PROJECT 10073 RECORD t. OA TE TIME GROUP. . 4. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION lO Ninutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 9, PHYSICAL. EYIDIHCI 2. LOCATION Near FAirborn, Ohio 10. CONCLUSION lNSUFFICIEL'i"T DATA FOR EVALUATION Fo~ 117 returned because there is no such address that ~he obserrer ve the Dut Offi 11. BRIEP SUMMARY AHD AHALYSIS FTD 1 e P 6 l 0-329 (iDE) I'Nlu edlHo.-.a ol U\lt te .. aa1 ~ uu .. ~. rlll'li ... OIJ t::VER SEe N THI!; O H A SIMILAR Pt1ENCMENON BEf.OHF' ~Y ES UNO. IF n::s, GIVe DArt:: A~O , 2.3 WAS ANYONt: WITH YOU ,,T THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON rJ'YES D NO. IF "YE~. 010 THEY S!::.E IT TOO? r~ ::liCATE AOOITIONAL INFOAMATIO INCLUCING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT ~'tHEN A "<':' TO WHOM 0 10 YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAC SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? ::> D AT: "(Ov CO:APL::TED THIS QUEST:ONNAIP.E. PAG E 8 0 F 9 P AGES TDPT (UFO) 0~? RTMENT OF THE AIR FOttCE H::AOOL. A::lT~ ~c; F O R !:I ;N Tt::C~ ,_.OLOG Y DIVI:JION I ,\ r ,c ) WRIGH1' PATTER50N AlA r o n c E BASE. OHIO 46'3.&33 UFO Observation, 9 Octobe r 1968 Fairborn, Ohio 45324 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which you reported to the Air Force. The information which 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 {} r; Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope 1 icient ed<! ~ No sucn ~if:-~ . Oo not rema;, in ths :! ' .;:iope t:'! C~Cil: 1 :0 THE P rF'NQ',H.:r-.o-.. W~:::tl FIQ~j ~t tL rtt.' t-~ a ')'< THC COMP,\:,1$ T<li N 'JIC"AfE THE. OINt-.CTIO~ TO l'<d~ Pt ~ N v M E ~0 'I fiH f..N LAS T SEEN. IN 7'iE S'<ETCH a ELOW, P!-AC2 A N A .'~oT THE POSITION OF TH=: P-=:NOMENO N WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A s A T THE PO~I-I:l"l Or THE PIU::~O~ci'IO"'f WH E N L.>ST SEEN. CON NECT THE"~ AND e WITH A LINE ro APP ROXIMATE THE MOI/C::"'ENT OF THE PHENOMEN O N BETI'Y::C:N A" ANO " 3 . THA T IS, SCHE'-1ATICALLY SHOW WH ETHER THE MOVEMENT .).0;:3:AKED TO 9 E STRAIGHT, CURVED OR Zl~-zA.:;. REFER TO SMALL::?. SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF H O W T O C 0'-1?LETE T~E !-AKGE~ S'<ETCH. PAGE 2 0 F 9 P ACES WHEKC NEllE YOU 'f::>U SAV. rHE PH>::N OMENON' t t ~ HIJ,Ij J.JS: .c..fl "l L l-r'l [_I AC:, D~IVER Ll A_, 0 Ass EN l'j E R IN OPEN COUN T~YSIDE NEAR AIRF-"ICLD 0 A S PILOT ['AS PASS!:NGER FLYING OVE R CITY +N AIRPLANE FLYING OVER OPEI'I COUNTRY IF YOU WERE I .N A VEHICLE. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WHAT DIRECTI ON YOU MOVING> FAST WERE. YOU MOVING, I DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSER VING PHENOMENON' ! 'l '~ 0 N ORTHWEST SOUTHWES T EXPLAIN WHJ!THER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOU R SKETCHES ITE M55AND6 DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I N AND TYPE OF ROAD , TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATE R YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MIJCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? IF "YES,'" DESCRIBE 'NHEN THEY WERE IN SIGH T REL~TIVE TO T H E TI~F. OF SIGhTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE T ri EY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE T O THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. HOW LONG HAS THE PI--IENO:v1ENON I N S IGHT? LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VEPY SURE JUST A GUESS H OW WAS TIME DETERMINED? , I WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT.,..CONTINUOUS~Y' ~YES 0 NO. IF "NO,"' INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS OUE TO YOUP MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOM:NO""', AND DESCM18E SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INOICATE DISAP. PEAR ANCES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PA:-.C:S 1_ 11. CONDITIONS (Chl!clc appropriu:-: blocks.) A . SKY B. WEATHER ~UMULUS C~OUDS (l .. ov fluffy) l--v TWtLICHT / CI~RUS CLOUDS (High {f~uy o r Herring FOG OR MIST HEAVY P.AIN LIGHT HAIN OR DRIZZLE N IMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL )l PARTLY CLOUDY CUMU!...ONIM8US CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET COMPLETELY OV'!:.RCAST (Thund,rstorm.s) UNKNOWN H~ZE 0~ S~OG NONE OF THE ABOVE C. I F THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. NH~T DID 'I'OU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON aRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT A FCW MOON WITH HALO q IJClrt e 0 . IF SIGHTING WAS IN D A YLIGH"f, WAS THE PHENOMENON? IN F1~0NT OF YOU THE SUN VISIBLE' DYES 0 NO. IF "YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (flear noon) t IN BACK OF YOU TO YOL!R LEFT UNKNOWN ~ E : !:?ECI FY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT OU~l~G THE S IGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, ~ STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLU,..INATION , SPECIFY DISTANCE T O LIGHT SOURCE. HEADLIGHTS O R GIVE A 9RIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS ANO WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICEO. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION O F WHETHER IT WAS SOLIO OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EOG!S WERE SHARP O R FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAOE OR INDICATE IF IT APPEAA EO A S A POINT OF LIGHT . INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER 09SERVEO 09J ECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJECT I N YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. ~ ~ /,' _., PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES II 7 ' W=-tiCJ Jml' -_... 'ISiilM 1 1'iifil a e te u a a 1 sn 14. STR"IGHf LINE' ST.\NO STIL.L AT ANYTIME' SLIDOt::~4LY SP E E D UP AND RUN BREAK U P I N PARTS ANO ~XPL.OOE' C HANGE COLOR' CiiVE Of:F SMO KE' CH ANC: E BRIGHTNESS? HANGE SHAPE? F' L A S ~i 0 R F L.l C K E R? OISAPP~AR ANO REAPPEAR? SPIN L. It< E A TOP? AKE A NOISE? FLUTTER OR W098L.E7 14 . WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PH!:NOMENON' A. HO'N DID IT FINALLY D13APPEAR ? B . 010 THE PHENOMENO N MOVE BEHIND O R I N F RONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUIL.OING AT A N Y TIME ' BYEs 0 NO. I F "YES." DE~RIBE. ,. r, PAG E 5 OF 9 PAGES AFH RO-li(CI) 1 SUNGLASSES 1 / B I NOCUL.Aq') WIN05HIELD I TELESCOPE SIO~ WINOOW OF VEHICLE TI-4EOOOLITE WINDOWPANE / j [OTHER _ ---_ ---~ - IS WHAT WAS YOUR JMORESSION OF THE SFEED OF THt 19. HHAT WAS Y OUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE O F THE -f--1..., FHEN0\4ENO~P GIVE ESTI~,.Ajf; ~F SF'E~D-~ '' t'HENOMENO N? viV E ESTIMATE OF O I ST J\NCE-2-" ')0/ 1 20 IN OROF.R THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR f>1 PICTURE A S =>OSSIBL.E OF WHAT YOU SAW, OCSCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORD~ A. COM~ON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHE~ PLACED I N THE SK Y , SIMILAR TO WHERf. YOU NOT E D THC PHENOME N O N WOUL D BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIF"FERENCES B ETWEEN THE COM'40N OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. 0 10 YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, ~WISE, OR HEAT s:-i..aANATI"fG F"ROM THE PHENOMENON O R ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? i'., YES 0 NO. IF "YES, DESCRIBE. A. 0!0 ThE Pr-iENO~ENON DISTURB THE CROU~D o q LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 Y E S 0 NO. I~ y ES, " DESCRIBE . PAGE 7 O F 9 PAGf"S