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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7433177
DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1965
REPORTED LOCATIONMc Arthur Ohio
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1. DATE - TIME GROUP
12 July 1965 13/02002

3. SOURCE
Civi lian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

5. Bi oF ono tan)
e aabite

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

2. LOCATION
McArthur, Ohio

10. CONCLUSION
Satellite (ZCHO I)

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Rourd lisht in flight from West to East at an estinmeted
deg elevation. Slow, did not deviate'from course. Thought
it might be 4 satellite but changed mind and thousht it was
a UFO. I yr old youth.

Groum-Visual

8. PHOTOS

O Yes

XK Ne
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

O Yes

XK Ne

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8. IF you sow the object at NIGHT, what did you notice conceming the STARS and MOON?

8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None a. Bright moonlight
Ps A few b. Dull moonlight
6 Many No moonlight — pitch dark
d. Don't remember . - Don’t remember

9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?

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CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One): i
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Clear sky : “s () Dry
» Hazy b. Fog, mist, of light? rain
c. Scattered clouds - c. Moderate or heavy rain
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow

e. Don’t remember

10. The object appeared: (Circle One):
a. Solid Asa light

b, Transparent é. Don’t remember
c. Vapor

1}. If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stors? (Circle One):

@) Brighter: c. About the same
. Dimmer > ~~ d, Don’t know

11.1 Compare brightness to some common object:
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12. The edges of the object were:

(Circle One): a, Fuzzy or blurred e. Other
b. Like a bright stor --- --"- oa hate se
Shorply outlined - . “4 | f
y tt _d. Don’t remember
13. Did the object: (Circle One for aach question)
a. Appear to stand stil) at any time? Yes No Don't know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush awey of any time? Yes ° Don’t know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes PY Don't know i
d. Give off smoke? Yos lo Don't know
eo. Change brightness? (Yea) ° Don't know
f. Chonge shape? Yes No Don’ q
ge Flash of flicker? Yos No Don’? know 4
h. Disappeor and reappear? Yas (No - Don't know

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14, Did the object disappear while you were ‘vatching it? If so, how? NO

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15. Did the object move behind something at any time, porticylarly a cloud?

(Circle One): Yes €e) Don’t Know, IF you unswered YES, then tell what
it moved behind; . | | . .

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16. Did the objeet move in front of samething at any time, particularly a cloud?

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17. . Tell in a few words the following things about the object:

a. Sound age G0 Un —— ex Ai
b. Color _migthy white hit at yne time it he cone verybyight

18, We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm’s length in line with a known object and nom how

much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of the
sighting, how much of the object would hove been covered by the match head? did net do

thig ex periment

19. Drew a picture that will show the shape of the object of objects. Label and include in your sketch ony details
of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust wae or vopor trails.

Ploce on arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.

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20. Do you think you can estimote the speed of the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? EE

21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?

(Circle One) Yes No

| iF you answered YES, aia how for away would you say tt was? De Oe LORY ea Viel , io ve

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22. Where were you located when you sow the object? 23. Were you (Circle One)
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ag ES - c. In the business section of a city? > =! ~*~
a. Inside a building ® In the residential section of a city?

b. Ina car c. In open countryside?
() Outdoors d. Near an cirfield?
d. In an airplane (type) e. Flying over a city?
e. At sea f, Flying over open country?

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24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions:

24.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)

a. North c. East e. South y- West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fost were you moving? —___ ______miles per hour,

24.3 Did you stop at ony time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One) Yes No

25. old you observe the object mee any of me following?

a, Eyeglasses =—s_—ss“sY ; :e e. Binoculars Yes
b. Sun glasses -  £, Telescope Yes
c. Windshield g. Theodolite Yes
d, Window glass h. Other

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26. In order that you con give as cleor a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a common

object or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the some Sppearonce as the object which you sow.
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30. Have you ever seen this, or a similar object before. |f so give date or dates and location.

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31. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) (Ves No
31.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too? (Circle One) (v9 No
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27. In the following sketch, imagine that you ore at the poin? shown. Place an ‘’A"’ on the curves line to show how
high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it, Place a “°B'” on the same curved line ic |

show how high the object was cbove the horizon (skyline) when you las? suw it. Place an ‘’A’’ on the compass
when you first saw it. Place o ''B’’ on the compass where you /ast sow the object.

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28. .Draw a picture that will show the motion thot the object or objects made. Place an ‘*A*’ at the beginning of the
path, a '*B”* at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.

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29. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? ——
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY - 30 June 1985

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The current renort on Project Blue Book, the Air
Force project on unidentified flying objects, is attached

as requested. This report contéins information on the UFO
program since its origin in 1945.

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Community Relations Division
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

) Dear . Mr ee

_ Attached is FID Form 164 which is used for
reporting observations of unidentified flying objects
to the Air Force. In order for the Air Force to
evaluate these reports, tnis form should be completed
as fully as possible and returned to this of ce.

Sincerely,

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SARA HUNT
Community Relations Division
Office of Information

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FTD Form 164

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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION

This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much
information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed.
Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that ycu give wil!
be used for research purposes. Your name will not be used in connection with ony statements,

-- ~ eonclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information sc
that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.
1. When did you see the object? =. O. initan tay: SP c ee
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Day Month
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3. Time Zone: |
(Circle One); @ Eastern (Circle One): a, Daylight Saving
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4. Where were you when you saw the object?
Nearest? Postal Address City or Town iS Srote or Causey) Ty |
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5. How long wos object in sight? (Tote! Duration) mn ste BO bans : |
Hours Minutes Seconds |
a. Certain c. Not very sure |
(b) Fairly certain d. Just o guess
acy How was time in sight determined? eh tedKed 4+ » oluck | |
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? | Yes Ee No
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5. What was the condition of the sky? 4
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DAY NIGHT
a. Bright Ga.) Bright
b. Cloudy b, Cloudy

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7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN locoted os you locked at the objet?

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(Circie Qne); a. In front of you J. To your lefr
b, In beck of you a, Overhead
c. To your rignt #, Don’t remember

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FTD oct 62 164 This form supersedes FTD 164, Jul 61, which is obsolete.

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