Woodridge Newyork — July 1968

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Keywords: passe, whethe, uljiloi, orivf, qvingi, norith, 01theast, ztches, dorin, scri9e, flengt, whethem, foiiem, ilcrrin, aa_i_n, ifilicht, dhil7, lpa9us, vi318le7, hzadlights, tnatioi, specirv, joisa, rfappe, griting
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I. DATE TIME \3ROUP 1. NU~BER OF OBJECTS !>. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TY?E OF OBSERVATION ~round visual nni-' t o w-uw Y. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE p;~QJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION SATELLIT~ (ECHO II) See letter to observer, 19 Aug 68. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The observer sighted a bright star-like object. The light ~as first observed in t he Nrfi~, it gained in angular elevation and disappeared at about 75 deg elevatio~ i n the wn . f TD S c P 6 3 0-329 (TOE} p,..vlou cl.ltlon ol t.'\h torm ""'>' b. u ud , 1~1 UlJILOI'~G i n "" 0 AS ORIVF.l'l 0 ,\S PASSE'NGE"-' IN OPEN C?UNTR'f!;!'JE I N BOAT NEAR AIRFieLD IN AIRPLAN E 0 AS PILO T 0 AS PASSE':NGER F:..YING OVC:::R CITY O'(r!C:R FLYING OV~R OPC:N COUNTRY WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MO'II NG I HOW FAST WE~t: YOU 1-!QVINGI NOriTH EAST ' f>H!::NOM:':NON 7 01THEAST SOUTHEAST ~ NORTHWEST SOUTHW~ST 0 Y~S 0 NO E;t?LAIN ~IH:=:"rHER SUCH 1-IOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SK!ZTCHES IN ITEMS SAND 6 . ' O'::SCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLC: YOU WERE I " ANu T YPE O F ROAD, TERRAIN O R BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING TH<:: SIGHTING. STATE WHETHE R Wli'IDO~S QR CONV!::RT19 L E TOP WERE UP OR DOriN. 1 HOW MUC'-! :>THErt TRAFFIC WAS THERE > Ol!:l YOlJ NOT ICC:: ANY AIR PLANES? 0 YES 0 NO. I F "YEs. D~SCRI9E 'II H:ON THEY WERE IN S IGHT RELA'T'IV E TO T H E T l;\o!E OF SIGHTING THE PH ENO~:::NON ANO WHERE THEY WERE I N THE SX:Y n;;:LATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENO"':::~ ON. fLENGT H OF TI~E HOW LON G WA5 THE PHENOMENON I N SIGHT? V CERTA I N OF "riMe NOT VERY SURE F.>.IRLY C!::RTAI N JUS"r A G UESS HOW WA S T I ).!E DETERMINED> 't'IAS TH:::: P H ENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? 8YES 0 NO. IF -No.~ I NDICATE WHETHEM THIS I S DUE TO YOU R l>fOIIEM.".NT OR THE 9EHAVIO R OF THE PHENOMENON. AND DESCRISE SUCH MOVE:ME!'IT OR B EHAVIOR. INDI C ATE OISA!'>- PEA"lANCE S O N PREVIOUS SKE'T'CHES. CUMULUS C LOUDS ( f. o,. / i !.JJ>) I - R MIST CIRRUS CLOUDS (l!i~oh f' ,r.v ar ilcrrin-1(--T -HEAVY AA_I_N _ T'IfiLICHT V' NIGHT liGHT R/,I N OR DHIL7.LE V CLE A R i'lPA9US CLOUDS (Rcir:) HAIL I r.:JART L Y CLOUDY CUMU ' ?NIMBUS CLO'JOS SNOW OR SL'!:ET d (1) STARS (2) MOO~I BRIGHT MOONLIGHT MOO N WI fH HALO 1.\00N HIDDEN BY CLOUCS NO I.IOO'ILIG'41" ./ U N KNOWN PARTIAL (New o r qt~rt,tl D . I F SIGrl riNG WAS IN DAYLIGrlT. WAS THE SUN VI318LE7 0 YES TH::: PHE~IO).IENON? w tlO. IF "YES, '.tH:-:1:;: WAS ";"rlE SUN A S YOU FACED j lN 01\CK O F YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNO WN E. SPECIFY TH<:: MAJOR SOURCe O F ILLUMINAT ION PRC:SE:NT DURING Th SIGHT I NG, SUCH AS THE SUN, HZADLIGHTS OR :n-REET LAM?, ETC. FOR n::RIH:STRIAL ILLU~tNATIOI'J , SPECirV ;)ISTANCE TO '-IGHT SOURCE. :iiVE A ei ?IEF DC:SCRIPTION OF THE PHE~IO~ENON, INDICATING 1'1!-'ETHER IT A P P E AREO DARK OR LIGHT, WHE T'ic:.R I T REFLECT ':0 LIGHT O R W,>\S SELF-LUM INOU S AND WHAT COLORS YOU tlO TICED. DESCRIBE YOUR 'MPRESSIO~l oc-"'HETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TR>.NS?ARENT, WHETHE::R "OGES W~RE SHARP Ort FUZ:Y. OESCRI9:: THE SHAr>E OR 1/>IDICAT:: I F IT A?P E A RC:D AS A POINT OF LIOHT. INDICA re: COMPARISONS WITH OTHC:r:t OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LICHT OR OTH"R 03JECT IN YOUR F IELD OF VIEW. 1f wAS NII/HTI!klc . ffT 'Tl-fffl T l +rt. . 5tLF-LUr-? ltvJ 0 S, jOISA??I::t'R ANC' RFAPPe:Ak -t- 14 WH \T OR!::N YOUR A T T ENTI:)N TO TnE PHENOI~:ON)N' v t-v: f 51-I eD 0 TH!; P;-;:=;lO\IENO'I MOVE: 9EI-IH~D OP 1'1 FR':J~. r OF SO~!':THING. LIKE A CLOUD, T"'EE. 0"! BUILO!NC o\T ANV TI~E' , ~ 1:i. 011\'1 1\ .-ICTU"lF TH'\( WILl. SriO'V TI-l:::: S"l'PE o-,HE: PHEi.li')A-iO'I II'IC. 6 . HHAT w.;:, TH~ ANGULA"! SIZE> HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LE:NGTH 1'1 rRON T OF A KNCWN 09JECT. SUCH AS A STRi"ET LAM"' CP THE MOON. NOTE 'r'O'H MUCH OF TrlE OdJC:CT IS COVER!::> B Y THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD ::IZEH AGU:: TO PERFOi'tl-4 THI S EXPEi'li'-<E~lT AT THE TIM E OF THE: S GriTING, ESTI/.I,..TE -NHAT Fi'tACTION OF THE ?HE'O~:::SON .VOULO HA.VE SEEN COVEi'tcoO SY THE MATCH HEAO. ~L-CC)Dc!V PAGE 6 Of= 9 PAGCS 13 IIHA~ <~ ~; youn ltL't>;::.slv'l oF r ... ::: s;::.-c:n o-: -.-t;: I'~ w .. A r WAS YOUR IMPRE'SSIO ~Of THE OISTAII':t: oF T~IE I--P~tt::v"'""N_:''' ' GIVE C::'3TIY.ATE o;. :;o~::c:. 2Lu 1/\j t-?Ht=.NO~E NON? CIVF: !::$11'-IATE OF DISfr\IICC: f,'3~-- 2J IN.)"! -THAT WE MAY OBTAIN .>.S CLS.!.~" PICTURE: t~S PO<; IOI.E OF 'riHA T YOU SAW, Ot.SCRIOE IN YOUR OW'I #ORCS A C.)M"40N 08J.rT oq O:JJECTS Hf-I':H. lt"iEI'l PLA(;!::O I'< T Ht. 5:\Y, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU llOTE'O THE rHENOM E NON, WOIJLO 9F.AR SOMC: HES""'~BL .... IICE TO n~A7 YOJ SAW OESCRit1E SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES JETWtEN T H E COW-I'i'l vlJf~CT AND WH \T YOU SA 'II. THG" Ot)~'\'cCT c :(CEPT /1-tl\T F L.OiJ 1\E s ( t..-/lJT 010 YOU NOTICE ANY OoJOR. NOI:iC:, CR H::Ai :;:MANATINO f"RO'~ THE PHO::NOMENON OR "-NY EF="FECT ON YOURSELF, .aNI~-'LS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINIT"' 0 YES u~IO. IF 'YES,' OESCRI8C::. 22. ~ 'l:i. Y01J EVErt SE-"~ "rHt S 0~ A 51\li!.AR PH!::'IO:Ioi:!NON U.<:!'"O~f.:' 0 Y '::'> Q t iO. IF yes.~ GIV.! OAYE A!o!O :!3. './\.; ANYONE WITH YOU AT TilE T IM!:: YOU ':.Alii HI'Z PHENO:IONO;>.~? GJ Yt::S 0 NO. I f-ys. 010 THEY$!;!!: I T TOO? 1\. LIST TH'::IR NAM.?:S AND ,\OORESS'.::S GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFO~MATION A BOUT YOURS'2:L F AST NAME, FIRST NAME , I>IIDOL E NAME 2J. WHEM AND ro \'IHOM 010 YOU R EPORT THJt,T YOU HAO SIGHTED THIS ?HENOM?::NON? vt.;f j:" CJ- ::~. DAlE YOU C0.'1PLC::TEO THIS QUESTIOHNAI~E. WMfAI'F::t+~M' I P ACE 8 OF!) PAGE:S fVt:r=:~:, rtCftv';tr.1!,(2, us"G r1 y !VnM E TO Tt-IE S.t6-H T/ ,v0-. PAGE 9 OF J f.'AGES f O't'S! bur c ntatc.H't R ur Ct ' C<"r. Crc~k. II r.: l " e C~" r~lll ~U!'liEn'l hearDy plc.e: or ins;rcss arees kt~ 17 r. 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N vlll'-' '' u l ~h '!~Pl' (UFO) Lt Co l Cuim:anilla/70916/:nhs/16 Ail; 6.3 UFO Observation) 7 July 1560 1 . Reference your unidentified observation o 7 July 1968, which JOU reported to the Secre tary of the Air Force, Ofi'ice of Info:::-mation, i n