J . MlUitCI 2. LICATION ~mphia, Tennesse 1L CC*CLliSIOM Probable Astro (ALTAIR) N\1114l'flt Of OIJ!Cn At 2225 , Altair was a t azimuth 280 deg and at a bout 3 deg eleT. 5. LENGTH OF OIIEitVATION At Least'25 Minutes t. PHYSICAL EVIDINCI 25 minutes l ater it woul d haTe b~en just sliebtly beloY the horizon a t azi muth 284 deg, The observer sighted a star-like light in the west. The light changed col ors from red, blue, white and green end like a leaf floating on air currents, The light vas seen in the west end was still Tisible vhen the obaerer called the FTD Duty otticer. 17 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHENO M E N O N THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWI NG INCLUDE INFORMATIO N O N TYPE, F I LTER. LEN S PRESCRIPTIO N OR OTHER APPLICABLE D ATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WI NDSHIELD TELESCOPE SlOE WI NDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINOOWP.ANE DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES' ~YES QN O e . oo You usE READING GLASSEs"{only)I XYEs 1 1- N o - 18 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19 . WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PM~ NnME!I.Qth' ~:Y::J'IMATE O F ~fED .-,...----PHEN O MENON' GIVE ESl IMATE OF DISTANC E _ 20 I N ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTA I N A S CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU S AW, DESCRIBE I N YOUR OWN WORe:; A COMMO N OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHIC H , WHE N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIM I LAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMEt~ON, WOULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU S AW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT AND WH A T YOU SAW. Appeared about the size and shape of a star, only with continuous! changin g colors, as mentioned. 21. D I D YOU N OTICE ANY ODOR , NOISE, O R HEAT EMAN AT,l(#,G FROM THE PHENOMENO N OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY I N TH;;: VICINITY' 0 YES l!!! NO. IF "YES, " DESCRIBE. this point, o bserver commented that distance was that it could not be estimated, but that it was order of miles, but might be hundreds o f miles) the factor, at least on A . 010 THE PHENOM E N O N DISTURB THE GROUN D OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICA L EVIDENCE. 0 YES e9' NO. IF "YES. DESCRIBE. (Comments made by the observer to re: distance) the same effect as above, P AGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU Fl!:[l. IS PI!:ATINENT IIUT WHICH IS NOT AOI[QUATP:l.Y COVEAI!:O IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, Al.TERNATIVEl.Y F'AOVIOE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING. Upon request, an amatuer photographer in the group viewed the object through several photographic filters. He reported that through a blue filter, the color of the object changed slightly cutting the intensity of the red noticibly. Through a yellow filter, the intensity of the green light was diminished . It was further requested that color photographs be t a ken of the object. Comments were made to the effect that it would not show up on film, but the request was restated, indicating that the y hould be forwarded to FTD, W-PAFB regardless. It was agreed by an unnamed party present at the sighting to take and forward the pictures . PAG E 9 OF 9 PAG E S DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION I AFSC l WRIGHT-PATTERSON A I R F O R C E BASE. O HIO ~5~33 TDPT (UFO) UFOfObservation November l968 Memphis, Tenneaaee Universit y Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting ~hich you reported to the Air Force. The information ~hich ~e 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 to the Air Force. pace Technologies Production Directorate AF Form 117 ~/envelope 6 A . N O W IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CEN T EFI O F THE COMPASS R OSE . t,I.ACE AN "A" O N THE C O MPASS T O IND I CATE T H E DIRECTION T O THE PHE N OMENON WHEN FIRST SE E N . PLAC E A " 8 ' O N THE C O MPASS TO I NDICATE THE DIRECTION T O T H E PHEN O M E N O N WHEN LAST SEEN. 7 . IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLAC E A N " A " A T THE POSITION O F THE PHEN O M E N O N WHE N F I RST SEEN A N D A " B " AT T H E POSITION O F THE PHENO M E N O N WH E N L AST SEEN . C ONNECT T H E " A " AND " B " WITH A LIN E TO .APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT O F THE PHENO MENO N BETWEEN " A " AND "9" . THAT I S, SCHEMATICALLY SH O W WHETHER THE MOVEM E N T PPEARED T O BE STRAIGHT, CURVED O R ZIG Z AG. R E FER T O SMALLER SKETC H A S AN EXAMPLE O F HOW T O COMPLET E THE LARGER SKETC H . P AG E 2 OF 9 PAG E S SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET nUREAU APPROVAL NUMOER 21-R2H Till~ QUESTIONNAIRE liAS llEEN PI~EPARED SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE TilE U.$ AIR FORC'J-: AS MIJCII INFORMATION AS POSSIHLF. CONCERNING Til E UNIDENTIFIED PIIENOMENON TIIAT YOU IIAVE OOSERVF.D. P I .F.ASF. T~Y TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUESTIONS. TilE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL IJE USED FO~ I~ESEARCII PURPOSES YOUR NAME WlLJ,.. NOT OE USED I N CONNECTION WITII ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CON CLUSIONS WITIIOUT YOUN PERI\IISSidN. RETURN TO Al R FORC E UASE INVESTIGATO R FOI~ FORWARDING TO FTD (TDF:TR). WRI GIJT . PATTERSON AFI3, OH 10 4 5 433. I AW AFR 60-i7 . (IF ADDITIONAL SIIEF.T S A RF. NI":F.DF.D FOR NA RI~A TIVF. OR SK F.TCIIF.S ATTAC H SF.CURF.L Y TO THIS FOR/If OR ANNOTATF. WTTH YOUU NAMF. FOR IDF.NTIFICA TION.) 1 WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHEN O MENON > M O NTH NOV VEAR 1968 2 WHAT T I M E DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOM E NON> 3 WHAT TIME DID YOU l-AST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON (Still in sight at 1050 l ocal)HouR MINUTES (J A . M . 4 TIM E lONE (_]DAYLIGHT SAVINGS k J STAND ARD [J EASTERN r xcENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN IJ P ACIFIC r J OTHER 5 WH ER~ WERE YOU WHE N YOU SAW THE PHENOM E N O N ' IF' IN CITY GIVE THE N E AREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICAT!:: ON A HANO DRAWN MAP Y/HERE YOU WERE STANDIN G WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE '=OUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N OR NEAR AND TRV TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOM C RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK 4th Floor, outside corridor, of Raz i e r Hall, Christian Brothers College , Memphis , Tenn. Seeme~---~P_Eg_dJlr~tJy b~nea t~- constillation Orion. Local calculat~on puts the position as 3508N8958W. ObJect appeared due W of the dormitory. 6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE DOINT S H O WN I N THE S KETCH , PLACE AN " A O N THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON . OR SKYLINE WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A '3 O N THE SAME CURVED LIN E TO SHOW H O W HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN . (Started at 1000 high and dropped b ehind some trees approx 100 yards west) 10. IF THERE WERE MORE TH,N ONE PHENOMENON , HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SliOW H O W THEY WERE DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING? one observed. CON OIT IONS ( C laec:lc appropriate bloc:lc.t.) CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOG OR MIST CIRRUS CLOUDS ( Hilla fleec y or Herrin1 HEAVY R AIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE CLEAR NIMBU S CLOUDS (Rain) PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SN O W OR SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Tiaunder$tarm.s) HAZE OR SMOG N O N E OF THE ABOVE C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU N O TICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS PARTIAL (New or quo.rur} D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAY~I,AT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? QYES 0 NO. IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED THE PHENOMENON? IN FRONT OF YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Near noon) IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT E . SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS O R STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE T O LIGHT SOURCE. object itself against a clear 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDI CATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT APPEARED A S A POINT O F LIGHT . DICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT O R OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIEL D OF VIEW. The object appeared to As distance and speed not be determined, it was not estimated whether the light was self-generated reflected. Appeared to particularly regularly. red, blue, white, and green. Was described star-like, shape, except movement . P AGE 4 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? ((; /.,ric "Pfl"'prirrtr blnrlc.s.) I N BUSINESS SECTION O F CITY IN BUILDIN G I N RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD I N AIRPLANE 0 A S PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYIN G OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUN T R Y IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVIN G> N ORTH EAST SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVIN G THE ORTH E AST SOUTHEAST NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEM ENT AFFECTS YOUR SKET CHES I N ITEMS 5 AND 6 DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I N AND TYPE OF ROAD, T ERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSE D DURIN G T H E SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WI NDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE U P OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE> DID YOU NOTICE ANY A IRPLANES> (X! YES 0 NO. IF yEs. DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIM E OF SIGHTIN G THE PHENOM E N O N AND WHERE THEY WERE I N THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHEN O MENON. The dormitory i s located in the traffic pattern for the Memphis Airport. Several planes passed during the conve rsation, but t o all observers the phenomenon bore n o resemblance to known aircraft. 9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? LENGTH OF T I ME X CERTAIN O F TIM E NOT VERY SURE 25 min b end O FAIRLY CERTA I N JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED> FTD SDO was on the hone with observer for 20 min WAS THE PHEN O MENON I N SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY> fXYES n N O . IF No. I NDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE T O YOU R OVEM ENT O R THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHEN O MENON.AND DEScRIBE SUCH MOVEM ENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAc:>. PEAqANCES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. Dropped from 1000 h igh as would a l eaf, floating on air currents. While the object was close to the horizon (partly obscured by trees) it was n e ve r really out of sight. It appeared a s a light, about the s ize of a star, changing color (red, blue, white green). After approx 10 min it began to rise slightly. Observers could not estima e distance from them, and thus would not estimate speed of movement. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON . INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHENOMEN O N WAS MOVING. No special shape, other thar1 about the normal star. Direction noted in Block s~ze and shape of a 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE' HOLD A MATC H AT ARM-S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH A S A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON. NOTE H O W MUCH OF THE OBJECT I S COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. N O W IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. Test was made (or s imulated: obserger a nswered hastily, but positively) and the match would have completely covered the PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES 010 THE PHENOMENON MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? STANO STILL AT ANYTIME SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? had not disappeared by end BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? CHANGE COLOR ' GIVE OFF SMOKE CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? CHANGE SHAPE? FLASH OR FLICKER? DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? SPIN LIKE A TOPT (at least d~d not seem MAKE A NOISE' FLUTTER O R WOBBLE1 14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTIO N TO THE PHENOMENON Movement of objedt as observer was walking attracted his attention. Changing colors held attention, caused him to point out the object to others. A . HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR Had not, when interview was concluded. B . ~0 THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR I N FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, O R BUILDI N G A T ANY TIME' YES 0 NO . IF yEs, DESCRIBE. described, it moved behind some trees as it l owered ("flo a ted") horizon, but did not disappear behind them, due to the intense light it apparently gave PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SI MILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE' 0 YES l(XNO. IF yEs.~ GIVE DATE AND 23. ~S ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON! jD YES 0 NO. IF yEs, DID THEY SE E IT TOO A. L IST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES Observer said that by 1040 his l ocal time, there were about 100 observers, including students and faculty of CBC. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF Christian Brothers Universit his Tenn. X MALE FEM.-.L E ION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIE N C E WHIC H MAY BE PERTI N ENT. Mr s the Hall Counselor at the a bove d ormitory . He seemed to have many people with himR at the time of the s i ghting , including the one who gave the longitude and latitude, and another who sighted the object through photographic filters. Original inquiry was directed to MILLINGTON Naval Air S tati on, who told the observer t o phone FTD. The c onversation was t e r minated when another observe r found the address and phon e of a near-by Air Base to whom a previous inquiry had been made. The l etter stated that if any objects or j henomena were sighted in the future, the party should contact the 'trained UFO observer' at that installation for assistance. 25. WHE N AND T O WHO M DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON' NAMEWILLIAM c. LEWIS , FTD SDO 26 . D A T E YOU COMPLETE D THIS Q UESTIONNAIRE. (WM. C. LEWIS , by phone) F'AGE 8 OF 9 F' A G E S