,. ROJEC T ,;; n ~COQO 2. LOCATION 16 Dee 68 17/0115Z Mornantown, West Virginia 11, CO..CLUI~ Probable Astro (VENUS) ~ 1~-~'f- At 2035, Venus had just set at az~uth 248 deg true. S. LENGTH OF OISE!ItVATION 11, IAIEF SUMMAAY AHD ANAL Y&IS 2.5 Minutes r #.. TYPE OF OBSERVATION The observer sighted a yellow-white flickering light in the aouth that disappeared over the horizon atter about 25 min. Ground -Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HI:ADQUARTERS FOREIGN TEC~NOLOGY DIVISION I AFSC) WRIGHTPATTERSON AIR FOR C E BASE. OHI O ~S~33 TDPT (UFO) UFO Observation 16 December 1968 Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which you reported to the Air Force. The information whic h we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request omplete t he attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. C I(~ iNfu':rl:U Jr~ Lt Colonel, Chief,Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate USAF 1 Atch AF Form 117 w/envelope 1HInV-OU-A 0-II\IO-ICA-Tf:-THE--.. DI .. ICTION TO THI!: PH~NOM!NON WHEN ""IT II!:IN. PI.ACE ":t~ O H TMl!: COW,.Atl TO IHOICATI THE OU.ECTIOI\I TO THI PHENOMENON WHEN LAST liEN. 7. I N THE SKETCH BELO W, PLACE AN 11 A T THE P OSITION OF' THE PHEN OM ENON WHEN FIRST SEEN . ANO A a AT THE POSITIO N OF TtiE PHENOW[NON WHN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A c'NO e WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMArE T H E 1 MOVEMENT O F THE PHENOMENON BETWEf:N A ANO a . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WUETHER THE MOVEMENT APPI!:AREO T O 81!: STRAIGHT, CU .. VEO OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER St<f:TCH AS AN f:)(A,..PLE OF HOW T O COMPLETE THIE LA,.GI,. SKETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED P EN~ENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUI EAU APriOYAL NUIIBEI 2 1-llJI THIS QUESTIONNAII~E liAS OEEN PREPARED SO Til AT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S AIR F OR C E AS MUCII INFORMATIO N AS POSSIOLE CON CERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU !lAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALU O F TilE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL n E USED FOR RFSEARC H PURPOSES YOUR NAME Yt1LI,. NOT OE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS O R CON CLUSI ONS WTTIIOUT YOUR PERMI~SidN. RETURN TO AJR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATO R F O R FORWARDING TO FTD (TOETR ), Wt-liGHT- PATT ERSON AFO,OHI04 5433, lAW AFRBO-f7. (IF ADDITIONA L SHE.F.TS ARE NETWF.:D FOR NARRATIVF. OR SKETCHES ATTACII SF.CURF.L Y TO TTIIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.) 1 WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHEN O MENON 1 2 WHAT TIME OlD YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' 3 . WHAT TIM E DIO YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' 4 TIM E ZONE f]OAYLIGHT SAVINGS IYJSTANDARD [_]EASTERN [)CENTRAL 0MOUNTAI N [jP ACIF'IC [_)OTHER 5 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE P HENOM E N O N ' IF IN CITY GIVE THE N E AREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE O N A HANO DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDIN G WITH REFE R ENCE TO THE ADD RESS. IF I N THE COUNTRY. IDENTIF'Y THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE O N ~R NEAR AND TRY TO F'IX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FRO M SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LNDMARK. 6 IMAGIN E YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETC H , P L ACE AN 'A O N THE CURVED LIN E T O SHOW HOW HIGH THE P H E N O M E N O N WAS AOOVE THE HORIZON. O R SKYLIN E WHE N F'IRST SEEN. PLACE A 9' O N THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW H O W HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZO N THE PHE N O MENO N WAS WHEN LAST SEEN . OBSERVER .-" tO ., THI"I Wlll'l MOA THAN ONI fii'HINON[NON. H O W MANY WEAl THEA!? DRAW A PICTUR[ TO IHOW H O W THI!;Y W!R[ Af'f'ANCIIlO. DID THIS AII'II'ANOIMIHT CH ANOI DUfUNO THI SIOHTINGf CONDITIONS (CII~ck csppropriol~ b loclc.) SKY 8 . W!ATHI!:R PARTLY CLOUDY CONfiiL!TILY OVERCAST CUMULUS CLOUOS (Low fluffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS (Hi611 fl~ecy o r Herrin1 NIN.US CLOUDS ( Rain) CUNULONIM.US CLOUDS ( T ltiUidrr ,, IOrtrU) F'OG O R MIST H E AVY R A I N LIGHT RAI N OR ORIZZLE HAZE O R SMOG ,' NONE O F THE ABOVE C." THIIIOHTIHO WAS AT TWILIGHT OA NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU N OTIC E ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON BRIGHT MOONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT MOO N WITH HALO '-,or MANY NOO N HIDDEN 8 Y CLOUDS UNKNOWN ;. PARTIAL (N~w o r qtUVtrr) D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VIS18LEl 0 Y E S 0 NO . IF y~s. WHERE WAS THE SU N A S YOU FACEO THE PH~NOMENONf IN FRONT 0, YOU TO YOUR RIGHT I N BACK O F YOU T O YOUR LEFT ! . SPt:CI,.Y THI MAJOR SOURC E O F ILLUMINATIO N PRESENT DURING TH~ SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN. HEADLIGHTS O R &TR~IT LAMP, lTC. FOR T!R,.ISTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPEC"Y OIITANCI TO LIGHT SOURC E . 1J. OIVI A .AIIF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHIENONENO N . I N DI CATING WHETHER I T .APPAAED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT RI,LICTI!:O LIGHT OA WAS S!L, L UMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESC RIBE YOUR IMPRESSION O F WHETHER IT WAS SOLID OA TRANSPARENT, WHTHER EOGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESC A I.E THE SHAPE OR I NDICATE I F I T Afii'Pt:ARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSIRVID OBJECTS, L IKE STARS, A LIGHT O R OTHI" 08JICT I N YOUR IFIILO OIF VIIW. PAGE 4 OF 9 P AGES AFR 8G-17(Cl ) WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU lAW THE PHENOMENON1 ( C h,.clc npproprint~ blnrlrs.) USINESS SECTION O F CITY IN BUILDING l k RESIDENTIA L SECTIO N O F CITY IN CAR 0 A S DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER I N OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR A IRFIELD IN A IRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGE R FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY A . IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING : WHAT DIRECTION WERE Y O U MOVI NO' FAST WERE YOU MOVING SOUTH WEST DIO YOU STO P ANYTIME WHILE O BSER VING THE PHENOMENO N ! RTHEAST SOUTHEAST EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS S ANO 6 . DESC R IBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE O F !'lOAD, TERRAIN O R BOOY O F WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURI N G THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVERTI BLE TOP WERE UP O R DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS T HERE! 010 YOU N O TICE ANY A IRPLANES 0 YES @NO. I F "YES, " DESCRIBE WHE N THEY WE R E I N SIGHT RELATIVE T O THE T I M E OP: SIGHTING THE PHENOMENO N ANO WHE~ THEY WERE. I N THE SKY REL,.TIVE TO THE POSITION OF T H E PHEN OMENO N H O W LONG WAS THE PHENO MENON I N SIGHTl LENGTH OF TIME I CERTAI N O F T I ME VERY SUR E FAIRLY CERT -'I N JUST A GUESS HOW W-'S TIME DETERMINED! WAS THE PHENOMENO N I N SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY' 0 YES ~NO. IF "NO.~ I NDIC ATE WHETHER THIS IS CUE TO YOU R MOVEMENT O R THE BEHAVIOR O F THE PHENOMENO N , ANO 0 C RISE SUCH MOVEMENT O R B EHAVIOR . I NDICATE C I SAr>. PEARANC E S O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 010 THE fii'HilHOMEHO H YES H O UNKNOWN MOVE I N A STIIIIAIGHT LIN E ? ST ANO STILL A T ANYTIME SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND R U N ... !:A K U~ IN PARTS AND EXPLODE' C HANGE COLOR' GIV!: O F F SMOI<EI CHANGE 8RIGHTNE55' CHANG E SHAPEl FLA SH O R FLICKER' DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIKE A TOP? ',(' ,.AI<E A NOISE' FLUTTER O R WOBBLE' 14 . WHA T DREW YOUR ATTENTIO N TO THE PHENOMENO N ' A . HOW OlD IT FINALLY OISAPPEAA7 8 . D I D THE PHE N O MENO N MOVE BEHIN D 0 .. I N F R ONT OF SOMETHING . LIKE A CLOUD, TREE. O R BUILDI N G AT ANY TINE IF yEs, DESCRIB E . P AGE 5 OF 9 PAGES Ia. HAVI YOU lEVlE,_ I&IN TN II o.-A SIMILAR .. HINOW[NON 1'0"11 LOCATION VII "vrs, GIVE D ATE AND 13. WA.S ANYON! WITH YOU AT THE TIWI! YOU SAW THE PH!NONI!NONf VIS 0 NO. I F ys, 0 10 THEY SEE IT TOO> NAWIS AND ADDREUI!S GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF NAME, MIDDLE NAW 0 OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPIRIINCI WHICH MAY 8E PERTI N E N T . IGHTED THIS PHENO MENO N ? O A Y M ONTH P AGE 8 OF 9 PAGES 17. 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHENO M E N O N THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUOI! I N F O RMATIO N O N MOOEL. TYPE, FILTER, LEN S P RESCRIPTIO N O R OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGL A SSES ERA VIEWER SUNGLASSES B I NOCULA RS WINOSHIELO TELESCOPE TIIEOOOLITE SlOE WINDOW O F VEHICLE WINDOWPAN E OTHER A . 0 0 YOU ORDINARILY WE A R GLASSES' 0 YES rJ N O 9 . Ot) YOU USE PEAOitiG GLASSES' fJ YES (]NO 18 WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION O F THE SPEED O F THE 19 WHAT WAS YOUR I MP RESSION 01" THE DISTANCE O F THE PHENO M E N O N ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED P H E N O MENO N ' GIV E ESTIMATE O F DISTANCE . 20 IN O ROER THAT WE MAY 09TA1tl A S CLEAR A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE OF WH,-T YOU S AW, DC~CRIBE Ill YOUP O WN WO R OS A COMMO N OBJECT O R OBJEC T S WHICH, WHEN PLACED I N THE SKY, SI MILAR T O WHERE YOU NOTC D THE PHENO M E N O N , OULD B EAR SOME RESEMBLANC E TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESC RI B E SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERCN C ES BETWLEN THE COMMO N O BJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. 21. DI D YOU N OTICE ANY ODOR , NOISE, O R HEAT EMANATING F R O M THE PHE N O MENO N O R ANY EFFEC T ON YOURSELF , ANIMALS O R MAC H INERY I N TH~ VICINITY> 0 YES ~NO IF "YES, " DESCRIBE . A . DIO THE PHEN O MENO N DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICA L EVIDEN C E l J YFS ~0. I F yEs, DESCRIBE. P AGE 7 OF 9 PAGES