PROJECT 10073 RECORD J, DATE TIMI! CROUP 24 November 1968 4. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 2. LOCATION 10, CONCLUSION CollinsvilleL Illinois Probable SATELLITE Description consisten t ~ith s atellite observation 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIE P SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 5 r.unutes' 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION The observer sighted a moving that traveled north and faded 5 minutes. star-like source of light out of sight after about Grounl-Vis~al 9. PHYSICAL EVIDEHCI FTO Sf, U 0329 (TOE) Prelu ediUOI\1 et We 1,.. .. , M In 17. D I D YOU OBSERVE THE P H E N O M E N O N THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL, TYPE, FIL TEA, LEN S PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLA SSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WI NDOWPANE 1\JoJve~ NJ1f<ed e.. ve A . DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLA SSES? YES ['fN O B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES' QYES 18. WHAT WAS YOUR I M P RESSION OF THE SPEED O F THE PHENo'ME N O N 1 GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED 1:/../11~-.')" 6 0 11\P.I ~:9, WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF TFJr PHEN O M E N O N ' GIVE ESTIMATE O F DISTANC~,a~C f. , 20 . IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEA R A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE O F WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE I N YOUR O WN WORDS A COMMO N O BJECT O R OBJECTS WHICH , WHEN PLACED I N THE SKY, SI MILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOM ENON, WOULD BEA R SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT AND WHAT Y O U SAW. 21. DID YOU N O TICE ANY O DOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANAT&, FROM THE PHENO M E N O N OR ANY EFFECT ON YOUR SELF, ANIMALS O R MACHINERY I N THE VIC I NITY? 0 YES N O . IF "YES. " DESCRIBE. A . DI D THE PHEN O MENON DISTURB THE GROUN D O R LEAVE ANY PHYSI CAL EVIDENCE. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. P A G E 7 OF 9 PAGES 22. HAVE YOU EVE R SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? ~NYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? ~YES 0 NO. YES 0 NO. IF yEs, DID THEY SEE IT TOO? GIVE THE FOLLOWING I N FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMA N INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. 25. WHEN AND TO WHO M 010 YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? MONTH YEAR 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES 27. INFORMAT I O N WHIC H YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH I S NOT ADEQUA TELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAI RE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVI D E A NARRATIV E EXPLANATION O F THE SIGHTI N G. PAGE 9 O F 9 P AGES MAC-S AfB, Ill Ul041 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 1400 A IR 81\SE WING (MAC) SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, IlliNOIS 62225 9 DeceJlber 1968 suaJEClo UFO Repor t 10. FTD (TD?T (UFO) \.-!r i ght Patters on AFB, Ohio 45433 ttached AF Form 117 on a UFO sighting on 24 November 1968 by Mar j e litz, 1s f orwarded for appropriat e action . \.Jeather information for Scot t AFB during the applicabl e t ime per j o d wa s a s follows : a . \olinds b . Ceiling: trone d . Amount of cloud cover : e . Thunder s torms i n a r ea : tJone f . Vertical t emperatur e gradi ent : PAUL S . GlLLEsn:E, Lt Col, USAF Base Op~rations Office r AF Fonn 117 SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL NUMBER 21. R2$6 THIS QUESTIONNAIRE liA S BEEN PREPARED SO TIIAT Y OU C AN GI V E THE U.S AIR FORC E AS MUCII INFORMAT I ON IBL E CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIF IED P H E NOME NO N THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWE R ALL) O F THE QUEST IONS. T H E INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL A E U SED FO R RESE AR C H P URPOSES. OUR NAME WILT,-NOT B E USED I N CONNECTI O N WIT H ANY OF YOUR STATEM E NTS OR CON C LUSI ON S WIT H OU T OUR P ERMISSidN. RETURN TO AIR FORC E BASE INVEST I G ATOR FOR FORWARDING T O FTD ( T DETR), WRIGHT- PAT T E RSON AFB,OHI045 433,1AW AFR 80 -f7. ( I F ADDIT IONA L SHE E T S ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE. OR SK E T C HES ATTACH SECURELY T O THIS F ORM OR ANNOTATE. WITH YOUR NAMF: F O R IDENTIFICATION.) 1. WH E N DID YOU SEE THE I"HEN O M E N O N > WHAT T I M E D I D YOU F I R S SIGHT T H E F' H E N O M E N O N > 3 . WH A T TIME DID YOU L A S T SIGHT THE F'HEN O M EN O N > TIM E I ZON E 0 E A STERN DAYLIGHT S AVIN GS @'CE NTRA L 0 MO U NTAIN M I N U TES /c 0STAND ARD 0 P A CIFIC 0 OTHER S WH E R E WERE YOU WHE N YOU SA.W THE F'HE N O M E N O N ' IF I N CIT Y GIVE THE N EAREST STREET ADDR ESS AND I N D I C ATE O N A HAN D DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE S TANDIN G WITH REFE R E NCE T O THE A DDRESS. I F I N THE t;OU NTRY, IDEN T IFY T H E HIGHWAY YOU WE R E O N O R NEAR AND TRY T O FIX A. D I STANC E AND DIRE C TIO/FRO M SO M E RECO..:NIZA 8 L E LANDMARK . 6 . IMAG I N E YOU ARE A T THE P O I N T SH O WN I N THE SKETC H . P L ACE A N ' A' O N THE CURVED LINE T O SH O W H O W HIGH THE F'HE N O M E N O N WAS A 8 0VE THE H ORIZO N . O R SKYLIN E WH E N FIRST SEE N . F'LACE A e O N THE SA.ME.CURVED LINE T O SHOW H O W HIGH A80VE THE HOR I Z O N THE PHEN O M E N O N WAS WHEN L A ST SEEN . 6A. N OW I MAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN "A O N THE C O MPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHEN O M E N O N WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A a O N THE COM P ASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO I . .-..._, THE PHEN O MENON WHE N L AST SEEN 7 . IN THE SKETC H BELO W, PLAC E AN "A A T THE POSITIO N O F THE PHENOM E N O N WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A a AT THE POSITION O F THE PHENOMENON WHE N LAST SEEN . CONNECT THE "A AND a WITH A LIN E TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEM ENT O F THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN " A " AND a . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALL Y SH O W WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED O R ZIGZAG . REFER T O SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. PAG E 2 OF 9 PAGES 10. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE T~IERE' DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING' CONDITIONS (Check appropriate blocks.) A. SKY B. WEATHER PARTLY CLOUDY COMPLETELY OVERCAST CUMULUS CLOUDS (tow fluffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS (High /lt"ecy or Herring NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (Thunders rorrns) HAZE OR SMOG FOG OR MIST HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE SN O W OR SLEET _..._,.-N ONE OF THE ABOVE C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON ' STARS ( 2) ...,/ BRIGHT MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter) D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLEl 0 YES 0 NO. THE PHENOMENO N ? IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT IN BACK 0 F YOU T O YOUR LEFT N O MOONLIGHT IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED OVERHEAD (Near noon) E . SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING. SUCH AS THE SUN. HEADLIGHTS OR STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TEnRESTRIAL ILLUMINATIO N , SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSION 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 OF LIGHT. I NDICATE COMPARISON S WITH OrHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. Aff '-r" J P AGE 4 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Chak appropriate blocks.) OUTDOORS I N BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY I N BUILDING I N RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY AS DRIVER 0 A S PASSENGER I N OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR AIRFIEL D IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: OIRI!:CTION WERE YOU MOVING HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING? DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE PHENOMENON? NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN IT EMS 5 AND 6 . DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP O R DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERET YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES' RYES ~NO. I F "YES. " DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE I N SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE T IME OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND HERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITIO N O F THE PHENOMENON. t . HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENO N IN SIGHT> LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TINE DETERMINED' WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY YES Jti N O . IF "NO. " I NDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOU R MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENONENO AND 0 C RIB SUCH MOVEMENT O R BEHAV I O R . INDICATE DISAP. PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES I 7 . DID YOU OBSERVE THE P H E N O M E N O N THROUGH ANY OF T H E FOLLOWING? I NCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER, LEN S PRESCRIPTION O R O THER APPLICABLE DATA . EYEGLA SSES C AMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULA RS WI NDSHIELD TELESCOPE SIDE WI NDOW OF V EHICLE T HEODOLITE WI NDOWPANE OTHER 1\J oJV e.-N 11 Ked e... ve. DO YOU ORDINARILY WE A R GLASSES' N O e. DQ YOU USE READING GLASSES? 18 . WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE ~:9. WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTANCt;: OF Tft P HENO,ME NON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED 1:/..ar...'--~6.,11\f. , PHEN O M E NON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCe:.J, , IJ::C 1- 20. I N ORDER THA T WE MAY OBTAI N AS CLEAR A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR O WN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED I N T H E SKY, SIMILA R TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE T O WHAT YOU S AW. D E SCR I B E SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 2 1. DID Y O U NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE . OR HEAT E MANATSS! FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT O N YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY' 0 YES NO. IF "YES, " DESCRIBE. A . DID THE PHEN O MENON DISTURB THE GROUND O R LEAVE A N Y PHYSI C A L EVIDENCE. YES," DESCRIBE. PAGE 7 OF 9 P AGES 15 . DRAW A PICTURE THA T WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHEN O MENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WI N GS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND I N D I CATE EXHAUST O R VAPOR TRAILS. I NDICATE BY AN ARROW THE DIREC TION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE ' HOLD A MAT C H AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRO N T O F A KNOWN O BJECT, SUCH A S A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON. N OTE H O W MUCH OF THE OBJ ECT IS COVERED BY T H E H EAD O F T H E MATC H . N O W IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE T I M E O F THE SIGHTING, ESTIMAT E WHAT FRACTIO N O F THE PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. PAG E 6 O F 9 PAG E S A . HOW OlD IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? 9 . DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD , TREE, O R BUILDIN G AT ANY TIME 1 0 YES ~0. IF -YES, DESCRIBE. PAGE 5 OF 9 PA G E S