2 7 lNrOAMATlOH 'lfHICH YOU FE:EL IS ?!!:ATINl::NT !JUT WHICH I S NOi AOI!:OUATI!LY COVERED IN THIS QUE STIONHA'RE Al.TERHATIV~LY PROVIDE A NAFUlATIVE EXPLANI\TI O N OF THE SIGHTING. PAGE 9 OF 9 P A GES DEPARTMENT OF THE A IR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN rECHNOLOGY DIVIS I O N ( AFSC) WRIGHT -PATTERSON AIR rORCC B ASE. OHIO 4:5433 Re; encc your recent t.nidentified flying object sighting which yot~ -:-eported to the Air Force . The information 'Whic h ve have rec~ived i s not sufficie n t for a scientific investigation. Request yo.~. :omplete the attached AF Form 117 a od return it in the self- addre~sed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observati on t o the Ai r Force. HECTOR ~UINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel , USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomer.a Office Aerospace Technologies Division Pr ocuction Directorate AF Form 117 v/envelope SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIOH~AIRE BUDGeT nURAU APPROVM. NUitfneR 21- R2S8 Till~ Q\JEl'TIO:-INr\IIH: HAS nEEN PI~EPARED SO TIIAT YOU C AN GIVE T ilE U.~ AIR FORCE AS MUCII 1:-IFOI<MATIO.:-; A S P OSSILJLE CO:-;CERNI :-IG TilE UNIDENTIFIED PIIENOMENO N THAT YOU IIAVI": OOSERVF:r>. P L F:ASE Tf~Y TO A:-ISWEI~ ALU OF TilE QUESTiONS. TilE INFOI~IIIATION YOU GiVE WILL BE USI<:n FOR I<ESI:AI<CII PUI~POSES YOUR NA:'\11:: \\'tLJ,.. NOT OE USEO 1:-i CONNECTI 0:-1 WITII AN\' OF YOUR STATEMENT S OJ~ CONCLUSIONS WITIIOUT YOUJ..! PEf-!~I;S...,!d:-i. J..!F.TURN TO AIR FORC E JIASE INVFSTIGA' I OR FOR FORWAIWING TO FTD (TIJF.TR). Wf<I GIIT P ATTERSOS A B . OYIO 4 5433, lAW AFR 80-f7. (IF 1\f)IJ/'I'IONAL S /11-: T S ARE NF.F.DIW FOR NARUA TIVP. OR SKF.TC /IF.S ATTACH .'iFC1' :::L Y TO THIS FOR/11 OR ANNOTATF. IHT/1 YOU/~ NAMF. FOU IDF.NTIFICA TION.) 1 WHEN 01; v,:. 5L!O THF. PHEN O M E NON> 2 WHA7 11'J.:.: ;'I:J YOU F IRST SI GHT THE PHEN O M E N O N > 3 WHAT Tl"'i: 010 YOU LAST SIG~IT T H E PHENOMENO N > HOUR 7:00 MINUTES 50 ( ]A . M . l)dP . M. [1 DAYLit>HT SAVINGS P.<J STANOARD (XJCENTRAL 0MOliNTAIN [_)PACIFI C l_jOTIIER [ I EA<;TEP;-. !. WHERC:: HEP=:. YOU WHEN YOU S AW THE PHEN O M E N O N > I F IN C I T Y G IVE THE N~AREST STREFT ADDRE SS JlND INDICAT(' 0~1 A H\IJ::> -.~'>'~MAP YIHE~E Y O U YIERE STANDING WITH REFE R E NCE TO THE AODRESS. I F lrl THE ~OUNTRY, ICf.NTIFY THE HIGIIWAY 'Y~J WE D.OIRECTION FROM SO '-iE RCCOGIIIZAOLE LAN D"'ARK. 6 IMAGINE: YOU ARC AT TI-'E POINT SHOWN I N THE SKETCH'. PLACE AN " A O N THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOY/ HIGII THE PHE:N0\4EN:IN WAS ABOVE THE HORIZO N . OR SKYLINE . YIHEN F IRST SEEN . PLACE A \3 O N THE SAME CURVE D LINE TO S-'0 ,\ liO'~ r' C H ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHF N LAST SI::F.U . OOSEHVE.R ----'Y "L;.CE Atl " A " ON THF. COM? ASS TO INDICATE THE:. N OW IMAGINE YOJ 1\RE A r THE CEt:i!::R 'JF ' OlE CO/,t r Ac;S flO';-. OIRCZCTION TO THE PII!:NOI.IE NON WHE N FIRST SCEtl PL.IIt:F A" T HE:: PHI!NOM EIIOII \/HE."' LAST SEEN . I " ON THC: CO'-'"'ASS 1 0 INOICf,TE THF. DIRECTIO N TO 1. ::; >rtF. "'o:;;TCH BF.LOW ?lACE AN~;." AT r IF P0$1TIO~I OF THE' PHEIIOriENO~I WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A " 0 " AT T~IE ?:"31TIOrl OF' TH::: PHC"lO~C:NON W!ic.N LAST St:.~N. COrHJECT nu : ~A" A N D a WITrl A L.I N E T O APPROX I MATE THE ~ov-IE"fl'i OF T'IE PH!OtiOM.:rtON BETVol::EN " A " AIIO " 0 " . THAT l!l, SCHEMATICAL L Y SHOW WH!::THER THE MOVl"M E N T AcrE:A;.E:o TO'~:;: STRAIGHT, CUR VED O R ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS A N EXAMP L E OF HOW T O COMPL.ETI;. Tr<~ L/lqGcR Sl<'::TCH. P A G E 2 OF 9 p,\CES WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON' (f:hrk IIP/Huprintr blnrk.<.) IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY IN SUI\. ~''IG IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY 0 AS _DRIVER 0 AS P ASSE NGFR + IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE ~lAS PASSENG: - NEAR AIRFIELD 0 AS PILOT FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY I F YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: ~...,A-::liRECTtON WERE YOU MOVI NG7 H O W FAST WERE YOU MOVING> jsc-.. i-l O l D YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE PHE N O M ENON? I'\ T tiE AST NOPii-IWEST EXPLAIN WMETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETC HES IN ITE M S S ANO 6 OESCRI9~ -ypE OF VEHICLE YOU V.ERE IN ANO TYPE OF ROAO, T ERRAIN OR BOOY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURIN G THE s::;H-,.,G. STATE WHETHE R WI NO;)'h S OR CONVER fiOLE TOP WERE UP OR OO'NN . HOW MUC\i OTHER TRAFFI C WAS THERE' 010 YOU 'lOT ICE ANY AIRPLANES> ~YES 0 NO. I F " YES," DESCRIBE WHE N THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE T O THE THIE 0" SIG'1-:-;:;TH E PHENOMENON AN ..,.HER T H E Y WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHCNOMENON. H O W LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? ~.C::'tCTH O F TIME C ERTAIN O F TIME NOT VEHY SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS I -<ON "AS" .v::: OETERMINEO> ,u.s-,.., ~"-'IOMENON 1~1 SIGHT CO'ITI'IIJOUSLY 0<YES JJ NO. IF "NO," INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS OUE TO YOUR t-I;)'C:V!~7 ;)~THE OEHAVIOR OF T'E HE:NOMENON. ANO D CRISE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISA<>. '::~:')'I PREVIOUS SKETCHES PAGE 3 OF 9 P AGES IF THERE WERE MORE TH,t. N ONE PHENOMENON , HOW MANY WERE THERE1 DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE DID THIS ARRANGEM ENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING> tl. CONDITION!; (Check appropri(lte blocks.) A. s...:Y B. Y/EATH ER CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOG OR MIST CIRRUS CLOUDS (flit;h flnc y or /lrrring- HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET COMPLETELY OVERCAST {TI:un.derstnrms) NONE OF THE ABOVE C. I F THE SIGHTit-.:i WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON ? BRIGhT MOONLIGHT N O MOO NLIGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS ,vNtOl:>"~ PARTIAL {New or qunrter) D ; ,-SIG"lTI~G '"'~SIN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? QYES 0 tiD. IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUI'o AS YOU FACED FRONT OF YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Near noon) BACt< OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, H EADLIGHTS OR .5TRES:T LAMP, E'rC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE . 12. GIV:. A at:.;: C'!:SCRIPTION OF THE PHENOM E N ON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARE D DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT REFLS:CTEO Llv"iT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. ESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER I T .,.,;.s SOLIO 0~ TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT AP?EMH::> A S A ?OINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH O 'THER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR OTHE=! :l3JEC-I N YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. VIJ!_,. Dv J3 A;;r off PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGES D I D THE PHENOMENON NO UNKNOWN "40 V E IN A S oRA'GHT LINE? STANO STil.!. Ao ANYTIME? SUODEN:..Y S?EEO UP AND RUN AWAY? BREAK U? IN ?ARTS AND EXPLODE? CHANGE COL:R OISAbr-t:>-< .'10 REAPPEAR' MAKC: A /'00 SE? FLUTTER c;;; HOBBLE? y WHAT :::s:u::w YOUR ATTENTION T O THE PHEN OMENON? -~'1-trvv of;- A. HOW DID I T FINALLY DISAPPEAR? "'~!.,C'Ioi.!'ION MOVE 9!'::Ht-.:;) Or! IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME? l r "YES, DESCRl3~. PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 15 DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHO\Y THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOM!::NON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE E.<HAUST O n VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTION THE PH!::"'O M ENON WAS MO V ING. I~. WH:.-=-W.!.~ - ... :: ,.,_. _ _ ., Sll E f HOLD;. ,_..._i:::;rl A"i ARM"S LENGTh I'~ FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH A S A STREET L"-M=' C~ - ... ~ ~":::". "='T::: H O W MUCH o:: 7,.=: O:?JE:CT I S COVER;::o SY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH . N O W I F YOU H A D t BEE'< l o '! --, :;;-:-:-:::y - ;;XPERI~z~=-;..,-7 "":3-TIME OF THC: SIGHTIN G , ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PAGE 6 OF 9 PAGES 17 DID YOU OBSEMVE fHE PHENOMEN O N THROUG H ANY OF THI:: FOLLOWING INCLUDE INFORMATION O N MOOEI TYPl 1-IL TEH, LeNS PIH.SCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. E Y I CLAS.ES C AMERA V H:.WE R SUNGLA>S~; OINOCULAR'; WIND'>H "'L::> Tt:LESCOPE WI ND()II;=>-1 -/ OTH!or~ 18 V>H t..T 1-~!-:) ~ IM<'>RE:SSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION O F THE DISTANC.:F (}F TilE P HE.II:>'-'"'" GIVE ~STIMATE OF SPEED PHEI~OMENON GIVE ES11MATE OF DISTANCI:._ 20 1:0. OF.C -'> - -._i WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU S AW, DESCRIBt IN YOUR OWII WOfiD:; A COM \.), 'j Jt::CT OR OBJECTS WHICH. WHE N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR T O WHERE YOU IJOTED THE PIICNOME'IIO N , WOULD IJ!:,\-' SOMI:: Rr:SEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DCSCRIBE SIIAIL AHITIES MID DIFFERENCES flETYIEE!I rHC COMMO N 03JO'CT AND WHAT YOU SAW. cY?- ttl (..v't"I.(L -;I C .,;-~ ,,:-CE ANY ODOR . NOISE, O P HEAT E M ANATING FR ,-,HE PHE N O M E N O N OR ANY EFFECT 0~ YOUR'iE ,r, A'1:1~-~ O R Vo\CHINE:RY IN Tt,Z VICINI~Y1 (]YES !i(l N O lr "YES, " DESCRIBE. 0 YES C'_(j N O . .-~TUR9 THE ':."0':-~.._:J O R LEAVE ANY PHYSI CAL CVI~ENCE. PAGE 7 OF 9 PAC E S 2:!. HAVE YOU EVER !iEEN THIS OR A SIMIL A R PHENOMENON OEFORE L OCATION. NO. IF yEs. GIVE DATE MID 2 3 . WAS ANYON E '"'1-"1 YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW T H E PHENO.'wiENON? ~YES 0 NO. IF yEs, DIO THE Y SEE I T TOO? Cl\1 Y CS Cl "'" A. LIST THEIR "'"t-t::~ ASO AOORtSSES G IVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AOOUT Y O URSELF ATi:: A O O I T 0'lAL INFORMATION INCLUOI"lG O CCUPATION ANO ANY EXPERIE NCE Wlti'::H MAY BE PERTI N ENT. 2~ WH E N AND T;) 'l'n"':"':: 0 VOU REPORT THA T YOU H A D SI GHTED TltiS I"HENO M EN O N 1 OA Y _ 9Jl..<:J\' M O N T H Y E A R _j_j_!j f/ P A G E a OF 9 P AGES