p;~OJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DA.E T.~= GROUP 2. LOCATION . . I . J. )liRCE 10. CONCLUSION Other ( CONrLICTING DATA) Civil i~:l 4. NUMBeR Or OBJ ECTS 5. LeNGTH Of OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION S. PrlOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIO!:NCE FTD SEP 6J 0 2:9 (TOE) pbaerve r stated in his first letter. that h~ for~ardad his l~tter ~o NASA on 28 Aug 6 8(th0r.,for " hio aightint:t could not b~ 11 AU7 6a 1\, BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS t\3 indic~ted in h 1.e tor:n 117" 27. INP'O.,liiATIOH WHICH YOU FEEL I S PE:RTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT 1\Df:QUATELV COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE , 1\LTI!ANATIVI!:LY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING. PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGES DEPARTMENT OF TH~ AIR FORCE H EAOOUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY OIVIS I O N I AFSCJ WRIGHT.PATTERSON AIR FORCE DASE. OHIO 4:1433 v?') .;:..;~rvstion Fol~:-oft Pennsylvania 19032 Ref~:-ence your rece nt t.:.nidentified flying object sie,hting \/hich you :-cported to the Air Force. The inforlllation which we have re.::.i..ved is no t sufficie:1t for a scientific investigation. Request. yo-:omplete the attached A.F Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Tha:1k you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. lG::':"Ort ~<i,UINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Chi , Aeriol Phenomer.a Office Aerospace Technologies Division Pro~Jction Directora~e AF Form 117 w/envelop~ DUDGT IIUR f :,W Al'f'ROV M. NUMIIF.R 2 1 - R SIGHTING OF UHJOENTJFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONHAJRE TillS Q\IESTlO'I;:-:AIRJo: liAS IIEE.N Pl~EPAI~EO SO Til AT YOU CAN GIVE 1'111: U . S AIR FOIKI. AS MlJCII INFOI<MATIO:>J AS I'OSSIIH ,., COXCEimiNC TilE UNIDENTIFIED Plli.NO\IENON TIIAT YOU IIAVt: OllSI"':RVF:D. PLEAS !: THY TO A:-.:S\\' 1:" \LL 01-TilE QUESTIONS. TilE 1:-IFOI~t\IATION YOU (.iiVJ: WILL liE USED FOI< I<FSEAI~CII PUI~I'OSE'> YOlm NA\~: .; --~ I'OT U E llSE.l> 1:-l CONNF.CTI0:-1 WI TII ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITIIO lJT . HHm 1' t_.i. ::.~ ,,1:\. !~!~TURN TO 1\IR FOI~CE BASE INVESTIGATOI~ FOI< FOI<WAI~OJNG TO FTI> (TI>ETI<), Wlm;wr P,\TTFI\::--."1 ;'-" 0MI04 5 433,1/\W ArR60-17. (IF ADD/'J'/ONAI . S/IE I:'J'S ARI~ NJ-:IWIW fo'OH NAW?AT/Vr. ()/,' Sl<f~TCI/f~,<, ,1"/7'.-\('H~.-Ct FL\' 1"0 TIIJS FOI~MOI~ ANNOTI\TF.II/T/1 YOUUNI\MF. fo'OJ~ IIJJ:NTIJ-'ICAT/ON J ' WH!:.' 0:. '~.J SE' Hr P~I F.NOM:NOtP 0 YOU FIRST S IGHT T~IE PHEN O M E N O N ' 3 V.H o\T 71-: :.Jia YOU I AST SIGHT THE PHEN O M ENON (.J DAYLIG H T SAVINGS [ j STANUARD [ ")CENTRAL [!MOUNTAIN [jPA CIFI C (_!OTH E R !:. WH!:R 'I -YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE' PHENOMEN O N ' IF IN CITY GIVE 1HC N EAREST STREET ADDFIESS AND lfiDICAT'" ON A HAND-~ .'l MAP WHERF YOU WEP.f STANDING WITH REFCRCNCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF' I N THE t:OUNTRY. IDENTIFY Ttl<' hiGI-'WA'-_:.;WERE ON 0R N EAR t.N::> T<lY TO FIX A DISTANCE MID OIRE.CTION F"ROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK 6 1'-'1\~1'1= v;,J AHE A T THE POINT SHO'.\N IN THF. SKETCH. PLACE AN A ' O N THE CURVED LINE T O SHOW HOW HIC:H THE Pl-1-'-:)'A':;:. N WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYL I N E WHE N FIRST SEEN . PLACE A !3' O N THE S A'AE CURVED LINE TO r :,,, 11:>"' ._,,::iH ABOVE T H E HORIZON THE PI-'ENOM E N O N WAS WHEN LAST SEEN ~---------------------------------------------~------------------------~ ""NOW IMAGINE YOU AR!":: AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPAS<; nCJSC PLACE AN " A " ON THE COMPASS TO IND I CATE THI" DIFIECTIO N TO THE PHENOMEN O N WHE N FIRST SEEN. PLACE II "tl" O'l THC COMPASS TO I~IDICATE THE: DlnECTION rO THC PHE NOMI::NO'I 'n'H!ON LAST SEEN . ~-:.IN THE SKCrCII B:!LOW, PLACE AN A" AT THE POSITION OF rtiC PHE~IOHENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. AND A " 9 " AT THE J F :'::OITIOfl OF Tt'E PI-IENOMENON \YHE N LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE " A AND o WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE ! II:>V''VEti T OF ThE PHENOM!riON BETWEEN "A" AtiO "B" . TIIA T IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT ~ _.AP?EI\REO TO e'! STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLE::R SKETCH A S AN E XAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE l TYE LARCEH Sr:STCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE Y OU WHEN YOU SAW T H E PHENOMF..NON ? (f.'lur/, ttf'I""PrifLtf' bloth,,.) ---vl OUTDOORS IN BUSIN ESS SECTI O N OF C ITY IN BUILDI'IG RESIDENTIAL SECTION O F CITY 0 A S ORIV=-~- LJ A S PASSE NG!::n IN OPEN COUN TRYSIOE NEAR A IRFIELD 0 A S P ILOT [_]A S PASSENGER FLYIN G OVER C ITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY I F YOU Vt=:RE I N A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: "<:.CTI O N WERE YOU MOVJ NG? HOW FAST WE R E YOU S::>u-r.. WEST 0 10 YOU STOP ANYTIME WH ILE OBSERVIN G P H E N O M E N O N ? NO~T'-Eo\ST SOUTHEAST NORT>'WE5T SOUTHWEST E XPLAII'I H-'~':. THER SUCH MOVE M ENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN I T E MS S Ar~D 6 . OESC"'l3E TY?E OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I~ ANO TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIG.,Tl,...:;. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WE R E UP OR DOWN. MUCH OTHER T,RAFFIC WAS THERE? ~ ;)10 Y.:lU N071C E ANY AIRPLANES! 0 YES tf.NO. IF " YES." DESCRIBE WHE N T~IEY WERE I N SIGHT RELATIVC TO THE TIME: i OF SIGHTING 1'HE PHENO M ENON AND WHEq:O THEY WERE I N THE SKY R ELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON . H08 LONG WAS THE PHENO~ENON IN 51GHT1 LE'l~T'-1 o c CERTAIN OF TIME OT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS WAS~7r'~::,_.;::,::JVEN~ IN SIGHT CO'o-ri -;';) USLY> ~YES 0NO. I F ~No.~ INDICATE YIHETHCR THI S IS DUE TO YOUR t-' 0 /E\IEN T c::o -_,;:: eEHAVIO R OF TI-'Z: "'~E.'/0'-IENON. AND DESCR13E SUCH MOVEME N T OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE OISA<>- PEA.q,...,c;::s o-.. ?q2:VIOUS SKETCHES PAGE 3 OF 9 P ACES I F THERE WERE MO R E TH,o>.N O N E PHENOME NON, H OW MANY WE R E THE R E DRAW A P ICTURE TO SH O W H OW THE Y WERF ARRANGE D . 010 THIS ARRAN G EM ENT CHANGE DURING lHE SIGH TI~IC' / Jj 11. C ON:::>ITJONS (Ch,c k appropriate block.~.) \Y C UMULUS CLOUD S (l.nw fluffy) F O G O R MIST ! ./ NIGHT bon'!) LIGH1 HAIN OR DRIZZLE ./ CL.O:AR I NI,.SUS CLOUDS (f(uin) HAIL ~-PARTLY=-~ ::JY Cu'"'ULONIM8US CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET l C. I F TH!:: SIGH T IN::, WAS AT TWILIGHT on NIGI-H, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON> tIll SoARS ! N():~ !:!RI G H T MOONLIGHT V NO MOONLIGHT j t:'. ' "':; ':~TI'-'0:: "'"SIN DAYL I GHT, WAS THE :'UI' \''SIBLE' 0 YES 0 NO. IF "YE S," WHE R E WAS THE $UN A S YOU FACED I'" i'"'ONT OF YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVERH E AD(Nwnon~ T O YOU R L EFT j N BACK OF YC\J :::. S""ECI F ':' TH~ !o'AJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMII'IA710:-l PRESEN T DURING THE S IGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, H EADL IGHTS OR I STR::E> LAM?, 'ZTC. FOR TERRESTRIAL I L L UMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE T O LIGHT SOURCE. G l ', :0 A 'i!"''=i' ~=::;~RI?TION OF THE Ph!!'-O"'::N ON, I~IDICATING WHETHER IT A P PEARE D DARK OR LIGHT, WHE THER IT R:'JLE:Cr:::>--;--OR WAS SELF-LUMI NO!...; A>JO WHAT COLOR S YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRE SSION OF WHETHER IT \II~S SO;_I'J C."' 'TRANSPARENT, WHETJ-IE=> !:OGES WERE SHARF' 0~ FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE S HAPE OR INDICATE I F IT A"'~C::-"!::::J A:i \ ::>Q;NT O F LIGHT. INOICA-:: COM?AniSONS WITH O THER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHE, c ECT ,.,. YOUR FIELD OF VIE"'. PAG E 4 O F 9 P AGES P.HENOMENON UNK~IO"'P-i MOVE H I A STRAIGHT LINE' STAND STILL AT ANYTIM E ? SUDDENL Y SPEED UP ANO RUN AWAY' D R EAK UP IN PARTS ANO EXPLODE' CHANCE CO~OP GIVE OFF ~u:--:z OISAP?C:A=> \NO REAPPEAR? 14. WH A T C"<:O YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOME N ON' HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPE A R > {jh -t;_r-cf/ g, C';) -~-o=: "'-;>tO M !::SO N MOVE BEHIN::> OR II. FRONT OF SOM E T HING, L IKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING A T ANY TIME' [j Y~; ~''lC. I F "YES," DESCRia:: PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 15. DRAW A P ICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE: OF THE PHENOMENON . INCLUDE AND LABE L ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS O R PROTRU SIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW TilE DIRECTION THE PHEN O MENON WAS MOVING. -" --- f ~;;. WH~T w;.~ -,_:: ,.:.-i~'.JLAR SIZE? HOLD~ MATCr' A T ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH A S A STREET I LA~P Ore ::: '-'::':''l. IIOTE HOW MUCH OF Tri:: OBJECT I S COVERED 9Y THE H E A D OF THE MATCH. N O W I F YOU HAD l 8 E2N /\>;!_.;: -, :>:;:o ::-:;,:-\4 T H I S EXPER1~::"<7 A T THE TIM E OF Ti-lE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF T H E j PHE'-10,):: .. ?1'" ':--::l HAVE BEEN COVE:::t::::: B Y THE MATCH HEAD. ~-:cluifu./ PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGE S AFR R0-17( Cl) 1 / OlD YOU OBSERVE T H E PHE N O M E NON THROUGH ANY OF rHE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATIO N O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLF DATA . CAMERA VICWFFI F.YF.GL ~sse:_. SUNGL 1\SS':::l> OINOCULAR:i WINCi"'l"". ::> V Tl.:LESCOPE SIDE -Kh. C~ VEHICLE Tllf"ODOLITE A DO y r ~,.,~ "'IL'"'" EAR GLASSES' QYES [V'TNO 0. DO YOU USE REA DING GLASSES> 18. WH--,. ' . _ "l I MPRESSION OF THE S?C:.ED Of. THE l'.l WHAT WAS YOUR IMPflESSION OF THE DISTANCE fF Tttr PHENO M E NON" GIVE ESriMATE OF DISTANCE_-r>;':,{ , , ZO. l"' 0 "'l:~ --~T w E MAY OBTAIN A S CL~AR A P I CTURe A S POS!>IOLE OF WHAT YOU S AW, DESCI~ISE IN YOUH O WN W()RD'j A C0~'"'0" 9J::CT OR OBJECTS WHICri, WHEN PLACED Ill T~IE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THC PHi::NOM!?NON, WOULD c.::~=-SO M E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIC:S AND D IFFERENCES BE r w::::I!N THE COM~ON :11,:0:CT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 0'~ 1CJ N~-:::;:: ANY ODOR. N OISE, 0"\ "'E-"7 EMANAT 9"FROM THE PHE NOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF , ;...., vc..s c~ ...... ::;ht"'ERY ltl TH::: vr::l"''-"' C YES MNO. IF "YE!>." DESCRIBE. ~.: ;.;-.J-'13 T"':: :::;:=:. '::-~R LEJ.vE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. Cl YES (SijNo. PAGE 7 OF 9 F"I\GES H A V E YOU E V F n SEE::N THI S OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BE.FOk l:.> U ~10. IF yes. " GIVE DATE: AND ANYON E I' IT YOU AT THE TIME YO(J SAW THE PHr:.NuM A. LIST THciP N ~Y.:. ~N 0 I' :)OR ESSES. 0 NO. IF ~YES, DID THEY SEE IT TOOl CCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTIN e NT. 25. IYHE'I AND T O ' .-:' .. ~::; f;)U RC'PORT TI"!-'\T YOU HAD SIGHTED 1 IllS PHENOMEN O N >