P ;~OJECT 10073 RECORD Laa Vegaa, Neyada : (4 Vi\D ) ' 3. SOURCE -10. CONCLUSION Possible J.atro (ST.AFG/JUNITS) At the time ot the aigb.tiag, Vega, Al ta~l' Deaeb yere all rather hlp ill tbe alq aD4 baYe beeD cle.cri becl OYerhea4. 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH Of OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The o'btlerTer aighted a bript atar like 'J,lpt 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground -Viaual 8. PtiOTO$ ~. PHYSICAL EVIDEMCI! erratically ck tortb OYerbea4. Z2. HAV. YOU llVC" laiN TIUI 0" A 11 .. 1\.A" fiMil)tOfi'INON ,O"C' LOCATte,e. ItO. " VES, GIVf: OAT E AHO 13. w~aMYOMI WITH YOU AT THI TIMI YOU &A'flf THI ,_HEMO .. ~NOfltf CJ\'!S Q NO. " v!s, 010 TH!:V SE! IT TOO? lr}vs 0 No. A. LIST TMaltlt N AM IS AMD ADOtltUS&S GIVE THE FOL.L.OWING IN FO .. MATION ABOUT YOUASL.F lHDICA'fl ADDIT'ION4LU4fi"ORM4TION IN LUDINO OCCUPATION AND ANY !XPE .. II:NCI: WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT . 25. WM'!IIf ~"iO TO ,HO"' 010 YOU REPOqT THAT Y O U HAO SI GHT.EO THIS PHEHO,.ENON' Z6 . DATE YOU CO LETED THIS QUESTIONNAIR!. Y EAR --J.l- PAG~ 8 OF 9 PAGES rf/ r/\J c- PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGES TDPT (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AI" P'O"CE HRADOUAIItTRR. F'OR~IGN T~C:HNOLOGY DIVISION f AI'SC WRIGHT.PATTER50N AIR FORCE BASil. OHIO 4!1433 UFO Observation, 10 Septellber 1968 Las Vsps, Nevada 89l07 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which you 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. \ )rECTOR QUINTANIIJ.A, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF ;'Chi~f, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospa ce Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope RTTUZYUW R nWJBPIA0635 2) 7 190 7-UU U --R UEDF IF. <. ZNR UUUUU FM USAFTFWC NELLIS ArB NEV TO RUWMFVA/ADC RUWJBJA/27 AD LU~E ArB ARIZ RUEDFIF/FTD WPAFB OniO (1DE1R> RUEFHQA/C54F CAFRDC> RUEFHQA/OSAF CSAF-U!) WASHDC ZEN/UN I v OF CuLu < Alll'4 C~ C~ll~DUN) BULl.D COLO UNCLAS CDI SUBJ: UFO REPORT ~.. THE FOLLOWING REPUR f IS I AW AFR 80-17. PAR A 1 1.4t C 1) l~O i D I SCER 1~- ABLE, ONLY A LIGHT AS UBSERVED C2) SLIGri.iLY LARGER 1nA~ ~nE NJRlM STAR ~3> wniiE, ,,,uRE It~1E1~sE 1nA1~ A StAR c4> v~ .. e Cj > L'i/A C6) THE INTENSITY OF .l.HE LIGH1 DID NOl VARY ' 7) hONE OBSERVED DEGREES 3) NOT OBSERVED (4) WnEN FIRSl OBSERVED 1nE LIGnt WAS <. 'HEADED WEST AT A CUNSl ANl RAlE uF SPEED; WnEL, Ia ReACnED A PUSITION DIRECTLY OVER HEAD OF 1 nE OBSERVER, FUREWARD au a Iu,, CEASED .~NO PAGE ~ R UWJ8l'JA0636 Ua-.CLAS PENDULUM MOl"IO" WAS UBSERVED1 1 nE SWia~GING t'IU1 Iua, WAS PARALLEL WITH THE DIREC'l'luN uF WI'10 .o.f SURFACE (:;)) r.Ul oBSERVED (6) &l MIN. PARA llCI ( 1) GRUUND VISUAL (2) NUa,E (3) &"/A PARA tiDI '1) 2130 r 0 ~EP b8, 0430l. (2) NlGnt PARA 1 lEI 5401 BURGUNDY WAY, LAS VEGAS, NEV. PARA llF: (1) MRS. LAS VEGAS, NEV, HOUSEWIFE HIGH SCHOOL, SEEMED RELIABLE A"D CGu?ERAiiVE. PAHA ltG: Cl> 60-85 DEGREES, LIGnt BREEZE ClO-1~ MPH> CLEAR (2> SURFACE, roo, NOT AVAILABLE. (3) CLEAR (4) t:J (..1) LE~!l IMAN '/10 PARA tlH: NO~E; PARA lll: a1ELLI~ A~B COn~AND PUSl PERSU~NEL OBSERVED 0 3JECT, NELLIS .lOWER REPoRtED UBJECr AS PU~SIBLE HEL I CCPTER; QUERY CUNO UC & ED BX r. AFB CP !1"D I CA a ED 1,0 HEL I Cu? 1 ERS uP F M ANLY LOCAL AIRFIELDS (NUR in LAS B~'-:iA::> AIRPuR', s'iCCARRAr4 APl, NORTH LAS VEGAS AlRPtJRT uBSERVED u8JEC1 WESa uF THEIR LOCqT!ON A''4D EStiMAtED ~ooo ~Li. LAS VEGAS RADAR (rAAl A'l MCCAR~AN AP DID NOT REGISTER iHE OBJECt PARA tlJ: Hu~E. PARA llK: CAPT DAVID L MILLER; NELLIS AFo UFu uFFiCER; PAGE 3 R Ut.-'J8l'IA0636 UNCLAS Re: 10/Sept/68, Las Vegas Case 4 \olitnesses Las Vegas, 'Nev. 89107 It is possible that one person thought one star was moving among others. One would have to ask witness whether she actually saw the object move with resp!ct to the stars. Report states object was moving west at a constant rate of speed, and that when it reached a position directly overhead, forward motion ceased and a pendulum motion was observed. Furthermore, Nellis Air Force Base personnel also observed the object (supposedly). Also, North Las Vegas airport observed the object (supposedly same object, but, of course, not established) west of their location at an estimat:ed height of 5000 feet. Radar did not pick up. Therefore, I cannot agree that it was likely that a star was the stimulus for this report. To say so means that we have to discount completely 1. Observed motion of object. 2. ~ts pendulum motion (were other stars also moving like a pendulum?) 3. Eviden~e of ot er observers, presumably experienced, at Nellis AFB Cdu~a of. re~or~ i n r;1y opinion must -:err.c.i:1 "unidentified" until, if and wh2.n , priptH" f o l lowup is made to ask obse~ers to trace motion of object among t t e ~ ta . I will att pt ~o do so if authorized. Actually, authorization i s i:;:r;p l i.-.!1 in Art:icle I, Paragraph 4"to analyz e and evaluate reports of un- identifl.ed aerial phenomen for the purpose of determining the cause." IJUI)Gaf IIVIaMI M*~ftrM. NUJIIJ61 21 JII SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHEMOMEIA QUESTIOMMAIRE THIS QUESnONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U . S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CO~CERNlNG TfiE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WlLL BE USED Je'OR RESEARCH PU~SES. YOUR NAME WILT.,. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS W1'ni0UT YOUR PERMISSJdN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB,OHI045433, lAW AFR80~f7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKeTCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME f'OR IDENTIFICATfON.) 1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON' 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMNON! ~ 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' HOUR t 1:t:r' MINUTES QA . M . DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN CIFIC 0 OTHER 5 . WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON' IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A HAND D~AWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THit HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON O R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE ~NOMAfltK. C.:~tc I I !:. !MAGIN ~ J "RF. AT TH=: POIN7 S ... OW/14 !1-t THE SKETCH, PLACE AN ~A' ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE. I P H!!NOMENO llt WAS A':30VE 7rlE H C R I ZCN. ~?. SKY~INE. 'NHEN F:R$7 =>==:N. PLACE A ' ' 3 .. ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO I SHOW t-IC W HIGH ABOVC: THE HORIZON 'l'HE ?&.;ENOMENON WAS WHE~ L.t.ST SEEN. lA. NOW IMA01NK YOU A .. E AT THt CtNT!,_ 0, THil COM~ AU ,_OSE. PL.ACI! AN A Otlt THE COM~ASS TO INOICATI! THI! Dt .. KCTION TO THE PHENOMtNON WHKN ,. .. 11' SI!I!N. PLACE A ON THE COM~ASS TO INDICATE THI! OIRI!CTION TO TN& IIHtNOMI!NON WHEN LAIT lttN 7 . t"'' TH!: St<E':"~H F.UH.OW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, ANO A e AT THE POSITION ~F T1-4E PHII!HONt:HON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A ANO a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE ~ MOV!: ... ENT OF THE PHf!NOMI:NON BETWEEN A ANO "'8. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT $ AP,.l!AR~O T O BE STRAIGHT, CU .. Vl!D OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMAL\.ER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THI: LA~Ci ER Sl( iC:M PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES WHI,_E WE,_E VOU WMaN VOU lAW TH. PHINOMENOH? (Citedc approp,iralft blQclu.) OUTOOOIItS IN aUSINISS S!CTION OF CITY IN BUILOINO IN AESIO!MTIAl. SECTION OF CITY AS CAIV!A -AS PASSENG!:A IN OPEN COUNT~YSIC! NE A Jill Al,.fl'l El.O IN AlfltfiLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSNGEA FLYING OVI!:A CITY FL. YIMG OV!fl' Ofi'P.:N COUNTRY IF YOU WAE IN A VEHICLE, COMPL. ET!: THE FOLLOWING: OU.I!CTION WI!AE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST W!fl'! YOU MOVING' OlD YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE 08S!RVING THE PHI!NOMP.:NON? MOIItTHIAST SOUTHEAST HOATHWI!:ST EXPLAIN WMETHI!flt SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUA SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 ANO 6 . OESCRI81! TYPE 01' VEHICLE YOU WEA! IN ANO TYPE OF AOAO, TERRAIN OR BOOY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED CURING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVEATU!IL.E TOP WERE UP OR OOWN. MUCH OTHEA TRAFFIC WAS THERE7 010 YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? 0 YES f.i('o. IF ye:s. DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WE~E IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME OF SIGHTING TH~ PHENOMENON ANO WHERE '1EY WERE. IN THE SI<Y RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON HO"I LONG WAS THE PHENOMl!NON IN SIGHT? LENG'!'H CF TIM~ ;:~R-..a.!N O F TIME NOT VERY SURE , FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS 'IIW-'5 Tt-E ,_.,.!!:NO .. !MON l ilt SIGMT CONTINUOUS~Y' ~ES J;!NO. I~ No, '" INDICATE WH~THEA THIS IS DUE TO YOU,_ "40V!!'4F-N T Oilt -.-.~ 3!:._, ~VIC" O!W 1"._.E PM~MOM!:NO , AND C ~18E SUCH ~VEMEN T OR SEH AVIOR. IN OIC ATE OISAP ~Etl~ANC!::S Oa& DP.F.V!OUS St<I!TCHES. t /l6r ro I c.iP A r 'r I /JJt_< PAGE 3 OF 9 PAG~S 10. I, TMaal Willi& MO"I THAN ONI .. HENOM!fitON. HO MANY W!.FU! TH ' AflllfiiiAN.ID. 010 THII """ANGaMaMT CM ANCI OU~tNO TMI SIGH TINO' O,.AW A PICTUR.! TO SHOW HOW TH~Y W!:PI! CONDITIONS (Ciuu:lc opprop,ioce block.) SJCY 8 . W!ATH~A CUMUl.US C&.OUOS (Low f l,.ffy) FOG OR ~1ST t-TWILIGHT CIR~US C&.OUOS (Hilla fl cy or Herrin1 HEAVY RAIN COM~LitTILY OVI!,_CftST NIMBUS Cl.OUOS (Raira) CUMUl-ONIMBUS CLOUDS (T la,.,_d~'dO,IM) LIGHT RAIN OPI ORIZZ&.E SNOW 0" SLEET HAZE OR SMOG :.,.// NONE OF THE ABOVE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON? C . IF THE SIGMTIMO WAS AT TWil.IGHT Of" NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE NONf! DRIGHT MOONLIGHT L-NO MOONLIGHT A F~W M OON WITH HALO ._/"MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or qU4rt~r) 0 . I~ SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. IF yEs. WHEAl WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED ~HE ~Ht[MOM~NO"f~ I H t='IIIONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(NeM~o~ IN BACK o;; ~u T O You q LE::'~ E . S,_!CI-Y THE ii!IAJO"t SOuJtC!: Ofl' ILLUMINATION PRESE!ItT OUAING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR ST.-EET LAN ... ~TC. F O R T"fi!EST,_IAL ILLUMIN~ rtOM, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. ; . CIVI: A aJiti~:C' c~.: ,~lO <l, T._.l! ~""F-"40_.!: ... 0"4. t,..!JICATING WHETH~ ! T APDC:Aq Q OA~K OR LIGHT, WHETHER I T ~Efi'L&C:T~O LIG~T 0~ AS SELfl'-l.UMt .. OUS AND 11HAT ':OL.ORS YOU NOTICE:>. SCRIBE YOUPI IMPRESSION OF WHETHER ~ !TWAS SOLi D C~ 7~AI'ofS-"te:NT, "'"ET,..E" EDGES 'lifE~ SHARP OR FUZZY. 0~5C'"8E TH~ SHAP~ OR INDICATE IF IT APPEA,.!:O A~ A PO! ... T' 0' -GHT. INOIC4TE co-..PARISONS WITH OTHE" OI!ISE~VEO OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR ri O T .. Eft OaJe!CT I H YOU" "'l~t-0 OF V IEW lbv() t F-t/ PAG E 4 OF 9 PAGES DID THC .. Wa!IIIOMRNOH MOVI IN A STfltAIGMT LIN~? !T AHO STILL AT ANYTIME' SUOOEMLY SPIIEO UP AND AUN AWAY? Nc-r rc-c- 8flt!:AK u,a tH PA,.TS AND EXPLODE' CHANGil C0'-0"? GIVIE 0~, SMOKI!? CHANGI 8fltiGHTNSS? CHANGE SHAP~? 'LASH Ofill ,LICKiflt? DISA .... IAfill AND AEAP .. IAfill? S .. IH LIKE A TOP! MAKE A NOISE? ,LUTTEA OA WOII8LE? 1 ... WHAT DAI!W YOUA ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON? O;RE.cT,:~ A . HOW OlD 1r FltfALLY DISAPPEAR? B . OlD THE PH?f0,..NO ... MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING. LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILOIN'G AT ANY TIMET 0 YES (;iNO. IF yEs, OESCRI81!. PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 11. OlltAW A ~ICTUA! THAT WILL SHOW THt: SHA~t: 0, THE PHENOMENON. INCL.UOI AND L.A8EL. ANY OETAIL.S THAT MIGHT MAVI A EAAID AS WINOS OA fiAOTAUIIONJ, AND INDICATE EAHAU!IT OA VAfiO" TfltAIL.S. INDICATE !IY AN AAAOW THE DI .. ICTION THE ,.HENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGUL.AA SIZE? HOLO A MATCH A T ARMS LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OA THE 1400N. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEI!N ABL.E TO PEAP'ORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES H. 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THAOUGM TYPE, FIL TEA, L~NS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER AFn R0-17(Cl) ANY OF TME FOLLOWI N G ' INCLUDE" I"'FORMI\T!ON ON M00L, APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES C~MERA VIEWER . SUNGLASSES t ' vBINOCULAAS WINDSHIELD f', j~ L-_,.,,-" TELESCOPE SlOE WINOO'.V OF VEHICLE 1 V.- THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE OTHER ~/ A . DO YOU ORDINARILY YIEAR GLASSES? 0 YES (;21 NO B . Dt) YOU USE READING GLASSES' 0 YES ~"'No