P OJECT 10073 RECORD 1. OATt: TIME GR JOSOOL 2. LOCATION . . 21 Oct 68 21/lOOOZ Ric~ond, Indiana 10, CONCLUSION Probable (AIRCRAFT) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS s. LENGTH OF OaSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY ANO ANAL '(SIS 2 3 Minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Grono.J.-V 1 sual 8. PriOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE The observer s i~ted two vhi te li.;ht b~t\leen whicll lf~a a flickering orange light. The li~ta tra,eled East and dieappeared over t~a horizon. F T D s E p 6 J 0-329 (TO E) 'Pr..,loua edU.lon or lhh form IBA7 be u .. d. S UIJJIC T TDPT {UFO) OEPARiM;::NT OF TH~ AIR FORCE WRIG H T . P ATTEr{SON AIR FORCE U A S E . OHIO 4~433 ur~o Observatio~ 21 Octobe r 1968 Richmond, Indiana' 47274 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which you reported to the Air Force. The inforn~tion ~hich we 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. CTOR QUINT.A.NIIJ.A, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 v/envel ope v .;;MO FOR rrHE R~CORD 21 October 1903 Sub~l: U"~O Ob.Jervation, 2 1 Octob~r 196.3, Rich:nond, In'"llana , Richmond, Indiana i~'(J(!~, called on 21 October 1968 to inform the Aerial Phenomena Branch of an unident~fied flying object sighting. 21 October 1968 TIME: 0500 hours DURATION: 2-3 mins DIRECTION: W to E DESCRIPTION: Sighted two constant white lights (that appeared to be one foot apart) and a blinking orange libht between. There was no sound. The lights ~ere lov on the horizon and moved at airplane 1'1{(~ ( ' 'l.Sll() t\I .. ~E ll \ S llEEN Ph'Fl',\!'I. D .0 TIIAT YOl C-\:\ <IT\'F "1111. l1 S All~ fo'ORC'I. AS MtJC II t",FOl<-\tt\TIC>'-4 lli\VE OB~l:J~VED. PJ.f-./\~,1. TRY 'iO .\:'li"\'.\ER \l.U O l TilE c_)lJF STlO:'<IS ' llll:. 1'\H..JR~I.\TTO:'\ Y (ll (il\'E \\ILL H E USE!) FO~ I~FSEJ\I~Cfl PU~POSI-:!, YOU!~ ~.\ME \\1l),.. ~OT HE \ISEO tl'i C'O~--:EC'TIO~ wtTtl .\ :':Y r")F YOL;I~ STt\TE~tFNTS OR C'ONC'LIJS10NS \\lTfiOIIT YOUR PJ.H~llS~Id~. RI.T UR:-.1 1'0 AIR f'ORC F BASE IN\'E~TtG.-\"IOR FOR FOI~WAI~J>lN<~ T\) FTIJ ('I'IH.TI~). WI~HiiiT .1 /' /" i C/1 .-...1cuur::r. Y T O TillS FOI~M OH A 'Vt\'01'1\ TF. IHTI/ YOU!< I\' A 'IF. FOI~ lf)/-'NTIFI CA.1'JON .J 2 WH \T TIMC DID YOU FI~ST SI GHT THE PH;:NO'-AE N O N ? ~-~ ST ANOARO l_j PACIF"IC 3 \-\HAT Tfr,,E OlD YOU LAST SIGHT THE. PHEN0\1E N O N ? 4 . TI~E ZONE lJ DAYLI GHT S A VING S R;!::o\STERN [jCENTRAL [_JMOUNTAifl. 5 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PH EN~M!::NON? IF IN CITY ~IVE THE N!::AREST STREET AD::JRESS 1-NI"> INDICATC: O N 0 oqAW~ MAP YIHEq E YOU WE~E STANDING WITH REFER=:N CE. TOn-E AOORE~S. IF IN THE COUNTRY. IDENTIFY T,-tE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON O R NEAR ANO T R Y JO fiX A OISTANC!:: A'l!::> OlPECTIO~l FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK ~ 1 ... 1 \CINE YOU ARE AT THE POIN T SHO.YN IN TH!:: SKETCH. PLA':!:: ;N A ON THE CURVED LI'-IE TO SHOW H O W HIGH THE SI-'ON HOW HIGH ilBOV!:: THE H O RIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS H~EN LAST SE!::N. OIHECl'ICN 10 iHr: PtH:.Nv:.I:;:N O N WHEt.. ~IR'>T ~E. :-1. PLACe A e 0,'4 ThE CO'IPA.~S ro HIOIC:ATE '7W :...IR~-:TIOl i:) HIE: P;.jftlf1Mt;NON WHCN L.A51 $ECN . l7. lrl THE SKF.:TCH AELOH, PLACe AN .. A .. AT TH!::: POSITION O F THE PHEI'oO M:::t-lO N WHEN FIRS T SEEN, A N D A a AT THE 1 f'O-:.ITION OF THE ?~ENO'AENON W~EN LAST St:EN. CONNECT THE "A AND s tiilTH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE ~ W:>V.:.AE~n' OF THE PHENCM~NON BETWEEN A" AND "s . THAT 15 , SCHE\1ATICALLY SH O W HHETHER T~E MOVEME~T i APPeARED TO BE STRAIGHT , CU~VEO OR Z IG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLC:R SKETCH A S AN !:.:XAMPLE OF ~OW T O COM?LTE ~ T~ E '-ARG E~ SK ETC~. ~U 1 OOOHS 8 U51NE!jS SE:.C T I O N OF C ITY ~ c-S l D f ~lT I A L S E:r, T I 0 I':J AS 0 R I V E R A~ SE IGER /IN O P E N C:OUNTRY510C -t;; OOA T =E:~-~RPLANF l] A S P ILOT (-~ A S PASSE NGEn LYIN G OVER C ITY YINC. OVER OPEN COUNTRY A VEHICLE. COMPLET E THE FOLL OWING : DIPE C T I ON WERE YOU H O '.V FAS T WERE Y O U MOVING 7 DID Y O U S TOP ANYTI M E WHILE OBSERVING PHENOM ENON? NORT H E A ST SOUIH EAST N ORTHWEST EXPL A I N WHETHC:R SUCH MOVEMENT A F F ECTS YOUR SKE T C HES IN I T EMS 5 AND 6 . DESC R IBE TYPE OF VEHIC L E YOU WERE IN AND TYP E OF R O A D , TERRA I N O R B ODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING T H E S IG H T ING . STAT E WH ETHE R WINDO WS OR CON VERTIBLE WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER T RAFFIC WAS THE RE? DID Y O U N OTIC E ANY A IRPLANE S? IF " YES, " OESCRISE WHEN THEY WER E IN SIGHT RELATIVE T O THE T'' 'O: O F SIGHTING T H E PHE N O MENON AND WHEPE THEY WE RE IN THE SKY R ELATIVE T O THE POSITION O F THE PHEt-.0'-~ENON. 9 . H O W L ONG WAS THE PHENOMENON I N S I GH T ? L E N GTH O F TIME C ERTA I N O F TIME NOT V~RY SUR E FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DETC:RMIN E O? WAS THE PHEN OMENON I N SI GHT C O N T I N JOUSLY7 C\YES 0 NO. I F "NO," I NDICATE WH~THER THIS IS DUE TO YO'JP MOVE~tENT OR THE BEHAVI O R OF THE PHEN OMENON, NO DESCR IBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR B!::HAV I O R . I NCIC:..T:: : w;.;P. PEARANCES ON P R EVIOUS SKET C HES . P ASE :l OF 9 ?AG~S A~?~>'iGcO. 010 THIS ARRANGEMENT C HMH;L;; DURI N G Tlf~ SIGMT11"4G~ CON 01 T IONS ( C h e r:k approprwte b l o c k s.) CU\4ULUS C L OUDS (l.ow j !uffv ) FOG O R M IST T -" l L IGHT C I R R U S CLOUDS ( 1/i g h fle-ec y or Jlrorring H E A V Y RAIN ' CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUOS (Rein) HAIL ?ARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW O R SLEET C01o4~L ETEL Y OVERCAST ( T hunde rs t orru) UNKNOWN HAZe: O R S,_OG NONE OF THE A90\IE C . IF ~HE: S I GHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU N OTICE ABOUT THE STAA S ANO MOON? j (11 STARS ( 2 ) MOON . I NO~E: B R I GHT MOONLIGHT NO MOO N L I G H T MO O N H I D DEN V U~IOIOWN J D . I F SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED I N F R O N T O F YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVER H EAO(Ne o~ IN B ACK O F YOU T O YOUR LEFT UNK N O WN ~. S?~CIFY T H E MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATIO N P RESENT OURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN , HEADLIGHTS O R ST~::ET LAMP, ETC. FOR T ERRESTRIAL ILLU MI N A T ION, SPECIFY O I STANCE TO LIGH T SOURCE . GIV ~ A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOM~NON, INDICATING W._.ETHER IT APPEARE D OARK OR LIGHT, WHET H ~ R IT R::FLE CTEO LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUJIIIINOUS ANO WHAT COLORS Y O U NOTICED. DESC R IBE Y O U R IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT '#liAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WH~THER EOGES WERE SHARP O R FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE I F IT ~';)P~AR EO AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE C OMPARISONS WITH o r HER OBSERVED OBJECTS, L IKE STARS, A LIGHT O R OTH;R 03JEC T IN YOUR FIELO OF VIEW. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGE S r-'H ?:N')M~ NON A. STRAIGHT LINE' STAND STILL AT SUDOt::NLV SP EEU U~ AND RliN BRE A K UP I N P.ARTS A.NO EXPLODE' C HANGE C OLOR' G I V E O F F SMOKE' C H A NG-:: El R l G H T N E SS' CHANGE SHAPE' F L A SH O R FLICKER' D I SAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? SP I N L I K E A TO?? MAK E A NOI SE' FLUTTER OR 'WOBBL E ? 14. WHAT ORE'W YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENO MENON' HOW D I D IT FIN ALL V DISA PPEAR' 0 10 T H E P,.. ENOMENON MOVE BE H I N 0 O R IN F RONT OF SO METH I NG, LIK E A CLOUD, T R EE, OR BUILD I N G A T ANV IF '"VES, PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES ,...\J: A:.r : ~:::0 \.:. NING(j 0.-( P A OTRlJ310 13, -"'- IN DICATE F.,O'!,\UST O R VAPOR Tq,\fL(j. INDICATE BY AN AR~OW THE O'R::CTIO~ Ttlt. PHE NOMENON WAS MOVI~G. WHAT WA3 THE A!'tGULAR SIZE? HOLO A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTi-1 IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OaJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAM? OR THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH Off THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW I F YOU HAC BEEN ABL~ TO PERFORM THIS EXPEAIM~NT AT THE TIME OF T H E SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION O F THE P HENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVEAEO 9 Y THE MATCH HEAO. PAG E 6 OF 9 PAGES 7YPC, FIL TEA, l ~N .. PfH:.,~RIPTIO~ CP C' rftr.R APPLICABLf: 0 " 1 A . I ~lDC:; WINOOW OF VEHICLE TH!:..OOOLITE . WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE } 19 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE.OF T'1E PHE:NOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED , ' /,, ,:.-;.' . PHEt'fOMENQN? GIV E ESTIMATE OF OISTANCE::f..,7". !i~ . .'.