Civilian INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION 4. NUMBF.R OF OBJECTS One Date or obsex~ation is not known. s. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11, BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANAL.YSIS 15 ~Iiuutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Si.E C.AS~ P'D.E Cll ~{ t:.C T I O N 1 0 TH.!. ~,_. E~..JMEIION WHEN THC. PhENOMENON WHEN L A S T SEEN . 7 . IN THE SKE TCH BELOW PL,CE AN "A AT T~r PO:ITION OF TH~ PricNOME:NON W~E:N F f q ST SEEN. AND A " IJ .. AT THE: POSITIO~I OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAS'" ~!:E:N CONNECT Tl-'~ "A'" AND a 'HIT'"i;. LI"'4E T O A;:,PRO XI/).A7E THE' MOV~MEN T OF THE PHENO"'ENO"f SETWEE' ;.~ AtD "6'". TI.IAT IS. S::rlE'IATICALLv S""O W WHET~F.R ThE MOVEMENT APPEARED T O BE STRAIGHT, CURVEC O::l ZIG-zt.r~. REFER TO 5'-I;.LLE:R SKETCrl A S ,\ N EXA'~PLE Of HC'n TO CO'IPLE:iE THE LANGER SKETCH. PAG E 2 OF 9 PAGES 'WW PI 41La .. n-c AN O N 1:: PHENOM ci'ION. H OW MAN'( 'HERE P I CTUHE T O "-HOW HOW THt:.( ~HR.\NGEO. A~RANGMENT DURING THE SI GHTING? CONDITIONS (Ch.er.k app ropriate CUMULUS CLOUDS (/.ow fluffy) FOG OR MIST CIRRUS C LOUDS (l-ligh fleecy or llcrri"l<' H E.A:VY RAIN LIGHT RAI N NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorm~) v t-~ONE THE AOOVE tF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWIL.IGHT OR NIGHT . WHAT 0 10 YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STA RS AND MOON ? STAAS ( 2) BRIG H T MOONLIGHT MOON H lODEN PARTIAL (Neu: or quarter) IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS WHERE WAS THE THE P HENOMENON? YOU TO VOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD ( NtJnr n o on.) BACK OF vou TO VOUR LEFT UNKNONN E. SPEC! F Y THE MAJOR SOURCE: ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SUCH A S THE SUN, AOLIGHTS O R STREET LAMP, TERRESTRIAL. IL-LUMINATION, SPEC.I;:~ISTANC~ TO .I.IGHT 50URCE. ~. GIVE A BRIEF OESC RI?TION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK WHETHER IT LIGHT OR WAS SELFLUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTIC E 0. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION IT WAS SOLID OA TRANSPARENT, WHETHE R EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZV. DESCRIBE THE SHAP E OR IND ICAT E AS A POINT OF LIOHT. IN OICA T E COMPARISONS WITH OBSERVED OBJECTS, LI~E STAR5, OTHE R OBJECT IN YOU R FIELD OF PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGE S WHER~ 'r'IERC: Ynu WH~N VQlJ Sf\'..( uUTOOOfl!i IN HUSI It: "" IN RUILOING L-J A~ 0 RIvE R I] A~ PASSENG!:~ I N Of-lE N C'OU NHtY SIDt'." N EAR A I R F I ELD I N A IRF'LANE 0 ACi F' l LOT 0 AS P A SSENGER FLYING O V E R CITY FLYI N G OVER O ? E N A . I F YOU WE R E IN A VEHI CLE, COM PLET E T H E F OLLOWING WHA T D IREC TION WERE YOU M OVING? H O W F A ST WERE YOU ~10\IING 1 DID YOU STOP ANYTIM E WH ILE OBS~ RVING THE PHE N O M E NON? NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST SOUTHWE ST EXPLAI N WHETHE R SU C H MOVEMEfii T A F F ECT S YOUR SKETC HES I N ITEM S SAND 6 D ESCR IBE T YPE OF VEHICLE YOU WER E IN AND TYPE OF R OAD, T ERRAI N OR BOD Y O F WATE R YOU TRAVERSED D U RING T H E SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP O R D O WN . H OW MUC H OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? 0 10 YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES' ~YES 0 N O. IF YES. '" OESCR19E W~ N THEY WERE I N 51(,~::::--RELATIVE TO THE T I M E O F S I G H T I NG T H E PHE N OMENO N A N WH:::RE }HEY W.ERE IN TH~Y ~':'E T,?:T.% P~51TtO~,~JH E OHEN O M E N O N . H O W LOP'I G WAS THE PHENO~ENON I N S I GHT? L F.NCiTH OF T IME C ERTAI'-1 O F T I M E NOT V ERY S~RE JUST A G U E SS HOW WAS TIME OETERMI N EO? WAS THE P H E NOMENON I N SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? IF NO, " I N DI CATE WHETHE R T H I S I S D UIE T O Y OUR MOVEMENT O R THE BEHAVIOR O F THE PHENOMENON, AND OESC RI3E SUCH MOVEMENT O R ElEHAVIOR. I N D I C A T E OISAP. PEARANCES O N PREVIOUS SKET C HES . ~TI\t-l' l STILL AT ANY TV1f:' SlJ.J!c-tiLY SPI:.ED UP Al"ID RUN AWAY ' 8Ri::AK UP IN PAHT:i AND EXDLOOE' CHANG:. COLOR' GIVE OF 1-SMOKE' CH A t~G E BRICHTN ESS' DI~AP:;,EAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIKE A TOP' MAKE A NOISE? FLUTTFR OR WOBBLE' AT D!tEW YOUH Al"TENTION TO THF . H4E;NO~::I~')'I A . HOW DID IT FINALLY D ' S A 3. DID THE PHENOME~ION MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRO"'T 01=' SC~ETHI'JG, Ll-<~ A C LOUD. TPEE. OR BUILuiNG AT t.N ( TIM~? ~ vEs 0 NO. 1 F "YEs.~ DESCRIBE. .,. ,JE, FILTER, LE.N3 ~P.LSCRIPTICN OH 01HEP. A::>PU~.AOLE. U A T A . SUNGLASSES , )~/ BINOCULAA5 w I 'I D S H I E L D T ELESCOPE SlOE WINDOW O F VEHICLE THFOOOLITt: A . ~0 YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES' [-{j YES []N O B . DO YOU USE R E A DING GLA!..SES7 0 YFS f] N O 16 WHAT WAS YOUR IM RESSION OF THE SP EED O F Tl-j_E 19 . WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE 9).: THE IJ' t P H E N O MrNON' GIVe ESTIMATE O F SPEED J ~ 0 . : I PHE"IO'~ENON7 G lv=: ~STIMATE-OF' DISTANC E ./.c6 :?.o..,...,Jo .c :!0. IN ORDER Tl'lAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CL=:AR A PICTUR=: A S POSSIBLE OF' WHAT YOU S AW, DESCRIBE IN Y0 J R OWN WOR05 . A COMMO N OBJECT OR OBJECTS Wrli C H . WHEN PLACED I N rHE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON. j WOUL D B EAR SOME RESEMBLANC=: TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFCRI!NCES B ETWEEN THE I COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW, 21. DID YOU N OTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, 0~ r1 EAT EMAN AT~G FRO M THE PHENO M E NON OR ANY EF F' ECT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR M ACHlNERY IN THE VICI~IT Y? 0 YES ~NO. I F yEs. DESCRIBE. A. 0:0 THE PHENOMENON DISTURB T H E GROUND O R LEAVE ANY PHYSI CAL EVI D ENCE. 0 Y E S f/tNO. I F "YES, DESCRIBE. ,_-.. P AGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 22. H"Ve: YOU ttVEA S!EH THIS 0,. A SlflitiLAA PH!NONINON IJ!FO,.&t ~ YP.S [) HO. II' vEs. CIV~ DAT Z: AHD 21. WAS ANYON WITH YOU AT THE TIM! YOU SAW TH! PHt:NOMIHONP rJ VIS NO. YES 0 NO. II' vEs. DID TM!Y S!l' IT TOOt GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FORMATION ABOUT YOUAS!:L..F \. AST HAM&, INDICATE ADDITIONAL. IH,.OAMATION IHCL.UOING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERif:HCI! Wl'tiCH MAY 81 PE,.TIH&NT AND TO WHOM 010 YOU ~!:PORT THAT YOU HAD SICHT'O THIS PHENOJIIIENON' 26. DATE YOU COMPL.t::TEO THIS QUIESTIOHNAIRE. CAY t: I. I PAGF. 8 oc:-g P~CES T~ls r~plies to jour letter dat~d you report~ that Jou dnd a t~ie~d ~d f'lyin6 object (Ui'O). t:nid2nti!'ied Without additional inf'orrr.ation, ~e cannot ;ff ~r an -~:<pl3nation of what you saw However, if you ~11 : omplete th~ incl0sed ~uestion ngire and :nall it in th~ attached envelope, our 'tc~hn.i.cal people at Wright-Patterson Air Force &se, Ohio, will be able to lnv~stigate further and uk.e an evaluation. rile are also .Lnclosing an sddi tional. questionnairein'the event that y~ur friend who saw the cb ect cares to complete it'!.'.~ .. . Should you ever aee another UFO, pleas~ r~port lt ~s 3oon as possible to the nearest Air Force base. Each DaJe ln the Unit~d States has a UFO investi3ator. Ha 13 ln a bcct~r positio n t o make a n on-the-spot investigation, ,rhi.:!l usually l'C~l.llts i n a mor e u~curate analysis. In the meantime, you might ~e cble 0y loo~i~g atthe cate3ories of ~bjecta the material we are sending to iden~ify your ;i~h~ing ofte~ r~-oorted 2.s UFO' s in Attachm~nts Hudson, l.lisconsin )h.Cl6 Sincerely, JAMES H. AIIOIAJ.'f YJl!jor, USAF Chief, Civil Branch Co::.:nunity Rala ions D_vislon Office of Information Coor d ~y -2A?- OICC .c\, .. :r.j vi t; Cy -SAF -OIC neud~:r ~J -3.-.F-OI O!~iCTIO~ T.J THF PtE~IOME~ON Vt'Hl"N r c ttHII' A ;. rH! 7. IN T H E ~ K E T C H 8 E L 0 W, P L ACE AN " A ,. AT r H E POSITION OF THE PHENO M E NON WHEN LAST SEE"''. CO'~P~Ec-T Y E "A" AND e WITH A L INE TO APPROXIMATE TriE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN .. A" A'-40 "9. Tl-'AT IS, SCHEYATICALLY S.l-i:>W WHETHER THE MOVE~.IENT APPEARED T O BE ST RAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG- Z:AG . REFER 10 SM.A:..L.ER SKETC~ A S ~tl E.XA~tiPLE O F 1--'0W TO COMPLETE TH>:: LARGER SI<E TCH. P AGE 2 OF 9 PAGES THlS c)\J! .. rto~NAIRE H , .; lH~EN Pi<FPAf~H> ':1 TffAT Y0\1 C~.~i <ilVE. Till-11.~ AIR f OI~Cl. :\"\MUCH INFOR\'t,no~ AS P C''>' HI. E CONCE~N i:'!\. Tiff: UNI Ol-: N T I FlED PHt::NO\tE:-.:n~ THAT YOU H ;\ '.:: nn~"'EHVEU. Pl. EASF. n,~v 'f() ,\NSWr::R \LU OF THt-: OlJESTION~ Ttll'. INf-Oi<MATlON YO" G(Vl-. YdLL HF \ !:-il l> Fr)H '"FSL-\RCII PliPPOSr YOUR :-;.'\~,E ~11.~ NOT A J, llSJ-::0 IN CONNEI .. "fiON WITH AN\' OF YOUR ~TAn.~fo:S rs 0~ CONCLtJ tONS \\ITHOUT Y0t~R r'~R~HSSldN. RETURN 1'0 AI~ FORCE. HASt-: INVE~T1G.\TOR FOR FOHWt\l<DI~<~ TO FTf> 'TDETP). Wf<H~HT PATTEF. 0"-1 Ar'R,OHIOI\5433,1AW ~FRIJO i7. (IF Af>l)ITION ... H ... SHE1~TS AUT~ NF:I.f>l~l> F O.'? NAUUAT/l'l~ OR SKI~TCfll:s \ TTA CH ,..._F;CUREL Y TO 1'HlS 1-'0NM OR .ftN'\'0' It Tl~ IHTH YO UP..\' A\fl-: FOU lnt~N'IITICA T/ON J 1. WHEN 0!0 Y O U S!::E THf. PHENOMENON? - 2 . WHAT TIME 010 YOU FIR:.T SIGHT THE PHE:NO-..E N O N ' 3 WHA r TIME 010 YOU LAST SIGHT THE P;tENOMENON, 0EASH:.R~ ~CEN"TRAL 0M OUNTAII'I QPACIFIC L!OTHER 5 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOM:N0N' IF IN CIT Y GI'J~ T._,E NE::ARE3T STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A HA"lD oqAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STA~OIUG WITH REFERt-NCF. TO THE ADORES:;. I F IN H'l::: '..OUNTR'f . IOE.NTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO c:-1x A DISTANCE Al-10 D IRECTION FRO M SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. 5 . IMAGIN E YOU AR~ AT THE POINT SHOWN IN TH':: SI(ETCH. PLACJ:: .:.~-A O N THE CURVED LINE TO SHO W H O W HIG'1 r~"' PHENO "t1ENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON, OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEE:N. PLACE A 3"' O N THF' SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON T