p ;:QJECT 10073 RECORD 1, DATE T IME GROUP 2. LOCATION 1..7 Nov ber 68 18lo4lc.tz. Near Waterloo, Illinoi s 10, CONCLUSION Probable~ (HOT AIR BALLOON) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS The description i s s imilar to that of a carment ba c hot air balloon. The surface wind was from 310 d be at 8 knots. S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11, BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS r ectangula s li~t in the . 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION The observer east. After sit,hted a white a bout 2 minutes t he light faded out of vie w in PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Prloue edition of thh f ona 1 ... ueed , 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE1 0 YES LOCATION . NO. IF yEs, GIVE DATE AND ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON' YES 0 N O . YES 0 N O . IF yEs, DID THEY SEE IT TOO' NAMES AND ADDRESSES G IVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF MALE FEMALE NFORMATION I NCLUDING OCCUPATIO N AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. 25 WHEN AND TO WHO M DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU H A D SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON! NAME c; cot1 aLL ~qQ., OAV 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. !CJ OAV M ONTH YEAR PAG E 8 OF 9 PAGES 17. DID YOU O BSERVE THE PHEN O MENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL, TYPE, FILTER. LEN S PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WI NDSHIELD TELESCOPE SIDE WINDO W OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE OTHER A . DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES' B . DQ YOU USE READING GLASSES' 18 . WHAT ~AS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF Zit L PHENOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED ..5 /)2 ll1 t. 19. WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTANC~OF T&! PHENOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE ?11..<. . 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT O R OBJECTS WHICH, WHE N PLACED IN THE SKY. SI MILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, OULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU S AW. 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE. OR HEAT EMANAT!.N.,G 90M THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT O N YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY' 0 YES ~0. IF "YES, " DESCRIBE. A . DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES c::JA('o. I F "YES, DESCRIBE. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 27. INFORMATIO N WHIC H YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT B U T WHICH IS HOT AOEQUATEL Y COVERE O I N T HIS QUESTIONNAIRE. ALTERNATIVELY PROVIOE A NARRATIV E EXPLANATION O F THE SIGHTING. PAGE 9 QF 9 PACES MAC-I Afll. IIIU3&41 Request we be advised if further artjon is required by this Base. FOR TilE COMI-tANDER PAUL S . GILLESPIE, Lt Col, USAF Base pperations Officer AF Form 117 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 1400 AIR BASE WING (MAC) SCOn AIR FORCE IIASE. IlliNOIS 62225 22 November 1968 suaJEet UFO Report 1o. FTD ( TDPT (UFO) Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 A ached AF For m 117 on a UFO sighting by Mr. is forwarded for appropriate action. 2 . Reference Para 5 of AF Form 117, . Mudd was traveling east on a dirt road from Wartburg to Burksville at tim9 of sighting. 3. Weather information a t Scott AFB during th9 applicable time period was as follows: a . \olind b . Ceiling: broken, 3, 000 overcast Visibility : 10 miles, light drizzle d . Amount of cloud cover : 100% at 3, 000 feet e . Thunderstorms in area: !lone f . Vertical temperature gradient: Inversion 5t-1-9>1; the rest normal 4. At the time of the sighting, Scott AFB waather was overcast; however, an analysis of the weather charts at 03') Z and o60nz, 18 i!ov, clearly jn1i~ates that the weather to the southwest and south of s~ott AFB was clearing. Although it was overcast at Scott AFB, there is every indica- tion that the weather near Burksville was correctly described in the attached AF Form 117. 6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN "A" O N THE COMPASS T O I NDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENO MENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A a O N THE COMPASS TO I NDICATE THE DIRECTION T O THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. 7 . IN THE SKETCH BELO W, PLACE AN " A " AT THE POSITIO N O F THE PHEN O M E N O N WHEN FIRST SEEN . AND A a AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN L AST SEEN . CONNECT THE "A" AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEif " A " AND a . THAT IS, SCHEMATIC ALLY SH O W WHETHER THE MOVEM ENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG ZAG. REFER T O SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE O F H O W TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. PAG E 2 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDOET BUREAU APPROVAL NUMBER 21 R 256 THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS OEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U. S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATIO N BLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTI F I E D PHE NOM E NO N THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY T O ANSWER ALU OF TilE QUESTI ONS. THE INFORMATION YOU G IVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURP OSES. YOUR NAME WILT,. NOT BE USED I N CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS O R CON CL USI ON S WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FO R FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR). WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 4 5433, lAW AFn 80-i7. (IF ADDITIONAL SIIEF.T S ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.) 1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOM ENONr 2 WHAT T IME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHEN O M E N O N > 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU L A S T SIGHT THE PHENO MENON ' TIME ZON E 0 DAYLIGHT SAVI NGS 14 CENTRA L 0 MOUN T A I N 0P ACIFIC QOTHER S WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU S AW THE P H E N O M E N O N ' IF I N CITY GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND I NDICATE O N HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDIN G WIT H REFERE NCE T O THE ADDRESS IF I N THE t;;OUNTRY, IDENTIFY T H E HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N ')R NEAR AND TRY T O FIX A DISTANC E AND DIRECTI O N FRO M }JOME RECOGNIZABL LANDMARK. ' WITT ft.. LOD 6 IMAGI N E YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE S KETCH, PLACE AN 'A' O N THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW H O W HIG H THE PHENOM E N O N WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON . OR SKYLINE WHE N FIRS T SEEN . PLACE A e O N THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SH O W HO W HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZO N THE PHEN O ME N O N WAS WHEN L AST SEEN . 10. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHEN O MENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE' DRAW A PIC TURE T O SHOW H O W THEY WERE ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING' 11. CONOITIONS (Chec k appropriate blorlcs.) 8 . WEATHE R , ....-fi:UMULUS CLOUDS (/.ow fluffy) FOG OR MIST HEAVY RAIN CIRRUS CLOUDS (lfiRh flrecy nr llerrin11 LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE COMPLETELY OVERCAST NIMBUS CLOUDS (Ro.n) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (T h uncl er s torrn.~) HAZE O R SMOG SN O W OR SLEET 1..,../ N ONE OF THE ABOVE C . IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT O R NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU N OTICE ABOUT THE STAR S AND MOON ' BRIGHT MOONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New o r quarter) D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE' 0 YES 0 N O . IF "YES, " WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED THE PHENOMENON> IN FRONT O F YOU TO YOUR RIGHT IN BACK OF YOU T O YOUR LEFT E . SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE O F ILLUMINATIO N PRESENT DURIN G THE SIGHTING. SUCH A S THE SUN . HEADLIGHTS OR 12. GIVE A ' RIEF DESCRIPTION O F THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING W~ETHER IT APPEARED DARK O R LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELFLUMI NOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU N OTIC ED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP O R FUZZY. DESCRI B E THE SHAPE OR I NDICATE IF IT APPEARED A S A POINT O F LIGHT. I NDICATE COMPARISON S WITH OrHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIE() PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE Y O U WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENO N ? (Chec k appropriate blocks.) I N BUSINESS SEC TION O F CITY IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTI AL. SECTION O F CITY I N CAR ~AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR A IRFIELD IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE F OLLOWI N G : WHAT DIRECTION WERE Y O U MOVING' HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING? SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANY T IME WHILE OBSERVI N G THE PHENOMENON? RTHEAST SOUTHEAST OUTHWEST 0N O EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6 . DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE Y O U WERE I N AND TYPE O F R O AD, TERR A I N O R BODY O F WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTIN G . STATE WH;;HER WINDOWS OR ~N~I~L~ T2.ERE d OR DOWNO (!A.R,J A.IAA-Vl /J ;J .-..~hn MUC H OTHER TRA,.,.IC WAS THERE? DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANESt ~YES r N O . IF vEs. D ESCR IBE WHE N THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE T I M E 0,. SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND HERE 'f' EY WERE I N THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE P O SITION 0 ,. THE P HENOMENON. HOW L O N G WAS THE PHENO MENON I N S IGHT' LENGTH O F TIM E r1 CERTAI N O F TIME N O T VER Y SUR E r AIRLY CERT A I N JUST A G UESS HOW WA~ TIME PETERMINEDf WAS THE PHENOMENO N I N SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ' ~ E S ~NO. IF No, I NDICATE WHETHER T H I S IS DUE T O YOUR MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR O F THE PHENO MENO AND D CRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT O R BEHAVIOR . I NDICATE DISAP. PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. P A G E 3 OF 9 PA G E S IS. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHEN O MENO N. I NCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WI NGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND I NDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. I NDICATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING 16 . WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE' HOLD A MATC H AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT O F A KNOWN OBJEC T , SUC H A S A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON . N OTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD O F THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIM E OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTIO N OF THE PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. P AGE 6 OF 9 P AGES 010 THE PHENOMENON YES N O UNKNOWN MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE' STANO STILL AT ANYTIME ./ SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? CHANGE COLOR? GIVE OFF SMOKE' CHANGE BRIGHTNESS~ CHANG E SHAPE? FLASH OR FLICKER? DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIKE A TOP MAKE A N OISE? FLUTTER O R WOBBLE 14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON A..o '/flit J f'll)f..('Q A . HOW 010 IT FINALLY OISAPPEAR7 8 . OlD THE PHENOMENO N MOVE BEHIND O R I N FRONT O F SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, O R BUILDIN G AT ANY TIME' 0 NO. IF vEs, DESC R IBE. PAG E 5 OF 9 PAG E S