PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE TIME GROUP /lf l~ LOCATION ~. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 t-1inute s 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 10. CONCLUSION HOT AIR BALLOON 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The observer sighted a white a straight line. Then parts burning up. . light that was moving in started falling of aod 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Preloua edition of lhla fora 1 IN uud. 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS O R A SI MILA R P H E N O M E N O N BEF O R E 1 0 YES ~NO. I F "YES,~ G I V E D ATE AND LOCA T I O N . 2 3 . WAS ANYON E WITH Y O U AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHEN O M E N O N ? 01:1 YES 0 NO. IF YES." DID T H E Y SEE IT TOO? f&l YES 0 NO. A . LIST THEIR N A G IVE THE FOLLOWI N G I N FORMAT I O N ABOUT YOURSELF PATION AND ANY EXPERIEN C E WHI C H MAY BE PERTINEN T . _JLIV'_y'\, 25 WH E N AND T O WHOM DID YOU REPORT THA T YOU HAD SIGH TEO THIS P HENO M E N O N ? M ONTH "D..t'~''y)L Wr 26 D ATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIO NNAIRE. PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES 17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHEN O M E N O N THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING> INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES C AMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS NDSHIELD TELESCOPE SlOE WINOOW OF VEHICLE THEODOL ITE WINDO WPANE OTHER A . DO Y O U ORiiiiNARILY WEAR GLASSES' [YES t~NO B . 00 YOU USE READING GLA SSES> 18 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSI O N O F THE SPEF n 'lF . THE PHEN O MENO N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED-,; . S' /)JI t-1. lo 19 . WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTAN C..f-OF "tN PHEN O M E N ON' GIVE E STIMATE O F D IST .-NCErO ..fY>tA.. 20 IN O RDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN A S CLEAR A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE O F WHAT YOU S AW, OESCR IBE IN YOUR OWN WORO!i A COMMO N OBJE C T OR OBJECT S WHIC H , WHE N PLACED I N THE SKY, SI MILAR T O WHERE YOU NOTEO THE PHEN O M E N O N , WOULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. OESCRIBE SI MILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJEC T ANO WHAT YOU SAW 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY OOOR , NOISE. OR HEAT E MANATING FROM THE PHENO MENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF. ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY' 0 YES ~NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. 010 THE PHEN O M E N O N OISTURB THE GROUN D O R LEAVE ANY PHYSI CAL EVIOENCE. IF yEs. OESCRIBE. PAGE 7 OF 9 P AGES AFR R0-17(Cl) EEL IS PERTINENT 8 IN F'OAMATION WHICH YOU F' IVE EXPLANATION OF' THE SIGHTING. ALTANATIVLY PROVIDE A NARR A T UT WHIC H IS N O T ADEQUATELY COVERED I N THIS QUESTIONNAI RE, p AGE 9 OF 9 PAGES 6A. N O W IMAGIN E YOU ARE A T THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN " A " O N THE COMP ASS TO I NDICATE THE DIRECTION TO T H E PHEN O MENON WHEN FIRST SEE N . PLACE A " B " O N THE COM P ASS T O INDI CATE THE DIRECTIO N TO THE P H E N OMENO N WHEN LAST SEEN. 7 . I N THE SKETCH B E L O W. PLACE AN A A T THE POSITION OF THE PHEN O M E N O N WHEN F I RST SEEN. A N O A " B " A T THE POSITIO N O F THE P H E N OMENO N WHE N L AST SEEN. CONNECT T H E A AND " B " WITH A LINE T O APPROXIMATE THE MO V E M E N T OF THE PHE N OMENO N BETWEEN A ANO a . THAT IS, SCHEMATIC ALLY SH O W WHETHE R THE MOVEM E N T APPEARED T O BE STRAIGHT, CURV E D O R ZIGZAG. REFER T O SMA\.LER SKETC H A S AN EXAMPLE O F HOW T O COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETC H . PAGE 2 OF 9 P AGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET nUR AU APPROVAL NUMnf:R 2 1 -R2JI Till S QUESTIONNAIRE liAS OEEN PI~EPAREO SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U. S AIR FORCI. AS MUCJJ INFORMATI O N POSSIIJI.E CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PIIF.NOMI;:NO N TIIAT YOU HAVE O OSERVF.O PI.EASF. TRY T O MISWER ALU O F TilE QUESTIONS. nm INFORMATIO N YOU GIVE WlLL UE USED FOR RESI-:ARC'II PURPOSE'> YOUR NAME WILt,. NOT BE USED I N CONNECTION WITII ANY O F YOUR STATEMENTS OR CON C L USIONS WITIIOlJT YOUR PERMISS!dN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTICiATO R FOR FORWARDI N G TO FTD (TUETR), WRIGIIT PATTERSON AFO, OHI O 45433, I AW AFR 80 i7. ( I F ADDITIONAL SffF.TS ARF NEEDED FOR NARRA TtVE OR SKF.TCfiF.S ATTACH SF.CURF.L Y TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATF. IHTII YOUU NAMF. FOR IDF.NTIFICA TION) I WHE N 0 10 YOU SEE THE PHENOMENO N ? MONTH ){crt/ 2 WHAT TIM E 010 YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHEN O M E N O N ? MINUTES _ ~ 3 WHAT TIME 010 YOU L.AST SIGHT THE PHENO M E N O N ! HOUR MINUTES IJA . M. lJPM, TIME. ZON E [J DAYLIGHT S A VINGS Ll STANDARD ( jEASTERN ~ENTRAL. 0MOUNTAI N rJPACIF'IC rJOTHER 5 WHERO::: WERE YOU WHE~U S AW THE PHENOMENON? IF' I N CITY GIVE THE I~EAREST STREET ADDRESS A N D I NDICAT!" O N A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDIN G WITH REF'ERENCE TO THE ADDRESS IF' IN THE '=OUNTRY, IOI:NTIFV THE HIGHWAY YOU W E R E O N OR NEAR AND TRY TO F'IX A DISTANCE ANO DIRECTIO N F'RO M SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LAND MARK 6 I MAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN I N THE SKETCH, PL.ACE AN ' A O N THE CURVED L.IN E T O SHOW HOW HIGH TI-!E P H E N O " E N O N WAS ABOVE Tt'!E HORIZO N , OR SKYL.INE WHE N F'IRST SEEN . PL.ACE A 9 O N THE SAME CURVED l.IN E TO SHOW HO W HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON T H E PHENO ME N O N WAS WHEN L.AST SEEN . AFR A0-17(CJ) 10. IF THERE WERE MORE TH,tN ONE PHENOM E N O N , H O W MANY WERE THERE> DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE ARRANGED . DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURIN G THE SIGHTI NG' T TWILIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY COMPLETELY OVER CAST CONDITIONS (Ch t!clt appropriotf! blocks.) B . WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (f.o~.t-fluffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS (lli11.h /lf!ccy or llt'rrinfl. N IMBUS CLOUDS (Ra&n) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (Thunders t orms) HAZE O R SMOG FOG O R MIST H E AVY R A I N LIGH T R A I N OR DRIZZLE SN O W OR SLEET N O N E OF T H E ABOVE C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT O R NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU N O TICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON ' ( 1) STARS 121 MOON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT OON WITH HALO UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or q1A4rtcr) / MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS D. IF SIGHTING WAS I N DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLEl 0 YES 1\YNO. THE I'>HENO M E N O N l IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED IN FRONT OF Y O U TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEA D (Ncar noon) IN BACK OF YOU T O YOUR LEFT E . SPECIFY THE MAJO R SOURCE O F ILLUMINATIO N PRESENT DURIN G THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, H E ADLIGHTS O R STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUM INATIO N , SPECIFY DISTANC E T O LIGHT SOURCE. 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTfON O F THE PHENOMENO N , INDICATING WHETH E R IT APPEARED DARK O R LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFL E CTED LIGHT O R WAS SELF - L U M I NOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTI CED. DESCRIBE YOUR IM~'>RESSION OF WHETHER I T WAS SOLID OR TRANSI'>ARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARI'> O R FUZZ Y . DESCRIBE THE SHAPE O R INDICATE IF IT AI'>PEAREO A S A !'>OINT O F LIGHT. INDICATE COMI'>ARISONS WITH OTHER O BSER V E D OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT O R OTHER OBJECT I N YOUR FIELD O F VIEW PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHEN OMENON (f; f.,., /, "l'l""l"i"t" b[,,.l,,,) X OUTDOOR S I N RESIDENTIAL SECTION O F CITY I N BUSIN ESS SECTIO N OF CITY IN BUILDIN G ,>( t---t-IN_ C_A--R----0 AS DR-;-..;ER --0 AS PASSENGER-I N OPEN COUNTRYS-ID_ E -- I N AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER F LYING OVER CITY OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING' FAST WERE YOU MOVING> ORTHWEST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6 DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRA I N OR BODY O F WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WI NDOWS O R CONVERT IBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' DID YOU N O TICE ANY AIRPLANES 0 YES ~ N O . IF "YES, " DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE I N SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE T I MF. O F SIGHTI N G THE PHENOMENO N AND WHERErT *'Y WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHEN O M E NON 9 H O W LONG WAS THE PHENO MENON IN SIGHT' LENGTH O F T IME C~T AIN O F TIME NOT VERY SURE JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED' A c ( I WAS THE PHE N OMENO N I N SIGHT CO f 1NUOUSLY> i}a"YES n N O . IF " N O," I NDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEM ENT O R THE BEHAVIOR O F HE PHENOMENOir~').ND DEfCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT O R BEHAVIOR . I NDICATE DISAD. PEARANCES O N PREVIOUS SKET ES. P AGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SH O W THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INC LUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED A S WINGS OR PROTRUSION S, AND I NDICATE E.-<HAUST OR VAPO R TRAILS. INDICATE B Y AN ARRO W THE DIRECTION THE PHEN O MENON WAS MOVING 16. WHA T WAS THE A NGULAR SIZEl HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH I N FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT. SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON . N OTE H O W MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERI MENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENON WOULD H AVE SEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. P AGE 6 OF 9 PAGES 010 THE PHENOMENON N O U NKNOWN MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE STANO STILL AT ANYTIME )(' SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND R U N AWAY? Y BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? CHANGE COLOR? ..t""" GIVE OFF SMOKE ).." CHANGE B~IGHTNESS Y CHANGE SHAPE? FLASH O R FLICKER DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? SPIN LIKE A TOP? MAKE A NOISE' FLUTTER O R WOBBLE WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON' A . HOW 010 IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR 8 . 010 THE NOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR I N FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY T IME? 0 YES ~0. IF yES, DESCRIBE. PAGt: 5 OF 8 P AGES 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHEN OMENON BEFORE? 0 YES 23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT T'HE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENO N ? 0 YES Q N O . YES 0 NO. IF "YES. " DID THEY SEE I T TOO? A . LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES LAST NAME. FIRST NAME. MIDDLE NAME EXPERIENC E WHIC H MAY BE PERTINENT. 25. WHEN ANO T O WHO M 010 YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAO SIGHTED THIS PHENO M EN O N ' 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. DAY M ONTH PAGE 8 O F 9 P AGES 'l'llf.'r ( Ui'O) . Reference your UFO report ot 16 November 1968. 'l'he d.aacr1ption that you provided of your obaervatiOQ 1a aim1lar to othera ve have """'- ot Qe.rmant Bai. Bot Air Balloon . (See a ten deacription}, 'l'hank you tor reporting your obaervation to tbe Air Force 'roR ~UINTANIIJA, Jr, Lt Col.ooel, b1et, Aerial Phenomena Branch Aeroapace Technologiea D1via1oo Bag Bot Air Balloon deacr1pt1on Production Directorate 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENO N THROUG H ANY OF THE FOLLOWIN G> INCLUDE INFORMATIO N O N MODEL, TYPE. FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLA SSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULA R S WINDSHIELD SlOE WI N DOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WI NDOWPANE 00 YOU OROINARIL Y WEAR GLASSES' (JYES (.NNO e. 00 YOU USE READING GLA SSES> I] YES ["~ I ll WHA T WAS YOUR I MPRESSION O F THE SPEE'?OF.-J'HE 1: 19 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION O F THE DISTANCE O F THE P H E N O MENON' GIV E 5 1 IMATE O F DISTANCE 10 -//# ' / PHEN O MEN-O N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED,. 7 4'_,7' 1 IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN A S CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE I N YOUR OWN WORO:i A COMMO N OBJECT OR OBJECT S WHIC H , WHE N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHEN O MENON , OULD B EAR SOM E RESEMBLANC E TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES A N D DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT ANO WH A T YOU SAW. 21 010 YOU N OTICE ANY ODOR , NOISE, OR HEAT EMANAT ~OM THE PHENO MENON OR ANY EFFECT 0'1 YOURSELF. ANI MA L S OR MACHIN E R Y IN TH::: VICIN ITY' 0 YES 0 . IF yEs, DESCRIBE. A . 010 THE PHE N O M E NON DISTURB THE GROUND O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. IF ye:s, DESCRIBE. P A G E 7 OF 9 PAGES I"I'I.Y TO TDPT (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION I AFSC) WRIGHT-PATTERSO N AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 4~433 UFO Observation,l6 November 1968 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which you reported to the Air Force. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request omplete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. ~b~R i tf&f4}~ Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope 6A. N O W IMAGIN E YOU ARE AT THE CENTEF O F THE COMPASS ROSE. P L ACE AN " A " ON T H E COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENO ME N O N WHE N FIRST SEEN. PLACE A " B " O N THE COMPASS TO IND I CATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHEN O MENON WHEN LAST SE E N . 7 . I N THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN " A " AT THE POSITIO N OF THE PHENOM E N O N WHE N FIRST SEEN . AND A " B " AT THE POSITION O F THE PHEN O M E N O N WHE N LAST SEEN. CONNECT T H E " A " AND " B " WITH A LIN E TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENO N BETWEEN " A " AND " B " . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHO W WHETHER THE MOVEM ENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED O R ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH . P AGE 2 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL NUIIIDEII 11.111$1 TillS QUESTIONNAI RF. liAS DEEN I'REPAI~ED !;() TIIAT YOU C AN GIVE THE U. S AIR FORC:TO: AS MUCII INFORMATION A S POSSIIJLE CONCERNING Till': UNIDF.NTif'IED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE O OSERVF.D PLEASF. TRY TO ANSWER ALU O F TilE QUESTIONS. TilE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL B E USED FOR I~F.SEARC:II PURPOSES YOUR NAME Wlq, NOT DE USED IN CONNECTION Wl'.rtl ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCL USIONS WlTIIOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AJR FORCE DASE INVESTIGATOR FO R FORWARDI N G TO FTD (TI.>ETR), WRIGIIT f PATTERSON AFB, OHI O 45433, lAW AFR 80-f7. (IF ADDITIONAL SIIEF.TS ARF. NEDF.D ,..OR NARRA TIV OR SKF.TCHF.S ATTACH SF.CURF.LY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE IHTH YOU!? NAMF. FOR IDF.NTIFICATION) 1 WHEN 010 YOU SEE THE PHEN O M E N O N ? 2 WH -.T TIME 010 YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENO ME N O N > 3 WHAT TIM E DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHEN OMENON' 4 TIME ZONE (J DAYLIGHT SAVINGS MONTH 7-w..v. [j PACIFIC fj OTHER [1 EASTERN ~CENTRAL ( ]MOUNTAI N 5 WHERo;: WE R E YOU WHE N YOU SAW THE P H E N O M E N O N ' IF IN CITY G IVE THE N E AREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE O N A HAND D"'AWN MAP WHE"'E YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE T O THE ADDRESS IF I N THE t:OUNTRY IDENTIFY T H E HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N ~R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTAN~ND DIRE("TIO N FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK 6 IMAGINE Y O U ARE AT THE POINT SH O WN I N THE SKETCH,liLACE A A O N THE CURVED LIN E TO SHOW H O W HIGM THE PMENO~ ENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZO N . OR SKYLINE WMEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A 9 O N THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGM ABOVE THE