PROJECT 10J73 RECOf<D 1. OA n : TIME CROUP 2. LOCATION I 3. Su UF\CE 10. CONCLUSION Other ( SUN SPOT) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS i S. LENCTH OF OBSERVATION 1\.renty mirwtes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE COl~TS: Dr J A Hynek sta ted that he thought the observot i 11~ BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS The observer sighted a small dsrk spot on the sun. He continued to watch it until the sun became too bright to l~. HAYa 'n)U lrYI,. lllKN THIS 0111 A SI..,I.AIII P,.ttNOMI[._O .. ~OH? YIU , "YI!S, '" CIV~ O A Tt! AHO 2J. WAS A .. YONI WITW YOU AT TH!: T IME YOU SAW THE PHI:NO_.I:NOIU 0 'tEJ QYU Q NO. 11 vr:s, 0 10 THEY SE E IT TOO? 24. GIV~ THE FOLLOWING INFOjlqMATION ABOUT YOUASCLF LAST NA ... , .. IJitST NAME, MID IHOICATI! ADDITIONAL IN,.OI'IMATION INCLUOINO OCCUPATION AND AMY EX~EI'II.MCC WMICH NAY B E PERTIN E N T PAGE 8 OF 9 PAGES AFR W-17(Cl) 27. INFOAIIoiATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PErtTIHENT BUT 'ii~ICH IS HOT AOI!:QUATELY COV~REO I N THIS QUESTIONNAI RE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIV~ EXPLANATION OF T HI!: SIGHTING. PAG E 9 OF 9 PAGES t.tEMO FOR THE ~ORD Subject: UFO Observation, 11 June 1968 On 11 June w1. th Lt Marano is regards to his UFO observation. DATE: 11 June 1968 TIME: 6:45 am IXJRATION: fifty minutes DESCRIPTION: Black spot, t vay up from bottom of sun and a little to the left. SIZE: comparison to sun, it was like a B. B. to a wash tub When you looked at it, it seemed to be moving (flutter) SUIIJitC:T 'TD?I' (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE H EADQUARTEft5 F OftEIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION I A,.SC l WRIGHT. P ATTERSON A I R FOR C E B ASE OHIO A ~A33 UFO Observation Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting \.lhich you reported to the Air Force. The information ~hich we have received is not sufficient for a scientific investigction. Request you complete the nttached AF Form 117 and return it in the self- addressed envelope. Thank you f o r reporting your observation t o the Air Force. ~cTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF hicf, Aerial Phenomena Off ice Aerosp~co Technologies Division Production ~ire~tornte AF Form 117 ~/envelope ol\ ol\oo~\.o othl.'r ti CfJI"IJI!t~ I ,,,,l;.'(l ll,.JI'C lll.lll oo I I t o I 'llo'llo 1C..\.o e l. Lt Col QQtntanilla/70916/mhs/25 UFO. Observation, 11 June 1968 Fai rbom~ Ohio Reerena8:;jour unident:j fied obse~vation o! 11 June 1968. discu!lsing-your observation with Dr .. J. Allen Hynek, of Northwestern Univeratity,. we. feel that you vere observing a SWl spot. Inclosed is some information. on sun spots which may-be of interE.st to you. TOR QUIB'r.ANII.I.I\ Jr, Lt Colonel, ef, Aarlal Phenomena Oi't'ice Technologies Diviaion Prodnotion Directorate SIGHTING OF UMIDEHTIFIED PHE~O~E~A QUESTIOM~AIR !lUDCET BU~ZiW N',-,.,~M, NUIIIBtl lJ.Ulf THIS QUESTIONNAI~E HAS 13EEN PREPA~ED SO TIIAT YOU CAN GIVE T H E U. S. AIR FORC E AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBL E CONCERNING THE UNlDENTIFI0 PHE NOMNON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO ANSWER .'\LU OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARC H PURPOSES . YOUR NAME WlL~ NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH A!'Y O F YOUR STATEM ENTS OR CONCLUSI ONS WITHOUT YOU R PERMISSidN. RETURN TO AJR FORCE BASE INVESTI GATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB,OHI0 45 433, 11\W AFR80-f7. (!F ADDfT/O NA-1.. SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE IVITH YOUR NA,._,E FOR IDENTIFICATION.) 1. WHE N DID YOU SEE THE PHEN O M E N O N ! 2 . WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST S I G H T THE PHENOM E N O N ' 3 . WHAT TIM E DID YOU LAST SIGHT T H E PHEN O M ENON' 4 . TIM E 'ZONE 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [l CENTRAL 0 MOU N T A I N I ? I;"'MI NUT ES CJSTANOARD 0PACIFIC QOTHER 5 . WHE R E WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE P H E N O M E N O N ! IF I N CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND I NOICA T!:: O N A HAND DRAWN MAP WHEqE YOU...,YE R E STANDIN G WITH REFERE NCE T O THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE O::OUNTRY , IDENTIFY TH:! HIGHWAY YOU WE R E ON OR NEAR A ' Y TO FIX ~\S:AHCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOM E RECOGNIZABLE LAHO"'ARK. I 6 IMAGIN E " CI.! #, Ar T ioiE POI" T SH OW" I N ~HE S'<ETCH, PLACE Ar. p. O N THE CURVED LINE TO SH O W HO'I'I HIG H THE V\ ~ ::>..,E'IOY E N O N '"/'\'; AB':l'/E ':'~E ~tOP.IZO'II, Of' S'<YL:NE. WHE N F'qs; ~EE'I. P L ACE A ;:~ O N THE SAME CURVED LIN E TO~ SH0'1'1 1"0,.. >11G H ~eQvE T H E "'0PI::ON nE PI-'EH O M E N O N ~jrp.s """'E"~ L"'ST SE E N . OBSERVER -:" SA. HO.., I,_AOI,.I[ YOU A"!t AT THI C4.'4T!!:~ o;r IH'l C OI.I,..\8'\ 'OS~. PL.AC~ 1\ M A 0,. '!"Milt CO\ol.a\U T O IHOIC:AT nn; DI-.~CTION TO THI! PMl!NOM~!IjOH WHI!:~ FIA~'I' Si!I!:IOI. I"I..ACI! A ;, 0,. TH&: COM,.AU ro I"'OI ::: AT!: THE OIAZC T ION T:::l THE PHEMO .. t:NON WHitH LAST !li!H f 7 . IN TH~ S!(I!TC H a&!LOW, P1...ACE AN "A" AT THI!: POSITIO N O F T H PHENO~ EMOH oiiiHEH FIAST SEEH , AND A a " AT THit POSITIOJW OF" NE PHE H O,_l!NOH WHEN LAST SEI!!:N . CONNECT THE "A" AND " a l'IITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE MOV!!:"!IWT 01'" THE PHI!:H OM'!NOH 81!:TWI!!:I!:N ~t. A!o40 a . THAT I S, SCHI!:MATICAL.t.Y SHO W WHETHER T H E hiOVf.:loi!NT APII'I!:AAI::::l TO !U . STAA.IGHT, CUA'III!:D O R Z I G ZAG. R E F !!:R TO SMAI..l.EA :IK!!:TCH AS AN EXA .. PLE OF HOW TO CONPl.ETI!: THI!: LAAG!!I'I SK!!TC H . PAGI! 2 OF 9 PAGES WHERE WERE VOU WHEN VOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (f:ht:ck ttpprupri"!"' blor:k .<.) IN BUSINESS SECTIO N OF CITY IN BUILDIN G IN RESIDEN TIAL SECTION OF CITY ~AS DRIVER 0 A S P ASSENGER 'iN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE N EAR AIRFIELD IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER YING OVC:R CITY FLYIN G OVER OPEN COUNTRY hvc-/t: RA f:rf/lv~ A . IF VOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWI N G : DIRECTION WERE YOU .MOVING? FAST WERE YOU MOVING? DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING 'tHE PH E N O M ENON7 EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEM E N T A FFEC T S YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEM S SAND 6. DESCRIBE TYPE O F VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE O F ROAD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF 'HATE R YOU TRAVERSED DURIN G THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS O R CONVERTIBL E TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. ( HOW MUC H OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THEREt OlD YOU NOTICE ANY AIRFa..I/ANES> hJ Y ES ~NO. IF "YES, De:'SCRIBE WHE N THEY WERE I N SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE T I M E SIGHTIN G THE P H E N O M E N O N A N D HERE EY WE RE. I N THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION Or THE PHEN O MENON 9 . H O W LONG WAS THE PHE N O M E N O N IN SIGHT? LE'IGTH OF T IME CERTAIN OF TIME i'AIRI..Y CERT.O.I N JUST A GUESS HOW WAS T !"'E OFTERMINEO> T l'flt .1V! ,.,c .tVt e WAS THE owt!N O " E " O M I N SIGH NTIN\JOUSL""' ~YES gNO. I<' 'lo . INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO Y