DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8680206
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1966
REPORTED LOCATIONXenia Ohio
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
27 March 66 28/0415Z Xenia, Ohio
3. SOURCE . CONCLUSION
Civilian INSUFFICIENT DATA LUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Three
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
5-10 Minutes Thore was insufficient data to make a proper analysis. An
FTD Form 164 was sent but returned marked address unknown.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
Varied 1
8. PHOTOS 8. PHOTOS
D Y D Ye .
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes 1
XXNo
FORM FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Provions editions of this form mey be used.
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FTD (TD- EW/UFO Moved, Not
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WRIGHT-PA -RSON AFB, OHIO 45433 No Moved, Moved, LPOSTAGE ANDFEES PAID LPQSTAGEANDFEES PAID of
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Xenia, Ohio 45/335
FTD FULR 83 This form sup ATIC Ferm Nr. 383, dated Dec 60, which is ebsolete
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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 you give will
be. used for research purposes. Your name will not be used in connection with any statements,
conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so
that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.
.When did you see the object? 2. Time of day: : 45
Hour Minutes
27 Manel 66 (Circle One): A.M. or P.M.
Day Month Year
3. Time Zone: 3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): a. a. Eastern Daylight Saving
b Centra b. Standard
C. c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other
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Necrest Postai Address E. Chy or Town State or County
5-10mi
Hours Minutes Seconds
o. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain dJust a guess
5.1 How was time in sight determined? _
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? Yes No
6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT
a. Bright a. Bright
b. Cloudy b. Cloudy
IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object?
(Circle One): : a. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overheod
c. To your right f. Don't remember
OCT 62 164 FORM
FTD This form supersedes FTD 164, Jul 61, which is obsolete.
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Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how?
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15. Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
16. Did the object move in front of something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know.
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We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object and note how 8. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object and note how
much of the abject is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of the
. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your sketch any details
of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails.
Place an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.
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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?
8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None a. Bright moonlight 1
b. A few b. Dull moonlight
Many c. No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remember d. Don't remember
9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One):
a. Clear sky a._ Dry
b. Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain
Scattered clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain
Thick or heav clouds d. Snow
e. Don't remember
10. The object appeared: (Circle One):
loshed lithi thy were on fio
a. Solid d. As a light
b. Transparent e. Don't remember
c. Vapor
1. If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? (Circle One):
a. Brighter c. About the same
b. Dimmer d. Don't know
The edges of the object were:
(Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred e. oter jist lihe red babi
b. Like a bright star
c. Sharply outlined
d. Don't remember
Did the object: some moved (Circle One for eoch question)
Appear to stand still at any time? tome Don't know
a. es No
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at Yes No Don't know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No Don't know
d. Give off smoke? Yes No Don't know
e. Change brightness? Yes Ne Don't know
f. Change shape? Yes No Don't know
g. Flash or flicker? Yes No Don't know /
h. Disappear and reappear? rome lif Yes No Don't know
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(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was?
22. Where were you located when you saw the object? Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
aIn the business section of a city?
a.Inside a building b. In the residential section of a city?
bIn a car .In open countryside?
c. Outdoors d. Near an airfield? woodd
d. In an airplane (type) e. Flying over a city?
e. At sea f. Flying over open country?
f. Other g. Other _
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 g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fast were you moving? _ 70 miles per hour.
(Circle One) Yos No onee
Eyeglasses Yes No e. Binoculars Yes
b. Sun glasses Yes No f. Telescope No
. Windshield Yes g. No
d. Window glass Yes No h.
object or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the object which you saw.
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show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it. Place an "A" on the compass
when you first saw it. Place a "B"" on the compass where you last saw the object.
90° g les
750
60 atall
45° NW NE
30
E
15° SW 35
O°
28. 28. Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an "A at the beginning of the
path, a "" at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course. path, a "3" at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.
29. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? 7
Draw a picture of ho w they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they were traveling. ——
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Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) Yes No
Yes No
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32.Please give the following information about yourself: . Please give following information about yoursel
NAME irst Name rst Name
Middle Name
ADDRESS Rocte Roete ca hrad Xenid. Xenid
Stre City Zone Stote State
TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE 17 SEX SEX F
which miabt be pertinent.
a wele fanil qresping.
(3 genenition of o Collieir)
When and to whom did you report that you had seen the object?
Doy Month Year
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FTD (TDEW)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 APR 5 1966
5 April 1966
Xenia, Ohio 453
Dear
Reference your recent unidentified observation of 27 March
is not suffi-
cient for evaluation. cient for evaluation Request the members of Request the members of your family your family
who observed the unidentified object fill out who observed the unidentified object fill out the attached
FTD Forms 164 and return them in the FTD Forms 164 and retur them in the env relope elope provided.
We wish to thank you i We wish to thank you for to the
Air Force.
Sincerely,
M.DH.Rerki HDH.Rerkui
f f HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Major, USAF QUINTANILLA, Jr, Major, USAF
Chief, Project Blue Book
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