p;-~OJECT 10073 RECORD 1 . OA TE TIME GROUP 3, SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION Civilian Other (CONFLICTING D4TA) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATIOH 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYS'S 95 Minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Viaual SS'II to ,_S\11 ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD scp 63 Q .. J2? (TOE) The obaerver sighted a white light that w~s s~il~r to a otar. . however after looking at it through a telescope, he de3ided that it wasn't. CCl-1Iw~S t In observ.,rs original letter, he ga-re the date of th aigbtiu3 as 20 Oct 68. In his compl~ted 117 b~ gave the date as 2l Oct 68. At 6:30P.M local Arcturus was at about 23 elevatio~ in the west and at 8r05R~ local. ~cturu3 vas on the corizon at 302 deg azUnuth. It se s quite likely that the observer vae looking at Arctu:us. hovever because or the contlict in date tba signting iu being ~rried aa CoAtliciing ALrEHN~TIVELY P~OVI(C A NAAR AiiVE lX,.,LANATWHI~H IS NOT AOE')UATFL V l.OVfl'lFtliN n- 1 ION OF T~E SIGHTING. ~ Thi3 r~pl it:!::; to jOur l ette r of Qt;to:->er 20, 1S;6d, .i.n 'rJhi..:!h ;you dc:scrio~d y \')ur :;..:.g:1ting o f ~:1n u:lident-l..fird e-2rial obj,~ct. H:1d y o u r e'9Qrt ... d. :,our si3htin~ to Chs~.11Ate Air Force Ba~e that e v ... ning or tne !1C! .. {"t r-ornin; , 1:ne J.ocal UlO lr.,estiJu-cor would p r o L.iably h ave :.;e~a a:::l:! t o ruake an a c cur::1t e ev.:.tluat.Lon 01' ~..rhat you .:::aw. Hi t hout addi t i ona: informati..1n, ife cGn;.ot or'fer u a e::plana tioa. Ho~ever, i f you will ~omplete the in~losed ~ue~ti0r~3ire e nd il it i n the C~ttached envelope, our technical peopl e at Wright-Pat~erson .Air Force Base, Ohio, -~ll be able to invest1 at~ further .:Jnd r.lBke un eval,;ation. He are sending :you some ne'-rer mater lal on UFO' s that t:l9Y help you t o identify the ob j e c t you 3~W. In addi t ion, you mi~ht be int~rested in d panpillet, Aids t.o I dentification o f' Fl.,rin~ Objects , for sal e :1t 20 e a .!h by the Sup:::r i :1tendent o! Doc Ut-nents, Goverr...ment P~intin6 Office, -;i=3 .::5hin6ton, D. C. 2C402. Attachments Decatur, Illinois 6252l . Sincerely, JAlSS H. AIKMAN jor, USAF Chief, Civil Branch Co::1rmnlty Relations Division Office of Information Coord Cy -SAF- OICC Ac'7.ivity Cy -SAC'-OIC Reader Cy -S -~L S!GHTIU\.i OF U~IOEHTIFif:O PHEMO~EHA Q~ESTIONHAIRE (!I'L ; T ll:li~tAU IJ'f .O'IAL THl!) QUE~TtONI'-\lf<r' Ht\-., BEEN PREl'.\lH f> ~ ... rlli\T 'r<IU C,\;'1. f~IVJ:. Til '-' I !~ Al~ hH<C'' .\ . '1l'< ' i I:"'J'OfC.1A rtr,,; A S P05~'HLE CO:"IiCLt~'l'~r. THE tJ~tDF.:--:f'l lr-.~) PHENO:.u:'\c,~ fll.\f YOU 111"\VE ono.:;Er~VIlt Pi. ! :,\;-.l:. l~Y "I '> ;\:'IISWE~ _..\Ll.J OF TH QUESl'IO'IS. THl. l'FlH \A'lJO~ 'nll' t.tVE Wll. L n l. 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ADO~E -IF IN THE t:OUNTQf IOEIHIFV -HE HIGHWAY 'YOU WERE ON ')R o IM~GINE YOU ARE AT THE POIN T SHOWN 1"4 T~E S~ETCH. PLACE AN - A ON THE CURVED LINE TO 0~ ~0.-, riiG'i THE PHEN0'-1ENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR S~YLINE WHEN FIRST s:::EN. PLACE A g O N rHE SA'.AE CUR' EO LINE TC SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE P~EN0'-1ENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. 01" c ION TO THt:: F"HENJ MI.:N O N WHFN f l~ls-'--~'L "'LA"" E. 7 . IN 'fHE S~ETCH BELOW, ~LACE AN "A" AT THE POSITION OF T I-lt:: PHENOM~NON WHEN FIRST SEEN . .A'~D A " 8 .. AT THE POSITIC'I O F THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEff'., CONNECT THE " A " AND s"' WITH A LINE TO APPROXI:.'ATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEE N A" 1\NO "8~. THAr IS. SCH E'-IfTICALLY SHOW WHE T H E R THE MOVEM::NT APPEAR ED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR 21 G-ZAG. REFER T O 5'~AL L E R SK c:rcH A~ AN EXAMPLE 0 F H O W T O COMPL E. T E THE LARGER SKETCH . PAGE. 2 OF 9 P/\GE~ 'i WIH!PC Wt::.r~F. Y OU 'WI H"'N Y OU a A W TtH PHFN OMt-N ON ? ( ( .h,., ~ tlfll "'flrtt~tf' l>lrnd. ) IN I-10A T Nt::AH A I RF'IE'l.O IP1 AIRPLAN E (J AS ,...I LOr F'L YINr. OVl:l~ C l rY LYI N G OVEH OPf-.N C0lJNTHY A. I F Y O U W~RF. I A VEH IC:LE, COM PLETE THE f "OLLOWING DIRECTION WERE Y O U 'AOVI NG? HOW F A S r WE R E YOU MOVn~G OlD YOU ST O P ANYTIM E WHILE OB~ERVING PHt:NOMEN'JNl N O R T H E NORT HWEST SOUTH WC:S r EXPL A I N WH ETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFEC T S YOUR SKET C H E3 ITEM S 5 At-.0 t>. DESCRIB E TYP E OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I N AND T Y P E O F R O AD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF 'HATER Yl)lJ TPAVE:RSEO O U H I N G THE SIGHTING. ATE WHETHER WINDO'HS OR CONVE~TIBLE T O P WERE U P OR 00/~l. HOW MUCH OTHER TRA F F t C WAS THERE? O l D YOU N OTICE ANY AIRPLANES ? DYE S IF "YES. D E~CRI9E WHEN THE Y WERE IN S IGHT ~ELATIV~ TO THE TI~E 0~ SI GHTING l'HE PHENOMENON AN~ WHE RE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO T H E ?OSI TION O F THE PHE N OMENON . H O W LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN S IGHT ? LENGTH O F TIME CC:i'lTAIN O F TIME N O T V C:FIY S FAIR L Y CERT AIN JUST A GUESS HOw WAS Tlt.IE O ETERM INEQ7 'HAS THE PHENOMENON I N SIGH T CONTINUO USLY' 0 YES 0 NO. IF ~NO." IND I CATE WHETHE R THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT O R THE BEHAVIOR O F THE PHENOMENON. AND OESCRI~E SUCH MOVEME N T OR BEHAVIOR . INDICATE OISAP- PEARAI>~CES O N PRC:VIOUS SKETCHES. \J e c Cl. t1. CONDITIONS (Ch,.-J.. 'lPP''?riatc blocks.) :1:. . J CUMULUS C LOUDS J. ,tt jlt..f{-,) FOG O R MIS r CIRRUS CLOUDS fll:l!h (!eery o r llerrinK HEAV Y RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE CLEAR NIMBU S C LOUDS 'Rai'l) '""-/ PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULON1"4BUS CLOUDS SN O W OR SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thnde rscor-n.s) :>::: NONE O F THE ABOVE HAZE OR SMOG C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT . WHAT D l 0 YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON 1 111 STARS (2) p,IOON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MANY '-y" MOO N HID.P~N BY CLOUDS UNKNOWN /"'-.... PARTIAt(J,!!;ryor quarter) NO MOONLIGHT