PROJECT 10073 RECORD ' I. bA T1:. .; TIME GROUP 2. 3. SI11JRCE 4 . NUMBER OF OBJECTS ~. LENGTH OF 0BSERVA TION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 9, P HYSICAL EVIDENCE 10, CONCLUSION Proba bl e (HOT AI R Bi\L100X) Jl, BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The observer si.;htcci a fla:.1e col~red liGht in t.1e Tne l i;;ht moved in a somewhat erratic path toward Previoue ediUon e o f lhJe t o,.. IIley be ueed, 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE 0 YES J'8' NO. IF "YES,~ GIVE DATE AND 23. ~S ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIM E YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IX) YES 0 N O . YES 0 NO. IF yEs , DID THEY SEE IT TOOl A . LIST TH GIVE T H E FOLLOWING INFO TION ABOUT YOURSELF MALE FEMALE LUDING OCCUPATION AND A N Y EXPERIENC E WHI MAY BE PERTINENT. 25. WHEN AND T O WHO M DID Y O U REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? 26 . DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES 17 DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENO MENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWI NG I N CLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER, LEN S PRESCRIPTIO N OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. ''{\ EYEGLASSES ' J,,.1 C AMERA VIEWER / ,) SUNGLASSES IND BINOCULA RS /,: .. , WI NOSHIELO Nil t,.' SlOE WI NDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE J:: WI NDOWPANE A . DO YOU ORI!INARILY WEAR GLASSES> 18 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION O F THE SPEE9,<?fJ.!-4E PHEN O M E N O N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEEDI./;vJuv.~l .AJ B . DQ You usE READING GLASSES -~-~-L_Fi o -= 19 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION O F THE OISTAN CJ:J 9 .F !HE t PHENOM E NON' GIVE ESTIMATE O F DISTANCFtf,,. i! C! '\.1 20 I N OROER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE OF WH A T YOU SA W, DESCRIBE I N YOUR O WN WORO:i A COMMO N OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHIC H , WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SI MILAR TO WHERE YOU N O TED THE PHEN O M E N O N , WOULD BEAR SO M E RESEMBLANCE T O WHAT YOU S AW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES ANO DIFFERENC ES BETWEEN THE COMMO N O BJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. ex I.J( I T L y 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY OOOR , NOISE . OR HEAT E MANATING FROM THE PHENO MENON OR ANY EFFECT O N YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY I N THE VICINITY' 0 YES J81NO . IF "YES, " DESCRIBE. A . 010 THE PHE N O MENON DISTURB THE GROUN D O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICA L EVIDENCE. 0 YES t!i"} N O . IF "YES, DESCRIBE. f""' P A G E 7 OF 9 PAGES AFR R0-17(Cl ) 27. ':FTO,.IIIATIO N WHICH YOU FEEl. I S PERTIN E N T BUT WH ICH IS N O T ADEQUA T ELY COVERED I N THIS QUESTIONNAIRE I. !:,.NA TIVE L Y P ROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATIO N O F T H E SIGHTING. ' f}e tfi~L s f?c;YJet~,tcA' fh1 S '/Ltt'Sll~t:NIIIf?-r ~.;/Aie,tl fJ e;f /J do,-:-s CltJJl e fllv ::-) t j L/) IIJ'l-'RtJY,Aifil'cl7' 6o ~(c-, '~'-, l ' f,v f, Cl f .;Ot?k S ,I)IT TA ~ //r':>fi-'J' ..v 'i.llli J]e/(1 cv Mlc/1/rl, 6A. N O W IMAGIN E YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF' THE COMPA~S ROSE. P L ACE AN "A" ON THE COMPASS T O I NDICAT E THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN F'IRST SEEN. PLACE A "El" O N THE COM P ASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHEN O MENOtll WHEN LAST SEEN. 7 . IN THE SKETC H BELOW, PLA C E AN " A " AT THE POSITION OF' T H E PHEN O MENON WHEN F'IRST SEEN , AND A " B " A T TH E POSITION OF' THE PHENOMENO N WHEN LAST SEEN CONNECT THE "A" AND " B " WITH A LIN E TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEM E N T OF' THE PHENOMENO N BETWEE N "A" AND "B" . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SH O W WHETHER THE MOVEM ENT APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG . REF'ER T O SMALLER SKET C H A S AN EXAMPLE OF' HOW T O COMPLETE THE LARGER SKETC H . PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES BUDGET IJUREAU APPROVAL NUMnER 21-R2$8 Till S QUESTIONNAIRE l i A S OEEN I'I~EP~D SO TIIAT YOU C AN GIVE T HF. U. S. AI R FORC E AS MlJCII INFORMATIO N POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIOF.NTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE O nSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALU OF THE QUF.STIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL IJE USED FOR I~F.SEARCH PURPOSES YOUR NAME WILl,. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WJTJI ANY O F YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONC L USI ONS WITIIOUT YOUR PERMISSldN. RETURN T O AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING T O FTD (TOETR), WRIGIIT- p ATTERSON AFB, OH I 0 45433, I 1\W AFR 80-i7. (IF ADDITIONAL SIIEF.TS ARF. N E F.DF.D FOR NARI?A TIVE OR SKF.TC HF.S ATTACH SECURF.L Y TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUU NAMF. FOR mF.NTIFICATION. ) 1 WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHEN O M E N O N ' 2 WHAT TIM E DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOM E N O N ? 3 WHAT TIM E DID YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON 4 . TIM E Z O N E [.J DAYLIGHT S A VINGS [)CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN MONTH//-(.' MINUTES (./ MINUTES ;< ~ [j A . M. [)STANDARD [j PACIFIC [j OTHER 5 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE P H E N O ME N ON' IF IN CIT Y GIVE THE N EAREST STREET ADDRESS AND I NDICATE O N A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO T H E ADDRESS. IF I N THE t:OUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON O R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTIO N FRO M SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. 6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT S H O WN IN T H E S K E TCH, PLACE AN " A' O N THE CURVED LIN E T O SHOW H O W HIGH THE PHENOMEN O N WAS ABOVE THE H O R I Z O N , O R SKYLIN E WHE N FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 9~ O N THE SAME CURVED LINE TO S H O W H O W HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SE E N . 10 . IF THE R E WERE MO R E THAN ONE PHENO M E N O N , H O W MANY WERE THERE' DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE ARRANG E D . DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING' 1 1. CONDITIO N S (Check appropriate blocks.) A . SKY B. WE ATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (14ow fluffy) )<' NIGH T ' PARTLY CLOUDY COMPLETELY OVERCAST CIRRUS CLOUDS (lli~h fleecy or Herrin~ NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (Thunder.ftorms) HAZE OR SMOG FOG OR M IST HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE SN O W OR SLEET L'" N O N E OF THE ABOVE C. I F THE SIGHTIN G WAS AT T WILIGH T OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON ' V N O N E BRIGHT MOONLIGHT OON WITH H ALO MOON HIDDEN B Y CLOUDS WN PARTIA L (New or quarter) )( NO MOONLIGHT D. I F SIGHTIN G WAS I N D AYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN V ISIBLE? 0 YES ~0. T H E PHEN O M E N O N ? /~ IF yEs. WHER E W AS THE SUN A S YOU F ACED IN F R O N T O F YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEA D(Newnoon) I N BAC K OF YOU T O YOUR LEFT E . SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE O F ILLUMINATION P RESEN T DUR I N G THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STREE T L A M P , ETC. F O R T!:RRESTRIAL ILLUM I N A T I O N , SPECIF Y DISTANC E TO LIGHT SOURCE. 12. GIVE A B RIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE P H E N O M E N ON, INDICATIN G WHETHER IT APPEARED D ARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGHT O R WAS SELF-LUMI NOUS AND WHAT COLOR S YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSIO N OF WHETHER IT WAS SOLI D O R T RANSPARE NT, WHETHER EDGES WE R E SHARP OR FUZZY . DESCR I B E THE SHAPE O R INDICATE IF IT APPEARED AS A POIN T OF LIGHT. I NDICATE COMPARISON S WITH OTHER O BSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJECT I N YOUR FIEL D OF V I E W. / /A' Ill or?- PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE Y O U WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENO MENO N ? ,../ OUTDOOR S IN BUSI N ESS SECTI O N O F CIT Y IN BUILDI N G IN R ESIDENTIAL SECTIO N O F CITY 0 A S DRIVER 0 A S F'ASSE NGER I N O P E N COUNTRYSI D E I N B O A T N EAR AIRFIE L D I N A IRPLANE 0 A S F' ILOT 0 A S F>ASSENGER F LYING O V E R CITY F L Y I N G OVER OF>EN COUN T R Y IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COM PLETE THE FOLLOWI N G : WHAT DIREC TION WERE YOU MOVI N G ' H O W F A ST WERE YOU MO V I NG> O l D YOU STOF> ANYTI M E WHILE OBSERVIN G THE PHEN O M E N O N l RTHE AST SOUTHE A ST N O R T H W 0YES (l NO EXF>L A I N WHE THER SU C H MOVEM ENT AFFECT S Y OUR SKETCHE S I N I T E MS 5 AND 6. DESCR I B E TYPE OF' VEHICLE YOU WE R E I N AND TYF'E OF' R O A D , TERRA I N OR BODY OF WATE R YOU TRAVERSE D DURIN G THE SI GHTING. STATE WHETHE R WI NDOWS O R CONVERTI BLE TOF> WE R E UF' O R DOWN. UCH OTHER TRAFFIC W A S THERE? 010 YOU N O TICE A N Y A I RF'LANES' ~!'YES 0 NO. IF " YES, " DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WE R E I N SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIM E F' SIGHTIN G THE F>HENO MENO N A N [ H E RE THE Y WERE I N T H E SK Y RELATIVE T O THE POSITION OF THE F'H E N O M E NON H O W LON G WAS THE PHENO MENON I N SIGHT> LEN GTH O F T I ME CERTA I N OF' TIME F A IRLY CER TAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIM E DETERMINED? WAS T H E PHEN O MENO N I N SIGHT CONTI NUOUSLY> gYES ~NO. IF " NO," I NDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR OVEM ENT O R THE B EHAV I O R OF T H E F'HENO MEN9 . NOD CRISE SUCH MOVEMENT O R BEHAVIOR . I NDICATE OISAC>. PEARANC E S O N F'REVIOUS SKETC HES. PA GE 3 OF 9 P AGES I S. DRAW A PICTURE THA T WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL A N Y DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND I NDICATE EAHAUST OR V APOR TRAILS. I NDICATE B Y AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHEN O M E N O N WAS MOVIN G . 16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE' HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S L E NGTH I N FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH A S A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON . NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEA D OF THE MATCH. N O W IF YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM T H I S EXPERIME N T A T THE TIM E O F THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WH A T FRACTION O F THE PHENO ME N O N WOULD H AVE BEEN COVERED B Y THE MATCH HEA D . PAG E 6 OF 9 PAGES DID THE PHENOMENON Y U N O U NKNOWN OVE IN fl. STRAIGHT LINE? STANO STILL AT ANYTIME? SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? BREA K UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE' CHANGE COLOR' GIVE OFF SMOKE CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? >.' ;- C H ANGE SHAPE? FLASH OR FLICKER ? APPEAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIKE A TOP? MAKE A N O ISE' FLUTTER O R WOBBLE? 14 . WHAT D REW YOUR ATTENTION T O THE PHENOMENON? / ) A . HOW DID IT F INALLY DISAPPEAR 0 YES ,.NO. I F yEs, DESCRIBE. B . DID THE;ENOMENON MOVE BEHI N D O R I N FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, O R BUILDIN G AT ANY TIM E ? 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS O R A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE' YES IF "YES, " GIVE D ATE AND ~ Y ONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES 0 N O . ES 0 NO. IF "YES, " 010 THEY SEE IT TOO> A . LIST T HEIR'NAMES AND ADDRESSES LAST NAME. NCLUOING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENC E WHIC H MAY BE PERTINENT. 25 WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON 26 . D ATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. P AGE 8 OF 9 PAGES . TDPr. (uro) Observation, 5 December Helena, rkana 72342 The description that you have given us of your UFO sighting or 5 December 1968 is abdlar to other reports ve have had in the pa~t of Garment Bag Hot Air Balloons (see attached description). Thank you for your interest and cooperation in this matter. CTOR QUINTANILlA I Jr, Lt Colonel, Aerial Phenomena Branch Deacription . Aerospace Technologiea Di vision Pl~duct1on Directorate : t7. 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHEN O M ENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWI NG' I NCLUDE I NFORMATION O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER , LENS PRESCRIPTIO N OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. CAMERA VIEWER EYEGLASSES SUNGLASSES BINOCULA RS WI N DSHIELD TELESCOPE THEODOLITE SlOE WI NDOW O F VEHICLE WI NDOWPANE A . DO YOU ORQINARILY WEAR GLASSES' 0 YES &:J NO 8 . 00 YOU USE R E ADING GLA SSES.:_ _ _ l:LY_E I:&:'~- 19 . WH A T WAS YOUR I MPRESSION O F THE DISTANCE OF THE< PHENOMENON> GIVE ES11M ATE OF DISTANCE ,. 18 . WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF.?THE PHENO M E N O N > GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED .;,...--- 20 . I N ORDER THA T WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WH A T YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORD!; A COMMON OBJE C T OR OBJECTS WH I C H , WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY. SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU N OTED THE PHEN O M E N O N , OULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIB E SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMO N OBJECT AND WH A T YOU SAW. 21. DID YOU N OTICE A N Y ODOR , NOISE, O R HEA T E MANATING;i'ROM THE PHE N O M E N O N OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ANIMALS OR MACHINERY It~ THi:: VICI NITY? 0 YES ..MN O . I F "YES, DESCRIBE A . 010 THE PHENO M ENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICA L EVIDENCE. 0 YES rvNO. IF "YES, " DESCRIBE. 7'\ P AGE 7 OF 9 PAGES TDPT (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUAftTERS FOREIGN TECHNO LOGY DIVISION I AFSC I WRIGHTPATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO A!!433