5. LfNCTH 0, Ollf .. VATION Conf11.ct1nc G rom<.t-Visual 9. PHYSICAL fVIDINCI fl. COH~LUS.ctt CONFLICTING DATA Observer reported to Duty 0ficer that he saw a saucer shaped craft on 1 2 December 1968. The craft was a bout 200 t o 300 yards awa y traveled a t mach l. 2 a nd was seen ror 5 seconds. In the AF Form 117 that he returned he aLated that he saw the object on l l December 1968. object wa s about 300 yards away, traveled at mach 2.8 and was seen for 4 to 5 6A. N OW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CCNTER O F THE COMPASS ROSE. PI ACE AN A ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WH E N FIRST SEEN. PLACE" A B" O N THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON '#.'HEN LAST SEEN . 7 . I N THE SKETCH BELOW. PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION O F THE PHEN O M E N O N WHEN FIRST SEEN . AND A B AT THE POSITION OF THE PHEN OMENO N WHEN L.-.ST SEEN. CONNECT THE A AND B YIITH A LIN E TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEMENT O F THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A AND B . THAT IS, SCHEMATIC ALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEM ENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIGZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE O F HOW T O COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES AFR H0-17(CI) SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET OUREAU APPROVAL NUIIIDER 21 R2H Till~ QUESTIONNAIRE HAS OEEN l'I~EPARt-:0 SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE TilE U.S AIR FORC E AS MIJCII INFOR~'ATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE onst-:RVF.I>. PI.F.ASE TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUESTIONS. TilE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL 13E USED FOR I~F.SI~ARCII PURPOSES YOUR NAME WILl,.. NOT OE USED IN CONNECTION WJTII ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSI ONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISStdN. RETURN T O AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWAIWING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGJIT. PATTERSON AFO, OH 10 45433, 11\W AfR 80-f7. (IF ADD! TIONA L SHEF.TS A RF. NEEDED FOR NA RRA Tl VF. OR SKF.TCHF.S ATTACH SECURF:L Y TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATF. WITH YOU!? NAMF. FOR IDF.NTIFICA TION. ) 1 WHE N DID SEE THE PHEN O M E N O N ' 2 WHII.T TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENO ME N O N > ':J./ HOUR C ) d 3 WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE P HENOMENON ' ')_ i... 4 TIM E ZONE [ 1 EASTERN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN YEAR I 'ib? [)STANDARD fj P ACIFIC [_]OTHER S WHERE WERE YOU WH N YOU SAW THE PHENO M ENON' IF IN CITY GIVE THE NEAREST S TREET ADDRESS AND I NDICATE O N A HAND DRAWN MAP YIHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE t:OUNTRY. IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU W~ON O R NEAR AND TRY T O FIX DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FRO M SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. I 6 IMAGINE YOU AR I N T SHOWN IN THE SKET C H . PLACE AN ' A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE F'HENO\o4E N O N WAS ABOVE THE H ORIZON. OR SKYLINE WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 3~ ON THE SAME CURVED L INE TO SHOW HO W HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN . 10. I F THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE' DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING' CONDITIONS (Check appropriate block s.) B . WEATHER f>ARTL Y CLOUDY CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS (lli1h fleecy or llerrin1 NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (T laurulers tortrt4) FOG OR MIST HEAVY RAIN A LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE SNOW OR SLEET )< COMPLETELY OVERCAST ) C . IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON ' BRIGHT MOONLIGHT X. N O MOONLIGHT MOO N WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS UNK.NOW.N ::. , \:Jif% ) UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter) .. ;.-:.: : <:i';}:;:rttt/?:;::::ri;ifJ~\: -0.)F SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN V I SIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED THE PHENOMENON? IN FRONT OF Y O U YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(NeMMO~ IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT E . SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGH T OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSION OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHAR"' OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR I NDICATE IF IT Af>"'EARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISON S WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON' (l:/itrh uppruprintr blnr.hs.) BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY IN BUILDING I N RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CIT Y I N CAR 0 A S DRIVER 0 A S PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE N EAR AIRFIELD IN A IRPLANE 0 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 FAST WERE YOU MOVIN G? SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVI N G THE PHENOM E N O N > RTHE A ST SOUTHEAST EXPLA I N WHETHER SUCH MOVEM ENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETC HES I N I T E MS SAND 6 . DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DUR I N G THE SIGH TIN G. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP O R DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? 0 YES ~NO. IF "YES, " DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE I N SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE T I M E OF SI GHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE T EY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHEN O M E NON. 9 . H O W LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT> LENGTH OF T I M E CERTAIN O F TIM E OT VERY SURE F A I RLY CERTAI N JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED> IV 111 c_ It WAS THE PHENOMENON I N SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? ~YES g N O . IF " N o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l SUOOENLY SPEEO UP ANO RUN AWAY? BREAK UP IN PARTS ANO EXPLOOEl CHANGE COLOR? GIVE OFF SMOKE' CHANGE BRIGHTNESS' CHANGE SHAPE' FLASH OR FLICKER? DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? SPIN LIKE A TOP? MAKE A NOISE? FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? 14. WHAT OREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON? A . HOW 010 IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR S P EEP Or YES NO UNKNOWN B . 010 THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND O R I N FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUO, TREE, OR BUILDING A T ANY TI"'E1 0 YES 0 NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS O R A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE' 0 YES NO. I F "YEs, GIVE DATE AND 23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? 0 YES ~NO. IF "YES, " DID THEY SEE IT TOO' 0 YES 0 NO . LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES j GIVE THE FOL-LOWING INFORMAT I O N ABOUT YOURSELF )\ MALE FEMALE ION AND ANY EXPERIENC E WHIC H MAY BE PERTINENT. =t;Lfl.~i 25. WHEN AND TO WHO M DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THI S PHENOMENON? 26 . D ATE YOU CO PLETED THI S QUESTIONNAIRE. DAY M ONTH PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THC FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER, LEN S PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNG L 1\SSES BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPANE DO YOU OROINARILY WEAR GLASSES' ~YES CJ NO DO YOU USE R EADING GLASSES' l_j YES P\(N':> 18 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED O';<TH1? 19 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANC.:~;: E PHEN OMENO N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEEDOl ' f_ PHEN O M E N O N ' GIVE ES11MATE OF DISTANCE ~ '' 20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN A S CLEAR A PICTURE AS P OSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN'-< ORO:; A COMMO N OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHIC H , WHE N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOM E N O N , OULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. DID Y O U N OTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE , OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENO N OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF. ANIMALS OR MACHINERY I N TH: VICINITY' ~YES IF "YES, " DESCRIBE. A . OlD THE PHENOMENO N DISTURB THE GROUN D OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. QYES IF "YES," DESCRIBE. P AGE 7 OF 9 PAGES lA. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER O F THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN " A ON THE COMPASS T O INDICATE THE DIRECTION T O THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A a O N THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION T O THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. 7. IN THE SKETCH BELO W, PLAC E AN A AT THE POSITION OF THE PHEN O M E NO N WHE N FIRST SEEN, AND A a A T THE POSI TION OF TtiE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A AND a WITH A LIN E TO APPROXIMATE THE t MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A AND a. THAT I S, SCHEMATIC ALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEM ENT I APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CU .. VEO OR ZIGZAG. REFER T O SMALLER SKETC H AS AN EXAMPLE O F HOW T O COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS DEEN PREPARED SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE THF: U. S AIR FORCE AS MUCII INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL DE USED F OR RESEARCH PURPOSES. YOUR NAME WILJ,.. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WIT H ANY O F YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRJGHT- PATTERS}>N AFB, OHIO 45433. I AW AFR 60-f7. (IF ADDITIONA L SHEE T S ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.) I. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHEN O M E N ON' 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOM E NON 3 . WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' 4. TIM_?' ZO N E (3'EASTERN 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [j CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAI N [)STANDARD 0 PACIFIC 0 O T HER 5 . WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENO ME NON' IF IN CITY GIVE THE N E A REST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE O N A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE Y O U WERE STANDIN G WITH REFERENCE T O THE ADDRESS. I F I N T H E O::OUNTRY. IDENTIFY TH~ HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON O R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A D ISTANCE AND DIRECTIO N FROM SOM E REC O GNIZABLE LANDMARK. 6 . IMAGINE Y O U ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETC H , PLA C E AN 'A' ON THE CURVE D LINE TO SHO W H O W HIGH THE PHENOMENO N WAS ABOVE THE H ORIZON , OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLAC E A a O N THE S AME C U RVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. 10. "TMI"l WI!Rl WORE THAN ONI PHENOMENON, H OW MANY WERE THERE' D RAW A PICTURE T O SHO W H OW THEY WERE Af'f'ANOIC. DID THIS ARRANGIMINT CMANG DU'I~ THE SIGHT~1G' .,.j 0 (JJ) 11. CONDITIONS (Check appropriate block.) SKY B . WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) JPG O R MIST _V HEAVY RAIN CIRRUS CLOUDS ( Hi6h fleecy or Herrint LIGHT RAI N OR DRIZZLE CLEAR V NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL PARTLY CLOUDY CUMUL O NIMBUS CLOUDS SN OW O R SLEET ~ITillETI ~:;:d::':~:~ ~:::oowFN THE ABOVE C. IF THI! SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON' BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS D . IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 NO. I F yEs. WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED THE PHENO MENON? IN FRONT O F YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (N~or rwon) I N BACK O F YOU T O YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN Y THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING. SUCH AS THE SUN. HEADLIGHTS O R ITf'II!T LAM_,. VC. FOJ!-TERR TRIAL 1}-LUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. 12. OIVI: A BRill' DESCRIPTION OF YHE PHENO ME NON. INDICATIN G WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT . WHETHER IT IUFLI!CTEO LIGHT O R WAS SI!LI" L U MI NOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETMER IT WAS SO LID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP O R F UZZY . DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR I NDICATE IF IT APPEARED AS A POINT O F LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER O B SERVED O BJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHI!A OBJ I!C T IN YOUR FIELD O F VIEW. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES I . / WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU lAW THE PHENOMENON? (Chllt:k nppropriote bloclu.) V OUTDOORS ~ BUSINESS SECTIO N OF CITY IN 8UILDING V I N RESIDENTIAL SECTION O F CITY IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER I N OPEN COUNTRYSIDE I N AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYIN G OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY I F YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING : WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING' N ORTH EAST SOUTH WEST DIO YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE O BSERVI N G THE N ORTHEAST SOUTHEAST NORTH WEST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6. DESCR I8E TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I N AND TYPE OF " OAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DUR I N G THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WI NDOWS 0 " CONVERTI8LE TOP WERE UP O R DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES1 DYES U!"NO. IF yEs. DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIM E O F SIGHTING THE F>HENOME ~ON A WHERE ~EY WERE I N THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION O F THE PHEN OMENON. (/u.-tk ~"OqCJ- "VJ ( )AIV)tj rj,~ fJ;.4, tMV HOW LONG WAS THE PHENO MENON I N SIGHT' LENGTH OF T IME CERTAI N O F TIM E OT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAI N V JUST A GUESS HOW WAS T IME DETE"MINED' WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? .~ES n N O . IF No . INDIC ATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR O F THE F>HI!NOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT O R BEHAVIOR. I NDICATE DISAP. PEARANC ES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 010 THE II'H.NOr.tENON U N K N OWN OVE IN A ITIUIOH T LINE? IT AND I T I L.L. AT ANYTIME SUOOENL.Y SPEID UP AND RU N AWAYT RIAIC UP IN P ARTS AND EXPLODET C HANGE COLOR' CHANG! .RIOHTNESST CHANGE SHAPE' FLASH O R FLICI<!:RT OI SA,.PEAR AHO R!:APPEARI S"IN Lll<!: A TOPT MAI<E A NOIS!:' FLUTTER O R WOBBLE? 1 ... WHAT OR!:W YOUR ATT!.NTrN TO THE A . HOW DID I T FINALLY ISAPP!:ARt 0 10 THE PHENOMENON MOVE .EHIND OR I N FRONT OF SOMETHIN G, L IKE A CLOUD , TREE. O R BUILDIN G AT ANY TINEt 0 NO. IF vEs, OESCRI .[ PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES