PROJECT 10073 RECORD l . LOCATION l . SOUP.CE 10. CONCLUSION 1 . N\I ME\ER OF OBJECTS }robabl e BALLOON ~-LENGTH O F OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SU.IIW~RY ANO AHALYIIS 50 Iiinutes t-. TYPr: CF O!SEAVATIOf'f The observer sighted a bright light to the HNE. After about 50 minutes t he light appeared to drift away and dis~ppear. The ob3crve r thoUBht i t may have been a balloon, however, since his complete address was not given, no further infonna i o 7 . COU~SE Seen io r~-:~ II. PHOTOS 9. PHYSIC AL ~Y.::>!:iC! wa s gathered. SIGHTIHG OF IDERTIFIEO P~EUO~H~ QUESTIO~HAIRE AFH M-17(Cl) DUDOF.T OU AU AP?~OYAL NU)IBE 21 :t:J;JI THI S QUEST!O>:Nt\IRE liAS OEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CA!'f GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATIO N AS P OSS18:...E CONCERNING THE UNIDF.NTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU JIAVE OOSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO .ANSWER AL~ OF THE QUESTiONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL OE USED FOR RESE ARCH PURPOSES YOUR NA'.!:2 .nLJ, .. NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PE";;>'HSSidN. RETURN TO AlR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- p ATTERSC'" AFB, OHIO 45433, I AW ArR 80-f7. ( lF' ADTJITlONAL SHEETS AI~F NEED~D F'OU NARRA TIVF. OR SKET CHES ATTACH .'2CURf:L Y T O THlS FORM OR ANNOTATE IY/1'1( YOUR NAME FOR /DF.NT/1-"IC/1 TION.) I WH:::~; :;,:; "OU SEE THE P H E N O M ENON' YEAR / /, I 2 . WHAT -,~tz:: DID YOU FIRST SIGHl THE PHENOMENON? 3 . WHAT "T'~C: 0!0 YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHEtiOMENON HOUR j_:_-;J MINUTES{-' .. .. -(t!JA.M. OP.M. 4 . TIME ;_-.-.;<: ,.{?fDAY L I GHT SAVINGS [jSTANDARD ('J EAST !0"'1 )::-{CENT~AL O MOUNTAIN O PACIFIC O O THER 5 WHER E ~ERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOM ENON' IF IN CITV , GIVE THE. NEAREST STR!::ET AOOr!E~S ArlO INDICATE ON A HAND :J"tAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE 51 A NDIN G WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN HIE t.:OUNTRY, IDEtlTIFY THE HIGH-N~Y YOU WERE ON OR ~lEAR 1.'10 TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE MlD DIRECTIO'I FROM SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. 5 IWA~ NE v:.u ARE AT THE POIN T S"10WN IN T H E SKETCH, PLACE AN A O N THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW H O H HIG H THE :>,.,:;<J::n .. ~NOII WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON , OR SKYLINE . WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A 8' ON THE SAM E CURVED LIN E TO $'-;)W "':., -liGH ABOVE T H E HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEE'N. 6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU "<>E AT THE CENTER OF THE CO,.,.::> A S<; P.OSE. PLACE AN A ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO T'iE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A s O N THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENO M :!,.,O'< <"HEN LAST SEEN. ; II., THE S<;;TC" 9ELOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION OF TI~E PHENOMI!NON WHEN FIRST SEEN , AND A s AT THE POSI-I.:IN CF T-.:;; PHENOMEN O N WHEN LAST SEEN. COtiiiECT THE " A " AND " B " WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOVE~c;"-r OF 7,..E PHEN O MENON BETWEEN " A " AND o . TH#,T I S, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT AOPEA~E::i -o SC:: STRAIGHT , CURVED OR ZIG-lAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH A S AN EXAI-IPLE OF HOW T O COMPLETE THE LA ::tv ER Stc. E -cH. PAGE 2 OF 'l I"'AG~S \'IH ERE Wi::RE YOU TH~ PHEtlOMENON? ((;hrd, npprqpriatr I ~I DUSIN E"!lS St:CTIO~l RE~IDEN TIAL SECTIO/l or: Cl TY DRI V:::: R 'g) A S PASSE CER IN Of' EN COUNTRYSIOC: NE,t\R AIRFIELD "Fi:vr~G ovER crTv- PASSE~ICF.:R FLYING OVER OPC:N '::OUIITRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE CO~Pt.ETE THE FOLLOWING ":' IR:!CTION WERE YOU MOVING1 HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVI 'l(i' DID YOU STOP ANYTIME W~ll.E PH EI"OMENON' OSSF.RVING THE HO'H - A$T SOUTHEAST NOR-.. "'EST SOUTnWEST ',;{]YES !SXOLAI N ... -!7HER SUCH MOVE).I::NT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHI::S I N ITLM~ 5 A~ID 6 O:!SC~IS - ypE OF VEHICLE YOU WERe 1'1 ANO TYPI: 01' ROAD. TEI"lRAIN OR BODY OF i/ATEP. YOU TRAV!CRSEO STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERT113LF: TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. I '"lOW IJUCH 07HER TRAFFIC WAS THERE> - -------------~ ! \::: VOtJ .. ::-ICE AllY AIRPLANES' [ ]YE!; ~NO. IF y:s. DESCRI91: WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT PELATIVE TO THE Tl'~ld f o;: SlvHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHe~ TriEY WERE. IN THE SI<Y RELATIVE TO THF.: PO:;ITIC:S OF 1.-tE Pt!EI'IOM~NON. i 9 HO~ LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON I N SIGHT1 CERTAIN OF TWE NOT VCRY !".URE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS DETERMINED' AS Tl-'::: "'"''!":';IJEl'.ION IN SIGHT CO~-.. uo:JSLY' ~YES 0 '10. IF "NO.~ INDICATE \IIHETHEq THIS IS OJC TO YOU~ !o''JVE"':::"~ ?"' -v'! 3EHAVIOR Of' Tr-:: ::>,:;~':)MENON. AND DESC~IaE SUCH MOVEIAE~IT OR B EHAVIOR OICATE OISAP- ?EA"''-"::E.: : ~ =>;:>EJfOUS SKETCHES. AFR M-17(Cl) ~ 10. 1~ Ti-lr!l"'! VI!HE IJO~l:: 'HIIIIol 0 .. :: PHlNO~ENO)I , HO' V MANY '~ER:!: Tli E II'!::' PICT<.JI1E TO SHOY! H':>'H THEY WE:R!:: ~ IIR~A!,f J'!.). DID THij t. ANG~toi~NT CHANGE 0~1-ti~C -H~ Sll:il-f ( \1. CONOIT!O'IS (Chec-k nprrn pnuu blvcl.s.) WP..IITH!::R 4 j o.w CUI~ULUS CLOUDS (Low /e,.ry or 1/n riiiR t I n<ILt~H_T --1 CIRRUS CLOUDS (lliKh f ~llc.:;"'T bo'le) l t::o,v TLYCLOIJ')' CUIJU:_O'liMBIJS CLOUD H AZE 0"1 SHOG FOG OR ~1ST HE/IVY P AIN LICHT RAW OC! DRIZZLE ._NOW OR SLEET IJ 1 K N O \VI'! NO~!: OF THE ABOVE ~ :. -.q: S lv"'"'N;i '1'.\S AT TWILIGHT O R tiiGHT, Wt-l.t.T OlD YOU I-IOTICE AnOUT THC SrA~c; ANO IAOO. P t j l H')H ~ >~ BRIC'i-MOONLIGHT N O MOO:'h.I~HT J .. :"!::"I MOON WI T H IIALO UNKHONN I::.;~ l ;.-~11";; ll.\!. lt. DA.VLICHT, WAS THE Sl.iN VISIBLE? 0 YES 0 tiO IF "YES." WHEIIE Wo\ S THE SUN A!> YOU FACED II,{ rAo-.T OF V;)J T O YOUR RIG"'T O VERH E AD(flecrru,<.Jn) jl'l OAC~ 0" YO I TO vo.;R L~"~"T . Ut!IOIO'IIPI t ... S::>FCIF'"' TP-1 loiU~" SOURCE OF ILLUMINATIO N PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING , SUC H AS T H E SUN , j STr.=ET L AW:>, l: rc. FOR Tr:ft"'E:i'rRIAL ILLUio!I~ATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LICHT SOURC:E . HEADLIGHTS OH CI/Z. )o. ')" c:; ,; ... ::-,TION OF THE PHENO'I=:~ON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPE ARED DARt< OR LICHT, WHETHER I T RE,:L~CT !? _ ,._.,. C 1 .. AS SELF-LUMINOUS AN:> >!HAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE 'fOUR IMPRESSIO N OF W1-1ETHER "" t/A." :;~ ... ~ ~P -:'4,..,S?ARENT, WHETHER E;):::;::s .,. ERE SHARP OR FUZZY. D ESCfUn::: THE SHAPE OR INDICATE I F IT APF>!AI'!~:J 4 S A F>:: .. -':)F LIGM'f, ltiDICAT~ c:.uPA~ISONS WITH OTHER OSSERVEO OBJ!:CTS, LIKE STAPS, A L ICHT OR PAGE 4 Or 9 PACt.,-; MOVi! ,,.. A STJitAIOHT l.IHI:7 ;'( i' S'rAHO STP_ L AT ~NYTIMEt " - F L ASH 0~ -;;_tCl(ER1 OISt.PP:i:A~ "'NO R EAPPEAR? A . f-lOW 010 I T FINALLY DISAPPEAR> "'"~':>::NOH MOVZ Scnr.;c 0~ I N FRONT OF 50,..!!:THINC, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR OUILOING AT ANY TIME> PAGE!'\ OF') PAGE<; AFR o0-17(Cl ) 16 . OAAW A .. :CTUR!: TI"AT WILL SHO'N THE SHAP~ O F THE PHENO M E N O N . INC LUO:! AND LABO::L ANY D ETAILS THAT MIGHT HI\VE APPEAR:> A :; WI~IGS O R PROT .. USIONS, A~O I NOICATI: EJ<HAUST OR VAPOPI T .. AILS. INDICATE BY AN ARRO'H THE DIRECTION THE PIC:HOMEN O N WAS MOVING. s 'lik..\o "<(~ -.:. ,..,. . :..a.:. SIZE' HO:...::> c. v I.:~ 4 ! A RM'S L.E,.,GT~ 11'1 FRON T OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LA,..i" C" - . -.. ::;.. ., OT!:! HOW MUC'"' ::;::---:: 03JECT I S COVE ?<::O BY TH HEllO OF THC: MATCH. NO'~ IF YOU HAD OC:I:r. A " -=-. - : ~:: -'-4 THIS EXP=R ... -,.-THE TIME OF THE SI CHTII<>G, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTIO~ OF THE PAG E 6 O F 9 P AGC<; TCLf:iCOPl THeOOOLtl E A. 01 "~.l :: 'A"'IL'r WfAH GLASSES 0 YES .. !_;jtv HES<.t0"1 OF THE SPEE~ OF TH!; PrlE'v~:C' p C:.IV!:. CSTIMATE OF SPEED ; I )' 0 Of,) YOU U';f Rl AOitl(, Cil/S:i!:'$> 19 WHI<T WA:. YliUR 1\IPRE:~SIC~ 0~ THF.: OISTAr;'-f.: O.r-Tit PHE NOMf.N<'tl CtV<'! '.rl\lATF.: OF D'STAtC!::. '--'~ .. _.,:,. 20 n1 O~CJ<:r HAT W!:' MAY OBTAIN AS CL.C::AR A PICTUH Ao$ P'='!'.SitJLE Or \otl-111 I YOU SAW, DES(.HhlC: IN Y~Ut> vW" IH'IClS A COV'-1,:. ~OJECT on OBJECTS WHICH. 'oljHEN PLACED IN TH"' SKY , SIMI:..Afl T"' WHI"PE YOU ~101.(.0 rH~ Pl-lf'IOIIE )!', 1 WOULD"'' ~R SOME llESrt~OLANCE TO W~Af YOU SAW. OESCHIOF SI"II LAR111C$ /''1' I'II'"F . RC'tJCcS B"TW!::CI. THt:: ! CO\!MO'. "''t::CT A,_O VltiAT YOU S t.W. 1 :1 : :' v-,; ~.:-t~!: ~:.y OO:>R, N:-1.:;:, ;::o oi~A T EMANATI"Ci FRO~ THE PHEHO '' i..IIOI. 0~ ANY <"FFECf ON YOUR~fLF, A 010 Ttt; ::..-: " .. :;1~: ;:> CTURB ~t-:: GNOU~IO OR LE/,V!O A,._Y PHYSIC AL EVIO(IICr: : ! ye:,; ::5 IIJ. A F R S(!.-l'i(Cl) ~ L'.)C,.,flOtl. f_j HO. IF "YI:S," OiO o>I-Y !.E'E IT TCO' ~L 1/ I!:'Qfl..; A T IOtl IN~LUOIHG OC<.:U?ATIO H AN::> ANY C:X,~Al'1CE UC!i MJ>.Y OZ PCRTINCNT. ":' v:)J f\F.F"ORT I I'>~ r YOU H.>.;) SIC~I rEO Tit IS F'HEIIO!o'I!H'JNl