Greenville Newyork — September 1968

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Keywords: phenomenon, covereo, pheno, movem, sectio, phenomeno, phenome, clouds, menon, greenyule, mioutea, alits, aoyode, reporieclly, tappmpriatr, blnrlto, wmile, moveiooo, oicafe, pt1enomi, pttenomenon, phehomeml, udget, uurau, numfjeif
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1. DA T! TIMI! GROW:/ 2. LOCATION Pi~OJECT 10073 RECORD GreenYUle, New York -10, CONCLUSION 3. SOURCE Other (CONFLICTING DATA) 4. NUMBER OF OIJ!CTS 5. LENGTH OF OIS!RVATION 11. BRIE, SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 30 Mioutea 6. TYPE Of OBSERVATION The obserYer a~ated that abe tour blinking yellow 11ghta near tbe top. . had aigbted an objeo' that had on tbe bottca and tov Tlew alits COM4ENTS a In her original letter the obaerrer stated that the UFO vaa 1a the aouth. In her 117 ~h indicates it vaa iD See Case the . Alao she se to have made no ettort to call 1 t to e. PHOTOS the attentl ot aoyoDe else despite the tao' that abe 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTO SEP6l 0329 (TOE) reporieclly aav 1 t tor 30 miDutea. 8 . WHERE WERt:: VOU WHE N VOU SAW THE PHENOME~ON' (C:her.k tappmpriatr blnrlto:. ) \// OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTIO N OF CITY IN BUILDING IN R E S I D ENTIAL SECTIO N OF CITY 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSE N GER I N O PEN COUNTRYSIDE IN B OAT N EAR AIRFIE L D IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 A S PASSENGER FLYING OVE R CITY OTHER FLYING O V E R OPE N COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WERI! YOU MOVING' HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING? NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WMILE OBSERVING THE NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6 . DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICL.E YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD. T ERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING . STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR D OWN. HOW MUCH OTHE R TRAFFIC WAS THE R E ? DID YOU N O TICE ANY AIRPLANES~ LJ YES 0 NO. I F YES, " DESCRIBE WHE N THEY WERE IN SIGH T RELA T IVE TO THE T I M E OF SIGHTING TH!::: PHENOMENON AND WHERE THE Y WERE IN THE SKY R E LATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENO N . HOW LCN G WAS THE P HEN~MENON lN SIGHT ? LENGT~ O F "'i'I~E \./ j CC:NTA:I'i OF TIM::: NOT VERY SURE JUST A GUESS no w""3 rL"''e:. l)f:Ye-RI'I1Nt::D1 W-'S ":"':.4E ~,_.r::.~:>U=.r..o~ IN Si\.i._.T CONTINUOUSL Y ! ksJ YES 0 NO. 1:: Nc .. NDICA T E WHETHE R THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEiooo!EI'fT OR Tr1::: .J C:HA'IIOA :>F THE PHEf'IO M E ,..O N . AND DESCR I3E SUC H "'OVEMENT OR BEHAVIO~. INDICATE DISAP- PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES 6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE ATTHE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSC:. PLA C:. AN A" o-.. THI::. COMPASS T O H I OICAfE. THL THE Pt1ENOMI:.NON WHEN LAST SEEN. 7. IN THE SKET C H BELOW, PLACE AN .. A .. AT THE': POSITION OF TI-1E PHENOMENO N WHEN FIRST SECN. AND A " B " AT THE POSITION OF T~E PttENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "'A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEM~I>I ..... c;-THE F'H ENOMEf\tON IE TWEEN A AND "e. THAT I S, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEM ENT APPEARED Tv 9E !i rRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZI~-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE U\qG ER SKE TCtt. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UHIDENTIFIEO PHEHOMEMl QUESTIOMHAIRE ~UDGET UURAU APPROVAL NUMfJEif 2 l. lfljl THIS QUESTIONNATRE liAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU C AN GIVE T HF.: U. S. AIR FORCf~ AS MUCII INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED P HENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFO~MATION YOU GIVE. WILL BE USED f'OR RE.SEARCH 'PURPOSES YOUR NAME WIL~ NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION \'t'1TH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSldN. RETURN T O AIR f 'ORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO 1-'TD (TDETR), WRlGHT- p ATTERSO~ AFD, OH I 0 45433, I AW AFR 80-f7. (IF ADT)f T IONAL SHEF-:T S AHF. NEF.DRD 1-'0H NAURA 'f/VF. Of< SKI:-;T CHES ATTACH SECURELY TO TflfS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH 'r'OUH NAMF.: FOR I DF.NTIFICATION. ) t. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON? 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHE N O M ENON? HOUR t\:00 MINUTES (jA.~. tlJP.M . 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON., MINUTES <) l). .4 . TIM~/ ZOI'i E rR) DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 STANDARD fSJ P . M. ~EASTERN 0 CENTRAL [l MOUNTAIN D PACIFIC 0 OTHER 5 . WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOME NON., IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE O N A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH R EFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. I F IN THE t:OUNTRY. IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WER E ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO F I X A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. 6. llfo4AG~E vou APE ' T THF. POif'! r 3 1-iOW"' IN 'TI-H:: SKETCH, PLACE AN -A O N ... 1-'!:: CURVED LINE TO SHOW HO W HIGH THE SriO'N Hv-'4 dlvh ,.,o~.IF. THE rt0;11ZON TrlE Prii::NO~ENON WAS WHEN LAST SE-=N SAF-OICC/llis.;; Turnurt:!/76526/0ctob~r 16, 1968 This replies to yo~ rc~ent lette r in which you rcport~d th~t you had seen an unidentified ~erial object IIi thout addi tion!il infozu.:~tion, ue carut.Jt offer an explanation of vh3t you ca 1r. Ho11ever if you -,ill co;;:plcte the~ in . J.o.:;cd .auestion- nnire and mail it in the :.ttadv~d envelop~, om technical pcopl" !!t ilri6ht-Patterso n Air Force Base , Ohio, will b e aUl e to inve.:;tisnt~ further and ~L'J 0 on ~valuoticn. Should you ever ei,:h t another such ob j :;, .:: t, pleas~ r ep.J:::-t it as soon as poseible to t h e nee res t Air Force b,;se. Ew::h b!o! S tn t:-,e United States has an in'le:>tic;ator o1' unidentified flying cbJ ccts (UFO' s). He ic in .:: bett,:r p-Jsition t o ;n>:e an on- the-spot inv,;s !;ig" tion, .;h ich UJ<t}lly rc-sul t.;; in a !r.ore uccura to; a nuly~ i c . In the mcc:ntl:,e , yc'-! :ci;:;ht be able t o idt:ntify yc-ur f..!.g!ttino; by looking at the cate~orieo of o~j~c to often r cportc1 as UJV'~ in the n~terial a~P. E~niine . Attachments Sincerely, J.A~fE3 H. ft.DCM."Jr lbjor, U.3AF Chief, Civil Branch Cor-..;'!iuni ty Rel ations Divis Lon Office or lnfor~1tian ~cord Cy -SAF-OICC Cmbk Cy -SAF-OIC Activity Cy -SAF-OI~ .:!c : WPAF'B 17 . 010 YOU OBSERV~ THE PHENO M E N O N THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLL OWING UCLUOE INFORMATIO N O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESC R I P riO N OR OTHE R APPLICABLE OATA . EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWE R SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD ,../ T E L (::SCOPE SlOE WINDOW OF VEHICLE TH !:':OOOL IT E WINDOWPANE B . DO VO'I USE READING GLASSES" 0 YES bl N O DO YOU OR01NARILY lEAR GLASSES' 18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE PHENOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED ..1)"\JW:J')j( -. 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE OISTANC,E OF 1HE PHE.N OMENON7 GIVE ESTIMAT E OF DISTANCE-~ -t_cr '<:' :JNt., 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, D ESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACE D IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW . ...:.\'-0~ 21. D I D Y O U N('il'ICE ,\NY ODOR, o~.,3':', O R nEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFEC T ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OF< '-1 \CHINF. R Y 11-1 ':""-1=: VICINITY? 0 YES ~NO. I F "' Y E S, DESCRIBE. A . DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND O R l .EAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES ~NO. IF yEs, .. DESCRIBE. P AGE 7 OF 9 PAGE S I ts. DRAW A PICTUR~ THAT WILL SHOW THE SHA~E OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LADE!. ANY DETAILS THA r MIG H r HAVE APP~ARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE E;~.MAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BV AN ARROW l 'HE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16. W~A'!' w~s Tl-41': ANGULA~ SIZE1 HOLD A MATCH AT ARMS LENGTI-4 I M FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE ~OON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVEREO BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORlio4 Tl-415 EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF T~E SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WI-4AT FRACTION OF THE PHENO-.cENON WOULD 1-tAVE BEEN COVEREO BV THE MATCH HEAD. ~<.Jl.L ~3.._(:.~ ~ PAG E 6 OF 9 F'AG;:s IUNKNOW:-t O l D THE P HENOME NON O V E I N A STRAIGHT LINE' TANO STILL AT ANYTIME' s s UOOE NLY SPEED UP A N D RUN A WAY' 9 A E A K U P IN PARTS AND EXPL O D E ' c HANGE COLOR' IVE OFr SMOKE' H ANGE B R I GHTNE SS? CHANGE SHAPE' FLASH OR FLICKER? OISAPFIEAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIK E A TOP? MAKf! A N O I SET FLUTTER OR WOBBLE' WHAT O!~EW YOUR ATTENTION TO T H E PHE NO MENON ? A . HOW 0 10 I T FIUALLY D I SAPPEAR? ul~ rnE PriENOME,_.')N MCVE 9EHIN D OR IN FRONT OF SOMET~IN~. LII<E A C LOUD, TREE. OR BUILDIN G AT ANY T IME? 10. IF THERE WEAE MOA! THAN ON! PHENOM!NON, HOW MANY WERF-Tt-IEAE' DRAW A PICTURE. T O SH O W HOW THEY WE.AE ARRANGED. DID THIS AAAANG!M!NT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING' PARTLY CLOUDY COMPLETELY OVERCAST CONDITIONS (Ciaeclc appropriaee bloclc.s. ) 8. WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS (Hi~la fleecy or H e rr&" NIMI!!IUS CLOUDS (Rain) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (T hu"Jns eorms) FOG OR MIST HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OA DRIZZLE SNOW OR SLEET HAZE OR SMOG \1 NONE OF THE ABOVE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON' C. 1,. THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE IU STARS (2) NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO \,/ UNKNOWN MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quo.rter) 0. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. THE PHENO#IItE:NON 1 IF "YEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS Y O U FACED IN FRONT o,-YOU TO Y OUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Near noon) i I~ BACt< Of:' YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN E. SPF.CIC"Y TH.E MIIJOR SOURCE OF 1LLUMI!I4ATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STR!:E"T LAt.4P, ETC. f't>R Tf:RRESTRIAL I LLUMINATION, SPECIFY D ISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.