P;:OJECT 10073 RECORD I. OA TE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION l. ~OIJRCE 10. CONCLUSION t; i vi l inn 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Probable o..r-(HOT AIR BALLOON) The ~eather ~as cloudy and overcast. ~. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION II. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS _3 minutes 6 . TYPE OF OBSERVATION 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE The observer sighted an oranr.c lighL that ~as larger than a full moon. The light cradually decreased in size and finally disappeared as i t climbed up~ard. lhh forua be u ud , 27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL I S I"ERTIN ENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THI S QUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERNATIVEL Y I"ROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXI"LANATION O F THE SIGHTING. SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL NUMBER 21- R2$3 THIS QUE STIONNAIRE HAS BEE N P R EPARED SO THAT YOll CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FO RCE AS MUC H INFORMATIO N IBCE CONCERNING TilE UNIDENTIFIED PUE N OME NO N TIIAT YOU HAVE O B SERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALl) O F THE QUESTIONS. T H E INFORMAT I ON Y OU GIV E WILL B E U SED F O R RESEARC H PURPOSE S. YOUR NAME WILJ,.. NOT BE USED I N CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS O R CONCLUSI ON S WITHOUT YOU R PERMISSION. RETURN TO AIR FO RC E BASE INVESTIGATOR F OR F ORWARDING T O FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB,OHI0 4 5433 , 1AW AF'R80-f7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEET S ARE N EEDE D F OR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES ATTAC H SECtiRELY T O THIS F ORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME F OR IDENTIFICATION . ) I. WHEN DID YOU SE E THE PHE N O M E N O N ? M ONTH Y E A R 1968 2 WH.t.T TIM E D I D YOU F I R S T SIGH T T H E PHENO M E N O N ? l WHAT TIM E DID YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHE N OM E N O N ? HOUR 22 MI NUTES 34 0 A . M. 0 D.t.YLIGHT SAVIN GS 0 ST.t.NDARD O EASTERN [ j CENTRA L D MOUNTAIN r~ PACIFIC O OTHER 5 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHEN O M E N ON' 1r IN CITY GIVE THE NEAREST STREET .t.DDRESS A N D INDICATE ON .t. HAND DR.t.WN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDIN G WITH REFEREN C E TO THE ADDRESS. IF I N THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WE R E O N O R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX .t. DIST.t.NCE AND DIRECTI O N FRO M SOM E RECOGN IZABLE LAND M A R K . irfield, Ca. Starling Way 6 . IMAGIN E YOu A R E ATTHE PoiJf SHOWNIN THE SKETCH~LM~E-AN A ' O N THE CURVED LINE TO sHow HOW HIGH THE PHEN O MENON WA S ABOVE THC H('IRI7ml on SKYLINE WHE'N F"H~ST -.rFII PL.t.CE A 9 " ON THE SAME CURVED LIN E TO SH O W H O W HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZ O N T H E PHEN O M E N O N WAS WHEN L AST SEEN . O BSERVER .-:" 6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU .liRE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE PLACE AN " A " O N THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTIO N TO THE PHENO ME N O N WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A " B " O N THE COMPASS TO INDICAT E THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENO N WHEN LAST SEEN . 7 . I N THE SKETC H BELO W, PL ... CE AN " A " AT THE POSITIO N OF THE PHEN O M E N O N WHE N FIRST SEEN AND A " B " AT THE POSITION O F 111E Plllllv M L N O N Wit Ell L A !>T ~LLN. C ONNC.C.. i 111L ,. Arl O " B " WITH A LINE TO APPR O X IMATE THE MOVEM ENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN "A" AND " A " T'IIIT IS, SC"fH"MATIC'A LLV SH O W WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LARGC n SI'Cl~H Straight away, but moved to left and back as indicated by dotted lines WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU' SAW THE PHEN O MENON? (Chr.ck appropriate blocks.) .. BUSINESS SECTION O F CITY I N BUILDIN G I N RESIOENTI-'L SECTION OF CITY IN C-'R 0 ,J,S DRIVER 0 ,J,S P,J,SSENGER I N OPEN COUNTRYSIDE IN B O-' T NE-'R -'IRFIELO IN ,J,IRPL ,J,NE 0 -'S PILOT 0 -'S PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY F L YING OVER OPEN COUNTRY A VEHICLE , COMPLETE THE F OLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVI N G t H O W FAST WERE YOU MOVING? SOUTH WEST 010 YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE O BSERVING THE PHE N OMENO N ? RTHE-'ST SOUTHEAST N ORTHWEST SOIITHWf ; T EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES I N ITEMS S -'NO 6 DESCRIBE TYPE O F VEHi r l F VOU WERE I N -'NO T YPE OF R O AD, TERRAIN O R BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED CUR ING THE SIGHTI N G. STATE WHE1 HeR WIN C OWS O R CONVERT IBLE T O P WERE UP OR DOWN. H O W MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC" WAS THERE t 010 Y()U NOTI C E I "FS fl NO. IF yEs, DE' SCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE I N SIGHT REL ATIVE TO THE TIME OF SI<.HTI N u THL rltEN~JMt , , II <1:. , rl"1' WE t: I N ltol ~KY RlLATIV t. TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENO M E N O N . H O W LONG WAS THE PHENO MENON IN SIGHT' Ll l vo HOf" TIM E CERTA I N O F T I ME 'Ibree minutes F-'IRL' CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED> a.r clock . WAS THE PHE N O MENO N I N SI GII r C ONTI NUOU SL'' [.){YES ~flO If" ' N O I NDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE T O YOUR MOVEMENT O R THE BEHAVIOR O F THE PHENO MENON , AND 0 C RIB SUC H MOVEMENT O R BEHAVIOR . I NDICATE OISAP. PEARANCES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. 10 I~ rHERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHEN O ME'...,N , HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW H O W THEY WERE ARRI\NGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHA\I~E DURING THE SIGHTING> II. CONDITIONS (C:htc k approprwte blocks.) A . SKY B . 1'/EATHER PARTLY CLOUC"Y COMPLETELY OVERC AST CUMULUS CLOUDS ( /,ow flu/Jy) CIRRUS CLOUDS {1/iflh flf'ery n r ffcrrinR NIMBUS CLOU DS ( Rain} CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS ( rh nd " tnrrn,f} 1-iAZE O R SMOG FOG O R MIST HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN O R DRIZZLE SN O W O R SLEET N O N E O F THE ABOVE C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGH T O R NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON ' I l l STARS ( 21 BRIGHT MOON L IGHT X N O MOONLIGHT A F E W MOON WITI-1 HALO UNKNO WN MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS '":: ,._._._ --. .: . . U N K N O WN PARTIAL I \'f'tt' m 1/Uftll,.rl D . IF SIGHTIN G V.' A S I N D AYLIGHT , Wbo, THE S t 'I VISIBLE> [1 YES 0 N O I F "YES, " WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED THE PHEN O M E N O N ' OVERHEAD(Nf'wnoo~ I N BACK O F YOU l T VOUJI L!: rr UNKNOWN E . SPECIFY THE MAJO R SOURC E OF ILLUMINATIO"' PRESENT DURIN G THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN , STREET LAMP, ETC. F O R TERRESTRIAL ILLUM INATION , SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. Street lamp, thirty feet to lef t . HEADLIGHTS OR 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION O F THE PHENO MENON , INDICATI N G WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK O R LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT O R WAS SELF -LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLOR S YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHE THER EDGES WERE SHO.RP O R F UZZY D ESCRIBE THE SHARE O R INDICATE IF IT APPEARED A S A POINT OF LIGHT. I NDICATE COMPARISON S WITH OrHER OBSERVED OBJEC TS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT O R OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD O F VIEW. Self-luminous, light or~nge in color, solid object, sharp in appearance, circular, unli ke anythi ng witnessed befor e . I 3 DID THE PHEN OMENO N MOVE I N A STRAIGHT LINE> STANO STILL AT ANYTIM E > SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY> BRE A K UP IN P ARTS ANO EXPLOOE1 C H A NGE COLOR> GIVE OFF SMOKE? CHANGE BRIGHTNESS> CHANGE SHAPE> FLA SH OR FLICKER> DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIKE A TOP> MAKE A NOISE> FLUTTER OR WOBBLE> 14. WHAT CREW YOUR ATTENTION T O T H E P H E N O ME N O N ? to the earth, size of sphere, and color. Movement. A . H O W 010 IT F INALLY DISA P P E AR> a dot going into ini'inity. B . 010 THE 'e9EN O MENON MOVE BEHIND O R IN FRO N T OF SO M E THIN G , LIKE A CLOUD, T REE. OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME' 0 YES N O . I F "YES.~ DESCRIB E . 15. DRAW A PICTURE THill WILL SHOW THE SHAPE O F THE PHENOME NO N . I NCLUDE AND L ABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WI NGS O R PROTRUSI ONS, AND INDICATE E101AUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. IND I CATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHEN OMENO N WAS MOviNG . 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZ E 1 HOLD A MATCH A T ARM'S LENGTH I N FRONT O F A KNOWN OBJEC T , SUCH A S A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON . NOTE H O W MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD O F T H E MATC H . N O W I F YOU HAD BEEN ABLE T O PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIM E O F THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRAC TION O F THE PHENOMENO N WOULD HAVE BEEN COvERED BY THE MATC H HEAD. Not appreciable at firs t sighting. Continuously became smaller to nil. 17 OlD YOU o eseqvF T~E P M E N O MENn N THqOUG M ANY O F T4' cnt t WI NG INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL, TYPE, FILTER, L E N S PRESCRIPTIO N OR OTHER APPLICA B L E EYEG L ASSES C AMF.R.t. VIEWER SUNGLASSES B I NOCULARS WINDSHIELD SlOE WINDO W OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WI NDOWPANE A . DO YOU O RDINARILY WEAR GLASSES (ig YES 9 . Dl) YOU USE READING GLA SSES> QY E S 18 WMAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHEI: <"'I..J ... GI'JE C:;T MATE OF 5PEE O faster PHEN OMENO N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE 2000 20 IN O R DER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS C L EAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU S AW, DESCRIBE I N YOU R OWN WORDS A COI.I W ) ' ' neJErT "R ')E' F'r Tc; W>41C H. WHEN PLACED IN THF <;KY. SI,..IL"'R T O WMERE YOU N OTED THE PHEN O M E N O N , OULD BEAR SO M E RESEMBLANCE' TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES ANO DIFFERENCES BET WEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. orange in color, very solid substance giving no glow. Much larger full moon. Gradually decreasing in size as it climbed upward. 2L DID Y O U NOTIC E ANY ODOR . NOISE, O R HEAT EMANATIN G FROM THE PHENO MENON O R ANY EFFEC T O N YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY I N THE VIC I NITY> IF "YES. " DESCRIBE. A . DIO THE PMEN O M E N O N DISTURB THE GROUN D O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENC E . IF "YES. DESCRIBE. LOCA TIU N . 23. WAS ANYO N E WITH YOU AT THE TIM E YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON ? [i} YES 0 N O . IF vEs. 010 THEY SEE IT TOO' j(j YE.S lJ N O . Fairfield, Ca . irfield, Ca. irfield, Ca. GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF OOITONAI, INFORMATION IIICLUOIN G OCCUPATIO N ANO ANY EXPERIEN C E WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. Member U. S. Navy, Submarine Force. USS Halibut (SSN-587) in Mare Island for refueli ng. 25 WHEN AND T O WHO M 010 YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAC SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON> ;~ DATE YOv COMF'Ll I Cl"'l Tl115 OUEST ONNAIF>E.