p;~OJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE T IME GROUP 2. LOCATION 3. S )lJRCE ~-NUMSE R OF OBJECTS S . LENGTH OF OBSeRVATION 6 . TY?c Of OBSERV.\TION r.--~')1nd-Vi s:ta l 7 . COUR SE 3 . PrlOTOS ? . PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION Possible Balloon (HOT AIR) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Ob-;~!.,re ~s sighted ~ blue- ".Yhite lisht that tr~l relad i n a southe~ly ciirect:.o:1 and wa:> .:;een ::o -n.upr-c:' i .... ately GJ se~o~d~. Durin6 it~ cour~e suude 3 change5 in dir .ction vithoJt ~han~ir1-: its speed. F TD S E? 6 3 0329 (TOE) Prevtoul ecllUona o l t!\h toea mAJ be uud, ! l h t-NO'A ~ s T;;(A I GI-4T l I N .f.? :iT.,t-lt:) ~TILL A T ANYTn4E 7 ~UDO!-N LY SPEED U? AN() RUN 8Rt AK U P PARTS .~N O EXPLODE' CHANG= C OLOR? 8~1GHTNESS7 CHANU~ SHAPE? DISAP?E I\ A AND REAPP E AR' SPI N LIKE M A K E A NOISE? FLUTTER O R WOBBLE? 14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION T O THE PH!::NOMENON' A . HOW 010 IT FINALLY D ISAPPEAR 1 PHEN0114NOH MOVE BEHIND O R IN FRONT o;: SOMETHI NG, LIKE A C LOUD. -;-qEE . o q 8UI~OI'lG AT A~Y TI"4E7 IF yEs,'" D ESCRI9E. DIHe..Ci!ON THE PHENO'':.:.~ON W14.S MD v t-..G. ''CLIIO '~ll l r OY ,\'I , 16 'N H AT WAS T H E AN G U L A ? 3 I Z E? H 0 L 0 A M ,_ T ': H A 7 ARM'S L EN G T H IN r R 0 N T 0 F A K N 0 'H N 0 9 J E C T, SUCH b, S A S T rt E E 7 L A ~;:~ O R THE MOON. NOTE HO-N MUCH OF Tt1E 0 3 JE=i IS COVER:::O BY THE HEA D OF 1H~ MATCH. NOH If YOU HAD BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT A T T!-!E TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMJI Tf W"iAT FRACTION t F H" PHEN~'-'ENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERE~ av TH:-MATCH HEAD . lYPE:, rll_ft ~. L:;r;:; >"i1c..S(;RIPf!..)N Q=t lNA~ILY W'='AR GLAS::.ES7 OUR IMP~t::SSION 0~ THE I~ lhHAT WA..; Y Pr!E'ICMO::NO =sTIMATc OF SPEC::O CAMERA VI. H INOCULA R THE.ODOLIT t-: DO YOU U S!:: R EA~I'IG GLASSES, WHAT WAS YO 1J ~ PAP RES S I 0 N 0 F T H E 0 IS T AN C E 0 F T H E. PHEN O MENON ? GIV ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE :!0 IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN 1\S CLEAR A P I C TURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRI'~E IN YOUR OHN 10RDS A CO~MON OBJECT 0~ 09JECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACE D IN TLiE SKY, SIMILA R TO 'Hri:::~E YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, ULD BEAR SO'wiE PES::'.IBLANCC: TO .VH<\T YOU SAN. OESCRIOE SIMILARITIES A~JD DIFF'ERENCES BETWEEN THE C0\4MO N OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SA H . A'II'IAALS 0~ MACHIN y I"' T H::: VICINITY' [j YES ~NO. I F yes DES(:RP''i~"'. A C I ::> r.,-;. P l.j ;: N 0\4 E "J 'J 'I 0 IS T U R 8 THE G RO UN D 0 R L C: AVE ANY P '"i Y 5 I C A L E VI DEN C E. 0 YES [Sj N 0. IF "Y?".) ~ OSCRISE U YC5 ( j NO. I F yr .;, .. GIVL UA'fr: \~0 l l . ,tA~ ANl"ONC: WITH YOU AT THE rt\A~ YOU 51\Uf THE PHENOME"''O N ? 0 Y E S 0 NO. I F "Ye-s, DIO T HFY SEt. I T TOO' A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDnt::SSES GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMAT I O N ABOUT YOUR5EL.F LAST NA~=:. FIRST NANE, MIDDL E I"''OICATE ADDITI ONAL INFOR'-4ATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH NAY BE PERTINENT. YOU REPORT YOU H A D SICH TED :s. C.~ n: ':OU C0\4PL ETEO l"rll$ QUESTIONNAIRE. ?HENO~ENON? MO~Tn YE.,_H PACe=. 8 ')F S P-\CES 17. INFO:l'wtATIO N W.-41CH YOU F E:!L 15 PeR riH:!:NT BUT WHICH I S ""O T AOEQU,\TFLY COVER:0 I N THIS QUESTION.\f~IRt:, ALTi!R NATIVELY PROVIOF. A No\RRATIVE EXPLANATION Or THE SIGHTING. :JPT (O.H)) Obse~v-1.t:!.on, lvani a 15345 The.deseription you have provided 25 Jult 1969 is similar t o others sir)'tjYlg of' recejve d of Garment .:'o-wcv-er, 3e.g Hot Air Balloons (see attached description) .. sinee surface and upper air vind obs ervations are not available, tentative evaluati on . for 'the area. i n question , this is observation Thank l'QU for reporting your -R QtJrri'ANILLA Chief, Aerial Phencmeca Of.fice Aerospace Tcchno~ogies Di~nsion Production Director*te 1P-sc::-ipti on Gar:ne'1~ Bar; Air F.alloon rentler e n : J , \naonbur{ , v o u r relp ;., p:--re cia te lll r 1 y .co -,I : .... y husb:-tnd C!nd I .~re obs'=rvic.,. first attrc:c~=c! o u r [' tte:1.t o n 'l I rl Z()rt spr,a J._j l tes ~jr.c.rfl1 IUPI.Y T O HEAOOUA~-E'i'S roR1GN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION f ~F3C I WRIGHT PA rT~R<;ON A I R F O R C E 3A~E. OHIO .J'HJJ TDPT ( ill'O) UFO Observation, 25 Jul 69 J ohnsonbur3 , Pe sylvania 15345 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting ~hich you reported to the Air Force. The information wh i:h we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investiga~ion. Request complete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Th1nk you for reportin g yo~r observation t o tht:! Air Force. Irt:C.1.0R-Qtfi?11'ANILLA'J .f::, Lt Colonel, USAF Chief,~Aerial Pheno~ena Office AF ForLn 117 -/envelop~ Aerospace Technologies Di ., i s i on Production Directorate I Tlit<:., QUFS1IO~NA1h:f HAS IH.E) i P"Er>\ REn ~Al THA T YO!' C.-\-:"1 GIVE THF t; ~ AI H FO",C .\; : t,_.l!l t.a:o.~ I \ T l O l A~ PO~.,tfH . E C U N CF:RNING T H E UNIDU\Tl F IED PIII.);O\ I E N O N THAT YOU HAVE OB~ER\'FO. i'LEA.; z TRY T O .\ ~'\'F.R ALU OF THE QUESTIO <l. TH1: 171lFOR~IAT10~ YOU GIVE WILL 01. USED FOR l"l 'ir \~CH P U RPOS .> YOU R N A \ t l:: WILT,.. 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