P R<lJcCT 1C073 ~ECO~O TIME. c-..ouPf l. LOCATION ll. >OUI!Cf f .. Hth.H:\E r~ OF uiJEC TS I~-L::NGIH o~ O~SERVATIOH ~-fY ~E Of OJSEAVATI~ ~ ~. PHYSICAL ~VIDIMC! 1~. CONCLUSION Possible s~tellite 11. BRIEF SUMWA~Y ANO AHAlYIIS Observer sighted a moving star-like light that traveled from the filri to the ES"8. AFH R0-1t(('l) I. , ..., 'vl.l (", J.i~rt'l-T~>;.! PtiN0:4~ Ut~ THr~CUv;.f A N Y dt' i"l--FOLL0..,1'4Ci INC llJOE' I NFOtl'-1'\rtON 0'1 MO:)~L. ry ' E . FILT'R, I.E::N.-, RE5CRIPTI O N Or! OTH:.R Ai-'PLICA"J ... OArA. CLI~SES _lerNOCUL..\RS TF.LE:S'::OPE WINOOW O F VEHICL~ THEODOLIT2 A . DO Y C DOWPfiNE:. U OHO INARILY Wf.AR GLAS'>E$1 W'\; YOUR I MPRESSION O F THe. SPErO o;:: E$ TIM ATE 0;:: ::; PEED Qc) YOU USE: RE. A PHE NO~ENO!IP DIN G CL.A!>~t:S7 ! jYES I I N O GIV~ E:!.TIMATF.: OF 01.-rA~C.E_ ' -L- 20 IN OF'LJ!.:.R THAT W MAY OBTAIN AS CLt:AR A PICT URE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU 5AW, OF!>CRIAE IN Y OUR O WN NORD$ COAMON 09JECT OR O'JJECTS WHICH, WHE't-J PLACED IN THE SKY SP~ILAR TO ~HERE. YOII N OrE.D IHE I HE.N0"1E~ON, WOULD fJE.AR SOM E RES!::-\aLANCE T O WY \ T YOU S AW DESCR13E SI'11L ARITICS AND DIFFHH: NCES 8t rw~FN TI-'F '::0'-''-'0~ OBJECT AND WHAT YOU S AW. 21. :>tO YOU N OTICE ANY OOOR , NOIS~. OR Ht:>AT E M..\'4ATI NG/FR0 '1 rHE PHEN O ME:'J O N OFt ANY E'f f-E:CT O:.f YOURSELF, ANI'-4~L., OR MACHINEtqY I N TH::: VICINITY' l.J YES t:fNO. I F yEs. DESCRIBE. to 010 T-:. PH!:;NO ... ENON DI$TU~3 THE GPOU~O 0~ L E AVE A 1"' PHYSICA L EVIOE'ICE. (' I~ y ES,"" OFSCR I3E r'u 'J r:vc; WA~ A~YO'l E WI T H YOU A T 'f H E T I M E YOU SAW T H!:. PHE N O Mt:'IO N 7 Ll Y E S 0 W:> IF " YES.'" DID TH["Y S Lt. I T TOO' A. LI~T 'iH'::tn NAMES AND J\DOHESSE S ADDR I:.SS (:iue ~t. Ci,y, S tate o n d Zip C O CCUPATIO N AND ANY E X P E A t E NCE 15 PHENO~!::NQN? THI S QU..::3TIO ;I?.E . F E 'AAL E DEPARTMENT OF THE A I R FORCE OFFICE O F THE SEC _r.,rE~lORA~Dl ri\1 .YP.' re obli ~ -c2rl l'L reoortln IJI t !(I r, ~ I ttl :.~ C Hr f I.E' Thlc replies to youc lett~!' >o:.t:narked Jun 27, in whie h you rcque;:jter1 cvo.luatlons or two \midcn~i fie<l flyint.~ objec t 0 ( tJFOa). In o~dc:r for Proj~r.t Blue P.oot<, to investi,~atc a UFO ~;1 tnc ob~r;rver must report, it di cectly to the Air Force; \vC tlo not accefJt GecondtiB.nd reports for invecti3ation. In w.ddition, '"e have found that D.fter a sl~htin~ is over thirty days old, precise details become blurred i n the viewer' s mind and an investigation i s not then vorthwhile . For these reaso~s, we canno~ investigate your friecd' s repo~t. We tnought tr~t perhaps he might waat this report for hiG records so we are ret~rnin~ it. Inclosed is some r.3terial on U?03; oy loo~dD6 a t the different categor ie& o~ objects often reported as UFOs, you may be able to help him io.e:1tify his ,;ighting . Tne 1969 Project Blue Book has no t been publlshed . However, ~e anticipate no cha~ges in the 1?68 edition except in the statistical su ry. You may bricG your 1968 eJi tion up-to-dat~ by inRerting the inclos~d sheeto a t ~ages 8 and 9 . Tnc report of Force Ba~e, Ohio. y,:,ur sight ir.g As s oo:1 as i t ~ckso~villtJ Florida 32216 bei ng sent evaluated, to virig h t -Fatterson Air you will be noti f ied. Sincerely, JA SS H. AIK.'~iJ L~ 8olonel, U F Chief, Civil Bran~h Con~unity Relations Division Office of Infornation uSc!""'ffi ~o~l.On, "4 enville, Florida Reference your UFO sig:tting of ~6 Ju."1 69. On the. b~sj s \'):f description, ':e f eel t r..at the stkulus :fo r your cielj t j ng 1--a.s probably a sate11 i te. T'r.cre nre ever l, 7L,'O objc<; 1.~ 1.. S}..ace, approxi~tely .64 of 1-hich t~r~ visible t.o the na. :ed c ; e Alth ough \/e are unable to i dentify whic h cbjec t yo u sig..'lted, e feel that your sighting vas of one o:f these nna:1:ed eye'' satellites. . Y- :CTOB Q.UDri'ANILIA Jr, Lt Col, USAF Chie.f, Aer~al Phenooena Office Aerospace Technologies Di v ision Production u ectoratc TDPT (UFO) O E P;\;"-(T'"":.,'IT o~ THE AJR FOriC~ H OOU,r:tTr c; t-0-=.C:tGN 1ECHNOLOGY OIVl ION IA'F Cl Reference your recent unidentified flying object sight.iny which you reported to the Air Force. The information whic h we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request complete the attached AI Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting yo ur observation to the Air .F'orce. ~CTOR ~ctUI:ITfu~IT.LA, Jr Lt Colonel Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division Production Dir~ctorate AF Form 117 w/envelope S I H f I JIG Or U~ I DE~iT IF I ED PtiE:-IOMFNA QUEST I 0iittA IRE lJUDfit~!' f'ld<J:'AV ,t o'I'.,.OYJd. \~ i' "liH 1: CO:\t.l!~:\ING T ill. U~liH.!':ItF!fl) P ill !(1\lr'~l)'\1 Tllt\'1 YOLI !lAVE OllSF~VI-.1>. PI.F.\~1. J'I'Y TO H.''i, ~A.'lt: \\lLlr-r,nT r , E liSEO [~ C"O~"'l:.C ( 10~ \\llll A:'~'t CP YOUt< STA rL~.lf.!\TS Of.! CON( L(I<.,JO S WI rl!(>ll'f' YOl' !.' Pl.fx).t! ld\1. 1\ETUI~;\; T O t\ll~ FOI~Cl HASE I:>:Vr.")!'let\J'OR FOI~ FOI~\',AI(IJIN(, T O I J't> (1'!>1."11~}. '.VI~J(,JIT i/Th.TiSJ' .. 'Ui\rLY /0 Till\ FOT~t()/O:A'\'t\''>f,1Tf-llrTfl HH l:.\'1'1f-/OJ?/Tl'~.'\f'IFICATIO'V.) Dl n YOU SC C: f HE PH F N O,..If NON TlMI~ 010 YOU LAST SIGHT TH:: r>H~NOMcNON' .:.~ A STEH"' [lCENTRAL [jM OUNTAIN r ]t'A('II"IC ; ,Ollf:n A ''\I~D O~AWN MAP WHi:::~E YOU WEFH STA"l(JI N G WITH REFERE"N1..C:: TO f H c IIDD"<ES5 I F IN THE t:OU'ITHV. I DENTIFY TH! : .. q-!4,/AY Y.:>U ,'1<-'Rr O I")R 'lEAP 1\N O "R( T::l FlY A DISTANCE ;,~J!:' OIRE'CTIO ' I f.'RO SO'vl PFC~GN'/AtJl L LAN D'IARY. o I"AviN~ YOU A~t:: AT !HE POINT Sl-iO'Hitt: n= SK:::TC4, PL.1~-A~ .A 0'1 Tt-H CJRV~='O Lltl~ 10 :.10W H()W ~: .. -;t-f TIE c-:.NO'vl"~ION WAS A l .... VE T..,E HORIZOtl, 0~ ..)"(LIN E ,'/"iE~ F1,5T =:E'>~. PL.lC~ A 3 O N THE SAM;:; CURVED Lt'~E TC S-O'o': H O,Y HIGH ..\20\'F: THE HORIZON l'HE P~FNO'vl;;;'ION WAS NrlE I LAST SEE'>!. Of3~t:.PV R IN Tt"'-.,.-<(:.~-H !:h:.LO'N . PLACE AN .. A " AT TI--E POSITION OF TY=:: P ... E N O Mi::N O N WHE N f-IRS T S~ EN. ANO A o'" AT TH=:: P:'J:>ITION OF THE PHENO~t:N0'-4 WHEN LAST S~EN. C ONNECT THE "A AN;) s WITH A LINE TO APPRO>:IMATi:: THE THE P~F.:.I0.4ENON BETW:::EN A" A~O " s . THAT IS SCHEMATICALLY SHO W WHETHER THE ,YQVEM~NT '3E: ::,7RA'G'-ff, r:u~VEO OP ZIG- ZAG. Rt::FER T O S.._..,:. .-ER Sr<ETCH A S AN E'<AMPLE o:= HOW TC CO~PLETE PA:.;E 2 OF 3 PAGES AFn H0-17(Cl ) t/ t'1U rooo~s l lltJ 8 U51N :iS !>ECT I O N OJ-Cl rv , I I N OP E'N COUN Tf~YSI ::>E llr. BUILDING l.l A < DRIV!::R 1 I A!.l P.'\SSEN GFR I F L Yl N G OVER Of"' E N C.OU N TRY It~ AIRPLANe:-[]A S P ILOT A . I F YOU WERE I N A VEHICLE. COMPLETE THE FOLLOW I NG WHAT DIR2CTI ON WE RE YOU MOVI NG" H O W FAST w:::RE YOU MOVING? 'lOA T H I EAS; SOUT H HE.ST DID YOU S roP ANYTIM E WHILE 08SERVING T H E N O R TilE A ST SOUTHEAST QY E S ( ) N O ORTH WEST SOUT H WE S T E XPLAIN WHI?.THER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFEC rs YOUR SKETCHES IN IT E M S 5 AND 6 OESCRI3F: TYPE O F VEHICLE YOU W E R E IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, T rRRAI N OR E:lODY OF WAIER YOU TRAVERSC:O DURIN G HE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WI NDO.'IS O R C O NVERTIBLE TOt.> WERF.' UP OR DDII' N . HOW ~UCY OTHEq T R A r: F I C WAS T H ~ RE' DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? [1 YES r NO. IF ~YES," D'.SCq18E WHE N THEY WER~ ' N SIGHT Rf;.LATIVE TO THE' Tlt.~c OF SIGH~ING ThE PHENO\ol~NON AND ,y ,.,c-~E THEY '~ERE I N THE S'<Y RELATIVE TO THL DOSITION OF THE PHFN O'AC.NO . LE:::NG7H OF TIM E , , : 1 CERTAI N OF T IM E NOT VE~Y SUR E F AI~Lv cERTAIN JusT"_A_ G_u_c:_s_:; , ~ON WA5 TI,..E DETER't41N C'Q7 WAS iHE PHEN O M E N O N I N SIG-H T CONTI~UOUSLY~ fj"'.;E S D N O IF No.' I NDICA f!:. N HETHER THIS 15 OU!: TO YOUR M O V E MENT oq T H E BEHAVIOR O F THE PHEN O M E N O N , AND O EScq aE SUCH MOVEMENT O R BcHAVIO~. INDICATE Dts.:.c PEA q,:. NCES O N P R E V IOUS SK E T CHES. AFR H0-,7( Cl) CO~OITIONS (Check apprn:~rwl,. '.Jlorb.)