! 10. CO/'iC:LJSION ~. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSER'lATION Ground-Visuel 9 . PHYSICAL EVlv:NCE Foss i bl e ( AiiChA:'T) A ~ircct route between Huntsville and Nashville pass~s a;;rcx S j rai1es east of' Ardmore. Huntsville is over th~ A aog-leg between Shelbyville, Tenn u nci . same eeneral area. .Aircraft from ovt.r 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observe r sighted what he describej as "a flat plane tilted at an angle toward r.1e to object &;Jpcared to be meta;.l ic reflecting sun light." The obse~er rurtter described the object as having "black tips" and a "red middle". COl riTS CONr'D: Nashville landing at Huntsville would normally be M descending from higher altitude and woul~ : probable be 6.ooo-lo.ooo f't at thd.spoint. Aircr3ft frc:~ Sheto~' ville would normally be operating 3t ultituJ,?s c 350C-50CO lt~ FTD SlP bJ 0-32C ";")E, Pr'-loua dltlone o f thl form m1 be u .. d. WHERE WERE YOU WHI!N YOU SAW TH PHENOMI!NONf (Ciaeclc appropriate bloclte.} OUTOOO::.S IN BUSINESS SECTION 0~ CITY IN RUil.DIHO IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION 0~ CITY AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE IN BOAT NI!A .. AIRFIELD IN AIRPL.A!oi! AS PAS NOI!A trLYING OVER CITY trLYIHG OVER OPEN COUNTRY IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING: WHAT :1 ~ECTION WEAl! YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING? SOUTk W~ST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSI!AVINO THE PHENOb'I!NOH? NORTM'l!W ~Si EXPLAIN WHE-HER SUCH MOVEMENT EFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IH ITEMS I AND I . OESCRiaE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WF.:RE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR DOOY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING THE SIGHTING STATE WHETHER WINOO'JifS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH OTHE:R TRAFFIC WAS THERE? DID YOU NOTI::E ANY AIRPLANES? QYES ~NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME ~F SIG~ TI'IG Tl"!! PHENOMENON AND WHERE HEY WERE IN THE St<Y RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? l.ENGTH Or T1..a~ CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VER"f SURE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS HO' WAS TIME ~ET~RMINEO? WAS iri!:. P:iEN !NON IN SIGHT CONTI N U.:>JSLY? [8l YES J;1 NO. IF No, ltfDICATE WHETHER THIS IS OUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT 0~ T\.4 E BE:H A VI OR OF THE PH :N0!-4E:NON, AND 0 CRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP- PEA~A.l'o!CE~ Q...j ?REVIOUS SKETCHES PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 10. I F THER~ WEAl MOA~ l 'HAN ON!! PHI!NOM~NOrt, HOW MANY W!:AI THI!R E ? DRAW A PICTUR~ T O SHOW HOW TU V WERI!: ARAANG!:D. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING? CON OITIONS (Ciuu:k appropriate blocks.) CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low flufly) FOG OR MIST TWIL.IO~i HI!AVV RAIN CIRRUS CLOUDS (lli.gla fleecy or Herrin1 LIGHT RAIN O R ORI:!ZLE CLE~R N IMBUS CLOUDS (Raira) PARTLV C!..OUDV CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNO'H O R SLEET CO'd~LE LY OVERCAST ( T hunder.o;tCNm.s) HAZE OR SMOG ONE O F THE A a o ve: ~ ~ 'F T H E s t -"" TING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR HI r:HT WHAT DID Y O U N OTICE ABOUT THE STARS M~D MOON 1 MOONLIGHT uo MOONLIGI-fT MOON WITH HALO U N K NOWN 4 $ au flll Cfii4 $5Chh0hhi4hJ i,.h$ 1 DfiUhWihi$$U~hiWiffi i HIOOEN B Y CLOUOS PARTIA L (New or SIGHTI"'!~ liAS J ~I DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN V I SIBLE? "'CrtE PHE NO).{ENON1 WHER E WAS THE SUN AS Y OU FACED OVZRHEAO(Ne~Mo~ YOU T O YOUR LEFT E. SPECIFY TH~ "'4AJOR SOURCE ILL U MI'fATICN PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING. SUC H AS TH SU N , H E ADLIGHTS ETC. FOR TERAESTR l A '- ILL UMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE T O LIGHT SOURCE. O E SCRIPTION ~ .... E ,_.ENON, INDICATING WHETHE R IT A PPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER I T L I GHT OR WAS SELF-Ll.:MI~OUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. D ESCRIBE YOUR IMP RESSION OF WHETH~R On TRANSPARENT, WHETn EDGES WER e SHA R ? OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE OR IHOICATC: IF IT AP?EA~EC AS A Hi :::>t C ~. TE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIK E YOUR FIELD OF PAGE 4 O F 0 PAG'::S 010 Tt4E PHENOMENON U Ill I(NO','IM J M?VE IN ~ STAAIGHT LINE? STAND STILL. AT ANYfiMEt SU:]O l.NL Y SPEED UP ANO RUN EJ~EI\t< UP IN PA~T.; 1\f\10 EXPLOCET CHANGE COLC :)? UI5APPEAR :. , ~ ~EAPPEART SPIN l.I'<E A TC~" MAKE A NOISE? f!'LUTTER 0~ .-c!!~L.ET 14. WHAT OR~-. YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON1 A . HOW DID IT r"!.~ALLY DISAPPEAR? D. 010 HI~;>.~ ... :: ... El-l:;'~ MOVE B E HIND CR I~ FRONT Q,: SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUO, TREE, OR 9UILO:N G AT ANY Tlf~E? PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGZS 11. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WIL\.. SHOW THI SHAPE OF THE fiHENONENON. INCLUDE AND LAa!L ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEMU~D AS WINGS OA PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN AAROW THE DIA!CTION TUE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 16o '-.HAT WS ; .-:: A">~.:~AR SIZE? H O - D 11. -..;.TCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT. SUCH AS A STREET L AM?':~ ~ .. :; -::::"'0 ~OTE HO" MUC!of O F T H E OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE M~1'CH. NOW IF VOll HAO EEN A3 ... ~ -:> ??:~FO~M THIS E)(F>ERI"'~Jo.T AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING. ESTIMATE WHAT F RACTIO N O F THE PHEI-IOME..,C."" v::u_;:~ HAVE BEEN COVERE~ a Y THE MATCH HEAD. PAGE 6 OF 9 PAG E S 7 . OlD YOU OBSERVE THE PHENO~!!.NON THAOUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? IUCLUOE TYPE , FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPL.ICABI..E DATA. IHFOAMATIOH OM MOD!L, t:Y (!G t. ASSES SUNGLASSES EliNOCULARS WINOSHI1..:: TELP.SCOPE SlOE W! H:::IC;. OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE WINC"~,-?.~o;:: ' OTHEH A . 00 'T'OU : ~ .t.?IL. Y WEAR GLASSES? ~YES 0 NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? 0 YES 0 HO 19. WHAT It A S .. :;. -' R l\IPRESSION OF THE SPtEO OF THE 1SJ. WHAT WA~ YOUR IM~RESSION OF THE OISTAJ~CE OF THE PHENOMENON? GIVE !STH:f,'\TE 0, DISTAHC~ ! ',: ._,, ... 20. IN O~O~F 7 ~AT WE MAY OSTAIH AS Cl.!AR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, D~SCRIB! IH YOUA OWo-1 "'10 ~OS A COM-.,.\.">"~ ::3J!CT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IH THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHEAE YOU NOTED THE PHEHOMEtiOt-1, WOUL.O s:=:.t.~ SOM~ RE:SEMBLAHCE TO WHAT YOU SA~. DESCRIDE SIMILARITIES ANO DIFFERENCCS D~TWEEH THE COMMO N os.; !CT AN 0 WHAT YOU SAW. 21. OlD ''':J.J ".')-tC'?: ANY ODOR, HOI5E, 0" !-~EAT LMAHATif'IG FROM THE PHE NOMENON Or. ANY CFFECT ON VOUR~ELF, A'tiV :._s :'=I ~.a Cn ! N E RY IH THE VIC:!'., i l'~ 0 YES J@ NO. IF yEs, DESCRIBE. A . rnDTH P!-' ::,-: ,.,. _ '-JN !:>ISTURo 1 HE G P.OUN 0 OR LEAVE At-iY PHYSICAL EVI_O_E_H_C_E-.-~( ~j-Y_E_,_s_r~t/J:::::r-H-0-.-----------i PAGe 7 OF 9 PAGES 17. INF'OftMATION WHICH YOU ,.EEL IS Pll .. TINI!NT BUT WHICH II NOT ADEQUATE LY COVE .. I! O IN THIS QUESTIONMAI ... , RNATIYI!LV P ROVIDE A NA .... ATIYE ~)(PLANATION OF' THt liGHTING PAGE 9 OF 9 PAGES TDPI'/UI'O Maj H Quintanilla, Jr709l6/13b/l2 Dec 67 U?O Ohs~rvation ... ( Nov"nw~t 1907 Jederal Aviation Agency Huntsville Municipal Ai~ort :-runts ville Alabama 358ol Federal Aviation Agency Decatur Municipal Airport Decatur,~1..Al.abama 356ol 1 . T~ A~rial. ?h~r.o.-uena Offi<.:e .iu in .tec!!ip~ of ~n ,nid~nt;i.!"i~d .fl~t in6 oo~e~'t (UFO) re_po.tt. fra~Q Ant :ore, .CU'lc.i&&ee uh.i~h v<.:c,.u-rcd ::n 7 llov~moer 19tf{ a~ app:c-oxi::w.tely l~:LJ pm CST. The observer (i..!aCrioed the ou._,C\.! ~ ~s Llo~in~ llke c.A -;.'liniat~rc hillboord uinc~ .u::. app~ared .n.a c.ht!l. f"la~ u.od rcc ta . .-'lg...:_lar. '.i'he o.;j.:!~ t \Jaa black v n bo~h ends and. \./aa r..!d in t h e raidd..L~. 'l'h e uuserve.1. :;aid th~ objec~ cii.aapp~al.'ed to :;h~ ~oq t:1. 2. Rt.!q~st in.for:ua tluu o.u. vJhe .... hel" t\njone ~lilW o::: ~cpo.1:teu a s i tnlJ :sr ub\j to jOt. ... ? Du llJaUt::Q la.1diag at ,10 t.:r fi~ld t;:c03S the Ul'eti j1J S t as~ of Arc.lrt..o1e ac altl.;:..iclea le~s teen two ru.~l~s! rlare there uny ::-~cord3 ot planes !.:~ing in che Z=n~e~ ).lt tha:. ti:as'l Do : o tl uave :u1.; -!catten ts as to a uosaibJ.e t~.:a _ se "or this oh.;Jcrva -cion~ 3 'rhank. jO'J. l o r ~our aasist3nce i."l. thl3 ;ua cr. ~UINrANiiJA, Jt-, 11ajor, USAF ~:U.3t ~ Aerial. ? ht!co::Jt:na Oi"ric~ .i\~ros_pa\!e Tecr..nologies Di via ion r~oduction Directorate DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL AVIATION ADi'vHNISTRATION . AIRPORT TRAI<'FIC CON1ROL TOt.JER HUNTSVILLE, Al..ABANA Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr. Chie=. Aerial Phenomena Office Aeros?ace Technologies Division Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, REf:'EH TO: December 20, 1967 Reference your letter dated December 13, 1967 regarding an un- iden~iied flying object (UFO) report from Ardmore, Tennessee, November 7, 1967 at approximately 4:10 pm CST. Ardmore is located approximately 25 miles, 345 degrees from the new H.1~tsville-Madison County Airport, which opene d October 29, 1967. G~less an incident out of the ordinary occurs, we do not normally retain records whereby we could reconstruct aircraft positions beyond fifteen days, which is the case in this instance Huntsville Airport Traffic Control Tower controllers did not observe a sigtting such as reported, nor was a similar objec t reported to this office. j-A direct route between Huntsville and Nashville passes approximately five ~iles east of Ardmore~ A dog-leg route between Shelbyville, Tennessee a~d Huntsville is over the same general area. Aircraft from over Nashville landing Huntsville, would normally be descending fromhigher altit~des, and would probably be 6,000-10,000 feet at this point; air- craf~ fro~ Shelbyville would normally be operating at altitudes of 3,5G~-5,JOQ feet. Alt~ough not heavily traveled, these routes were bega~ :~:o~er 29, 1967, and for the most part relatively low ceilings LV:er:e E:~:?e:-:.enced for the irs t week of operation. In t~e ~ =~= that it might assist your investigation, Huntsville Airport weathe r c:-, ~;ovember 7, 1967 at 3:54pm CST was clear, visibility more than fif~e2~ miles , temperature 54, dewpoint 25, wi nd 270 degrees at seven krrots. Sunset was at 4:47 pm CST. Sincerely, ':Jofl.n arr ison -- -- Chief, ATCT Decatur Police Department ~atur, 356ol Huntsville Police Department Huntsville, Alabacna 35801 l.. '~'1~ Aeril\.L ?bonu&:Jena Ot't"il!~ ia in :r:ecdip:. of an unidentified ~1.~ ln3 ob~ect ( tJ ) r ol't ~roan Ar&-,ore, T~rm G~e -whJ.\:h occurr~d ~.1 T ;'[o'letnoer 1?~7 ac a9prox~"Qat~lj 4:10 Ptl C!;}T. 'l'ht! ouaerver c'; :!l.lCri v~d t.h<! OOo,~c::!..! C 3..; lco~-<.~'1o li!~o a iai.!tlct.l~'- J lll'J0Urd G inc~ .11,-CTO.R ~U!Zfr~lr:.T.A Jr, ~liijot, USAF iet, ~ri3~ Phenomena Office Ae~space T~chnologies Di'lisivn .?::-oduction Diroe~torat~