P~OjcCT ~0:>73 R!:COR0 lu. CONCLUSIO~ 5. L2:-;GTH o.= Oi3SE~VATION (>. TYPE OF OBSERVATIO N 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 11. BRIEF SU.\tt...IARY AND ANALYSIS observer ~ried ~0 s~ow i~ ~0 a fr:e~a out was t~en a::o ~n~r o~ ~cc ~ :.;.a;: loo~ed some :-.h:n;; lii:c! .:1 hu'-'n cruin enbi.r .. ~. Tnis oo c..._ disappc~reJ. ~o~a:-d tr. e-..: Clty ci I~:~ ... J. At. ll: 00 pm -.:.he ooser,cr sic;n~eci a:1o~ner U?O in tnc r;. C:. CO>~-::.:::;Ts: T:'ie ci -.J police and the centro l -co,..er ;;:e~sonn~l at Li:no did not ro;.:cci ve any calls a .. out. UFO' s on t.n~s niv . ~ne alleco;.:a witness was requeste d t o c omplete FTD SE? 6 3 0-329 (TD2) p,..ylou a edlUo n.o o f th.la f orm IDA7 b. uood , D"SPAPTMENT or-THE AIR FORCE H,;:AOOtJ~P.TE'1"' r')tl.!ICN T::CriNOL.OCY Ot'/1310'1 IAF.jC) WRIGHT.?,\TT!::rtSON AIH FORCC: 9ASE. OHIO 4!5433 TD?r (UF'O) Ul<'O Obser !'1.tlon, 19 July 1968 Llrno. Airport Lima, Ohio 45802 l. The .erial Pheno-ne:1a Of.fice ic ln receipt of t n unidentified. !'lyin g object; (UFO) report from Lin:a, Ohio which occurred on 2 . The observer sightej an object tho.t. had nwnerotts o:ran6ish- amber lights around it which ~eemed t o be spl ing. Th~ object was f irst seen in the distance a nd aecmed to be going back and l'orth over the area. La:r.er , the object passed o Ferheaci and the observer ~tated that she hzar d a sligh~ whirr. j . 'I'he c.es-=ription is 1ery similar to that of ?n a:!.rcraft. ,.;i -:11 e.n elec t.ri~:J-1 aav~rtisin6 si_,n, h0'c::v~r, we c!o ~ot. .. now o: any in youc area. Do you have records that .... :auld indicate if any a~rial a .lvertisc::-:as operat.Ln~ j n the acea that nlcr"lt.. 4. Then.:... you for your usslstcncc on this ma~t.er 1 Atch EZCTOR QUINTANILlA, Jr, Lt Col on el, USAF Chlef, Aerial Phenomena Office Se li' -aJC.re s Si~C. enve loue Aerospace Techno l ogies Division Product.ion Directorate 1:; ha~Je no kr.o1leds~ of this, a'rld have not. bee."l abl~ to lo-:at ~ a:1yon ~ h ert?. at the airpor t v7ho ~.as in:or-:atio~ regarding ~hi s eit.h~r. 3o:=-:-v .;::. cannot ~:>'= of any assist.azlcc to Y'~'.l Y-:>urs tr:.1ly, LIMA ?OLICE OEPAR TiV!ENT 2 17 EAST HIGH STREET WILLIAM f<. DAVENPOHT c.; I 'I !:I OF rOLl :::E LIMA, OHI O 45801 RON \LD C. COOK ROBCRT L. CLEMENS _"!)PI' (UFO) Lt Col Qui.ntanilla/70916/m.Os/2 Aug 68 v'"F'O Ooser<ra1'.ion, 19 July 1963 Lima Poll ce Lima, Ohio 1. The Aerial Phenomen a Office is in receipt ot an unidenti.fied flyin g object ( UFO) repor-t from Lima, Ohio -which occurred on 2 .-.-:.Tbe obserrer sighted an object that had numerou~ o rang i s h - ambe:t; lights around it and 1 t seemed to be spinning. 'l"he object 'WSS:~:!irst seen 1n the distance and seemed t o be g oing b.'3.ck and forth over the area& Later, the object passed overhead ~d the observer stated.that she heard a slight whirr 3 The description is very s imilar to that or~ an aircraft 'W'ith an electtical. advertising s ign, h m1ever,. -.;e jo not ~ow of any in 4. Did you receive any report of unusua l objects for t:~3 date? }ie would appreciate you:r comments as t o a possible cause -=or this 5 -Than~ you for your asaistance on this matter. ~R QUilfl'ANILLA,. Jr, Lt. Colonel, ILI"hief , Aerial Phenomena O:f1'1ce Aerospace Technologie~ Division Production Directorate Self-address.ed. envelope SIGHTitiG OF UHIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUEST!O~NAIRE A F R HC-li(Cl) nunc,, r m;.(:z IU AJ'f'RO'/M. .l'/"(,.1' II <:FCII~Vf.l' ro TillS !-OR\/ OH AN'.OTATI tH"I/1 i'O('N N.l\11~ 101? Jf)!~NT/r'ICAT/0.'\ I \''iN OlD YOU !><"E: lo-lf.: PHfNOME'lv'l MINUTES 2.. \.\ "I '"''I AI TIME' Diu VOl! Lt\Sf SIGHT THt:. PH:O:NC'l~F J()N MI NUTE':;_" ) l CA,Trf-lN I._JOPIEr~ r, WHf. f.!<. wrn.:-YOU WHf::N YOU SAW THE PHENOVE'l"J"'' IF I N CITY CI/E THE N E AREST r.TAE:E:T AOO<~I:..:>. A.NO INOICAT~" CIN A it\M(.) !)qA'IN MAP \'l,;r:qE Y O U \~ERE STANOI"l/'; tilTH REFFPE.NCF T O THE Af'lORt'"';:; I F I N TltE -0UNTHV. IDE''ITIFY 'Pif. HlvHW\Y YOll WERE 0'1 ~R NEAR A N D TRY T O FIX I O ljTAW"I. A tlO DIRECTION FROM SOI.o!E RE.COGNilAA' L I.AII'JM~RK -=--;:;::GJ.l i YOUAR;;--;:-j. ~=-coNT SHO "" 1'1 TH:: :JET:':H. f'LAC; AN A O N THE CURPc...:tl:.:=L:.t-'I_E_T_O_S'OoN f'O~N HIGrl THL r>r r~0\1'NON 'HAS A"lO ,-= THE HORilON OR So<V.._i 1!:: fi ~EN ~-IHST SE!!N. F'LACE A .., .JN THE SA'-1!': CUPV~O LINE: 10 S "'v'o'l HON hiGH ABC'v: o'iE HORIZON -.;:;: F'HEN::>'-I"'IION YIAS WHEI~ L/S3.S);SLr.:: :() A~r'lANGEMEN ( CHANGE S IGH i iNC 7 CONDI T IONS (Check appropriute bltJcks.) 'II EAT HER CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low flr.ffy) CIRRUS CLOUDS (fiigh fleecy or fl erring DRI.l ZLE N IGH'r L IGHT RAIN OH CLOUDS (Rain) CU)o!ULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW O R SLEET C0;1.4PLETE:LY OV!::RCAST (T iw,.derstor;ns} OF THE ABOVE SIGHTING 'fl AS T I'I I L I G H T NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU ~lOTICE A S OUT THE STI\RS AND MOON ? Ill STARS ( 2l BRIGHT 1-lOONL!GHT tlO MOONLIGHT !'.lOO N WITH MOO"! HIDDEN BY PARTIAL ( N e w o r qw~rcer) I F SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? NO. IF "YES, " WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED PHENOM E N O N ? l"l ;:'RONT OF YOU TO YOUR OVE:RHEAO(Ncar fiOOfl) d A C l< Oi" YOU TO YOUR L E F T l ~. ;,PECII-'Y THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRES!;;NT DURING 7HE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEAOLIG"iTS OR f STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. GIVE A BRI!OF DESCRIPTION O F THE PHENO M E N 0:'-4, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED OARi< OR L IGHT, WH ET~ER IT F!EFLECTEO LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICC:D. DESCRIBE YOU R IMPRESSION Or WHETHER I T w;.s SOLID OR 7RANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP O R FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT A??EARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS. LIKE STARS. A LIGHT OR OTHER 09JECT IN YOlJR FIELD OF VIE'N. I"AGE 4 0"" ~PAGES Alt'H Pfl-11(('1) I J flU I L Cll N .; r\1"-'s oP.IvER r. 1 As ? A~sc'IG" ~ , tlOo\T ~1:1 AIRPLAN! L~S PILOT IN ~E.$1D~N riA, 'i:'CTi fJ N ()C Cl, y IN OP:'N COU'ITRY!iiO~ NEAR 1\IRFIELD FLYitlG OV~R C;TV FLYINC. OV!:.R OPC:N COUNTRY ,\. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE , COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVINO' 1 H O W fAST WERE YOU MOJING> " ... ~<._'' 1 ~5'-RT~AS lEAH NORfHWES !WES T O l D YOU STOP \NYTIME WHILE 08SERVIH G Tr!E PH ~-NOMENON > 0 YES I J N O r:xr L A itl WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT ,\FFECTS YOUR SK<'TCHES I N lfEMS SAND!; D!:.iCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE: Ill ~'10 TYPE O F ROAU T ERRAIN OR BODY OF 'IIATER Y O U iPAV!::RSFD DURING nn: ~IGHfiNG. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONIJERTIFILE TOP WEH"' UP OR DOWN. ::'10 y,')U NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES' [lYES X'IO. li'" "YES, " DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WC:RE IN SIG"'T RELATIVE T O THt:. TI'A!:: :> SI.::;~TING oHF PHE'IO>.IE"ON AND W ... E"'E 'lt<EY WE~E I N THE SKY RELA TIVE ~o THE POSii:>N OF THE P>iCNO''E~IO'I. 1 'l, HOW L~'.G WAS THE PHENOME N O N IN SIGHT., LFHvTH Or TIM E . CERTAIN OF TIMC: NOT VeRY SUR F JUST A CUESS HOW WA S TIME DETERMI N EO> wA~ -:-HE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY O YES I A,NO. IF No. I NDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUP \1'1\'E'AENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENO\oiE N O N , AN:> OE'!:.CRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR INDICATE DISA<>- PAGE' 3 OF l Po\:;::", h V.:. '\''F'E"-~C::O \5 Wl"'tS OR PROr?.U.:ioO'I$, AI'.D IN01Ci>7E "'"'"".>\..1ST ()tl VAP)P TAIIILS INOtC:.';'= Bl" Arl _.fiAI...,.. Tt-'l Olrl~C710rl TilE PHEIOMEI~O'I WAS I 10VINC. I '6. 'HH !o.T WAS THE Af"'GIJL AR SIZE HOLD;.. 'lATCH A T AR"''S L::Nc - r" I 'I FRONT OF A K N OWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREE7 : LAMD OR i'HE ~lOON. N OTe HOW MUCH OF THC: OBJECT IS COJER~'::t ElY THE HEAD OF - H E MATC'-i. NOW 1= Y::>U HAD I 8'!: N ABLE TO PERFO~\! THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIMl:: o= TtE SICHTI'lC , ESTIMA r:: Wr'AT F~<.CTI0'-1 OF Tt<c PHC:'OVENO'I WOULD HAVE SEEN COVC:RE:> BY THC: MATC'-i 1-'EAO. PAGe::-6 OF J PASE'> ST A~l ' $ II L L AT SPEED UP AND CH-'IN G E COLOR GIVE OP:F SMO K E7 8RI GhTNES$1 ~ CHA"~GE SHAPE? . F L AS OI'I FLICKC:R 7 DIS A I-' '0:: AR AND REAP?EAR' SPI!-; LIKE LUTTER OR 'HOBaLEr WHAT OREW YOU R ATTENTION TO THE PHNO~E NON A . H O'H DID I T F INALLY OISAPPEAFP ! -: v=:s lf\..No. IF v::s. DESCRIBE. J "'YPt. I~ i::. ,, L h ,>;H.SO:RI"'TI lN OR u'7t<_R AFPL1''4BL 0.\TA .., "0'>HIELO TELE5COI"'E I "I~OOWPA~.E OTHER 1"' .. ~ Ll OFI OINAI'liLY HEAR GLASSE~ [J yc:-s ,] Nl') 9. O() YOJ USE REAOIN5 C.LAS~ES' )1vFS I 1~0 h"'.\T~;;;YoURI'1PRF.SSION O F '7HE SPEED OF T"if: O .l.. l'l HHAr WAS YOUR ~PRESSION oc:-T~IE' o.?rA'N,_F: C' TH' ' " 'C>Y ENON GIVE ESTI1\'ATE OF 5PEEO \ ,\ 1\ PHE.NOM E NOtP Gl'lf' f.!".liM.\T E OF DI~T/\r-.CE Q(:. \-'T Zv 1'1 ':>'lCicR THAT WE MAY OEJTAiN AS CLEt..R A P ICTURE -\ COM~ION OBJt:.CT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLI\C.EO WO'JLD BEliR SOMe-. RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. C0''~0N 0!3JECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. .\$ POSS18LE OF WHAT YOU S-\H