t"KUJC:\..1 IW/J HtCO)o{O :3. LOCATION 1. NliMt\ER CF O~JECTS 5. LENGTH o;; OMERVATIOH ~. TYPe OF CHERVATIOH 10. C OHCLUSIOH Possible AIECTIAFT 11. BRIEF SU.Io4MARY AHO AHI\L Y511 The observer sighted a craft that was shaped like a broom with the handle cut off. It had red 1 ights in front and purple colored panels that chan~d t o olive green. At 1930 local, the object was seen for 3 minutes. Wa n traveling frcm "tf -E and we d r-~C~r~o~u~nd~-~V~i~s al~------~ about 3 -400 ft high. At 2200 hrs, the observer sighted the 1. COUfUE object going from N -S at about 100 ft high. f e . rtiOTOl 9. PHY ~I CAL F.VIDl!HC! FTD Sff' 61 ~m (TDf) Ca'l''iEI.fT.S: No one else reported seeing any such craft despite the long duration and low altitude as given by the observer. lt also seens strang that the observe r sighte d i t twice while no 1 one els e seems to hare seen it a t all. Also the observer state 1 11 that he had time to run into the house and come bsck outside ar l ' take picturee.but appearently did not try to call anyone elne' s fl attention to the object. Since no one else reported any simila~ f object , it is felt th3t ~f the observer did see something , it t. couTd bovo been an aircraft IS. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENO ME"NO N . INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE: APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND IND I CATE EAHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRI:.CTION THC. PHENOM E N O N WAS r.tOVING. I& lo-!AT ;>S .,..: "G-L.t.=> SIZE! HOLD A ~, -::'"1 t.T A RM'S LEN';;TH 1'1 !'"RONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LA'At> 0~ 7t-:. A,;::". 'I.:>TE H OW MUCr-. 0"" Tl'!: OBJECT I S COV!:RED BY THE H E A D OF THE MATCH. N O W IF YOU HAD BEC:N ;.'3l..E -;-~ ~;:..,~ =ov THIS EXPE;:uv;:-.-AT --;E TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHE'lO'-~E"::l" ~::.--: -.covE SEEN COVE~E:J 3Y 7HE MATCH HEAD. PA(,E 6 OF 9 PAGFS AFR R0-17(CJ) 17. 010 YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOM E N O N THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING> INCLUDE INFOR MATIO N ON MOOI:L. TYPE, FILTER, LEN S PRESCRIPTI O N OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. --E YE:GLA"S!::S CAMERA VICWE R SUN...,LI\:iS~S BINOCULARS SlOE ._,lr :".Of' OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE A DO YOw ::-~ ~1\RILY WEAR GLASSES QYES []N O B. 00 YOU USE READING GLASSES ' L.LY_ES .fl N': _ 18 WHAT lt: YDUR I MPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19 . WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE QF THE PHE.'I:''-'~'"'1 1' GIVE ESTIMATE O F SPEED P H ENOMENON GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE ' 1f) j 0 20 IN ORO"' -HAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN YIORD:; 1.. A COMM.J\ O::JJECT OR OBJECTS WHIC H , WHE N PLACED IN THE St<Y, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NO rEO THE PHEN O M!::IION, ,OULD 9EA"' SOM E RF.S!::MBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. OESCRIOE SIMILARITIES AND OIFFERE~ICES BETWEEN THE COMMON OE!JECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. :1 01 YC ... '1~-':E: ANY ODOR, ttOISE, OR ~EAT E ' .. ANATING FROM THE PHENO M E N O N OR ANY EFFECT 0:1 YOURSELF, A"IYA- S O=> ... ;:.Co;INERY I~ T.,::: VICII\ITY> C YES ;~NO. IF "YES," DESCRIBE. A. DID TttE: p,... .;:I.:JY':= ::o:;TUHB THE GqOIJ;..O OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES E3 NO. PACE 7 OF 9 P AGES 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE'' [J YES Q NO. IF yEs,~ GIVE DATE AND 23. WAS ANYOI"!:: 1'117H YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW T~IE PHENOMENON? 0 YES G NO. IF yEs, DID THEY SEE IT TOO> 0 YES Q io!O A. LIST TH!::IR N \M'::S AND ADDRESSES 24. G IVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIO N ABOUT YOURSELF LAST NAME. F I?.S-NAME, MIDDLE NAME ADDRESS {Screet. Cc,y, Stcate and Zip -' MALE FEMALE DITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY ElE PERTINENT. ::&. DATE YOU C!:l,..?L-!:.':> THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES ATTN OFI TD?r (t"X>) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUAHTERS FOREIGN TECHNOL.OGY D IVISION CAFSC) WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE . OHIO 4!5433 suuJscT, m'O t;o..:;~rvation, 5 Feb 1969 o .,....,nce your UFO obs~rvation of 5 Feb 1969. The information hat we received io insufficient for a sci entific analysis. Request you complete an AF Form 117 on your 5 Feb 1969 oigbting. Also complete the photo-data sheet and submit your original nega":lve print. CARMO~ L. MARA riO Acting Chief, Aerial Paenomena Br a nch A~rospace Technologies Division P:.."'c 'lCtion Directorate 2 . Photo-Data Sheet ,ectd I:un I n Contrul Tower ..Lruiifor d :F'ield .~irp..>rt :..ouisville, J:en tuclcy 40200 onight at about 7 :02 or 7:v3 1 would like t o k-n.:>t; if you l~icked up aeything stranee on your rHciar. lf you did o.r ditln' t , I Hould like to report a disc-~haped .:~.bout ~? J.e .rt in di ::uneter a nd about 600 feet high. './hen I firs t su:i it 1 thought it ~>~as a )lune on fire becZtu:;se a t the front of it there W.;.~ti a light brighter thRn the r.veniJ1.8' .:>tar i t~-alf. n.fter I saw it I noti<.:ed a jet flying ruuch higher, thy ti1in..s seemed to mov e tm.,.ud the jet and the n veer aw:J.y from the j e t It \t.::~:::: woving from ,;e..,t to &:;t a t uoout 5w mph. It h.lrl :-our l ight s on it; the light that I first r.~entioned and .J. light on each o f the s ides. I ,tould like to have an answer from you au soon no uos:::;iule. '.:.her e i u .(.1 dr<i\dng of he.. t I ~w uloug o1i th this letter ..l:'le.:J.se .-:n'J\o~er Cis so:>n ..> possible . .:.>incerely, TDPI' (liFO)/ Lt. Marano/ typed 7 .Ma r 69/sac U~ Observation of 5 Fe b 1969 Since no image appears in your photos, ~e are slides vithout any phot o analys i s . Thank you your observation to the Air Force. ~OR QUINTA~ILLA, Jr, Lt Col, USAF ,Chief, Aerial ?henomeoa Branch Aerospace TeciL"'lologies Di via ion Production Directorate returning your for r eporting SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIOHHAIRE AFR H0-17(CJ) BUDGET UUHEAU APPROVAL NUI>IDFR 2 1 Rl$11 Till~ (,)tJESTIO:"':>l\IRE liAS OEEN P I>!EPAREO ~ TIIAT YOU CA:-.1 GIVE THE lJ.S A I H FORCI. AS MUCII INFOI-<MATION AS POS~.;Jfll F CO~CRN1NG TilE U>;IDF.NTI F IED PIIEN0\11::-ION TIIAT YOU IIAVE OOSERVEI>. PI.F:ASE TRY T O A!':S\\'F.I~ i\LL C'IF TilE QUF.STJONS. TilE INFOI IATI0:-1 YOIJ GIVE WILL BE USED fOI~ HESI:M~Cll PUI~POSES YOUI~ :"\A".F. '!LL NOT DE liSEn l :"i CON:-IECTI O!': WITII AN\' OF YOUR STATEMI-:NTS OR CONCLUSIONS WIT! IOU I' YOU!-: f'Lf... '1:-.:n'= RETURN TO AIR FOI~CE BASE 1:-.IVESTIGATOI~ FOI~ FOHWAIWI:-IG T O FTD (TIJETI<). WHI CIIT PATTl-.'~.;.>. ,-i: 1..HI045433,11\W AFiHlO-f7. (IF IIDDIT/0,'\A/. ;';lfl~r:TS Al\1~ NI::F.DF.I> VOf< NIIUUATIVF. OU SKI":'f'C.:IIF.S . \ I'T.o\C.:Ii '=FCt'r.:~L. Y TO TIJIS /OU/11 OR IINNOTII TE IH'fH YOU/? NIIMF. FOU /DENT/FICA TION.J : I Wl1i!"' ::: - - E ";l-IE PHENOMENON> 2 ,,., :.-- : :i:> YOU FIRST SI GHT TriE PHENO M ENON> 3 V>r ;.; i l"'-:.10 YOU LAST SIGHT THE F-rlEN O M!::N O N > MINUTES QQ [_j II. M. 4 r11.H. ZC'~.: 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS (:1STANDARO t.d <:AST::."" I l I C!::NTRAL [ J MOUNTAIN [ 1 PACI~I(.. I] OTHI::R s WHER<:: :RE YOU WHF N YOU SAW THE ?HE N O M E N O N ' I F IN CITY , GIVE THE N!::IIRESr STREE T ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A 1-!A'IC c: t.h'l MAP YIH ERE YOU WERE STANDIN G YIITII REFLRENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE t:OUNTRY, IDI::NTIF Y TilE 111(;1-\'o' '"'-.-. ..;WERE ON 0R NEAR ANO ;qy T O FIX A D ISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROI-1 SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LAIIDMARI" 6 '"'"~t'l!" ':>.1 1\RE AT THE POINT S"!O"'N IN THE SKETCH. PLACE AN - A ' ON THE CURVED LI~IE T O SHOW HOW HIGH TilE r-ue. , O Y".N:I WAS A90VE THE HORIZON OR SKYL INE WHE N FIRST SEEN. PLACE A o O N THE SAM E CURVED LIN E TO Sr-'0" HOlt -'I G"! ABOVE T H E HORIZO'I THE PHENOMENON WAS WHE N LAST SEFN. OBSERVE"< ..., SA. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE ATTH E CENTEF, o~ 'PiC: COMf""-r.!. RC:"i!Z. PLACF AN""-" ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE Dlr1ECTION TO THE f'HENOI.I ENON WHt U FIPST SCI::N. Pt.ACE A ~a 011 THE COMr;\SS TO INDICATE THE OIPECTION TO THE P H E N O MENON W lEN LA&T SEEN. l r l T t tC: SKCT C H Ri::-ON, ?LACE AN ~A'" AT THE PO~ITION OF THE P~IENOM!::NON WH!::H FIRS1" SEEN, A N D A " 8 " AT THE PO'ii'O'ON O F 7HE <>HENOI~C:I'ION WHE N .AST SC'EN C )tl'lEC, T'"IE "A; AND a~ WITH A LINE T O APPROXIMATE THE I.'OV=:"EWr OF T-1:: PHE NOMENON 8ETWE!::N . ,._ .. At~D "Ll " . THAT I S, SCHEMATICALLY SH OW WHETHER THE MO'/EMEN T A"'PE.><>ED TO BE STrli.IGHT, CURVEO OR Z G-2AC. REFER TO S\1/',LLER SKETCH A S AN EXAM?LE OF HOW TO C O MPLETE PAGE 2 OF 1 PAGE~ WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (l.'luck IIPJIWprint" blocks.) BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY IN C "A 0 AS DRIV_ER 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR AIRFIELD l."'"iE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY F LYIN G OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: RECTION WERE YOU MOVING HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING? DID YOU STOP ANYTIM E WHILE OBSERVIN G THE PH ENOM ENON NO~Tii~AST SOUTHEAST NO"' TMW!::ST SOUTHWEST EXPLAIN Wn<::THER SUCH MOVE MENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS SAND 6 . DESC"liB=: - y ;:-e: OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTI'< :;. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. hOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFI C WAS THERE D I D YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES! QYES [;z) NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIM E OF Slv'iTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON . 9 HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT '...E..,GTH OF T IME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS for t o i"1tO HON 'tiA:i Ttv:: DETERMINED> HAS T..,E "'"'E"OMENON I N SIG