P P.OJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 2 Witnesae )0 Aug 68 Z Hamilton. Ohio 4. NU MBER OF OBJECTS 10. CONCLUSION Probable Aatro (~OON) o observer did not know if there was any moon that night. The was in its first quarter and at the beginning of the aightin t azimuth 22 de and 11 de elevation At th~ end t e n~ 5. l ENGiH OF OaSERVATION 40 Minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSE~VATIOH Grcund-'tfisu 31 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS it was at azimuth 231 d~g, J deg Ele Tbe observers sighted a football shaped light that -mo~ed down~ard and across and up and then d~n Tha object was in the SW and finally disappeared behind some clouds. AFrt 80-17(Cl) '1.1. INFO~M~ .... ) ... '1\'rliCH YOU FEEL IS PERTIN~HT O LIT WHICH I S HOT AOEQUATt:LY COVftt:0 IN THI~ QUE.STIONNAIRE, ALT!UHU7 '-'~LY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EX~LANATION O F HIE SIGHriNG. IIUP\.V TO TD?T ( UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUA"TER~ fOnEtGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AP'9C l WRIGHT-PATTE RSON AIR F O R C E BASE. OHIO 4!5433 lJ?(; J:>servation , 30 August 196b Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which you reported to the Air Force. The inforlll..ation which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Reque s t omplete the attache d AF Form 117 and return it in the self- adcressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to t he Air Force HECTOR ~UINTANIIJA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Chi e f , Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Proc~ction Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE RUDGF.T llfiRI;AU APPROVAl. T11tS Q\JT Tl0:" \IRE HAS BEEN Pl~EP/\t~EO SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE TilE U. ~ AIR FOI~CE AS MtJCII INFOI~M/\TION AS PO lBT.E C'O"l C'E ING TilE UNlOF.I"Tll l E D Pllt-.1'\'0MF.NO N THAT YOU IIAVE OHSI:I~VEf>. PLEASE T~Y T O AN~Wl-.R ,\ l t rn: TltE QUESTIONS TliE INFO~MATION YOU GIVE WILL IJE USED FOl~ l~ESEAl~CII PURPOSES YOUR ~,\;,n: 'w\1~' ~OT UE USED lN CONNECTION WITH AN\' OF YOUJ~ STATEMENTS 0~ CONCL USIONS WITIIOUT YOliR PEq,l: lJ."l. ~ETUHN TO All~ r"Ol~CE HAS E INVESTIGATOR FOI-< FOJ~WAROlNG TO FTD (TOET~). WRIGIIT P /\ TTER:::-0:--. ;;-B OY 10 45433, I AW ArH 60-i 7. (IF A DIJI HONA f . SI/Ef~TS ARP. Nl;,.:nED FOR NA W~A '/'1 \/1-: OR SK I~TCIII~S A TT.\C:H :'t.c: -. .-~:., ~ TO 1'HI$ FONM OR ANNOTATF. lHTH YOU!? NAM,.; FOf\ l[}F.NTIFICA TION. ) .: . SEE T~lE PH;:NOMF.N0N' 2 '\t-'~T T it.=:::::; YOU FIRS T SIGHT THE P H C NO M E N Of\P 3 . WHAT T I M E .JID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON ? HOUR ' MINUTES L JDAYLIGHT SAVINGS []STAND ARD [ ]EAST'!::'-[!CENTR A L LlMOUNTAIN []PACIFIC [jOTttER S WhCRI:.: \,f.:;~ YOU WHE N YOU S"W TH PHCNOI'JE N O N ? IF IN CITY. G IVE THE N E AREST STREE I ADDRE;S AND IND I C A n:: O N A H>\N~ :::;-;-_ NN MAP WHERE YOU WER~. STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. I F IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTI F Y T H E IGHV.AY Yi'J WERE ON OR NEAR ANO Tqy TO FIX A. DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOM C RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. 6 IM~:::NC: v .eRE AT THE POINT SHO\v~ I N THE SKETCH, PLACE AN' A ' ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE Pt"C."iO'-'~'o.:'. ,o,:..s A90VE THE HORIZO~. 0~ SKYLINE WHEN FIRST SEEN. P L ACE A s ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO rlE:NOMENON WAS WHEN L AST SEEN. OBSERVER ...:"' I;A. I~.JW IMAGINE Y0~1 Ac:tF.. A r TH~ CE:NTI'!R LH: , .HE <:miPAS~ RO.;!-. PLACE AN A" ON THE Cat ASS TO INDICATE: THE OIIH::C TION T O T r' E PHENOMENON WHEN FinS r ~E EN. f.' LAC. f: A A O N THE COMPA~S TO IN OIC A T E THE 0 1 R E::CTI O N TO TH~ PHE::NOME NO', "'''-1CN LA~T Sf::EN. ssw !:S E 7. 1' : T~O:. S'<.!TCH :: ::L OW, PLACE AN A"' AT THE ?OSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A "B'" AT THE P\:.>5: il:''l O F Tf-lc PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEF.:N. C ONNECT THE A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE J::~::.:T CF ir!E PHENOMENON BETV/i::EN . A .. AND "B'". THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVE MENT M;);lEAPC.~ 70 SE: STRAIGHT, CURVE::O OR ZIG-ZAG . R E FER TO S~AL LER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW T O COMPLETE T"il!: LAR~ R S!<Ei .:H. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES W HE R E WERE Y :JU WHI:N YOU SAW 1HE PHENOMENON? ( (.' /, t r k upr '"I' Tlfllr blnrk' .) I N UUSI N CSS SE.CTIO N OF CITY IN SUILCI:-J'J I N RESIDENT IAL SECTI O N 0~ CITY 0 AS DRIVER 0 A S P ASSCNG(R I N OPEN COUNTRYSIOt:. CAR AIRFI ELD 0 A S PILOT [J A S P ASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY F L VING OVE'R OPEN I N A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: YOU MOVING? H O W F AST WERE YOU MOVING' SOvT'-, WEST 010 YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE PHENOMENON? EXPLAIN W'-~:; THER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHf.S IN ITEMS SAND 6 OESC~I9~ - v p E OF VEHI CLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROA D TERRAIN OR ~OOY OF Y O U TRAVERSED DURING THE SICHT!\G. STATE WHET HER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN HOW MUCt-1 OTH E R TRAFFI C WAS THERE"~ j!:) 'rOU N O T ICE ANY AIRPLANES? IF "YE!;, DESCRIBE WHE N THEY WE R E IN SIGHT R ELATIVE T O THE TIM C 0~ SIGHTI~..:;; -yE PHENOMENON AND WHER:: Trl EY WERE IN THC: SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHEI>~OMENON. 9 HON LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON I N S IGHT? CERTAI N O F TIP-1E JUST A GUESS =-'::TERMINE D '' IF NO," INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR TH~ ;::,-E~0'-1ENON, AND OES~P.IB!:: SUCH MOVEMEtiT OR BEHAVIOR. I N OICAT E DISAC'>. PAGE30F9P.l.GES I 10. IF Tti!:::RE W!:AE MORE lH~.N ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MAHY WE H E THERE' DRAW A PICTUHE TO StiO W HOW THE Y Wl:Rr ARRANGED. 010 THIS APRANGEM!NT CHANGE OURINu THE SIGHTING' 1 1. CON 0 IT 10 NS (Chec k appropriate block.\.) A . S , y B. WEATHEH DAY CUMULlJS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOG OR MIST TWILIGHT CIRRUS CLOUDS (llil{h fl.:ec y o r Hr.rri'lg HEAVY RAIN ""x-' NIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRilZLE "'>-.: CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL PARTLY C.L.:,j-~y CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET CO~i::>l.E'TE:.." OVERCAST (Thunder.~torms) UNKNOWN t .:. a::-"iHE S IG"iTI'<'j WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE A BOUT THE STAHS ANO MOOtP BRIGHT .. tOONLIGHT , ~ NO MOONLIGHT 1 'l i . A FEW MOON WITH HALO iuN:<:'iO WN MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS PA~TIAL (New o r qt.uJrter) tr Sl:i-TI~G 'f\ ;.. 3 IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? inE PnENOMENON? IN FRONT o: vou TO YOUR RIGHT IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS 'YOU FACED OVERHEAD (Near noon) 11N 8.\CK O F YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN E . S~EC!=Y TH~ "''~JOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT CURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS O R STRE~T LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL IL..LUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. G IVE ~ 9P.! :!'=' O~SCRIPTION OF THE PH ENC\oiH~ON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARE D DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHE R IT RZ;:L::::7EO ~''j""T OR WAS SELF-LUMINO U S AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER I T WAS SO-lDo:. TRANSPARENT, WH!::THcR EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT A?? E ~ q S::> A3 J. ? 01 N T OF LIGHT. IN OICA 7 E C OMPARISONS WITH o rH E~ OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OT "1 E?. 0 3 J ECT : 'i YOUR FIELD OF VIE..,, PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGC THE PHENOM~NON YES N O UNK NOWN MOV E IN A S'!RAIGH T l.INE' S TAND STILL .AT SU D O ENl. Y SDE~O UP A N D RUN O .A1TS -NO EXPL ODE? CHANCE C~. :~- :<:E R ? F L AS~J OISAPPE~ ~ A 'i :::> REAPPEAR? SPIN LIKE A ~0?? FLUTTE.R 0~ U. WHA T DR~ tf YOUR ATTENTION TO T H E PHENO M E N O N ' F I I'I ALLY DISAPPEAR' IN F RONT O F SOM E T H INC, LIKC: A C LOUD, T R EE, OR BUILD I N G A T ANY T I M E 7 -"'Y Es, OESCRI3~. P AGE 5 OF' 9 PAGE!J 1~. DHAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PH~NOMENON. INCLUDE ANO LAYEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OA PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EJ<t-iAUST OR VA,.,OR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THC OIRE::CTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16 'NHJI.T W~$ -~o-=: ).'oCULAR SIZE? HOLD A >-" ... f':ri AT ARM'S LCNGTH I N FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAM= 0? 7 ... C: '-I~C 'I. ~OTE HOW MUCH o~ T ri ~ OSJ ECT IS COVER EO BY THE H EAO OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEE~,:.~._::-:; -=::~;:-o=~ THIS EXPERIIoJ::~7 A T -HE TIME OF TI-'C: SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTIO N OF THE PAGE 6 OF 9 P A G E S 11. 010 YOU 0 2SLq : THE PHENOMrNON THROUGH ANY OF Hi f-OLLOWING INCLUDL INF-ORMAliOtl O N MOOt!_ , TYPE, FIL TE:q, LEN S PRE.SCRIPTIO N On OTHCR APPLICAOLF. DATA. .' ( SI.INOLf\S2~S (l: ~ fliNOCULARS /'.' ~ TEI.ESCOPE ;. ., Stt:: Nt, c::."' :Jr VEHICLE \ ~., THEOOOLIT_E _ . A . oo y :)~ .:F.~ -.~=\I L y WEAR GLASSES' ~.lYE s 1] NO B . or:> You usE R E 1\0I NG GL ASSf . s 18 W A i 'ft :. ; ~ ) R I M P R E S S I 0 N 0 F T H E S P E ED 0 F T H E 19 . WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRCSSIO N