PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1~ ttA E TIM, GROUP 2. LOCATION _ 10, CONCLUSION Ci-.111ana 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GroundViaual Obaervered in SB 9. PHYSICAL EVIOEHCE Probable (HC11' AIR BJJJ.Oetl) The descri tion is t as those previously given ot hot air 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ~e obaerYer sighted a yellov retao~ar object in the ~ sky Attar 2 or 3 minutea, portion separated and tell but were ext.1Dguiahed bet tbeJ reacba4 the growul. The maiD object 17. DID YOU 08S~AVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING1 INCL.UOE INFORMATION ON MODEL., TYPE, FIL TEA, LENS PA!SCAifiiTION OA OTHER APPUCABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD SlOE WINDOW Otr VEHICLE THEODOLITE '.J WINOOWPAN~ A . DO YOU OR DIN A All .. Y WEAR GLASSES? 0 YES lL NO B . DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? t8. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPA~SSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED . PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE . 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 BEAA SOME AESl:MIILANCE TO WHAT. YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OIIJ ECT AN 0 WHAT YOU SAW. r lr~f:V.;- 21. Dl 0 YOU 1110 TICE ANY 0 OOR, NOISE . 0~ ME AT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR ~ACHINERY 1111 T~::: VICIN ITY? 0 YES (2] NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. A . DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES (8}.NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. . P AGE 7 OF 9 PACES II. HAVI YOU lVI" II IN THII 0 .. A IIMILA,_ PHINOMINON ,0 .. 1? Q YIS GJ NO. " ve:1, GIVI DATI AND IJ. WAS ANYONI WITH YOU AT THI TIMI YOU lAW THI PHINOMINON? m Yll 0 NO. " viti, 010 THilY Ill IT TOO? A. LIST TH!I GIVE THIE FOL.L.OWtNO INFO .. MATION ABOUT YOU,.S.L.F TE ADDITIONAL INP'O.-MATION INCLUDING OCCUJIATION AND ANY EXP! .. IItNCI WHICH MAY BE Plt .. TINENT. 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU RIPO .. T THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? 21. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. YEAR l: t// .f PAG E 8 OF 9 ~ACES 27. INFOAMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PE .. TINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVE .. ED IN THIS QUESTIONNAI .. E, ALTERNATIVELY P .. OVIDE A NAA .. ATIVE )(PLANATION OF THE SIGHTING. PAGE 9 QF 9 PO.CE:; &A. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE ATTH CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE ~N A" O N THE COMPASS T O INDIC~TE THE DIRECTION TO THI PHENOMI!NON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PL~CE ~ e O N THE COM P ASS TO IND I CATE THE DIRECTION T O THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. 7 . IN THE SKETC H B ELOW, PLAC E AN .A .. AT THE P O SITIO N O F THE P H E N O M E N O N WHEN FIRST SEEN. AND A "B" AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. C ONNEC T THE "'A" AND a WITH A LINE TO A PPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWt::EN "A. A~ O a. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. R E F E R T O SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE OF H O W TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKE'fCH . PAGE: 2 OF 9 P ;\ GE S WHER~ WIEAIE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Chec k nppropriac~ bln,./tc~.) BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY D AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTAYSIOE IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT -AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WEAE. VO,U MOVI NG1 HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING' SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE PHENOMENON? NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND&. DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' 010 YOU NOTIC E ANY AIRPLANESr B) YES 0 NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE T fME OF SIGHTING THF P7-0Mf.NON 'NO WHERI! THEV WERE IN THE SKV RELATIVE TO THE POSITIO N OF THE PHENOMENON. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME OETERMINV~ I WAS THE PHE,..O-..ENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? 0 YES IF No." INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT OR THE HEHAVIO .. ':)f' T11E PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE CISAP PEARANCES ON PRE~/!S SKETCHES. J tO. "THEA! WI!A! MORE THAN ON! PH~NOMI!NON, HOW MANY WERE THERE' CRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW H O W THEY WEAl! ARRANGID. DID THIS ARRANGEMINT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING' CONDITIONS (Ciaeelc appropriace bloc:lc$. ) 8. WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (Lo w fluffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS (Hilla fleecy or Herriq NIMBUS CLOUDS (Raire) FOG OR MIST HEAVY RAIN LICt-4T RAIN OR DRIZZLE PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Tiauttderslorms) UNKNOWN C. ltr THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON' CU STAAS (2) MOON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UNKNOWN PARTIAL (Ne w or quarter) 0. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN V ISIBLE? 0 Y ES 0 N O . THE PHI!NOMI!NON? IF. yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FA~ED IN rRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(NeM~o~ IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT E . SPI!CIFY THE MAJOR SOU .. C OF ILLUMINAT'ION PRESENT CURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TEIIU~ES TRIAL ILLU M INATION, SPECIFY OIST ANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. U. GIVE A BRIEF OI!SCRIPTION 0,-THE PH~NO .. ENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT AEF'LECTD LIGHT OR 'ftAS SEl. F-~iJ"'H"'tOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID 0,. 'fAAN.'iPARENT, W,..'.T'H~A EOGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT APPI!ARI!O AS A POUt'r Otr LIGHT. INDICAT E COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS , LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJECT IN VOUR FIELD o,-v iEW. PAGE 4 O F 9 PAG E S 010 THE PHENOMENON NO UNKNOWN MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? STANO STILL AT ANYTIME? SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? CHANGE COLOR' GIVE OI'F SMOKE' CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPE? FLASH OR FLICKER' DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? SPIN LIKE A TOP? MAKE A NOISE? FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? 1~. WHAT O!~EW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOM1N0N? -n !L~ lli - A . HOW DID IT FINALLY D ISAPPEAR' ,? , , , .tff-x-rHti/lcr B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEI-tiN!J OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUO, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY DYES [3) NO. IF vES,"' DESCRIBE. PAG E 5 OF9 PAGES U. DAAW A PICTUAE THAT WILL. SHOW THE SHAPE OP' THE PH!NOM!NON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEAAED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EM1AUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BV AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SllE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM"S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OA THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH 0,-TH! OBJECT IS COVERED BV THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO P!R,-ORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENON WOULD HA E BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. 1 t=t AGE 6 OF q PAGES 17. OlD YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUD E INFORMATION ON MODEL, TYPE, FIL TEA, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA . EYEGLASSES CAMERA V IEWER SUNGL~SSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD SlOE WINDOW 0~ VEHICL.E THEODOLITE \( WINDOWPANE A . DO YOU ORCIN ARIL. Y WEAR GL.ASS!:S? 0 YES DjNO B . DO YOU USE READING GL.ASSES! 0 YES R1 NO 18. WHAT WAS YOUR IM~RESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED . PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE . 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CL.EAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBL.E OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PL.ACED IN THE SKY, SIMIL.AR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT ANO WHAT YOU SAW. ,' /)) /J fl 7 , 21. DID YOU N OTIC E ANY 000~. N 0 ( 3 E . C R t1E.AT EMA!IIATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANIM~LS O R MAtCHINERY IN TlofE VICINITY ? (la YES f=~! NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. 'f \ A . DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAV E ANY PHYSICAL E V I DENCE. IF YES,'" DESCRIBE. . DYES (4No. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAG E S 22. HAVI U !VI .. IIIN THII 0 .. A SIMILA" ~H!NOMINON 1~0"1' 23. ns ANYONIE WITH YOU AT THI TIME YOU SAW THI PH!NOMINON? 1,8YIS 0 NO. LIST THII" NO. " y!s, GIV! DATI AND 0 NO. I~ ys, DID THEY lEI IT TOO? TIONAL IN~O .. MATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY JCPE .. I!NCE WHICH MAY B! PERTINENT. 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU R!PO .. T THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. PAG E 3 OF 9 PAGES DP1' ( UIO) Lt Col Quintanilla/70916/mhs/2 Oct 68 UFO Obaervation, 7 September 19&) Brookltyn; llev York 11210 'lbe deecr1pt1on, that you provided on your observation ot :.. .: 7 Septeaber-1968, is consistent with other reports tbat we received of plastic garmet bag hot air balloons. attached description.) QUlNI'ANUJA Lt Co lone 1 hier ~ Aerial Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorste Description SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHE"OMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET 8fllfEAU AI',..OrAL THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU C AN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INF'OR."ATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENO~,ENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE US~O FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES YOUR NAME WIL\,. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT ~YOUR PERMlSSidN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTO (TOETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB,OHI045433,1AWAFR80-i7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE; OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION. ) 1 . WHEN 010 YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON? 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' MONTHs c.. I' MINUTES 41 .4 . TIME/ ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 STANDARD ~ASTERN 0 CENTRAL D 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 DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE ':OUNTRY. IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARI< 6 . IMAGINE YOU ARE~ r THE POIN..,.. SHOWN IN Tl.fE SKETCH. PL~CE AN -A~ 0~ Tl.fE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENOMENON W .~S A90VE THE HO~I ZON. OR .;.c:v Ll i"' E . WHEN F IRST se; EN. P L J\ C E A ' 9 ON THE SAME CURVED Ll N E TO s~OW HOW ~IG'"! A90 JE THF. HOP.!;:ON i'HE PHEI'IO~ENON WAS VWHEN LAS:" SEEN . lA. NOW IMAGINE YOU AfltE ATTHE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE . PLACE AN A ON rHE C OMPASS TO IND I CATE THE DI,..ECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A e O N THE COMPAS!i TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. 7. IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSt TION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN Fl RST SEEN. AN 0 A "B" AT THE POSITION OF 'rtiE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A" AND e WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOV~M~NT 0~ THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN "A AND e. THAT I S, SCHEM~TICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEAR~::l T O SF-STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE L~RG ER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES lA. NOW IMAGINE YOU A .. E ATTHE CENTE~ OF THE COMPASS ROSE . PLACE AN A ON rHE C OMPASS T O INDICATE TH~ DI~ECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLAC E A e O N THE COMPAS!i TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION T O THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. 7 . IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN "A" AT THE POSITION OF THE PHE N OMENO N WHE N FIRST SEEN, ANO A "e AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A AND e WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOV~M~NT 0!=' THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN "A AND "e. THAT I S, SCHEMATtCALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEAR T O SE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCt4. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDORT BUEAU AP~IOVAL NUM8Bif 2 I .#UJI THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U. S. AIR FO~CE AS MUC H INFOR.\1ATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENO :NON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEM\E TRY T O ALlJ OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USEO FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES YOUR NAME WlL\,. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT .. YOUR PERMISSION. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB,OHt045433, tAW AFR80-f7. (II-~ ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FOR