PROJECT 10073 RECORD 5 or 8 Jan 69 rliemohis, Tennessee l . S\lUP.CE 10. CONCLUSION Other; ( CONFLICTING DATA) t . HliMi\ER OF ClJECTS Returned AS' Form 117 docs not agree with information given to t e One duty officer either i n date or duration. 5. LE..,CTH OF 0 5SERVATIOH 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AHO ANALYSIS Conflicting t.. TYPE OF OliSERVATiotf IJrol.!r.d-Vi~ual I' COURSE SEE CASE FilE . 22. HAVE YOU EVER S!::EN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE> UYt::~ fJ NO. II-"YEs, GIVE DATE AND 23. WAS ANYONE W -~ "~IJ AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHE N Oio4EtiON YCS 0 NO. I F yes, DIO THEY SEE IT TOO> @YES C)~o:> 4\40 ADDRESS OCCuPATIO N AND ANY EXPERIENC E WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT T TnA.T YOU IIAO SIGHTED THIS PHENOMCt~ON' MONTH ~L::~J- YEAR tJ. .-"' I PAGE 6 OF 9 PACtS 2 7 . IHFO,.MATIOH 'fi'HICH YOU FEEL I S PERTINENT BUT WHICH I S HOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUE-STIO~IlAII>F ALTI!: .. HATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE E XPLAN'ITIOH OF T H E SI GHTING . \iA. NON IHAGINE YOU A~E AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPAS<; ROSE:. PLACE AN .t. O N THE COMPASS T O IND I CATE THE DIRECTI O N TO THE P H E N OME N ON VIIHE N FIRST SEeN. PLACE A a O N THE COMP ASS TO INDICATE THE Oli'IECTION TO THE PH ENOMEUON 'JIHEN LAST SEEN. ., I N TriE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AI~ A A T THE POSITION OF THC P H E N OM E N O N WHEN F IRST SEEN , AND A e AT THE OSITIO N OF Tt!E P~IENOMENON WHE N LAST SEEN . CONNECT THE A AND e WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE OVEI-IEN7 OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A AND "B". THAT I S, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMEI~T A??::::AI'IE;;) TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVE D O R ZIG-ZAG. REFER T O SMALLER SKETCH A S A N t::XAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LAFHiC~ S'<ETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES (C:hcrk "flV" prict: hl ; -; '" : WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THI::: PHENOM IONl OUTOOC'\5 :rli DUStlh .. SS S"''::TIOS OF C!7Y -:...... IN RESfoENTIALSEC.TIO'I OF CITY il A S DRIV E R 0 AS P ASSE~IGER I N OPEN COU'ITFdSIDE N EAR AIRFIELD 0 A S ~As:;ENGER c 0 A S PILOT FLYING OVER CITY F L YING OVER OPE N COUNTRY IF YOU WERE I N A V EHICLE, COMPLETE T H E FOLLOWING: O IRECTION WERE YOU H O W FAST W'"RE '(\IU MOVHIG SOU':' ... WEST DID YOU :;TOP ,-NY'iiMO:: WHILF 09S!:R'/IN G THE:. PHEIIO M!NON HO't-..,~AST SOUTHEAST ~loR-... ~EST SOUTH'NEST "'"'!THER SUCH AOVEMENT -\FFECTS YOUR S~'ETCIIES I N IT!:.~:; S At.C 6 ~!SC~I;JE -vpr: OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE O F ROAD, TERRAII'o OR UOO OJ" WATEr! YOU T==>AVEP'IEO ~liAI'IC: I T 15. SIG,..-... G. STA T E WHETHER WI NOOk S OR CONVEI1TIEILE TOP WERE UP OR 00',\N. ~ HO-' t.tUC'-' OTHER TR4FFIC WA$ THERE> ~., "'0U .. 0 " 1C E ANY AIRPLAI'I!::S> QY~i .-.NO. IF " YES. " DE:;C~19 e WH~tl THCY WER F IN StG"iT RELATivt-; T O PtE T "~": ':JF ~IG'i":' lt.v THE P HF.N O MENON AND ..triERE,~C:Y 'NERC: IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO TH!:: POSITIOI OF THE PrtC:-o:l:.<C:H':>t~. '1-\ ' -_.e: "'"""'":."'!"fON I N SIGHT C o ... --..01.;5LY nvES rj '10 IF " NO.-ltiOICATE WHET"'E" THI'; IS CII.JE r-:> VOl P "':lV:!.-!~'--: -...,E 9EHAVIOR OF-,..;: ::>J:;. \4ENOtr.="'NO O~C~ BE SUCrl MOVEU E'IT OP 9E~AVI0<{. I~:OIC~>T<. Ol';~n '10. I f" "Oii!~iZ \"ti!~E ~O~E THA>I ON'! P H!:N0'.4>-10)1, HOW MANY WERE YllERE' ORAIY A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE II A,l,j),l'f~.!D. t>l';) THI'S ARPtAHCI!:IHtNT CHANGE DUrliNG THI! SICHTING> CONDITIONS (Chuk o;>proprinte block f.) S K '!' a. WEATHER CAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (/,ow fluffy ) j ;.~:-of'! FOG O R MIST I...-HEAVY RAIN PA~TLY CL:::.::f'!' COloil'"l;:;:TZ:LY OVERCAST CIRRUS CLOUDS (High fleecy or lferrir:g NIMBUS CLOUDS {Ruin) CU'IULONIJ.IBUS CLOUDS (Thund~ rs lorm.s) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE SIIOW OR SLEET HONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO '1001/LIGHT )<', .\ Fl::W MOON WITH HALO \,/ UNKNOWN , D. IF SIGHTING \'<AS IH DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISISLE1 0 YES 0 NO. IF "YES, WHE~E WAS THE SUtl AS YOU FACED T.;: PHE~OMENON? jiN F'~ON r OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAO(NeMMO~ ; I N SAC)( OF YO.J TO YOUR LEFT E $?ZCt"'Y TI-'C: .lo:AJO~ SOUHCE OF ILLUMINATIO N PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, STl\::;T LA.t.o!P , fTC. FOR TEnRESTRIAL ILLUMI)ofATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOUqCE. H E ADLIGHTS OR 1: ~IVE A :ilf<tZF :::e:>.:"!IPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT .>.PPE-'~ED DARK OR LIGHT. WHETHER IT ~EFLf:C ~ Z.:l u;:;..,-OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS ANO WHAT COLOP.S YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT iiA'i S O'..'O ::;~ -~ ... ~SPAHENT, WHETHO.::R E DGES 'ItER!: SHARP OR FUZZY. OESCI'UBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE If' IT AP;:>::<~.,o!O \S ~ ? 0 NT OF LIGI-iT. I NDICATE COM?ARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHE'l 03JCT YO'JP. FIELD,OF V~W.(} ll. O-S-{1 ld ;J I.~ PAG E 4 OF 9 P AGES AFn P.0-17(Cl) OISA?PE~.:> .. ~:> RZAI?EAR1 A.. HO'.f 010 '':' FINALLY OISAPPE~R~ /i ".:'I 'ION MOVE 8 :'1:> 0~ ' "' FAONT 01' SO\.i~T,..INC, LIKE A C LOUD, TREE, O R B UILDING A T A!-;Y TINE TYPE. "1~.:~. :_tN~ ?kE:SCRIPTION OR OTHER ;'p;>LtCABL~'" DATA. - I -~:.-:-I TCLESCOPE 1 ().,-;o.C"' ,-.ArmY.,.LAHGLA'i'iES' [']YES eooyouuscr~.ACIINCG~;ssES' -[jvC"S(_j":iO-i 18 l .:-;-;,.;: 'OUR j;:,;;l:SsiO'~ OF Ttl~ SPEECOF I '1:: ' ' 1J WHAT WA'i fOIJR-IM">Pi:.s~Ot-1 Uf l'Ht--Dl:;f . .\Nr~t 01 Tt'r --f 2v IN OR" ,:P Ttii,T \YC I1AY OUTAIN AS CLEA R A P ICTURF. A C.::>"' "'OBJF.CT OR OUJECT S WHICH, WHEN PLACED WOUl.Ci i:e.\1< SOMF' HCSFMBLANCE TC WHAT YOU SAW. CO'..IIIOS 0:-tJE:CT ANO WHAT YOU SAY!. A'i PC3SI!JL':: OF WHII r yru Sr. . . OE!:>CRib!. IN YOUR 01'-N WO.:!..., IN TltE S.<Y, SIMILAr! TO '/HI"'H:: YOW NOTED Till:. PHEPIOI"!:IlOtJ, orsr RIDe SII~IL ARI Tl1 AND CIF'FFRFN(.ES o>'T>'f CN TIIF : :, : 'IY ODOR ,o ,;;: ,:.::> "iEA T F MAPIATIN G FllOI.' THF PHENO\\::ri':IN Ort ANY Ei"F"ECT 0'1 YOJR ,r.Lr. A. DID T'tE. :.-_.,-.,.=:.,:r. r'l~.rUH!3 TnE GF>OU~IO Of! LE'AVf. AllY P HYSICAL E.VIOrNC', [! YJ.:<.. ~ (tiO. F El.l.'\L E I \O~t T H j :~,.CAT~:. Y.:>IJ C0'( r"l.f-::-'oil S OUF.St'l(l~N-.tR!':. PAGE 8 O F 9 P'C.ES TD?T (UFO) D EPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV ISION f AFSC) WRIG H T -PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433 UFO ~:.servation, 8 l<'ebruary 1969 nnessee 38122 Ref-~ence your recent ~nidentified flying object sighting which you ~eportcd to the Air Force. The information which we have received is not suf'ficien t for a scientific investigation. Request. you ~omplete the attached AF Form 117 and ret.urn i t in the self- ddressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to t he Air Force . HECTOR QUINTANILLA; Jr', Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHEHOMENA QUESTIOM~AIRE BUDGET BUREAU APrROVAL NU+lDF.R 21- R158 Till~ Q\JE~T!O~:'\;IRI. liAS OEEN l'I~EP,\REO SO TIIAT YOII C'AN GIVE TilE U. S Am FORCE AS :0.11JC'IIIN F OI<'.1AT ION AS P\)SSliii~E CO:"CER~ING Til E UKII)ENTIFIED I'III~N()\IFNON TIIAT YOU IIAVE OOSERVEO. PI.I-~A~I ; TJ<Y TO A:-IS\\'F.I~ ,\L~. n;. TIIF. QUESTIONS TilE INFOI~:-.IA'IION YOU G IVE WILL BE USED FOR I?ESEARCII PURPOS I.S \'l't .. ii.... :-.iOT Hf'. USFD I N CONNECTJ0:-.1 WITII ANY OF YOUH STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS \\'ITIIOUT \'Olll~ JLR'I 1:-; I..!ETURN TO AIR FONCE OASF. INVESTIGATOR FOI? FOHWARDING TO FTD (TDETI~). WRIGIIT P 1\ TTER-;0:\ .. .., ) II 0 4 5433, lAW AFR 80-f7. ( I F A I>DI T/ON/11. S/1/~F.TS AHF NRIWFW FOf< NIII<UA T/VH. Of? SKI~ TC/1/~S ATTACli ~L::;c.., l }'TO TillS FOHM O R ANl\'OTATF. 11/TH YOCIU 1\'IIMI~ FOU II){.;NTIFICATION.) 3 YoH AT Tl~..!c 0 Y O U l ASl SI GHT THI! P>iC:NOM ENON' _.,. MINUTE"'S...-2~ 4 TIME zc .. :: . / L]D"-YLtGHT SAVINGS l I~TANDARD [ 1 E.ASTEr::"l Nce:NTRAL QMOUNTAIN r !PA CIFIC I !OTHER ~, HE.q:: ,,,:j;"'-~U--W-H_E_U.;;.;;.YOU S A- W THt:: Pr-'ENOt.' E NON' IF iN-CITYCtVl lHCNt:ARESTSTRCFT ADDRESS AND tNDiCA1r:: 0;-;- A "':11::! ;:-:.: ~MAP YI H!"qE YOU wcq~ s-.:. OtNC WI rH REF'EREIICl. TO THE ADDRE'i'> tr IN rttl: '=OUNTRY. IDCNTtF'Y THC h,c.,n .;" f-'I.F.R E O N "R IIEAR AND rqy TO FIX A DISTANCE ANO D IHFCTION FROM SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LAN O "'' ARI' ,; 1".\"I'IC v::;J .;~!:AT THE POINT SH0""4 1"4 THE SKE.TCH, PLACF AN A O N THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW IIOW lOCH THC o,..;;,'IO '!I:"'':l" N ,\S AOOVE THE HOPI:~"<. 0~ SKYLINE WHCN FIRST $EEN. PLACl. A a Otl THE SAIAE CURVED LtriE TO S'"'::l' ~O'--::"l ABOVE TH!:: HORIZO,-E Pr'EN O M E N O N WAS WHE N LAST SEFN . 6l\. N >W IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER or: TliE COMP AS'> ROSE. ~L ACt:: Atl A ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE OIRECTION TO THE Pt'F.NOMENON WHE~ FIR!>T SEEN. PLACE A " d " ON 1 H E COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE f>HE~IOM ENOI'I WriEN LAST SEEN . 7. 1'1 71-'l:: S'<F"TCH OFLOW, PLACE Atl A AT THE POSITIUtl OF THE PHC:tiOMFNON \\HE N FIRST S!OEN, AtiO A a AT THE POSITION O F THE PH!:NO\IENON W'iEN Ll,ST SEEN. CONNt;;.CT rHE " A AND a WITH A LINE T O APPROXIMATE: THE MOVc.');!NT OF THE PHENOMENON BET WEEN A AND " B " . THAT I S, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEM E N T ;'.F-P:.A?ED TO bE STRAI(;HT, CURVEO O R Z IG ZAG. REFE:~ TO SMALLER SKET C H AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETC PAGE 2 OF 9 P AGES AFH HO-J7(CI) WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE r>HE~IOMENONt (f.ltttl. "i'l""l''i't /[,.,-h,.) OUTDOOns IN OUSINESS SrC.TION OF C ITY IN riESIDt:HTIAL SECTION OF C ITY [j AS PASSENGER Ill Of>Ctl COUNTRYSIDC IN C,>~l 0 A S DRIVER IN '3=' 7 NCAR AIRFIELD FLYIN G OVER Of'EN COUNTRY H O W I AST WER~ YOU MOVING' >'ohl,-:: "'ECTION WERE YOU MOVING' 5; ..JT 1 WEST OlD YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING TH~ NOi'IT"'f AST SOUTHEAST ~ .:l R " :;; ST SOU T tiWES T EXPLAIN ~r c-rHEA SUCH MOVI:;MENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEM :; 5 ANO & DESCRI.Jc. -"'"'E O F VEHICLE YOU WE~E II AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIII OR BODY OF WATCR YOU TRAVERSED DURI N(, T~-SI~H-' .i. STATE WHETHER WINQOV,S OR CONVERTI9LI" TOP YwEHE UP OR DOWN . HOW ~.o\UCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE' ~!)YOu N071CE ANY AIRPLANES> IS('YES C) NO. IF "YCS," DSCqiU~ WIH' N THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVC: TO THE TIMf. ':);:' S)G,.,olr-:~ 7HE PHENOM E NON A N D oiHE~:: 1 HEY WERE 1~1 TIH SKY R~LATIVE TO THE POSITIO'I OF THE P14CNOMHl0 ' 1, HOr-LONG VIAS TilE PHENOMCNON I N SIGH f? '.j' )' (_,~,. FAIRLY CF~TAIN 0-;;oT ~ERY SURE---- JUST A GUE!>S 'o'i~S -:-~<:: p.,;.,-vE"ON IN SIGHT CO~ t.!O',t~'A::"T 0" --:; !li::HAVIOR OF T"E '~')..!SL'~-' nYES (VitO IF No, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS OUC TO YOJR -:>E'IO"'ENON, AllD O!:.SCR 3E SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE OISAD 10 I F THERE WEHE MOJ'IE THAN O N E PHE~IOME NOtl. HOW MANY WERE THERE:> Ol'lAW A PIC TURE TO SHOW H O N THEY WePt." ARRA NGED. DID TOilS ARkANGE MEtlT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING> II. CONOITIONS ( f :hcck approprrutr IJloc:ks.) A. SKY B. V/CATHI::R