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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8725558
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1966
REPORTED LOCATIONCincinnati Ohio
FRAMES12

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PF..2C.373 0ND
1. CATE  TIME GROUP 2. LOCAT ON
August 66 1 Cincinna. Chio
3. SOURCE !i0. CONC_OSION
Civilian Civilian INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION INSU/FICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Not Reported
5. 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS SUMMARY Y AND ANALYSIS
Not Reported Not Reported
b. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION SEE CASE SEE CASE
.
Ground-Visual (Assunt)
7. COURSE
Not Reported
9. PHOTOS.
Yes
XCNo
2. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
i7 Yes
XXNo
FORM
PTO SIP 63 0-329 (TDE) Prevlous editions of this form may be ueed.
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30. Have you ever seen this, or a similar object before. If so give date or dates and location.
Neve 7
31. Was anyone sise with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) Yes No ill
31.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too? (Circle One) Yes No
31.2 Please list their names and addresses:
WIFE she made frit 2postt544
uliifnedt F tD, uPAFB uto rifi TD, UPAFB
32. Please give the following information about yourself: .Please give the following information about yourself:
NAME
ast First Name Middle Name
Pan Blaricun Bood. o
ADDRESS
Street
TELEPHONE NUMBE AGE 40 SEX/2CC.
Indicate any additional information about yoursel, including any special experience, which might be pertinent.
C
priat pilot licinep
Stuctind ingince
hes hediesiomn.
.When and to whom did you report that you had seen the object? 33. When and to whom did you report that you had seen the object? TOCES TOCES
Cenf.Hecicsterbe Conf.Hocicstook TOATS TOATS 325 B2s
6 lugt 6uset 1966
Day Month Year Dity iffir FT
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34. Date you completed this questionnaire: 6 6Cug146-6
Day Month Year
Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequately covered in the specific points of the
questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting.
F
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11 August 66
Contsct was made with Sulfur Grove (Dayton, Ohio) a weather bureau pilot
balloon release center.
They launch balloons approximately every 6 hours give or take 30 minutes.
and would not have been up until 2246 at night. There balloons normally
travel in a southerly direction after leaving the station.
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Cincninate , 0 (32) Cig:66
FTD (TDETR)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
17 August 1966
Cincinna Cihclmati,A
Dear Mr Dear M
Reference your unidentified observation of August l966. Reference your unidentified observation of August l9óó.
The information which we have received is not sufficient The information which we have received is not sufficient
pa 10 for evaluation. Request you ccmplete the attached FTD Request you camplete the attached FTD
.Form ló4 and return it in .Form l64 and return it in envelope provided. nvelope provided.
We wish to thank you for repor We wish to thank you your
the Air Force.
Sincerely,
us
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Major, USAF
Chief, Project Blue Book
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8. Remarks or reports of special incidents if any, are listed be-
low: (Security violations, issuance of orders, fires, meeting F
the Commander at Operations, etc). Continue on plain bond paper
if necessary. CiMiNNT NEWsPAPiR WitO RECIYED
RELE1CED CALL FROM REPORTEL ON
A 0F0 SIGHTING
OUT, SINEE REPERTER CWL?HAD A FEW DETANCS,
WAS NOT FILLED WHO MPDE ThE Sienrie
THE MAME AND ADDCESS OF THE PERSON WAS CBTHINED
50 THAT FORM MAILED
HIR. 1R2.
9. Completed 1 to Communications Center between O60o-O630
to to collect any and all messages on hand for FTD. collect any and all messages on hand for FTD.
10.0715 hours, relieved from duty, turned in report and
all messages, sealed envel etc., receiv during my tour of
duty.
Signature
Cli 1t Atch
Name and Rank
Officer of the Day
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send 164
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DAT=  TIME GROUP LOCATION
6 August 66 7/0346 Cincinnati, Ohio (2 witnesses)
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
also ballom??
Civilian Satellite (possibie) -
.NUMBER OF OBJECTS (also poss.
One One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
8 minutes Observers noted white-bluish light being extremely Observers noted white-bluish light being extremely bright
compared to the stars. compared the stars. Looked like a star. Looked like a star. I Light dimmed
6.1 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION intermittently as movcd across the sky. Object disappeared
Ground Visual into overcast. Ob.joct was pear shaped and moving Object was pear shaped and moving too fast
7. COURSE to nave a definite shape.
SE SE
6. PHOTOS
Yes
No
9. PHYSICAL IDENCE
Yes )
No
FORM ITNEI
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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 possi ncerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed.
Please try to answe questions as you possibly can. The inf iformation that you give will
be used for research pu ur 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? I. When did you see the object? 2.Time of day: 1C/ 2. I ime of day:
Hour Minutes Minutes
CCx1s CCx1s 166 166 (Circle One): (Circle One): A.M. or P.M.
Day Day Month Year Year
3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): a. a. Eastern (Circle One):a. Daylight Saving (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving
b. Central Central b. Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other
4. Where were you when you sow the object?
Cincinitti thio
Necrest Postal Address City or Town State or County
5. How long was object in sight? (Totoi Duration)
Hours Minutes Seconds
o. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Foirly certain d.Just a guess
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? e-!veiagmeommoossiy: Yes Nountrinillontly
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6. What was the condition of the sky? What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT
a. Bright a. a. Bright sigt oveot toe sligit ovenet toe
b. Cloudy Cloudy b. Cloudy b. Cloudy miblit 10 mie amog miibilit 10 mie amae
.IF you saw the object during-DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object? 7.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 Overhead
c. To your right Don't remember
FORM
FTD OCT 62 164 This form supersedes FTD 164, Jul 61, which is obsolete.
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8IF 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 2 neon
b. A few b. Dull moonlight
C. Many c." No moonlight -pitch dark (Lorgl crii.
d. Don't remember d. Don't remember when mion o
.What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One):
moitis inc
a. Clear sky a. Dry
b. Hazy Fog, mist, or light rain prlted poip nolo
c. Scattered clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain Homn Dyoftin
Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow
e. Don't remember
length motafoled
10. The object appeared: (Circle One): meiedt
accordie
6. Solid d. As a light se lioht liga eppend ond corthat ord
Transparent e. Don't remember
c. Vapor
If t appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? Circle One):
. Brighter c. About the same
b. Dimmer d. Don't know reylusht
11.1 Compare brightness to some common gbject
cthen trsht corrpal ts trs sewrt
12. The edges of the object were: g of too fota
mor
(Circle One): 6. Fuzzy or blurred e.
b Like a bright stor lxf
c. Sharply outlined Foudin pot
d. Don't remember Don'tremember Frcctiny Sohi parhp
.Did the object: Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Appecr to stand still at any time? Yes No Don't know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes Yes No Don't know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No (No Don't know
d. Give off smoke? Yes No Don't know Don't know
e. e. Change brightness? Yes Yes No Don't know
f. Change shape? Change shape? Yes No Don't know
g. Flash or flicker? Yes No Don't know
h. Disappear and reappear? Yes No Don't know
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.Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how?
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Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No t Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
Did the object move in front of something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circlie One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
in front of: _
17. Tell in a few words the following things about the object:
ATO
sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head?
large 2.000 fom antomebl 70°iicaton
noriz Noith t south
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 vaper-trails.
Place an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.
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20Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? 200 MPH o frite
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? .
2.Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?
cstnets 200 offord
(Circle One) Yes No appicied 60
acr0s
IF you answered YEs, then how far away would you say it was? widthth
22. Where were you located when you saw the object? 23. Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
a. In the business section of a city?
a. Inside a building b. In the residential section of a city?
6. B. In a car c. In open countryside? In open countryside? iitn Hemlo
c. Outdoors d. Near an airfield? Count Count
d. In an airplane (type) In an airplane (type) e. e. Flying over a city? Flying over a city? 6fo 6ko
e. At sea e. At sea f. Flying over open country?
f. Other - g. Other 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) automalle offer
rsigltirg
. North c. East g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fast were you moving? SCiyped miles per hour.
24.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One) No
25. Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses Yes N\o e. Binoculars No
b. Sun glasses Yes No f. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshield c. Windshield No g. g. Theodolite Theodolite Yes No
d. Window glass d. Window glass Yes No No h. h. Other fhitigμlirg
In order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a common In order that you can give as clear 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 same appearance as the object which you saw.
?
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.In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an "A" on the curved line to show how
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° S
ivevinnent
NW NE
30° 3
E
-15 SW
SG SG
S
path, a "B" at the end of the path, and shuw any changes in direction during the course.
N2 A
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Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they were traveling.
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