DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9737582
DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1963
REPORTED LOCATIONDixon Illinois
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
DATE  TIME GROUP .TmmeoRe .LOCATION
December 1963 Dixon, Illinois Dixon, Illinois
3. 3. SOURCE SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian PSYCHOLOGI CAL
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Four
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
5 Minut es Deseription of four flying saucers observed at l245 PM.
SEE LETTER.
t.. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Director
7. COURSE
Garbled
9. Maxwell AFB, Alabama ATTN: Archives Bronch Aerospoce Studies Inst RETURN
PHOTOS
Yes
CXNo TO:
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes
XXNo
FORM
FTD SEP63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION
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This questionnair been prepared so that you can give the U.s. Air Force as much
informction as posaible concerning the unidontified darial phanomnanon that you have obsarvedi.
Please try to answar as many quastions as you possibly can. The information thar you give will
be usad for research purposes. Your name will not ba used in connection with any slataniants,
conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information sc
that if ir is deensd necessary, we may contact you for further details.
1. When did you sae the objecr? 2.Fime of da/2 2. Time 43
1. When did you sae the object?
Howe Minures
sal sat Dee Dee 6.3 (Cirele One): (Circle One): m.
A.M. or
Day Month Yoor Your
. Time Zone:
(Circle One): a. Eastern (Circle One): Eastern (Circla Une): (Circle Une): 0 Doylight Soving
Central Standard
C. Mountain
d. Pacifle
o. Other
4. Where were you when you saw ths object?
Necrear Pastal Address City or Town Srote or County
5. How long was object in sight? (Total Durarian) 3
Hours Minutes Sesonds
Cortain c. Not very surs
. Fairly certain d. just a guess
5.1 How was time in sight dalarmined? _ Cleac
5.2 Was objeet in sight continuously? 5.2 Was object in sight continuously? YsX Yes No No
6. What was the conditlon of the sky? 6. What was the condirion of the sky?
OAP OAD NIGHT
yot 15006t yte 15006t a. Bright
Cliar Cliar Cloudy b. Cloudy b. Cloudy
7. IF you sow the abject during OAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the objest? 7. IF you sow the abject during OAYLlGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the objast?
(Circle Ona): In frant of you To your left
In bock of you Overheod
c. To your right Don't remembar
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8. IF you sow the object at NiGHT, whar did you notics conceming the STARS and MOON?
B.1 STARS(Cirele One): 8.2 MOON (Cirel One):
$a $Nona a. Bright moonlight
b. A fow b. Dull meonlight
c. Many c, No moonlight - pirch dark
d. Don'tromember d. Don'tromember
9What were the weathar conditions at the timo you saw object?
CLOUDS (Cirels One): WEATHER(Circls Ono):
a. Cloar sky QDry
b. Hazy b. Fog. mist, or lighr roin
Scattored clouds C. Moderate or hauvy rain
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow
d. Don't remember
10. The object appeared: (Circle One):
feci sia
12. The odges of the object wers:
(Circle One): a. Fuxzy or blurrad a. Other
D. Like a bright stor
@ Sharply ourlined
A Don't remember Don't remnember
13. Did the objvct: 13. Did the object: (Circla One for soch queation)
G. Ca. Appear to slond still at any time? obdiong obdiog Yes No Don't know
6 (5. Suddonly speed up and rush away of any tims? Suddonly speed up and rush away ot any time? Yes Yes No Don't know
C. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No Don't know Don't know
d. d, Give off amoka? Give off amoka? Yas No Don't know Don't know
a. Change brightness? colot YO5 Y25 No Don'tknow Don't know
Change shape? Yer No Don't hnow
Flash or flickor? Yas No Don't know
Diauppeer and reappear? Ys No Don't know
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14. Did the objct disappecr while you were vatching it? i so, how?
Janeis
aF 500ft liff aF ha spadfe bullef
15. Did the object movs behind something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Cirela One) Yos No Don't Know. IF you answered YEs, then tall what
it moved behind:
16. Did the object move in front of somarhing at any tima, particularly a cloud?
(Circle Cne): Yes Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then ta!l what
in front of: 4ts-
Place an arrew besida the drawing to show the direction the objoct was moving. Cme
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20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?
(Circle One) Yos No
21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the objoct was?
(Circle One) $$Y_s}$ No
22. Whore were you located whan you saw the object? 23. Were you(Circle One)
(Circle One): /
in the business section of a city?
o. Inside a building b. In the residential suction oi a city?
. In a car In open countryside?
Outdoors d. Near an oirfield?
d. In on cisplans (rype) e. Flying over a city?
. At sea
a. North c. East . South y. Wost
. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fast wers you moving? _.. miles per hour.
24.3 Did you stop at any time whils you wars looking at the object?
(Circla One) Yos No
.Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyaglasses Yos No o. Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yas f. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshiold Yes No g. Theodolite Yos No
d. Window glass Yes No h, Other2 da weon
26. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possibls of what you saw, describe in your own words a common
objoct or objacts which, whan placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as jha objsct which you sow.
3 Ce Kiks
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whon you first saw it. Ploes a "B" on ths compass whnrs you last saw the ohijct.
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path, a "B" at the ond of the path, and show any changes in direction during the coursa.
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29. IF thers was MORE THAN ONE obioct, then how many wer
Draw a picturs of were arranged, and put an arrowy to show ths direction thay thay were traveling. lireetion
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Mrs Hunt/man/SAFOICC/72842/2 Aug 65
AUG - 2 1965
MEMORANDUM FOR DIRECTOR OF LEG LIAISON, SAFOS
ATTEXTION: Colonel Poe
SUBJECT: UPO
Attached is a draft of a letter to Mrs. Attached is a draft of a letter to Mrs.
or Dxon, Dixon, inrox a on the
above subject. above ject.
SAFOI action officer SAFOI acti -
GERALD R. JORGENSEN
Colonel, USAF
Deputy Chier
Community Relations Division
Ofrice of Informetion
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Proposed Reply
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reporting aerial objects which cannot be identified by the observor reporting serial objects which cannot be identified by the observor .
to the Air Force. This form should be completed as fully as -
atton of your sighti Ing can be made: Bq USar (S al
D.C. 20330.
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The Ar Force vill continue to investigate all reports of
will be released to the
publie.
Sincerely
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