1. DATE -TIME GROUP lJul or Aug 1968 ~ ime is conflictin 3 . SO\JRCE PROJ2CT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION lO. CONCLUSION OTHER: CONFLICTING DATA c ivi_l_i_a_n --------------~A AF For~ 117 was sent ~o the observer, the date o f the observa- 4 . NUMBER OF OBJECTS tion as given on the form was listed as 8 Aug 68. Again it was o f a moving star-like obj. The sighting (or si tings) eppea 5 . LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANAL YSIS a nd time of the sighting the case is s e e case being carried as CONFLICTING DATA. 6 . T Y P E OF OBSERVATION The observe r reported t o .. the Duty Office r that on 8 July 1968 ~,t'ound v i s ua l , ~----------------------~he s igntec for approxima~e y turee minutHS a r1 t , moving, 7. COURSE star-like object. :.). PHOTOS 'J. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Pre v lou ediUon o f thh form cwy b .. u a ed, SIGHTIMS OF UNIOEhTIFIED PHEHOMENA QUESTIO.~NAIRE \' ""~''i!l F CO:\CEI'~l:"C's TIIE U:>:JDF',"IIFlF.D f'IH.-,:o,JI."-:11111 Tllr\T YOl HA\'F. Of1SER\'i':n. PI.I-:1\;,f:: TRY '''> .\'\;'\\i, \LI. OF TilE. (,)UESTIONS TIIF J'\;JOR:Ii\TIO:-< YOU CiiVE. WILL IJF USFD FO~ h!-:51-:Af<C II ,1 RPOSES YOI'H '\:\11: \\'ILl,. :"OT Of: USED IN co::,LC'TIO~ WIT II ,\NY c)F YOUH ~TATi'.\IF.:-;TS O R CO~CI.liS!()NS WITHOUT \'O' 1' J l<~IIS:-.id:>:. Rl TU!<:>: TO Am FORCF. Bi\SE 1:-IV~.S'I !C.,\TOf~ FOI~ FOR\\ARDI:-IG T0 !'TO (TDETf<). WI<J< .. ;!I'r 1'.\ r ,; < -..0:" AFn,fiHIQ-15 433,11\Y/ AFR80-17. (/r ADDfTfO.VAI. ~f/1-:f~TS AUF NJ;~[)~{) F()H NAHUAT/Vf~ OR Si\r:TCif~\ .I 1 1 'I WCl'RFI. l' Tn TllfS FORM OR A\ \'OTA Tr: II/TII YOI 'H I\' AMP. FOR lf)fo:t'l. Tl FiC A T/0,'\' ! 1 " 'IE' ~ IU YOU SEF. T l-<!': ;>HENOMENON' :' .'.d ,-_T Til '(' OICI YOU FI"ST !.>IGH r THE PHCN"'McHON> T IMO: 010 YOU LAS-SIGHT THE PHENOM ~NOIP ? / 7"c (. '/ il 1 1~'!:. : N E ~>\YLIGt!T 3AVINGS [ . , ::TANDARO 1 r::AsTF."lN ~ r:J MOUNT Alii n PACIFIC LJ C'lTHER 5 "HI R~ Wo.:.RE YOU 'HHF.N YOU SAW THE PH!:::I:)'-12:N0N' IF' I~ CITY, GIVE THE tiEAP.Ef..,. S TREET AOO'lE:OS ANO INOIC AT!"' 01 A H r: o oqAWN '.lAP 'II"'!::~E YOU WERE ST~N:::l'~G WIT H REF'f.R-NCE TO THE AOORESS. IF IN THE r:OUIITRY, IOEIITlrY T>iE HI<. I ,\o'Y YOU WERE 0"< '1R r!EAR AND T<>Y TO F'IX A QI<;TANCl. AND OIRECTIO:: FP J'A SO'~E RECOGIUZ AtiLE LI'NOMAR" e; 111.\GIN E YOU ARE ,\T THE P O INT SHO'.YN I " THE S KETCH, PI ACC AN " A ' ON THE CUPVEO L I1:E T O ~H:JH H O'N HIGH THE rHF'l:)\IENON WAS ASOV!:: THE HORIZON. OR So<YLlNE WHEN FIRS T !iEEN . PLACE A :;-ON THE SAME IURVEO LINE TO SHO., HvW ~liGH P.BOVE THE HOR IZON THE Pl-'ENOMENON WAS WHE N LAS T SEEN . OBSEP ,J;=,i> AY.'TI B0-17(Cl) II. CO~; 01 rtON:S (Cher.k t:ppropriat c blocks.) CLOUDS (/.nu1 flu}Jy) FOG OR MIST RRUS CLOUDS (fliP.h {lt!ccy o r II e rring- HEAVY RAIN LICHT RAIN NIM8US CLOUDS (Rt:in) HAIL CUMU~.ONJM8US CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST (T hurui er;;torms) H AZE OR St-COC NONE c . IF THE T'NILICHT OR NIGHT, WH A T DIO YOU NOTIC E A90UT THE STARS NONE SPIGHT 1-lOONLI GHT NO MOONLIGHT HALO U NKNOWN MIINY ~ICON HIDDEN PARTIAL ( ,'iew o r SI G HTING DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN WHERE WAS THE SUN AS Y O U FACED THE PHENOMENON? !N FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAO(Near noon) E. SPECI F Y THE MAJOR SOURCE ILLUMINATION i'>RE SE NT DURING THE: SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION. S<>ECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT GIV E A 8i'IIEF DESCRIPTION PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER I T AP?EARE O DARK OR LICHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSION OF WHETHER SOLID OR TRANSPAR E N T , WHETHER EDGES WERE SHAR? OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR I"' DIC ATE IF IT A?i'>EARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE CO~PARISONS WITH OTHER OSSERVED OSJECTS, LIK E STARS, OTHER 09JECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES I F YOU WER:::. I"-A. VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: "'HAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVIN":;' /:..;;.-:--j HOW FAST W!:RE YOU MOVI;'G? ---?hENOMENON NORTHE A S T SOUTHEA3- [JYES Ll "O NORTHWEST SOUTHW::: ;- EXPLAIN WHETHE R SUCH MOVEM ENT /,FFECTS .,.~JR SK!::TCHES I N ITF~IS S .l.ND 6 D!OSCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICL E YOU WERE 1~1 At: o TYPE OF ROA D T::.RRAIN OR 800Y OF WATER Y O U TRAVE"<SED DU"liN0 THE S IGHTING . STAT E WHETHER WI NDOWS i)~ CON'/!Oi'lTI S L E TOP WERE UF-OR 00.\'N. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? OlD YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? 0 YES OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WH!ORE C 1,), I F "YES, " DE:S":R18E: '111-'SN THEY WERE I N SIGHT RELATIVE ro THE Tll-1:::. --'!OY 'II E:RE I N THE S><Y RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PnENCMEr.tON HOW Lo-..:::; WA S THE PHENO'AENON IN SIGHT? LENGTH OF T IME ') ! CERTAIN OF TIME NOT V!::=!Y SURE HOW WAS TIME OETERMIN EO WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSL'. ,:_2/.. :OS L NO. 11" 'NO.' IND ICATE W'lETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOU:;> OVEMENT OR T H E BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENO'-I:!'JOM, AND DES::;"'I3E SUCH 'JOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. I NO'CATS :Jis.;o PEARANCES 0~1 PREVIOUS SKETCHES. IS. ',/HAT WAS T H.: A~IGULAR SIZE? HOLD;..~;.-;--::;:... A7 A=>r S L.ENGT H IN FRONT 0~" A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET ' ',!.!? 0~ THE MOON . ~IOTE HOW MUCH OF --;: OE,!!:i 15 COV::REO BY THE HEA O O F THE MATCH . NOW IF YOU HAO ,;-_:ON ~dLE TO PERFOi'<'-1 THiS EX?E?.IM::;7 ;.---:: - 1'-IE OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WH A T FRACTIOI' OF TloiO:: PM ..:W>'1E N-::lN WOU~O HAVE BEEN COVE~;::;) 3 f -~:: VATCH HEAD. PA<>E 6 OF 9 PAGt:..S D I D i"HE P H E N OMENO N STA'C' STILL A '( ANYTIME/ STRA'C.'i r Ll~l"'' SUOS!E~ILY SPEED U P AND RUN AWAY? B"lEAK UP I N PARTS AIIO EXPLODE' C HMIGE COL0fl7 GIVE O F F SMO KE1 CHAHGE BRIGHTNESS' CHANCE SHAPE? y FLASH OR F L I C KER! DISAPPEAR AND R!!APP::;AR? SPIN LIKE A TOP? ;< MAKE A N OISE? FLUTTER O R WOBBLE? 14. WHAT DREW Y OUR ATTENTIO N THE P H E N O M E NO:-l, A . HOW D I D IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? DIO THE PK.ENOM~NON MOVE SEHIND OR IN FRON T OF SO'-!ETHl NG, LIKE A C LOUD, T RC:C:. O R BUIL~IN G A T A N Y Tllo4E ? IF ~YES, DESCRIBE:. "YES. DID fi-IFY :~'-"~ .:r.;vDN E WITH You A,. THE TI"'E: You S4V THr: PHE N0'4E"-~ON' ~A. LI~T THFtR NAMES AN[) ADDRESSES G IVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIO N ABOUT YOU~SELF LAST HAME. F IRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME AO:)RE!iii (Screet, City. Sttllr. and Zip Code) TEL;:PHON E ('lrea c I NOtCA7E ADDITIONAL INFORMA ANY C::X?ERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINE NT. TH.C.T YOU HAC SI GHT CD T"'tS P.-i!=:N~MEilCN Zo Q,>.le. YOU CO/ooi?L!:':rC:v THIS QUESrtOr>.NAIRE. P AGC <1 OF 9 I CA'-'ERA VIE. .... CR ' 91NOCULARS !I( NOSt-!OLD I I Tl.LESCOPE ;;::;>,:: W"D.:J'II OF VEHICLE ! THEODOLITE ~e. ~ToHuE:sE ReADING GLASSES' ----c_:_v"~ 1'1 !'HAT WAS YOUR IMPRE:.S~ION OF THf DIS7ANCF 0"--jH" P.-tENOMEN O tP GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE. ... 1a I!H T 1!'1.5 YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE puE !) <...,ON ' G IVE ESfiMATC: OF SPEED "'"""? 2:> IN ORO;;"~ TMAT WE MAY OI:ITA I N AS CL"AR A PICTURE AS POSSISLC 0~ WHAT YOU SA'H. DESCRIElE IN t'OUP. OH N WORD' A C"'-1'-' 0 N (J!JJECT OR OBJECTS 'I.HICH. WHF.N PLACED IN rHE SKY. SIMILAR TO WH"FE Y O U NOrED THE PHENOMEtl()~l "'O'JLO iH".AR SOM E RESi::MBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRI:JE SI MILARITIES AND OIFFER E NCFS RE HEEN r H F COI.P~ON 09JECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. ::?1. DID YOU 'lOTICE ANY ODOR, t iOISE. OR HEAT EMANA~ F~OM THE P HENOM E N O N OR ANY EFFECT o. YOURSELF, ~'li~ALS 0~ MACHINERY I N THZ VICINITY' lJ YES . U N O I F "YES, " DESCR19E. ~ :;10 -;-,::. "'-::N O ,)ENON DIST I.JPS THE GqOUNO OR ~::All E A'lY Pf-<YSICAL EVIDENCE. C v;::s ;-) t-.:> , 1. o A h TIMe GROUP 2. LOCA TIO~l I J . :i0Uf~CE ~. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. L ENGTH OF OBSERVATION Three r:1inutes l6. T YPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual I 8 . PHOTOS ' 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION INSUF?IC1Z T DATA 1 1. BRIEF SUMJ.iARY AND ANALYSIS The obs::::-v~r sig.ht:.ed an o;al s'r,a.I1ed object 'that had a blt-r ;:e ring c: red liGhts the~ zrec~ li&~t:.s. Th~ objecL vas f lat on top ~nd seemed ~o be cmr.s:~7.3: T'::c observ~:-,.;as r-=::uest.c<.l to co:nole~e a 11 7 bt:.<:. the aC.d.r.,;ss a s given t0 ~:--.e C.;.:.~y officer was incorrec~. 'Ihe descri~tion is very s:~iia:-~o that o f ~he &e:ial advertise 'Who , .. a~ o.perating i n t::.e Da::-:.on area. Ho...rever TWi -cnot:.t a stater:.en t. by the observe:-, i:.~e sight. fug is oeing carried as Ins~:ic~ent Data. FTD SE? 6 3 0-3'29 (TOE) p,...vlc>1a odltlon o! thh f orm ""'Y boo ud. ">~SI-!.)-. OF 'rtiE PJ-<!::~0\.I:!NON wHE N L A ST S:!EN . CO~o"ECT n1 ~ ' A ' 11-oO a IYITH A L "'E T~ t,PP<lOXP-'ATS THE :.Pr>!':A<~O TO a=: STRAIGHT, CURV::CO OR :! IG - ZIIG. r"!E:FER TO S I..LER !i'<!::T C!-1 A S Al-t C:."A',; LE 0"' 'lOW TO CO'l?LET':: T'"'' L/o"l:i'::i'l SKETCH. DEPARTM::::N T Oi=' TH C: AIR F.ORCE fl'o0l'")I';V QIVIS UFO Obcervation .Uayton, Ohio Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which you reported to -.he Air Force. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scien~ific investigation. Request you complet e the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reportin g your onservation to the Air Force . riECTOR o,tUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Chief) Aerial Phenomena O~fice Aerospace Tecrillologies Division Production Directorate AF ~or~ 117 w/envelope