Tolland Mass — July 1968

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Keywords: moveme, phen0, sketches, bservation, phenomeno, ndicatad, occurrad, jinuta, vidznce, atchin3, ocitain, ictijr, iites, uatsly, qucsr, altcpnatively, dcocribed, cvever, rizbt, lvestigate, luat1o, njest1gat1on, sllcil, ccmmunity, pproyai
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! 1. DA T.E' -TIM[ GROUP 3. SOlJRCE IS. NUMBER OF OSJ~CTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Tolland Haas. 10. CONCLUSION Other : (CONFLICTING DATA) The observer gave the Date of the observation as 1 July in the original correspondence, but on tha for.n 117 he ~ndicatad that One the si ting occurrad on July 68. NOTE: Tl~ O)server i s a 5. LENGTH O F O BSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS t 2 J.Jinuta s 6. TYPE OF O BSERVATION Ground-Visual 7 . COURSE 9. PHYSICAL C::VIDZNCE The ob3erver sa~ a yell elliptical object in tha east or northeast. The object rose in the sky withou t changing its az~uth~ After two minutes tha observer quit atchin3 it. FTD SE? 63 0-32? (TDE) ;>r.-iou~ diLlon or l~l) :ort;>1:1a7 b uuJ, t -o :.10 ""'DOW OF V.Z II~L t YSS I I o 1 3 I I) ~ ::. T tfA~ "0 l"l lt.!PRE.SSION CJF -HE DIH AN<.E OF THe. 20. IN C'PIJE Tf'AT WE M'IY OCITAIN AS CL"-AR , , 1-'ICTIJR'. AS P.L:>'<lL:: I)C' ,. .... ~-"0:.1 SI\,Y, DE$CR1!3E. IN YOUR OWN WORO!i A CO ~o,f0'1 OBJC:CT OH (;JJECTS WH ICH. r'"iEN Pl AC!:::O IN T HE:. 5'\',:; ~tL:,H -;'Q Wl"iER::. YOU ~IOTE~) THE PHEtiOMENON WOL.'-0 .,AR SOM!:: RL.E"II':ILI\NCE TO '11:."" YOU SA,Y. D'!> n11:~ ~'W-II"IitES AND r,FFERENCE:S a;:T'H!:.EN THE ro~t'ACJ'I OOJ f'"CT Ml o w~ '1 ~ou sAw. -L Y ll. 010 fO'J liOTIC!': ANY OCOP., NOISE. OR rE'T Et.~;,\IATI~IC FROV Tl-1!:: ?,.,::'<O'A:N~"'I:I OR A N Y EFFECT 0~1 YOURSELF, 27. INFORMAri O N WHICH YOU FEEL IS PER TINENT B U T WH ICH IS 'lOT AOF'~UATSLY COVER0 IN THIS QUCSr!O H N A IPi.':. ALTCPNATIVELY PROVIDE.\ NARI"!ATIVE !"X?LAN.\TION 01' l' 1r SIG~TING . PAGE 9 Q;: !i P AG:.S Thi.3 -..rill r eply to your undat:=d l.J.t-..ar i.a :rh:ich :,rou dcocribed your sighting o1' a n unidenti z i e d flying ob.jcct ~-11 1.out addi tionaJ 1 nfor:nation wte cs nnot o.ffsr 3ll c:cplanation of wha. t you saw. .H.cvever U you ..rill comple-ce ~he attaciled questionnaire and mail it ill the inclosed e nvelope, our technical people at rizbt-?s.T.terson Air Force Base ~.n1 1 be a ble t o i:lvestigate further aDd ::n~e an eva.luat1o .. 1. .. Should you ever si;;ht another !EO, plea s e report it :-,s soon ~s posai 'Jle to the nearest Air Force base. .r:a.c:n base bas a t.i?O investigator, Yho is in a bet-cer position to ~e aa cn-tn~-s:;>ot i nJest1gat1on, which usually results in a more accurate analysis. I::l tro.e meantime y ou ::>ight ~e able to identify the sioh-r.ing ~ourself by looking at the categories o f objects often r e ported u::J UFOs i.::J. the Pro.ject Blue Boo k report. we are ir..closing . Sincerely, MaJor, USAF Chief, C1 r...l :B.-1"'Sllcil Ccmmunity Relstion s Division Oi'fice of I:li'O!":Dal;ion f?'lf)GRT CIU.?:'.A.IJ 1-PPROYAI. SJCHTl:l:; Or LJ:iiO~HT\(1!:0 PH:im~E;!:l OllEST!O:II.\!R!: .v:o;,::.'? T:-J.S QUE::iTIONNA!RE HAS 8EEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CA:-; GIVE T!W tJ. S 1\IR FO!<CE .-\S MilCH INFOR.\1ATIO!'l ' AS POSSIBLE COJ-.CERNING THE tJN!OENTlFIED PHEKOME';0:-1 THAT YOU lAVE CJBSERVFJJ. PLEASE T RY TO A;-iSWER ALL) OF THE QUESTIONS. T!!E WFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL HE USEO FOR RESEA!<CH PURPOSES I YOUR NAME WlLJ,. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTI0:--1 \\1TH t\:"iY OF YOUR ~T ATE:,JENTS OR CONCLIJ.;!QNS WITHOUT YOlJf< PERM!SS!dN. RETURN T O AIR FORCE BASE. I'I'VEST!GATOR FOR FORWARDI;>;G TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- p ,\ fTERSON AFB, OH I 0 45433, I AW AFR 80-i7. (IF ADD/ TiONA L 51-IEETS ARE tVEEVI::D FUR NA Rl?A 1'1 V OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECURliL Y TO THIS FOR.\1 OR ANNOTATE WITH i'OUR f\'AME FO!< !DEN /'/FICA 'tiO!\') 1. WrlEN OlD VOU SEE THE PHENOMENON' 2 'IIHAT TIME 010 YOU 1-"IRST SIGHT THE PHE~IO~ENON' 3. WHAT TIME 010 Y O U LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENO~P Cl DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 STANDARD ~. TIME' lONE 0 CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAI~I 0 PACIFIC rJ OTHER 5 \~HERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENO\IE ON' IF IN CITY (;lVE T H E NE,\REST ~TREET AlJOI'<ESS AND H lDICATE ON A H,\ND D R AWN MAP VIHEP.E YOU WE:RE STP.tiOIHG WITH P.EFEP,ENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE SOUNTRY , IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OP. NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A Ot.;T ANCE ANO DIRECTION FROM SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LANDMAR K . S. IM,\GIN E YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE So<ETCH, PLACE AN. A " ON THE CURVED Llr-;E TO SHIJW HOW HIGH THE PHENOMEN O N WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON, OR SKYLINE. W"'EN F IRST SEEN . PLACE A 3" ON THE SAME CURVE D LIN E TO SHO.V H O W H IGH ABOVe THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENO N 'lOS 'HHE'I LAST SEEN. 6A. IIOW IM>'GI IE: YOU A RF. AT TH!! CE~ITER OF ThE COMPASS RO$E. P!..foCC: AN "A 0:1 rHE COMP;.:;s ro I'IOICATE rH<: 7. IN T.ME Sl<~TCH BELOW, PLACE AN " A AT THE: ?O:iiTION OF THi:. PHc:.'IOM~ION J'/rlEN FIPST SEEN. ANO A a AT THE POSI rtON OF THE PHEN O M ENON WHEN L AST SEEN. CONtl!oCT rHE ,>, AND s WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEM::N T OF THE PHEN0'4ENON B!::TWE!;:'I .t. ;..'10 a . THAT IS, 5C~IF.l.IATICALLV SHQ','I W!JETHER THE MOVEME'IT APPE A R .. O TO DE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR !IC-ZAG. rtEFER TO ~'-lo\LLEP SKETCH ">'iAN EX;..M?LE OF H OW TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. ' [ / PAC.': 2 OF '1 PAGES WH C:RO:: Yl:=:rt:: Y OU WHEN YOU S/\'H THE Pt-<S:NOME~.ON? (Citr:c:k u.p,HOpi<"ll! blork:;.) liN 51/-.ESS <;Z::CTION CF~ITY 9l/ILOING IN P.ESIOENTIAL SECTIO'I OF C I T Y 0 A S DRIVER 0 A5 P ASSENGEi'l IN OPEN COUN TP.Y:liO!:: N E A R AIRFIELD IN Ali'l'~LANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYING O VER C ITY FL YINC OVC:R OPE~I COUNTRY I F' YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPL ET THE FOLLOWING: H,\T DIRECTION FAST WE RC: YOU M OVING/ SOUTH WEST 010 YOU STOP ANY'rJME 'IIHILE 08!;ERVIN G PHENOI~ENONl NOI-1THEAST 1 E XPLAIN '.o/H"'THER SUCH MOVE M ENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6 OC'SCRIS<: TYPE OF VEH ICLE Y O U WERE l~l A>l O TYOE OF ROAD, T:::RRAIN OR BODY O F WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURIN(; THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONV!::RTISLE TOP WERE UP O R OO'r'IN. ~UC~ CTH:::R TRAFFIC WAS nIERE? j OlD Y O U IIOTit:E ANY AIR?LANES QYES 0 NO. IF " YES. OESCFII8E WH!::N THEY WERE IN 51GHT REI.ATIV::: TO THC:: TIME OF SoGHTING TrlE PHENOME~ION ANO WHER:!:: THEY WCRg IN THE SKY i'!E:Lf,TIVE T O THE POSITION OF THE PHE N OMENON. HO'r L ON G WAS THE PH!ONOMENON IN SIGHT? LENGT'1 0~" CER> AIN O F TIMC:: NOT VERY SURE F~IRLY C ERTAIN JUST A GUESS i no:v w.o.s TIME O!::TER1,41NED1 r 1-"S THE H E'IOMENON IN SIGH T CONTINIJOUSLY' Gf YES lJ NO. IF 'NO." INDICATE WHC::THEi'! THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEME:'-IT OR THE:: e:::HAVIOR OF T H E PHEN0'4::NOti, AND O:O:SCRISE SU.:H MOVEI~EN T OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE O ISAP- PE..\RA'li.:ES 0~1 PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PACE 3 OF 9 P AGES CON01T10N5 (Cherk u ; propri a e block $ . ) J .J.. SKY [ I T',VILICHT r .j r11GHT F O G O R 1ST CII'IRUS CLOU03 f/!i~,.lo (l-:r:cv J I llcrril'll" H EAVY RAH~ LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE ' I CLI::AR NIMBUS CLOUDS ( R ain) ;:>,\RTLY CLOUDY CU~''Jo_)NI'-19U:i C LOUDS <;NOH OR SL'::E f C0\1?1-ETeLY OV!::RCAST '"I" :unJ~rstorm~) lltlKNOWN ,C. 1F THE SIGHTI~G WA S AT T t~ ICi'-tT OP. NIGHT, '/!HAT DID YOU NOTICE A a OUT THE STARS AND I.IOQ~P '\ i-c I MOON WITH HALO . UNK~IOWN 0. IF S IGHTING WAS 1N OAYLI.:>HT. W,\$ THE SUN VIS1BL~1 0 YES 0110. IF "YES," WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED THE PH~NOMENON I It! F:10NT OF YOU TO YO'JR P IGHT ./ERHEAO ( .'io:cr r.non) 1: 1 SACK O F Y0 70 YOUR L EFT ~r>cCIFY THE MAJO~ SOURCE O F ILLUI-!INATION P:;::SE:N T DIJ~ING THE S1CHTING. SUCH AS TI-1E SUN, f'EADLIGHTS OR S7F!c:.::r !.AM'"', E rc. FO<t TE::lRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO L IG'"IT SOUPCE . 1:! C.01Vl! A uRIEF O:::SCRIPriON OF THE PHEN~MENON, lN:l!CATING WHETHER I T APPEAR!::D DARK OR LIGHT, WriETHER I T Rt:;:LECTE D LICHT O P ~AS SELFLU'\oii'IOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. OESCRISE YO:.Jf'l 1'>1P i1 ESSION O F WHETHER IT WA3 SOLID OR TRA'ISPARZ N T , WHE THER EOCE.S WERE SHARP OR FUZlY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR ltJDICATE IF lT API"E..\RC::n AS A ?OINT OF LIGHT. INDICATe CO~PARISONS WIT H OTHeR O.B RVED OBJ ECTS, LIKE STARS, A L IGHT OR PAGE 1t 0'= q PAG E S .:o UP At~'l flJ, /WAY 1 " c._c'JC. T~::.E, OR 9UILO.NG .;T A tiY TII.IS' P;,Gt. S OF 9 PAGES I> a;.:,w :> ?ICTtiRE TH"\i 'HILL SHO.V THS i:'-'A?r OF 1 H E PHE~<?'.I"';':'I tNCLl.Ol:: ~l'1 l. AU~'"' ANY DETAILS T HAT JJIGW> 1'5. 'IHA T WAS TH!:: ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH'~'-FRONT OF A KNOWN OSJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LA.:e 0? T'-Hi: MOON. NOT E HvW MU Cri O F TH:::: 09JECT IS COVER!:::> 9"' THE HEA D o::-THE MATCH. N O'If I F YOU H A D B~Etl A"lLE iO PE'lrO"lM THIS EXPZPIME'IT A T TI-E TI~A:O OF' THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTIO N OF THE PH:::'II)'AE:~IO~I IIOULO HAVE 9EEN COVZ;<C:::D 3 Y THE MATCH HEAD. PAGE 6 OF~ ?AG=:S