1. \ Tc -7 oH.c GROUP 3. SuUi'CE 4. NUMSE.=< Or OBJECTS 5. LENGid OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G.?<CTJ::D-VISUt~ 9 . PhYSICAL EVIDeNCE PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATiON 10. CONCLUSION INSUE'FICIENr DATA FOR EVALUATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer called Duty Officer to report a UFO. OMf.:ENTS: A AF Form 117 was sent to the observer and listed witness, neither has returned the form withi~ 30 days. The observer also has a sighting for 26 Nov 67 and 3 to1ar 68. F TD ~ E? o;; 0-329 (TDE} p,-,vlou ed!Uon ot th1 form rr>a7 b u .. cS. 11 OlD YOU OBS;;RV THE PHENOMr"NO~I THROUI3H ANY OF lHE FOLl.OWI"'C' INCLUDE INFORMAfiON O N l.lOOEL, TYPC, FILTC:?., LEN S PRESCRI?TION OR OTHER APPLICAEILr DATA. SUNGLA~";;!:.S fJI~IOCULAkS w'~ OS>il: _ :;-I, T C:L ESCOP E THEODOLITE SlOE V. ,~- ':IF VEHICLE '::'. CJ ~ ::--.. ll.RILY WEAR CLASSES' -!p YES (] _ _::o ~ 1':1. DO YCJ~ USE READING GLASSES' [-LY~S [ j N~ '"'HAT ""'~ . UR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE ' ... l'i-WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE' PMO. "'E:':'N GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED ':il ''_,:'\I. I''" ( F'H E N O M:!:NR_NI GIVE ESl iMATE OF OISJANCE,....,.-,-,.,...,_ 20 IN ::J,_::',."' "~-\T W: MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS PO;:o<;.Jt!LE: OF WHAT YOU SAW, DCSCRI!:!E IN YOUR OWN WOflU'j A <:"?MM...,-., ?SJECT OR O O JECTS WHICH, WHEt~ PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHEI'{E YOU NOTED TltC PHE N O M ENON, Y.OULC 6: ~SOME Rf:SEMF.ILANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCnlt3E SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OETWEEN THE COM'-40'<: .;JJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21 ::u:: , .. t: ;-- I::E ANY OOOR. N O ISE. Oi'l H:::AT EMANATING FROM T'-11:. PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF. A';'-ll._: ~"' '-'-Cf'INERY IN Tt.:=: VICI"'I-Y' 0 YES [l_..}-t.fO. IF "YES." DESCRIBE. ' -.:::; :I:">TU<>3 Tr::: G~: _ .... ::: O;:{ LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. [J YES CJ-No. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 22. IIAVE o'OU E VER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON B EFOHE' l JYI:.S (,.9-flo. IF y Es.~ GIVE DATE AND YOU A T THE TIME YOU SAW TilE PHENOME NON' f~j ES 0 N O . IF "YEs. DID THEY SEE I T TOOt 23 W~SpNYONE. ... q-., GIVE T HE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOU1' YOURSELF LAST NAME. Fl~3.,. NAME, MIOO TELEPHONE AGE -.O:>ITo~NAL INFORMATION INCLUDIN G OCCUPATION AND AtiY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTIN ENT . WHEN .;,.,O 70 "'-:"' :'-YOU FlE<'>ORT THAT YOU HAD S IGHTED THIS PHEN O M e N O N > f "DATI' vcJ co"-~=>-:. E:-rHts o uEsTtONNAme::. PAGE 8 OF 9 PACES 4. NUMBER OF 0:3JECTS S. LENGTH OF 03SERVATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION DAYTON OHIO 10 . CONc;LUSION ~ AS'l'OO ~ ~'rA~S/JJP.rtifS) Probable Tne observer stated that during the observation a hazy cloud cover moved into the area of observation. The description is consistent with that of a star or planet. 11. BRIEr SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ' 30 mins The observer sighted a star- like point-source of light. .--TY--P_E Of---O--B-Sc--RV A_T_IO-N----~ through binoculars the observer could see regular flashes of red and green. The lieht was initia l l y seen in the south-southwest at about'30 to 40 degrees elevation, ~----------------------~during the observation it remained in the s sw but seemed to 7, C::>URSE .. :-our.d visual 8 . Prl OTOS 9. PHYSICAL EYiOENCE drop slightly and gradually dimmed out of sight . fTD Sf.., h J G-32? (TOE} Pr8viouo e d ltl:>t\ & o( t:.,l form m;,t b u .. d . MO FOR rrHE RECORD J4 August 1968 SlDJ: LWO ObserV'atlon, 12 August 1968 Ro3d, Kettering , Ohio, CRlled the Aerial Office on 13 August 1968 to see if they had identified the oo.-".:'~ he observed on "Lhe night of 12 August 1968. Mr aid that th2 :eport had been phoned .Ln by himself' on the night. of 12 August. L~ ~13.rano informed ~ilr t '"'e had not received the report from t he ::..tty Officer as of' yet, however, could he provide some of t he de~a:.ls over the phone. DlJR.6.TIOll: thirty minutes E L.~V l<.TION: 1 0 .. LfO deg above the horizon, SSW The object appeared as a white light with red and green flashing lights . It was motionless, jt seemec to move out of siGht in a straight line fror.1 it kept dropping a l i ttle bit lm-:er on the horizon. 'tnen first sa\.,r it; " t ,.as ver:y clear with r:1any stars ?nd the moon ~ihen he last obser ved the object the'l:e was a little bit of a ::!l o.:.: (hazy o r stre.;.~::.'::;g cloud coverage) in that area. To the naked ove ~-~R~ the appea- Of a etar Wit!-1 binocular s "I could see U""l. natl. na 11' r:-'rt II There were regular fairly dist.ant fro:n Hr use binoculars to even see any of it. r:10tionless for t;~enty minutes. -l!:-~ ~irl saw it ani sai~ it just ~eemed to drop slowly, fod9d out of slght. " As far as Hr c ould es Limate the object was at 30 -l,o degr~?S Of elevation. f;aVi he wns fairly good at k.no'Wing his angles and elevations h e had a cource in astronomy, however, that was time ago so h e couldn' t nune any o f the star s in the area . ',;'"r..:l<.. sighted the object 'With was R telephone pole that was close b y : : :no.ke his observations because h e wanted s omething permanent so .hs~ !le could spot it agai n and give o. fairly accurate account. 1-tr Forr said that the ~entleman last night ( duty officer) did take a J.er:!:<..!:.y report. Lt t'..3rano sai d h e would like to get the report in his n eitc.er does h e believ e or disbelieve in UFOs, but this was out of the ordir.ary. Lt Marano aske d ~1r i f the object ~as as bright as J1..<oi ~er? f'.lr said it was sittin3 between a couple of stars. en I callccl my daughter (17) a nd I showed hr.r the gene ral direction a nd she sai d she saw two or three stars and that is vlhat it appeared to b e t.o the naked eye. The brightness was strnilar to that o f a star . I 63ve her the binoculars and the n she saw it to. It looked like one of ese big dome lights on an emergen c y ve le r evolving light, it lc"'.-te..l similar tot his. '!'h e light appeared to be of an earth made or _g:.:: b.:.t I couldn' t fi~..J.r~ out wh3.t it ..rould be doing up so hit;h at ::,!.s vas my :0:.:-s-::. e;at he ring ot' ~hat it should b e , a helicopter The moon was about 100 -110 degrees on a :i::-: ~ l:J.r plane f rom t.he object, in other '.JOrds, t!'le r:1oon was in I hs.ve neve r h a d a compass out to my house t o get .::-::._ ........ _ location as to 'rrhat is .:x act ly north ann south. 'T'here "'e r e o ~:-: .::r s tn:-s in the area, the y were all dirruni n g because of cloud cover . td.-approximately 1230 my daughte r atJrl I "~-ent out and t h ere vere streaks of clouds, the n c l e a r , etc. I have seen star.; hllnk . 'J'h cre wa~; C.efinttely a red color to this. I am not worried but curious . BUC>C.F:T nUREAU Af'I'ROVAI. NUUIIF:R 21. R258 SIGHTIHG OF UHIDEHTIFIED PHEHOMEHA QUESTJO AIRE TliiS QllESTI0:";'1;Aih!E liAS m::t.::.N f'I~EPAHED go Til AT Y0ll CA'II GIVE TilE U . ~ AIH FORCE AS ~11JC'II INF01<~1ATION l\S I'OSSIIJLE. CO:-:CI.I~NING TilE UNIDENTIFIED PIIEI'\OMI:::-.ION TIIAT YOU IIAVE ODSEI<VED. PLEASt:: TI~Y TO A:-ISWEI-1 ALL OF TilE QUESTIONS. TilE lNFOR~lATION YOll CilVE WILL BE USED FOR I<I~SEARCII PUI<POSI:<; YOtm NA:\lF \\1'~'r-:-;o T BE USED I N CONNECTION WITII A:>IY O F YOtm ~TATEMENTS OR CONCLLJS0:'-IS WITHOUT YOU I~ I'ER\1." '-t-,;. l~t::TUI~N T O A(R FORC E UASE INVESTl\.t\TOI~ FOI\ FOI~WAI<DlNG TO FTD (TIJETI<). Wl<IGIIT P 1\TTF.H~o, ,\ ' t1, ~1H 10 45433, 11\W AFR a O-i7. (IF A DJ)J TIONA I. SlmWfS ARF IV I~ED~/J F Of? N A RI?A Tl VI.; OJ< SJ.\ f:'fCJfi~S A TTACII .v ' ! 'P. L )' T O TilTS FOR/II O R ANNOTII TF. IHTII YOU I? NAMF-: F O I? fl) f:NTIFIC A TION.J ";EC l'tiE I"H E NOMFNON> OAY.J.? . t\ 2 WH ~T 1 t:: :, ,:) YOU FIRST S I G H T THE rHE N O M E NON' 3 . WHAT TIM~.' D YOU LAST SI GHT THE I"HENOMENO~t> ,.. Houn I 2 ~: u MINUTES 4 r1~E ;:, "" (]DAYL I GHT SAVINGS LJsTAtlDARD t;-{EAST!::"" [lCENTRAL UMOUNTAIN f'.]I"A CIFIC [!OTHE R s . WHEP!': .... ~-:YOU WHE N YOU SAW THE PHEt~OMF.NON> IF IN CITY GIVE THE N EAflEST S TREET ADDRESS AND IND I C A- TCON A HAll(' Q<-'''I MAr '1/HE<H: YOU WERE STANDING WITH RCt-ERENCE TO ThF f,OQRESS. IF' IN THE <::OUNTRY, IDENTIFY rHE HIG~IWC.Y ' .;HERE O N '"'R NEAR ANQ T R Y 1 0 FIX t , DISTANCE AND DIRECTI OII FROM SOM E RECOGtiiLABLE LANDM Ml K 6 IMAG ' I E v;:>J ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE. SKETCH, I"LA C!:. AN .A O N THF CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE I"'HE'IOVE~i::-rl '11/..S ABOVE THE HORIZO N . On SKYLI NE. '//HE N F IRST <;EE N . I"LACE A 9' ON THE SAM E CURVED LINE T O S"'Ot "'v"' u,::;H ABOVE THE HORIZON THE I"HENOM E N O N WAS WHE~I LAS T SEEN. 6A. Nvl\ 11.\AC.Itll::. Y0\1 /,RC /,l TH~ cr~ITE:.r> ur TH C0t PAS'i R,l,. r>l ArE I<N " A " (JN T'"IE' COMPASS TO PIDICATE TH. OtltECTIC'IN T O r'"IE PIIENO~:F~I~I~ WHt.N l"li~S'I SEU .. PL/(~ A";-'" ON Till. COMPA'"S f('ll'IDIC ATE 'rliE DI~I:.CTION T O TIIC PHCNOM!:,.-;':)N WHF::N LAST SEE"! .~, 1'rt::: 5'<L rC.~f fli'LO'H, PLACE AN "A~ AT TH\:: PO:;I r!ON Or TH'O ,..III:.IHJ~lE/1(~< WHCN FIRST SEEN , AIID A "B" AT Tt1C O?SITIO"< 0" Tr".: PHENOM::NON WHI:ON LAST s;.F.N. C\HHI""'" r tiL " A " AND " d " WITH A l.INE TO APPROXIIIATE T H E /. )"L'IEN T Or r/'IL PHCNOME/o.ON OET//cE' l "A" A N D " o. I HI\T I S, 5CHCI.\A1'1CI\LLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVFMENT A"PEAP.ED l<. dE $iRAIGHT, CURVED OF< ZIGZAC . RI:.I'LR T O :iM.>.Ll.Frt 5KETCH A S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW T O C O MPLETE THE LA"<G ER S"':TCH. PACE 2 OF 9 PACES WHERE WERE Y O U WHEN YOU SAW T HE P H E N O MENON? "flfl'cJJJrirzrt IN BUSINESS SECTI O N OF C ITY IN BUIL~INC. HESIDENTIAL SECTI O N OF C ITY (']A S DRIVER _[l A S PASSENGEr! OPEN COUNTRYSI D!:: N E A R AIRFI E L D 0 A S PILO~ .0 A S PAs:;~GER F L Y I N G OVER C ITY FLYING O V E R OPEN COUNTRY A . I F YOU Wt::HEI I'I A COMPL E'l E THE FOLLOWING =tECTlO N WE R E YOU MOVING' HOW F A ST WERE YOU MOVING? ~U ~T,:,fNYTIME II'H ILE OBS!:RVING THE NO"l--IE AST NOR7.J'.,y~ST ""'"'::T HF.R SU C H MO V E M ENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES I T E M S SAND 6 ~ DSC<?I3': ""'?E O F V EHIC L E Y O U '.'IEP. IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURIN G THE SIGl-1 r ''~-STATE WHETHE R WINOO.V5 OR CONVE R T IB/ TOP WE R E U P OR DOWN. 1-IUCH 0 rHER TRAFFI C W AS T HERE' t-;0 VOU ~;;TICE ANV AIRP L;;;ES? f?l YES YES," DESCRIBE WH E N THEY WERE I N SIGWr HELATIVE T O THE TIM E ~ Q;: 51GnTI"'":; THE PHENO M E N O N AND Wl-<ER!': 1 HEY WERE IN T H E SKY RELATIVE T O THE POSI T I O N Of"' THE PHENOMENON . PHENOMENON I N S IGHT ? CERTAI N OF TIM E OT VERY SUi'!E FAI RLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS ;. ~ -..;:: "-E'-:iMENON IN SIGHT CON-I"'~OUSLY> YES 0 NO. IF " N O . " INDI C A T E WHETHER THIS I S DUE TO YOUR "-'v:'.'JEN-'::'~-HE BEH A VIOR OF THE P-':::NO"'EN O N , AND OESC"liBE SUCH MO V EM ENT O R BEHAVIOR. I NDICAT E DISAP. REVIOUS SKETCHES PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 10 . If THERE YIE H!:: M O R E THJI. N O N E PHE~IOME:N::'>N, H OW M A N Y IYF.R E T H E R E OF!AW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WEF<I:: J>,RflAN":>I:.D. DIO T'iiS APRANGEMENT CHANG E DURING THE SIGYTING COND ITIONS (Cht:.:k flflflropri rt:l: bl.ock s.) a . W EATHER CUMULU S CLOUDS (l.ow {lufh) FOG o n MIST il'f!LICr1T CIRRUS CLOUDS {llir:h flvccy o r 1/t:rrtng-H EAVY RAIN e L I GHT R A I 0:1 D R l l Z L E t I PART\ y '=L :OJ O Y C UMULOtiiMOU S CLOUDS SN O W 0~1 SLEI::T