PROJeCT 10073 ReCORD ~-9n 6q osl:n2qz l. SOUP.CE i. HliMi:\c~ OF O l JECTS 5. LENGTH OF O~SERVATION C'o:-1flicting o. TYPe Of 08ScRVATI(f 8. P rlOTO:S 9. PHYSi.;AL E V!O!MC! Hartsdal e , tievr Yor k 10. CONCLUSION Other (CONFLICTING DATA) 11. BRIEF SU~Wo4Ai-IY AMO AHALY:iiS Observer r~ported UFO s ighting for 4 Oct 69, but returned AF Form 117 indicates date as 27 Sep 69. Duration given as 5 minutes, but observer state:;; th'lt he first saw object 2329 hour s and las t sa' it at . OJo29 hQ;u:,~. 2.2 . H .... VC: YOU EVER 5EEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON B EFO .. lE? QYES (]NO. I F "YES, GIV DATE AND 23. WAS ANYOP.:: "rt7'i YOU A ' r THE TIME: YOU SAW THE PHENO;\IENON? (2J YES 0 tlO. I F " YES, " DI D THEY SEE I T TOO> CJ YES 0 ''0 GIVE THE FOLLOWING I N FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF LAST NAME, F I ?.ST NAME , MIDDLE NAME TION HICLUOING OCCUPATION ANO ANY EXPERIENCE WHI C H MAY BE PERTIN ENT. :! S /o~c:.'l _...,., '0 -'""::I;) YOU RCPCIRT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED rHIS P H E N O M EN ON' PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES f.:a.jor l~ec .c : Quintinilla,Jr. Ai~ FviGe search and ~ev.lopmen~ Commaz1d Wright-Pattdrson Air Force s~se,D~yton Ohio. liar ndale N.Y. ! ~;ou~d li~:e o report sighti a U.F.O. movjng }!orth to Soutt1 a t abo~t 1,100 ftl.P. H. It l Ot)l<eJ matalli c and was trer:~ondous i n si~e.lt was aa brjght as a strip of magnes ium ribbon burning. I~ eoing stright all the ~ay across th~ sky excnpt for one ti._e ~hen it went up about 200 ft. and it stayed that way for nt~ut 4 s~cond3 ~nj th9n very ~t:ickly droped back altitude it starte d nt~I naw it at 11:30 Saturday to the sam~ v e T of o~tobe~; and I might add that it wa~ an extrca~ly clenr night. ~ ~0~ld likd you to investigat this. YrJurs 7ruly, Tt? T (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE A IR FORCE H'="ADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION I AFSC I RIGifTPATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 4!5433 ur: :~servation, 4 Oct 69 , New York 10530 Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which yo~ reported to the Air Force. The information which we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Reque st, yot.. complet e the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to t he Air Force. -HECTOR-'<iUINTANILLA, Jr, L t Colonel, USAF Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Tec ologies Division Production Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope BUOOF.T OUqEAU A.PP:JO'I.V. SIGHTING OF U~IDENTIFIED PHENO~ENA QUESTIONNAIRE THIS QUC~.TIO":-lAlRE HAS BEt:::N Pl<EPARED SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE TilE U .S. AIR FORCF: AS 1\IUCIIINFORMATIO~l AS PO.;s;S!.. CONCERNING TilE UNIDENTIFIED PIIENO~IENON THAT YOU !lAVE OUSERVEO. PLEASE TRY TO ANSW!::::< ~.:..!J OF TilE QUESTIO:-JS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVI!: WILL OF. USED IOR RESEAl<CH PURP03ES YOUR '. : :;:q. NOT BE USED I N CONNECTION \VlTH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OH CONCLUSIO:-IS WITHOUT YC'IJR '''>:ild:-1. RETURN T O AlR FORCE IJASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TIJETR), WR IGHT - PA;"7:-~:.._ ?3,0 HI045433,1.\\' .\FR80-f7. ( I F ADDITIONAl. SHEETS Afa~ NJ::T!VED FOR NARRAT/1'1~ OR SKETCIIES 4 ,--4 . .., -~:':'.'~ELY TO TillS FO!~MORANNOTAT 11/Tfl YOURNAM FORIDFNTIFICAT/ON.) , ,..,:> =:-YOU SEE THE PHENOMt::tlON' MINUTES <I 3 WI-'AT - ..,.;:OlD YOU LAi[.Sib?'rr THE PHEtJOMENON> 4 . Tlt-'E :-' E @DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [l STANDARD l"~ c: .. ;;-sqN [l CEN T R A!.. n ~IOUNTAIN IJ P ACIFIC 0 O THER 5 ,v..,E::>E ERE YOU WHEN YOU SA.~ Tt-<E PHENOMENON> IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAR'i:ST STREET AOOR E'SS AND INDICATE ON AHA'-:) cqAYIN MAP YIHERF YOU n'::R<-. STAN(IING WITH REFERENCE TO THE AOOHF.SS. I F IN THE t:OUNTRY. IOC~ITIFY THE HIGHw~Y YOU WERE Otl OR NE'I<R -'NO TRY TO F I X II DISTANCE ANO OIRECriON FROM SOME R ECOGNIZABLE LAIIDMAR i( : \4\j _ ' O J ARE A T THE POINT ! - OliN ltl Tt'E. S KETCH, PLACE AN .A ON THE CURVFO LINE TO SHOW HO.V HIGH THE ::>~E'-" -.:;:.,-:>1'1 WAS ABOVE THE 110'<1:~'1. OR SKYLINE WHE N FIRS T SEEN . PLACE: A 3~ O N THE SAME CURVED LtNE TO SwO,. .-:. niGH ABOVE THE HOP Z:>'I THE HENOMENO"-WAS WHEN LAST SEEN . OBSER VER .,. 15A. 1'10'. IMACIN E YOU ARE A T THE CENTER OF THE CO:-l?ASS ROSE. PLACE AS "A-ON THE COMPASS T O INDICATE THE OIR~CTION TO THE PHENO :-l E N O N WHEN FIRST SEE N . PL,\CE A o ON THE COM<>ASS TO INDICA IE THE DIRECTION TO T~IE PHENO!'!IE N O N WHEN LAST SEEN . ~ -""~!; S<.O: ;c~ C;:;_ow, PLACE AN A 1\T TH~ f'OSITION OF THE PHENO:-lENON WHEII FIPST SCEN , AND A a AT THZ roO,:,i iiQ,, Or ThC: PHENO:.O:!:NON WHF.N LAST SZEN. CO~NECT THE ,x AND a \ll"iH A LIN:! TO APPi'IOXIIAATE THE lot::h'::'!:;:NT OF Tl1E PHE:NOMENON SETWEEN ...... AND a . THAT IS , SCH:!M,\TIC,lliLLY SHOIV WriETHER THE HOVEI~:.,;:-;T AP?EA~EO 70 e: STRAIGHT, CURVED OA ZIG ZAG. REFCR TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXM-IPLE OF HOW TO CO,.."LETE THE LA?v E~ Sl<E "CH. PAG'!::! OF q PAG E S WHEI~E WERE YOU WHE N YOU SAW THE PHEt lOMEr-;ON ( ( ' h tc:A "''l" " l"iulr I,/ OUTt..O:.~.> I N !lUSINESS SECTI )II Q f" Cl r f IN ~ESIOFN TIAL 51 r liON 0 1 II~ OPErl COU"'TI"IY':iiiW v [lA S PASSE t i G EI"I N E A R AIRFI ELD F L YltiG O V E R Cl TY FLYING O V E R OPEII rou N rr> f A . IF YOU W ERE I N A V E H I CLE. C O 'IIIPLCTC T H E FOLLOIIING H O W ~ A S T WERE' YOU M O V I tiG' .,.,.,..~-:::::::tE CTION WE R E YOU MOVIN G? s o ur., W E S T 010 Y O U STOP ANYTIMI:. HHILE 011,1 "'"' PHE N O M E N O N > NOR-,..,. ;.s T SOUTHEA.>T SOUTHWES T EX"LAitl ""'" T H E R SUCH MOVF ME N T AFFECT S YOUR SKCT C HES IN ITE,_.S S A N O C.. Ot::SCRnC:: ., "'E OF VEHICL E YOU WEPE 1'4 AND TYPE OF AOA O TIORRA I'I OR BODY OF liP. ri.-"R ' l'll Tl E !>IC.H71' ., STATE WHETHE R WINOO~S O R CONVERTI OLE TOP WE:RE UP OR OO'.'rN VUC._ OTt E R TRA~ FIC WA S THE RE? '; 0 ;,.; '0::-ICF. A'jY A IRPL A 'lES' YES 1 N O IF " YES." D~"''iCRIHE NME:N Ttt[.Y WCll ' !): So~'-':''':; THE PH:;.N U'>II::IIOtl A N O .VHER::: T-.E Y WERE IN THE: S"'Y R!:"LATIVE TO TH ro~TI~'i ' ' H OI/ LON(, WAS T H E PHE N OME N O N I N S IGHT? DE 1 f R\liN EO ,., IE"':."'-:>=> TH>:: OCHAVIO R O F THE Pi~'"~--., ?""VtOUS SKET C HES. ~JOUSLY' rlYt::S L.IJ NO. I F " N O 'INOICArC IIIII T P..;E'I:J" E N ON, A N D OI:.SCPIUF. SUCtl MOVE. ENT 0'' Ut">l\\ lit I eoiHf I F THERE WERE MORE 'fHI\14 ONE PHEN O M E N ON. H O W MI\~IY WERE THERE DRAW A PICTURE T O SHOW H O W THEY WE R E ARRANC::0. DIO THIS AR;;c.l.NCEME N T CHANCE DURIN G T H E SIGHTING ' CONOITIONS (Citec:. appropriate b l ,ckr.) WE ATHEn I A. CUMULUS CLOUDS (/.ow fluffy) FOG OR tiiS T T .~!LICHT CIRRU S Cl.OUOS (lltgh /l!'CC'Y or lfcrrirtg HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAI N OR ORIZLLE NIM9U3 CLOUDS {Rr:in) CU -"'ULONIMEIUS SIIOW OR SL E: ET !CO'-'~LETEl.v .vO::RCAST UIIK N O 'liN H A;: . OR SMOG NOtiE OF THE:: ABOVC: THE SIGHTII'<G T WI L IGHT OR NIGHT . 't'rH A T DID YOU NOTI;;E ABOUT THE STAHS AtiO MOON' BAlCH r MOONLIGHT N O MOONLIGHT , ... i"CI MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN ElY C LOUDS I'< OAYLICHT, 'HAS THE SU" QYES 0 NO. IF *YES," \'tHERE W..'IS Tf'E SUII I'< " PONT OF YvJ TO YOUR RIGH r O VEI'lHEAD ( 1\cor noon) 1 IN 9-<C < OF V.:>U T O "OUR Li':FT Utlt< NO HN r><:: I~AJO" SOU~Cc OF I L LUMI'lATION PRESENT DURING THE SICHTI~IC, SUC H AS THZ SUN, H EADLIGHTS OR FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUWNATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LICHT SOURCE . ;.z;,;.o,=>710N o;: TH!:' PHENOV~>;::>N, INDICATI!olG WHETHER I T A Pf"EA"!ED OARr< OR I I CHT, ',VHCTHEq IT ;=>'liAS SC:LF-LUI~IN0:.3.:. <> HHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESC~IBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF' Wi-l~"THE'l IT \'i >.> S?l.l:> ;)-'> -~ ... NS"'ARENT, WHl:::THER ~:)GES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY . DESCRIBE THE S'iA?E OR INDICATE I F I T '"''::'IT OF LICHT. INDIC ATE: C-:>M;:>AiliSONS WITH OTHEP. OE!SERVEO OBJECTS, LII<E <;TARS, A LIGHT OR FIELD OF VIEW. PAGE 4 OF~ PACCS IN A ST;"tAIGH T LINE> STANO STIL:.. AT ANYTI ME? SUDDE NLY .:;?EEO UP AND RUN 9REA K UP 1:-< PA~TS AND EXPLODE CHANG E C:L.o;p SP I N Ll'<!:. FLUTTER C"' WOOBLE7 T H E PHEN O M E N O N t '\ . WHAT CRE'~ YOUR ATTENTION TO THC: PHENOMENON> F l t iALL Y DISAPPEAR -! '-C'-'ENON MOV E EHI .. ~ C~ oN FRO~IT OF SOMETHI"lG, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY I"' "YES," DESCRI3:. 15. OHA\'1 A PICTLIR"' Tri .. T WILL SHOW THE Sh'-PE OF THE P~IE:IOMEriON. INCLUDE. ANO LAlJE:L ANY OET;\ILS THAT /.fl(,tlT ~lAVE APPEARED :>.SWINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EAHAUST OR VI\POH TRAILS. IND I C ATE BY AN ARROW THE DIRECTIO~I T._,E ~'>HEIOMENON WAS MOVI~G. I .: ,.,~ .:,;; -.. ; >":i'o~LA~ SIZE> HOLD l.. "<~:.TC"i .AT ARM'S LE.'GTH IN H10Nr OF A KNOWN 03JECr. SUCH A S A STfi.L'F.T i L .;J;. ""' -;;; .J:'> SOTE HOW MUC"' o;: r.,o;: .):JJCCT I S COVi:.~EO B'f THE H EAD OF THE MATCH. N O W I F YOU HAD I" AGE G OF J F'AC>FS 17 . DID YOU 08SERVE THE PHE NO M E N O N THROUGH FOLLOWING? I N CLUDE INFORMATION TYPE . FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE OAT II. EYEGLAS~S CAMERA V I E WEFl SUNGLA3SSS BINOCULARS SlOE~ , ::!0 1'1 0 F V EHICLE T~IEODOLITE w o.: Jf:.lA.J ~ OTHE R ~::-NARILY W EAR GLASSES? [)NO 8. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES> 18. W-1--\'1'-3 YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THEI'I'f PtlE":'""::oON ' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED,.. ') 'l ' I ' 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANC!f..OF THE . PHENOMENON> GIV E ESTIMATE OF DISTAIICE~ ,,-''t. IN Or< 'l THAT WE MAY OBTAitl AS CLEAR II PICTURE A S POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A COlo'"'-" OElJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH. WHE N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILA R TO WHERE YOU N O TED THE PHEN O M E N O N , OULD 3'i:A R SOME FtESEMBLIINCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETy,EEN THE COMM0.-1 03JECT AND WHAT Y O U SAW. !: :> ?-'tOTICE ANY OOOR, t iOISE, oa HEAT EMANATig, FR0\1 THE PHE N O MENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, ;.s v-._ o :l<t Mil,CrlHit::RY IN TH:: VICINITY? 0 YES r: NO. I F " YES," DESCRIBE . DISTURS 7~ -:_:;.~l.'-10 O R LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PAGC 7 OF!) PAGCS