rl, O ATE 7 IIole l. SOUP.C t . NllME\EI-OF 01JECTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD l . LOCATION Dradenton, Florida 10. COHCLUIIOH Other t (UNRELIADLE REPORT) .S. L EHc;TH OJ: O!SEAVATIOH 11. !RIEF SUMMARY AHO AHALY&IS 15 -20 r.:ir.utes it. TfPE OF O!l~EAVATIOH Groun:i-Vi3ual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDlHC! SEE CJ\:)'L FilE COi'liNTS s It would seem very strange if a 15 yr old boy could watch sever~l diac shaped objects as strange as he reported f o r a period of 20 minutes and not make any attempt to get witness s to the event. It would also sean strange if an object wero as low es be reported, in a residential area, and be reported by only one ob3erver. 22. HAllE YOU EllE R S EEN THIS OR A SI MILAR PHE N OMENON BEFORE ' 0 Y E S OCATIO N . O. IF "YES, G I V E D A T E AND ,._"4YONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENO ME NO N? 0 Y E S IF " Y E s , DID T H E Y SEt!: I T T007 A . LIST -w:;: ~NAM ES AND ADDRESSE S 24. G IVE THE FOLLOWING I N FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF MAL E FEMALE Pi :>ICA T E ADDITIONAL INFO MATION INC L U DING OCCUPATIO N AND ANY EXPERI E N C E WH I C H MAY BE PERTINENT. 'S 'tiiHEN A"'0 - c ,.0"1 DIO Y O U REPORT THAT YOU H A D SICHTEO THI S PHEN OME N ON ? 26. DATE YOJ C:: >~ -ETEO THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. Sc. ~o c \J q l'lc\ a"1 YEA R J.l:. \ PAGE 0 OF 9 P AGES 27. IN~ORMATION 'MilC H YOU FECL IS PERTINENT BUT WHIC H I S NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING. 1~e o6.)ec.\s.u..e'fe seen u+ \\',30p . Y!.n1CVtll<j-f'r~W1 S o .. :t\, to ~\m-th . c\cs.e Ia t\,e <j'fQv~1.d C-\~eo.J 0"'~ Vhe.Jcev.'IQIVI<."'j the("e .. c;.ov-c\ \=etc) cl u~nC:I -\-\-,,.s i~e tUJc Smctlf objee-1-s u.;e~-t ~.,s,de th~ h"<j o\--,jec avtJ "\""-te,1 t~e b,g cb~ect s'oot s'trc.t~g~t up o+ <.\ qoo<'-<Vlg\e. bi~ cbJ<:'c.~ \oe~ PAGE 9 OF 9 PA(;E., TD?T (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION tAFSC I WRIGHT.PATTE.RSON AIR FORCE B A S E . OHIO 4~433 UFO Jbservation, 17 January 1969 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting whi ch you reported to the Air Force. The information whic h we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation . Reque s t yo~ complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- ad essed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force HECTOR ~ctUINTANiu.A, Jr, Lt Col onel, USAF Chie f , Aerial Phenomena Office Ae~ospace Technologies Division Production Directorat e AF Form 117 v/envelope r \'lould 11k 3 to r o p ort a s i gh ting to you t hat oco- ? 3 ide in front or my hous 8 o bsrvin3 th~ const9ll~t .Vhsn from t h e south camtt a br i Eh t b:J.ll th:1. t app- , ... :-ttd to b:> a bout the sizct ot ::1. ,,u:a.rtor h~ld out a t il ::-::Ja lGngUb snd a bout u.s br 1gh t. as a. c a r s hl>3.dl1t:h t S b~n from t wo blocks ..t.W'.iy.\Jhen I ! i r s t spott()d ths o".:Jjsot. i t w::ts a t a 60 d~gri3G olovl.tion from t htJ hor - 1 '!.On and moving to',-1ards th~ n orth (i. t t hfl s.::J.m~ s paed ~3 a n a1rpl~na aa3n ~t night. It v1a.a moving tot~ards t hoi n orth whGn all or u s~dd&n 1t stopp~d ~nd hov3r e d 1n t h ' oast.Aft~r ra-I ~a inin3 at~tion~ry t or about a c1nut~ i t turn9d a n orJ.ns~r~ 1n c olor :J.nd oj30t3d t\'10 ov1.l objoct s nd tho oth~r,1n succ e s 3ion !rom th3 objocta s 1do.Aft~r do1n thi s t h a o bjoct turne d tack t o its or1g1n~l color,'.vhit~,and continu~d t o r oma.in t1on:t.ry.Aftar th~t t wo o v:tl objoct s w..)r o ajoct~d thay t o o r.,n a 1n9d motionlGss f or :1. f(}-:,1 soconde and t~jn L n circl ling t h big or o bjoct.Aftor circling t bi~gor o b j a c t twice th3 two sn1a l lor o b j 9 c t s c~me ba c k t o th~ir orlgin~l po~i t ion. Ono t h i n b 1 f ailod t o mont&on o arli;,r \"i3.B th~t thl t 'IIO am-:tll o v.J.l o b j - w~ro n bou t on~-fifth tho s izo th~n t h 3ir b iggu r co~panion.After rdm~ining in t hGir orlgin~i position t or a f~w sGo~nda ono o r tho sm~ll ova l o b j Gcts c~-~n t o i ncr&as9 i n s i za, thon 1 f 1n3.lly raaliz~d 1~ wa s moving tow~rds me . Abou~ half a ulock do~m th~ stre$t from QY hous 3 art so~ woo d s , a n d this obj~ct hovJr~d from 50- l OOrt. a -=o r.!-1-F.a s o wo o<rs-:-:rr..- a r:t-1 t -'t.ocrk- t h $ - o b:] ~from tto2- t:~=:~t.-~-to-mov~ tz-:>m its po s ition in th$ s ky t o its p . l.s~c. t o t h 3 s iz~ o! a f o otba l l hJ':lld out a t a r ms ,.:_-~a sof t Hhl tiJ .cl o'IT. l,.hilo th~ obj e c t ,,;~s hov~r1ng j :"'_:.:: h ' 1r " t:.::~t h ummi n t: e ound, l i k o t h 3 sound ~- ~ : r= o f ti : ru~kG.AftJr hovering o v3r t h o woods f=~ ~ l~dt f i7D ~inut~ s i t w3n t t:~ck to r ojoi n th~ o:~-7 ~=~ll r co nion wh i c h sJemJd to b~ ~titing ! o:-- 3 o t hsr t o ret urn. Afte r ra ininv its ori- ;"' 1!' . .:.1 pos i t l on ir. tlD sky t h " t wo sm:t llnOb joct a ,11ew.t lr.~ lo:-'l tho b tgsl}r objoct o.r.d r~m-a:1nln-; mot i on l e s s f o r a f ~.; 'iiur'o e o conds i t s h o t str~l c-h t up a n d rl izn.ppr~ nl!d nto ':.~G n l r h t Blcy . :~ilg this incidJ n t .:~-roin,J on Jid nsitt13 r of t h e t~"lr.l.+ o b j-::cts blink or flic knr .Lh a condition o f he r!.y H'lS cloud l'3ss ?.nd clo:ir a n d 1 di d n i f t~<H'.:ot '1.., 9. moo n or not. Tha r 1. Jr;') no o th3r o ljoac t a i n tha sly n t th3 t lr.Jo . An l th'> n tire incidont lJ.stJd from fift n to t~anty ~1r1ut~a.1hore wor~nt ~ny un- UD'.J.l fll h t c hlrJ.cto rls tics m~<.! .l by th.l o b J ... c t D o r ~ny sh~rp ri~ht a n glo turn~s.~nclos~d is a sk~tch of wh~t I sa\i. _f you n~ed ~ny mor~ i~form~tion th3n that which 1 encl.os~d in this lettor t o b~lp you ovalu:>. to , h3.t I saw pltJ:a.s-J l~ t m.:~ kno,11 b~ c.aua~ 1 am quitlll p'..!z:.l'd o.t wl:_at I s avJ and I t-rould lik~ to find ~ut ''>!:Jot it is that I !R:J.lly \vitness~d. Your t'!IP2.J to this lot t'3r will be f;rsatly ap;.- r~c1:tt3d. Sinc&r~ly, SIGHTING OF U~IDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIO~HAIRE BUDGET RUHEAU APPROVAL /\'UMBER 21 .H'J5iJ THIS QUESTIO:-.'\\IRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO TIIAT YOU C AN \.IVE THE U.S AIR HHKE AS /.IUCIIINFOR:.IATION AS POSSIBLE CO''::ERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PIINO:.:ENON TIIAT YOU IIAVE OJJsr..:RVEn. PLI::ASE TRY TO ANSWER ALL; Or THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU Ci!Vt-: \\II, L BE USED FOR I~ESEARCII f'URPOSFS YOUR NA\IE ,lf'!LL :-tOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITII ANY OF Yotm STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WJTIIOUT YOUR PF.RM.S !c{'i RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FCH~ FOt<WAROIN\, TO FTD !TDETR). WRIGHT PATTERS()'\ AF71. Jrll 0 45433, I AW AFR 80-fl. (IF A not Tf()Nt\ I. SIIF:r;TS ARI Nlil:nr:o FW? NAI?f?A Tl V OR SK F.TC/If~.S ATTilCif S.-n.~-C..Y TO T1/IS FONM OR ANNOTA'J'/~ 111'/'11 YOUR Nt\Mf: 1-'0U tnl-:NTIFICATION) I WHEN DID YOIJ s::E THE PHENOMENON> 2 \YH .1\T 111>'C: :J;) YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON> 3 WHAT TIMS: C .::l YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON> 4 . Tlt.'E ZO,._E ( ]DAYLIGHT SAVINGS J STANDARD [J EAST Ell, O CENTRI<L n MOUNT Alt. r j PACIFIC f ! OHICR !> \OtHER~ ~E.R~ ~u WHE N YOU SAW THE PH_E_N_O~II:NON> I F INCITY civt-THENEAfH.ST SfR!:.ET ADORESS_ A_NoiNOiCATF: 011 A HAI'oD 0~4"" MAP WHERE:. YOU WERE STI\NDING WITH REFERENCF TO THE ADD~FSS IF ltl THE '=OUNTRY. IDE~ITIF f THe 'iiCHWAY YOv "'tRE O N OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE:. A~y_DIRE:.<;.T~ON FROM SOME RECOGNIZAB~E LAtlOYA~Y I) 1\ol-\1'~ ~:: YO..J A?:. AT T HF. POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH. PLACE AN " A ON THE CURVED LIIIF. TO SHOH HOW HIGH THE p, ':>l-':":>' S ASOVE THE HORIZON OR S'<VLINE WHC N FIRST S!:.Erl PLACE A 3' O N THE SAME CURVED LINE TO SHOI'I' ,.,., ,.. :,-~90VE THE HORIZON T"C: PHE.'l':>MENON WAS WHe.N LAST SEEN OOSERVLR .., 6A. N O> IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE" AN " A " ON THE COMPASS T O I NOICATC TilE OIRECTIOI'< T O T'4Z PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN PLACE A " D " O N Til: CCIMP ASS T O lllOI<.ATF THE OIREC r1011 T O THE PIIF'N0"'E."0~ W'iEN L AST SEEN . 7. 1'1 T"iE SETC-< 9ELOW, PLACE AN "A" AT THZ POSITION OF rHf" PHFN O M E N O I I WIH'N FIRST SEEI~ /oliO A "8" I'T THE POST 0'1 OF T~E: F'HI!NOMENON WHEN LAST SEE' COHNEC r THC " A " AIIO e WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE ""HE MO'. :;;ME'T OF -HE PliENOME N O N BETY.EE::' "A" A'IO "0" . THAT I S, SCHCM/, rtCALLY SHOW WHCTHER THE OVEM!;.NT c,oPE~I'i!O T::> BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFEH TO St>~ALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAMPLE. OF HOW TO COMPLFTE TtiE L .t,q::; E~ S<ETCH. a . / WHERE WERE YOU WHE N YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON (Chr.('l.. upprnJiriatr blnr.l..s.) IN BUILD'~------------------ ---+ '\) IN RESIDE NTIA L SECTION OF CITY IN CAR 0 AS DRIVE R 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD IN AIR=>L.I;~E 0 A S PILOT [J AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY I F YOU WERE I N A VEHICLE, COMPLET!" THE FOLLOWING HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING> WH.A'7" :=!I;:(ECTION WERE YOU MOVING' SOJT.., WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVIN G THE NOR- ..,:OAST SOUTHEAST NORi~'>~EST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN Wn::THER SUCH M O V E M ENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITE MS 5 AND 6 DESCRIBe T""'E OF V EHICLE YOU WERE I N AND TYPE OF R O AD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURIN G THE SIGHi!t.G. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE U? OR OOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? Ol D YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES> 0 YES rl; NO. IF yEs. DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN 51GHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME OF SIGHTING THE PHE N OMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE: POSITION OF THE PHENOMENO N . 9 . H O W LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? LE"-G:~ o= ""'e: ACERTAI~t oF TIME NOT vERY suRE 5-20 ffiLOues '\( FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A G~U_E_ss -:----! HOW 11AS I I lifE OETERMINl;Q,? Vl/nel'\ J: WI.! I"\ f ovfdoo (' 5 ~ f-WO <; \\: ?,C 'Then I...V~e '' ':t u.;G n T WAS --4~ ?-<:N::lM ENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY~ .Cll YES 0 NO. IF No.~ INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE T O YOUR MO'. EI--::~T C<> THE BEHAVIOR OF THE "'HENO'-!EN ON, AND DES-CRIOE SUCH MOVEM E N T OR <lEHI\VIOR. INDICATE DISAP- PEARA'I::ES 0'1 <=>REVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PACES 10 IF THERE WERE MORE THAN O N E PHENO M ENON. HOW MANY WERE THERE? CRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY YIFRE' A RRANGED. 010 THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING T~IE SIGHTitiG> 11. CONDITIO N S (Chctk orpropriatr /,/orks.) A . SKY a. WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS (l.oufluffy) FOG OR MIST / TWILIG!-- t-;jEAVY RAI.N CIRRUS CLOUDS (l(j1:h {lccr.y nr 1/errin~: NIGHT bone) LICHT RAI N OR DRIZZLE .I CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rni,/ ~tAIL PARTLY C:..OUOY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS / StiO'H OR SLEET vl,!:o:..E-E.:..Y OVERCA ST (Thuncirr.IMms) UNKNOWN 1 C. IF T,.. SlvH":'ING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR N l:>'iT. WHAT DIO YOU N OTICC ABOUT THE STARS _r-._N_O M_O_O_N_'------------------i ( 1) STARS (2) MOON I NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT \ N O MOON LIGHT IN FRONT O F YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Ncar twon) jiN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT ::.SPECIFY T~! MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATIO N PRESENT DURI N G THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S T H E SUN, H E ADLI GHTS OR STP!::::T ~AM'"'. !::TC. FOR TERRE,STRIAL I~LUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. I \ ih~ o,'TlCjC( Sov .ce ~ ,\\vrnLnc-(tiO''l O..V(.:S c.~ stre~t \ )'\? :.;..,'n\<11..LJetS et\ac-vt t)Q~ IZ Gl'l~ A a~"!:F DESCRI PTIO N OF THC: P11!NOM~"'ON, INDICATING WHETHER I T APPEARED OARK OR LICHT, WHETHER IT ?:::~;c:-;:::; - IGHT OR WAS SELFLU~ l't~US AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR I MPRESSION OF WHE THER IT~:..; S O\..'::-Cl'! TRANSPARENT, WH~T ... ER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUllY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT AP:>~,oRe::: ..:.~A POINT OF LIGHT. I'ICIC:ATE COMPARISONS WIT H OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT O R 07,.C:R C9JE ; T ll'< YOUR FIELD OF VI~." \\ne p'-i2r::mencr'l c1pp.:-~,red tc. c_)~ve of~ d-~ c..vn L r.\hY'oO<jkbv+ ::: ~cc.'-'fence I. o.1\y \1u\-"e-~J "\-UJo ceJ\ o ;-sJ !J..J\,Itc QVlc:;,f v-ecl. J O.Vlc.\ l-\,e t~,..~.~o ~.-l'lcJ( ob) eci.s. Lvev e o t'etls. l.Ctme c\ o ...... '.<.:J.v:CJ hoV~r-.eJ ovev-$\C>Y!e. Voo-<-oc\.s.A~-Ier .:.lo \\7Cj iltot \'t u.-E'rtt \c:~<.K I MOVE I N A STP,),I<i'"'T LINE> STAN O STILL AT A'IY T I ME> SUDDENLY S"'E~:> uo A N D nuN AWAY> OREA!< UP I"< :.:..,-s .AND EXPLOOC' CHANGE C01.. ::l"<' C HANC.E e:.t ,1'1ESS> CHANuE S,...A..,_ FLA SM OR n.O::.<ER' O ISAPPEA." '":.REAPPEAR> SPIN LIK~ A T::>P> MAKE A N O IS"' FLU TTER 0~ '"09BLE1 14 . WHAT 0 tE~ YOUR ATTENTION TO T H E P H E NOMEN O N > Wo+'nni:.J 1eC\\\t Jrev.: tny ar\-e.ntlo{l 1-o \tJ I ~c.s jvc::~ A HOW DID IT FINALLY OISAPPCA R> B. D l:l - ~:: ~-~..;;)oJ!,ON MOVE BE111to.D C~ l'o "'PONT O F SOMETHING, LIKE A C LOUD. ",. r C 'E~ ""ij ; "'"YEs,-DESCRIBE. 15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW TilE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS. AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICAYE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PHEN O MENON WAS MOVING. 1& ,..., ... T w;.:; -H:: ANGULAR SIZE? HOL_, A MATCH AT A R M'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LJ>V;> 0~ -.. ~ lo'OON. NOTE H0\11 MU ::;H OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD a:::: ... "':-~ - o ?ERFORM THIS EX?:. o~::-.T AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE Pt..,E:~O'-<:: ~ON WOULD HAVE B~:::N ::CVE"'EO BY THE MATCH HEAD. \