PP.OJ~CT lC073 RECO~O l. D.L TE ' t1).4E G~OU;~t 2. LOCATION 2.2_ ort-. t;a ??/cnhs7 1') mi. len Ri.-/ or Twin Fn.1)JL J d::>hn l . SvUP.C~ 10. CONCLUSION 1) Other (PROBABLE ROCKET lAU!iCH) t . t-ll!ME\ER OF OtJECTS 2) Astro (I'OSSIBLE STARS/PLANETS) .;. LENGTH Or O~SEAVATION 11. OlliEF SUI\.'IMARY A, AMAL51~ : o::-7 r.iinutcs ::. T f'?E OF O!SER\IATIOtol ' ':-cn.md-Visual s. ?rl.o ros f ~. Prf'l'S1CA.L ~Vf::!,.C! The observer ,,as driving his tractor when the headlights and radi o went out. He noticed a laree light rising o ver the horizon. From withi n this light as much brichter and smaller light rose. The seconr1 light ~ppeared much like a 4th of July r o cket ezcep t it did not explode. The lar~er light g r adually r;rew fainter until it disappeared. CO};!MENTS: A Ninuteman rocket vas launched from Vnndenburg AFi3, California at 1939 PST of 21 Oct 69 ( 2139 NDT) , and appear s to be the stimulus C?f the visual sighting. T'nere is no evidenc e that the visual slghting a nd the electricc>.l f a ilures are related. 'I'he SlGhtings of 11 and 13 Nov a r e possibly stars and/or planets. Ptst6t :attM /Ill QIM Cs1a iMll/1 t.ttlt 6 A . N OI'I IMAGINE YOU ARE:. A T THE CENTER O F THE COMPASS HOSE. PLACE A N " A " ON THE COM P ... !;S TO INOICATL THC OlriECTION TO THE PHEN O M E NON 'II'HE~I FIRST SEEN . PLACE A o ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTIO~I TO THE PHENOMENOII WHEN LAS T SEEtl. 7 IN THE S'<ETCH BELOW. PLACE AN A A T THE POSITIOtt OF THE PHENOMENO'l WHEN FIRST SEEN . AND A a AT THE POSITIO'l OF ~HE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEE~I. CO,.,.NECT THE " A .. AND o~ WITH A LINE TO APPROXII-'ATE THE ).I:)V;:"!ENT o:-THE PHE OMENON BETWEEN A Ar~O "8" . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHO'n' WHETHER THE MOVEI>'ENT A?P!::A<>EO TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIGZAG. REFER TO S'.1ALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAM P L E OF HOW TO COMPLETE T..IE LA<>CE~ 'iK~TCH. PAGE 2 OF <l PAGLS 0>.1 T:JOCIR S VIHE:"lE: WE E YOU NHEN YOU SAW THE PHEN0 ME>101'. AS OR IV[ q .:.!, PILOT I"' BUSI"l fSS Sf-C flO II OF r: lTV l'l ~!::SIDE..NTir._ !JL' II>:. OF" CllV jIll Of f:.N CClU'l~nvs:)E NEAR AIRFIE.LD F"LYit.G OVFR CITY I~ YOU WERE IN A VEHICLF.:. 'FLYING OVER 0<'>." COUJTR r COMI~L ETE THE FOLLO\'o!NG J -t E AST - -SOUT>E AST H.:>" F' A 'iT WE" R E YOU I,'Q\/1 NG' I 010 YOU STOP .ANYTIIJf' I'.''HL E OBSt.:PVING T~ -----,PHENOM E NON' LAI'I W"l<;:Tw:;::. SUCH MOVF.P..f:NT J\l'~"[t.T$ VO'JR S K !: T C HES IN ITEMS 5 A>l(l G OE:SCL1 fiE Ty<t. ~-VE,.ICLE YOU \'.!,: 111: 1"1 't.(, TVPf \lF R OAD T"'R~Air. Ol'i BO:JY OF YIATE"l YOU T>A\'~'RS~r: l "'lllC. ""f SIGH liN:, ~-:.TE \rHET~ER IYINOO'"'S 0"1 CONVE'PTIOLf:. TOP NE~E. UP O R 00/f~ :;~v ;,IPPLAN5' W!OR!: I'. TIE SKV RELATI\/i:. TO TdF POSI'I(>N 0"" T"F P .. r 'l')'.' f V.:'. JUS r A C JE~S 10 I F THERE WERE MORE THAN O~IE PHENOM ENON. H O W MANY WERE THERE' DRAW A P I C TURE TO SHOW HOW THF.Y "t'IERE" ARRANGED. ntD ;rHIS ARRANGEMENT CHA NGE DUR:::tN THE SI G HTING> CONDIT lOriS (Che c k approprwcc blocks.) ~.<.,. B . W EATHER A CUMULUS CLOUDS (/.o;u fluffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS (1/tRh {lac y or llerrin;; FOG OR MIST HEAV Y RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE ..f_ PARoLV CLC...1DY NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain ) CUMULOHIMBUS CLOUDS (Thundns t o rm:;) HAZE O R SMOG OW OR SLEET U N K NOWN tiO N E O F THE A B OVE ':.IF THE SIGHTI'I~ WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WH A T DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AriD MOON > BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT ......_ '\ FEW MOON WITH H ALO MOON H IDDEN BY CLOUDS '-IA"Y r ., '" 'I'JkN PARTIAL (Ne w or quart e r} f ~ ;:-r ~C 'ttAS 1~1 DAYLIGHT, YIAS T H E SUN VISIBLE' 0 YE$ 0 NO. IF - YES," WHERE w .\ S THE SUN A S YOU F ACED ' !rtf. PHC"OMENO~P I~ F'RONT O F YOU T O YOUR RIGHT OVERHEA D { N crv n c.on) TO YOUR LEF T <. SP::CI"'Y TI"'E ~AJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESEN T DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHT S OR ST;>:':C:T L.t.).(?, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPEC I F Y DISTA~ICE T O LIGHT Souqce:. ~ GIVE t :;:> :;c ::SCRIPTION OF T H E PHENOM E N ON, INDICATING WHETHER I T APPEARED DARK O R LIGHT, WHETHER IT RE:-!..E :-::;)-::i!T OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU N OTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSIOP< 01" WHETHER 1-"'S .;0- 0 :~TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRI B E THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF I T '>2:: .. s -4 POIN T OF LIGHT. INOI~"TE COMPARISON S WI T H OTHER OBSERVED OBJECT S , LIKE S TARS. A LIGHT OR QT.., E~ ~ :S..: ;:.:-''I YOLIR FIELD OF VIE . r AGL t: OF Q PAGES 010 TH::: PHENOMENO N YES N O UN lo( ti0\>11 t.IOVE I tl 1\ <;THA i vHT 'i r I\ N O STIL L I.T A'4YTII-IE' (iJoO:EN l Y-SPEE0 .,~-"0 ~UN (cHI.HGECOLO~' -f_wtA.-A, ATTEN 1 ION TO THE PHENOMENON> 010 IT FI'IALLY DISAPPEA R 1 -~ONT OF" SO~\E:1'r' Tf!EE,OR 9UILOING A T ANY TIMf' 15 ORAW A PICTURE THAT W HAVE APP!'"Af1ED A S WINGISLL SHOW THE SHAPE 01" THE PH ENO~ENON. INCL\IOE At~ IIIOICATE EAH ... UST OR VAPO-n 0 LABEL Ar~Y DETAILS T n TRAILS. I NDICATE [lv HAT "liGHT ' Atl AHI10W THE DIRECTION T H E P HENOM"'NOOR PROTRUSIONS, AND -N WAS MOVING. --' -='"THE MATCH Y:OAC. ""T f'RACTIC;II OF Tt!C' PAl-E 6 OF 9 P /C'ES 1 / DID "0ll OBSfAVl THl PHENOMi:tiON THROUGH ANY OF TilE F'OLLONitiC' INC.LUOf ltiFORMATIO~ 0 11 MOOLL, !YPf FILlfR, I FtiS P"'f SCRlPliON OR OTHER APPLICA!:ILE. D ATA r C; ... ~RA Vlf "~II )I_ 01 ~IOC II LA llS -ITELfSCOPC tn7COOOLIIL ------- h l'l' 'HI(L 0 '.'f't-ICL E NO 0 O() YOU USE Rf"AOitiG CLASS""S' ""'"~ F"SSION O F THE SPEED T THE' VE. t:STtMATE OF SPE.E_Q..~ 1--'d._... 20 IN ORO r; T-;:. .. :: MAY OnTAIN A S CLI"AR A PICTUFH r"'~o~M .; .:H'e'-. A'ID WHAT YOU S A W 19 WHAT WAS VOUil 1 ... ~-rtE~SION O F THE;. [)I~TAN(.f OF Tit( PHE,..OMENON' GIVE. ESTIMAT' 0.1) OISTANCf ---- AS I-'05SI!:ILE 01 WHAT YOU SAW. OESCRIOE IN ~UI' OV.N W0kl>':. IN THE SKY. SIMILAI"t TO WHERE YOU NOTED THI:. I'Hf::IIO MLNON. DESCRIBE SIMILARITII S A'JO DIFFERENCES OETWEFN Tt-tr : : 'r .1. ,')" t..IIY ODOR IIOISC. OR '"tEA- E''ANATINC ~ROY T'"IE f-'HENO'~EIIOII OR ANY EFFE<..T ON VCURSEI F , YES 'X N O IF "'H.~. Dl SCRI'H. n HAV( YOu E V E R SC~N THI S OR A 'iiMILAR ?HE N<'Mt::N Oil UEFORE.' LOC A TtOI ''AS AtiYONE:. 'r'li" vcu A T T HE" T I M F YOU SAW THE X]ns IJ~>w I " "YES C IV;:: .J ,A T l Att 0 :liTI~ ~L INFORMATION INCLUOI'lG OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPEHIEHCE 'Witi~H MAY BE ERTittE>IT I 27 INFOrl\IATION WHIC H YOU FEEL I S PERTINENT !:JUT WHICH I S N OT "Ot::QUATELY COVERED I N THI S OUESTIOIINAIRE. ~ A LTER NATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRA'riVE EXPLANATIO N O F THE SIGHTING. SIGHTI!IG OF U~IDE~TIFIEO PHf~l0>1E~U QUESTIO>titAIRE BUDGET RUitEAU Ai'Pl OV..U. NUHiJEif ll R 1$3 Till " I,I!IF~IIOS:"II\ll<E If,\~ 1\EEN PHEPI\RED SO TIIAT YOU CA:'-1 Gl\'E TilE U. S AIR FCmCE A S MUCII IKFOf~\IATIO:'f AS POS<;IIIL.l~ COSCr.R:.;tsG TilE tJ:-<IDENTIFIEO PHENOMENON TIIAT YOU HAVE OfiSE.RVED PLE ASi:. TRY TO A:-:<..WEI~ /\ L l 1 OJ T!lr: QUESTIONS. TilE !:-.FORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED IOi~ RESEA!<CIJ PUI<POSI::S YOUJ~ NAME WILL !'.OT UE USED I N CONNECTl O !'I WITJI ANY O F YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSION S \\1THOIJT YOI'f< J>ER~.Hs..;tCJS l<ETUR:-.1 TO All~ FORC E OAS E 1:--IVESTIG:\TOR FOR FOf~WAFWINC TO FTO (TDETI~). Wl<l GHT- i' t\ 1 TERSOS AFi J, '0 -l'l433. I AN Af'R 80-i7. (IF A OD/'1/0NA I. SI/E.I:T S ARF. N I:JWFD I 01< NA RRA TJ VF OR Sh E TCJ/F-:S .\ /7 . It'll .C:.FC:U.'-:i:J.. TO TillS FOI\M OR ANNOTtl TF IHTJI YCUH ,\'AM F. !-'OR JDENTIFJCA T/0.'\' ) I WHf..~l uC Y O\J ~: T-<E PHEN O M E N O N ' MONTH_J}_t 1' YEAR_!y{,Cf 2 t<>I\T TJ!.<::.: ::_J FIRST SIGHT THE PHE110MEN O N -HoR MINuTEs ~1-.vM. LIP M . ~ r Mt zo.c: l 1 DAYLIG~IT SAVINGS S '"'rl'l "''~R "::'u HHEN YOU S AW THE PHENOMEN O N I F IN CITY GIVE THE NEAREST STRECT AODRESS A N D INDICATE O N A H"'"lO :>"<"-"" '-;P WHEqE YOU WE"'E STf..I'.::>INC WITH REFERENCE T O THE ADORES.> IF lrl THE '::OUNT R Y . IDENTIFY THE ., ~,rliiAV Y~J ;.!;:<>,;: 0"1 "\R NEAP AND TRY TO FIX A OISfANCE A"lO OIRECTI Otl FROM SOY E RECOG..,I1A9L!:. L MIO'IAHK '"'-'''' '':l.J ~"'=:AT T H E POINT SHOWN I'< TH=: SKErCH. PLACE AN "A ON THE: CURVE-D LIHo TO '>HO,.( H O W HICH THE :> .. < ...,Ov~".::" "'!.3 A80VF. T1'1C HORIZON. OR SK"''LINE wHEN FtrlST S".:EN . PLACE A o Otl 7HE S A M E CUAVED LIN~:' TO S"'OII "'=-~--~30VE T H E HORIZON THE PHE N O M E N O N WAS WHE N LAST SEI:::N. 09!:-ERVER N O W IMAGI~IE YOU A<F A T THE CENTER O IREC:TION TO THE PHENOME~ION 'fi/Ht:N P~tENOME:NON WHE~l LAST SEEN . OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE A N " A O N TH::: COMPASS TO INDICATE TH:!:-, FIRS T SEEN . PLACE A a O N THE COMPAS:i r o INDICAT e lt!E OIRF.CTION lO J ,..., 7~:: :<<:.7.:.., ~ELOW. PLACE AN " A " A7 TriC: POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN . AND A " 8 " A T THE ?C~IT,Ql'. OF 711 PH!::NOMENON WHEN L ~S7 SEEN. CONNECT THE "A" AND e WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE: l>'::vEMLNT Or THE PHEtiOMENON SC:l'WEEN "A .. AND ~s. T HAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOV::MENT EAREO T~ 9 STRAIGHT. CUR VED 0~ ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF I'OW TO COMPLE~;: T'E LARGE~ Sl(ETCH . t~ Observation, 2 1 October 1969 1. P.e.farence your L?O oighting o f 21 October 1969. '!'he s ':.L:1ulus o f your ~ighting ha3 been identi.t'ied as a .linutet.18n ~iJ3ile launch fro:n 'lac.Cicaburg,A.:!B, Calif'~rnia. r:0w<3ver, we ca~ offa r ~o exulanation ~or the electrica l failures 2 . ~ you for reporti~g your ob3er~tion to the Ai~ P:~ce. --.:..:::cTOR r.ui:ITA :I!:J.A, Jr, r.. t col, us~ l' ::1ie r', A~.L":.a.l l .:mo~er-.a Of rica \ ~::-ospace 'J.'~chno logi~s Di vi3 ion ?reductio n Director:'l~e 1 r:JOOF<S [lUI It,r, INRE~I(l[NliALS'CTvll .H Lll~ ~ x~tN OPEl. r )'l'llRYC,1'1f N CAR AnHIE.I 0 ~LYING Ovrn CITY ~ Fl YINC 0\lt:R UPf t. ('J J'l' "' I F YOU ~\E=1:. i N A VEHICLE. CO.VPL ETE THL -'OLLOV.ti'.G I 010 fOU !>TOP ANY T IME. "ll t fJOSI:.RVIIlC. 1 f- _=._-:= l PH E'N OMENON I SOllfl-<f,f~T tO IF T I I!:-R E WE R E MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON. HOW MANY WERE T~IERE DRAW A PICTURE T O SHOW HOW T4F.Y WERE ARRANGED . DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTIN G>