P~.OJECT 10073 RECORD 1, DATE T IME GROUP t LOCATION 3, ~OIJRCE 4. NU MBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATI ON C ,,;ui-Visi.lal 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10, CONCLUSION Possi ble SAT~LLITE Possible BALLOON The north boWld lic.;ht could have been a satellite a nd the other co.lld hav':! been a lic,hted balloon . 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The observers sichted two moveinG star-like light sources. One traveled nort h and one wos traveling south. The light traveling south disappeared in the NE. 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON B EFORE? 0YES XJ NO. I F "YES, GIVE OATE AND LOCATION ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENO N 7 IX] YES 0 NO. IF "YES." DID THEY SEE IT T001 0YES 0 NO. A . LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES ct, Bism,rck ND 58501 et, Bismarck ND 58.501 GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF NAME, MIDDLE NAME "lind Zip Code) MALE FEMALE INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHI;:: H MAY BE PERTINENT. Airport traffic controller, Bi~marck, ND. are traffic controllers. 27 year s experience . Other observer s 25. WHEN AND TO WHO M DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOM EN O N > Nov YEAR _6_8 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. PAGE B OF 9 PAGES 27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL. IS PERTINEN T BUT WHICH IS NOT AOEQUATEL.Y COVERED I N THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, Al.TERNATIVEL.Y PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPl.ANATION OF THE SIGHTING . P A G E 9 OF 9 P AGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDOlT BUIEAU APPROVAL NUIIIBU 21 .ltl$1 THIS QUESTI ONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U. S. AIR FO RCE AS MU C H INFORMATIO N BLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHEN OME NON THAT YOU HAVE 081ERVED. PLEA SE TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUESTI ONS. T H E INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED POR RESEARC H PURPOSES. UR NAME WIL~ NOT BE USED IN CONNECTI ON WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTI OR CONCLUSI ON S WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDil'G TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, lAW AFR 80-f?. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEET S ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SK E T C H ES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICA TION.) 1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOME N O N ' 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENO M E NO N > 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENO N ' 4 . TIME / ZONE 0 D AYLIGHT SAVINGs OsTANDARO 0 EASTERN ~CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAI N 0 P A CIFIC 0 OTHER 5 . WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHEN O ME N ON' IF I N CITY GIVE THE N EAREST STRI!:I!:T ADDRESS AND INDICATE O N HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDih G WITH REFERENC E TO THE ADDRESS. 1,. IN THE '=OUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N O R NEAR AND TRY T O FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FRO M SOMI! R ECOGNIZABLE LAND MARK. 6 . IMAG INE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN I N THE SKETCH. PLACE AN "A ON THE CURV!O L I N E T O SHOW HO W HIG H THE PHENOMENO N WAS ABOVE THE HORIZ O N , OR SKYLINE WHE N FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 8 " O N THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW HO W HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOM E N O N WAS WHE N LAST SEEN . lA. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN "A O N THE COMPASS TO I NDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN F IRST SEEN. PLAC E A a O N THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. 1 . IN THE SKETC H BELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION O F THE PHENOMENON WHEN F IRST SEEN . AND A a A T THE POSI TION OF THE PHENOMENO N WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A AND a WITH A LINE T O APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT O F THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A AND a. THA T IS, SCH EMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEM ENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER T O SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE O F HOW T O COMPLETE THE LAROER SKETCH PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Check appropriate blocks.) USIN ESS SECTION OF CITY I N BUILDING I N RESIDENTI A L SECTION OF CIT Y 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER I N OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR AIRFIELD I N A IRPLANE fXl AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING' HOW F A ST WERE YOU MOVIN G? SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIM E WHILE OBSERVIN G THE PHENO ME N O N ' RTHEAST SOUTHEAST 0YES (il NO EXPLA I N WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES I N ITEMS 5 AND 6 . DESC R IBE TYPE O F VEHICLE YOU WERE I N AND TYPE O F ROAD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURIN G THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. H O W MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' ~ Aircraft DID YOU N O TICE ANY A IRPLANES' ~YES 0 NO. I F "YES. " DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE I N SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIM E SIGHTING THE PHENOMENO N AND HERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. Oll gt'O\md t one North a,nd 1 Northwei. 9. H O W LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON I N SIGHT? LENGTH O F T IME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE l~ t 2 rUJUJtP FAI RLY CERTA I N JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DET E R MI N ED' \\'ps on )fttc"owa from VOR on a 3 minutes 1eR WAS THE PHEN OM EN O N I N SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY' 19" YES g NO. IF "NO. " I NDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT O R THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOM E N O N , ANODE CRISE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR . INDICATE OISAP- PEARANC E S O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 10. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW H O W THEY WERE ARRANGED . DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING? objeots See CON O I T IONS (Chec k appropriate blocks.) CUMULUS CLOUDS ( IJow fluffy) FOG O R MIST CIRRUS CLOUDS ( H i1h fleec y or Hcrri n1 HEAVY RAI N L I GHT RAIN O R DRIZZLE CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS ( Rain) HAIL PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) HAZE O R SMOG OF THE ABO V E C . I F THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU N O TICE ABOUT T H E STARS AND MOON ' BRIGHT MO ONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO OON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS F'ARTIAL (Ne w or qtu1rter) D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE ? IF "YES, " WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED THE PHE N OMENO N ? I N FRONT O F YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Ncar noon) I N BACK OF YOU T O YOU R L EFT E . SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S T H E SUN , HEADLI GHTS O R STREET LAMP, ETC . F O R TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANC E T O LIGHT SOURC E . None (Cockpit red lights on) 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDIC A TING WHETHE R IT AF'F'E ARED D ARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER I T REFLECTED LIGHT O R WAS SELF-LUM I NOUS AND WHAT COL ORS Y O U N O TICE D . DESCR I B E YOUR I MF' RESSION O F WHETHER IT WAS SOLID O R TRANSPARENT , WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARF' O R F UZZY . DESCR IBE THE SHAF'E O R I NDICATE I F IT APPEARED AS A POINT O F LIGHT. INDICATE COMF'ARISONS WITH OTHER O B SERV E D OBJEC T S, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT O R OTHER O BJECT I N YOUR FIELD OF V I EW. Objects bright whit, self lurcinous, solid , rp edged, round. same brightness of a bright star, possibly a bit P AGE 4 OF 9 PAG E S DID THE PHENO M E NON YES N O U NKNOWN MOVE I N A STRAIGH T LINE? STANO ST I L L A T ANY T IME? re f or both objects SUDDENLY SPEED U P AND RUN AWAY? BREAK UP I N PART& AND EXPLODE? CHANGE COL O R ? G I V E OFF SMOKE? CHANG E BRIGHTNESS? CHANG E SHAPE? FLASH O R FLICKER? DISAPPEAR AND R EAPPEAR? SPIN L I K E A T O P ? MAKE A NOISE ? FLUTTE R OR WO BBLE? 14 . WHAT DREW Y OUR ATTENTIO N T O THE PHENO ME N O N ? Radio call f rom t ower . A . H O W 010 I T FINALLY DISAPPEAR? of them when B . 0 10 TH[ ~ENOMENON MOVE BEH I N D OR I N F RONT O F SOMETHING, L IKE A CLOUD. TREE, OR BUILDIN G A T ANY TIME> 0 YES NO. I F y Es, D ESCR I BE. PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENO N . INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED A S WI NGS O R PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENO N WAS MOVING 15 . WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE! HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRO N T O F A KNOWN OBJECT. SUCH A S A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON . NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD O F THE MATCH . N O W IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THI S EXPERIMENT A T THE TIM E OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENO N WOULD H A V E BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. Completely Covered PAGE 6 O F 9 PAGES 17. 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATIO N O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE OATA EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD SlOE WI NDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE A . 00 YOU OROINARIL Y WEAR GLASSES' lJ1 YES 0N O B . DO YOU USE READING GLASSES' [j]YES 18. WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE SPEED O F THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF i!ijtE PHENOMENON ? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHEN O MENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE U 20. IN ORDER T HAT WE MAY OBTAI N AS CLEAR A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE O F WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COMMON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED I N THE SKY, SI MILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON. WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANC E TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES ANO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT ANO WHAT YOU SAW. l ooked like Path across sky was faster t han aatelli te. 2 1. 010 YOU NOTICE ANY OOOR, N O ISE, OR HEAT EMANAT~G FROM THE PHEN OMENO N OR ANY EFFECT O N YOURSELF, ANIMALS O R MACHINERY I N THE VICINITY' 0 YES NO. IF "YES, " DESCRIBE. A . 010 THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE G ROUN D OR L E AVE ANY PHYSICA L IF yEs, DESCRIBE. lJ YES i{J NO. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAGES 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR "'HENOMENON BEF ORE? Jf]YES 0 NO. IF "Y ES.~ GIVE DATE AND LOCATION Looked like s atelite 23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE "'HENOMENO N 1 fJ YES 0 N O . I F wyEs. DID THEY SEE IT TOO III YES 0 N O . A . LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES student pilot. G IVE THE FOLLOWING IN F ORMATIO N ABOUT YOURSELF LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME ADDRESS (Srr~er. Ciry . Scare and Zip Code) Bi smarck ND X MALE FEMALE I N DICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I NCLUDING OCCU,..ATION AND ANY EX,..ERIENCE WHI.:H MAY BE "'ERTINEN T . Pilot for )0 yre. 25. WHEN AND T O WHO M DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON ? NAME VOLLIE E. GRIFnN, Major, USAF 26. D ATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAI R E . P AGE 8 OF 9 P AGES REP\. Y T O DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE DETACHMENT 14, HQ 1CEG ISAC) B I SMARCK RBS, NORTH DAKOTA 58502 sueJEcT Unidentified Flying Objects FTU (FDETR) Herewith are two reports required by AFR 80-17. on a UFO sighting made on 26 Nov 68 as E. GRI?IIN, Maj or, USAF Electronic Warfare Officer P e ace., is our Pro fessi o n '.l'I L . G:HRISTM Of Capital Three Bhtntlt <'k \11 pntl C'Uilll Ill tOWN JWI-..OiliH'I. Ill allpl<tnt' ptlot from thP <'.ql tt,ll C'1t y <tnd othtr s \\l'IC Ill\' ttl ted Tut'-;d. ntghl dftl'l !'-tghttng untdcnttftcd 11\tng not thta ... t ot Bt!-m.tt ck .Jatk \\ tllwlm ot til!' Bh 111<11 cl.. i\11 port conttol tnw<r ~aul he iJnd two nthl't pPt ... omwl. .lack HtP\ C'.., .mel .Jnhn Ftshctt. stghtcd l\\O tnuncl ''lu l l' cnlorcd ohject-.. .thou I lht Slit' of a Ia 1 ge sta 1 ahou t The\ ltppcd nfl Hohct I \\,tits nl ('aplt.tl \Vt.ltton, \\ ho \I' II.\ tng a -..tudtnt tn tlw VH'tll tl\ ol lht .tllpnt t .tnd thl'\' too "ttn<' scr thtng thttn tn tl't lib tdtn ltC'al to Lht cuntt ol t mH't rt' \\ tllwlrn ,llld \\ .tlh s<ttd i.Jil \II fotC'(' tad.lf !-\Stl'll1 h.l ... l'd <Jt c;,e.tt v "'" ;\l ont up fnrl'tl!ll ohjtct .tt the ltnl!' po-..tltnntng lltt l I 0." 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