1. O A TE Tl..tt c~u, l . sour.cr t . NliMl\E A OF OIJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OISE.VATION Ground- Visual I . P HOTOS t . PHYSICAL fVIDINC! PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION New Carlisle. Indiana 10, CONC LUSION (CONFUSING REroRT ) The observer sighted and photographed an object or objects oo Jl Dec 68. Reportedly also sighted another the f ollowing nit~t that turned on a stre et 1 ight. However, this seems unlikely s i n ce t he street light s hould have alr e ady been on. SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL NUMBER U R2H THI S QUESTIONNAIRE liAS OEEN Pl~EPARED SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE THF. U.S AIR FORCE AS MUCII INFORMATION AS POSSIIJLE CON CERNING TilE UNIDF.NTIFIED P HENOMENON TIIAT YOU HAVF. OOSERVF.O. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL) O F T H E QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL IJI': USJ-: n FOR RESEARCII PURPOSES YOUR NAME WILl,. NOT OE USE D I N CONNECTI ON WlTII ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WJTIIOUT YOUR PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE OASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TUETR), WRIGJIT. PATTERSON AFB, OHI O 45433, I AW AFR 80-i7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEF.T S ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE. OR SKF.TCHF.S ATTACH SE.CUREL Y TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOU/~ NAME FOR IDF.NTIFICATION. ) 1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHEN O MENON' 2 WHAT TIM E DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHEN O M E N O N > 3 WHAT TIME DID YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHEN O MENON' HOUR ~0 O MINUTES ~ ..J_ 4 , TIME ZONE LJ DAYLIGHT SAVI NGS [_]STANDARD 0 EASTERN Q{CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAI N [)PACIFIC [_j OTHER _ WHERE WERE YOU WHE N YOU SAW THE PHENOMENO N > IF IN CITY GIVE THE N EAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE O N A I-lAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERE NCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE '=OUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON O R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. 6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT S HO WN I N THE SKETCH, PLACE AN ' A O N THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIG H THE PHEN0\4ENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLIN E WHEN FIRS T SEEN. PLACE A 9' O N THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN L AST SEEN . .S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE/ Enviro nmental Science Services Administration/Environmenta l Data Service lAILY WEATHER MAPS JEEKL Y SERIES DEC. 23-29, 1968 he c h arts m t ht-:. publlcatron a re a continua t ton o f llw pnnc qJ"I c harts o f the Weather Bureau publlcatro n, D ai l y Weather Map Th ey rncluch. the Surface Wedther Map, the 500 Mtlltbdr Chart, t he Hre hesl t1nd Lowe!>! 1 ~rnpcr atures Cha rt , and t he lJaily P1CCIP1lt.ttton Chart. All o f the charts fo r one d .ty cHC nrranged on a srngle page o f tilts pub hcati o n . riley are <..opted from op~r a t ro n a l weathe r m i1ps p r epo~r:J uy tlw Na tiona l Metcorologrc..~l Centt:r. Wealllv r Bur eau. l_he symuu l s used on the Surf ace Weat h e r M..tp and the 500 Milliba r Char t arc lht! sant\' as I hcJ~l: u sed previously tn lJ.Jily We. IIIler M,rp An explanatory sheet rs av"lllt.~ble. and si ngle copies may be oble~rned wrlhout c h a rge by writing t o: [ n v rronment.tl Science Ser vices Ad rm nistro t ron. Publi cations Sectio n , AD 14 3 , Rockville. M ary la nd 20852. Bulk copres mc1y a lso be o rder ed. a t a cost o f $ 2 .30 per 50 co pies. Check s should be rnad e payable to the Super inte ndent o f Documents. fJtro tur II\ del t ohren h el umount or I CO'otltiHJ J The Surface Weather Map p re!::>ent s s tatron data and the an a lysts f o r 7:00 a. m./e.s.t. The tracks of w elldefrned low pressur e a1 e:as a r e indicated by chat n s o t a rr o ws; lite l ocation s of these cent e r':> d l ltmes 6. 12. and 18 hours precedrng map trme are rn d tcated by srnt1ll black squares enclosing white u o!)ses. A reas o f p rectpit d tron are rndrc.tled by shadrng. l l1e weat h er rcportc, that ar e printed here a r e only <J fractron o r those th a t are included rn tilt:! opE::rat ronnl we<:Jther maps, and on whic h the ant"llyses a re based. Occtt tro n a l apparent d rscrepancres between the pnnted st<.~lton data and the analyses r esult from those s t ation reports tha t c:-~nnot be rn c lude d in the pu1JI,s hc<1 lll.Jps becnuse o f lack o f space. llle 500 M tlltbar Cl1a r t presenb the herg l rt contour s a n d rsotherms ot the !)00 nullrbcJr ~urf:H;e <:~I 7:00 a.m./e.s.t. The 11~reht c..unlour s arc shown <:IS con trnuou~ ltnes. and a r e labeled 111 feel c1bove SE::a level. The rsothenns n re U S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE shown as dashed ltnes, and nre label ed tn degrees Celsru s. Th e arr o w s show the wrncl directron and speed at the 500-milltbar level. fheHtghe':>l and Lowest remper a l ur es Chart pre~ent5 the m axrmum and mrnrmum value5 f or t h e 24 hour pe110d endrng a t 100 a.m./est Tire n.-uncs o f tl1e reporltng p ornts c..m be oblcitned fro m the Surf<.Jce Weather Map. rhc maxtrnum temper a t u r e IS plotted obove the s tal1on loc<.Jtton. and the mrnrmum temperat u r e ts plotted below thrs pornt. The Precrprtatron Areas and Amount s Chc:11 t tndrcatcs by means o f shadrng tho a r eas that h ad pr ecrprtatron dunng the 24 hours cndtn g a t 100 a. m. Amounb 111 rn ches t o t h e nearest hu11dredth o f a n rnch a re fo r the same penod lncornplete t o ta l<, ctre under ltnccl .. -1 .. rnurcat es cl t race u f prectpt t 1tton. Dashed lines s h o w tile d epth u f snow on t h e ground 1n inc h es as o f 7 00 a. m . o f the prevrous cJc~y. lNVIHONM[Nl AI SCIENCf SEHVICES AOMINISl RAriON luvo11111111o niJI IJdiJ Seovll~ SF'I!INto MU ?tmo IMMEDIATE - U.S. Weather Report Po~laKc and Ice~ Patd US OCI'AR1Mf Nl Of COMMRCI FIRST CLASS MAIL op ti o n prate ~4 ~0 ,,., l<"tlf ~J 70 udl lllIHII fur llHIIHIII worlun llw U ~ $J 7~ nddl ltonol I,, foreign murl. 11nglc copy 15' cod\ Send r.:molltiiiC" ln. !:>"P''""'''"ounl ol Docvmenh ' J>NESD A v. 1mn:M11Jo:rt :!!i, I!HiH SURFACE. WLATitlf~ MAl' AND STATION W( \lllE.R AT 7 00 A II E S I I' SOOMillfBAR ll(IGHT CONTOURS AT 7 00 A M l S I SURr ACt WEAliiR MAP AND SI"IION Wl"lt~(R 500 Mil I I OAJI Ill If Ill ( OrJlOUII'i I AC( W(AlHlR MAr n STATIO N W(A H~E R flO-MILLIBAR lt1C.UT TllliHSI)/\ v. rn:n:~mrm .w. l!lhl'l I <II >A Y, I H:n:~lllfo:a< 'li. I !lliH \IIJIIII I I ''llo o SURfi\CC WF.AIIIlR MAP AND '>!"'liON WLAflll R J t,.;:-.JM Y, JJI:<"Jo:r-1Jihl! W I:I>NI:SI Ji\ \', I H ,I 'EMIII-:Il . I '!loll SURrAt t WlAIHtH MAP AND STATION W(ATHI:.R SOO MILLIBAR IIUGIH CONTOURS ..IJt C> l4 SURFACE W(AlHfR MAP AND STATION WI:ATHER Al 7 00 A M E S I 11' 500 M I Lll BAR If liGHT I JUDAY, DECEMBEH 'li, 1968 ,, !iOOM I IIHI/\1'1 lfrl(,fll I I NUl\ Y. UJ:n:~IIII-:H !W. l!lliH SOO Milll'lAR HI ICoiH CONTOURS _ \fl IH ,f ANU Ill\". fiT tJr("At IIIII " AFn RO- l 7(C1) 10. IF' THERE WERE MORE TH~N ONE PHEN O M E N O N , HOW MANY WERE rHERE' DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE A~RANGED. DID THIS ARRANGE~ENT CHANGE DURING _!HE SIGHTING' ,1(', (>'II , ,. b.~r II. CONDITION S (Check apptopriate bluck s.) CUMULUS CLOUDS (f.ow fluffy) F'OG O R MIST T WILIGH T CIRRUS CLOUDS (Hi~th {leery or 1/nrin~: H EAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE CLEA R N I MBUS CLOUDS (Rain) H AIL PARTLY CLOUDY C U MULON I MBUS SN O W OR SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderslorm.s) H AZE OR SMOG NON E OF' THE A BOVE THE SIGHTIN G WAS .AT T WILI G H T OR NIGHT, WHAT 010 YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS A N O MOON > 111 STA RS NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGH T N O MOONLIGHT OON WITH HALO OON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS ': : RTIAL (fl/e w o r quo.rter) D. IF' SIGHTING WAS IN D AYLI G HT, WAS T H E SUN VISIBLE? IF' "YES, " WHERE WAS THE SUN YOU F'ACEO THE P H E N O M E N O N > IN FRON T OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Newnoon) I N B ACK OF' YOU TO YOUR LE F'T E . SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF' ILLUM INATION PRESEN T CURIN G THE SIGH T ING, SUCH AS THE SUN , HEADLIGHTS OR STREET LAMP, E TC. FOR TERRESTRIA L ILLUMINATION , SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHEN O ME N O N , INDICATING WHETHER IT ~PEARED DARK O R LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLECTED LIGH T O R WAS SELF-LUMI NOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSI O N OF' WHETHER IT WAS SOLID O R TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR F'U Z ZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR I NDICA T E IF I T APPEARED A S A POINT O F LIGHT. DICATE COMPARISON S WITH OTHER OBSERVE D O BJECTS, LIKE STA R S, A LIGHT OR OTHER OBJECT I N YOUR FIELD OF V I E W. PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES olfAC f WfATif[.R 'IAf' IU STATfOt< WE>\ll!fR l\l700AME'il OOMILLIIU H[IGIIT r J1to AM .. l If