PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. O.t.TE TIME ri...~OU~ 2. LOCAT ION . . . :l. SOUP.CE Civilian 5. LENGTH OF O!UERVATIOH 7 . COlHtSE ~. PliOTOS ? . PHYSIC~l EVIO!NC! 10. CONCLUSION 11. IIAIEF SU)IWAAY ANO ANALYIIS Almost r.o inf'o rma:. ' o n o n sightin3. Loser-v~r H-::ts 5 .nt an ;\F r"';t 117 o n 16 J un 69 but h'J.S nut; rc=!:.nrned i v C'S o.' r.:ov 6~'1. l 2 . HAV-"OU eVr:.R SEeN f H I..i OR A SI Mit.AP"t ~H~NOME-'NON U E F'ORE1 [. j Y l:::i l1J N O . lr yc:~ . .. CIVE O A l c ANO LOCATION . 23 . W~S A N YONE WI T H YOIJ Ar T H E TIME YOU$,\\ THE PHENOMENON l 0'!~ [ j NO. I F "YES, 010 THEY .,.,EE IT 7001 A . LIST THEIH NA~ES AND AOOrtE:SSE'S GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORM.\TION ABOUT YOURSELF LAST NAME. AOORt::S:i INDICAT E ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXP~AIENCE WHICH MAY B E PERTINE N T . 25 W-42j A N !J TO WHO~ 010 YOU PI='POAT THAT YOU HAO SIGHTED THIS PHEN O M E NON? ~6. 0\ r: 'I' C u CO"'?LE T F:O THIS QUESTIONNAI~"::. PAGE B 0~ 9 ::lAG~='S P':,I..V TO 02?,,R rMENT Ot= :4E Af~ FO~CE WP.IGHi PAT'rl- .. ,t50N AIH FORCO: HAS.::. OHoO 4~4JJ TDPT (UFO) UFO Obs~rvation .. 8 Jun 1969 cbaK>nd, Ohio 45157 Referenc e your recent unidentified flying object sight ing which you repor t e d to the Air Force. The information whi c h we have received is not sufficient f or a scientific inve stigation . Reaues~ you complete the atta~hed AF Form 117 and return it i n the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your obs e r va t i on t o the Air Force. HECTOR ~UINTANIIJA, J r , Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial PhenomeP.a Office Aerospace Technologies Divisi on Prod~ction Directorat e AF Fo~o 117 ~/enve~ope C'I~.!.CiiON TO T!oiE P)oi,l'l0"4'40 N VH:!N T H E p: OM..::MO'i .IM~"f LA:iT SEr!M. 7. , N THe: .::<?:TCH '3EL.OW. PL.I'\Cc. AN A AT TH::: POSITION o;: THE PHENOio4~NO"f 'If-tE N FIRSi' SEEN, ANO ~ o AT THE P'JSITI O't QC' TH~ t-H~NO-..EN0'4 WM~N LAST 3!?:'14. CO~NECT T~E A AND 3 -.tTH A LI'IE TO AP RO'(I\ot -e: TH'E: i OVeM0:.'4T O F TH~ PH~NOMENON aETWEEN A A ... O 3. T H A T IS, SC..4~"'1ATICALLY 5110W WH!:iHeA THE -..vv;:ME!'4T AP;~Aq::o TO BE ST~AICHT, r:U~Vo!O OR ZIG-ZAC. PE:="C'R TO SMLL:::~ .Jr<:::TCH AS .\N ._X .a.M?t_;: Or HO:"I ... 0 CO,..~LETE PAGE 2 o~ B p,\vE3 SJGHTI~G OF U~JDE~TiriEO PHE~GME~A QUESTIO IRE LUC<.,eT l U?;;~tJ .V.".'fCH' ~L .VU'W,JZ'R :JJ .Z~H TlitS QUESTtO~NAIRC: HAS BEEN P R ~PA:-~ED 5() THAT YOU C ,\N GL VE THE U. 5. AIR FORC E A::i ~ llJCH 1:'-{FORM t\ T IO:"i AS POSSIBLE CO~CE.RNING THE U:-.iiDC:~TlflED PHE:-.10\I ENON THAT YOU HAVE ODSRVED. PLEASE T R Y ro A:--;<;WER ALl) OF TilE QUEST IO>iS. THE INFORM A riO:.'-i Y O U G lVE WILL HE USED I O R Rr.Sf.A!K'J! PURPO!:>t:.!:> YOU NA."E WIL~ NOT BE USED I:-.: CO~\il:.CTIO~ \\TfH / \iY OF Y OUR STAT E\1ENTS OR C0'1Cl \.1310:'1$ WtT H O P 1 YOUR P El~'vU<;S!d~. RETUHN TO r\IR FORCE RA~l-;: INVES1 IG A '[ 0~ FOR FOI<WA ~tW.fG T O F 1 ') ('l nE1 R), '.V .. H C.h .. - P ATTERSO '!'l A ? 8 , OH I 0 4 5 433, I A-N AFP ~r -i 1 (l F ATJD11IO.'V,H. ST-1 ~-:ETS A.~l:. lJHFTH~V FO:?. N A I"<RA T l VI-. OR Sf:o TCrr:s ' 'AC H SECUt?1.. Y TO THIS FOR.\1 OR ANNOTATE ~HT:l YOU,') NA.\ ! E FO, IDF.NTI F JC,\ TIOV.) ~ 1. WHEN DID YOU S~E THE PHENOME ~ON 2 . WH -\T TIM~ DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE P H::N O MC:N O N ? HOUR I_.-/ MINUT!::S r-J- 3 wHAT TIM:: DID Y O U L AST SIGHT THE P~E"'OMENON1 4 . TIME, z o N E ~YLIGHT SAVINGs rJ sTANDARD CG~ERN OcENTR~'-OMoUNTAI N OPACtFI C [ JOTHER 5 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PH::::NO~ENON1 I F IN CITY. GIVE THE NEA~FSr STREE T ADDRESS AND I NDIC A T E 0~ A HAND D~ANN MAP WHERE YOU N ERo:. s-~'miNG WITH REFER E NCE TO THE ADDR E SS. I F IN THE O::OUNTRY. IDENTIF Y Th:7 HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON O R N EA~ AN:> TRY TO Fl A DISTA N FROM SO M E RECOGNIZAB E LAND MAR< s 1 "' G I N E YOU ARE AT T H:: POIN T SnO '4 1~ THE S K E T C H , P L A C E A"' A o~>.~ THE CURVED LINE TO 3\.fO 't r~o~ HIG H THE I PnE'40 ... E'fON WAS ABOVE T H E H O R I ! O'l O R S)(VLINE W,_,?"N FIRST SEEN . P-AC.E A s -0~ THE SA"''E CURV~O Ll'fE TO , sno w 1-10w HIG H Aaov E THE nO~IZ0'4 -H: HEN O M E N O N w.AS WI'"EN L AST SEPI 1 a W H En E 'II E H E YOU F'< y:;J SAW rH:: r')-.:::'IOMENON? (f.'hcck IIJI[HUJHiLlC' "''II..'K'<.) '~:t---i-,-IN_C_A_R----0-AS OR~V-E-~---~ i-;-S -::>~SSENGER-j -IN OPEN COUNT~Y'31DE H~ EJO;.\T N~AC't IAF'IELD O THER _iF LYING OVf"R 0 N COUNTRY I F YOU o'I!::RE IN A VEHICLE, CO'AP~ETE THE FOLLOWING I HOH F AST WERE YOU MOVING' WHAT DIRECTI ON WERE YOU MOVIN ~' SOUTH WEST DIQ YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBS!::RV'NG fHE 'lORTHEAST I SOUTriEAST ' NORTHWEST I SOUiriWEST EXPLAI N WHE:THER SUCH 1"0VEM N T 4~FECT.:> YOUR SKETCH:S I~ ITEMS 5 AND 6 O!::SCRIBE TYP E O F VEH ICLE YOU WERE I " A'ID TY E o::-ROA:), TE~RAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING TrlE SIGrlTING. STATE WHETHE ~ Wo'IQOt'tS 0~ CONVERTIBLE -op WE R E UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THE~E? ! 0 1::> vou '40TtCE ANY AIRPLA"'f'S C YES L N:). IF yEs . .. ::=:sCRIBE WHE N THE"' HER E I N SIGY-R::.L,,.TIVE TO THE T t"1E OF SIG"iTIN G THE PHE~OME ~ON AN:)..,..,.: TrlEY WERE I'll i'-::: S-<Y RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHEN OMENON. 9 . hOW L':>'lG HAS THE PI-N0"1E'ION IN S I G '-iT? LENGTY OF TIME 1 CERTAIN OF TIME NOT V C::RY SUR E rl0\'1 W ),S TI'AC:: OETER 'AIN ED~ Wi\S Tri::: PHEN O M E N O N I N SIGHT CONTI~'JOvSLV7 0 YES [_ . 1=-"'NO,"' INOICATE Wl-1ETr1ER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVE"4E'4T OR TH~ SEHAVIO R O F THE HENO'AENO~. AND OE~C~IBE SUCH MOVE"4ENT O R 8EH~VIOR. I N :JICATE OISAO. PEARA'ICES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. M~.~.\"4CC:O. D i D THIS A~RMh;EM::NT CHANG:i OLJRIN C THC: S I G H T INvl 11. COND ITIONS (Check app ro p r i a t e blocks.) A. SKY B . WC:ATHER DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) F O G O R MIST T~'IILIGHT CIRRUS CLOUDS (High fleec y or 1/erring HEAVY RAIN ;,.I.-HIGHT b o n e ) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE c',..let..EAR NIMSUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL PAHTLY CLOUDY CUto'ULONIMBUS C LOUDS SNOW O R SLE E T COM..,L E T E L Y OVERCAST {Thun.dt!!rstorm.s) UNKN OWN - ~; ooo o oo oOOOOooooooooooooootooooooooooooooooo-toOooooOoOoo H AZE oq S~OG ..r -'4E O F THE ABOVE oOOOoooooOOoooooo-o -ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo l C. I F THe SIGHTIHG WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. -NHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON' (1) STARS (21 MOO N NONE BRI GHT MOONLIGHT NO MOON LIGH T 1; A F E W MOO,... WIT H H ALO 1-_ rJNKNO WN D. I F !iiGHTIN G WAS IN D AYLICHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE' 0 Y E S 0 NO. I F ye:s, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED THE PHENOM ENON? I~ FRONT OF Y O U YOU R R I GHT OVEAHEAO(N IN B ACK OF YOU TO YOoJ~ LEFT E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOU~CE O F ILLUMIH~TION PRESENT DURING TH~ SIGHTI"4G, S..JCH A S THE SU:-f, HE~DLICHi5 O R S T!~!:i!:T LA"4P, ~ TC. rO"' TE~RESTr:tiAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY D ISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURC::: GIVE A B;.tiEF D!:SCAI~TION O F THE PHENO ~e:NO...,, INDICATING WHETfo(E R I T A?PEAR::O OAql( O R LIGHT, WHETHER I T REFLECTED LIGHT OA W4S SELF-LUMINOUS ~NO WHAT COL OPS YOU NOTICED. DESCR13E YOUR IMr>RC:::SSI O N OF ttt-Jc.THER IT WAS 50LIO O R T~ANSPAReNT, WHETHER EDGES \lfEAE SHARP O R FUZZY . DESCRIBE THE SHAPE: O R I N D ICA1E. IF IT APPEARED AS A POINT O F LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER O BSERVED 0 8JECTS, LIKE SIAI~S. A LIGHT O R OTH~A 08JECT IN YOU"' FI!:LO O F VI!:W. A STR..\IC;HT LIN'!? :5T~'t"0 STIL L AT ANYTIME SU 00 E"'L Y SPEED U? AN 0 RUN ~1.-=!E..\K UP IN ?A ~TS At-10 EXPLODE ? CLf .~N GE: COLO~? GIV E O F F !;~OKE7 CHA:'fG E 8AIGHT N ESS7 C HANGE SHA;;E7 F L A ... H O A FLICKErH DISA PPEAR ANO R eAPPEAR? S?IN LIKE A TOP? ~AA!<C: A NOISE? F LUTTE R OR WOBBLE? 1 4 . Wr4AT DREW YOUR A T T ENTI O N TO TH E PHENOMENON ? A . H O W DID I T F INALLY C.ISAPPEAR' a. 0 10 THE P>i ENON P-40V!: BEHIND O R I N RON T OF SOMETriiNG, L IKE /1. CLOUD, TREe, 0~ BUILOitlG AT ANY 0 YES (i{NO. IF y ES,"' OESCRI BE . 1 ON~"'t A '"'IC7UR'.:: TH.\T Y!IL L >HOW THE SHAPE: 0~ Tl-i':: Pt1e:.N0 \.t2:tlv.'l. IN~LUUE AI-< l LtJEL .\NY Of_iAIL, i"Ai MI\.O'IT HI\V~ .1.!->PEARE:O AS WING.> 0~ PHOrRUSIONS, A"'D INDICATE: E..-.HAU~ T OR VAPOR TRAIL~. I N D I CArE RY A'4 /I.H~OH Tli~ DlqECTION THE PHENOM'::NON WAS MOVIN~. 1o. WHAT WAS THE ANGU LAR SIZE' HOLD A MAT C H AT ARMS LENGTH I N FRON T OF A KNO,If"' OBJECT, S UCH A S A STR EET LAM a 0~ THE MOON . NOTE HO'N MUCH O F r H E 03J ECT I S COVEPED dY THE H EA 0 u ~ T~' MATCH. NOW I YOU HAD BEEN A9LE TO PERFORM THIS E X P ERIMENT A T THE TIME OF Tl-iE SIGHTI"'G, ESTIMATE WH A T FRAC T ION o= TH=: P"iE~ImwFNON WOULD H AVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MP.TCH HEAD rOLLOrYII..jl CAMER ~ VI.: .YE R SUNGL A:::;SE5 BINOCULARS WINDSHIELD T ELESCOPE SlOE Wl"'("'lOII OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINDCWPA~E OTH':::H Ck}-'ftS 0 NO 8. DO YOU U S E READI~G GLASSES? A. DO YOU O RDIN ~RIL Y WEAR GLASSES? 18. wuT WAS YOUq IM RESSION OF THE SPC:ED OF THE 19 WHAT WAS Y:)UR l~PR!:.S510N OF T HE. DISTANCC OF P'"iENOM"-:NON GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED _ PHENOMENON? C.IVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE _ . 20. I N ORDER THAT WE MAY OE:J rAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE 0 F WH ~ T YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR O WN WOROS A COMM O N O~J ECT 0 R OBJECTS WHICH , WH FN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR T O WHE R E YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WH '\ T YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMIL ARI Tl ES A N[) 01 FF ERENCES BET W~E N THE COMMO N OBJECT AND WHAT Y O U SAW. AN I MAL S 0 R M A C H I N 1 R Y I N T H Z V I C r N I T Y 7 0 Y E S ezl,N<f." I F "Y E S . D ESC R I 8 E. A . OlD THE PHC:N0"-4ENON DISTURB THE G?OU'-0 O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICA L EVIOENCE. 0 YES 0 NO. IF '"YES,"' OESCRia::.