P~OJECT 10073 RECORD 1 . OA TE TIME CROUP 2. LOCATION 27 Se t 68 Y~rgantown, Weat VirgiRia 4. HUMBER OP OIJICTS -10. CONCLUSION - ~ber (CONFLICTING DATA) The obaerver told the Duty Otticer it waa in the WNW but indicat 4 tbat it waa in the SSE! on hia tozsw 117. S. LENGTH Ofl OIS!RVATIOM 11. 81'1111 SUMMARY AND AH4LYSIS 45 Minutea 6. TYP! Ofl 08S!AVAT10M 7. COUASI! Contlictlng 8. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVID!HCI The obaer#er aigbted light that waa naahiDg green, red, orange-yellow. It vaa brighter tbn any ot the ata.ra aDd -4 'o be iaiDg iD the poaitioa TDP'l' (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FOJtCE HaAOQUA"TERS ~Ofti:IQN TE:CHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AI'SC) WftiCiHT ... ATTER50N AIR FORCE BA51:. OHIO o4!J.33 UFO Observation , West. V1rs1n.1a 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. HECTOR ~iUINTANIJJ.A, Jr, Lt Colonel, Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Produ<:tion Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope ft II'\. Y TO TDPI' (UFO) DEPA .. TMENT OF THE AI .. FOJitCE HKAOOUA"TKftS ,-o.-KION TECHNOLOGY DIYieiON ( A,.~C) W .. IGHT.PATTEA!tON AI .. FO .. C BASE OHIO .5433 UFO Observatio~, 27 Septe~er 1968 Your nnme has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Projec t Blue Book) as being e \:itness to an unidentified flying obj~ct. If you \.'ere e \..ri tness to an UFO sighting on 27 S~tamber 1968 ... auld you please con:plete the attached AF Form 1rr and return it in the envelope provided. If you \:ere not a "'1 tness to this sighting, ~oulc you plcnse make a statement to this effect on the 'lt.t[t<.!hed forrn. The information \.'hich you provide. \o.'ill .be used in cv ... tlu'lttng this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this n t:t t t e r. ~2CTOR '4JINTANILI.A Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerlel Phenomena Office ~e~0SpP.re Technologies Division Pro~uctlon Dlrectornte AF Form 117 w/envelope SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIOMMAIRE ('; HUDGF.T HU.F.AU APP~OVAL TillS QtlESTtO~Nl\l~E H1\S llF:E N P~t:-:PAI-lEO ~0 1'111\T YOU C A N GIVE THF. U . S Alf.l FO~CE AS MtiCII I NI-'ORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNtDt--:NTlFIEO PHENOMENON Tfli\T YOU lti\Vf: OBSF:t~Vr:n. PLEASE T~Y TO ANSWt-:~ ALU OF' TilE QUfo:STIONS. TilE lNFORMATtON YOU GIVE WILL UE USED FO~ IH :S .. : ARCtl PUI~POSES YOUR NAME WILlro NOT DE USF.O IN CONNECTION \~1TJJ ANY OF YOUR STI\TEMF.NTS Of~ CONC:LIJSIONS WITHOUT YOUJ.: PERMlSSldN. RI~TURN TO AIR FORCE BASt-: t'lVf:STtGATOR FOR FORWARDI NG TO FTD (TlH:TR), WRICIIT- \TTF.RSON l\FO~OHJ045433, 11\W AFR80-f7. (IF ADf)ITIONAL $1-/J::(4:T S AUF. Nf:E DF:O rOR NAHRt\'1'/Vr: OR SKI-: T CIIRS A TT!\ Cfl SEC'URF.I~ Y TO THIS FORM OR ANNOT.I\ TF. IHTII YO U I? NA.~r,.; I'OR IDI-:NTIFIC A TION.) 1. WHE N OlD YOU SEE THE PHE N O M E NON 2 . WH ~T TIME 010 YOU FIRS T SIGHT THE PHENOMENO N J (,a 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHE NOMENON HOUR MINUTES L fJ A . M. fJ P . M. ( TIME ZONE (]DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [)STANDARD ,......, EASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACI-~IC -OTHER ,L .c~,...:::;{~/"1 5 . WHERE WERE YOU WHI!:N YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY. G IVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICAn: ON A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFE R ENCE TO THE ADDRE::SS. IF IN THE (:OUNTRY. IDEN"fiFY THF HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON O R NEAR AND TRY CTION FRO M SOME RECOGNI7 A BLE LANDMARK. 5 . IMAGIN!:-. vcu A P~.: AT "iH F P(>INT SH O t'fN IN THI:. SI(ETCH. PLAC E AN A 0~ THE CURVED LINt::: T O SH O W HOW HIGH THE PHEN O "E"'' N ~.-,:;ABOVE THE H O R I Z O N . UR SKY!..IN E WHEN F IRST SEEN. PLACE A '9~ ON T~iE SAME CURVED LINE TO SI-'O W HO W t4IGH AFHi\1 THE H ORIZOP.I ntF.: 1-)HE~OMENON WAS WHE N LAST SEEN. ~A. N 011 IMAGINC YOU ARl: ATT11tl \: ITFR ~F 'iHE COMF'A';S RQ:;r. P LI\C AN A" O N THE CO'-'PASS T v INDIC A TE:: THl:. OIRF.CriON f O THl-f.Jtt-=:U OM!NOI't WHEN FIHSf 'iEEN. PLA .l I' a O N T H E C.OMPAS~ ro INDICATE THt:: DIRECTION TO THE PHE:O.<.J,tWN'JN WHEN LAST S t::EN . 7. IN THE SKETCH O E LOW, PLACE AN A" A T T H E P~SI71 ::>N OF THE PHENOME N O N WHE N Fl RST SEEN, ANO A e AT THE POSITION O F THE PHEt~OMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. C:-'tNECT THE "A AND e WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT O F THt=' PHENOMENOf'll BETWEEN A AN:J "9. THAT I S, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEAR!': O TO 13E ST RAIGHT, CUnVEO 0~ ZIGZAG. ~ =:FER TO SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE OF H O W T O COMPLETE THE LARCt::H !>KETCI-1 PAGE .2 OF 9 PA GES AFR tM)-l7(Cl) WHERE Wf!Rf! Y O U WHEN YOU SAW THE P HENOM~NO N 1 ( (.' l,,.rJ, "PI'"'P'inc,. blodu . ) OUTDOOPU ~ :"' IN BUSINESS SECTION O F CITY ) IN BUILDING j~/i1it .f3U/..0-.Gh~fL;. ;. .. ~('~ IN A! SID~IAL SECTION o_F ~T-_ Y---------t IN CAR 0 AS DRIVE R [j AS PASSENGE~ IN OP!N COUNTRYSID E IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT AS PA !NGER FLYING OVE R CITY OTHE R FLYING OVE R OPEN COUNTRY A . IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMFLET E THE FOLLOWING: Wt-t.AT OIRECTION WI!AE YOU MOVING' HOW FAST W~AE YOU MOVING 7 NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING TH!: EXPLAIN WHETHE .. SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6 . 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? ID YOU N OTIC E ANY AIRPLANES? 0 YES 0 NO. IF yE s . DESCRIBE WHEN THE Y WERE I N S IGHT RELATIVE TO T H E TIME HTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THE Y WERE IN THE SK Y RELATI V E TO THE POSITION O F THE PHENOMENON . 9 . HOW L.ONG WAS THE PHENOM~ON IN SIGHT? L E N GTH O F TIME ,i,._,...,. CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HO W WAS TIME oe rFRMINED I /? p WAS THE PHE'"'O~E!'tON IN SIG H T C-~'4 .,I'HJOUSLY' Lta""f'Es 0 NO. IF No.~ INDICATE WHETHER ~IS IS OUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT o q TH!! AEHAVIO R O F -.... E "'HENOMEN6"N, ANO DESCRIBE SUCH MOVE~ENT OR BEH A . INDICATE DISAO. PEARANCE$ O N PAE'/IO U'i SKETCH~S. / PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES AFR 8D-17(Cl) 10. IF' THEA w::~ MOA THAN a .. a PH!NOMe.NOH. HO'ff MANY W~F'I! f Ht::AE? DRAW A PICTURE r o SHOW HO'ff T HI!Y WERI! AA~AN00. DID THIS AA,.ANG .. NT CHANG~ OliAING THE SIGHTING' /J-l!JAI./ ;/ CONDITIONS (Ciaelc appropriate block ) B . WEATH!:A CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOG OR MIST HEAVY RAIN r)( CLIAR CIR.-US CLOUDS (Hilla fleec y CH Herrirtlf NIMBUS CLOUDS (Ru) LIGHT RAIN O R DRIZZLE PARTLY CLOUDY CUNULONIM8US CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST . (Tiuuwler IMru) UNKNOWN C . IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON, (1) STARS (2) . MOON NON!:: BRIGHT MOONLIGHT )( NO MOONLIGHT IN F'IO!iT OF YOU TO YOU A RIGHT OVERHEAO(Ne o~ IN HACK OF Y O U TO YOuq LEFT E. SP!CiffY THF.: MAJOR SOUACE OF ILLU'-'INATIO N PA!:SENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STREET LAMP, E T C . F'OR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFV DISTANC~ TO LIGHT SOURCE. tl//l V 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE P.,.EN01114! .. 0N, INDICATING WtotETHER IT APPEAREn~ARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT RI!FLI!CTEO LIGHT OA WAS SELF-Lt ~hft"':.HJS AHO WHAT COLOR$ YOU NOTICED. DESC I! YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TflAN5PAAI!NT, WI'1!:T'Io4ER EDGES WEAl! SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRI8 THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT APPI!A"EO A S A POirfT OF LIGHT. INDICA. TE COMPARISONS WITH o -rHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJ F.:C T IH YOUR Fti!LO OF v i E '" .- PAGE.\ OF q P ~G :.; lll 0 TH! PHI!NOMI!HO,.. NO UNKNO 'IIfN MOV~ I N A STRAIGHT LIN!' STAND STILL AT ANY TIMET SUOO~NLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY' 8R~AK u,a IN PARTS AND EXPLODin CHANGE. COLOR' GIVE. OF' SMOKET CH ANGIE BRIGHTNESS' CHANGE. SHAPI!? 'LASH 0,. P'LICKERP DISAPPEAR AND RI:APPI!AR? SPIN LIKE A TOP' X. MAKE. A NOISE.? FLUTT E R O A W08 11LI:? 14. WHAT OAE.W YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHE NOMENON? ?v/vf""'PE /J;F 0 A. HOW DID IT F INALL Y DISA P PEAR' B . O l D THE ~NOME.NON MOVE BEHIND OJ:t IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIK E A CLO U D , TREE, OA BUILDING A T ANY TIME? 0 Y E S NO. I F yEs, DESCRIBE.. 15. DR"W A PICTUHF. fHAT WILL SHOW THE SHAP!: OF THE PHENO .. !:NON. INCLUDE AND LABEL. ANY DETAILS rH \ r -..IGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS 0 .. P .. OTRUSIONS, ANO INDICATE EAHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. IND I CATE BV AN ARROW THE DIRECTIO N THE PHENOM!:NON WAS MOVING. 16. WHAf WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? H OLO /4 MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON. N OTE HOW MUCH O F THE OBJ E C T IS COVERED BY THE HEAO OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE T O PERFORM THIS EXPE~IMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTIO N OF THE PHENOMENO N WOULD HAVE B EEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. ' PAGE 6 OF ::1 r-'AGES 11 OlD YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMPNON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATIO N O N MOOEL, TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTIO N OR OTHE R APPLICAALE DATA. SUNGLASSES WINOSHIEL D SlOE WINDO W OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE OTHER A . 00 YOU OROINARIL. Y WEAR GLA5SE5' 0 YES ]ji NO 8 . Dt) YOU USE READING GLASS~S~ -~ ~-=---L~Lvi.~. oc~:o~= 11. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED 0! T? 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF T}1J??'/. PHENOMEN-ON' GIVE ESTIMA~ OF SPEED ~U-. PHENOMENON' GIVE ESTI~AT! OF OISTANC --; /t..;S I 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIALE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORO~ A COMMO N OBJECT OA OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOULD B EAR SOME RESEMIJLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES ANO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. DID YOU N OTICr.: A'l ' f OO:'R . N OI:>S.. ;~ ..,:.~r EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MAC HINI-RV IN Ttl: v; ...,ITY' 'J YES 12\NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. A . DID THE PHENOMENO N DISTURB THE GROUND O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES l\1 NO. IF vE s.-OESCRIB . -.. " P AGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 22. H 4VE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PH EHOMI!HON AEFORE? 0 YES NO. IF yf!S, GIVE DATE ANC 23. ~ANYONE WITH YOU AT THI: TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON?~ YES 0 NO. IF yEs, 010 THEY SEE IT TOO? ~YES 0 NO. A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND 1'1\j OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM 010 YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAC SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? 26. OAT E YOU COMPL E TEO THIS QU ESTIONN AIR E. PAGE: 8 Of-:' 9 PAGeS SIGHTING OF UNIDEHTIFIED PHEHOMENA QUESTIOMMAIRE BUDG~T 8UI~AU APP~OVAt NUMUE~ 21 R2JI THIS QUI.STtn~NAIRE HAS DEEN PREPARED sn TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE TUJ<: U. S AlR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS PO~SIBLF. CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHI~NOMENON THAT YOU HAVf: OBSF:RVF.O. PLEASI-: TRY TO A~SWER ALL) OF THE QUESTIONS. THI~ lNFOI-l:\tATION YOU GIVE WILL UE USEO FO~ IH:st-:ARCH PURPOSES YOUR NA~tE WlL\,. NOT BE USED IN CONNI:CTION WlTII ANY OF YOUR STATEMJo:NTS OR CONCLUSIONS WlTHOUT YOUR PEHMI~SicfN. RF.TURN TO AtR FORCE 01\SE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWAROlN<t TO FTD (TIJETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, I A'N AFR 80-f7. (IF AIJDI'rtONAL SHEF.TS ARF. NREIJ,.;I) POH NARRA TIVT-: OR SKF.TCIIF.S A TTACII SECURI-: L Y TO THIS FO~M OR ANNOTATF. ~HTH YOUR NAMF; FOR ID,.:NTIFICA TION.) 1 . WHEN DID YOU S E E THE PHENOMENON' 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENOH7 ? 3 . W~ AT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' 9 4 . TIME. lONE[] DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [)STANDARD EASTERN D CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN 0 PACIFIC r 1 OTHER S WHERE WE R E YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENO M ENON? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH RE'FERENCE T O THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE t:OUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWJ\ Y YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AN 0 DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK . o t~A3i-.E YCU .. HC: A T T~t POtNT SH OtliN I" T!-'E ::;KET CH, PLJ\CE A N "A, .. C N THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE r>HE"'-:!\"E"'C'~ WI\S ABO'IE T~E: HORI!Otl ''~ St<"VLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A o .. ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO S:-iC>W YOW HIGti P.AOVE TI-'E 1-'0~IZO~ TH~ ->HENOMENON WA3 WHEN LA3T SEEN. OBSERVER . 17. IN'0"'4ATtON WHICH YOU ,lr!L ts P! .. TtNINT IIUT WHICH IS NOT AO!QUATCL.Y COV~ .. !O IH THIS OUESTIOHNAIR!:, ALTI .. NATtVILV ~ .. OVIOI A NA .... ATIV! IX~LANATION OF TH! SIGHTING. PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGES AFR 8o-17(Cl) f"' NO'" IMAGINE YOU AAE ~TTHE CENTER OF THE CO~PASS ROSE PLACE AN.,.,. U N TH! COMPASS ro INOICAfE THE Oli-tECTION TO THE PHEHOJ114!HON WH~N ,.AST SEEN. PLAC E A a ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. 7 . IN THE SKETCH at:::LOW, PLACE AN .. A .. AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN , AND A a AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENO,.. WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A" AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE llr'OVEMt;NT O F THE PttF.NOME,..ON BETWEEN "A AN:> a. THAT IS, SCHEMATlCALLY SHOW WHETHER