i ). LEHGT H OF OJ.)fiW~TIO>f lea 1/2 hour tf>. TYPC: Of 03ScRVATIOH a. PHO TOl 9. PHYSICAL E V:>':>iC! Pn!>Ji:CT 1C073 ~ECO~O 2. LOC~TION 10. CONCLUSION 11. BRIEF SUM.MMH' AM> ANAL Y&l$ Obserte r sighted a fla::>hi:1g light behind aml above the tn.:es . At the t ime of the report, h e had bct:.::n -..:atchine the light for about JO minutes. CO r;.;:oi'rS: An AI<' F't:! 117 \las sent to the obr;erver o n 6 Oct G9 but has not been returned a::> o f 2 Dec 6)1. NOTE: Capella va s just risine; at azimuth of 35 deerees. FTO SC;>Sl 2.2. H1W~ YOU E:V!::o'l SEEN HilS OR A SIMILAR PHE N O MENON BEFOHE> [jYES LOCATIO'-~ N O . I F "YES,~ GIVE DATE AND A<;.."'.'l": :. "' ':'H YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? 0 NO. I F " Y E S,* OtD THEY SEE IT T001 GIVC THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF ' ,/ FEMALE ON INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHIC H MAY EIE PERTINENT. P/\GC 8 OF 9 PAGE::.; 27. INFORM ATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINEN T BUT WHICH I S NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIOtHIAJnt::, ALTERN~TIVi:LY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLAN ATION OF THE SI G HTIN G . PAGE 9 OF C) PAG::5 D EPARTMENT OF THE AIR F ORCE H~AOOUARTEPS FOREIGN TCCHNOLOGY OtVISION I AFSC l WRIGHT PATTEflSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 4!!14:13 G or. r 19FJ~ Re.: ::-:-ence your recent u::identified flying object sighting which yo~ reported to the Air Force. The information whic h we have rec~ived is not suf'xicient for a scientific investigation. RequesL y:-:. ~omplete the attached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- add:-ezsed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation t o he Air Force. HECTOR ~UINTA!'I ILLA, Jr, L t Colonel, USAF c~:~r, Aeria l Pheno~ena Office Aer~spece Technoloies Division Pr~aJ~tion Directore~e AF F or m 117 w/envelope SIGHTI~G OF U~ID TJ FI HENOMEMA QJSTIO~NAIRE B UIJOE T IJUREAU .!J>.>'JWY.U, NU.V.'IEil :? 1 il2' I THIS Q!':".S':':S':"iAlRE HAS OEEN PI~EP1\RED SO THAT YOU C AN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFO. It\TIO~ A S PO"S:::..E C:>;-.ICERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHE:-;0:-.IENON THAT YOU IIAVE OflSEI~VED. PLEASE T R Y TO ANS .;ER .-.:...:.. OF THE QUESTIONS. THF. INFORI>IATIO~ YOU G l VF: WILL B E U SF'D FOR RESEAI~CH PURP03ES YOUR '\.-. : ~:q .. NOT DE USED IN CONNECTI0:-.1 WITII A':'>Y OF YOUR STATE;,JSNTS OR CONCLUSIONS WlT!JOU r YOU~ ?.:.- ,:o:-1. RETUR:-.1 TO AlR FORCE OASJ: INVESTIGATOR FOI~ FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WkiGHT- p ,; 77:::~'-{ -.?"B. Otil 0 45433, I AW A!=R 80-i7. (f F' A DDI TIONA L Sf/Ef~TS ARE NERDF:D FOR NA RRA T1 VE OR SK'{ Cf/ES A-T :'"i -;: ::.~1-Y T O THIS FORM OR ANNOTA T HIT I/ YOUN N1!."1F.. fOR /DENT/ FICA TION.) OU SEE. T H E PHEN OMENON' 2 wHA> r~'i DID You FIRST SIGHT ThE PHENOM!"NON> .r.; / TIM!;: .. -:.. LJ Qo>YLICHIT SAVINGS u STANOAkO 3 . WHAT T ::: OlD YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOI~ctiON 1 -~-:::o.s-=-.,'1 [JcEIITRI.L LJMOUIITAIN OPACIFIC []oTHER !> WHEr<~ :..rE YOU WHEN YOU S AW TH'l: PHI:::NO/.!EtlON> I F IN CITY. GIVE THC: IIEARt::.ST STHEET ADORE% All!'l INOICAi E 0"1 A HO."'O :'~AWN I~AF> YrHErtE YOU W!:RE STAN!)tllr; WITII RCFERC:~ICE TO THt: ADORES<;. I F IN THE t:OUNTRY, IDENTIFY THI:. Hlv'-1\ir'\ "'OU YIERE. ON '::IR tiEAR AND-RY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRFCTI O N FROM SOM E RECOGNIZ ABLE LAIID MARK. ": v';:; ._,. : J A;>'! AT THE POINT$'-"'"'" IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN "A ON THE C U R VED LIIIC TO SHOW HOW HICiH T"iE P-:: -.~ --=-.~"1 .YAS ABOVE THE tl0" .:~J, OR SI(YLINE WHEN FIRST SCEN. PLAC: A e ON T H E SA'AE CURVED LINE TO S-~., -:.~-.:;..,ABOVE THE HORI~.j~ -He:: PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SCEN . 6 A . N O W IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENT E R OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN " A " ON THF. COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A e ON THE COMPASS TO IND I C ATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENO~ WHEN L A ST S EEN. ~ I N T H'Z: SI(F.TCk o=LO\'f, P LACE AN " A " AT THE POSITION OF TilE PHENOMENON 'tYHEN FIRST S!"::EN. AtiD A "B" AT 'fHE POSITIOt. OF TH~ PHENOME N O N WHEN LAST SEEN. CONtlZCT THE " A " AND e WIT H A Ll:>l..! TO APPROXIMATE TH::: MOVEMZNT OF THE PHEHO).IEN O N ()ETWEEN " A " A"'D " B". THAT I S, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHE R THE MOVEMENT AP?EAREO TO 9E STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. RC:FER ro SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COH P LETE ":"tiE LARGE~ SI(ET C H . PAGE 2 OF 9 PACES WHE R E V/EHE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE P HEN0/.1F.:IJ0N I ( C: lar J.. I N BUSINESS S!::CTION OF CITY ... :; IN RCSIOO::I TIAL SECTION OF CITY DRIVER 0 A S PASSENGE R OPE N COUNTRYSIDE ~ !'!?.--N E A R AIRF IELD r1 AS PASSENGER . FLYitiG OVF"R CITY FLYIN G OVER OPEN COUNTRY YOU w::RE IN A VEHICLE. COMPLETE THE FOL LO 'Ill N G qECTION WERE YOU '~C. VI N O FAST YIERE YOU ~.OVING? DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OfiSERVING P'-!EilOMENON? Non-~: "-ST SOU Pi EAST NOR-,.. ~EST EXPLAN w~-::THC::R SUCH MOVEMENT AfFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS S ANO b D"SCMIBE - ypE OF VEHICLE YOU IVER E I 'I AND rv r>E OF ROAD. HRAIN OR BODY OF /lATER YOU TflAVrR~ED DUrtiNC. SI:.HT v. STATE YIHf rHER WINOO"IIS o~ CONVE'RfiHLE T0 I'IERF U P OR DOWN. ' IUGrl OTHER TRAFFIC VIAS THERE' :' J v :::.J ,.,.:;-I.:E ANY AIRPLANES' C~Y::S fl NO. I F " YF:.. OF.SCfliBI: WHEN TilEY WERE l"ll SIGHT HELITIVC TO THE T l1:: ~ ;:;'-7 ._,:;-HE PH!:.~OME~IO AND .,._,;;_o:; .,.'"lEY WERE IN T.-1 S" Y HELATIVE TO THE PO:il r!OI~ OF rHE PHFIIOM<:NON. H0\\ LONG WAS rHE PHENOME N O N I N SICHT> I FAIHLY CERTAIN JU!.T A GUESS t.~Ov ':..'7 ~"' -,.:; tloHAVIOR 0"" Tr: ;_:_..,.:;"'ENON. AND o:::-:qra:: SUCH MOVEM FNT OR BEHAVIOR. INOIC\TE OISM>. 10. I F THE.RE WEP.E '-'OI"{f THAN O N E PHENO M ENON. HOW MANY WERE THERE DRAW A P I CTURE TO SHOW H O W TilEY WERE ARRANGED. 01:) THIS ARRANGEM ENT C H A NGE DURING THE SIGHTI~lG' f11 CONDITIONS (Cherk appropriate blocks.) DAY CU"4ULUS CLOUDS (l.ouflulfy) FOG OR MIST TWILIGHT CIRRUS CLOUDS {lltg h fleecy o r 1/crring H EAVY RAI~l I/ "!_IGHT /wr.c) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE CO"!PLETEL'I' O V E R CAST ,_ IM9US CLOUDS (Rain) CUt~ULONIMBUS CLOUDS ( l"hund :<to rms) SNOW OR SLE E T ~lONE OF THE AOOVE t C. IF Tt'(E SIGrlTit-v WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICF: AOOUT THE srARS AND MOON' ORIGHT HOONLIGHT N O IAOONLIGIIT , ... Fl;W HOON WITH HALO UN:<NO'IIN ::>. lr SIGHTING WA.S IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THF. !>UN VISIBLE7 0 YES 0 tlO. I F "YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED THC J:oOHEHO!o4EN0N' J I N FRO-.T o;-YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Ncar noon) f 1 ;:::-aAc.K oF vou Tv youR LEFT uNKNO'wN , . ~-SD::CIO'Y TH;:: "!~JOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRES!::NT DURING THE SIGHTING , SUCH A S THE SU'I, H E ADLIGHT S OR ST~::.!T LAt.-?. ::TC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMI NAT,ION, SPESIFY OISiAfiCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. ;:, \1;;.;. ~ ~ .J::S::RIPTION OF THE PHIUIO"'ENO"', ltiDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED 0/oRK OR LIGHT, \otriETilE A IT Ri:r1..E.::-:-e: -I T OR WAS SELF-LUMI'IO'J~ AND ,..-;,,T COLORS YOU tiOTICED. DESCRIB:!: YOUR IM?RESSION OF WHEl'HER 11' HA .;.;.~1:: ;;, :"l'IA'ISPA P.ENT, WHETH<:R ;::;,:;:rs HERE SHARP OR FUlZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF I T ;>P?E:.:..::~ ~-' .\ o:: NT O F LIGHT. I~IOIC;.T::: :::v'-IPARISON S Y'ITrl OTHER OOSERVE D OBJECTS, LIKE STARS. A LIGH T OR On'::i'l r 3. ~::-h YvUP FIELD OF VIEw. PACE 4 OF 9 PAGt:S P H E NOME NON YES N O UNKNO"" MOVE IN A STRAIC'<T LINE' STAN O STILL AT ANYTIME SUOOEN!...Y !.'><:::o U? AND RUN A\IAY' BREAK U~ "'~TS A N D EXPLODE' os~o:>;. \P >~:) REAPPEAIH SPIN Li'<C: MAK;; A ~C :iE> FLUTTER:>;;> ftOSBLE 1 l . WHAT :~=:'.11 YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PH:::NOMENON HOW DID I T F'I~IALLY DISAPPEAR' FRONT OF SOMETHI>;:i, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE. on OUILDING AT ANY TII~E' O ESC~I3 C.. 15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE P HENOM E NON. I N CLUDE A N D LAOE L ANY D ETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED A S WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND I N DICATE El\HAU<;T OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN AHROW I H E DIRECTION TI-'E PHENOMENON WAS M OVING. 1.'->.T .. ~; --.;:: A'-':;VLAR SIZE' HOLt' A "'Afr''"' AT AflWS LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH' AS A STRF.ET L "'~";::.---.. ;::':)4. NOTE HOW MUCH 0~ Tr'E OBJECT I S COVEPEO BY THE Hl::AD OF THE MATCH. NOW I F YOU HAD &:.:s '.;!_: -: ~-E~FORM THIS EXPERIMEH A-T H E TIME OF TH~ SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTIOtl OF THE ::>rE' ~ ... ::.: .;: -'~D HAVE BEEN COVEi'l'OO av T H E MATCH HEAD . PAGE 6 Or 9 PAGF.5 17 OlD YOll C'95::.HV E THC:: PHENOMEtlON THI"lOUG'"i ANY OF THE FOLLOWING> INCLW.JC: Ill FORM A 'I'.J'I rJrl o.o TYPE. F.~":" 1, L ENS PRC~CRIPfiON OR OTHER APPLICA9LC DATA . VI:::HlCLE CAMERA VIEWER OHIOCULAF!S THEODOLITE :: o 'I IRit. Y WEAR GLASS~S' QYES [)N O DO YOU US!:. READIN G CLA" "~ fOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF Y.E ' , !"ON? GIVE E.5TIMATE OF SPEED -<?, / . WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSir Jt r,F IH PHENOMENON> GIVE ESTn 20. IN O'l,~' THAT WE MAY OOT A I U AS CLEAR A PICTURC AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU S AW, o~ 111ft:' tl , ,, A COW. 01:3Jt:C T OR OBJECT S WHICII, WHEN PLAC~D I N THE SKY. SIMILAR TO WH<'RE YOtJ l')rl . t IYOIJL= _.;n SOM E RESEMRLANC!:: TO WHAT YOU SAW. DE!iCRIBE SIMILAIWriES AND 01~ ~I I w.:r-~ t ., CCM\1~' :'3J:.CT ANO WHAT YOU SAW r-,,-z "-;-;-::-:--ICE A N Y ODOR, tiO ="' '"iEAT EMAtiATING <"PO" THC PHEtiOM!:tiON , "'::'-~'1 :;)ISTUP.E! --E -:-":>:.. . o OR LEAVE ANY PHY<oiCAL FVIOEN-.1:.