PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1, DA i~ TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION Fallon, Ncv3da 3. SO\JRCE 10. CONCLUSION Probable BALLOON 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS No evidence presented that the stimulus wa s not a balloon .S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11, BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 20 to 30 Minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION The observer sighted a white b alloon shaped object that moved wit h swift mo verr.e nt s and s udden stops. ' e. PtiOTOS 9, PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTO Sf P 6 3 0-329 (TOE) Pr..,lou e e d iUone of lhle fo rm ' be u .. d , 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHENO M E N O N THROUGH ANY OF' THE FOLLOWI NG' I NCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER , LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLI C ABLE OATA. EYEGLASSES SUNGLASSES BINOCULA RS WI NDSHIELD SlOE WI NDOW OF' VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE 00 YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES DYES B . 00 YOU USE READIN G GLASSES' WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSI O N OF' THE SPEED OF' THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF' PHENOMENON ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHEN O M E N ON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE I N ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN A S CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF' WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE I N YOUR OWN WORD:; A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHEN O M E N O N , OULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU S AW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT ANO WHAT YOU S AW. DID YOU N OTICE ANY ODOR , NOISE , OR HEAT E MANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF', ANIMALS O R MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY' IF' v ES, DESCRIBE. DIO THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUN D O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICA L EVIDENCE. YES li) NO. YEs, DESCRIBE P AGE 7 OF 9 P AGES AUIUVO:I G4bJ lXl 2j6 , f37 OR 2j0r FALLON AFSr NEVf SLJSPECTS r w ,,JI,i+ PTTl1iY h. RUI' ,:f~i.),\0177 ..::J.~23tJ4-ULlUU--RUEDFIF Z~!K uuuuu RUd.' F 1 r / FTL; I. P 1\FU (FOR TJETH ) Rllt.F r o 'li-\/C~ t.F RlJf:.f-H H,/vShr b~vLw~t::t. COLO If' .. ,,,,, d0-l.7 ' Pf-."1-\ ll t=vr< AVf~lL I rtFO I S SlJ~.ITTED: (7) .JOtJC.. ( b ) rv'FI~TY (20) i,IrJUTES. ~C:-tJ\JL LOUC!, T I o:oJ, RELIA9llllY G ( l ) t ,,\C'F\t..l. '::JC.I I f .:.r~C...J CLVGJ COVt:.kHGE. J 1 I I J,IIC, K. RtLJ-\Yt:.n Vl A Tt. LI::.F-HOI"S:: BY AC~.J OPR AlC J ESFREY T . MUNOWI NLLER 5 U 8 J IC:T t TDPI' (UFO) O EPARTMt':::N T OF It-:~ ;.:I'~ F07C~ H E .-.DQUARTER S F O RCIGN TECH,..OL.OGV OIVIGION I AF!JC l WR IGHT P ATTE RSON AIR F O RCE OAS OHIO 4:5433 UFO Observa tio::l , 9 November 1968 You:' nnr.1e hns been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as bein~ e ~itness ~o an unidentified flying object . 'I..'Cr e ~ ,Ji t ness to an UFO sic;htine on .ould you please corr.plete the attoched AF Forrr. 117 and return i t in ~he envelope pr ovided. I f you \-:ere not a \ l i tness to thi s s i ghting , 'I..'Oul d you please ~akc a state~ent to thi s effect on the :l\.t nched form. The infor:nation \oJhich you p rovide \..'ill be usee in ev~lu~ting t his observati on . Thank you f or your assi s t a nce in t h i s \3CTOR v,UINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Col one l , ~Chief, Aer i c l Phenomena Office Aerospnce Technol ogies Divi s i on Proou ct ion Direct ornte AF For m 117 ~/envelope 6 A . N O W IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN " A " O N THE COMP ASS T O INDICATE THE. DIRECTION TO THE PHEN O ME N O N WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A e O N THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTIO N TO THE PHEN O M E N O N WHEN LAST SEEN . 7 . IN THE SKETCH BELO W, PLACE AN " A " AT THE POSITIO N OF THE PHENOM E N O N WHEN FIRST SEEN. AND A " B " AT T H E POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A" AND " 9 " WITH A LINE TO APPRO X IMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHEN O MENON BETWEEN " A " AND e. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT , CURVED OR ZIGZAG . REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW T O COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH . PAGE 2 OF 9 P AGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL NU/IIDER 21 Rl$1 Till!' QlJESTIONNAI RF. liAS OEEN PREPARED SO Til AT YOU CAN Gl VE Till~ U.S /\I R FORCE AS MUCII INFORM/\ TION AS P0SSIIILE CONCERNING TilE U NIDENTIFIED PHENOMENO N THAT YOU IIAVE O BSERVED. PJ.F./\SE TRY TO ANSWER 1\L.U OF' T ilE QUESTIONS. TilE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL UE USED FOR JH;;SJ~ARC'll PURPOSES YOUR NAME WI LJ,. NOT OE USED I N CONNECTION WJTII ANY OF' YOUR STATEMENTS OR CON CLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AJR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR F ORWARDING TO FTD (Tl>ETI~). WRIGIIT- p ATTERSON AF'B, OHI O 45433, I IIW AFR 8{l-17. (IF ADDITIONAl. SIIEF.TS A RF. N,.:lmFW r:OR NAURA TIVE OR SKF.TCI/F.S ATTACH SFCURF.L Y TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATF. WITH YOU/? NAMF. FOR IDF.NTIFICA TION) 1 WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON' 2 WHAT T I M E DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHEN O M E N O N > 3 WHAT T I M E DID YOU L.AST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' 4 TIM( ZO N E 0 DAYL.IGHT SA VINGS ( EASTERN [)CENTRAL. (1 MOUNTAI N (}1STANDARD P'JPA CIFIC 5 WHER!:: WERE YOU WH E N YOU S AW THE PHEN O M E N O N ' I F IN CITY GIVE THE N E AREST STREET ADDRESS AND I NDICATE O N HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WE R E STANDING WITH REFE R E NCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF I N THE t;;OUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N O R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FRO M SOM E RECOGNIZABL.E L.AND"'ARK 6 IMAGIN E YOU ARE A T THE POINT SH O WN I N THE SKETC H , PL. ACE AN' A O N THE CURVED L.INE T O SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENO 'II E N O N WAS ABOVE THE H ORIZON. O R SKYL.IN E WHEN FIRST SEEN PL.ACE A 9' O N THE S .t.ME CURVED L.INE T O SHOW HO W HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZO N THE PHENO MENON W.t.S WHEN L.AST SEEN. 10. IF THE R E WE R E MORE TH,IN O N E PHENOM E NO N . H O W MANY WE R(. r11ERE ORAW A PICTURE TO SHOW H O W T HEY WERE ARRANGE D . DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DUR I N G THE SIGHTING> 11. CONDITIONS (Chec k approprwu block .,,) CUMUI.US Cl.OUDS ( l .ou fluffy) FOG OR MIST CIRRUS Cl.OUDS (fli~h {lf'UY or llerrin& HEAVY RAIN RAIN OR DRIZZI.E Cl.EAR N I MBUS Cl.OUDS (Rain ) PARTI.Y Cl.OUDY CUMUI.ONIMBUS Cl.OUDS SN O W O R SLEET COMPI.ETEI.Y OVERC AST (Thunders t orms) HAZE OR SMOG N O N E O F THE C . IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWII.IGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU N OTICE ABOUT T H E STARS AND MOON > BRIGHT MOONI.IGHT N O MOONI.IGHT MOON WITH HAI.O OON HIDDEN BY Cl.OUDS U N K N O WN RTIAl. (New or qtuJrtcr) D . IF SIGHTIN G WAS I N DAYI.IGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBI.Et QO YES yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU THE PHE N O M E N O N t FRO N T O F YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Nf'ar noon) IN BACK OF YOU T O YOUR l.EFT E . SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE O F ll.l.UMINATIO N PRESENT DURIN G THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADI.IGHTS OR STREET l.AMP, ETC. F O R TERRESTRIAl. ll.l.UMINATIO N , SPECIFY DISTANC E T O l.IGHT SOURCE. 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION O F THE P H E N O M E N O N , I NDICATIN G WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFI.ECTED l.IGHT OR WAS SEI.F-l.U M I NOUS AND WHAT COI.ORS YOU N O TICE D . DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOI.ID O R TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR I NDICATE IF I T APPEARED A S A POINT O F l.IGHT. NDICATE COMPARISON S WITH OfHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, l.IKE STARS, A l.IGH T O R THER OBJEC T I N YOUR FIEI.D O F VIEW. P AGE 4 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (f.J,..,.J. "l'l""llflfllf' blml".) I N BUSINESS SECTION O F CITY I N BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION O F CITY IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER 0 A S PASSENGER I N OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR AIRFIELD IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING' H O W FAST WERE YOU MOVING' DID YOU STOP ANYTI M E \\'HILE OBSERVIN G THE PHENOMENON> N ORTHE AST NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS SAND 6 DESCRIBE TYPE O F VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD T ERRAIN O R BODY O F WATER YOU TRAVERSED DUR I N G THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDO WS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP O R DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? DID YOU NOTICE ANY A IRPLANES 0YES QNO. IF "YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGH T RELATIVE T O T..,E TIMf: O F SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE I N THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENO MENON H O W LONG WAS THE PHENOMENO N IN SIGHT? LENGTH OF TIM E CERTAIN O F TIME OT VERY SU R E FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED? WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTI NUOUSLY' 0 YES J;:J N O . IF "NO." I NDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUP OVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIO R OF THE PHENOMENON, AND D CRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT O R BEHAVIOR . INDICATE DISA O. PEARANCES O N PREVIOUS SKET CHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 P AGES 15. DRAW A PICTUR E THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENO MENON . INCLUDE AND L ABEL ANY DETAILS THA T MIGHT HAVE APPEARED A S WI N GS OR PROTRUSION S, AND I N D I C A T E ExHAUST O R VAPO R TRAILS. I NDICATE B Y AN A R R O W THE DIRECTION THE PHEN O M E N O N WAS MOVING. 16. WHA T WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRON T OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON . NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT I S COVERED B Y THE H E A D OF THE MATCH. N O W IF YOU H A D BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIM E N T A T THE TIM E OF THE SIGHTIN G , ESTIMATE WHAT FRA C TION OF THE PHENOM E N O N WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED B Y THE MATCH H E A D P AGE 6 OF 9 P AGES DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE I N A STRAIGHT LINE' STANO STILL AT ANYTIM E ? SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE' CHANG COLOR' GIVE OFF SMOKE> CHAI"GE BRIGHTNESS? HANGE SHAPE7 FLASH O R FLICKER ? DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIKE A TOP? MAKE A NOISE' FLUTTER O R WOBBLE? 14. WHAT ORf:W YOUR ATTENTIO N TO THE PHf:NOMENONf A . HOW D I D IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR> B . DID THE PHENOMC:NON MOVE BEHIND O R I N FRONT OF SOMETHING. LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, O R BUILD I N G AT ANY TIME? IE YES 0 NO. 1 F yu, DESCR IBf:. -- PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE' OCATICj.j. YES ~NO. IF yEs.~ GIVE DATE ANO 23. ~S ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? [j) YES 0 NO. IF yEs. OlD THEY SEE IT TOO l!J YES 0 NO. A . L IST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES 24 . GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF )I MALE FEMALE INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION ANO ANY EXPERIENC E WHIC H MAY BE PERTINENT. 26 . DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. M ONTH YEAR PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES