i . N\IM\E R OF OtlJECTS PROJECT 10073 RECO~ :Z. LOCA TIOH Fairfax, Virginia 10, CONCLUSION BAU.OON (HOT AIR) One Descripti on c onsistent with tha t of a garment bag hot air ballocp. 5. LENGTH O F OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AHO AHALYiiS 90 Seconds f., TYPE OF OBSERYATIOH Ground- Visual I' COURSE s;. PHOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVID!HC! The observer sighte d -a l arge glowing yellowish light. on a zig-zag course, then suddenly exploded and burst It mov~d ' 17 DID YOU OB~CRVI! TilE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MODEL, TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE 0/\TA. EYE:.:iLAS'iES CAMERA VIEWER SLJNGLASSfS --I s1ue: WINDOW ci"";- BINOCULARS THEODOLITE . :0\R GLASSES B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? N O I!' WHAT WAS YOvr> :y:. =. _:;SON OF THE SPEED OF THE 19 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF T HF. PHENOM!'N:>~; G ..:$TI\\4,TE OF SPEED . PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE ;,) IN ORDfF T~A--''AY CBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COii'Au~ .;i;.J -~-.)R OBJECTS WHIC~l. WI-lEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENOII, 'h'OULD O~AR SC --.ESEM8LANCE TO WHI-T YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THI! COMMON OBJ::c- ><D WHAT YOU SAW. :JIC' YO:.! ,:,. :: - OO."'lR NOISE. OR r:O :.; !::t,..MIATtt~g ... f".RO~I THE PHENOMf,.NON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, A'l;l'v'AL<; CR ~,.': '"'py HI 1 H!: \.'ICI'IITY 1 YES l:::tNO. IF ye;s, DESCRIBE. A. OlD THt:. OE<iC=\t~ :- PASE 7 OF 9 PAGE~. ~ 22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? 0 YES 0 NO. IF "YES, .. GIVE DATE AND 1 23. WAS ANYONe WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE l 0YES [J NO. P H ENOME NON? QYES O'No. 1 F "YEs. DID THEY SE E IT TOo> A. LIST THEiR N A""'!:i -'" 0 A DDRESSES MATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENC E WHIC H MAY BE PERTINENT. 'ol l l "L j 25 WHEN ANO TO .-,(J'-1 YOU R EPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTE D THIS PHENOMENON' 2b. DAT E YOU COM?LE7:~ T -.IS QUESrtONNAIRE. P AGE 0 OF 9 PAGES J 21. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHIC H IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING. THIS QUESTIONNAIR E , PAGE q OF 9 PAGES R EPL.Y TO 1\l"TN OF DEPARTMENT OF THE A I R FORCE HEADQUARTERS. 1001ST COMPOSITE WING (HO COMO USAF) ANDREWS A I R FORCE DI\SE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20331 UFO Report, 7 February 19 69 F: .:J (TDETR) \ 't :-ight-Patterson AFB The attached AF Form 117 is forwarded in accordu.ncc with paragraph FO~ THE COMMANDER F !<-.A R . A MEND , Colonel, USAF Deputy Commander for Operations AF Form 117 BUDGET BUREAU A PPROV.4l. NUMBER 2 1 - R258 SJGHTIHG OF UHIDENTIFJED PHEHOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE Tfi!S QUI~ST!O~l'\.\!RE H.\S BEEN Pl~EPAI~ED SO THAT YOU CA~ Gl VI:: THE U.S AI R FORCE AS ~IUCH lNFORI\lATTON A S POSS113L CO:\CSR~I:"lG T H E UNIDENTIFIED P HENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO A:"'S WER /\LU OF THI: QUESTION~. T~IE INFORMATION YOU G IVE WILL 11E USED FOR RESEAl~CH PURPOSES. YOUR NMIE \\~L;_ '\Cl Bl. USED 1:'11 CO!'JNECTION WITII ANY OF YOUR ST ATEMENTS OJ~ CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOU!~ PE.Rt\!!SSIC. KETUR".'! TO Alk FORCE B t\SI_:: INVESTIGATOR FOR FOr-:WARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT P .\ TTEI~SO:\ ~.FE' - :; ..:51133, I A'll AFR 80-f7. ( I F A T)f)J'flONA L S TJEr::TS Al~E NEEDED FOR NARHA TlVE OR SKETCHES ~-:1 TT.:II SECU~ CL -, Tf~IS POT<M Of< A NNO"rA "FE 11/ Til YOU!< N AM F: FOR I Df:NTI FICA TION.) i WHEN DID v:,_ !::::::. -ME PHENOMEN O N ? I:: \"'"11\T 1 t.\.l=.::: "': J FIRST SGHT THE PHE':NOMENON> l3 '"11-iAT T J'.lE 0'0--.JU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOM!::NON' _, !t. . I l DAYLIGHT SAVINGS []STANDARD . u cENTRAl r1 MOUNTAIN Cl PACI Flc Cl oTHER :, ~>,>-ER"' NER':: YC 1 NHEN YOU SAW THE PHENO'IENON' I F IN C ITY. GIVE THE N EAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON ;., 'ii\"'D D"'f<'Nt, .t,>P Y'H!::R[. YOU WERE. !>TANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE t:OUNTRY, IDENTIF Y THE '"il:;>iNAY YOU ''="'E "lN f'\ FIX A D I STANCE AND D IRECTION FROM SOtiiE RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. Jrtl)l~!_j o l'.l"G'lE Y~:J .:.-'S _r ThE POINT SHO.'IN o'l r~-tE SKETCH. PLACE AN 'A ON 1'HE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE "'HE-..":l"A'",:;, N.!S .:..uOVE THE HORIZON :.::: !:>KVLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A g ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO Sri.),v I'll":" --IIG" ;..;;;:;, . E TI-lE HORIZO'l Tr-E: 1-'ENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE Cf:NTErt OF T H E COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN ' t\" ON THE COMPASS T O INDICATE THE D IRECTIO N T O THE P H E N O M!::N O N WHE N F IRST SEEN. PLACE A u" O N THE COMPr~ss TO INDICATE THE D IRECTION T O T HE. P H E N O M E N O N WH E N LAST SEEN . I N THE !>KETCH OELOW, PLACE A N "A" AT THE POSITION O F f~F PHC:NOMENON WHE N F I R S T SEEN , AND A "B~ A T THE POSITION OF TH: PHENOMENON WHEN L4ST SEEN. C ONNECT TH!: " A " AND EJ" WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE: THE !.':>'/E:V.::N7 OFT'"'<:. P HENOMC:NON OETWEEt~ " I'." AND a . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEM ENT A,::>,=>C:AP!::O TO BE S T R AIGH T , CURVED OR ZIGl AG. REFER ro SMALLER St<:ETCH AS A U EXAI~PLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE Th'!: LA"'vER SK!::TC H . PI\GE 2 OF 9 PAGES e. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Check (lppropria.cc blocks.) ,/ OU'(DOORS IN BUSI~IE$5 SECTION OF C ITY ,/ IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY/ IN BUILDING IN OP~N COUNTRYSIDE IN CAR Cl AS D R IVER 0 AS PASSENGER IN JOAT NEAR AIPFIELD ~ "~ AIRPLAN~ ll 'S PILOT 0 A S PA:S!iENGE~ FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY A VEHICL E , COMPLETE T H E FOLLOWING: wzq:: YOU MOVING? HOW FAST \'~ERE YOU IIOVING7 DID YOU S rOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE PHENOMENON? NOR 'i l-iE ~37 :-IORTHW E!i":' SOUTHWEST LAIN WHETHE~ $UC H MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHEr. IN ITE MSSAND6. o=:SCR18E TYPC: '): vEHICLE YOU WERE 1"'1 t. l.:> TYPE O F ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVER.lED DURING T'KE SIGHTI'IG. s--E WHETHER WIN001S OR :::ONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. 1"0,.. <,e.JC'1 OTHER -RAFFIC WAS THERE1 ~;:;11'::!-:u '-O'~"ICE A 'JV AIRPLANES' 0 YES 0 N O . IF "YES.~ DESCRIBE WH!::.N THEY WERE I N SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME J o:-: 'v:--INt;; THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE Tl-t=:Y VIE~E ltJ ThE SKY RELATIVE ro THE POSITIO N O F THE PHC:NOt-IENON HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON I N S IGHT? fLENGTH ' Tl C~t!T AIN OF TIME NOT V ERY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HOW 'HAS To~::: w~s THE ., ... z...,:>v :N:>-. '"~ s:cHT coNTI"lU~L,;;,y' G YES []No. IF ~No.~ INDICATE WHETHER THIS 1s DUE TO YOUR Prle."'.:' IC.'ION, MID DESCRIBE SUCH MOVE:M:!NT OR BEHAVIOR. IND CATE DISAP- ~E ANCE'5 :)rJ {I:JJS SK E T C HES . PAGE 3 OF 9 F'A.if'5 10. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING? I 11. COt-;DI T tONS (Chuk appropriate blocks.) ;A. ,,'( 8. WEATHER I DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (f.ow fluffy) FOG OR MIST v' C IRRUS CI,.OUDS (High fleecy o r I/ erring HEAVY RAIN PA.RTL Y CL.:-:>Y j COM?LETEL v O V E R C A ST bone) L+c..,_. l /-..(.{ .. -vc..ll..'lft.,, dJ LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (T ht.ndl!rstorms) HAZE OR SMOG SNOW OR SLEET "' N O N E OF THE AaOVE C . I"' .,..HE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DIO YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON ? NONE BRIGH r MOONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT 0 YES 0 NO. I F .,YEs. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED ::; !F' :SI::i-!TINv W..\::> IN DAYLIGHT , WAS THE SUN VISii:3LE? - 41!: PHENOMENON ? . F~:>NT 0"' YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Ncar nnon) TO YOUR LEFT li'~ 8'\t:K OF YOJ E . S:::>ECIFY TI-E MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLU~INATIO"' PRESEN T DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, H EADLIGHTS OR STREET L AMP , ::rc. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINAT I ON, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. '2. GIV:: A :!"'IEF o ::z;:::RIPTION OF THE Pn::"~O\IENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT A PPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT RC:FLEC-EO L '::; T OR WAS SELF-LUM'NCUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER IT '!'lAS SCLIO OR -~.>.NSPARENT, WH~T,_,:::~ ':DGES WERE SHAR? OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT APP~.>..~EO .\3 .1, :>')NT OF LIGHT. lti ::'I::AIC:: COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHC:R :>9J:::::-~ .,OU~ FIELD OF VIE I' PAGE 4 OF 9 PAG E S PHENOMENON NO U :1 K I~ O',fN MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE' STANO STILL AT ANYTII-IE SUDDENLY SPEED UP AP..O RUN BREAK U? IN PARTS \'l':l EXPLODE