Davenport Iowa — June 1968

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Keywords: davenport, photo, impression, ndicate, phenomenon, menon, cjtouii, vanom, fvfdimcr, peaotr, herrifl8, m00nl, spesjf, inoicaie, 1p4rtson, smokel, flickerr, wobiili, oiooi, ma7ch, lengtrf, _q9yes, koehnke, jrqj7, rjfil
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1. 0 ATE TIME CJtOUII' t . HllM~E" 011' OIJ!CTI 1 0 Minutes to. TYPE 011' OBS~VAnOM 7 . COURSE PHYSICAL fVfDIMCR PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Davenport, CONCLUSION ( 5r-1Al.L MAN MADE OB JEC1' ) 11. 8"1!1' SUMMARY ANO ANAL Ylll The observer sighted and photographed a UFO (Sec Photo). obserTer stated that hie dog howled. C~TS: Despite the fact that the o l:B'!rver s igbted the objects for 15-J O minutes there are no other observers. The photos do not appear to h ave been taken at night. The obs v~r bas a sighting tor 3 Mar 68 and one tor 4 No 67 FTO SfP' U O-Jl9 (TD() Peaotr aa a !lUre e#.,.. .... ..,. ._ z 10. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN O N E PHEN O M E N ON, HOW MANY WERE THERE DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW H O W TH<:.Y WERE ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHAN G E DURIN G THE SIGHTING> /' -:, C'l/;.... ~--#"7' ~"";' ~.;r';> PARTL.Y Cl.OUDY CONDITIONS (Cher:k appropriate blor:ks.) 8. WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (I fluffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS ( Hi6h {leer:y o r Herrifl8' X NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) BRIGHT MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIOOEN BY CLOUDS PARTIAL (Nr:w or q11.4rlt!r) O. IF S I G HTING WAS IN D AYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE} 0 YES THE PHENOMENON I N FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT IN B ACK OF YOU TO YOUR L EF1 FOG OR MIST HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE N O M00Nl.IGHT OVERHEAO(NeMnoo~ E. SPECIFY THE MAJO"' SOURCE O F ILLUMINATION PRESEN T CURIN G THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN , HEADLIGHTS OR STREI!T l.AMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATIO N , SPESJF,Y DISTANCE TO LIGH T SOURCE. , - 12 . GIVE A 9RIEF DESCRI<>TION OF THE PHENOMENOI'I, INDICATING WHETHER I T APPl':ARED DARK OR l.IGHT, WHETHER IT 7 -._ REFLECTeD L.IGMT OR WAS SELF-l.UM I NOUS AND WH"'"" COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOL.IO OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES '.VE E SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT APPEARED .\SA ?OINT OF LIGHT. INOICAIE C0"'1P4RtSON S WITH OfHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER O!tJECT I N YOU R FIELD O F VIEW. PACE 4 OF 9 P ACES OVE IN A STRAIG H T LIN E ? STAN O STILL AT ANYTIME? SUDDENLY SPEED U P AND RUN AWAY? BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? CHANGE COLOR? GIVE OFF SMOKEl CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPE ? LASH O R FLICKERr DISAPPEAR AND R EAPP!!:ARl NO~ UNKNOWN SPIN LIKE A TOP? p ~ ~ MAKI!: A NOISE? X FLUTTER OR WOBIILI!f 14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTI!:NTIO N TO THE PHENOMENON ? A . HOW 010 IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? 9. OtO T"'E ?HEN OioOI!NON MOIII! BI!:HIHO O R I N i"RONT OF SO,..ETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE. OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME PAt:i E 5 OF 9 P..\CES IS. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOM eNON. I N CLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED A S WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND I NDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPO R TRAILS. I NDICATE B Y AN ARROW T H E DIRECTION THE PHEN O M E N O N WAS MOVING. 6 . WHAT WAS-;..'" !o)OGUL "'P :>tz::: HOLO;.. MA7CH AT ,lo~M'S LENGTrf I N i'"~O"'T 0 " A i< N O"''N OBJECT, SUCH A S A STREET J LA"'P O!'t ~H!': MOON . "101'!: HOW MUCH OF THE 08J~=t IS COVERED BY 'niE t-'EAO OF TH~ MATCH. N O W IF YOU HAD 1 BEEN ABLE T O ~'>ERFOR/4 THIS EXPERIMENT A T THE TIM E O F THE SIGHTI N G , !::STIMAT E WHA T FRACTION OF THE ~ PHEN OMENO N WOULD H AVE SEEN C::OVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. ' 17. DID YOU OBSERV E THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING ' INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL , TYPE. FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BIN O CULARS WINDSHIELD DE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE DO YOU ORDINARILY 'o'fEAR GLASSES1 a. DO YOU USE READIN G GLASSES' 18 . WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED O F TH 19 . WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHENOME N O N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED l'.v, P.i::rl ' . P H E N O M E N O N ' GIVE ESTIMAT E OF D I STANCE 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN A S CL.EAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT You SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT O R OBJECTS WHIC H , WHE N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHEN O MENON , OULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE. TO 'NHAT YOJi!'f:!'W. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES B E T WE E N THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. ~ 21. DID YOU NOTI C E ANY O D O"', NOISE, O<> HEAT E M ANATI N G FROM T'1E P .. E'lO MENON OR ANY EFFECT O N YOURSEL.F, ANIMAL.!; O R MACHINERY I N THE "ICINI "':'Y1 IF y e::;, OESCRIBE. A. 010 THE PHENOMF.NON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY Ptf"YSICAL EVIDENCE. QvEs IF "YES, DESCRIBE. P 1\G E 7 OF 9 PAG E S 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SI MILAR P H E N O M ENON BEFORE? j8l YES LOCATION . 0 NO. IF " YES, GIVE D ATE A N O 23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIM E YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON ? _Q9YES QNo. I F ye:s, DID T H E Y SEE IT TOOl A. LIST THEIR NAMES A N D ADDRESSES H. G I V E THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME Koehnke, Gordon ADDRESS (Strut, City, Staft~ ond Zip Cod) 2514 East Central Park, TELEPHONE (rhea code und numbt~r) Davenport, Iowa, 52803 INDICATE ADDITIONAL. INFORMATION IHCL.UOING OCCUPATIO N AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHI C H MAY BE PERTIN ENT. f ~-j?Jrqj7 , 26. D A T E YOU COMPLETED THIS 27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH I S NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION O F T H E SICHTINO. er; !j 1-rr w i r i i5J, tl I I r l 1\R.ovtJ(l lli&rJ I ! l I I . o OJ Ec ,- -rJfil Ect. TD.PT (UFO) Lt Col Quinta.nilJ.a/70916/ s jc/2 Ju.l 1968 UFO Obsarv~tion and Pb.o-togrsph s Davenport, Iova Eteferenc.e your recent t aJ.e e,ram o- 25 J une 1968 iZl 'tJnic.h you repo rted. your uu:identi.fied observation and s ubseq!.lent. p.oo-cogra:phs . Ad.d:t.tiol"..al j nf orn.t.a t.ioo. oa your sighting and. your or:i g;i .~ ?~ Pols r o.id Photo.<o;.ra!''f~ s ore needed to perform a scientific i n vest i gat-ion . Request you comvlate. attacne d p h otographic. data t~beet and 1.'l.J! For:a ll'( and. return t h e m vith :;our ori c:,j.nal. Polaroi d photo~rapi.ts. tr)O!l <.!D'.npletioo of on$1_ya:is w-e wil.l ret\~rn your pictures aloes vi t n Oltr findiu gs ~-rCTOR ~\JJJ'i,.rANILL;.\, Jr, L t Col onel.) \r'~A.F hief, Aerial Phenomena Offic e l. AF F om D . 7 w/en vclope 2 . Pboto Deta Sbe~t Aerospa c e .r.a\!.r...no.L.:-')ie~ Di v~slon ?roJuction Director~te M DRA 170 PD DAVENpORT IOWA 25 423P COT PROJECT BLUE BOOK WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ( GENTLEMEN 1 YOUR GOING TO THINK IM NUTS BUT I AGAIN _HAJLE.J.A]SEN ' TWO PHOTO Of A UFO YA.-cl ;:>kk d.?Ta .5.4 reT