P~JECT 1C073 RfCORO l . SuUP.Cf riyil.:nT"I t. NliM~ER OF OSJECTS t-rer:v shor"t; t.. TY?~ Of C!SE)IVATION 9. PHYSIC.ll ~VIDINC~ J13.y-to n , Ohio 10. COHCLUliOH Probao l e Ast r o (Y~TSOR) 11. 8~1EF SU).WA~Y ANO A~ALYSIS O'bse~re~ sighted t'"'O (2) oright fire".;or.':s ~ Lig!"lts t r'l -,~led i\~-i shor t time only. fTO s l 0-319 (Ttf) PLtllll a'M'IaullfiPII ...... ~ ..... ligh-r..:> t13.t leo ~ca l i ke 2-nJ were v) siblc fo::-u very P~J~CT 10073 rt~COJlO DTE TIMf GROUft :2. L.OCA TION f J. S\.)UP.Ci: 1:). CONCLUSIOM Js. LENGTH Of 03Sf~VATIOH { .). ?HOTOS ? . ~HYSICAL. ~\IIO!HCZ Probable Balloon 11. BRIEF 5U~.llifY AHO A~Al. YSIS Ob:;erv-=!" notic~d e. ..r:"li. t e lig..~t ov~ r:1ead. At ~he t:.l m~ o~"' his call t o the d y office r he had be~n watc11ing j t for 25 lilinut-.=s . CONME.N"'TS: Observer has no t r eturned A'F l'm 1.17 as o f 1 Dec 69. Ho"~..;ever, the d:2scr i ptio:1 . duration, o.nd t i me (twill~ht) see m t o indi cate the sti!':'lulus -.,.;as p ro'bably a ;,.;eath~r balloon fro.:n S11lpher Grove. FTD Sf,....ilv<-329 (lOf) Pnah .. a'Uhuwttsh1aarr._ .. PU.,.I-Y TO GU8 Joi:C T TDPT (Ur O) WRiuHT P ATTUbON AlA I 'OHCC:: BASE OHIO 4!'$.4 l:l UFO Observation, 23 Au Refe ren.:=e your recen t unidentified flying obj e c t si;htin6 wn i c l you reported to the Air Fore~. The information whic h ve have received is not s uffic i e n t for a scientific investigation. Reques~ you complete the attached AF Form 117 a nd return it in the self- addressed envelope . Thank you fo~ reporting your observation t o the Air Force. EF.CTOrtJ,U:::l:'Al{IIL.Lr,' Jr, Lt Colonel, Chief) Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Tecnn.ologies Divis i on Production Directorate A? Form 117 v/envc~ope :JUDGer 'v l",W 1Vr' OV,I(, ThiS QUESTIO \IRE HAS O'SE::.:-: PHEPAR~O ~.){)THAT YOl CAN CT\ ' E T!IE U .S. AIR FO!~CE AS MUCH l:"-JFO~M,\TlO~ .r\S P03Sl8LE CO~CFI lNC. T HE UNIDE~Tlfo'!ED PHEl\0:\h-:-~o:"l THAT YOU liAVE OBSERVED. PLf<:::ASE TRY TO /1 ~ S'fi'ER .\LU () F THt:: QUESTIO:"iS. Til E I~FOR~l i\ T 0.'1 YOU GIVE \HLL DE USED FOH RF.SEAHC II PURPOS :-.:::; YOUR N AM \V(L\.. NOT HE US S D I~ CO~I:"lECTlO~ YI1TH .\:--; Y OF YOU f.: ST ATl!.~l ENT~ OR CONCLUSlON~ \',1TilOT1~t YOUR PERMI"SIUN. RETUR:"f T O ;\JR FORCE BASE 1:'\VE!,TIG :\TOR 1 0~ F0l,' .i/.I\RDING TO FTD {TDI:.TI~). WRll':J"' P,\TTE:<SON AF8.0HI045~33,1A.Y /,FRd"-i7 (IF ADDIT/0,\'A.L SllF.F.T S ' f.(P Nr.lV~D !-'OR. NARRA1'1VF. OR S.l<E.fCtJ'.S , ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FOR,\-1 OR tL'VNOTATE IHTH 'l'OUH Nrl' 1F.. FOR JD~Nl'IFJCATJON.) I . W~E N O l D YOU SEE THE PHEN O"iENON' 2 WH.\T TIME DID YOU FIRST S IGHT TriE PHEN0 M ENDN' 3 WhAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOM END~P D ~ Y L I G ri T SA VI N G S r S T AN 0 A A D [l E ASTERN O CENTRAL D MOUNT~I'l O PACIFIC r- 5 WI-ERE WER!:: YOU WHC::N YOU S AW Tri!:: PHENOMENON ' I F I N CITv GIVE THE NEAREST S TREET ADDR:::SS ANu INDICATE ON I> HAN D DqA NN MAP WHE~E YOU W !::R::: STASDI."'G WITH REFEREN C E TO THE ADDqESS. IF IN THE r:OUNTRY , IDENTIFY T-I-IEJ HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON O R NEA~ AN:J TRY TO FIX A DISTANC!:: AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZA9LE LAND MAR:<:. l F. IM.1CINE YOU ARE A T THe PO'N T SriON'oJ IN THE S KETCH. ?~ACE AN ~A' ON fHE CU~VE!J LINE TO SHO' HOW HIGH T HC: Pn::'IO~ENON WAS ASO'IE THE ""O~IZON. O R S KYLINE WHEN FlqST SEEN PLA C E A 3 ON THE S A M E CU~VED L INE TO S :-'CW HOW HIGH A80VE 7HE HORIZO"i rHE PHENOMENON WA5 "iH;:N LAS"; SEe-N . 7. I N THE SKETCH BELO~. PLAC:: AN A AT T H E ?OSITION OF THE PHENO ... ENON WlotEN FIRST SEEN, AND A s A T THE ?OSii'IO~' OF TH~ PHENO~ENO:-t ,'llriEN LAST SEE'1 C~NNECT THZ .. A. A-..D 3 WITH \ LI~E TO AP~R0'<1:-.4A.TE TH:: M.:;'/E ... ENT 0::0 THE rME~0"4ENON 3ETWEC::N -' AND 3 . THA7 I S, SCn:.:\4.,TiCALLV 3.-40- .lr!-i~THE~ T~E MOVEM~t'4T ,\??EAR!D TO Be STRAIGHT, CURV'::O OR 'ZIG-LAG. REF!R ro SMAL-ER SKe::TCH AS AN EXA'-'cu~: o;: H O..., TO CO-..PLETE THE: LAHG~ 3 '<ETCH. P.AGE 2 o;:o ~ PAG~S YOU ~,fl.W THt:. r'H =N~...>MENO"J ( f.lt,;d, a ifCIJifi 1tc olu A~.) ,vH.::RF w:::Hc YOU WH(::. X OUT000RS 1."1 BUILDI N G NEAH AIRFIFLD 0 AS PA.SS ENGFR IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER F LYING OV!:.R Cl1 Y IN AIRPLANE ,., AS PILOT U AS P ASSENGER A. I F YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAf DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE' YOU M OVIN G ? DIO YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING fHE PHE N OMENO N SOUTHWE.ST EXPL A I N WHETH!!'R SUCH MOVEM E N T AFFECTS YOUR SKE TCHES IN ITEMS 5 .\NO 6 DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU W E RF.: IN A.ND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER Y OU T RAVERSED DUR I N G THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOW~. HOW M UCH OTHER P~AFFIC WAS THERE? DID YOU NOTIC~ A"'Y AIRPLANES' [l YES ;:lNO. IF YES. " OESCRI9=: WHE N THEV HERE I N SIGHT RELJI fiVE T O THE TIME O F SIGHTING TH!:: PHENO M ENON AND HHERE THEY WE-E 11'1 TH'!:: S'<v RELATIVE TO TH;:-POSITION Of' T H e PHENOM~NO'I. H OW L ONG WAS THE PHE"'OME.',40N IN SIGHT? CERT.AI N OF TIME: CERT A I"' L ENGTH O F T I ... E HOH W-\S TIM E DETERMINED' WA3 T"iE PHEN O MENO N IN SIGH T CONTINUOUSLY' i}?1 YES C NO. I F "NO~ I NDICATE WriETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOU R ~OVE:M:::NT O R THE BEHAVIOR O F THE PHENOMENO NO DESCRIBE SUCH ~OVE'-+ENT O R BEHAVIO~. 1'-IOIC..\TE DIS..\o:>. EAqANCES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. u s a ssn tiM PAGE 3 OF 9 P AGS.: 1 :o IF' 'itll::rl- CrlAW ,\ PICTIJR~: TO SriOW H O .'t THE Y W':,H:': CON D I T I O N S (C huk a ppro priat e b:uclcs.) C UMULUS CLOUDS (!.ow fluf{y) F O G OR MIST C IRRU S CLOUDS ( Hir;h fle e cy,, f/ erring H ::: A VY R A i N LIGHT HJ\IN O R ORilZLE N1 .... 9US CLOUDS ( Ro.in) H AIL CUMULON1"48U S CLOUDS SHOW OR SLEET (T hun de r s t orrn.s) I COMJjLETELY OV5:RCAST U~KNOW'I Tl-tE SIGHTING 'IW~S AT 7WILIGI-tT OR NIGHT. WHAT 010 YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE S TARS AND MOO-.? STARS ( 21 t>'... r~o~;: 8~1G"iT MOONLIGHT ~10 MOON L IGHT ~ o. I F SICiHTING wAs IN D AYLIGHT, WAS THE su-.. VISIBLE? DYEs D No. I F yEs. WHEPE wAs THE suN A<; YOU ..-\C~o TI-lE PMZN042:-.0N7 1N FRON~ OF YuU T O YOU~ HIGHT OV~qHAD(N~vnou~ TO YOIJ ~ LE F 7 J E. S;>ZCii'Y T~ E "'AJOR SOURCE Or ILLUMIN~TIO~ P~ .::iENT OIJ~I-.G THE SIG~TING, SUCI-i \., TH~ SUN . ~ STR0::::7 L~ .... ? . ETC. F O R TERP~3TRIAL ILLU\41NATICN , SP~C!FY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOUR CE. HE~DLI .. riTS O R C t V E ~BRIEF OO:::SCR IPTION OF THC: PHENO"'E"fO N , I~OICATING WHETHC:~ IT ~PPEAREO O A RI< OR LIGHT, wu:TH~R I T P.ZFLECT~O LIG H T 0~ WAS .. E!..F-LU ~INOUS AND .HAT COLORS YOU NOTICC::D. DC:SCRIBE YOUR llot?R::SSION vr: W'1ETI--t::~ IT .v." SOLID O R TrlANSPARENT, W,ETH!:R EOGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY . DESCRIBE THE SHAPE O R INOIC A7E I F IT A?Pe \RE O AS A P'JINT oc: LIGHT. INDICATE COMPA~ISONS WITH OrHErl OBSERVED 03JECT!i, LIK = STARS, A LIGHT O R OTHE~ OdJ :::CT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. OHt:.NUMt.NON MOVF Ill A 5TR~IGH r Ll"lE? ~ ~TA:-to STILL AT ANYTIMF? l SlJOD!::NLY SP::E O U P AND RUN ~REAl< U? IN PA~TS AND EXPLODE CHANCiE COLO~' CHA?-iGE El~IG1'1TNeSS7 f-' L ASr-4 OR FLICKER? DISAPPEAR A N D REAPPEAR? SPIN L IKE A TOP ? MAKE A NOISE? FLUTTeR OR -NO!IBLE? DREW YOUR ATTENTI O N T O rH~ PH=:NOMENON? FINALLY OISAPP::AR7 01::> THE ?"l~NO,..ENO~ MOVE BEHI~D 0~ I N FRONT O F SOM E TH'NG, Llt<E: A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIM!::7 OIR~'CiiO~I ~HE PHENOMENO N W"!:i MOVING. 16. WHA T WAS 1Hc ANGULAR S IZE' HOLD A M AfCH A7 ~PV'S LEN~--1-: ~MONT Or A KNOWN 09J!::CT, S U C H A S A S TREEI LA~? OR THE MOON. N O T E HOW MUCH Or THE OaJ!::O:T IS COl/!::?!::~ 3Y Tf-IE hEAD OF THe MATCH. tJO.V I F "OU Hi\ 0 9EC:N A9LE 70 PERFORM THIS E<PERIMENT AT -rlE TIM E o~ -.,: S Gt1TING, :::STIMA rl':" WHAT F R ACTI O N OF , HE f>AGE 6 OF 9 PAGL=::; WINOSHIC::L D / TELESCOPE SlOE WINDOW O F VEHICLE THCODOLITE WINDOWPANE OTHFR A . 00 YOU OROINAPIL Y WC:AR GLI\5.:;~$' r lYFS [ jNO 8 . DO YOU USE RF"ADIN G C.t.ASSE57 19 WHAT WA3 YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED Of T)iF,;\ PrlENOMENOl'P GIVE !::STIMATE OF SPeED ,'1.,. / rr ZO. n1 ORDER T H A T WE MAY OBTAI N AS CLE;\~ A PICTURE AS POSSI8LE OF WHAT YOU SAW, O!:::SCRIBE I~ fOUR OWN WORDS A COMMON OgJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH. WHEN PLACED IN THE ~KY, SIMIL A R TO WHt:RE YOU NOTF:CJ THE PH~NO MENON. 'NOULD ClEAR SOM E R ESEMBLA~CE TO WriA T YOU SAW. D E SCRIBE SI\41LARITIES AND DIFFERENCES 8ET WC:Et~ THE COMMON OSJEC T A N D WHAT YOU S..\W . , ~ 1. 01 D YOU NOTICE ANY 0 DOR, NOISE, O R 1-i 2:AT EMAN .II, Tl FROM THE PHENO MENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOU~SEL F, ANI\1AL S OR M..\CHINERY IN Th:?' VICINITY? Ll YES ;c:..._NO I F .. Y E S. DESCRIBE. . 0 YES,-\rzfNO . ..\.DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROVNO OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDE N CE. I F "YES. C)ESC~IBE. .U . H\V. YCHJ !:.VER $2ZN YtiiS O R A SIMILt\ R PHC:NO~EtWN 8Ef0HE7 (-jYES 1-1 NO. IF' ,.fi""";" GIVE D Art'. A"'i:l OCATIO,-!. 2~. ~ $ANYONE WlfH YOU AT THE TIM!:: YOU SAH rHE PHEN O M ENON? YES 0 NO. I F y~s. 010 rH E Y !:;E.E IT TOCP