4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS s. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVA TIOM 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Probable Aatro ( 11. BRIEf SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The obaener aipte4 vhat w tirat ap~ared to be a atu. ot courae the atara were out it vaa quite dark out. Thl object aeamed.Ter,r red an4 oran.-br just looking up at it ot courae through the biDoculara. We aeen tlaahea ott The object vaa aeeo tairl7 low in ~he WSW ea4 1' aeen 1D t WNV. The obeerrer alao aav another atmilar 11sbt to the s C<MfiNTS t There vaa a t ture inYeraioD in tbe area at the time. Base Control Tower atate4 tbat a b~igbt.atar or planet was ill the night alc)t iD the P .Deral bearing ot the reported uro. Initially Arcturua vaa at tel7 17 deg elevation. 281 deg az~uth,a\ t&eend ot ~be a1gbtina it vould haTe been at abo\lt 3 deg elevation, 29.5 deg azim\lth. L..: ":.:~:-:-:-------1--i'lbmiuma~t~h;amt~i:.rst object vaa probable ~ot\lrUe aod th~ aecon~dtml 27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU F~EL. IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT AOI!:QUATEL.Y COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIR~. AL. TERNATIVEL.Y P"OVIOE A NA""ATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING tttwa. '" DCOI 4 October 1968 UFO Sighting I FTD (TDETR) Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio The attached AF Form 117 ~s forwarded to you IAW 2. Our base investigation revealed the following: a. Base Control Tower personnel stated that a bright star or planet was in the night sky in the general bearing of the reported "UFO" (Kewanna, Ind). b. Base RApCon (Radar Approach Control) personnel stated that there was a temperature inversion phenomenon noted on their radar scopes in the direction. of Kewanna during the period of the "UFO" sighting and may have been the source of the appearance of reflected c. No further investigation was made into this reported sighting. CARTWRIGHT, Lt Col, USAF Chi , Intelligenc~ Division SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE SVDOaT BV.EAU APPWOVAL NUM8al 21 IUJI THIS QUESTJONNAI.RE HAS BEEN PREPARED 90 THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATIO='I AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO AN3WER ALU Olo' THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES YOUR NAME WlL~ NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSicfN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTf' (TDETR), WRIGHT. PATTERSON AFB, OH 10 45433, I AW AFR 80-i7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEeTS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRA TIVI: OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME f'OR IDENTIFICATION.) 1. WHEN.DIO YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON' 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMI!NONt HOUR 9: 't;. 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON! YEAR /f:4k:_ _ 4 . TIME' ZONE U DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 STANDARD [!{cENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN 0 PACIFIC 0 OTHER 5 . WHE .. !: WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON' IF IN CITY. GIVETH!: NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A HAND O~AWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY T~E HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOCNIZABLE LANDMARK . 6 IMAGINE YOU AR~ A T THE P OINT SH OWN I N ThE SKETCH. PLACE AN ~A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE ? H ENOr-4E~::>N WAS ABOVE TnE tiORIZON. O R ::.t<YLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEt.4. PL.AC E A g~ ON THE SAME CUR\'E:J LINC:: T"" SHOW HOW HIGH ABO'.IE THE HORIZON THI:: P~ENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SC.C:N lA. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER 0, THE COMFASS ROSE. PL.ACE AN A ON THE C OMFASS TO INOICI\T E TH:: DIAC:CTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN "RST SEEN. PLA=E A a ON THE COMPASS TO INOIC~TE THE DIRECTION T O THE P~oiENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. I 7. IN THE SKETCH 9ELOW, PLACE AN "'A"' AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, ANO A "a"' AT THE POSI'riON OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATC T .. ' E MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN "'A"' AND "a. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT Ai=I?C:AREO TO ~E STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMAL.L.ER SI<ETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF ~OW TO COMPL!:TE THE L~PGER SKETCH. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMEN O N ? (Chec k nppropriatP. b l or.k s.) V O U TDOO R S IN B USINESS SECTI O N O F CITY IN BUIL.DING IN RESIDENTI AL. SECTION O F CITY IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER I N OPEN COUNTRYSIDE IN BOAT N EAR AIRFIELD IN AtRPLANE 0 AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FL.YING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING? NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST EXPLAIN WH~THER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS SAND 6 . DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR B ODY O F WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTIN G. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. OW MUC"i OTHE R TRAFFIC WAS THER E ? DID '"OU N OTIC E ANY AIRPLANES~ ffvES 0 N O . IF vEs. OES~RIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATrv:: ~o THE T I M E GI-fTING THE PHE NOMENO N ANC WHERE T H E Y WERE IN T H E SKY RELATIVE T O THE POSITION OF THE P.-.ENOMJ:':N C.i.!. HOW LON'J WA5 THE PHENOMENON I~ SIGHT" fw.AS-..,.E ~-E'-I:i1E'ION I N '>!GI-4 f CCNTINUOu\(v., ;0h 0 NC. I F NO .. INDICA T E WHETHER THIS I S DUE T O YOUR MO'vE MENT .:>~THE BEHAV I O R O F THE PHENO M E NO N . AND DESCRIBE SU~I-1 MOVEMENT O R B E HAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP- ARANC E S O N PREVIOUS ~t<:ETCHES. 10. IF THERE WEIItE MOIItK THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY W!lltE TH!IIt!' OlltAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE ARIItANGEO. DID THIS AlltlltANGEM!NT CHANGE CURING TH! SIGHTING' CONDITIONS (Chclt appropriate blocks.} CAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy} FOG OR MIST TWILIGHT CIAIItUS CI..OUDS(Hillt fle~cy or Herri116 HEAVY RAIN V NIGHT bo11e) LIGHT RAIN OR ORIZZLE CI..EAR NIMBUS CI..OUOS (Rairt) HAIL COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Tiautatlerslorm.s} UNKNOWN oooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo HAZE OR SMOG NONE OF THE ABOVE C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT 010 YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON!(-, (1) STARS (2) MOON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS PAR Tl A L (New o r quwter) ........ ~-NO MOONLIGHT 0 . IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES THE PHENOM~NON' 0 NO. IF "YES, WHERE WAS THE SIJN AS YOU FACEO lN FR.:>NT O F YOu TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (N~ar noo<t) IN B~CK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN E . SPECIFY THE MAJO~ SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, t-'EADLIGt TS nR ST~EET LAMP, ETC . FOP T!:RRESTRIAL. IL.:..UMIN~TION, SPECIFY DIST~NCE TO LrGHT SOURCE. l G l ,JE, ""' 9q'EF ::E'SC~IPTIO"'f OF THE P HENO,..ENO ... , I""'DICATING w::TMER I T APPE~REO DARK OR LIGHT, ~rtf-T; E ~ IT ~ PE~LEC~E:l L i(;.,.T )~ '-'-'S SE~r-LUMI ... O U 5 ANQ WHAT COLORS YOU NO"'r:~EO. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPq!!:SSIO ... ~F WHETH~R AN~PA~ENT, WHETHER C:::DGE S WERE SHARP 0~ FL:ZZ'f OESCRI~E THE SHAPE 0~ Ito OI:ATE IF IT EA~E;: AS~ P v ' "'OF LIGI-1T. INCI~A rE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS , LIKE S-:"ARS f . Llf'HT O R 07~E R C9 JEC7 11'11 V:'LJR F I ELD OF VIEW. PAGE 4 C'' 9 rAC,ES 010 THE PHENOMENON N O UN K N OW,.. MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LIN? STANO STILL AT ANYTIME' SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY' 811tAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? CHANGE COLOR' GIVE o,-F SMOKEt CHANG~ BRIGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPI!t FLASH Ollt ,-LICKER' OISAPfll! Alit AND RI!APfii!AR? SPIN LIKE A TOP? MAt< A NOISE' FLUTTER OA WOBBLE? 14. WHAT OAEW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON? A . HOW OIC li FiNAL L Y DISAPPEAR? 8 . OlD T H E PHEN O MENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY. TIME' (B"tES 0 NO. IF vEs, DESCRIBE. P AGE 5 OF 9 PAGES U. DlltA1 A PICTUA! THAT Wl\ .. l. SHOW TH! IHA~E OF TH! PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAV! APP!AAI:D AS WINGS OA PAOTAUSIONS, AND INDICATE !AHAUST OA VAPOA TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN AAMOW THE: DIA!CTION TH! PH!NOM!NON WAS MOVING. !5. WHAT WAS T H E ANGULA~ Sl::=:? HOLD A MATC H AT ARM"S LENGTH I N FRONT OF A. K NOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP C~ 7HE MOON N OIE H O W MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY TH:: HEAD O F THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PER~OR!\4 TH! S EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION'OF THE PHENOMENO N WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAO. PAGE 6 OF 9 PA~f ~ 17. 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MOO~L.. TYPE, FIL TEA, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES f/ BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE SlOE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE OTHSA A. 00 YOU ORDINARILY ~EAR GLASSES? 0 YES ~0 8. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? ::J YES ~ 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE , PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE ;D ..2. .... ._ 18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE PHENOM~NON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF .SPEED 'V L ~ ~. 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN A 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 ~HAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AN 0 WHAT YOU SAW. ANIMA-.5 ::Jr-< MA~H: :-.. ERY I N T HE' v'I CINITY? r..J Y:::S ltjNO. IF ,.YES. D::iCRIBE EFFECT 0~ YOURSELF, A . DID THE PHENO MENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHVSt::AL EVIDENCE. 0 YES ~0. IF vEs,~ DESCRIBE. PAGE 7 OF 9 P