Pi.OJECT 10073 RECORD 1. OA re TIME GROUP ~3 November 1968 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2. LOCATION Newton, Georgia 10. CONCLUSION Unidentified 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Witness encountered brilliAnt s. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3 o r 4 minutes ligl1t directly above road as he rounded a bend Ln road in ~----------------------4sparsely settled territory. About 200 feet ohend of him and 50 75 feet off the ground. No object, just light. Rndio 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ground-visual faded into static. Light itself emitted a beam downwnrd that ~----------------------~illuminated nearby trees. Light was retracted os if the beam Directly up were a ladder. Beam 5 -6 feet wide, well defined. ~win light fuzzy on edges. Driving a '67 Ford, but engine just cut out ~-------------------~as did radio. Main light was scintillating. Subtended arc 9. PHYSICAl EVIDENCE o f several degrees. Light disappeared in a few seconds, going straight up. Engine started by itself -car had been left in drive gear . 6 A . N O'IW IMAGIN E YOU ARE A T THE CENTEh O F THE COMPASS ROSE. PLA C E AN " A " O N THE COMP ASS TO I N D I CATE THE DIRECTIO N TO THE PHE N O MENON WHE N fiRST SEEN. PLACE A a O N THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTIO N TO THE PHENO MENON WHEN LAST SEEN. tiL:t~u.i/IA/1 ~ tJ o_f /d~J r! ~--f v11 rei 7 . IN THE SKETCH BELO W, PLACE AN " A " A T THE POSITION OF THE PHENO M E NON WHEN FIRST SEEN. AND A " 9 " AT T H E POSITI O N O f THE PHE N O M E N O N WHE N L AST SEEN . CONNECT T H E " A " AND " B " WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENO N BETWEEN " A " AND " B " . THAT IS, SCHEMATIC ALLY SH O W WHETHER THE MOVEM E N T APPEARED T O BE STRAIGHT , CURVED OR ZIG ZAG. REFER T O SMALLER SKETC H AS AN EXAMPLE O F H O W TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETC H . PAG E 2 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET OUREAU APPROVAL NUMOER 21-R2H TillS QUESTIONNAIRF. liAS BEEN I'I~EPARED SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE THF. U.S All~ FORC:I: AS MUCII INFORMATION A~ POSSIDLE CONCERNING TilE UNIOF.NTIFIED PIIENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE O OSF.RVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALU O F TilE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL IJE USED FOR r~F.SEARCII PURPOSES YOUR NAME WTLI,-NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITII ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSI ONS WITIIOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGIIT- ATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, I AW AFR80-i7. (IF ADDITIONAl~ SHEF.T S A RF. Nr:F.DED FOR NARRA TfVF. OR SK F.TClfF.S ATTACH SF.CURF.L Y TO TI-llS FORM OR ANNOTATF: WITH YOUU NAMF. F OR IDF.NTfFICA TfON. ) 1. WHEN 010 YOU SEE THE PHEN O MENON ' 2 WHAT TIM E 010 YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' 3 WHAT TIM E DID YOU LAST ~IGHT THE PHENOMENON' It, "fi,. HOUR IJJ"f?' ~y. 4 TIM_71 Z O N E f.J DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [~TANOARO f'EASTERN [1 CENTRAL 0 MOUN T A I N [J PACIFIC IJ OTHER 5 WHERC:: WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON' IF IN CITY. GIVE THE N EAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE O N A HAND DqAWN MAP WHEqE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERE NCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF I N THE r;OUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE H IGHWAY YOU WERE O N OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. wuT ~; A"w~ 6 IMAGIN E YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN' A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A a~ O N THE SAME CURVED LIN E TO SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOM E N O N WAS WHE N LAST SEEN . 8 AFH RO-J7(C J ) 10. IF THERE WE R E MORE THI'N ONE PHEN O M E N O N . H O W MANY WERE THERE DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURIN G THE SIGHTING' 11. CON DITIO N S (Cht!c k appropriate block<.) A . SKY B . WEATHER C U MULUS CLOUDS (/.ow fluffy) FOG O R M I S T I,. TWILIGHT PARTLY CLOUDY PLETELY OVERCA ST CIRRUS CLOUDS (/lif(h fl<'e c y or 1/,.,rittt: NIMBUS CLOUDS (Raitt) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (Thuttderstorms) HAZE OR SMOG H E A V Y RAIN HT RAIN O R DRIZZLE SN O W O R V N O N E O F THE ABOVE C . IF THE SIGHTI N G WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT . WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABO U T THE ST ARS AND MOON > V BRIGHT MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO V MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UNKN OWN PARTIAL (New or qruJrter) D. I F SIGHTI N G WAS IN D AYLI GHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 N O . THE PHENOMENON IN FRO N T OF YOU T O YOUR RIGHT IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT NO MOONLIGHT IF yEs. WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED OVERHEAD(NrMttOO~ E . SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUM INATION PRESENT DURIN G THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS O R STREET LAM P , ETC . FQR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURC E . 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTIO N O F THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHE R IT APPEARED DARK df. LIGHT, WHETHER I T REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COL O RS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSIO N O F WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIB E THE SHAPE O R I NDICATE IF IT APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISO N S WITH OfHER O BSERVED O BJECTS, L IKE STARS, A LIGHT O R PA G E 4 OF 9 P AGES A F n HO-I 7( C:l ) WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHEN O M E NON' (f.lud ''l'l""l"lfl/1 fl(,ln.) BUSINESS SECTI O N OF CITY I N OUILDIN G l,.m RESIOFNTIAL SFCTION O F CIT;-- IN CAR o~s PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE N EAR AIRFIELD IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 A S P A SSENGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WHAT OIRECTION WERE YOV"'OVING 7 HOW F AST WERE YOU MOVING> DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHIL OBSERVIN G THE PHENOM E N O N ? ORTH E AST SOUTHE A ST ORTHWEST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN WHETH E R SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES I N ITEMSSAN06 DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I N AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAYERSEO OUR~ THE SIGH4;:;)TE WHETHER WINDOWS OR ~ISLE TOP I '~WN ~ .L ~ HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' DID YOU N OTICE ANY AIRPLANES 0 YES ~ IF yEs. DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE T O THE T I Mf. OF SIGHTING THE PHEN O MENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON H O W LONG WAS THE PHENOME-NON IN SIGHT' LENGTH O F TIME CERTAIN O F TIME NOT VERY SUR E FAIRLY CERTAI N JUST A GUESS H O W WAS T'd,:yiNEO> WAS THE PHEN OMENON I N SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY _JjYES J;I N O . IF * N O," INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR OVEM E N T O R THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHEN O M E NON, AND 0 CRISE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. I N DICATE OISA<>. PEARANCES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. P AGE 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 I NDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. I NDICATE B Y AN ARRO W THE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE' HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNO WN OBJEC T , SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON . N OTE H O W MUCH OF THE OBJECT I S COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT A T THE TIM E OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENO N WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. PAG E 6 OF 9 PAGES AFR 80-l7(Cl) 0 10 THE PHENOMENON MOllE I N A STRAIGHT l.IN E ' V STANO STil.l. AT ANYTIME ' ENl.Y SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? V CHANG E COl.OR ? illE OFF SMOKE' V CHANG E BRIGHTNESS CHANG E SHAPE 7 FLASH O R FLICKER ? DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? SPIN LIKE A TOP ? MAKE A NOISE ? FLUTTER OR WO BBLE? 14. WHAT DREW Y O U R ATTENTIO N T O THE PHENO ME N O N ? , A . H O W 010 I T FINALLY DISAPPEAR? P AGES OF 9 PAGES 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SI MILAR PHEN OMENO N BEFORE' 23. WAS ANYO N E WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON1 0 YES QYES 0N O . A . L I ST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES AFR 8~17(Cl) IF yEs.~ GIVE DATE AND IF YES, " D I D THE Y SEE IT TOO' G IVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMAT ION ABOUT YOURSELF OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERI E N C E WHIC H MAY BE PERTINENT . M ONTH Y E A R PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES 17. 0 10 YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY O F THE FOLLOWING INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL, TV E. FILTER, LEN S PRESCRIPTION O R OTHER APPLICABLE OATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE SlOE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE OTHER B . 01) YOU USE READING GLASSES' A . 00 YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES' 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHENOM E N O N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE _,~- 20. IN ORO THAT WE MAY OBTAI AS CLEAR A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE I N YOUR OWN WORD A COMMO N OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHE N PLACED I N THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOME N O , OULD SEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES ANO 01 FFERENCES BETWEEN -r:8 COMMO NOSJECTANOWHATYOUSAW. ( ,,. ) i v fr,>~T 21. 010 YOU NOTICE ANY OOOR, NOISE , OR HEAT EMANATIN FROM THE PHENOMENO N OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, A N IMALS OR MACHINERY IN TH:!: VICINITY' 0 YES NO. IF "YES," DESCRIBE. A . 010 THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUN D OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICA L EVIDENCE. 0 YES IF "YES, " DESCRIBE. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 27. IN F ORMATIO N WHICH YOU AFR A0-17( Cl) ALT[ .. NATIVELV PR FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS N O T OVIOE A NARRATIVE E)(PLANATION OF THE S~g; ELV COVERED I N THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, C.t ::-t/. V.IVt o) Dr J A Hynek or1t;h\Ores t tern Uni verity lvanaton, Illinois 6o20l 1\eterence the "'4\.tached UFO report trom near Nevton, Georgia, which occurred on 23 November 1968. Request you evaluate this case and ID8U comments on a ProJect Record Card. It' you need additional information on tbe aigbt1ng, pleaae obtain it. However, ve vant transcript ot all telephone converaat1ona -and letter on t.hi report. !Wqueat thia 1nto1~tion on or betore 20 January 1969. :cTc>R QUINTAJIUoA Lt Colonel,. USAJ' . I, r. 1 A tch Aerial Phenomena Branch Unclassified l-ias sage Aeroapace Technologiea D1via1on Production Directorate :1TON, GEO:\G IA November 23, 1968 Th~s sighting was investicated and eva1~ated by Dr. J, Alle~ nyr.ek, Air Force scientific consultant on UFO' s . The follO'-Ting represer:ts a brief su ry of his analysis and conclusion s regarding this sighting : ,7i tness sav1 a brilliant li.:;ht directly above the ::-oad a'::;out 200 feet ahead of him and 50 to 75 feet off the g r ound as he rounded a be~d in the road in his 1967 Ford. The area vres sparsely settle~. Ther e s no definite object, just light. The car radio faded into static. The light itself imitted a bea~ dovmward that illuminated nearby trees. Light then ":as retracted as if tn.;: bca::i "'ere a laddc r j it ... a s five to six feet wide, and well defined. The ~3in light was fuzzy on the edges. Now the engin e cut out as did the radio. ~:ain light appeared scintillatine wi~h a subtended arc of several degrees. Light then disappeared after a fe ... seconds, going strait;ht up. Engine started by itself, and car had been left in drive gear. ONCLUSION: Unidentified NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY EVANSTON, II.UNOIS 60101 DEPARTMENT OP ASTRONOMY LINDHI!IMER ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH CENTER FTD (TDETR) Research a nd Aerial Phenomena Division Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Attn: TDPT (UFO) 13 January 1969 Sighting of 23 November, 1968, Newton Georgia To: Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla, Jr. Enclosed are the following items: 1 . Transcription of telephone conversation with witness in above referenced sighting as you requested. 2 . Project evaluation card on subject sighting. J . ALLEN HYNEK, ector Lindheimer Astronomical Research Center Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60201 lRANSCRIPT OF TELEPHO CONVERSATION BETWEEN Hynek J Yes sir. Hi, this is Allen Hynek at Northwestern University. J How are you, Dr. Hynek? H Fine. I didn't call earlier because I was detained. I ' m very happy to have your letter which I gotjust today as a matter of fact (yes sir) and just in time to make the call. Your case there is a very interesting one a nd I would l ike to get more details. I have the report here, as it came Moody Air Foree Base and it' s a very sketchy report. Let me tell you briefly what it says, and then you can probably fill me in. Description of object: Obl ong shape; Length: 40 or 50 yards; white, resembled a r ounded foot ball on its side. As UFO approached vehicl e engine died and all e lectrical equipment fail ed. A beam of light was emitted f rom object. Loud static on auto radio tuned to a station that normally comes in clear. Object departed straight up at high rate of speed. Went completely out of sight in 15 seconds. And, &essentially, that' s about all. What I'd like to ask, if you are ag reeable, to just sort of back, take a deep breath and, in your own words, just give me a narrative account filling in the details that certainly the report doesn't have. Can you do that now? J Yes, I'd be glad to. (Fine) Col. Cadue(?), I believe, that came up and he had e ne of the standard forms that he wanted filled out . It was just a questionnaire for m and I just answered the questions to the best of my