10. CONCLUSION , Proba.bl y ( SATELLI'I'~ t)SCAY) CO!v112:I\T3: Two pieces of satellite neb riG decny~d. 0:1 t.ht"! Ob,j #311--1200Z plus or minus 1 2 hrs Ob,j '14 35--l2vCZ ".Jlns ' 6. T':'?E OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVID: .... CE Observer siehted a round red objec~ that had a lurg~ what appeared to be fire. The object was first seen south and dsappeared in the SE. tail o~ f AFR H0-17( Cl) 17. 0 10 YOU 0;:-;5EIIVE THF. PHENOME NOt-~ TH~OUCH ANY OF THe F OLI.OW1'4G 1 YPE, FIL r'E~. L!:::N:i PRESCRIPTIO N OR OTHE R A P PLICABLE D ATA. I NC:l.UDf 1'-IF">P.MATION O N ~OOEL y Bll'lOCULAHS T HEODCLIT E O THER ..._!.C 'I RIL Y WEAR GLASSE S' 9 . DO YOU US E fl IMPRESSION OF ThE SPEED O F T H E 19 WHAT WAS Y O U r\ I lNG ~LAS:,;.'), ~Ji'j'j-f}e J .~NO MPRES<;iON OF T!iE OISTA.NCE ~ n H : G I V E Z STIMATEiF SPEJ;:D PH ENOM E I'l O N ' A S l JZ i.lt:LY ~Art: 4. L7..F I N O R:-;::-7~AT WE M A Y OBTAIN AS CLEAH A PICTURE A S P OSSI B L E OF !HAT YOU S A W, Ct:SC R IEJE IN YOU R O WN WORDS A C0Y Vv'' ::9JECT OR OBJECTS W~ICH, WHFN PLA CED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR T O WHERE YOIJ N OTf!O THE P HF.N O MF.t:ON. WOLIL D -.:..:.R SOME RESEMBLA NCe T O WHAT YOU S A W. D E SC R I B E SIMIL A R ITIES f.. N CII FFEPE.NCES OET\'!EEN THC C OM'-401'< :~J ECT AND WHAT Y O U S AW. 21. ~:J YOU N.:-- :-E ANY ODOR, N O I SE C~ ~EAT EMANATING F R O M THE PHEt~OMENON OR ANY E F Fl.C1 O N YOUR :.ELF, ;Nt'-i AL S 0;:) ~AC,....tNERY I N Tl~::: v .,:h,-y~ lJ YES ~NO. I F '"YES. OESCRIO E.' A . 010 T H~ ::;.,..; :v::"-+= ~011,1 D I STURB T H E G ROUND OR L EAVE ANY PHYSI C A L EVIDENCE. [!YES P AGE 7 OF 9 P A GCS MQ. 11 y~s." GIVE DATE AND ~l .,.,AS"''""'~"": ~-:-:-.. ;.:; i;i! TtMl YOU SA'J THf.: PH!:HO;.,.!:NON? tf;[vts O HO. IF vEs,"' oro THEY sEE IT Too' GIVE THE FOLL.O'HING INFOF1MA.fiON A~OUT VO\JRSt~LF ATION 1!-ICl.UOI:-IG OCCUPATION ,t.NO AHY EXPt::F~lEHCt! w:HCH I-4AV' OE PERTINENT . 25. WH~N 1\NC TC '-'-1':,_:.:: VOl.. 'lEPORT THAT YOU H40 51GHTEO T H I S PHC:NOMENONl . --( . j/, 26 . OAT!: YOU CON:;;tLEi::~ THIS QUE5TIONNAIRE. ,. I .I PAGE 8 O F 9 PAGES MEMO FOR Tl~ E RECORD CAL~ E 5 PADAr 5 Lt Col Quintanilla/70916/mhs/6 Jun 68 :=~10 Observation, 14 April 19@ Or ~enville, Ohio J+533l 1. ~eference your unidentified obaervation of 14 April 1968. ltle con~acted the Space Detection Center at Ent AFB, Colorado, and they that t\fO piac~& or satellite debria Jeca.yed at the ~\P?ro~te tiillB of you.r observation. ~!. 3i:lce the exact t1:nea of the decays are not :tnolJU, 1-1e can only Dtate ~;at it is very lll(ely that you obse~d one of the frsgments oecaying into the earth's sphere. Satellite reentry ap~ars s:t.lilar to that of .1 fireball except that tbe J.abris ia much longer t :'!an n. meteor oba~rvsttion. Satellite decay i3 U3ually 1vhltiah-blue i~ front 3nd baa a n oran~isb-red fiarJ tail. 3. Thank you f"or re:porting yaur observation to the Air I'orce. R WI:frk"UI.t,A, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAr -"'-ef, Aerial Phenomena Of'fice Aeros~ace T~chnologies Division Production torste AUCTI ... N SERVICE GREENVILLE, OHIO 115331 e n Anr!.l 1!.. 3t 11:15 P. 1' . our fll--:-tiJv ,.~f'ls :lh)lt t 5 =d . H~. of' PiqJn, Ohio, on olcl route ~5. :'1o mon n uas veJy 1-;rirht llnd ,.Jc \'ere ohso!""dr"~ j.t t h :r' .,r,h 7X3 5 hi~, cul~:rs H:,9?"' our 'C...i.. cr son To~!1 ob:'"r.rEYl \J~lnt he tho'l!"!h t .,s a sh,.., tinp;..,st"r. W'l~ ~'vJr rron1 ~est t o 002t . o Cr>'le t nn? nt n REAL ESTATE AUCTIONEERING INSURANCE LONG TERM LOANS NOTARY PUBLIC 'ITP'"i' (UFO) DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECtH'i\."')LOGY DIV1510N ( AFSC) WRIGHT.PATTERSON AIR FORC E DASE:. OHIO ~!S433 suaJI<:T UFO O~servation ' 14 April 1968 Yo.~ name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Bl Book) as being a ~itness to an unidentified flying object. If you were a witness to an UFO sighting on l4 AT 'WCl....:.:!.d you please complet:! the attached AF Form 1ff ana return 1 t in the en.velope provided. If you were not a witness to this si;~ting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the att-lched form. The information which you provide will be used in evaluattng this obsei."'Vatton. Thank you for your assistance in this ~ .. ~TOR QUINTA!liLLA, Jr, l~jor, USA!c' ~r.:ef, Aerial fl1enorucna Office Ae=ospace Technologies Division Pro=uction DirectoTate AF Form 117 \1/envelope SIGHTING OF UMIDENTIFIEO PHEMC A QUESTIOMMAIRE THIS QliSTION~Ali~E liAS UEEN PREPAR~:D SO TUAT YOU CAN GIVE TilE U. S. AI~ FORCF. AS MUCH JNFORMA"rl~ AS POSS!3LE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OOSJ<:RVED. PLEASE THY ANSWER .. ~U OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL br: USf:r> FOI{ I'?ESEARCH PUR.P01.!~. YOUR ~A~1E \\1LJ;., NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIO~S WlTifOt~T YOUF-' P=:..~U~SidN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVE~TIGATO=~ FOR FORWAl-lDING TO FTD (TDETR), W!~fCHrt" PATT=::!3il.' APB, OHIO 45433, I AW AFR 80-i7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARF. NEE DF;D FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES A TT. ~C~ ;-ECURF.L Y TO TillS FOf~,\1 OR ANNOTATF. V;JTH YOUR NAMF: FOR IDF.NTIFIC A 1'/0N.) : 1. 'ft\..\E'-1 CI:J YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON? MONTH .!1/l)IJ-.. 2 WH D..7 7 1ME DID YOU FIRST SIGH1' THE PHENOMENON? HOUR j/J y _)_. MINUTES 0 A . M . 0 P.M.~ 3 . WHAI i ME OlD YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON' 4. TI~E : ')N E [J OAYLICHT SAVINGS KJ STAN DARO t: ~ E!.57ERN [l CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN D PACIFIC l ] OTHER J !I ' N !'1 E ? =. oNERE Y 0 U W H EN Y 0 U SAW 'T -1 E PH EN 0 MEN 0 N I F I N CITY . GIVE THE t~ EAR EST S T R E E T A 0 DRESS AN D IN D I C ATE p N HA"-1::,. DflAWN MAP WHERE YOU wER E STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY TlH!: HIGH-'AY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AN:> T~Y TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANOMARK. 5 . 1\.\A~ "-!. '-0~ ARE AT THE POINT Sl.!O.,...N IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN "A" ON THE CURVE D LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE . PI.!E.,:="-~N WAS ABOVE THE rl~::JI!0'-1, OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN . PLACE A .. !3 .. ON THE SAME CURVED LINE T O. S .-IOH ,.. -I!GH ABOVE THE HORI Z .:i"'t TnE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. J! GA. NOW IMAGINal YOU ~oii!E AT THE CI!MT!R 011' THE COM;: ASS ROSE. PLACI! AN A ON TH! C OMPASS T O INDICATE THE DIR~CTION TO THE ?HENOMl!NON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A n ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO THE PHEHOM!NO!o4 IWHEH LAST SEEN. 7 . IN 'T'HC: SKETCH S~LOW, PLACE AN A AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A a AT THE POSITION OF T'tiE. ::.HENOMI!NOH WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE to40VEMa~T Or T"i~ PHE:NOMF.NOH BETWEEN A AND e. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHO'I WHETHER THE MOVEMENT APPi!AAEO TO 9E STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. RI!FER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COfoo4PLETE THE LARG S~ !'iCt-4. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES WHE~E WERE VOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON 1 (C:hf'ck npprup r iltf' loloc:lrs.) 9 U SINESr. 5ECTION O F C I T Y I N B U ! L .: ... c IN RESIC E N TI\L SF.CTI O N 0 F C l T Y 0 AS C RIVER 0 AS PASSENGER I N OPF.N COUNTfWSIOt NEAR AIRFIELD D AS PILOT 0 AS PA~S~!"GER F L VING OVER CITY FLYING OVER O P E N COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE l"HE FOLLOWING ~ECTION WERE YOU t.'OVING? HOW FAS T WERE Y O U MOVING ? 010 YOU STO P ANYTIME WHILE OBSE R VING THE PHENOMENO N ? ~0~7L.Jr!ST EXPLt. l N w-.."!i'HER SUCH MOVEMENT A FTECTS YOIJR SKETCHF.S IN ITEMS !I AND 6 . oc:c:cp a -- E: OF V EHICLE YOU WERE,"' A-.,0 TYPE O F ROA D. TER::lAI N O R flOOY O F WATER VOU T R/oVER!\ED OUPI G 'r~E SIGHTI' ~. T O P STATE WHETHER WINDOIYS 0~ CONVERTIOL WE R E U P O R DOWN. U'JW ~UCH OTHER TRAFFIC ~AS THE RE' I / ifll. }I L I TT,i, 6 'l t'" -:.-""~o'-v.._jlo~ ,...S - c E ANY AI RPL AN Es? 0 v cos ($'Ho. 1 F yEs. oEscRtsE wHE N T H Ev wEAr.: 1 N-si'GH T R E L ATiv iT.:> 1-H'sn M E ~ :;r: StCH"!' ... G THE PHENOMENO N ANO WHE~ . r1EY WERE IN THE SKY RC:LAT IVE TO THE P OSITION OF THE P HENO V ENON . .._.0~ LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN S I GHT? X CF..:RT AIN OF TIME-----.---...--N-OT v ERY su;.E FAIRLY C ERTAIN J UST A GUESt; WAS TH ~ P "'!: .. o N I N SIG ... T CO\c!! N..JOUSLY? fi=1YES rJNO. IF NO," INDICATE W11ETHE n THI~ IS Ol!E T O YOUR MOv:-' :::~7 :. :~ -~- s::HAVIO~ OF Tl":' ?n!.-IOM"ENO ANO DEsCRI;)E SU C H MOVEM ENT OR B E H A V IOR. IND ICATE:. 0 1';-\L>. PE" "' S C\t ?PEVlO U S SKETCHES PAG!:: 3 OF 9 PAGES It! A . S)(Y R. WI!ATHER ), CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low /iuffy) FOG OR MIST ~ "!"WILtGMT ClfU'tUS CLOUDS (Hilla fleecy or Herring HEAVY RAIN CO""PLE TEL Y 0'1! RCAST HIWJ'JS CI.OUOS (R.ai.ll) CUJIIIULONiM~US (Tiu.-.Ader$ cortM) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE SHOW OR SLEET (1 ) STAAS (2) . MOON , .... >. P("t MOON WITH HALO UNKN0'.41'N PAJ\TIAl.'' f } oooooooo-ooo oooooooooooooooooooo-o ooooooooooooOoo ooooo- oooo ~ 0. I F S !G)1"f'IHG \V~S JH DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBI..E? 0 YES 0 NO. IF vEs, WH~R WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED I TME PHe:NOM~NOW? ~ . lj;, r ~.:>.)ItT OF "'C'J TO YOUR RIGHT OVERH!!A 0 (Near nc~n) ~ j 1'1 94CY. 0~ Y O U TO Y0Ul'4 LEF T U I'JKNOWN g E . S?!:CI;:Y TH=.t 1<4AJ~ SOUitC~ OF ILLUMINATIO)of PR!3ENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HC:AOI..IGHTS OR ~ STit '!" I..A~. ~T':. FOR TEIUU~STRIAL ILLUNINATIOH, SPECIFY OtSTANC!! TO LIGHT SOURCE . PAGE C OF 9 PAGES