P ~OJECT 10073 RECORD t. t ~Te Tl~'l OROUP 2. ~OCATION 3. SOURCE 10, CONCLUSION (.A.IR:RAI'r) 4. NUMBER 011 OIJICTI obaener ia 11 rar ol4. Tu a-rea ot 'b aiptiaa 1 Dear Vrl Pa,teraoa ArB. S. LENGTH 011 OISIRVATION 1 1, IRIIP IUMMARY AND ANALYIII 30 M1Dutea 'l'be ObMI'Yer alab tel . obJeot tba' hid aneral vbl te tlu ...... 6. TYP~ Ofl OIS~RVATION Qronn4-V1wal !fortb.erl~ e. PtiOTOI 9. PHYSICAL EVIDINCI 21. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FI!EL IS PI!ATINI!NT 8UT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVER EO IN THIS QU EST10NNA1RE, ALTERNATIVELY P"OVIDI! A NA .... ATIVI ~ .. JCPL~N .. ATION 01' TH~ ~IGHTING. "J . .. \. PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGES I auaJ&C:T: TDPT (UFO) DE~A"TMKNT OF THE AIR FORCE HaAOOUAitTaRS P'ONKION TI:CMNOLOOY DIVISION f AI'SC t WRIGHT.,.ATTE"SON AI,. F'O,.CI: BASK. OHIO 45433 UFO Observation, 6 September 1968 Kettering, Ohio 45429 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which reported to the Air Force. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request you complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. \ CTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr Lt Colonel, USAF iChief, Aerial Phenomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate llti"-Y TO TDPr (UFO) DE~A"TMKNT Olf TH. AI" P'O .. CK HtADQUA"TKN. ~O"EION TECHNOLOGY DIYtetON C A,.C) W"IGHT.~ATTE"SON AI .. ,O,.CE As&. OHIO .5.33 UFO Observation, 6 September 1963 Your nnme has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being a witness to nn unidentified flying object. If you \Were a \/l tness to o.n UFO sighting on 6 Septetr~ber 1968 .... auld you please corr.plete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you were not a witness to this sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the attDched fozm. The information 'Which you provide. -will be used in ev:-t1.u'1 ting this ~bservation. Thank you for your assistance in this ~.' ~CTOR 'J.lJINTANII.I.A, Jr, Lt Colonel, /Chief, Aerial Phcnc~ena Office f..erospace Technologies Division Proauctlon Directornte AF Form 117 v/envelope SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDG!T BU~EAU AP OVAL NU/11861f Jl.lfUI THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS OEEN PREPARED SO Til AT YOU CAN GIVE THF. U. S. AIR fo'ORCf<: AS MUCH INI-"ORMATION AS POSSIHLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVEO. PLEASF. TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUF.STIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL UE USEO FO~ f~ESEARCH PURPOSF.S YOUR NAME WIL\. NOT'BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMI~SION. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDF:TR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB,OHI045433, lAW AFR80-f7. (IF ADDITIONAL SH8F.TS ARF. NEEDF:D POR NARRATIVE OR.SKF.TCIIF.S ATTACII SECURI-:LY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAMF. FOR IDF.NTIFICATION.J 1 . WHEN 010 YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON' MONTH ~>'1-uzt. .. YEAR 2 . WH -'T TIME 010 YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' .::2.. 3 . WH-'T TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' HOUR MINUTES 0 -'.M. ~AYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 ST-'NOARO 0 CENTR-'L 0 MOUNTAIN 0 P-'CIFIC 0 OTHER 4 . TIME'ZONE 5. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU S-'W THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE N EAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INOIC-'TE ON A HAND D R AWN MAP WHERE: YOU WERE ST-'NOING WITH REFERENCE TO THE AOORESS. IF IN TtiE r;OUNTRY, IO(NliFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR -'NO TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE -'NO DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZ-'BLE L-'NOMARI<. 6 . IMAGII'IC YOU A~E A T THE POINT S-40'NN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE -'N .. ,.,~ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENOMENO~I W"S AI:JOVE THE ,..CRI!O N , O R SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PL-'C E A ... !3 .. ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW H":; H ABOVE THE HORI!0-4 THE P HENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. OBSERVER ..-" AFR 8D-17(Cl) 6-'. NOW IMAGINE YOU A .. E AT THE CENT~F't OF 'rt1E COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN "'A ON THE COMFIASS TO INDICATE THE DUU!CTION TO THE PHENOMI!NON WHEN FIAST SEEN. PLACE A e ON THE COMFIASS TO INDICATE THE DIR~CTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. 7 . IN THE SKETCH UELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSI-ION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A a AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. C~"'NECT THE A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMI!NON BETWEEN A, ANO '"s. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CUJ~VEO OR ZIG-ZAG. ~EFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES WMEAE WERE Y O U WME N YOU SAW T HE PHENOMENON' (f:h tfh Ufli''"P'int ,. hlm h .-..) IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY tJN B UILDING IN RESIDENTIAL S ECTIO N OF CITY IN CAR 0 A S DRIVE R 0 AS P A SS E NGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE N EAR A I R FIELD IN AIR P LANE D AS PILOT A S PASSENGER F LYING OVE R CITY LYING OVER OPEN C O U N T R Y IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT OIR~CTION WEAE YOU MOVING? H O W F A ST WERE Y O U MOVING7 SOUTH WEST OlD YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVI N G THE PHENOMENON' NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST EXPLAIN WH'!THER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS Y OUR SKETCHES IN IT EMS S AND 6 . DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, T ERRAIN O R B ODY O F WATE R YOU TRAVERSED D U RING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW M UCH.OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? DID YOU N O TICE ANY A IRPLANES? DYES 0 N O . yEs. DESCRIBE WHEN THE Y WERE I N SIGHT R ELAT IVE TO THE T I M E OF SIGHTING THE P H E N O M ENON AND WHE RE T H E Y WER E IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITIO N O F T H E PHE N O M E NON. HOW LONG WAS TH PHENOME N O N IN SIGHT? L ENGTH~F Tl~ CERTAIN O F TIME N O T VER Y SUR E FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS H O W W~S TIME DETERMINED? WAS THE PHENO MENON IN SI GHT C:l ... iiNUOUSLY' ~YES 0 N O . IF NO," INDICATE WHETHER THI S I S DUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR O F ~"+E PHEN OMENO , N O DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR B EHAVIOR. IND I C A T E OISA~- P EARANCES O N PAEVIOU! SKET::i1ES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAG~S 10. IF THERE W!A!. MORE THAN ON! PHI!NOM!.NOH, HOW MANY W~A! THERE' DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE ARJIIANG!D. DID THIS ARRANGI!MI!NT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING' CONDITIONS (Ciaeelc oppropria&e bloelc$.) SKY B. WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (l.ow fluffy) HEAVY RAIN CIAAUS CLOUDS (Hilla fle~ey or H~rrirtr LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE NIMBUS CLOUDS (Ra&ra) HAIL CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEI!T COMPLETELY OV!:RCAST (Tiaut&ders&orrru) UNKNOWN C. IF THI! SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON? (~) STARS (2)/ . MOON ~NONE ~ BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT MOON 'NITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quorrer) :::: D . IF SIGHTING W~S IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. IF vEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED THE PHENOMENON? IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR AIGHT OVERHEAD(Ne ora) IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUCI! !..EFT UNKNOWN E . SP!:CtFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF IL!..UMtHATION PR!.SI!NT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TEIItlltiESTRtAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFV OIS'TANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION Of' THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT 0" W.\5 SIELFLUiiltf..OUI A""'D WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TR.\NSPARCNT, WH~T)ot!~ f'!:)GES WERE SMAR~ OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OA INDICATE IF IT APPEARED AS A POlNi OJE' LIGHT. IND1:::A1'~ COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR Ol"HEIIt OBJECT IN YOI.I" Fle:LO OF V IEW. ; ~AGE 4 OF 9 PAGES . U. . 010 THI PHIENOMKNON Yll MOVI IN A ST .. AIOHT LINI? f -" SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND .. UN AWAY? i,../" _,. CHANGE COLO,_? GIVE 0,, SMOKE? CH ANGK B,.IGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPE? SPIN LIKE A TO~? V'" t. WHAT D .. I:W YOU .. ATTINTION TO THE PHENOMENON? A . HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPP~AR' B. OlD THE P~ENONI!NON MOV~ BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKI! A CLOUD, TR~E. 0 .. BUILDING AT ANY TIMET 0 YES NO. lfl' yt:s, DESCRIBE. 15. OAAW A PICTUAE THAT WILL SHOW TH SHAPE Oft THE PHNOMI!NON. INCL.UOI AND LABEL. ANV DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINOS OA fiiAOTAUSIONS, AND INDICATE E~HAUST OR VAPOA TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN AAAOW THE I DIRECTION THE PHENOM~NON WAS MOVING. 15. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOL.O A MATCH AT ARMS LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON. NOT HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BV THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFOAM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENON WOULO HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. I f5ACE 6 O F 9 P AGES AFR M-17(CI) t7. 010 YOU 08S!RV! THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INF"ORMATION ON MODEL, TYPE, FIL TI!A, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WINOSHI!L 0 TEL ESCOP THEODOLITE SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE .X WINDOWfiANE A. 00 YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES! 0 YES NO 8. 00 YOU USE READING GLASSES! [)YES [~0 HI. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPI!I!D OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANC10F T~ PHENOMI!N0N7 GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPI!I!D .;:'~ Ali'A.. PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE , A4(6. 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES ANO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. DID YOU N OTICE AHY O COR , N013~ ::>q HEAT EMANAT.(71G FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN TH:: VICINITY? 0 YES K_ NO. IF YES, DESCRIBE EFFECT ON YOURSELF, A. OlD THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES lfNO. IF YES,'" DESCRIBE. ~ PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED '"EMOMEMA QUESTIOMIAIRE INIJGKT llfJAII M''"'& NUJII.I 2 I . I Jll THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED 90 THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U. S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAME WIL~ NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMlSSiciN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRJGHT- p ATTERSON AFB, OH I 0 45433, I AW AFR 80-f7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKI!TCHI!S ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAN8 FOR IDENTIFICATION.) 1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON? MONTH~ P ; ,-j--. 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FI,_ST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? HOUR q _:) Q MINUTEs Oo 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THil PHENOMENON' 4 . TIME' ZONE f>' DAYLIGHT SAVINGS . 0 STAN CARD ~ EASTERN 0 CENTRAL . 0 MOUNTAIN 0 PACIFIC 0 OTHER 5 . WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS .AND INDICATE ON A HAND oqAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IOENTifi'Y THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK 6 . IMAGINE YOU 'RE AT THE POINT SwOWN l"'t THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A" ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENOMENO N WA'; ABOVE THE lo40~1l.ON, OR SI<YLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A "!3 ON THE SAME CURVED L.INE TO SHOW HO'N HIGH ABOVE THE HOIIII Z O I't THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN . OBSERVER .., 22. HAVI! VOU EVER SI!I!N THIS o.-A SIMILAR PH!:NOM~NON IIKFOR!:? 0 YES r;;;ai4o. IF vEs, GIVE OAT AND . LOCATION. ~ ANYONE WITH YOU AT THI! TIME YOU SAW THa PHENOMaNON? YES 0 NO. IF "YEs, DID THE't' SEE IT TOO' VEilS 0 NO. .F-'4.. A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRI!SII!S GIVIE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF , FIRST N AMI!, MID MALE FEMALE INDICATE A OITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MA BE PERTINENT 25. WHEN AND T O WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. PAGE 9 OF 9 ?AGES OA TE TIM! GAOUft 3. SOURCE 10. 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OP OBSI!RVATIOH 6. TYPE Ofl OBSERVATION 7. COURSE 8. PtfOTOS P~OJECT 10073 RECORD (-W1tAeeea Da~toa, Ohio CONCLUSION Other (CONn.ICTINO DlTJJ BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The obaerter reported to the Dut)' Otticer on 30 Sep' 68 tba' he vaa watching a atar like objeo\ io. the Weat tba\ kept chansins colora tron blue to red to oraDge. A Fora 117 vaa aen' to the obeerrer vho returned 1 t . ~ haTeing sighted the UiO on 19 Sept 68. The deaoriptioD ,.ia coDaitent. v.ltb a 'ar or plaoet but becau .. ot the contlio' ta'4atea, tbe: aisbtiDS la balDs u coafiictiDa datae. : . . 9. PHYSICAL. EYIDNCE FTO S P 6) 0-329 (TOE) P,.lowe au_.. of thl fee& wap be uud. : i BUDG!\T RllltF.AU AP,.IfOV AI.. NWIIJ~If 2 I . R 2JI SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHEMOMEMA QUESTIONNAIRE THIS ~lUESTIONNAlRfo: H~S UEEN P~fo:P1\REO SO TfiAT YOU C AN GIVl-: TH .. : U.~ AIR FORCE AS MtJC'fl INFORM~TION 1\S POgSJHLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PIIENOMF.NON TffAT YOU HAV~ OBSI-:~vr::o. PLEASfo: TRY TO A:'IISWER ALU 01-' THlO: QU~:STIONS. THE lNFOWMI\TION YOU GIVE WILL HE USI-~1> FOR I~F.SI;:I\RC.:If PU~POSt-:S YOUR NAME WlL\,. NOT BE USF.D IN CONNECTIO~ WlTH ANY OF YOUR STATEMt-:NTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOU~ PE~MtS:-;tON. R .. :TUHN TO AIR FORCE UASE INVI:STIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTO (TOETR). WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, I AW AFR 80-f7. ( I F ADDITIONAL SIIEF-; TS AHF. N~E.DF.D ,.-oR NAHRA TIV/;; OR SK,.:TCHF-:S ATTACH SECURF.L Y TO THIS FOHM OR ANNOTATF. IHTH l'OUU NAMF. FOR lnt<:NTif'I CA TION. ) 1. WHEN DID YOU S!::E THE PHI!NOMEN0N7