1. DATE TIM= C~':U,_ 4. SOUP.C 1 . NliME\E R OF OS.!ECTS S. LENGTH OF O~.iE~VATION f.. TYPE OF 03Se~VATIOH S. P H.OTOS ,_ PHYSICAL EVIO!NC P fmJECT 10073 RECO~O l. L OCATION Vandalia , Ohio 10. COHCLUSION Probable Balloon 11. BRIEF 5U.\4~ARY AND AHAL Y 515 The observer sigh ted a bro;m ball a.bo'..lt 8 ft i n dia.'neter that had a flashing lieht. The observe r thought i t was a plane until be noted its odd flight path and heard no souJld. CO S S: The descriution is similar to balloon or garment bag bot air balloon. us air c r aft ln the area. note the 12 years old. that of a weather ThC're are also observe r is only 27. INi'ORMAT I O N WHIC H YOU F t::EL IS PERT I NENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVEREO IN T HIS QUESTIONNAIHE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING. PAGE: 9 Or 9 ~'AvE!. ROUTit-lG AND TRANSMIT, A L SLIP lf.lli iL, DAn ((HH10l'lA TIO N 11-ITit..L~ f"I L rr -..~JJ..Tu"r t: s ttOMt LCG OPSi~ FOi1 }.rrt;~.; 7.UJ.U DiS. . !::GT A!JA!tS m: DUTY o o GEU ;;yz t.RRIVF:D AT TI:I~ TII-S. ii"E K\S h"ST BY C0I. SH.:..t; . SGT l .. DAI:S O:r D~'fY. hO :o>:.:u;~J.CATIOl;s CC.N'l'.iia H'~i'OnTS POI'IER OUTAGE 1-.'J.' TH<KER i .l"O. K IH'L'L!d. D n C:. ;-~:-~"S:~D CR Ri::CEI'/~. NOTIFIED AF:,c cm;;.~t.rD :POST. hb ~ )OllC: ;:-;;-:-::. Ii~DIAN S?Rit,G3: CCI. BAS~ ~:U::POH1'S A KELLIS F -4 DG:.;: I."Z.tJ'( ! -::;J A iJJ, T ? ~ COHl!.UNICf, TICI\S C~T~ IS NO':~ Bf..CK H! COi:HSSIO:~ l.OTIFIED i-1-'SC cc:G.:;...:;n PIC:\'w liP UFO O:i I IS 95 NILi<:S. 'l'HE S:?~D OY 'l'iE UFO ::AS 2500.<'fS. :3 k. PCif:'t' FIVE :-fiLES sou;,-~ C~' ~ ;,i::; ?AD'SD OUT. ALTI'i'i.'D}; IS Ui:i<N011N. THE: fU.DAR SETS ;.:AKE SIX R'r)/OLuT:LGi:s ?E.'lt ~ 'l :..-:~;::--_s .::lO\fS i!C~UZC!i ~.OVJI.:G :;r;sT. I~O AII1CRf,~T nS?O:t't'SJ Ii>J AH~A AT TiiJS Tr;.;::; ~ AFSC J n 185 f Pn!!vlous EDITION OF THIS GENERAL PURPOSE HO!'t< SHEET ( rl " x WI\")M<;C-MI"u-w :,::.H .o.c . FORM MAY ll E USED. SIGHTIMG OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIOH~AIRE BUDGF.T IJU~EAU J.PP.'tO"f,IC- THIS Q;JS:;TIC'~'\;AIRE HAS OEEN PREPM~ED SO THAT YOU C AN GIVE THE U. S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFOR.\1 TION AS POS5!BL=: CO:-<CERNING THS UNIDF.NTIFIED PHEKOtllENON TIIAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANS')i.i::R A:.u OF THE QUESTIONS. TliE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL OF. USED !"OR f<ESEARCll PUP.f'O~ES . YOUR ;-~: J.1L!... NOT B E USED IN CONNECTION WI Til ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CO:'<CLUSlONS WIT! !OUT OUR ~ "":~!:3S!d;.4. RETURN TO AIR FORCE UASE IN\'ESTIGATOR FOR r:'ORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIC!IT f> '\'!TF-=:'0:-t A Fa, OH 10.\5433. I AW AFR 80-i 7 . (IF ADDI'l'IONA L SNEF.TS Am:: NEF.OT?.D FOR NARRA T IV OR SKETCi!ES AT:".C.-~-::-~U.~ELY TO THTS FOR M OR ANNOTATF. 11/TH YOUR NAMF. FOR IOF.NTIFICATION. ) : 'rOU SEE THE PHE~lOt.'ENO'H 2 >'<A';'-\IE DID YOU FIRST SIGHT -H:: PHE~lOMENON> 3 . WH r.,--"'E OlD YOU LAST SI GHT THE PHENOM'E:NON> E) DAYLI GHT SAVINGS [)STANDARD ['::.-;-::RN QCENFl>'L [ jMOUNTA I N 5 '"''1=:-: vfRE YOU WHEN YOU SA\<1 -.,.-PrlEN O M ENON> I F I N CITY. GIVE THE tlEARE!:iT STREET ADDRESS AIID IND I C ATE: O~l 0 PACIFIC 0 OTHER >' '1:.,~ ::lRAWN MAP WHE R E YOU WEqE STANDING WIT H REFEREN C E TO THE ADDI<ESS. I F IN THE t;OUNTRY. IDE NTIFY THe HIG,..t .>.'-'YOU WERE O N OR NEAR A."-0 TRY TO FIX A DISTANC E AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LAtiDMARl". 1': .._.:; \"OU ARE AT THE POINT S~O~N 1!'. TH<': SKETCH. PLACE Atl "A ON THE CURVED LINE T O SHn~ HOW HIGH Ttl~ ~'>'-C:' :'-~'ION 'HAS AOOVE THE '1~<>1!0'1, Oil SKYLI~It:: WHEN FIRST SEEII. PLACE A ~o ON THE !lAM E CURVf:D LINE-. TO Ow-:~ riiGH ABOVE THE HO<l::>" THE "HENOM!'' N O N WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. C9S':RVt:R 6A. N OI'I IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THC: CENTER OF THE COMPAS5 ROSE. PLACE AN A ON T H E COMPASS TO INDICATE THE OliH!CTION TO THE PHEN O M E N O N WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A a ON THE COMPA!iS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOM E N O N ...,HEH L AST SEEN . l 7 ,. In F. Sr<C:. iCtl DC:LOW. PLACE AN A" A T THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMEN O N WHEN Flll3T S!::F.N . A~D A a-AT THE p.);:ITIO~ OF THE PH E~OM:::NON WHE N L AST SEEN. CO~NECT THE A -AND e WITH A L IN TO APPROXIMATE TH MOVZMeNT OF TH!:: PHENO\I~tiON B~TWEEN A AND a . THAT I S, SCHEMATIC ALLY SHO"' 'NH!::THER THE I-IOVEMENT APPC:.\R:::D TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS A N EXA"'?LE OF HOW TO COMPLETE 7-'E LA:t.:;ER S'<ETCH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PACC:!3 WHERE WERE': YOU WHE N YOU S A W THE Prlt:NOMENON "I'IJf<SJflfltr bf,.cl. <.) OUSI'IESS SECTIOtl OF CITY HESIDt-:NTIAL SECTIO~I 01" CITY (J A S P A <;SENGER OPeN COUNTFlYSIDO:: NEAR AIRFIELD -::. 0 AS PILOT PASSENG!:.R FLYING OVER CITY FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY I F YOU YIEREIN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: 'lE:CTION WERE YOU WERE Y O U MOVING> sou-.. WEST DID YOU STOP AIIYTIME 1\HILE OI:!SERVIN G THE PHEN0'4E NON> tlO~ -~ ~ AST SOUTHEAST NOR-}.-II EST SOUTHWEST llYEs QN O EXPLA'~ .,.;c;-HER SUCH MOVEMEtlT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 ANO 6 t rs::r:; 9 -. ?E OF VEHICLE YOU 1\ER:: : t ArlO TYPE OF ROAD TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING ~THE s:GH~ ~.~. STATE WHETHER WI'IOO,,:i O R CONVERTIBLE: TOP WERE UP OR OOHN ~01' ,'I:.JCH OTHER TRAFFI C WAS THERE> :): ::1 V('J ,::;-:CE ANY AIRPLANES> LJ YES :-= c ::;~-;-'I:; 7nE PHE:NOMEtiON AND ~y.,E<>i:. (?lNo. IF "YES. " oe:sr;!l18E WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE: TI'~C ~ -r<!:Y WERE IN Tit~ SKY RELATIVE TO THE C>OSITION OF THE Pr1EN01.\I::N0tl. 9. HCW LCI'.G WAS THE PHENOMCNON IN SIGHT CO'<" "'E-iAVIOR OF T-~ "" : VcNON, AND ""'~\/IOUS SKETCIIE;. CERTAIN OF TIME FAIRLY CERT4 1N Vt.RY SUPF ~;toO. IF No. INDIC-' TE WHETHER rillS I 0 C "I?E SUCH MOV~MENT OR BeHAVIOR. IN S OU 0:: TO YOlt fJ OICATE OISA"'- 10. I F THERC: WE R E MORE THAN ONE PHEN O MENON. HOW MAtiY WERE THERE' DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW H O W THEY WERE ARRANGED. 010 THIS ARRANGEMeNT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING> CONDITIONS (Check appropriat e black:r. ) A. B. WEATHE R 0..\Y CUMULUS CLOUDS (L.ow fluffy) FOG OR tAIST CIRRUS CLOUDS (1/gh fleecy or llcrring HEAVY RAIN bon.:) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SN OW OR SLEET PARTLY CL~-~':' CO'-IPLETE-~ ~vERCAST (T ia:;.nd~.storms) UNK"'O...,N HAZE OR SMOG NO~IE OF THE ABOVE C . I~ TH!'i: 51GHTII'IG WAS A T TWILIGHT OR NIGHT . WHAT 010 YOU IIOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON' r 'NON:: / BRIGHT MOONLIGIIT tiO MOONLIGHT IN FRONT 01-' YOU TO YOUR PICHT IN BliCK OF YOU TO YOUR L!::FT E. S"'!!.:IF'Y T"!!! '-IAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT CURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, HE/IOLICHTS OR STR::ET LU.?, !!TC. FOR TERRESTrliAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY OISTMICE TO LIGHT SOURCE '2 Ct, ~I' ::;.:o:;F ':!3.::~1PTION 01" THE PnENOIJ! N O'I, INOICATI~IG WHETHER I T APPC:AP.EO OARK Orl LIGHT, YfHI::THEI~ I T PE;:"_::c-:::: !..'.., .. -0"1 VIAS SELFLU'AI NOUS AND Wf-'AT COLORS YOU N OTICED. OE::SCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSI O N OF WHETHER !-"'~!. S:' -1':1 <., T~MSPAREtlT, WHETHER EDGES WE'RE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INOIC ... TE I F IT ""'~: .. :>:;;:.>:>~;,OINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE: CO'IPARISONS WITH OTH!'i:R O BSERVED OBJECTS. LIKC STARS, A LICHT OR 'o vouR FIELD OF VIE W PAGE 1\ OF' 9 PAGI::::S I 3. DID THE PHENOMENON YES HOVE IN A ST<l-'ICI'iT LINE STANO :.TIL~ AT ANYTIME> SUUOI'..NLY BP E -\I( UP .. -I '>TS AND EXPLODE' "'D REAPPEAR? !:.PIN Ll"-= MAKF.AH);e! FLUTTC:Sl :' ~ "'OaBLE7 ::: '=.N YOUR ATTEtiTIO N TO TH~ PHENOMENON> 'iOi'l 010 IT DIS.\PPFA~> FRON T OF SO"' ! T;.., 1 ... :::;, LIKE A CLOUD, T"lE~. OR DUILOINC AT ANY TIMC:> PAGE !J 0 F '1 PAI..ir-''i IS. DRAW A PICTURE THA T WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF T H E PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY OCTAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EAHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARHOW THE D IRECTION THE PHENOM ENON WAS MOVING. lb ,.,.;; "-<- A'IGULAR SIZE' HOLD;.. '-IC..7C~ AT ARWS LENGTH l t l FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECr. ::.UC'i AS A STRI::Ei ~; ,_, ~"' 7-::: V~C'I. NOTE HOW MUC~ ~F THE OBJECT IS COVEPE O BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOY IF YOU HAD 9-~ .,.:;:_;. ":l ;>;:PF'ORM THIS E XPERIV::~T ~T THE TIME Or THE SIGHTING, ESTI'A,;TE WHAT FRACTION OF THE ""'::":"';:':." "~ ... LD HAVE BEEN COVEPED oY THE MATCH "lEAD. PAGE 6 OF 9 r-AC~ PHENOMENON THHOUGH A 't:V OF THt:: iOLLOWING' INCLUD.,; I"' FORI' A r!ON ', . , L E" ~. S PRESCRIPTION PLICAOLE OATA. CAM~RA VIEWER BINOCULAH$ THI::ODOLI rE-: 0 vr.s (:]HO WEAR GLASSES' Ol) YOU USF. HeADING GLASSES ~ tOUR IMPRESSION OF THC: S<>EED OF THE WHAT WAS YOUR I'APRESSION OF TH!... osr;.,.:~ ~,. OIVC ESTIMATE Or SPEED PHEHOMENON' GIVE I::STIMATE OF Dl!>rt.z~ .!. ;tiAT WE MAY OOTAIN AS CLEAR A P I C fURE AS POSSIBl-E OF' WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE 1~1 YO\JP C "'' ACOVIoA_, OB IECT OR OBJECTS WHICH. WHEN PLACED ltl THE SKY, 51/AlLAH TO WHERE YOU NOfCD THE '' -' -~ Joq SOM E RESlMBLAI~CE TO WHAT YOU SAW. OESCRIOE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES 9ETHF "" T ., ..... COMMO'I "'BJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. OR ANY EFFECo ~ :. :J: ;:. ~:;-IC!; A llY ODOR, llOISE' ;:,::o H:::.-EMANA-rtNO FHIJ'~ TH!:. fHEIIO\IEIION .. ,, ... ~-s: ~ \IACHIN!:RY IN THS .-.: ... TY' Ll YES r J NO . IF "YEs. orSCf{ICJF. --'J'I ol:;-,;;.~ -:--:: -;=--:_lo oR L~AVE ANY "Hf!iiCAL Evloct.c.r L Y<:S L1".:- 2 2 . IIAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENO~ENON EIEFOHE7 ~.!,}YES IT:J'NO. IF "Y ES,~ GIVE DATE AND LOCATION. .>' 23. WAS -.NYD'lE WITH YOU AT THE TIM E YOU SAW THE PHENOI-lENON? []YES GJ NO. I F vEs. DID THE Y SEE IT TOOl A . LIST TM!';:I NAMES AND ADDRESSES 24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF INCLlJOIN G OCCUPA T ION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTHI ENT. 25. WHE', '- - -: .,,.: ., o.o YOU REPOqT T'"'"T YOU 11/,Q SIGHTED THIS PHEIIOM EN O N 1