TIMe C?.OUP 4. NUMBER OF OSJ!CTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION Feasible (BALLCON) Tbe surface vind ~as roughly SW at 8 knots. The description could tit a balloon tbat had tleres attached to it. 5. LENG'rH OF OB~cRVATIOH 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS lO 12 Se conds 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATIOH 7. C OU RSE 9. PHYSICAL EVIO!NC! The obst~rver siShted 4 flaming bal~s the color or tl ares. The objects ~ere first seen in the NNE. They ~ere traveling in a southerly direction and tlisappeared. 'almost due north the oboerver. The objects seemed to los e altitudei seemed to begl1d1ng. They disappeared after ebout 10 or l2e~conds. FTD SEP 6 l 0321 (TOE) PrelcnatecSlU~oft)\hfor!!ltaarbeu .. d, 27. INFOHMATION \ i HI C H YOU FEEl. IS PtlR T I N ENT DUT WHIC H I~ NOr AOF.:QUATEl.Y COV E H f: O IN ALTRHATIVE ... Y = R')VIDE A N ARRf\TIVE EXPLANATIO N OF THE SIGHTING . T H I S OUEST IONNAIR F f'.ttr~ L !.A I t I' <oJ DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEAOQUAIItTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AFSC) WRIGHT-PATTE RSON Alf'l rORC E DASE . OHIO 4~433 olor ado 8090'{ Reference your rece n t t...nidentified flying object sighting which yo".J. r-eported to the Air Force. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Reque s t you complete the attached AJ .. }.,arm 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. HECTOR ~UINTANIIJ.A, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Ae~ospace Technologies Division PrJduction Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope TJ ~J 9~/JSAF WASH D C ~:J~DF I? IFTO WPl\FB OHI O ~J-~T /lZAF R ICHARDS GEBAUR AF3 MO Z2'liU>JI V2'iSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER COLO ATTN: DR GO~!:>O:'' Jsoor - a AUG 6 3 . CTDETR>; NORAD <'lJ'J~-~;; ~DC CADOCP) AND <ADCI O-P); UNIVEiiSITY OF U? 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SIGHTING OF UHIDEHTIFIEO PHEHOMEHA QUESTIO~HAIRE AFH H0-17(Cl) DUDGE:T nUNEAU AI'P:mVAI~ NUirWER 2 f -R2.H T HIS <,ltiESTlO~:V-.iRF ttAS nt-:EN P I-!EPAlU.D SO T HAT \'Otl CA~ GIVE TilE lJ . S AI~ FORC E AS MtiC Jt INFORMATION AS P OSSliH.F: CO:\C ER~ING TilE UNIDENTI F IED PliENOI\1ENON THAT YOU HAVI: OOSERVEO. PLEASE TRY TO A~SWEI~ ALL ""'~F THE QUESTI ONS. T H E INFOH~1AT10N YOU lilVE WILL llE U SED FO~ 1-a:SEARCII PURPOSES YOUR N A'.:r .q~L 1'-:0 T BE USEO I N CONNECTION Wl'l'Jl AN\' OF YOUR ~TATEMJO:NTS OR CONCL.USI (JNS WIT HOUT YOU R PEln: r::-..,id"\. l~ETURN TO AI R F ORCE B A SE INVE ST I G ATOR FOR FO~WARDING TO FTt> (TDETF~). WRICHIT - p A TTER~Q;; ..\:: ?, CIH tO ..S5433, I AW AFR 8 0 -f7. ( I F A nnt T IONA L SI-IEf-; T S ARR N I:F.DJ:n I-' OR NA /\I~ AT/ V OR SK 1~ 1'Cilf~S A TTA (;!I .-:.c-~c:.:.-: ;. T O TlllS FOI Ut OR ANN01'A 'fF. IHTil YOUU N AM I: 1:0R JnF:NT I F I CA T ION.) 2 WHO.T 'Tt v -;:: YOU FIRST S I G H T THE PH~NOMCNON? .- M INUTES _ 3 WHAT T I M::.: 01(') YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMEN ON? LJsTAND ARD 4 . TIME : O !'. = LJ DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [] EASTE~" [ ]CENTRAL ~MOUNT AIN IJ PACIFIC []OTH E R !j WI-{ERC: '1-: YOU WHE N YOU S AW THE PHENO M E NON? I F I N C ITY, GIVE T H E N E A R EST STRE E T ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A H A N D o ;::p.Jo,'oj MAP WHERE YOU WE R E STANDING WITH R E F E R ENCE TO THE ADORES~. I F IN THE COUNTR Y . IDENTIFY THF HIGHWAY Y":> _WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO F I X A DISTANCE AND D IRECTION FfWM SOME RECO GNIZ ABLE LANDMARK. 6 . I M\G N=: "'::'~ -\R=: AT THE POINT SHOW>.J IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN " A ' O N THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HO W HIG H THr PH=:'IC\4:::~::J AA.S ABOVE THE H ORIZC"-1. OR SKYLINE . WHEN F IRST SE E N . PLACE A g~ ON T H E SAME C URVED LIN E T C s~O\ ,--:;1-i-::;..J ABOVE THE HORIZO N TI-l::: PHENOM E NON YIAS WHE N LAST SEEN. o a s c:Rvc::n ~ h A . N''IW IMM;INE YOU 'RC AT THE CENTEr O F TttE COMPASS ROSE. PL~CE A N A" ON THE COMPASS ro INDIC ATE THE DltCCTION T O THE. PHENOMENON WHEN FIR!:iT SEEN. PLACE A e O N THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THf:. DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMEN0'4 w~::.:N LAST SEEN. 7 . It~ THE: SKETCH BELOW, PLACE A N A AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHE N FIRST SEEN, AND A a A T THE TION OF T HE. PHENOMENON WHE N LAST SEEN. CONNEC T THE " A " AND a WITH A L INE T O APPROXIMATE THE ..-ovEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A A"l~ " U"' . THA T IS, SCHEMATICALL Y SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT A~P E,C.R~O TO S E STRAIGHT , CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE T-'E LA~GER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES AFrt R0-17( Cl) IF T H F:: H E WERE. M '...' ct E: T H ~ N 0 N E P H F:: N 0 ME 0 tL H 0 W MANY W F. R E T H E R E AnR~NGEO. DI O Tlo11S ARRANGr~MEN'r CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTII'IG' ~ 11. CC~DITIONS (C:hr.ck nppropriat ,. llluck s.) CUMULUS C L OUDS (f.ow fluf f y ) FOG OR MIS T HEAVY HAIN ClrlRUS CLOUDS (lfigh {l c e('y M /lc rrint; f >-NIG!-n bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE i C L E AP. NIMBUSCLOUDS(Rairt) HAIL ~ PAP.TL Y CLOJOY COMP LETEL'r' OVERC/I.ST CU!'o4UL ONIMBUS (Th,_nders r, rms ) NOW OR SLEET j ::. 1_: ::: SI~HTI'-C. WAS AT TWILIGHT on NIGHT . WHAT 010 YOU .~ N O N E OF THE ABOVE HAZE OR SMOG N OTICE ABOUT THE ~:;"rARS AND M OON? "lONE BRIGH T MOO NLIG H T N O MOON L I GHT PART AL (N ) c SIGHTI"'G WA3 IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. IF "YES, WHERE WA'::> THE SUN A S Y O U FACED ~E. s~!:CIF Y T~=: \A.iJ')R SOURCE OF ILLUMINA-r!::>N PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING , SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS O R G l '/Z A 3P.~F :JZ5::~1PTION OF THE F' H E .'10'-{=:NON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARE D DARK O R LIGHT, WHE T HER IT R~rLSCT E O LIG OR WAS SELF-LU MIN?J ; A N:l WHAT COLOR S YOU NOTICED. D ESCR IBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHE R I T WA~ s.::.'- 10 0!=! I~A'ISPARENT, WHET~:=.~ -::DGES WERE SHARP OR F UZZY. DESCRIB E THE SHAPE OR INDICA T E I F IT APP:::~ ::E: AS.:.., -;.~,"'4T O F LIGHT. IN:llCil.7 E C:)~PARISONS WITH O 'fHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A L IGHT OR OT~-<E~ ::~L':::-'"YOU~ FIELD OF VIE'!~'. PA GE. 4 OF 9 1-.JAGE', WHHE WERE YOU rHENOMENON? Ill' I' ' " Ji fllft ,. OUTO" .;,qs I N BUSINF.SS StCliO N flt:SIDEN11AL Sf:CTI O N [lA S rASSENGt.R I N COUNTRYSI D E AIRFIE L D ll.OT [j AS PASSENGER FLYI N G OVEH CITY FLYING OVER OPEI-I A . I F YOU A VEt-IICLE, COM PLETE THE FOLLOWING : :'l~ECTION WEnE Y vU H O W F A $ T WE Ht:. YOU M OVING? ANYTI M E WHILE OBSERVIN G PHENOMENON? N ::>P-~::. .\ST SOUTHEAST NOR~"-!'- EST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN w,..::::THER SUCH OVEM E N T AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITE M 5S AND 6 . DESCRIBE T Y?E OF VEHICLE YOU WE R E I N AND TYPE OF R O A D ,