PROJECT 10073 RECORD 4 . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. L ENGTH OF OBSERVAT ION 4 5 tl. in u t e s 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G :.:ur..i-Visual 7. C OURSE e. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL E VIDENCE 2. LOCATION Hopewell Ju.."lction, New York 10. CONCLUSION INSUFFICIENT DATA Sighting not reported till December 1968. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY A ND ANALYSIS See Case Files FTD Sc? 63 C-329 {TDE) Prevlouoadlllono orthla formiDYb.u .. d. 2 7 . INFORMAT ION "'HICH Y O U FI:.EL I S PERTINENT OUT WHICH I S NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED I N THI S QUESTIONNAIRE, LTERNATIVELY ?ROVIOE A NAft.RATIVE E XPLANATION OF T H E SIGHTING. PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGE!; SAF- OICC/ttdss Turnure/76526/Dec. 17, 1968 This repli e3 t o your letter of December 11, 1968, i n which you stat e that you have seen a n unidentified flyin~ object (UFO). Unfortunately, we hav e found that after 30 days, precise details t end t o become too v ague in the observer ' s mind to permit e useful scientifi c investi~ation. Should you evE:r sight another UFO, plear.e report i t as soorl as I=vssibl c to the nearest Air Force ba!3c. Each bas e in the United States hc.s a UFO invcstiz3tor, who i s in a bett er pocition to u.!l!<e a~ on-the-spot investigation. is u s ually results in a more accurate analys i s . On the other har.d, you mieht be able t o identify yo1~ sighti ng b:r loo!dnB at the cateecr ies of object!> often rc~ort~d as U70 ' s in ~Dterial on thi3 s~ject t h3t we are inclos l n3. In addition, you r.ie;ht wish t o ortler for 20 a leaf let entitled. Ai1s to Identific;t tlon of Flying Objects fro~ the Sup~rintcndcnt o f Docurr.ents , Governcent Print.ing Of.r'ice, Hashington, D. C. 20l~::e. Sincerely , J Al2S R. A!IG!AN }I.D.jor, U3AF Chi e f , Civil Branch Co~: ity Relations Di vi s i on ft'ice of Inforr:~ation ~oord Cy -SAF-OICC Cmbk Cy -SAF-OI C Activit y Cy -SAF- OI C Reader Cy - SAF-OI H. G. U. S .A.F . (? :ect Blue Book) Washington Gc::ntlemen : Wna t I am about to relate t o you may t o soma people sound like an attempt fo~ at tention, t beli eve me, to w~ it was as real as the p aper this l etter i s type.:! on,. Plea.se refer to the map I have attachedo It Vias on a night, not too l-1-te, in either late July or early Au ;list ilhen I rr.a:.e a sightinga It wasn ' t t oo d~:-k where sh~.pe.:1 couldn' t be ~e~n a8ainst t he sky. s s in6 a t oneof the highest point s in Ca~p Ki ndar -Ring, in Hope~ell J une .. , Poughk'=epsie, w~en while I ?!a5 looking through a g roup of tr-aes t hat formed a I s a;r .1'hat looked to me like ~ ''saucer" I heard no noise t hough I did see t .-o or hree lights o~ the area above t~e bot tom ridge. The color I felt '1as uni ortant t o t~e situati . After about one h~ur or less of hoverin~ in one position it just .Jee::ed to 7;.~:.3:1 f ro:n sight. It c.:.c.n t really zoon off into t he horizen, i t just see;:'!9d t o r.=l~ i~to t~e s~7. Everyone I ~;:d scoffed at me so I kept silent, until now ~hen -:.y High 5:?-.~::~ Class on t he subject.,as I have been .folloK"'i_n g .:;notograp~s o~ e7idence, except rr.y word,to pr- g g C?er the facts t o nyself,I ruled out s~aup gas as it i sn't a Ple;;.s e ~::-:.!:::5..ne '\"rhat I ::ave told you, and do Nhat ever you f eel n~cces3ary. SIGHTING OF UHIDEHTIFIED PHEHOHE~A QUESTIONHAIRE IIUDGF.T liU/Uf.AU APPROV;U. TillS QUt::STJO"'/:--1-\!RE HAS B EEN PREPARFD SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE TilE U.S All-: FOR\E AS MUCII INHJ!<.\IATI0:-1 AS p()SSIBLF Cl):-o;CC:R:"'I:-lC TilE U!\IDENTII-11-:n PIIL:.NO\t EN0:--1 TIIAT YOU IIAVE OH"Eh:VEIJ. PLEA!-.E TI~Y ' JY ) 1\KSWER 1\L L 0! T H E QUESTIONS. TilE INFO!<MATION YOU CilVE \\ILL HE U SFI> F O h! RF-; r . ARCII PUHPOSl.S YOU!~ NA'.\E v.:~-~OT B!!: U SED IN CONNECTJO :-l \\11'11 A N Y O F YOUR STATEM ENTS O R CONCLUSI O N S \H ntOIJT YOUR pJ::r~\1!..,!'. ', ~P.TURN TO A I R FOI~CE flt\~E I NVI:.!.;'J ICATOR FOf~ FOI~Wid<())N\. TO FTD (TDETl<), 'w't~IGIIT f'ATTEI~::>O:-\ }::-rJ."-i. -.<t5 433,11\WAFR8'J-i7. (ll AI)Jl/'/fO.'VIIf. S/1/<:FT .'i Al\1~ NI~FOF.l) 1-'01? NAIO?ATIVF OJ< SKWI'CIIl~S ATTACH c -t:L i' TO THIS FONM OR ANNOTATE IVI'f'IJ YOUR NAMF FON IIJJ:NTIFICATION) 2 WH t.T I~E C O U f-IRST SIGHT THE Pr.ON O M:.N OtP 3 WHAT Tl'-1!:::. ~YOU LAST SIGHT T~E ;E ~C"MENON'' HOUR---~?::'=:-.:.-M~UT cS==' =5=-== l_J A~ Zo:"oloo( [!;.'(DAYLIGHT !>AVINGS [ I STANDARD 5 . Wit ERC ""~"':. J WHEU YOU SAW THE Pr.:;'l~"'E N')N> I F I,_ CITY GIVE T HE: N E A n F S T S T REE:. T ADDRESS ANO INDICATE: 0~ A HA>j(l ~r> ;, 'AP WHERE YOU W EP.F s-.t.N01N C WIT H REFEHENCF TO THE A !JOR:.SS IF IN THE t;;OUIITR Y . IOEIITI'Y 1HE 'iiGH ,,,..y " 0--O::RE O N O R NEAR foND TRY -;o "IX A DISTI , NCE ANO D I R ECTION FROM SOME RECOCtiiZAOLE LMID'~A'l~ . 6 . I'!A~t-. 0" YOJ :.:.;;: AT THE POINT SHOW:. ', 7n0: SKETCH. PLACE .t.ll " A ON THE CUr{VED LINE T O SH O W I"'.>W H IGH THE PH!:::N:>-.lE"~'I .:.$ AOO V E THE HORIZOI-.. ::1=1 S<YLifiE WH E N f-I R S T SEF.N . Pl.ACC A 3 ON THE S t, t.I F CURVED LitlE T O St.~'"''""" rl~-.:.SOV E THE HORIZON-~;:: ?,.;::N~MENON WAS W H Et>. LAST SEEN . II.IJC (,1 6A. N O W IMAC.INF YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS 1!0.-F. PI 1\Ct. AN "A" O N THE C O MP A SS TO IIIOIC.ATI filE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON Wr~EN FIRST SF.EII. r>LAC I A "U" o~ Till. COMPA~S TO INOIC~>Tr THI:. OlfiECTIOII TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. "Tw:::. S-<ETC" 9ELOW, PLACE AN "A~ AT TH:: PO~ITIOtl OF fHF PHEN0ME110tl WHEN FIRST SEEN AND A " H " AT 1 HE POSfiOt l OF THE PHENOMENOtl WHE~I L AST SEEN. CONNECT THE'",\'' AND "B" WIT~I A LINE TO APPROXII~ATL T i!l: /o.'OVEMEN T 0" THE PHENOMENON OETi"EEN "A" AND "EJ". THAT l:i, SCHEMATICALLY SI-'OW WHETHER THE M O V E WI-.NT APPEAqEo 7 0 ?E STRAIGHT, CURVED OR !IG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLErt SKETC~I A S AN f:_XA1~ LE OF HOW TO COMPLFTE THi: LARv ER SO: ETCH . WHE R E W ERE YOU WHE N YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON > ( C/.,; r f.. upprfJprialt b lorks.) IN BUSI N CSS SECTION OF CITY IN BUILDING RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF C ITY 0 A S DRIVER 0 AS P ASSENGER IN OPEtl COU~ITRYSIDF. NEAR AIRFIELD AIPOL~),I=: 0 A S P ILOT [J A S PASSENGER FLYI N G OVCfl CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY A . IF YOU WERE IN A VEH ICLE. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING "'ECT I O N WE RE YOU MOVING' HOW F AST 1'/FRE YOU MOVING> SCJ , WEST D I D YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE PHENOMENON> N0"<71"f.AST SOUTHEAST t;OR f! io EST <"'::":'HER SUCH MOVE MENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEM S 5 AND 6 DESCR:SE T ' =>~OF VEHICLE Y O U IYEPE IN MID TYPE OF R OAD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGhT!,..(;, STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOwN . HOW MUCH Oi'I-'ER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' OlD YOU N OTICE ANY AIRPLANES1ffYES 0 NO. I F "YES," DESCRIBE WHEN THEY-WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE T O THE T I M E ~OF SIGI-'TING T H E P H E N OMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHSNOMENON. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT> LE~GTH Ci" T I'-'E CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY sunt:: FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS liA S T o'-1:0 DETE R MINED? f '*'AS":'!-' ;:: ""E'lOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINJOUSLY> ~YES IF "NO.' I~IDICAT E WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR M:>vEvZN7 0 " THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON. AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDIC ATE DISAP- PEAR AN::=:.; ~'l PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 10. IF THERE W!::RE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON. H OW MANY WE R E THERE> DRAW A P I CTURF. TO SHOW HOW T HEY WERE A RRANGED. D I D THIS ARRANGEM ENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING > CONOITIONS (Check npprupria1e blocks.) 8. WEATHER A. SKY / OAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (l.ow fluffy) FOG OR MIST / TWILIG'l ~ C IRRUS CLOUDS {lfip,h fltr.~y or 1/ crring-H EAVY RAIN NIGHT bone) l i G '-i T RAIN OR D R IZZLE \ / CLEA P NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) PART L 't :;_OUDY CIJMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLI::ET COMPL ~- ~ '-y OVERCAST (Thttrtclrrstorms) ~ C. IF T.HE Si;:>"'T ING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHA T DID YOU N OTICC ABOUT THE STARS A N D MOON > ../ Bf!IGHT MOONLIGHT OON WI T H HALO MOON H IDDEN B Y CLOUDS NO MOOIILIGHT I F S :j.-(TJN :l WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VIS I B LE? 0 YES 0 N O . PHE NOMENON? I F "YES, " WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED IN Ff'CONT :>F YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Ne ar MOn) f I N BACK OF YOU T O YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN C:. SPE:;::1;:-y TlH: MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING 1"H E SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN. H EADLIGHTS OR STREET LA!.~P, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION. SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE . 12. GIVE A.:;=,!.~ DESCRIPTION OF THE PHZNOME~ION, INDICATING WHETHE R IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT. WHETHER IT RE "'L :;::;-:::~ LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER l i .,..._;; SOL'.J OR TRANSPARENT, WHE:T HEP EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. D ESCRIBE THE SHAPE O R INDICATE IF IT A"'PcA?!:: ;.~A POINT OF LIGHT . I N O ICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECT S, LIKE STARS, A LICHT OR OH Ef; 03. :;:::T IN YOUR FIELD OF VIE. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES , 3 . O l D THE P HENOMENON UNK t i(.)WII M O V E IN A STRAIOHT LINE' r rti~\B STANO STILL ,!..T ANYT1ME' SUDDENLY SP:.:::> vo BREAK U>-' C HANGE CO-~'= FLASh.::.- "l!APPEAR l SPIN LIK!:: FLUTTF.P OR ,<~:JBSLE' YOUR ATTE N T I O N T O TH:O PHENOMENON? HOW DID I T FINALLY D I SAPPEAR> FRONT OF SOM ETHIN~. LIKE A CLOUD. TREE, OR OUILOWG A T ANY T I ME DESC<ttn=.. PAGE !; 0 F 9 PAC.ES ' IS. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW rHE SHAPE OF THE PHENOM E N O N . INCLUDE A N D LABEL A N Y DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARE D AS WINGS OR PROTRUS IONS, AND INDICATE E.<HAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARRO W THE CTION THE PHEN O M ENON WAS MOVING. 15. ~-'"'': ''IA3 TtiE ANGULA R SIZE? ,_,OL..O ~ lo'ATCH A T ARM' S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN 08JECT, SUCH AS A STRE E T Ll'.;""' ;:::> ~;..;<;: "iO ON. NOTE HOW lo'UC'i OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD O F THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD a:;:, : _.;: - o PERFORM THIS E XCIER l'-4ENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, EST I MATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE =>t-.~'--;; ~::-. lt'OULO HAVE BEEN C:.VE?EO BY THE MATCH H EAD. PAG E 6 OF 9 PAGES OlD YOU OBSERVE THE P H E NOfAE N O N T H R O U G H ANY O F THE FOLL OWING' INCLUDI:. I N FORMATION TYPE, FILTER, L E N S PRESCRIPTION OR O T H E R APPLICABLE CAMERA VIE WE R SUN ... LASSES BINOCULAflS Wl !'l;:l.Y' EL 0 T E LESCOPE I S i 0 E. "'I 'l 00 W 0 F VEHICLE THEODOLITE -tl YES -o--A . . -~;:.:NARILY WEAR GLASSES? DO Y O U USE R E A D ING GLASSES? ~S YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT 'HAS YOUR IMP RESSION O F THE D I S T A N C E OF TilE J GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED P H E N O M E N O N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF DI STANCEt.!tl.{L,i~:....W I N ~::::R THAT WE MAY OBTAI N ftS CLEAR A PICTURE A S POS!JI BLE O F WHAT Y O U SAW, D ESCRIBE I N YOU R OWN WORDS c:. "'C N OBJECT OR OBJECT S WHI CH, WHEN PLAC E D I N THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHE R E YOU N O TED THE PHEtlOME~ION . .... ')Ji.. .. a>EA R SOME RESEMBLANC E T O WHAT YOU SAW. DESCR IBE SI MILAR I T IES AND D I F F E R E NCES B E T WEEN T~IE CO'o\.~0'1 OBJECT AND WHAT YOU s;..w. -rQo .. ttL t..v-Lt~L p.tcz. t.Jl. d :1. ::;!:.> '1':.1 ._O TICE ANY ODOR. N ;:;!5!::. 0~ HE:AT E MANATINp FROM THE PHE N O M E N O N OR ANY EFFECT ON Y O URSELF, A-;)M.~:..s ::>R MACHINERY lt-l THE: VI::INITY? 0 YES (L1 N O . IF "YES, DESCRIBE . DISTl.'<EI - .,;: :i"<OUNO O R LEAVE ANY P H Y SICAL EVIDENCE. PAGE 7 O F 9 PAGES 22. HAVE YOU E V E R SEEN THIS OR A SI MILAR PHE~IOMENON B EFORE ! 0 Y E S LOCA T I O N . O. I F y E s . GIVE D A T E A H D 23. W AS ANYON E WITH Y O U A T THE T I M E YOU SAW THE PHE N O M E N O N ? QYES yEs, DID THE Y SEE IT T O O ? A . LIST 1-~!'" rl AMES AND ADDRESSE S 24. G IVE THE FOLLOWI N G I N FORMATION A BOUT YOURSELF A::>OITIONAL I NFORMATIO N INCLUl)ING OCCU P ATIO N MI D ANY E X PERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PER T I N ENT. WHEN A "::-:, "'"'~"! 0 10 YOU REP0?.7 T:~.o.T YOU H A D SIGHTE D T H I S PHENOM E N O N ! M O NTH f)/3_ L I DAY MONTH Y E A R PAGE 8 OF 9 P AGES