PROJeCT W073 ilECORO 1. DATE T il.! U,. 2. LOCATION '10 1 1)7, Commack, Lon~ Island, Ne w York .l. SOUf~C~ 10. CONCLUSION ~jyi~inn Possible Balloon i . NUMBER OF OJJ~CTS s. LENGTH o:= O) SERVATION 11. iHIIH 5U~\MAR'f A>;O AH~LVuli :!. minute (,. TYPE Or Oi\Se~VATIOH 9. P HYSICAL E'I:O!~Cf The observe r s sighted an obj~ct that. had a red, blue, and a green light . Two of the lights seemed to be transparent. The object i ncreased in altitude and disappeared after approxir:~ately 1 minute. C0r!~!El\"'TS: Descrjption is s i milar to th-:.t of a garme nt bag hot air balloon, especiall y in that the body o.ppeo.red trans- 17. D I D Y O U OBSEHV E i H E PHEN O MENON THROU G H ANY OF THE FOLLOWING> I NCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL, , TYPE , FILTER, L E N S PRESCRI~'>TION OR OTH E R A P P L ICABL E OATA. E YEGLASSES CAMERA V IEWER SUNGLt,:;S~S B INOCULARS WINDS-'t. 0 \/ TELESCOPE SID~ "'., 7:>'1-OF V E H I CLE THEODOLITE 0 YES ~NO B . D O YOU USE R E A DING GLASSES? 0 y: j-;:J ~10 A . DO Y O!.. C":;. .ARI L Y WEAR GLASSES> W'iA7 \'\:..:YOUR IMPRESSI O N O F TilE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOU R IM?r!ESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE Pl"EN)"E-I::JN> GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED . PHE N O M E NONl G IVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE . 20. I~ 0'<:>-. T H A T W E MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE A S POSSIBLE O F WH;\T YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR O W N WORDS ;. <::0"''-"\; OBJECT OR OBJECT S WHICH, WHE N PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILA R T O WHERE YOU ~IOTED T H E PHEN O MENON . .. ,~u. : ::.EAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHA T YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMIL AR! r iES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN T H E CO\iMO~ 0 9 JECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. . 1 ~.:: VO' ' D TICE ANY ODOR, NOI"E. Cl'! ti!:AT EMANATING FROM T H E PHE ,.,OMEHON OR A N Y EFFE.CT ON YOURSE.LF ..... ... ,._ o;o 'IACHINEHY 1 1 nt: vt=I'IIT'I'' ll YES Cl uo I F -yes. o F.SCRifle.. []YES QtiO. ::0T\J;.,9 tr':;: c;,:;~-'ID OR LEAVE ANY PHYSI C A L EVIDEtiCE. 22 . H A V:: Y O U CI/C:R s:::EN "(HIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOM' NON f.IEFOHi:.' 0 YES 0 NO. I F y!:S," GIVE DATE AN11 LOCATI O N . ' -.>YOU JOT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOM E N O I'I l 0 NO. I F y Es. DID TilEY St:.E I ' ( T v u t GIVE T H E FOLLOWING I l'5 ....... ~'1 ~..,_, - . ~-:;YOU HEPCRT T'"AT YOU !tAU SlvllTrO THI 3 PHENOM~NOI' -THIS OU!:;.STIONI'IAIRE . 27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU F EEL I S PERTIN E N T BUT WHICH I S NOT ADEQUATELY COV ERED IN THIS OUESTIONNAIRt::, TERHATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATIO N OF THE SIGHTING. PACE~ OF 9 PA ''l, Rf:I'LY TO D E PARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEAOQ U A R TEI"S FOREIGN TEC HNOLOGY DIVISION I ArSC l WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR ,-ORCE B ASE. O HIO 4!S433 u7: ~oservation, 26 Octob e r 1969 , Nev York 11207 Re: ~renee your recent unidentified fl;;.:ng object sighting which yc reporled to t he Air Force. The information which we have re:eived is not s ufficient for a scientific investigntio~. Reque3t. yc1.1 complete the attache d AF Form 117 a nd return it in the S'2!lf- a C.dreGsed envelope. Thonk you for reporting your observati on t o tne Air Force. /J't:', Lt Colonel , USAF Cni~f, ~erial Phenomena Office erospace Technologies Divisi on P~oduction Directorate AF Form 117 w/envelope U.F.O. Ofiice Wri;~.i: P::ttterson Air Fo1ce Base NovcJnbc1 6, 19G9 On Sund a y , October 26, 1969, at approx.i.mately 7:15P. M. , my ::.:_ ~.:md and I wc.ce in Commack, L . I .N.Y. in the a-rca o.f Village ~:-~Drive. This i s a sparsely populated resid0ntial are a . saw a n object i n the s ky that was hovering above a l a-rge t e. S11<.ldenly the object s t a rted moving at a rnpid pace . As Lh e ob.J'~ct drew closer we saw that it had thr0e lig h Ls on it. Tlw red ar.:i t h e blue lights seemed to be revolvinr~ a round one ~mother, while t! ~ g reen light was s tn.tionery. I t appeare d to be much larg~::r than a :x'issenge1 plane. Thu flying object did not have a n y sound. It was silent and moved at a fantastic s p eed. The object increased altitude suddenly. I t <.lid not move like a jet or atl airpla n e . It we n t straight up and was out of sight in a T:latte r of seconds. We arc r eporting this sighting becaus e we feel we saw an unidcntif.i.ed flying ObJect. you nc~.;d any addi tional information clo not hesitate t o contact u s . Very tntly yours, BUDGET DUHAU .AJ',>,lOY.l. NIJ.t'l":.R 21-R2iJ SIGHT I tiG OF Ufll DEHT IF I ED PHE~lO~EiiA QUEST I O A IRE TillS Qt-. - ""-.;'1;\IRi-. HAS AE:-< PREPAr<ED SO 'IIIAT YOll CAN GI\'F. TilE U.S Am rORCE \S ~-ll'C.lll.:-.iiOlt'.t'\TIJ;; J AS pos.:; ' .: CO:\CERI'ING THE UNIDENTI F lED PH r-;:-.0\1-. 'ION Til AT YOU HI\ V .:: OBSE~VED. PLEASE 'I ~y TO A:>i~'o'E?. .:.. ~)~ TilE QUF.STIO);S. TilE 1:-IFO~'.t.\'110:--1 YOU G IVE \\ ILL BE U~i-.IJ FOR RESF.:\RCH !U.~POS..:<: YOU~ ~: .. ;.:=':.ILL NOT OF. USE D 1:-1 CONNECTI0'-1 WITII A:--IY OF YOU~ STATE:-.IE~TS OR CONCLUSIONS ,,1THl11J'f YOt:~ ;"';'"? -:.:cl'1. RF.TUR:-; T O A!R FO:KE BAS E IN\'ESTIGATO!~ FOR FORWAROl~iG TO FTD ('1'DETR}, \\'RI<.HT II ';--;-.. - -::t..,Rt-;L)' TO THIS FO.G:,f OR ANNOTAT F II/TII )'OUU 1VMI~ FOU /Ol:NTIFICATJO.\'.) ".:>U St::l:. THE PH!OtiO~IE~ON 3 Wt:.0'1ErnoYoULASrSIGHT rH!OPHE'IOM~NON'------------~ I HOUR _:_j_ _ MINUTES ( ) A.M. f-J P.M. ~ 1\ Tl''~: !'.: UDAV LIG~ITSAVINC"i:' ----l)STANOARD -~ ["'~:.~--~.., UcEtiTR-'-()MOUNTAI~. [JPIICIFIC [.]OTHER t t-!.-.,. E R E YOU .... HFN You-sA.,.'!'"':: ::>,..EtJOMEIION IF j, CITY cv~ THt.-Nc..-.nr:sT sTREETAoonrc;s A'IO u.;r,,c.t."Tr oN l A '-AN: :;ttAWN M.>.l-' W~tErH: YOU W.RE !>TANDI'IC \'/I Tit nl::f tREtiCE TO THE AOOql'S!> l r 1'1 THE COU"'TrtY, IO"I.liFY TIICI A OI.>TANC AIIO OIRFCTIO N FfiO SOY.E RECOGNIZARL' .. ANOt,~Af<t': ~ ~ lll: t! OU APE AT TI-t~ POIN7 >--..,'1 N rHE SK(.TCII, 1-'LACl. AN 'A 011 THE CUPVCO Ll'l~ ro SHQ.Y f 0 W I~IGH THE ;>..;., :0 10'1 WI\S ABOVE THE'"":!! zo, 0>1 Sl<YLI~IE W" rl FIRST SrEN . flLArr A ')'ON THE: SA'IE CURVi::O LINI:. TO ~ o.., - 1-'IC~I ABOVE THE HO<ti::lN T'iE PHENOMEI~ON 'HAS WHE'N LASr SEEN . ost:RVE n GA. ~lOW AviNE YOU AME AT THE CEN TER OF T HF. COM?ASS ROSE. PLACE AN " A " ON THE COM>"A'>S TO INDICATE TttE DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLI\CE A a ON THE COMPASS TO INDIC A T E THE DIRECTION T O THE t>HENO:~C:NO~ WHEN L\ST SEE N . ... 7'10:: 5<.::;.:;, S"'LOW, PLACE AN " A AT THE ?OSIT!ON OF THE PHENOME~IOII WHEN FIRST S i::t:N. AND A s AT rHE .,~3!-ION OF THE "HE~IOM!::NON WHEN LAST SZE N. CONNECT THE A AND o WITH A LitlE ro API-'ROXIMATE THE MO/E"'E'lT OF T'-'E PHEIIO.'.IENON 8ETWEEN " A " AND a . THAT IS, SCHEMATICAl-LY SHOW WHZTH:::R THE HOV E M EIIT "";>:!A..t'::O TO !:1<0: ST RAICHT. CURVED OR ZIC-2AC. REFER TO SM ALLE R SKETCH AS AN El<AM?l..E OF HOW TO COMPLETE T'"'E :..A~V ~rt SKZTCH. PACE 2 OF <1 PAGC$ WHERE wc:nE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON' tatJfJrnpriulr IJ/ocl.s.) BUSINESS SEC riO II OF CITY IN OU IL:>";G RESIDENTIAL SECTIO~I OF CITY DRIVER _ _D A S PASSENGER OPEN COUNTRYSIDE NEAR AIRFIELD HI A ::tLM'fE PILOT [j AS PASSENGER FLYitl G OVER C ITY FLYI N G OVER OPF.N COU~ITFIY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING ::~"lECTION WERE YOU MOVING HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING> 010 YOU SrOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING PHF.NOMENON? F.XPLAIN ..,-'!eTHER SUCH OVEM ENT AFFECT S YOUr! SKETCHES IN ITEM S 5 AIIO 6 D!::SCRISE - "E OF VEHICLE YOU WERE l'l AND TYPE OF R OAD, rERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVER$ED DURING STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP IVERJ;: UP OR DOWN nO'H v u e .. OTHEP TRAFFIC WAS THERE> ~li) YOJ -.~-ICE ANY AIRPLANES> QYES [l NO. DE:.CRIEI" WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE S GHTI\,G THE PHEtlOM EIIO N A N D WHRE TI-'E Y WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION Or THE Pt<!:~I0~4ENON. HOW LO~:G WAS THE PH E::tiOf.IENON IN SIGH P CERTAIN OF TIM E ---I- NOT VEPY SURE F A IRLY CERTAIN JUST A CUE$'> OF.TEiW~EO> ~r - .;:, - r : " -::N(I\IE:NO N I N SIGHT CONTI>.:UOUS:.Y> ( ]YES [ l l'oO. IF ~No. INDIC ATE ',YHETHeR THIS I S OU:: TO 'OUR ~ : ::--.~:;..,-::~ TH!:: ElEI-iAVIOR OF THE Pr<ENO' E N ON, AND OE5CRIBE SUCH MOVEV ENT OR BEHAVIOR. I NOICt,TE DISAP- '"-).:1~:! C'l PREVIOUS SKETCHES P/\GC l OF 9 f'AGE!i I F TI~ER!:. WERE MC">E THIHI ONE PHENOMEN ON. HOW MANY WERE TH!':AE ORA 'H A P ICTURi:: TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE DID Tri:S ARRANGEME N r CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING> CONe:-IONS (Chcr k oppropriate b l<Jc ks .) CUMULUS CLOUDS (l.ow fluffy) FOG OR MISl" I TWILICHT CIRRUS CLOUDS (Hi:th {lacy or J/,.rrirt!f HEAVY RAIN LIO'iT RAIN OR ORilZLE N 1/-i:JUS CLOUDS (Rnirt) HAIL CUll'"-0 'J I M 3lJS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET (1'hr..ud~r rtor~) HAZE OR SMOG ONE OF THE AOOVE T'i!: S!CMTI'Iv ' A S AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. Y,~AT 010 Y O U NOTICE AEIOUT THC STARS 8RIGI1T MOONLICHl" 140 MOON L IGH i MOO 'I .YI TH HALO MOO 'J HIOOEtl BY CLOUDS PA"{TI ~L (New or quarter) \3 '"i ::lAYLIGHT, WAS THF. SJN VIS13LE> IF yec;, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED rH::: PH::No:-.U?:NOtP T O V~UR RICH'f OVEAHEAD(Nrrtoo~ TO YOUR L!::FT ":'ri! "'AJ:)" SOURCE OF ILLUMINATIO N RZSEN T DURI'JG THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, H E ADLIGHTS OR rOn TERRESTRIAL ILLI..'VINATION, SPECIFY D ISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. EF :::.:"l;"":'I0/'1 OF THE PHEl':>)J:::-,c:o~. I'IDI !;:ATING WHF.TM:?:R IT AP?EAAED DARt< OR L IGH r. WHET"1ER I T ?E"1..~::TE!:' ~1:;1-?"tWAS SI::LFLU\41NOUS 0:."-0 'l"rl.\T COLOPS YOU N O TICED. OE!>CRii3F. YOUR H~PRESSION OF YIH!::THE~ IT.._ ~:is~-:l 0'! -~ANS<>ARENl". WHErHER ::'JC:E5 ~ERE SH.\R? OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAF'E OR INDICATE I F IT ~P??:A."~E:l A S A o:: -.7 OF LICHT. INDICA-: ':O~"'ARISONS WITH OOiEI't OBSERVED OBJECT S, LIKE STARS, A OTH .. R 0 >JEC7 IH V_;J~ FIELD OF VIEW . PAGE 4 OF 9 PAGE S 1 3. 010 THE P HE NO MENON MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE > NO STILL,.-ANYTIME ! SU 00 1:':~1 L Y SF-EEO U P AND RUN AWAY/ UP 1.._ ""APTS AND EXPLODE? FLASr' C.<.. r~ICI<ER> FLU T TEP C::t WOBBLE? O.'lE W YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHEtJOME NON> A . HOW DID I T FINALLY DISAPPEAR< I ' ; FRONT OF SOMETH1N'j, LIKE A CLOU D , TRE E , O R BUILDING AT ANY TIM<;:? PAGE 5 OF 9 PI\C.t::::. 15. DRAW A PIC TURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPt:: OF T H E PHENOMC:NON. INCLUDE AND l.M3EL ANY DC rAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WI NGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE E~HAU:;T OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICAT C RY A:l ARflO'.Y TH' DIRECTION TfJE PHENOM E N O N WAS MOVING. L~'A" ~., ---,,~:: . t.:>TE H Q.V MU<:'i c;: -..;:;OBJECT I S COVZF>E:> iiJY THE HEAD OF THe-. MATCH. NO'H IF YOU lfAD ;:;;;:;, -'3.::: ~ .,::..,=:;'1'-l THIS EX?ErliiE._7 ;.--HE TIME OF THE. so;..:TING, ESTI\1ATE WHAT FRACTION OF Tn"