DATE TIME CROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Ci vilie:1 NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION r.o 1.1nu vCS 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Crour~d-Visual DesccndinL 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE liict:ory, l\"orth Carolina t.11e1 lCOf\i"LICTINC DATA) A1thou~r t.he date of the observation appears to be 19 Novcr.tb r the obG~:cvcr wrot~ the da tc a s 1 9th da y lOth mon Lh 1 968 . I f the dat~ ~as 1 9 Nove~ber a s stated in his or ieinal letter server was r~robable observinc Venus . 1 J. BRIEF SUMMARY ANO ANALYSIS The observer siGhted a white s t ar-like lieht t hat descendend in the SSW and just bef ore it disappeared turned red . F TO SEP 63 0329 (TOE) P rnlou ediUon ot lhl to,._, IN uud , 17 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHCN O M E NO N THROUGH ANY 0~ THE ~OLLOWING' INCLUDE IN~ORMATION O N MODEL. TYPE, ~IL TER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR O THER APPLICABLE D A T A . EYEGLASSES C AMERA VIC WE R SUNGLA SSES BINOCULA RS WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE SlOE WI NDOW 0~ VEHICLE THEODOLITE WI NDOWPAN E OTHER u YES ~JA-10 B . 01) YOU USE RE.AOING GLASSES I I YFS I I N O A 00 YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES' 18 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSI O N 0~ THE SPEED 0,.~ THE PHENO M E N O N ' G IVE EST IMATE 0~ SPEED ;J : > f 19 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION 0~ THC DISTAN C E 01' TtiE _ PHEN O MENON' GIVE 51 IMATE 0~ DISTANCE 'J! b) " 20 IN O RDER THAT WE MAY OBTAI N AS CLEAR A P ICTURE AS POSSIBLE 0~ WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORD:; A COMMO N OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHE N PLACED I N THE SKY. SI MILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE P H E NOMEI~ON, WOULD BEAR SOM E RESE MBLANCE TO WHAT YOU S AW. DESCRIBE SIMIL ARITIES AND OI~FERCNCES BETWEEN T H C COMMO N OBJEC T AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21 010 YOU N OTICE ANY ODOR NOISE O R HEAT EMANATING ~ROM THE PHENO MENON O R ANY ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THZ VICINITY' U YES } N O . IF "YES, " DESCRIBE. A 010 THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUN D O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICAl. EVIDENCE. 0 YES IF "YES," DESCRIBE. E ECT 0:~ YOURSELF, P AGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 27. IN,OIUIATIO N WHICH YOU ,EEL IS P[IIITIN[NT IIUT WHICH II NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS OUESTIONNAIAE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NAAIIIATIVE EX,.LANATION OF THE S IGHTING. P AGE 9 OF 9 PAG E S 6A. N O W IMAGIN E YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS R O Sr PLAC E AN " A " O N THE COMPASS T O INO I CATF THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLA C E A " B " O N THE COMPASS T O INDICATE THE DIRECTIO N TO THE PHE N O M E N O N WHEN LAST SEEN . 7 I N THE SKET C H BELOW, P L.ACE AN " A " .AT THE P O SITIO N O F THE PHENO M E N O N WHEN FIRST SE E N .A"'O A " B " AT T H E OSITION OF THE PHENOMENO N WHE N L AST SEEN C ONNECT THE " A " ANO " B " WITH A LINE T O A<><>R O Y I M ATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENO N B ETWEEN "A" ANO "B" . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHO W NHETHE R THE MOVEM ENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT. CURVED O R ZIG ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE O F H O W T O COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAG E S SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUAU APP.OVAL THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS OEEN PREPARF:D SO TIIAT YOU C AN CiiVF: TilE IJ. S AIR FOHCE AS MUCII INFORMATIO N POSSlALE CONCERNING TilE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON TIIAT YOU IIAVE OASF:RVF:D. PLEASE TRY TO AN SWER ALU OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USLW t-O H Rt-:SEAHCII PURPOSE S YOUR NAME WILl,. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WIT H ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS O R CON CL USI ONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSJdN. RETURN T O AJR FORCE BASE INVESTIGAT O R FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TbETR). WRI GIIT I PATTERSON AFB.OHIO 45433 lAW AFR 80 i7. (IF ADDITIONAL S/11-:T S ARF NEEDED FOR NIIRRA TIVE OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTIIT WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDF.NTIFICATION J t. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENO M E N O N > 2 WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHEN O M E N O N > 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHENO MENON ' 4 TIME' ZONE Qt'EA STERN 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS QCENTRAL [JMOUNTAIN MONTH Y E AR [ llfj p M . U P A CIFIC l OTHER S WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENO M E N ON' IF I N CITY GIVE THE NEARFST STREE T ADDRESS AND I NDICATE O N HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENC E TO THE ADDRESS. IF I N THE O:OUNTRY IOENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N O R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE ANO DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LAN DMARK 6 . IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN I N THE SKETC H . PLACE AN " A O N THE CURVED LINE T O SHOW HOW HIG"i THE PHENOMENO N WAS ABO V E THE H ORIZON. OR SKYLINE WHEN FIRST SEEN P L A C E A 3 O N THE SAME CUR VED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENO N WAS WHE N LAST SEEN 10 . IF THE R E WERE MORE THAN O N E PHENO M E N O N , H O W MANY WERE THER E> DRAW A PICTURE T O SHOW HOW THEY WE R E RRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DUR I N G THE SIGHTIN G> CON DITION S (Chec k opproprrutc blndrs.) PARTLY CLOUDY COMPLETEL Y O V E R CAST B . WE ATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (l.ou fluffy) CIRRUS C LOUDS (llt~h flc~cy nr llcrrin~ N I MBUS CLOUDS ( Rain) CUMULON I MBUS CLOUDS (Thundl'rSIOrms) HAZE OR SMOG FOG O R MIST HEAVY R A I N LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE N ONE OF THE ABOVE C. II THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICC ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON > BRIGHT MOON L I G H T N O MOONLIGHT A FI!:W MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN V MANY MOON HIODEN B Y CLOUDS UNKNOWN \ PARTIA L (New o r qunrter) D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE' 0 Y E S 0 N O . IF "YES, " WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED THE PHENOMENON? IN FRONT O F YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (r\~ar noon) IN BACK O F YOU T O YOUR LEFT 1!:. SPI!:CIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE O F I LLUMINATION P R ESENT DUR I N G THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, HE.t.DLIGHTS OR STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TI!:RRESTRIAL I LLUMINATIO N , SPECIF Y DISTANCE T O LIGH T SOURCE. 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTIO N O F THE PHENO ME N O N , I NDICATI N G WHETHE R IT APPE.t.RED DARt< OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED L IGHT O R WAS SE L F - L UMINOUS AND WH.t.T COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSIO N OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDOES WERE SHARP O R F UZZY . DESCRIB E THE SHAPE OR INDIC.t.TE I F IT APPEARED A S A POINT O F LIGHT. I N D I CATE COMPARISON S WITH OTH E R OBSER V E D OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT O R 8JEC T IN YOUR FIELD Ocf VIEW. + ,_,;_ ') " PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON apprn,.riatr b lnrlt s .) OUTDOORS I N BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY I N BUILDING I N RESIDENTIA L SECTION OF CITY 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE IN BOAT NEAR A IRFIELD 0 AS PILOT 0 AS P ASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY OTHER FLYIN G OVER OPEN COUN TRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WHAT OIRECTION YOU MOVING? H O W FAST WERE YOU MOVING SOUTH WEST 010 YOU STOP ANYTIM E WHILE OBSERVI N G THE PHENO M E N O N EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS S ANO 6 DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WE R E IN ANO TYPE OF R O A D , TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED CUR ING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDO WS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP O R DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' 010 YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? 0 YES (3'NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE WHE N THEY WERE IN SIGHT REL ATIVE TO THE T I M E OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON ANO WHERE THEY WERE I N THE SKY RELATIVE T O THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENO N . HOW LONG WAS THE PHENO MENON IN SIGHT' LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIM E OT VERY SUR E FAIRLY CERTAI N JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME OETERMIN EOI WAS THE PHEN OMENO N IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY> 0 YES ~NO. IF "NO , I NDICATE WHETHER THIS IS OUE TO YOUR OVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENO N . ANO OE CRISE SUCH MOVEMENT O R BEHAVIOR . I N D I CATE OISAP- PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETC HES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. I NCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WI N GS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE E)(HAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZEt HOLD A MATC H AT ARM'S LENGTH I N FRONT OF A KNO WN OBJEC T , SUCH A S A STREET LAMP O R THE MOON . N OTE H O W MUCH O F THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. N O W IF YOU HAO BEEN ABLE T O PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE T I M E OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRAC TION O F THE PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE WATC H HEAD. PAG E 6 O F 9 P AG E S D I D THE PHENO M ENON MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? STANO STILL AT ANYTIME> SUDDENLY SPE E D UP AND R U N BREAK U P IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? CHANGE COL O R ' GIVE O F'F' SMO K E > CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPE? F'LAS H O R F'L I C KER' DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIKE A T O P > MAKE A NOISE ' F'LUTTE R O R WOBBLE' 14 . WHAT OHEW YOUR ATTENTION T O THE P H E NO M E N O N > A . H O W D I D I T F'INALLY D I S A P P EAR> 010 THE P H E N O M E N O N MOVE BEHIND O R I N F'RONT OF' SOMETHI N G , LIKE A C LOUD , TREE. O R BUILDIN G AT ANY T I ME' IF' vEs, DESCRIBE. PAGES O F 9 PAG E S 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMilAR PHENOMENON BEFORE' 0 YES (jJ NO. ""YES, GIVE DATE AND 23. ~ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TINE YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? It) YES 0 NO. IF "YEs. DID THEY SEE IT TOO? ~YES 0 NO. A. liST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF MALE FEMALE AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM OlD YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENONf 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES 11. DID YOU O B SERVE THE PHE N O M ENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING1 INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER, L ENS PRESCRIPTION O R OTHE R APPL I CABLE DATA. AMERA VIEWE R SU N GLASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIE L D TELESCOP E SlOE WINDO W OF VEHICL E THEODOLITE DOWPANE OTHE R A . 0 0 YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES' DYES B . DO YOU USE READIN G GLASSES DY E S QN O 18. WHAT WAS Y OUR IMP R E SSION O F THE SPEEQ O f THE I PHENO M ENON' GIV E E STIMATE O F SPEED_)() pl. p . I 19. WHAT WAS YOUR I M P RESSION O F THE DISTANC!f/OF ~HE P H E N O M E N O N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE IJ Q, U ' J 20. IN O R DER THAT WE MAY O B TAIN A S CLEAR A PICT U R E A S POSSIBLE O F WHAT YOU S AW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR O WN WORDS A COMMO N OBJECT O R O BJECT S WHIC H , WHEN PLACED I N T H E SKY, SIMILAR T O WHERE YOU NOTED THE P H E N O M E NO N , OUL D B EAR SOME RESEMBLANC E T O WHAT YOU SAW. DESC R IBE SIMILARI TIES AND DIFFE R E NCES B ETwEEN THE COMMON OBJECT ANO WHAT Y O U S AW. CL b bL--f 2 1. DIO YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, O R H EAT EMANATI N G FRO M THE PHEN O M E N O N O R ANY EFFECT O N YOURSELF , ANIMALS O R MACHINERY I N THE VICINITY1 Es. DESCRIBE. A . OlD THE PHEN O M E N O N DISTURB THE GROU N D O R LEAV E ANY PHYSI CAL EVIDENCE. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. P A G E 7 OF 9 P AGES IU .. LY TO a u a J ICT TDPT (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISI O N I AFSC) WRIGHTPATTERSON A I R FOR C E BASE. OHIO 4!!433 UFO Observation, 28 November 1968 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which you reported to t he Air Force. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. RequesL you complete t he atta c hed AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your obser vation to e Air Force. HECTOR ~otUINTANILLA, Jr Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope INFORMATIO N WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTIN ENT BUT WHICH I S NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED I N HIS QUESTIONNAIRE, A LTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION O F THE SIGHTING. PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGES DEPARTMCNT OF THE 1\IR FOr~CE WASHINGTON 20J10 OFFICC OF THE SECRC1 ARY Air Foree Recrui tine.; O.l:'l'ic:C; .:.n Hickory r.u:. f o ... ,,._ ':''l.V ... your rcpor~ of a sighting of o.n unidenti:r'icd flyinc obj~.::c~ (UFO) ~o ~his office. thout ada.itio nal informo.t