P~OJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 1. [)A 1 E 'tiME GROUP I Near Dayton, Ohio 3. SO~IRCE ~0. CONCLUSION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS lNSUFit'ICIENT DATA iOR EVALUATION The obaex r has not returned her AF Fo~ 117 ~B ot 18 Noy 68. 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND AH4LYSIS 20 Iwlinutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual . Not R orte4 9 . PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Tne o bserver report~d sight~ a UFO. FTD SEP 6J 0-329 (TOE) r,..vlo u edltl..- o f t hl fo,. Y 1M u .. .t. t1\S A:.Y04~ WITH YOU AT TH! Tl~(! YO\.l SA'~ QY!S 0 NO. I F y!,c;, OICl ,..~C::Y E IT TCQI "-FE,..ALE ~ l'tOI..:~T~ AOCI T IONAL IHFO"Mt\TI H INCLUOIHG OCCUQATIO"t AHO A"4Y EX?Zf'll!:!lfCI! Wl-11Crt "4/\Y BE P t:;:RTiN F.Nr. O.l.Y .(ONTI-4 YAq WAIGHT-P.ATTr:A 5 0 N AIR F ORCE BAS. OHIO A!S433 TDP'l' ( UFO ) UFO Observation 4 October 1968 D~yton, Ohio 45432 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which you reported to the Air Force. The information whi~h ve 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 ~UINTI\NITJ.A, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope T HIS QUESTIO~NAlRE liAS BEE:"i Pi,C:PA'-<En SO Tf1,\T YOTJ CA:-; GlVE T i n: U.S A!R FO~CE AS \ tl C H lNFO ...V.t.,TtON POS~tALE CONCER, '1!\G THE tJNrDENTlriEU PHE~O'AENO~ 1!1A T YOU ~1.\VF O OSERVEO. ~ LEASE T R Y T'J A~:I\,-FR 1\ L L 1 OF THE QUF.STI0~3 THE tNFOHMATIOr-. YOU GIVE WiLL B Z \ 1. P:O FOR Ht:SSARC:H PURPOSE~. Y OUR NAME WIL~ i"Ol' BE USED t:''; CON~;ECTtON \111TH A~Y O F YOU~ ST .'\'fEME rt T S OR C'O:'JCLUSION~ Wl'THOU T UH PERMl~SION. R E TUR:-.;' T O AtR FOHCl:: RASE t N VE.STfG A TOR FOR F0'1.W .. \!~DING TO FTf> (TDETR), WR! GH T- P . .\TTF:RSON AFn, vHIO 4 5 43:3 I 1\fi 1\rR .S()-f 7. ( I F Ar>nJTJONA.L S!lE.r~Ts AUT-: NEEDD For~ N ARF?A rHr~ on st<ETCf'f:S A TT ,, CH SE C UF?EL Y T O 1'Hb FOh. ~f 0P. A N N O T A l'E H'lTH YOUR N A MI-; FuR JD Er'\JTIF I CA TIO.V.) , , E~ DIO YOU SEE THC: j.)rlENC,M:-:N O I ' DAY-------MONTH_ 2 Wl-1 'T T IME 010 YOU FIRST SIG~": TrlE PHENOMEHOf'P 3 W.-iAT T IME 010 YOU L AST S1Grl7 TH!: .-IENO~ENON' A TI-~-E-'Z_O_N_E 0 DAYLIGHT SAVI~IGS --[j STt-.NDARO ----~ 8j EASTERN [ 1 CCNT?.A!... D MOUtHAI N _ _fJ PA:IFic_ _ 1-..: cntt.R _, 5 w'IHERE Wt:RE YOU WHEN YOU S AW T'-!E PrH::-fO~ENON IF I N CITY, G IVE THE t-H::ARESr ST REET A OOilE SS AND I N D I C ATE ON1 A HA.N O o q AWN MAP VIHE~E YOU NERE STANDING WITH R EFERENCE TO THE AOD~ESS. I F IN T H E t:OUNT,RY tOE~IriFY Ti~!:j H IGHWAY YOU W ER C: O N ':I R N EA::;, AN::> T R 'I' TO F I X A OIST ANCE A ' W DIRECT I O N F P.OM SO~c R f.COGNI Z A9L E L ANO~A~K ? !~AGtNr:: YOU ARE hT T H S OQ!N T SHO.'i'l 1N TH ~ SKETCH, PLAC E AN -/'4,' ON T H E Ci.JRVF:O LI~IE T O SHO W HOW HIG n THE f.:NvMENON w ;.,s A B O V E Tr.C: HO?IZON, OP. SKYLINE. WHE:-4 =i~ST SEEN . PLACE A ~ O~l THE SAME CURVEO LINE T O HOll H O 'N H IGH A 80VS THC: HO~tZON THE PHENOMENON WA3 't'<IHEN L AST SEEN. 7. ll'f rH~ SKE-":H 9~LOW, ?LACO:: AN"~ AT TH: Pv:iTI0:-4 ~;: T~E ?!d~NOMENON WHEN F!RST SEEN, ANO A a A T T H E -.:~c..;ITION OF TH::: P)-IE:N0\4 0~ WHEN Lo\3T 5-=:C:t.i CO~N'::CT T ... E ",; 'NO 9 WITH 1-Li~:: TO APPRO )r'IM 'TS THE '!CVEMENT OF IHE PHENC'14aNOH 9ETWE~N "A >. t") a~. THAT IS, SCHEMATICAL'-Y Sr"O,Jt .H.::THeR TL< ~ ).10\ A;:tPEARC:O TO B~ STRI\ICHT, CURV~O OR ZIG-zAr; '1EF~A 70 SMALL~n St<ETCH A.5 Ati XA ... PL~ o;: HOW T O COI'iPL~TS THC: LA.~C:: C::R SKEICH. e . WHt .i'E WEr~E YOU Wr-n::'4 YOU SI\',V THE PHE.NOME~:ON' ( f .lu tl ttl'l""''" If,, J.. .. J _J ..... --.l-~ _O_UI~O_: I G \ I liN ~EShJE:IniAL ',foe. T ION O F CIT'I l ltl CAR i -~AS O~IVf R-- [~ ;~ PAS~E NGEn ---r- . IN ~Pz:.., ':O~I~ T~YSIDE -~-- t-- -+IN AIRPLANE [J AS PILOT [~S P~Sc;EN --t A . IF YOU WERE IN A VEH ICLE. CO'-,PLETE TH~ FOLLOWI~C., SOUTH N E S T EXPL~IN WHETH~R c;u.:::H MOVEMENT AFFFCTS YOUR SKETCH~S 1~1 ITEM S 5 .,_NO 6 . O~SCRIBE TYPE os:-VC:HICLE YOU WERE I N AND TYPE OF" ROA D TERRAIN O R BODY OF WATE R YOU TRAVF~S~D DURitiG THE SIG H TIN G. STATE ';VH ETHER WIN O OtYS O R CONVE~TI BLE TOP HERE U? OR D O W!If. ' 010 YOU NOTICE ANY AIPPLANES' [L:(Y~S 2 NO. IF YES, " DE5CPI8E '1'rHC:.~I THE Y Wf R E IN ~1-.:JHT R EL'""I V:'" '0 T~ E 7 0 F S I ,; H T I N G T H E P H E N 0 M E N 0 N AN 0 W H E PE T h E Y WERE I N T "i E S K Y R E L A T i V F T 0 T H E n 0 & I .,..I 0 N 0 !-T H E P ~ E. N C' ME" 'll 0 "' HOW LONG WA..S THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED' WAS T~E PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? I i:(YES (_j NO. IF "NO~ INDICATE WHET~E R fHI 5 :s DUe 70 YO..!~ MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PI"1E N 0"4E'IIO N , AND DESCRI B E SUC H MOVEt.,IE N T OR s=H.\VIOP. IND ICAT E OISJ;P. P ~ R ~NC ES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. OP OAIZ=LC: I llt;~.h 'lee' r .lrri:r: _rlF..A w OR SLEl:T ;->ArtiLY C~OUOY cHol J .. c :.) .. ':JI...i CLOUDS I ~r.O ... . It-' THt:. SI.;~TING WAS AT TWILIGtiT OR NIGHT. :P-lAT :)10 YOU NOTICE AgOlJT ntE :H,\RS AND IOONLivH r 17-i 1.4A~0 'UNIOJOWN ~ 0'/E~I-iC!ft 0 (N~rJ Ut-P< ~I OWN ;.~ECICY THE \4AJO? SOURCE OF ILLU~INATI0 ~ ::::.=-~T S:CI-ITING SUCH T!--IC: 3ll'i, HE 'OLIG117S :i..,.RC:ET LA'~". ETC. FOR TER~!?:STRIAL !LLU~'""' -:':'N S E':IFY OISTA."4":E i O L'GHT SOLJ'<CE . G IVE A O~IO::F OESCRI Pi'JON C F THE PHENO\ool~'iQN, l'f:)ICATING '.WHETHER I T APPE~REO OARK OR LIGHT, Wl-iETHER I T REFLECTED LIGHT OR W..\S St::l.F-LUMI~OUS J\l-OD ott~.AT COLORS YOU "''OIICEO. OESCRt9;;: YOuR 1"4RESSIO!Iol Or:' '4fHETHE~ II '~A5 SOLIO O R TRANSP~R~NT, WHETI-4EFJ C:O~E'3 ,J:C\~ :>HAR P OR ~oJZZY. OE:SCPia~ T HE: SHA?E OfliND CATE I F IT E O A S_. P OINT OF LIGHT. INOIC.AT~ r;:)I.-~A~ISONS 'HITH O:"YER OSS~RVEO OSJ~CTS, LIK ~ 5TARS, A. LIGHT C:.R OT-iE:R 09J~CT I N YOUR FIELD OF V IEW t"~-'i*ft . , . TH LJfFL:AMJ slaP It \,;lJOwf..NLY SPC:~D UP ,\ N O RUN AWl'-Y? L ' ~ I ~r-t K uttt '"'PARTS A"lO EXPLODE' .:'"IA"ft;E: 3R1Gt4nt ::.:sc; Cl-iA~Gt:: t r L OR FI.ICKbl1 OI~;.PPEAR .Hlu REAPPEAR? ~p 1'-f LIKE v , F' L U 'TT E R O R WOBBLE 1 DREW Y OUR ATTENTION T O TH~ P HENOMENON? FINALLY D ISAPPEAR? ':3. 010 THE PHENO,.ENO N MOVE BEHIND O'R IN F~ONT OF S0)..4ETHtNG, LIKE A C LOUD, TRcC:, OR 81JILDING AT ANY Tl~'!:" ~l-yES 0 NO. IF "YES,'" DESCRIBe . ... , fPUliJ~ OI"~Cin,._. THt:: PHENOM-:~40N WAS MOVI._,.G WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A M~TCH A T ARM'S L.C:NGTH IN FRONT 0::' A KNO'NN OBJECT, SU C H AS A $TREE! LAMP OR THE Ji,400N. NOTE HO'N MUCH OF TH ~ 0 3J ECT IS COVER EO BY THE H !AO OF TH ~ MATCH. NO'Jt IF YOU HAD aC:~H ABL~ TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT -l-iE TIME OF T\.iE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE ""HAT FRAC TION OF THE PnEI'IO-.-ENON WOULD HAVE B EEN COVE?.EO aY THE hUTCH HEAO P ..\GE 6 OF 3 P t..GES