Palmyra Michigan — December 1968

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Keywords: pheno, garment, phenomenon, informatio, mpression, otice, commo, certai, movement, clouds, menon, grovp, cccmue, llichi, ediuofl, liector, quini, tachnologieltd1y1ton, descriptioq, iiiiiaoini, cintifa, thiot, coiiiii, iiiioicat, hinom
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1. D" TE Tlf.IE GROVP 2. LOCATION ; cccmue r <.> Palr:1yra, llichi,,on 10, CONCLUSION Ci vil l.:m DALLOON (HOT AIR) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Description co~sis tent with pa s t sightings of Garment Bae Hot Air Balloon. S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 5 l<inutc.s 6. T YPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS See Case Files FTD SEP 63 0329 (TOE) Prnloue ediUOfl of thh forat _,.be u .. d . 27. INFORMATIO N WHICH YOU FEEL I S PERTINENT 8 U T WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVEREO I N THIS OUESTIONNAIRE, ALTE"NATIVELY PROVIOE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING . PAGE 9 OF 9 P A G E ' deeoription that you provided tor your UFO report of 15 December~ 1968 1e ... aimilar to otbera .. that ve have received in the past ot Oar .. " , Bac Bot Air BalloOns ( ttached description)... Thank you tor '"..,.,;.'"" . liECTOR QUINI'AlfiLLA, Jr. Lt Colonel, USAP thief, Aerial Phenomena Branch . Aeroapace TachnologieltD1Y1ton FTD (TO.. PI' ( UFO) ) ftfGHT-PATTERSOU AFB, OHIO UNITED STATES AIR FOJICE OFFIOAL BUSINESS Garment Dag Hot Air Balloons descriptioq~-~.~ STAGE AND FEES PAID lA. NOW IIIIIAOINI YOU A~f: AT TH~ CINTifA 01" 'THiOt Ct') .. ,a.au nOJF. ,. ~<:1 A.l "A" ON THI COIIIII'ASS TO INOICAT TNI DI"ICTION TO THE PH!NO.,!NON -.HEN FI~ST r.~!N. ,.L.AC ! A "fl" ON THE COMPAII TO IIIIOICAT! TH OIAICTION TO THC ,.HINOM!NON Wt4f:N L.AST IIIN. 1 . IN THE SKtTCH liiL.OW, PLACE AN "14" AT THE POSITION OF THC PHE.IOMENON WHEN FIRST SECN , ANO A e A T THE POSITIO N OF Tt4E PHENOMENON WHEN L.AST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A" AND 8 " WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVEWENT O F THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN "A ANO "8". THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APII'EAA0 TO Bl ST~AIGHT, CU~VED O R ZIGZAG. fiiEFER TO SMALL.~ SKETC H AS AN I!)(AIIIPL.E O F HOW TO COMPLETE TH L. A~G !~ SI<I!TC H . PAGI!: 2 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDEHTIFI BUDGET BUI EAU APriOVAL NUJIBEI 21-l:lJI THIS QUESTIONNAIRE liAS OEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE TilE U . S. AIR FORC E AS MU C H INFORMATIO N BLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTI F I E D PHEN OMENON THAT YO U HAVE OBSERVED P L E A SE T R Y T O ANSWER ALU O F T HE QUEST I ON S. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WIL L BE USF.D F O R RESEARC H PURPOSES YO UR N AME Yl l LI,-NO T BE USED IN CONNECTION WIT H ANY O F Y OUR STATEMENTS O R CON C L USION S WIT HOUT OUR P ERMISSidN. R E T URN T O AIR F OR C E BASE INVESTIGATO R FOR FOR WARDING T O F T D (TDETR), WRI GHT PATTERSON AFB,OHI 0 45433 , 111W AFR 80-f 7 . (IF A.DDI T IONA.L SHEF.T S A.RE NEEDED F OR N ARRA T IVE OR SK E T C H ES A TTACH'SECURF.L Y TO T H I S FORM O R A.NNOTA. T E WIT H YOU R NAME FOR IDF.NTIFTC A TION.) 1 WHEN D I D Y O U SEE THE P H E N O M E N O N l 2 WH A T T I M E D I D YOU FIR S T SIG H T THE PHE 3 . WH A T TIME DID YOU L A S T SIGHT THE PHE N NON' 4 TIM E ZO N E 0 D AYLIG H T S A V I N GS [1 CEN TRAL 0 MOUN T A I N [)STANDARD CIFIC lJOTHER 5 WHER E WERE YOU WHEN YOU S A W THE P H E N O M E N O N ' IF IN CIT Y GIVE THE N E ARES T STREET ADDRESS AND I NDICA T E O N HAN D D"lAWN MAP YIHE"lE YOU WERE STA NDIN G WI T H R E FERE NCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF I N THE COUNTRY , IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR N EAR AND TRY T O FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FRO M SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LAND M A R K . I hc,~c.A) (~ n'Vfrks . 6 I M AGIN E YOU ARE A T THE POIN T S H O WN I N THE S KETCH , PLACE AN " A O N THE CURVED LIN E T O SHOW HOW HIGH T H E PHEN O M E N O N WAS ABOVE THE HOR I Z O N , O R S K Y L INE WHE N F'IRST SEEN . PLACE A e O N THE SAME CURVED LIN E TO SHOW H O W HIGH ABOVE THE H ORIZO N THE PHENO M E N O N WAS WHEN L AST SEEN . OBSERVER . tO. 1,-TME'tl W!IU MORE THAN ONI PHINONENON, H O W MA!ItY WERE T H ERET ~fUtANO&D. DID THIS A,_,_ANOIMIHT CHANG! DURING TH! SIGHTING! AAW A PICT URE TO IHO W MOW THEY WEIU CONOITI ONS (Check approprlotl! b lo rlff.) B . W!ATfiER C UI!CUL.US CLOUDS (Low f l uffy ) FOG O R MIST 1-4E AVY RAI N CIRRUS CLOUDS ( Hi1ll {lruy or Herrin~ LIGHT RAI N O R DRIZZLE PA,_TL. Y CLOUDY COMPLETELY OVER CAST NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rai n) CUM UL.ON11118US CLOUDS (T IIUAd~r $ l Ori'/\$) HAZE OR SMOG SN O W OR SLEET N ONE O F THE A B OVE C ., THt liGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT O R NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU N OTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON ' Ill STAAS 121 NONE 8AIGH T ... OONL.IGHT N O MOONL I GHT A FEW MOON WITH H A L.O UNKNOWN /-... MOON HIDDEN IIY CLOUDS PARTIAL. (New o r quarter) D . I F SIGHTING WAS I N DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES THE PH!NO M E N O N 7 yr;s, WHERE WAS THE SU N A S YOU FAC E D IN F"OHT O F YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVERHEA D(Nr~MO~ I N BACK O F YOU TO YOUR LEFT ! . SPtCI,-Y TH! MAJO" SOURCE O F ILLUMINATION PRESENT D URING THE SIGHTING, SUC H A S THE SUN , HEADLIGHTS OR $Ttti!ET LAMP, lTC. \FO III T!:!'"tST"IAL. IL.l,UNINATION, SP{CI,-Y DISTANCE 10~G:..:~ACr,. ~a;--I'VlL ~aS 12. GIVf. A 8RIE,-DE!ICRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATIN G WHETHER IT APPEA,.ED DARI< O R LIGHT. WHETHER I T At,-L.CTED LIGHT O R WAS S!:L.FLUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSI O N O F WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT. WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OA FUZZY . DESCA18E THE SHAPE O R INDICATE I F I T APP!A .. ED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHE" OBSE .. VED O B J ECTS, L.ll< STARS, A L IGHT O R OTHt" 08JECT I N YOU" FIELD o,-VIEW. P AGE 4 O F 9 PAGES WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Cherie nppropriat~ bloclc.r.) I N BUSINESS SECTIO N OF CITY IN BUILDING I N RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER 0 AS P ASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR A IRFIELD 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASS~NGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMF'L ETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING' H O W FAST WERE YOU MOVING' SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIM E WHILE O BSERVING THE PH ENOMEHO"P NORTHE AST SOUTHEAST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS SAND 6 DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD , TERRAIN OR BODY O F WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURIN G THE SIGHTING STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUC H OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THEREJ DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES' 0 YES ~NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE I N SIGHT R ELATIVE T O THE T I"'E SIGHTIN G THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE HEY WERE.. IN THE SKY RELATIVE T O THE POSITION O F THE PHENOMI!:NON. Sc.-e; tttJ ~6 I-<> L el-P HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON I N SIGHT' LENGTH OF TIME CERTAI N OF T I M E N O T V ERY SUR E F AI RL Y CERTAI N JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TI"'E DETERMINED' WAS THE PHENO MENON I N SIGHT CONTfNUOUSLYf ~YES J;t NO. IF N o , INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOU R OVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIO R OF THE PH~HO,..f:NO , A D D CRISE SUCH MOVEMENT O R BEHAVIOR. I NDICATE DISAP- PEARANCES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES N O UNKNOWN SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? _ .REAl( Ull' IN PARTS AND EXPLODEt CHANGE BRIGHTNESS' CHANGE SHAPE ' FLASH OR FLICKER' DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR' ........ SPIN L IKE A TOP> X MAKE A NOISET >< FLUTTER OR ~WOBBLE' _X 1 WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENONENO N 7 HOW DID IT F INALLY DISAI"PEARI lAf' o.-d c;i.u w n..f\ ~ see -rLe d To( .eeJ.,o DI D THE I"HENONENO N MOVE BEHIND OR I N FRONT OF SOMETHING , LIKE A CLOUD, T REE. O R BUILDI N G A T ANY TINE' _l8lYES 0 N O . IF yEs, DESCRIBE. PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES ZZ. HAVI YOU llVI:f' IEI!N THIS Of' A l llllll.A,_ .-HtHOIIIU!CJN .,,O,_Itf U. wa .. ANYONE WITH Y O U AT THE Tll1 [ YOU SA W THE PHHOIIII!:NON ! "yl[s, GIVE D ATE AND G I V E THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIO N ABOUT YOUR SELF LAST NIIME, FIRST NAME , MIDDLE NAME DITIONAL INFOAIIIATIOH I NCLUDING OCCUPATIO N AND ANY E XPEAII:NCI: WHIC H MAY B E PERTINENT. hf4Cj~p/'7J a- s~ ,I;~IO L r 25. WHEN AND TO WH OM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU H A D SIGHTED THIS PHENO ME NO N OAY MONTH YEAR 26 . OAT!: YOU COMPLETED T H IS QUE $ NAIAE. 1\ M ONTH YEAR PAGE 8 OF 9 PAG E S AFR R0-17(Cl) 17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHEN O M E N O N THROUGH ANY O F THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL. 'TYPE, FILT E R , LEN S PRESCRIPTION O R OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES C AME.R" VIEWER SUNGLASSES BltiOCULARS WI N DSHIELD SlOE WI NDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDOWPAN E A . 00 YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSE S> 0 YES '!')( N O B. 01) YOU USE READI~IG GLAS$ES' QY E S JY 0 18 WHAT WA S YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE SPEEQ O F THE..J PHENOMENO N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED llt 1A \ fl-. 19. WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION O F T H E DISTANCE OF T H E'-' PHENOM E N O N > GIVE ESTIMATE O F DISTAtiCE 3.s"' .,.,...., -"~ 20 . IN O RDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEA R A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE OF' WHAT YOU S AW, D!:SC:RIBE IN YOUR OWN WO R DS A COMMO N OBJECT O R OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY , SI MILAR TO 'NHERE YOU NOTED THE PHEN O M E N O N , OULD BEA"l SOM E RESEMBLANC E TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES AND DIFFEREN C ES BETWEEN THE COMMO N O BJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. ~ St.~h,I-Q J DID YOU N OTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, O R H E A T EMANATIN G FROM THE PHENO MENO N O R ANY EFFECT 0'1 YOURSELF . ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THZ VIC I NITYl IF YES. ' DESCRIBE. A . DID THE PHEN O MENON DISTURB THE GROUN D O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICA L EVIDE NCE IF "YES. ' DESCRIBE. P A G E 7 OF 9 PAG E S