1. f'A T( TIME' GROUP 3. SO\JRCE 4 . NUMBER OF OBJECTS ~. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 -2 r.anu tes 6. T Y P E OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 7. COU RSE 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE P .. OJECT 10073 RECORD 2. L OCATION Br i dr.:eport. Ohto 10. C ONCLUSION Other (GROUND LIGHTS) Tbe observe r cQlled t his office obsl" ~ wnr-~ n li,.,.ht: nhn v A mi to rep?rt t hat tbe object he hac 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The o bserver v lrivin~ his ca r vhen he ea~ one of the light: o f a TV to~er start t o move. Tho light moved u p t he t ower anc the n moved away to the west. Tbe obserTer reporteu that the light or object ~as red, cigar ahaped. about 30 teet long, anc had a grayish color top. v l o u a e d itio n of lhll fo,. aar be u ud , 27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU ,.I!:I!:L IS PI!:RTINENT I!IUT WHIC H IS NO T ADI:QUATI!:LY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERNATIVI!:LY PROVIDE A NARRATIVI!: E XPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING PAG E 9 OF 9 PAGES DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TEC~NOl.OGY DIVISION I AFSC I WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORC E BASE. OHIO 4!5433 TDPT (UFO) UFO Observation 17 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 complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation t o the Air Force. Jr,'Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope MEMO FOR THE RECORD lled on the afternoon of 21 November 1968 and s poke nilla. He called to say that the obJect he had observed above a microwave station. vas a light 6 A . N O W IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CFNTER OF T H E COMPAS'l ROSE PI ACE Atl ' A ' O N THE COMPASS T O I NDICATE THE DIAECTIO N T O THE PHF'~OMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A e O N T~IE COMPASS T O INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENO MENON WHEN LAST SEEN 7 . I N THE SKCT C H BELOW, PLACE AN " A " AT THE POSITION O F THE PHEN O M E N O N WHE N FIRST SEEN . AND A ' B " AT THE POSITION O F T 14E PHE N 0!\1E N O N WHE N LAST SEEN . CONNECT THE "A AND " B " WITH A LIN E T O APOROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENO N BETWEEN " A AND "B" . THAT IS. SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEARED T O BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG ZAG. REFER T O SMALLER SKETC H A S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW T O COM PLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE AFR R0-17(CJ) BUDGET nU~EAU APPROVAL NUMDER 21. R2H Till~ QUESTIONNAIRE ~lAS 11EEN PI~F.PAREO SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U. S All~ FOI~CI. AS MIJCHINFOI~MATION AS POSSIHLE CONCERNING TilE UNIOF.NTIII EO PIIF:NOMENON TIIAT YOU IIAVE O OSF.RVF.I>. PLEASE TRY T() ANSWER ALU O F TilE QlJF.STIONS. TilE INFOI~MATION YOU (liVE WILL llE USED FOR I?ESEARCII PURPOSI.S YOUR NAME WI Ll,.. NOT IJE USED I N CONNECTI O N WlTII ANY OF' YOUR STATEMENTS O R CON CLUSIO N S WlTIIOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN T O AlR FORC E OASE INVESTIGATOR FO R FORWARDING TO FTD (TI>ETR). WRIGIIT ' PATTERSON AFI1, OH 10 4 5433, I AW AFR 80-i7. ( I F ADD/TIO NA L SHEF.TS ARF. NF.F.DF.D r:OR NARRA TIVF. OR SK F.TCI/F.S ATT1I CH SF.CURF.L Y TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATF IHTH YOU!? NAMF. FOR IDF.NTIFICA TION) 1 WHEN DID '!IOU SEE THE PHEN O M E N O N ' I ,_, ~/ JtJ/ t) O A Y MONTH~ v YEAR-n-b../)_ 2 WHt,T TIM E 010 YOU FIRST SIGHT THE P H E N O M E N O N > /.,a$?; MINUTES 3 WHAT TIM E OlD YOU L.AST S IGHT THE P H E N O M E N O N ' 'J ~ ,.; HOUR ,C CJS'.F MINUTES 4 liMy"'zoNE I] OAYL.IGH T S A VINGS I~AN OARO ~ASTERN Ll CENTRAL. [j MOUNTAIN rJ PACIFIC f j OTHER 5 WHERC:: WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENO M E N O N ' IF IN CITY GIVE THE N EAREST STREf'T ADDRESS AND INOICAT"' O N A HANO OqAWN MAP WHEqE YOU WERE STANDIN G WITH REFERENCE T O THE ADORESS. IF I N HIE COUNTRY IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON "R N EAR ANO TRY T O FIX A DISTANCE ANO DIRECTION FRO M SOM E RECOGIIIZABL.E L.ANO"'APK 6 IMAGIN E YOU ARE A T THE POIN T SHOWN I N THE SKETC H . PL. ACE AN. A O N THE CURVED L.IN E TO SHOW HO W HIG H THE \IE N O N WAS ABOVE THE HORIZ O N . OR SKYL.INE WHEN FIRS T SEEN . PL.ACE A 9' O N THE SAME CURVED L.INE TO SHOW HO W HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHEN O MENO N WAS WHEN L.AST SEEN . IF' THERE WE R E MORE THAN O N E P H E N O M E N O N , H O W MANY WERE THERE' DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DUR I N G THE SIGHTING! 11 CONDITIONS (CIIrcfc opproprJate blot'fcs.) WE A T HER CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) F'OG OR MIST CIRRUS CLOUDS (Htlll flncy or llerrin1 HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE N I MBUS CLOUDS (Rotll) ARTLY CLOUDY C U MULON I MBUS SN O W O R SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST (TIIunder s t orms) H AZE OR SMOG N O N E OF' THE ABOVE C. IF' THE SIGHTING WAS AT T WILIGHT OR NIGHT. WH A T DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STA R S AND MOON > BRIGHT MOONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT OON WITH H ALO MOON H IDDEN BY CLOUDS PARTIA L (New o r qu.orter) D. IF' SIGHTIN G WAS I N D AYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? DYES 0N O . yEs. WHE R E WAS THE SUN THE PHEN O M E N O N > FRO N T O F YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(N~w~o~ IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT E . SPECIF Y THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUM INATION PRESEN T DURIN G THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SU N , HEADLIGHTS O R STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR T ERRESTR I A L ILLUMINATION , SPECIFY DISTANCE T O LIGH T SOURCE. 12. GIVE A B RIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHEN O M E N O N , INDICATIN G WHETH E R IT APPEARED D ARK OR LIGHT, WHE REFLECTED LIGHT O R WAS SELF L U M I NOUS AND WH A T COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSION O F WHETHER IT WAS SOLID O R TRANSPARE NT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE I F IT APPEARED A S A POINT O F LIGHT. DICATE COMPARISONS WITH OfHER O BSER V E D O BJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT O R OTH E R O BJECT I N YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHEN OMENON? ((;/.,rlt "PI""""n"' blorlt.f.) I~ BUSIN ESS SECTION O F CITY -vr'N RESIDENTIA L SECTION O_F CITY ,)fl BUILDING 0 AS PASSENGER I N CAR I N OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR AIRFIELD I N A I RPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 A S PASSENGER _J.L YING OVER CITY =:Y!FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOI.J. ~vi NG' HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING' t,-0 -~0 hlflf SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVIN G THE PHENOMENON? EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEM ENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6 DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF R OAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURIN G THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WI NDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES YES ~0. I F " ES. " DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE I N SIGI-H RELATIVE TO THE TIM E OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION O F THE PHENO MENON 9 H O W LONG WAS THE PHENO MENON IN S IGHT ' LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN O F TIM E )!!!.._VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN ~ JUST A GUESS H O W WAS T IME DETERMINI WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINU0USLY ES g N O IF "NO, I NDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOU R MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR O F THE PHEN O M E N , AND DE CRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. I NDICATE DISA<>. PEARANCES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. P AGE 3 OF 9 PAGES DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? STANO STILL AT ANYTIME SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND R U N AWAY BREAK UP IN PAR7S AND EXPLODE' CHANGE COLOR? GIVE OFF SMOKE CHANGE BRIGHTNESS CHANGE SHAPE? FLASH OR FLICKER? DISAPPEAR AND R EAPPEAR? PIN LIKE A TOP MAKE A NOISE? FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? TTENTIO N TO THE PHENOMENO N ' 14 . WHAT DREW Y A . HOW DID IT F INALLY DISAPPEAR B . ~0./f!E PHENOMCNON MOVE BEHIND O R I N FRONT O F SOMETHING, L IKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME? l.li"S 0 N O . IF yEs, DESCRIB E . PAGE 5 OF9 PAGES 23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU E TIME YOU SAW THE PHEN O M SEE IT Toe"'' YES 0 N O . A . LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF AND ANY EXPERIENC E WHI C H MAY BE P ERTINENT . 25 WHEN AND T O WH O M DID YOU R E P ORT THAT Y O U HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENO MENON 26 . DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. DAY M ONTH Y E A R PAG E 8 O F 9 PAGES AFR R0-17(Cl) 11 DID YOU O B SERVE THE PHEN O M E N O N THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATIO N O N MODEL. TYPE, FILTER, LEN S PRC.SCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES C A MERA VIEWER I V WI N DSHIELD TELESCOPE SlOE WI NDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLIT E WI NDOWPANE OTHER A . DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES' 0 YES ll N O B . Dl) YOU USE Rt::ADING GLASSES' l_i Y E S I I N O 18 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSI O N OF THE SPEEDJF 'TitJ. 19 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTANCF~;) F",. THF P H N O N' ,. .r TIMATE 'F~ sMED..-!r ... ~ PHEN O M E N O N ' GIVE EsTIMATE oF DISTM~C E 1 1 20. -~ ORDER-TifAT WE MAY OEITAI N AS CLEAR ICTU A S POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU S A W, DESCRIBE I N YOU R OW~ '7ono:. A COMMO N OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH. WH N PLACED IN THE SKY, SI MILAR T O WHERE YOU NOTED T H E PHEN O MENON , OULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE T O WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES AND DIFFE R E NCES BETWEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 2 1 DID YOU NOTIC E ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANA~NGflOM THE PHEN O MENON OR ANIMALS O R MAC H I NERY I N THZ VICINITY' 0 YES ~0. I F "YES, " DESCRIBE. ANY EFFECT o:~ YOURSELF, A . DIO THE PHENOM E N O N DISTURB THE GROUN D OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICA L EVIDENCE 0 YES M'No . IF "YES," DESCRIBE. P AGE 7 OF 9 P AGES