INSUFFICI~llr D.ATA FOR :E.VAl.tJA.TlON 1. Nli~B=R OF OBJECTS S. L Et-lGTH OF OaSERVATION 30 S'JconJJ (,, TYPE OF OOSERVATION 7 . COUR5E a. P rlOTOS o . PHYSICAL eVIDENCE 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observ~r oi~ted a bright light lik~ ~ light bulb. It ~p~ar~ntly crossed the eky and di3~ppeared over th~ hori~oo in \buut 30 3~COuda. F TD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) P r .. loua edlUona or thh f ora ~1 tM u .. d 2~. H<\VE YOU CVER :;.:-EN THIS OH A Slt.tiLAR PHI::I'J'JMF.N O N BE.F-'OR E ANYO N E WITH YOU AT T H~ TIME Y O U SA W THE PHF.N O M E N O N rs.l.:YES 0 N O . I F yEs, D I D THE Y S:-E I T T00' A. L IST TH{:IR NAMES AND ADDRE SSES GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF TEL E PHONE (1lr~a codt! nnd number) MALE FEMAL E ICATE A DDITIONAl-I NFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY E XPERIENCE WHIC H MAY BE PERT I NENT . 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT T H A T YOU HAD SIGHTED T H I S PHEN O M E NO N ? ~6. O A T E YOU COMPL E TEO T HIS Q U EST IONN AIR E. PAGE 8 O F 9 PAGES OEPA ~iMEN'r OF THE Atr-t FORC~ WRIC.HT.;"'A TIE I~ SON AIR F O R C E BASE. OH 10 4 433 TDPT (UFO) UFO Observation , 17 October 1968 P~rkersburg, West Virginia 26101 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which reported to the Air Force. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request you complete the atta::hed AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force r J' Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, erial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope Parkersburg, est AFR H0-17( Cl) BUDGf:T fiURf:AfJ ,ti'PROVAI. SIGHTINt~ Of UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIOHHAIRE NUWIJI-.R 11-~ lJ! Tli:.' ' 1-:~ r IO":":\ifd. !lA'~ PEE:-.; PI~EPAI~I-:D SO TIIAT YOU C'A:": GIVE THE U.S J\IH tOI~C'J: J\~ ~.1UCit f~FOr~M/\TJO~ \ ~ i .: .... l:ll.E CO:'\C'El<'Jii'.G TllF. U~IDENT!HED PHE:":0\1'~.~0~ 1HAT YOU HAVE OOSERVEr>. Pf.EJ\Sf~ TRY TO C IVE WILL B E U~ED 10~ HE~EARCfl Plll~POSES Y<1' ,, ', \'.IC \\1L~. N()T rn: t'SED l!'l CO~'IECTIO~ WITH .v:y OF YOUR ST 1\TEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS \\lTIIOUT YOt'i' t.:~\\I.'SIO:"l. RETUR:": T O /\1~ FOI~CE Q,\SE I~VE.STiGATOR FOR FOf~WJ\l~DlNG TO FTD (T11ETI~). WR1GIIT- ?.\"TIi'0~ .\FB.OHI04 5433,1NN ArR80-f7. ( I F AnDTTIONAI SII~F.TS AI?F. NIEDF.D fo'OI? NARRAT/VI: ()N SKF:TCfff~S : r 1 q rUNEL \' T O 7'fll~ FORM OH -1.tV,\ 'O T . t TF IHTH YOU;.? NAi"fF: ,..Or~ Tnr:NTI FIC A TION. ) , ... -:.:. ~ =' vou sEE THF. PHt:.NoMENON / HouR /[ 3o J. ,z MINUTEs LJ A .M. Cl P.M. .! -"'E. ::-'l E ~ OAYLIG H T SAVINGS [1ST AN OARO )\ ::::..s RN [l CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAI N []PACIFI C rJ OTHER 5/ ... h ... ERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON, IF I N CITY GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE 01\1 :. .. ~N~ AWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANOI~G WITH REFERE"oC E TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE ---;~:. ::.y YOU WER~ ON 0R NEAR ~NO TRY TO FIX A. DISTANCE MID DIRECTION FROM !:OME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. '..\G ' 1::: YOU ARE AT THE DOINT SJ-JOWN 1'-J THE SKETCH, PLA~:: :. l ~A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE NON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE . Wa.JEN Ft~ST SEEN. PLACE A 3 ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO S-Ol '"iON HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE ?HENOMENON WAS 1-iEN LAST SEEN. L1t v tr 4 , I OBSERVER -" or-~o.r fiON TO THE Pr1t:'-0''~fJ\.)N WH2N Flf:(:iT r.1-:~N. PL,\C S /~ a .)f-1 PH. CO.O..,A~!:I fO INDI C A f E lHl" D IRC:.C TION iO T'IE "HF .:>~t:NON WHE.ti LAST SEEN. ttl TH!:: SKeTCH BELOW, Pt...ACE AN .A,. Af THE POSITIO N OF THE P HENO:-.iENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A a AT THE POSI fiON v F fHE PHENOMENO N WHEN I.AST SEEN. CO"cNECT THE A ANO a WITH A LINC: TO APPROXIMATE THE , ~EMO::N r OF THE PHENOMENON B E TWEEN 'A At..L> "8 ... THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOll' WHETHER THE MOVEMENT A:.p~ AcH::o TO BE STRAIGHT , CURVED OR ZIG-ZAC. REFER T O SMALLER SK C:TCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW T O C OMPLETE P-iE L APGER SKETCY . PAG E 2 OF 9 PACC:3 11.1 8UIL01t-IG t l'l RESIDENTIAL S EL. T I O N OF' CITY A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, CO~?LETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WERE Y O U MOVING ' FAST WERE YOll MOVING? j ~ WEST j DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVIN G THE RTHE A ST '1 ..... .,..~ SOUTHEA S T EXPLAI N WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOU R SKETCHES IN ITE~S 5 AND 6 . DESC R I 8 E TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN ANO TYPE OF ROAD, T~RRAIN OR BODY OF WATE R YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDO WS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP O R DOWN . ... ow MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' 010 YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLAN~S? 0 YES ~0. IF "YES. " D~SCP13E W.-.EN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TtM.:: OF SIG'-!TING THE PHENOME N O N AND WH~RE;'f~EY WERE IN THE SKY R ELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHE NOMENON . H O W LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? LENGTH OF TIME I X! CERTAI N OF TIME NOT VERY SUR E H O W WAS TIME DETERMINE01 6 uess TJhl4 r== WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY' .lXi YES 0 ~0. IF No.~ INDICATE WHETHER THIS I S DUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT OR THE BEH AVI::>R OF THE pu ENOMENON, ~0 DESCR 13 E SUCH MOVEMENT OR B EH A VI OR. IN O ICAT E DISA::- EARAtlCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF~ PA::; E::; Ali'lt 80-17(Cl) lll S ri O W o\HM-'l i G :P T HIS A~ r tAN C t!M 1:: N T C H ,\NGC:: DUntNu THf::. c.:;H TI~G7 CON 0 I T I 0 N S ( C h e c k arproi]ric.:ce DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (f,l JU. f b (h) CIRRUS CLOUDS (1{ig,h (l,.fc y or ll P.rring RAI N OR D R IZZLE NIMBUS CLOUDS (Ruirt) HAI L PA~TLY CL..OUOY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS C0'-4?LETELY OV!:RCAST (Thunderstorms) 0~ SMOG OF THE TWILIGHT OA NIGHT. WHAT 010 YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS ANO M':>ON? MOONLIGHT NO MO O N WITH MOON HIDDEN BY PARTIAL (New o r quarter) o. IF S IGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS QYES D NO. IF "YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU THE PHENOMENON? IN F:=!:>NT YOUR RIGHT OVE~HEAD(Ne o~ lN 3ACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT S?C:CI F Y THE MAJOA SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION P~ESENT DUR ING S IGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHT$ ETC. FOA TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. ~ 2. G IVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECT EO OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU DESCRIBE YOUR IMPR ESSION O F IT '#lAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHAAP O R FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF PPEo\REO AS OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH orHER OBSEAVEO OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A ECT IN VOUA FIELO OF VIEW. P A GF. 4 OF 9 PAGS MOV( I N A STRAIGHT LINE? STANO SIILL AT ANYTIMEt SUOIJ'-.NLY SP .::EO UP AND R U N SRE"'I\ u o IN PARTS A N D EXPLODE ' CH AI~ G E COLO~' ,'( G I V E O F F SMOKE? CHANGE BRIGHTN ESS CH fNG E SHAPE' F'LASI1 OR FLICKER' O ISAP PE "R AND REA P PEAR ? SP I N LIKE A TOP? MAKE A N OISE' F LUTTER O R WOBBL E ! 14 . .YHAT DRE W YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHE N O M ENON? A . HOW D I D IT F'INALLY DISAPPEAR? B. D I D T H E PHENOMENON MOVE BE1o41NO O R IN F'RONT O F SOMETHING, LIK E A C LOV'O, T R EE, OR B UILDING AT ANY TIME ' IF vEs, DESCR I B E PAG 'e 5 O F 9 PAGES 13 fJRAW A FICTUAE THA T WILL SHOW THE SH.\PE. O F THE PHENOME NO N . INC LUDE AND LABEL ANY DETA I L S THAT MIGH r H A Ve: .1\PPt::.J.RED A S WINGS U R PROTRUSIO N S, A N D INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TAAILS. IND I CATE BY .J.N Ai=H <O W T H E DIRECTIO N THE PHENOMENO N WAS MOVING. ; 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATC H A T ARM'S LENGTH I N FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUC H AS A STREET ~ LAM? O R THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJEC T IS COV=:RED 8Y TH'! HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD :. 8 E N ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT A T T H E TIME OF TH~ SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRAC TION OF THE ~ PnE NOMEN0/11 WOULD HAVE B EEN COVE R E D 9 Y T H E MATCH HEAD. PA::i E 6 OF 9 P A G E S AFU R0-17( Cl) SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE T'HE 19 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE O F Tt--lE Pr-4ENOM ENON 7 GIVE E~TIMATE O F DISTANC E -<:!'!,. ~,1,. ltl WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEC:O OF PH~NOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPE;.EO . 20 IN ORO~R THAT ~E MAY 013TAIN AS CLEA~ A ?ICTURE AS PO~SI~LE OF WHAT VOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORD:i A CQ'-4\~0N OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHIC .. i \AoHEN PLACED IN THE SKY. SIMILAR TO WHER YOU NO fED T~E PHENO MEt-ION, WOULD BEAq SOME RESEM8LANCE T O HHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETNEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WH.&.T YOU SA'o\. 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT E'A~'4AT ROM Tl-jE PHENOM~NON OR ANY EFF~CT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN T H::: VICINITY' [j YES IF yEs, DESCRIBE. :.. DIC THE ?HENO MC:NON OISTURB THE GROU"'D 'J?. :.EAVE ANY PHYSICA L E V IDENCE. D~SCRI3C:. PAG E 7 OF 9 ?AGES