1. DATE T l ..t:; GROUP 3. SOIIRCE 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS P ,~OJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Iova City, Io'lta 10. CONCLUSION EOssible (AIRCRAFT) 5. LENGiH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS l N!nute, 40 Second 6. T'f?E OF 08SERVATION The observer si~ted a bright white l ight th~t traveled th~ ~s~ and was vi~ible tor just under 2 minutea. Ground-Vi 3usl 7 . COURSE ':J. PHYSICAL =IIIDENCE PAG E 9 OF 9 PACES liUBJI:CT: D EPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEAOQUARTEilS FOREI G N TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AFSC I WRIGHT - P ATTERSON AIR FORCE B A S E OHIO 4!S433 ty, I o wa . I r::ur nnme has been c;iven to the Aerial Phenomen a Office (Project c.:..'..le Book) as being e. \:i t ness to an unidentified flying ob,jcct. , I:~ you ....-e r e a v i tness to nn UFO sighting on 28 .. Tuly 1968 . culd you please co.T.plete the a tt1-1ched AF Form 117 ana return it in the envelope provided. I f you v:ere n o t a 'd t ness to this s i ghting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the tuehed form. The information \thich you provide_ will be used i n en1u::1ting thi s observation . Tha n k you for your assistance in this !-"3CTOR QUINT/I.NILlJ.., J:r, Lt Colone l , USAF C ef, ~erial Phcno~e~n Office Aerosp ace Technologies Di v i s ion ? ction Director e AF Form 117 w/envelope R EPL.Y TO TD?'I' ( UFO ) DEPARTME N T OF THE AIR F O RCE HEADQUARTER S FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION I AFSC I RIGHT. P ATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 4!5433 UF: 'J:::>servation J....:>'.ta City, I owa 5224o r.~:erence your recen~ unidentified flying object sighting which :;:::._ reported to the Air Force. The information which we have r r : eived is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request ~-complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- a ressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to t:1e Air Force. EZCTOR ~UINTANILh~, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Cnief, Aerial Pheno~ena Office Aerospace Technologie s Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope Pro jec-. ::lue Book Wrig~t -3~terson Air Force Base Da!tc::. Jhi o IO\Ta City, Imia ;:ea~e send me an official U. s. Air Force UFO form since I Hish -:.o report an unusual sighting made ove r I mra City tonight by mys ~lf and several \'fi tnesses. Vfhile the object may not have een a U~, it d i d not demonstrate any characteristic behavior of cor:;9ntional aircraft \ihicn are quite common ove r Iowa City. me y;ars a.go as an undergr~duat e student a.t the University of Im'fa, : took a course in De s criptive Astronomy. The object that '.-i~S seen toni e:ht represented no astronomic~tl phenomenon cf a familiar pattern . Immediately o.fter the sighting , I nade so~e rouE:h notes describing angle of flight pat h , time o f si[.:"'t.:.ng o.nd direction th~t object moved. Pleare send the form to my address indicated below: I '..rill be g lad to ansvter any question t o the best of my abili t : ':'DP!R/Lt Col Smith Request surface observations for-Iowa City, Iol,{a, 28 July 1968, 2.:!..00 hours and 2200 hours, Lt Col ~ntani11a SURFACE O:lS:<:':lVA.TJON DATA S!EST Covington, Indiana - November 18 , 1967 Pottstc;:;n, Pennsylvania -.July 28, 1968 Atl.gUSt 10, :-tis tory :ii'ils: s SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHEHOMEN~ QUESTIONNAIRE DUDGeT DURF.AU AP~ROYAL NUMBER 2 I R258 TillS QUESTIQ:-;1';;\IRE HAS nl':F.N pl~EPAREO SO Til AT YOU CAN GIVE TilE U. S. AIR FORCE A S MIJC JI INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING T ilE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOI\1ENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSEI~VF.D. PI,EASE TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUESTIONS. THE 11\:f"ORMATION YOU GIVE WILL UE USED FOI~ IH:SEAI~Cil PUI~POSES YOUR NMIE \11!..1 NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITII ANY OF YOUR STATEMEN T S OR CONCLUSIONS WITIIOUT YOUR PEP:-.II~S:d~'i. HETUI~N TO AIR FOHCE Hi\SF. INVESTIGATOr~ FOI~ FORWARDING T O FTD (TOETI~). WI<IC;IIT- p ATTER30" A?3, OH 10 45433, I AW AFR 80-i7. (IF ADD/ TIONA I. SNEF:TS ARI: NEEDF:V FOR NARI?A TIVF. OR SK F:TC 1/F:S A TTA Cii ;;-r..-: :; .=-L Y TO TN IS FOI?M OF? ANNOTA TF. lVI TII YOU!? NAM F. FOJ? IDF:NTI fo'IC A T/ON .) I WHEN ::n:: ..,-_ SEF THE PHE NOMENON' 2 . WH.O.T T;~! ::: :YOU FIRST SIGHT THE HENOM E N O N > Cf 2.(' HOUR . / MINUTES 3 . WHAT Tl'-1:0 :'\1:) YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? HOUR MINUTES 4 . TI~E :::->':; DAYLIGHT SAVI NGS STAN D'\RD 0 EASTER' CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN [1 PACIFI C [1 OTHER 5 WHERE liE"'! YOU WHE N YOU SAW TH<: ?HEN OMEN O N ? IF I N CITY. G IVE THE N E AREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A HAND c:;o:;.1. VN MAP WHERE YOU WE?<::: STANDING Wl'rH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE t;:OUNT RY. IDENTIFY THE HI AND TR 'iO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. 6 IMAC'lE vcu ARE AT THE POINT SHOHN I N THE ACE AN " A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHE"iO\lE'O'l WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE . WHEN F IRST SEEN. PLACE A S' O N THE SAM E CURVED LINE TO suo;v H.:ll< "''C.H ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMEN O N WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. OBSERVER ------~ 6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU A R E ATTt~E CENTE H O F T H E COMPASS ROMo. PLACE AN - A O N THE COMPASS T O I N D I CATE THE DIRECTION TO THE P H ENOMENON WHEN F IRST SEEN. PLAC E A "!:l" ON T~IE COMPASS TO I N D I CATE THE D IRECTIO N T O T~IE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SF..E N . 7 . .': Trl:: St<ZTC~ 9ELOW. PLAC E AN "A" -..;= ?03! T I.O N OF T H E PHEN O M E N O N WHEN F I RST SEEN. AND A " B " AT THE POSI T I O N OF THE PHE N011.!:::NON WHEN LAS i SEE N . C ONNECT THE ;.. AND " B " WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVC:MDIT ':Jr THE PHENOMENON B E TWE::.'I "A" A N D "B" . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER T~IE MOVEM ENT A"'PE ARE:O T O 3E: STRAIGHT, C URVED Oi'> '!C,.7.A C . REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMP L E OF HOW TO C O MPLETE THE LARGER S<:i;TCH. PAG E 2 OF 9 PAG E S WHERE WERE YOU WHEt-1 YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? "l'l""l''ittlt bloJt:ks. ) IN BUSI N ESS SECTIO N OF CITY IN BUILDING IN RESIDEN TIAL SECTI O N O F C ITY IN CAR 0 A S DRIVER 0 PASSENGER OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR AIRFIELD AI~"'L.\NE 0 A S PILOT 0 A S P ASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY F LYING OVER OPEN A V EHICLE. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: w-.;-QtRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MO.VING? DID YOU STOP ANYTI M E WHILE OBSERVIN G THE P H E N O M E N O N ? I 1'.0-HWEST SOUTHWEST [J YES [ - j NO EXPLAi' .v:-i~THER SUCH MOVEM E N T AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITE MSS AND6. DESCRiS':. IYP E OF V EHIC L E YOU WEKE IN AND TYP E OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATE R YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIC-'T:NG. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTiBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN . HOW MUC-1 OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' DID YOU '-~OTICE ANY AIRPLANES? QY ES 0 NO. I F "YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT REL /,TIVE TO THE TIME OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN T H E SKY RELATiVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. 9 . HOW LON G WAS THE PHEN O MENON IN S IGHT? CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS l ~0"1 w-.s T I ME O!::TERMINE0 ...-;s 11--:. "h::NOMENON IN SIGHT CO~ITINUOUSLY? f1.J YES 0 NO. IF "NO," INDICATE WHETHER THIS I S DUE TO YOUR "~ J:.'-E'<-OK THE BEHAVIOR OF T " E PI-'!::NOM E N O , AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR B EHAVIOR. I NDICATE DISAP. P:::.>.RA,.,~::;s ON PREVIOUS SKETCYES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 10 . I F THERE WER~ MORE THAN O N E P H E N O M E N ON, HOW MANY WERE THERE DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW H O W THEY WE R E ARRANGED. DID THI S A RRANGEM E N T CHAN G E DURING THE SIGHTING .,"< NIGHT CONDITIONS (Chec k oppropriut c blocks.) 6. WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (/,ow fl uffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS (1/i(!h fleecy or I/ erring- X CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) FOG OR MIST H EAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZL E S N O W OR SLEET PARTLY :::'..::lUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (Thund.:rstorms) COMPLF.7;::_y OVERCAST UNKNO WN C. IF THE S I G H - NG WAS A T TWILIGHT OR N!(;'-;, WHA T D I D YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON> II' STARS I 21 X a~IGHT MOONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT X A ;:e:w MOON WITH HALO U N K N O WN : :.'. I:: 3 1G '-iTI'iG WAS IN DAYLIG~IT, WAS THE SUI'; V!S18LE1 0 YES 0 NO. IF " YES," WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED - u;: onEN0""'NON? IN rRON7 O F YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Newnoon} IN BACK OF YOU T O YOUR LEFT :2:C I ."'Y T H!:: MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUl..\INA710N PRESEN T DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, H E ADLIGHT S OR STRE'::T LAI-4::>, ETC. FOR TERRESTRiAL IL -UMINAT ION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE . PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES D I D T H E PHE N O M E N O N YI!S N O UNI(NO '"H MOVE I N A ST~AIGHT LINE' STAN D STILL -"T ANY T I M E > SUDDENLY Sr>EED UP AND RUN A WAY> ~ BRE-'K :;P ~;:>ARTS AND EXPLODE' X CHANCE :~-OR' )( CH~'~Ci=. "'lvr1TNESS7 X FLAS..; , .. FLI CKER? X OISAP""' - "' AND R EAPPEAR? _X. M~KE,.. OISEl X FLUTT "~OR WO BBLE? .:X.. 9 . ::::: -'':: "-::'IC M!;N O N MOVEs:::-'l:::l OR I N F R O N T OF SO"'ETHING, LIKE A CLOU D , TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME> PAC E 5 OF 9 PACES 15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHEN O M C:NON. INCLUDE: AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAV E APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTrlUSIONS, AND INDICATE E.<HAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARRO W THE DIRECTION THE PHENOM E N O N WAS MOVING. i 16. ',U-\7 WA":> -_._:: .:.'l;:;ULAR SIZE' H.:.;L.:: A ..jATCH A T ARM'S LEtlGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH A S A STREE'r j LA4"' 0'< -<...;:: '-'~C'l. NOTE HO'.V 1-lU:::-, ')F THE O BJECT I S CCVEPED BY THE HEA D OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD ! s=.EN A:;_;:-::> = "ORM THIS EX?E"' 1-!EI'--AT THE TIME o.:-THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES AFR R0-17(CI) 17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODE L , TYPE, FILTER, LENS PReSCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. /' EYEGLASSE~ CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WJND~t'\I'::L:> TELESCOPE SID'::~ ~:::;. ::JF VEHICL E THEODOLIT E DC"'"-"Z OTHER A . DO YOU '1<::J'iA R ILY WEAR ?_LASSES ~YES [ j NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES --[ j YE~ NO - 18 'IIH A T '11-.:: "0:JR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED-:JOF TH~ + 19 . WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRE SSION OF THE DJSTANCE_OF THE + PH:;:'l:'-'!:.'-:)'1' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED .7CJ{/ b 1Prf. P H E N O MENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANC E ,.< ~<.'U ZO. I N O'i";E: --;AT WE MAY OE:ITAIN AS C LEAR A P ICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE 1N YOUR OWN WORD:. A Ci)l"'"''--" ::>3JECT O R OBJECT S WHIC'i, WHEN PLACED II~ THE SKY, SI MILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHE NOMENON WOULO :~F-1 SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARI'rlES AND DIFFERE NCES B ETWE E N THE CO"'MCN 03JECT AND WHAT YOU SAW . 2 1. ul:. YCJ -..:,;f'lcE ANY ODOR,J~ISE. OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THe PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, .:.'ii M.;LS CR ~ACrllNERY IN THZ V I C I N ITY> 0 YES ~NO. IF "YES," DESCRIBE. :;;,_ =- '"'~.t=..,.:.N ::JSTURB TrE c;::;.:L.S'J OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 22. ~lAVE YOU EVER SEEN THI S OR A SIMILAR PHEN O M E N O N BEFORE > 0 YES ~NO. I F "YE~ ... GIVE DATE AND 23. WAS ANYO~E: W ITH YOU A T THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHE N O M E N O N ? ~Y ES 0 NO. I F " YEs, DID T H E Y ~EE I T TOO> ~YES C) t-0. A. LIST TH:::I>l LAST NAME. OORE5S (:itr .L Ckt/A C ' l Tt W:~} -P.CCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY 8E PERTINENT. 25. WI"! EN AND-:;,.-..;"' 010 YOU RE?O~T THAT YOU HAD S I GHTED TH'IS PHENOMENON> :!6. 0A7E YOu :::::l-=>_:;:-D THIS Q UESTIONNAIRE . PAG E 8 OF 9 PAGES