Leavenworth Washington — October 1968

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4 . NU'-\~:.::R OF OBJECTS 5. L~.IGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. lYPE Or OBSERVATIOH ). PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 2 LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION sta:r_;, b u L t:""l..:r~ i~. t.oo li-r.tlc inforr.1~Li.on to rnuke u c.:.e:..;.:-:.i te cvultto t..:.v n . 11. F\RIEF SUi;.MAR'f AND ANALYSIS ~ne ubse~:ver sa'vr Ge te:-al row-1d red l ichcs every nitht, ;.;co.t'r.....! permi. t ting from 19 o~ t.ooer 1960 ~.ill 14 D~CCl:lber 1968. ::::,t,; h s \iB tche d these lign ts for ac lo":lg a s 2 hours but has n~vl!: seen th2m di~appear. AFR R0-17(CJ) A.RRAN GF.D . 010 THIS Af'R.,NGEMENT CtL,NGE OIJPIN<"i THE SIGHTINC.' D RAW A PICTURE TO HOW H O W TI-1EY ,~WE CON Dl T 10 N S (Check appropr iut c blor k!f .) 9 . WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (/,C'w fluffy) PARTL V CLOUOV COMPLETELY OVERCAST o oooooooo ooooooooooo o . oooooooooooo oooooooo CIRRUS CLOUDS (HiKh fl~ecy nr /lerri'lg NIMe-US CLOUCS (Rein) CUMUL.ONI"1BUS CLOUDS (Thu.ndustorm.s) HAZE OR SMOG FOG OR MIST HEAVY RAIN x LIGHT RAIN O R DRIZZLE SNO'N O R SLEET NONE OF THE ABOVE C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OA NIGHT . WMAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON? I II\ STAAS (2) MOON ){ NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT A FEW MOON WITH HALO . R T I A L e w Or D . IF ~IGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. IF yEs. WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED THE PH'ENOMENON? IN F~ONT OF VOU TO VOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Ne o~ I N BACK OF YOU T O YOUR LEFT E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT D U R INC THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS 0~ STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERR~S.:rRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECif\ DISTANCE TO LIGHT S.OURCE. . .. f )... ..... R...-- 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INCICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOU S AND WHAT COLO~S YOU NOTICED. DESCRiaE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES 'NERE SHARP OR FUZZY. CESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INCICATE IF IT APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH o rHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER 013J E C T IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. fj rJ j r; \J CA t. ~ F)ll'. t j C L' /II f/1 c f PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES 1l 010 THE PHENOMENON 'lOVE ltJ A STR~IGHT LINE ' -:," SR E~ UP I N PARTS ANn E_2PLODE G 1\' E 0 F r SMOK E1 J F LASH OR FLICKER' I CHANGE DFUGHTNESS' OISA?PEAR ~NO REAPPEAR' ,:,..-- SPI~ LIKE. A TOP' ,; ,.- MA'<E A NOISE? /, ,~ FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? 14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON' A. HOW 010 I r FINALLY DISAPPEAR? B . ~THE PHENOMNON MOV~ BEHIND OR I N ~YES 0 NO. IF '"YES, DESCRIBE. FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME' Cht-..IJ~f,(_t, PAGE 5 OF 9' PAGES 1CTURE THAT WILL SH011r T~E SHAPE. OF THE PHE!NO'A!NON. INCLUD E ANO LABF.L ArfY DErAIL.~ THAT M IGHT 1'11\V~ '\..,':).:AR~O A5 WINCiS OR PROTAUSIONt;, AND INDICATE E.~H ~UST OR VAPOR TR \ILS. INOICAT: OY ~ .... 1\PROW THF. Ol'lE:CT,I"')'II TH PHENOMENON WAS t.IOVIMr.. :s . WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN O!!IJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OA THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD B EEN ABLE TO PEA,-ORM THIS EXPERIMI!NT AT THE TIM! OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE Prle:NO'A:::NO N WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES 11 0 10 ' fOU 09SC~VE T""E F'llf:N)f1r N O N Tt--H 'JUGI-1 1\NY O F THE: ~OLL0fiN C' tJ.tlOCu!.. Arl.i 1 TCLCSCOPE ~INDO-NP"~IE::: I OTHER --1 t--' ' -00-;-o OI~ARIL v ,._,e ~R GLAc;:>t.Sl 1, YS [J r-.o B . DO YOU USE R EADtNv GLASSF~ ~.- -CLvi -!=fN: - 1U. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 1<) W"1AT WAS YOUR IPAt=,HESSI O N OF THC DIST A NCE Of THf- P~IENOMENONl GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED . F'IH::~WMENOf-1' GIV E FSTIM~Tf. OF Ola l .e.r-.cc ./. _/ / 20 IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLF:AR A F' I CTURE AS F'O~!>te'LE OF WHAT Y O U SAW, OESCRIUE IN YOUR OWN WORD.. =. _ _. A COM"iO N O B JECT OR OOJECTS WHICH. WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAH TO WHERE Y O U N OTED THE PHENOMENO N , WOULD ::lEAR SOME RESEMBl.ANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENC E S BETWEEN T H E COMMO U OBJECT AND WHAT Y O U SAW . :I. 010 YOU NOTICE ~NY 0 OOR, NOISE, OR H EAT EMANATING FROM THE PH ENO~ ENO N OR ANY EFFECT 0~ YOURSELF, A~IMALS OR MACHINERY IN T H::: VICINITY? 0 YES 0 NO. IF yEs. DESCRIBE A . DiO THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUN D O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES 0 NO. IF "YES,'" o:::SCRiaE. PAGE 7 O F 9 P A G E S vou :vER sr::r::N THIS o R A stMtL,lH PHENO~ENON a E FOf:tE.' 'LJ YE-. s Ll NO. IF-' v r::s: G I V E OA1 E A.,.n i 71 W \5 A.NYON E WITH YOU AT T H E TIME YOU SAW THE Pt-IE~OMENON J,!j YES 0 1'40. I vEs. 010 THEY SLE I T TOO' 1 A. LIST T.-.tEI R NAMES AND ADDRESSE S / T E L EPHONE (ltr~o code and nu m INDICATE A O OIT IONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHIC H MAY 9 E PERTINENT. 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM O l D YOU REP ORT T H A T YOU HAD SIGHTED THISPHENO~ENOI>.P, h:6 0..\T=: Y JU COMPLETED THI S QUESTIONNAIRE. ------ P A G E 8 OF 9 P A GES :n. 1~'0':.4-TIOH WMIC~t YOU F~EL. ISPIfiiTINf::NT B U T WMICM IS NOT AO!QUAT!L Y COVEfltEO IN THIS OUESTIONNAIAE A\.T\'fl'~tATIV!l.Y PAOVIOE A NA,.fltATIV ! EXPLANATION OF TME SIG'4TIHO. PAGE~ OF 9 PAGES D":?,tU~E~T 'lf "HE ~1R Ft)RCE sr"fF llfWSE BRAMCM IMCOMIMI NESSAII ACT~O~l: ROC-4 INFO: XOP-2 , XOX-2, SAFOS-3 Dit~/JCS-1 (13) ADV CY JCS/DIA SMB A05$PTTUZYUW RU'AMENA9428 3490040-UUUU--RUEfHQA. 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