oF vJ~=:cr.:. oa~ERVATION ?nYSt :;..L cVIO;;NC\: Provloua o~itlo!'\<a o! th1~ Co:-::& Cl.:i7 t.' ~.::ud Lt::':S Pi CRI~'TIO~.; \J R ClHt:.R lh-'C3Lt \OLE:. 01\TA. SIDE "IHOOl'f OF \'EHICLE I HtE.ODOLITE fl. 10 "'OU ORDH~ARILY WEAR GL.AS~ES? ~":-t..Y ES Cl N O 9 . DO YOU USE HEAOING GI.ASSt::S? LJYES [!NO It; WI"'AT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION O F THE SPEEQ O F THE ~l-lr.NOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPCeD ,( ';, 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF TilL DISTANCE OF THC PH~NOMENON? GIVE t::STIMATE OF OISTANCEfv' r,~-( \ 20 I N ORDER TtiAT \tfE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DE~CRIBt:: IN YOUR OWN WORO~ A COM~ON 09 J ECT OR 0 BJ ECTS WtiiCH, WHEN PL ACEO IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, ,...JULD SEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. OESCR13E SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERCNCES RETWE'EN THE CO.I.1MON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW . 2 ' . 0 10 YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON O R ANY EFFECT 0~ YOURSELF, ~NI"1ALS OP. MACHINERY IN TH! VICINITY? 0 YES QNo. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. ~. ;:1~ -rl=: PHENOMENO"'' DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. II= f::s.~ OESCnl3~. PAG E 7 OF 9 PAGES TDPT (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AfA FOaCI! HEADQUARTERS roREION l f:C.,.NOLOGV DIVISION f AFSC l UFO Observation 19 October 1968 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which you reported to the Air Force. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request you complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. ~J::CTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, L t Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope l 6 -' ~r;:t :a."Gif~c: YOU ARC AT THC: CENTER O F THE C0~1PASS A0!.F:. ~l Ar:E AN " A ON TI-lt-C'OMP&.SS T O I'-401CATE THE I T E PH o ' -J0~4 <~tH:.~ LAST :>CEtl. 7 I N nlE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A'" AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A a AT THE l P~SITION O F THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MCVE\l !::NT OF THE PH ENOMC::NON aETWEEN A'" A N 0 " B... THAT I S, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEM ENT ! AP?EA?.i::D TO S E ST RAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER T O S~ALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE 1 T rl =-L.~RG E R SKETCH. 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M . 3 .,.,.,..xr TIM~ OlD YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' \ ~ 4 , Tt -c'l: Ll DAYLI GHT SAVINGS []STANDARD --.:-,r:t\S7E~N OcENTRAL QMOUNTAIN r'!P A CIF'IC r JOTHER S .h=P~ 't'-~R~ YOU W~EN YOU SAW TH PHC:NO M ENON' IF IN CITY r;I\/E THE NEARE~"r SlRt::ET ADDRt::!.,S AND INDICATE ON A ~-'b.'l:> DRA'NN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFER!::IIICE T O THE ADDRESS. If.' IN THt:: COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE HI~HWAY YOU WERE ON 0 R NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE o).'oD DI::IECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZ)IBLE LANDMARK. o I "AG!l::; YOU ARE AT THE ?OINT SHOWN I N THE SKETCH. PLA.:E A~ -A O N THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW H O W HI~H THE ":)"iEN:)'.tENON '.'lAS A90VE THE HO~IZON OR SKYLINE WH~N c=IRST ~:::EN. PLACE A a~ ON THE ~A.~E CIJRVEO LINE TO ' - .;)',\ rt'::>'N HIGH ABOVE THE HO~I ZON TH!:: P HE NOME NON WAS ~H:;: ' l L A5 T 5~EN . OBS~RVER .-:" .I : 0 . IF "t~RE:: w'cRE. MvRE 1 NO NE PHENOME.N::>N . HO'N M ANY \ll.:rn:: THERE' O r<AW 1\ 1-'I CTURE i O SH (') W HOW Hif.'f WE R e J n i:-.IG HH" r,I' .. .I!Tii'I G 4 11. CONDITI ONS (Check nppr>priut(> blocks.) A. SKY B . CU MULU~ CLOUDS (l~oiJt f luffy) FOG O R MI:) T .. -... \ TWI:...IGI-fT CIRRUS CLOUDS (llig h fleecy or H~rrir~g-HEAVY RAIN NI~wr bunt:) LIGHT RAIN O R DRIZZLE l"'-' CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain} I PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET 1 COMPL E T ELY OVERCAST (Thu.n.d~rstorm.s) HAZE OR SMOG NE OF THE ABOVE C. IF THC: SIG H TING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON? N ONE '~ BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT A F E W MOOH WITH HALO UNKNOWN M,!.NY MOON HIOO~N BY CLOUDS PARTIA L (Ne w or quarter) 0 . I F SIGHTING WAS IN DA'fL IGHT, WAS THE SUN VI..:IBL E7 0 YES 0 NO. I F "YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED THC: PHEN OMENON? IN FRONT OF YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAO(NeM~o~ 1~1 SACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEF T E. 5PC:CIFY THE MAJO R SOURCE OF ILLUMiNAIION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR STREET L A~P. ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMIN 'TlON, SPECIFY OIST A N C E TO Ll GHT SOURCE. 12. GIVE A B~IEF DESCRIPTIO N OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER I T APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETH!::R IT REFLECTE D LtGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION O F 'NHETHER IT WAS SOLID OR TR"NSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF' IT APPEAP.EO AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH o rHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHE R 09JECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. PAGE40C9PAGES u W t-i E" H E WE R t: Y 0 U W !-It: N Y 0 U f. A W T H E PHENOME NON? ( f.J,., 1 f - . rlt~ o ~:.IN.f-SS ~r.CTIO_N_ OF -CI r.Y - f_l A'> f.JA S3t'I'<Gl!R I1N ut-'tN rouN rnY5 1D!: N E A R A I PFIF.LD FLYING OVER rTrY 1 I N AIRPLANE n AS P.IL O T L l AS P ASSENGER FLYING O VE'R OPEN COUt~TRY A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICL E . C OIVIPLETE THE FOLLOWING : f HON F A ST WFH(' ~OU M OVING' WERE YOU M OVING? N HA T DIRECTION SOUT H WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHI L E 0 13SER VINfl THE I NOR T H EAST . SOUTHEAST NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST EXPLA I N WH ~THER SUCH MOVE M E N T AFFECT S Y OUR SKETCHES I N ITEM S 5 AND 6 . DESCRIB E TYPE O F V EHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE O F ROAD , TERRAIN OR BODY O F WAT E R Y O U TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVERTIBL E TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. H O W MUCH OTHER T RAFFIC WAS THERE' DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES! 0 YES ~0. IF yEs. DESCRIBE WHE N THEY WERE I-;; SIGHT RC:LATIVE T O THE TII'.'F. O F S I GHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE T H E Y WERE I N THE SKY R ELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE P HeNOMENON . HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOM E N O N I N S IGHT ? Lf.NG7H O F T IME CERTAIN OF T I M E NOT VERY SURE HOW 'II'AS TIME DETERMINED? WAS T H E P H ENOMENO N IN SIGHT CONTI NUOUSLY? ~YES 0 NO. IF '" N O ."' INDI C ATE WHETHER T H I S I S DUE T O YOUR MOVEM ENT OR THE B EHAV IOR O F THE P H E N OMENON, AND DESCR IBE SU C H MOV!;:M ENT O R BEHAVIOR. INDICATE Dls,;o_ PEARANC E S O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES . '!.t. 'J'~Al A PICrURE THAT Wll.L SHO~ THE SH~PE O F Tt-4E PHENOME'~:> 'f. INCLUDE ANO LAHC::L ANY DLTAILS THAT P-11vHT I MAV:: ~PPEAAEO AS WINGS OR PAO'rRUSIONS, AND INDICATE F.( ... t. UST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INOICATC BY AN ARROW THE OI~C;.CTION THE PHENOMENO N W~S MOVING 1~. N H A T WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTr! 1-.. FRONT OF A KNO'NN OBJECT, SUCH A S A STREET L AMP OR THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVEREO BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD 3i::EN A9LE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIM~TE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENO N WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED B Y THE MATCH HEAO. PAGE. 5 OF 9 PACES N O U Nr<N O WI'o 5 f A.NO .,T I L L A T M~YTIMt: ' SU 0 0 : ~t-V SPEED U P BREA K U P IN PARTS ANO E>CPL.OOE1 CH 'NGE COLOR' GIVE OFF SMOKE? CHANG E BAIGHTN~SS' CHANJ E SHAPE? FLASH O R FLICK E A T OIS.\P P EAR ANO REAPPEAR? SPIN LIKl:: A TOP? MAKE A NOISE? FLU T T E R O R WOBBLE? 14 . tlfHAT DRE W YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHE N O M ENON? A . HOt OlD IT FIN ALLY 8 . 010 THE PHENOME NON ._.OVE BEHIND O R IN FRONT OF SO M E THING, LIKE A CLOUD, T R E E , OR B UILDI N G A T ANY TiME? IF y ES, OESCRI BE. PAG E 5 OF 9 P A GES