7-:*0CATiON 10. CONC~USION .s. 1'<\JML\ER OF OBJECTS 1\IRCRf,r-v::' \-iiTr. .~.:.RIAL ADVERTISING SIGII: --~c s flyinz ~i s electrical aover~ising sign L.ENGTH OF OBSERVATION ~. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ltiple witnesses sighted a disc ~aped object that had a series of blinking white lights. I C: C:J t? 9. PHYSICAL EVIOENCE FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) Pr.vloue e d lU o n a of We form .,.., 1>. ueed, WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? ((,'h,.r.k nppruprint~ blork.r.) BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY IN BUILDING RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER ~ IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR AIRFIELD I N A IRPLANE 0 A S PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYIN G OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY A . IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING ; WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING? SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVI N G THE PHENOMENON? NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS SAND 6 . DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN .loND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSE D DURIN G THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? 0 YES ~0. IF "YES, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE I N SIGHT R ELATIVE TO THE TIME O F SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE. IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON . HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTA I N UST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED> WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY' ~0. IF "No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y CHANGE COL OR? ')<" GIVE OFF SMOKE? CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPE? ~ DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? ~ SPIN LIKE A TOP? ...._ _.,. MAKE A NOISE' " FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? 14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTIO N TO THE PHENOMENO N? A . H OW 010 IT F INALLY DISAPPEAR? B . 010 THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A 'CLOUO, TREE. OR BUILDIN G AT ANY T IME? ;a:YES QNO. IF"'YES,"'OESCRIBE. (>~6~ ~ ~.JL 0-- PAGE 5 O F 9 PAGES 22. HAVE: YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMII..A" PHENOMENON 8E,.O-.E1 23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? )(l_ YES 0 NO. YU "v!:s, GIVE DATE AND ES 0 NO. IF YES, " 010 THEY SEE IT TOO? GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPE,.IENCE WHIC H MAY BE PERTINENT. 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM 010 YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON' NAME Lr d n"'t.<TS 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. DAY MONTH YEAR PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES AFH R0- 17(Cl) 17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHEN O ME NON THROUGH ANY OF T H E FOLLOWI NG' I NCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL. FILTER. Lt::tl5 PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE D A T A . EYEGLASSES ;z o /;c.ro CAMERA VIEWFR SUNGLASSES BINOCULA RS WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE: SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE ~ WIND,OWPANE A . DO YOU OROINARIL Y WEAR GLASSES' e . DO Y':>U USE READING GLASSES' 18 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF ;;E > 19 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE/ 0- F';THE -p. PHCN O MF NON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED )~ -q:t PHENOM E N ON' GIVE ESTIMATE O F DI~TANCE --~- 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN A S C L E A R A PICTURE A POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SI\W. DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WOI~DS A COMMON OBJECT O R OBJECTS WHICH, WHE N PLACED I N THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHEN O M E N O N . WOULD B EAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR. NOISE. OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHEN OMENO N OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY I N TH::: V ICINITY? IF YES. " DESCRIBE. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUN D OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. IF "YES. DESCRIBE. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL I S PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIV! EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING. PAGE 9 OF 9 P AGES 10. IF THERE W!AE MORE THAN ON PH!NOMF.NON, HOW MANY WERE THERE DRAW A P ICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE AAAANG D. OlD THIS AAAANG!M!:NT CHANG! DURING THE SIGH'TING CON CIT IONS (Check approprinte bloclt.r.) CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOG OR MIST CIRRUS CLOUDS (Hi1h fleecy or If erring HEAVY RAIN RAIN OR DRIZZLE NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rai"f'l) PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SN OW O R SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorm$) HAZE OR SMOG NONE OF THE ABOVE C . IF THE S IGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGH T . WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON' NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT A FEW MOON WITH HALO 14ANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS PARTIAL (New or quarter) D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN V ISIBLE? 0 YES THE PHE NOMENON? 0 NO. IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Ne o~ BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT E . SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESEN T DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STREET LAMP.;.!~:. F~R TERRESTRIAL ILLU;x-ION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMI NOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR I NDICATE IF IT APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS,~ STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. ~ 4 u1 1-~ PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES AFR 80-l7(Cl) WHERE WERE YOU WHE N YOU SAW THE PHEN O M E NON' npprnprifllf' blork ., . ) I N BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY I N BUILDIN G RESI D ENTIAL SECT ION OF CITY IN CAR 0 A S DRIVER 0 AS P ASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYS IDE N E A R AIRFIELD I N AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS P ASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY F LYING OVER OPEN COUN T R Y A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWIN G : WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING' HOW F AST WERE YOU MOVI NG' SOUT H WEST DID YOU STOP ANY T I M E WHILE O BSERVI N G THE PHEN O M E N O N ? THEAST SOUTHEAST N O RTHWEST EXP L A I N WHETH E R SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES I N IT EMS 5 AND 6 . DESCRIB E TYPE O F VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE O F ROAD. TERRAIN OR BODY O F WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURIN G T H E S I G HTING. STATE WHETHER WI NDOWS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? QYES ~ I F "YES." DESCRIBE WH E N THEY WERE I N SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIM E SIGHT I N G THE P H E N OMENO N AND WHERE WERE. I N THE SKY RELATIVE T O THE POSITION OF THE PHEN OMENON. 9 . HOW LON G WAS THE P H E N OMENON IN S IGHT? LENGTH OF TIM E --""'- CERTAIN OF TIM E NOT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED? WAS THE PHENOM E NON IN SIGHT CONTI NUOUSLY? gYES 0 NO. IF "NO. " INDI CATE WHETHER THI S IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEM E N T OR Tl:i E BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENO . A N D DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT O R BEHAVIOR. I NDICATE DISAP- PEA R ANCE S O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES tA. HOW IMAGINE YOU A~E: AT THE C!:NTEP\ O F TH! COMPASS ROSE. PLI\C AN A ON TH COMPASS T O I N DICATE THE RECTION TO TH PHENOMENON WHP:N F IRST SEEN. PLACe!. A e O N THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRCTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHN LAST SE!tN. 7 . IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN "A" AT THE POSITION OF T H E PHE N OM E NO N WHEN FIRST SEEN. AND A e A T THE POSITION OF T~E PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A" AND e WITH A LIN E TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN "A" AND e . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT t APP!:ARED T O BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIGZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HO W TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BU.AU APrJOVAL NUIIBEJ ll UU THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS DEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATIO N POSSIBLE CONCERNING T I-lE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE ODSERVED. PLEA SE TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE Q UESTIONS. THE lNFORMATlON YOU GIVE WILL BE USE D FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAME WILl,-NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFI3,0HI045433,1AWAFR80-f7. (Ir' ADDITIONA L SHEETS A RF. N EF.DIW FOR NARRATIVE OR SK E TCHES ATTACH'SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.) 1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON? DAY MONTH c/ ~YEAR 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGH1' THE PHENO MENON? 3. WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? IGHT SAVINGS [)STANDARD [1 CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN []PACIFIC QOTHE R 5 . WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU S A'N THE PHENOMENON' IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS ,&.ND INDIC.a.T E ON A HAND DRAWN MAP YIHE~E YOU WERE ST.a.NOING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE '=OUNTRY. IDENTIFY TH~ H IGH T N FROM SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. 6 . IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLAC E AN A ON THE C URVED LINE TO SH O W HOW HIGH THE PHENOMENON WAS ABO V E THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 9 ' O N THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOM E N O N WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. (UFO) Lt Col Quin&nilla/70916/ sJc/28 June 1968 Observation, 22 June 1968 :1. Reference your unidentified flying object (UFO) :, 22 June 1968 which you reported to the outy Officer observation of at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. . 2, T'ue stimulu s for your sighting has been identified as an aircraft that had an electrical advertising sign attached t o it. The plane is a Cessna 172 that operates between 50 to 6o mph and when the sign is lighted, it can. be seen as far as 15 mlle' away . The sign was advertising for Stueve Ford of Miamisburg and was operating in the area of Miamisburg, Franklin, Weat Ce.rro1lton .-and Kettering on th.e p u i'or reporting your observation to the 15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW 1'HE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EAHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHEN O MENON WAS MOVING 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH A S A STREET LAMP OR THE MOO N . NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. N O W 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 DID THE PHENOMENON MOV E IN A STRAIGHT LINE? STANO STILL AT ANY T I ME? SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN I!JAEAK U'" IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? C HANGE COLOR? GIVE OFF ~MOKEI CHANGE l!li'IIGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPE! FLASH O R FLICKER' DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR ? PIN LIKE A T O P ? MAKE A NOI SE ? FLUTTER O R WOBBLE? 1~. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON? A . HOW OlD IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? 8 . OlD THE PHENOMENON MOVE B E H I N D O R I N F RONT O F SOMETHING. LIKE A CLOUD, TREE. OR IF yEs, DESCRIBE. BUILDIN G AT ANY TIME' PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES U. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON 8EI"ORE7 LOCATION. . ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE T IME YOU S AW THE PHENOMENO N 7 0 . IP' vEs, GIVE DATE AND ES 0 NO. IF YEs. DID THEY SEE IT TOO' G I V E THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I PATION AND ANY EXPEI'tiENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. t<.l PA FO 25. WHEN AND TO WHO M DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHEN OMENO N ? NAME Lr d l'la, 2 DAY MONTH YEA R 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED T HIS QUESTIONNAIRE. D A Y MONTH YEAR PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES 17. DIO YOU OBSERVE THE PHEN O ME NON THROUGH A.NY OF lHF. FOLLOW I NG INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODE L , TYPE, FILTER, LeNS PRESCRIPTION O R OTHER APPLICABLE DATA . niNDSHIELD ~INOCULARS _,H~:HOE WI NDOW OF VEHICLE HIEODOLITE A . DO YOU ORDINAR