; a L OCATION PROJ~CT 1:,0)/J i~ECORO T v: ins hur c-;, Ohio Possible AIRCi~AFT ~1. NUM~E.~ C:F ~4JECTS A lette r \vas sent t o the '~,insburc Pol ice infonnation on ~he 3i(~hting, ho\~'evcr this reqw=:: s t inz office hnn not 5. LEHC.TH OF .:.lSERVATIOH 11. BRIEF ~UMMA:tY AM:> ,\NALY51$ t o past reports of Aerial Advertizi;-,_z~ The obsorvor sisht e d a ovdl shaped object thnt had red an~ ~. 'tlhite li:.:;hts around it. Tile observer also reported th9.t .:r.:n~':r.J: G::-ou~d-Visual '~. PrlOTO$ i 1 . PhY11CAL EV!O~r4C~ meuoers of t he Twinsburg Folice Dept., also saw t he objoct. ) FTD ~E,. l C-';:"J (TDc) 17 010 Y O U 083t:.RVE THE PHENO M E NO N T HROUGH ANY OF 1 HE FOLLOWING " TYPE, FIL T EP., LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHEn APPLI C ABLE DA1' A . AFH R0-17(Cl ) INCLUCH:; INFORMATION O N MOllLL, SUNGL ASS~S BINOC U LAHS EYECL AS3f.S WINO<iH'':.~-TELESCOPE THEODOLITE SlOE WI~:'~' ; p VEHICLE H~ IYHAT ,J>: ""':'JR IMPRES!; IvN OF THE SPEED OF THF. 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSIO N OF THE DISTANCE OF T H E r H E NO M E N O N ? GIV E ESTIMATE OF DIS1ANCE ,_),~.rt,:. ,:;,~ 2 0 . IN O~C:;:P- :.7 WE MAY OBTAI N AS CLEA R A P I CTURE AS f>OSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORD::; A C Or.l'l:l.., ._'s ... =:CT OR OBJEC T 5 WHICH, "'HE N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMIL A R TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHEN O M EriO N , OULD of~.~ SOM E R(S!::MOLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFE R E N CE:S BETWEEN THE COI.I~ON CSJ-::C T AND WHAT YOU SAW. -.-':)-U-~i-----,-C-E-A~Y ODOR, NOISE . OR H:-AT -~-NATING FROM-THE:. PHt='NOM E tlOI' ~ ' S C~ M,\CHI..,FRY IN Th::-VICINI -Y' :,_: '(E.,S ( J NO. IF "YE,:,, D E SCRIBE. OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, PAGE 7 OF 9 P A GES l2. HAVE YOU EVER ~E:EN Tt-115 OR A SIMI LAR PHE N O M E N O N B~FOHE ~vJ YE:.S [J NO. I F yf:':z, .. GIVE DATE AND 23. WAS A NYONE WIT-' YOU AT T H E TIME YOU SAW THE P H E N O MENON YES 0 NO. I F "YES, 010 THE.Y SEE IT TOO? 2~ . E FOLL WI N G INFORMATION A BOUT YOURSf:.LF UOING o:CUPATION AND ANY EXPERI E NCE WHIC H MAY BE PERTINI:.NT. 25 ..VHE~ .G.'-o~ IC. Y-C.., ::>. YOU RErORT TI-'AT YOU HAD SIGHTCD THIS PHENO M E N ON? PAGE. 6 OF 9 PAGES AFH RO-l7(CJ) 2 1 UH'ORMATION .H:":r' YOU FEF L I S P ER11Nc N T U U T WHIC H I S N O T ADEQUATELY ALTERNATIVELY P R OVIDE A NARRAfiVE E X PLANATIO N OF TH~ SIGHTING. COV . HEO I N THIS OULSTIONNAinr . P A v 9 OF 9 P AGLS lndey , F ebruary l7, J96:J, r t P b out 6:'~0 Pl't , th~re rasa r rom t .,,~ fall o i :.z: thci.r f<!71'1 'y co.r, end r:1ore r-! -~rte:l cru1 sers. P:-1.trol1!1cn rr'..lter G.ccutt, O.t. t .:crs . L:1e disturb-nce recov..:.r;; tried to r etrelve uurjn g t h i s t.LI. ~, my r:;other hntl c;on,:J out, Hnd had seL.n D.LC l.U!'0 Pc..l:.terson, :~nd ~d inforn. J'l('\ of it. v ~.u~ble ''t.lCr.e cs t'e r~:; on s I am 19 yr~. ~ld. :t l e ~' s e r e t.u 'll re:~ce 1 v i ne; info rn~a tj ()!1, our o r e n , f'!.nd . [ . . rcoort j tl ent- rll-tJY'eo..-t;::.i~ c ould cl nb our lu2_;c'.l y Otlr tl .1 .... "Ce p<irtmcn :. : ..\erial Phenor.tP-na 7lr3ncc t3 L'l ~:eceint of n Uro renor t !'roo T"~ . .;i:t:,;bu r g , Ohio t'or 17 . .?e b l)o9. 2,'!-le obser1~tion state~1 that. a t acout. 6 : 40 P . M. lo al ti:ne 3fnre r a l Dcoole i~ ".he '1\.i n s - bur~ 3 rea si.9'1ted ~ wni te o~)Ject teat. d r-~d 1:! hr..:; s:Jrroutl i:1t-, i~. ~ t;ues-c i:1for~:u:1~1on l f your o.(!'i.::~ rect!lv:-.:..1 '"'CY :;ii.li~3r -:~e~or~s for this ni~t. I.f ~o, ~"et"~ ;ou :Jbl e -r.o ide.:ti.~-':1 ~J"'e ..,\:.i .. 1Ult.!3~ T'hA!'l~t you t'or your cooper::1riou 1 :1 d -:?.:: .. r'or-c litE PL. Y TO S U B JECT; TDPT (VFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS f-OREIGN 1 E CHNOLOGY DIVIS I O N ( AF!lC) WRIGHT.PATTE.RSON AIR FORC E DASE OHIO 4!5433 Re:erenc e your recent unidentified flying object sighting ~hich yol. reported to the Air F'orce. The information whic h \Je have r eceived is not sufficient for a scienlific investigation. Reque~L yo~ :omplete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- add~essed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to the Air Force. HECTOR xtUINTI\NILI.A, J r , Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Pheno~ena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope erospace Technologies Division Production Directorate SIGHTING OF UNIOEtlfiFIEO PHENOMENA QUESTIOH~AIRE AFH H0-17( CI) IIUDGI~T IWHF:",W ,U 'I'HOV.AI . Till~ C)lfl:Sn~;. '\\lln. 11/\S I'El: N Pl~EPAh!Ef> SO TIIAT YOU CAN C IVE T i l l: U. S All~ FOI~CJ-: A S MUC:II J.'F01<~1ATfO.I !\ S POS~ll'. C (()'(I,.l~i'\tNG TilE \J;\li1ENTll,.ll l> PIIENO~Il:~ON 'J'IIAT Y O U IIAVE OIISI:~VEI>. PLEASE TI<Y 'J O ,\i':S\\'EI~ -\l L ..,! T H E Qtli':STI O NS. TilE 1NF<'I~I\1AT10N YOU (~!Vt: WILL B E U SE!> FOI~ IH :S l.AI-!CII PUkPOSt::-. 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PAGF 2 OF 9 P AGCS AFU H0-17( CI) WHERI:. WERE Y O U WHE N YOU SAW T HE. PHFN O MENON ? ( f.lul'l~ "l'l'"'l"i""' 1;/,..Jn. ) ,)< O UTDOORS IN BUSINESS SEC l iON OF C l f Y I N BUIL::>INC IN Ct.t< 0 A S DRIVER IN OPEN COUN fRY SIOF:: NCAR AIRFIELD lJ A S PI LOT [1 A S PASSENGER F LYING O VER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY A. I F YOU WERE IN A V EHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING \' -,:-:JIRECTI ON WERE YOU M OVING? nOW r AST WERE:: YOU MOVING? 010 YOU S TOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVIN G THE NC;:;>-I.JEA S T SOUTHE AST E XPLAI ,..:c::THER SU C H M OVEMENT A FTECTS YOUR SKE TCHES IN 11 C M 5 5 AND 6 DE~CPIS:-"PE OF VEHIC L E YOU WF~E 1"1 AND TYPE or ROAD , TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU THAVt.RSEO DURIN G THE SiGtJ-.... G. STATE WHETHER WINDOW.:. O R CONVEnTIBLE TOP W E R E U P OR OOWN. 0':' YOU "'':>TICE ANY AIRPLANES? () YC<; (_J N O . IF "YES," DESCHIAE WHEN THEY WCRE HI SIC.HT RELATIV:. fO THE Tl A OF StG>lii"'G THE PHE N OtlENON AND WHC:RE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO T H E POSITION OF TH. PnfNO~I\E NON. 9 HOW LOt.G WAS THE PIICNO MENON I N SIGH P LENc--~ c;:-TIM E , A CE"RTAIN OF TIM E JUST A GU ~!:>S NOT VEHY SURF. F AiflLY CERTAIN ... ,,~$ --s r--:"iOMEN O N IN S I GHT co~1r1 t:OJS~Y, l?}._vEs QNo. IF "'No.~ I NDICArE w Ht:THER THIS 15 DUE TO vouR '' 0 ~;:: i C::;) THE SEHA.VIOR OF T\.IE: P~E"IO~E.NON, AND D E..SCRIBE SUCH MOVEMt:.Nf OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP ;:):::.o~=~-:"' P~EVIOUS SKETCHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 10 II= THC H E WE R E M O R E THP.N ONE P H E N O ME.N 0 14, HOW MANY WIRE. lHE R E 7 DRAW A P ICTUHE. TO SHOW H O W TilEY Wd<F fl. R RANGE 0 . 0 I D T H I c; A R R AN G EM E N T C H AN G E 0 U R I N G T H E S I G H T IN G