Pi~OJECT 10073 RECORD J. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. 'cNCTH c = )BSERVAT ION 5 ?:inute.J TYPE OF 03SERVATION Cro1.md-Yiau:al 9. PHYSICAL E'IIOENCE 2. LOCATION Tucoon , Arizona 10, CONCLUSION Possible (HOT AIR BAI1.QON) No evid enco to indicate tho sighting could. not h avb bee:\ of &arre~t bag hot air ball oon. At 21 OO(L) t he "Wind tJ ~O'W ~rd ~h~ SW a t about 3 knota. . 11. BRIE F SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Th~ obaarver sighted a aharp 'fir type l1gh~ Af~ar nbou~ 5 oinute3 the light went out. FTD ~EP ~3 ~-329 (TDE) P r vlouJ c!!!:>n a o( lhl a f orm tne7 b u ud, 1.7. INFOI't .... A'(IOH WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT 'HHICH I S NOT ADEQUATELY COVE RED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, LTI!,HATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATIO N O F THE SIGHTING. PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGES SU DJ!iCT: TD?T (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE A I R FORCE HC:AOOUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( J\FSC l WRIGHT-P ATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 4!::14:i3 u?C ~-servation / Re ence your recent ~nidentified flying object sighting which yo.~ -:-eported to the Air !<'orce. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request yo~ ~omplete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- ad!~essed envelope. Thonk you for reporting your observation to the Alr Force. -3~::0R QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch -Chief,-Aerial Phenomena Office AF F'orm 117 w/envelope Aer.)SpRce Technologies DiviGion Production Directore~e ': :)J?'!'R/Sgt Kist Peque3t s urface Heather observations for Tucson, Arizona, 10 August 1968, 2056 hours, l ocsl (ll/0356Z). DIPl~n T OF T!IE AlR FO:QCE S1;\H t,ltsS.\il~ 8RA"C~ I;ICO~IHQ Sf S'113 E0L.~?7!UZ:YLM RLMJDBA102LI 22722-:i~-l!UuU--RUEFHQA. P.'1 12Sf\D ~>c.VIS MOm-HA"'J AFB i~RIZ T'J R L Pri ~V OSA F P.~ rHQA/ CSAF FU,Jl1DSN27AIRDIV LUKE AFB AR.IZ REDFIAI FTJ WR IGHf PATTER SO'-) AFB OHIO lEW UNI\i::PSIT Y OF CQORADO aOU..DER COLORADO 80322 (13) ADV CY DIA SL3J~CT: UFO. JSAr FOR SAF-OI, CS~F FOR (2) ABOt!f 7 L:= SiZE OF A J~ tliRCRAFf. DEP;\RT~E)tT OF THE AIR FORC STAFf r~ESSAGI il~i\>ICH I;!COMJ)tg t'llESS~SE (6) Lt.~ CZ Fl. A!"JE, BUT NOT L I XE A JET AXHt\ UST (7) BtL-~AP0 FLA~1E TP.f':ILING 05Cf MID 1\ PMH OF R\G: 2 RLloJ J!JI3:\1024 U.JCLAS B DSSCR.IPT IO~l OF CXH.RSE OF OBJC:Cf: ZCl) FIC:RY G...OW Hl SKY \VHlLE DRIVH!G. (2) ABOUT 5 TO 10 ~ILES ~)JJ 0 F TUCSml ARI7. TRl\'JEL rnG TO THE 9.'! AT AP..Ot.rr Z'O :~pr; MlD ADOUf 2000 TO 5Z02J FEET HIGH. tJ:qCIJ4S$11JED t!PMlr.Ae>fT OF T:le t\lR FORCE i:J~011'1MS NtsS~t;E ~ LOC.~T ION OF OBSERVER: Cl) P~I':(L DRIVE I N THEATER, 2015 E PRP!O.:: HD~ TUCSO ARIZ ;:-. iCC:~JT l FYING IN FORMAT ION orJ OBSERVER: C!) CIVIL IA~ - FEtt EST~TE BUSINESS, EDU::~T lO~l UNK~lO,/'l, ~10 ESTII"iATE OF RELIABILITYo '.0 j;P.LOO:-J P.U.EA~S. ~:2 c: :-:::R RSPORT S OF SIGHr !NGS Cov:i.ngton Pennsylvania 1968 Tucson, ill"J.7,ona AFR 80--t7(Cl) - OW IM,\CINF" YOU Mle A-:;. ~;IC -;;~0;--:;::, ,PA<;S RO>"':-;~CE A N :;;~ 011 THE COIIPI\SS TO INDICA.TE THE Ol"l:::CTION TO TH-P HI:-i'OO,.,.F.NON WtiEII FIRST S!::FN. PLA.:'" I n~ O N THE COM~'>A:;<, TO INOIC.t..'' E THC DIRECTION TO THE PH.,..0MEN,'N M~Etl LAST SE.EN. 1. ltl rflt. 3"F. rCH Bi::I.OW, PLAGC At~ ~A" AT T;;r; <>0$1TI011 OF T4E PHE N O M E NON WHF.N FIRSr SEEN, At~D A a~ A T IHE t'OV".'' ~n OF'-It": PHENOMENON OE fllioEN ~A~ AtD "rJ . THAT I S, SCHrtAAT ICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVFMENT ~:; :',~"~;o,; ;',~T"~AIOHT, cuHv<o o " zoo. zAG. """ FR 1 o SMAL '"" sx ETCH AS '" EXAMPCE o, How TO coMPLCH PAGF. 2 OF 'l PAGES WHCHE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SIIW TilE PIIFNOMC.f\IO N liN OUil..O -.::: IN I:IUSINf'~$ SFCTI O N OF CITY IN RESIOrNTIAL SECTION OF CITY IN OPEN COUI~ TRYS I DE / -,"/ INCA~ r'l AS DRIVER O AS 1"1\SSENG"H N EAR AIRriCLD FLYING O VLR CITY FLYING OVCR OPEtl COUNTR Y HO'H FAST WEnE YOU MOVING? I ~"'JT;-. WEST D I D YOU STOP ANY'riME WHILE ORSERVIN G THf:: PHENOMENON? NOH1 '~ST SOUTHWEST [j YES fl NO EXPLAI~I 'l'o~-:c THER SUCH MOVEMENT 1\rFEClS YOUR SKCTCHl SIN ITEMS SAND 6. ti:OS':.4,!'1"'-PE OF VEHICLE YOU WER E l'o, "''10 TYPE OF ROAD, TE:'RRJ\IN OR UODY OF t ~ ... ..; Sl':'o'"-". STATE WHETHER WINDOt:; oq CON,VEPTIOLE TOP WE R E UP Oil 00\YtJ. WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURirlC, t"'~W "VC>i OTHER TRAf-F'lC WAS TH~RE f :-:~"OJ NOTICE AtlY AIRPLANES> LJYES ~NO. IF "YEs. D ESCRIBE WHEN THf'Y WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO T H E Tl'.\r ~ ;:;;: S .1'i'rl"l" -riE PHENOMENON AND WYE~O:: THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THI: POSITION OF THC: PHEr-.O M ENON 9. HOr\ LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT' NOT VERY SURE "'-S --~ "'-';: .:\'E~ION IN SIGHT CON7 "'u0USLY? f'J'YES !.]NO. If' "NO." INDICATE WHETHER THIS I S OUC TO YOUR ~-,v-::,_-(:": ._,E BEHAVIOq OFT.,::: "'E!ooO'~ENOtr.'AND OEsCRioE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE OISA" PAG E 3 OF 9 PAG E " 10. I F T HERE 'HERE MORE: THAN ONE PHE~iOMf:NO~I. HOW 1>11\NY WERE THERE' DR,\W A PICTURE ro SHOW H O W THEY WERE ARRANGED. OlD THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING HIE SIGHTING> !11. CO~l:JITIONS (Cht:c:k npproprintc blol'ks.) YIEI\T H E R fA. S'-' 8. i y CUMULUS CLOUDS (!.o u t fluffy) FOG OR MIST i TWtLI::;HT CIRRUS CLOUDS {1/ip.h fleecy N /lrrring HEAV Y RAI N 1 ', I NIGHT bc;n e ) LIC H T RAI N O R DRI Z.LE ' /, CLEA R N l/14a U S CLOUDS (Ruin) HAIL l COM?LETt.L"' CVERCAST {Thurulerstorm.t) UNKNOWN i C. IF TH:: SIGHTING HAS 1\T TWILIGHT O R NIG~IT. WHAT DIO YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS 1\N[.) MOON' I STARS (2) MOON J / A F'E'1' MOON WI T H HI\LO , l:. 3 :;>"'71"G WA3 IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SU.'t VISlaLC::7 DYES QNO. IF " YES." WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED ' rHE PHENOME~ION? ' fIN FRO!IT 0: VOU TO YOUR R I GHT OVERHEAD (Ncar noon) ~--~ lN '3 'C'< OF YOU TO YOUR L CFT UNKNOWN } e.. S"'C:CI::Y THE: 1-J-'JOR SOURCE OF ILLUMIHATICN PReSENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SU N , HEADLIGHTS OR I STP!::ET Ll\1-1, ETC. FO~ T ERRESTRIAL I!...L I-NATION, SPECI F Y OISTAilCE T O LIGHT SOURCE. GIV!:: ,> 6=> E ::-:::l!::S::~I?'riON OF THE PHC::'<~M:0'10i'ol, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARE D DAR K O R LIGHT, WHETHER I T R2:FLEC.7E:J \..1.:,...,7 OR WAS SELF-LUMI"l0..!5 Al-Ii:> WHAT COLORS YOU NOTI CED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETIIER I T w;.:, SOLI:; 0'< "'~ANSPARENT, WHETI-'C:"i EDGES WERE SHARP O R FUZZY . DESCRIBE: THE SHAPE OR INDICATE -IT AP"'EA'<E.J AS A "'OINT OF L IGHT. INO '(:.A-:;: COMPARISONS WITH OTHER 09SERVEO OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHE~ 09J ::::T ' " YOUR F I ELD O F VIE.,... PAGEr. OF 9 PACES I 3. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE IN A.STRAl~IH: L.I~E7 STANO STILL AT ANYTIME? SUDDEtlLY S?E:i;;:O UP AND RUN AWAY? '/ BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? >' CHANGC: COL~R' CHA NG:: so;:-HNESS1 CHANGEs~,;"-'::? FLASH CR ~ L.ICKER7 DIS~"PE:AI= .>.'1;) REAPPEAR' SPIN LIK E.::.. -o?? MAKE A NOIS::' FLUTTE" C"" W03BLE7 1 4 . WHAT O=tZ'rl YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON ? HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR' :' 'J -,...:;: ?-;:o;O~:ONON MOVE BEHirl:::> 0"' 11-1 FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A C LOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME? I e yEs, OESCRI9C:. PAGE 5 OF 9 P AGES 1!. ':)R,,IV A PICTURE THIIT WILL SHOW THE SHAP E OF TilE PHEt~OI'-IENON. INCLUOt: AND LABEL ANY DETAILS T HAT t.HGII r HAVE: APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICAT~-E .<HAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN /,R R O W TilE Dlr'..CTION TilE PHE~IOME~ION WAS MOVING.