 2 . WHAT T I M E DID YOU FIRST SIG H T T H E PHEN O MC:N O N 7 )?j4 tJ lj'( HOUR 3 . W~IAT T I M E D I D YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHEN O M E NON> /IC)Ot/1' HOUR 4 . TIMF.'ZONI:: 0 D A Y L I GHT SAVING S [_!STANDARD 0 E ASTF.RN ~CENTRAL 0 MOUN T AIN [J PACIFIC 0 OTHER 5 WHERE WERE Y O U WH E N YOU SAW THE PHEN O M E N O N ' I F IN CITY, G IVE THE NEAREST ST~EFT ADDRESS A'ID I NDICA T C O N HAND D'lAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WI rtt REFERCNCE TO T H E ADDRESS. IF ltj THE t::OUHTRY, IDE~ITIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR A N D T R Y T O F I X A OISTANCE AIID DJnECTION FROM SOM E RECOGNIZABLE L I N O"'AR K . C,l'l\r,u'i 6 . I~J\GIN' Yf'll MlE "T TI-lE PO~-$>,0~'l I N T H E SKETCH, PLACE:: AN A' O N TI'E CURVED LINE T O SHOW H O W HIG H 1 HE F'IIE NOMF~Ilt~ Ill\$ A OOVE T>1E '"'0'11ZO..,, OR SKYLINC W'"IEN 1-IFtST Sl:.f"W. PLA C E A !J " O N THE SAMC: CURV E D LINE TO ~HOW HOW HI~' \liOVI:: TI1F. ... "' ;: J .. r'"IE PHE N O"''ENO N WA S W~II:N L AST SirEN .