DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8275801
DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1966
REPORTED LOCATIONCanton Ohio
FRAMES8
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
DATE· TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
. 13V. 05 05302 20 Mov. 66 0530Z Canton, Chio Canton, Chio 3 witnesses
AOUFCE MOULCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Astro(Sirius)
3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS At the time of the sighting Sirius At the time of the sighting Sirius was at an elevation of
One approximately 22 degrees and approximately 22 degrees and on an azimuth of 134 degrees azimuth of 134 degrees
. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11: BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 11 BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
2 hours
Observers noted fuzzy, ragged light in the eastern sky. P
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION The light was multicolored, pink,blue, gree white,
Ground Visual when last scen. The object dic 6isapcea le it
. was being watched. The flight path was relatively slow
COURSE apparently straight course from the east to the
Slowly southward south.
8. PHOTOS The description is consistent with that of an astro-
Yes nomical observation. When stars are low on the horizon
No sintillation is responsible for quite unusual displays.
2. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
7 Yos
A No
FORM
TD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of thia form may be ueed.
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U.S. AIR FORCE INFORMATION
This questionnaire has beon prepared so that you can give tha U.S. Air Forcs as much
information as possib concerning the unidentified aerial phenoinenon that you have obsorveri.
Pleass try to answ y questions as you possibly can. The information that ycu give will
b used for research urposes. Your name will not be used in connaction with any statemenis,
conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal Information sc
that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.
.When did you see the object? Time of da!: 30
Hovr Minutna
20 N0Y1966 iCircle One): iCircle One): (A.M. or or P.M. P.M.
Doy Month Yeur
3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): (Circle One): a. Eastern (Circle Une): (Circle Une): a. Daylight Soving Doylight Soving
b. Central b. Standard
c. c. Mountain
d. Pacific
. Other
4. Where were you when you saw the object?
CANTON OHLD..
Address City or Town Stata or County
Total Duration) 2
Hours Minutes Seconds
Certain c. Not very sure
Fairly certain d. Just a guess
5.1 How was time in sight determined?Med
5.2 Was objoect in sight continuously? Yos No
6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT
a. Bright a.
b. Cloudy Cloudy
7.IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you locked a: the obiast?
(Circle Ona): a. (Circle One): a. In front of you N/A N/A d. To your left
b. In bock of you b. In bock of you . Overheod
c. To your right f. Don't remember f. Don't remember
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8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None Bright moonlight
b. A fow b. Dull moonlight
C Many c. No moonlight - pitch dork
d. Don't remember
weather conditiens at the time you saw object?
CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One):
a Clear sky Dry
b. b. Hazy Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scotternd clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain Moderate or heavy rain
d. Thick on houvy clouds Thick on houvy cloud Snow
•. e. Don't remember
10. The objact appeared 10. Tha objact appeare Circle One). Circle One):
o. Solid d. As a light As o light
b. Transpoiont Tronspoiont 6, Don't remember Don't remember
c. Vapor
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11. If it appeared as a light, was it hter than the brightest stars? (Circlo One):
Brighter c.About the same
b. Dimmer d. Don't know
. 11.1 Compare brightness to some common object:
The edges of the object were:
Cnclo(na Fuzzy or blurred . Other Ragged
6. Like a bright stor
c. Sharply outlined
Don't remember
.Did the object: Did the oblect: (Circle One for eoch question) (Circle One for eoch question)
a. Appear to stand Appear to stand still at amy time? d still at amy time? Y03 Don't know Don't know
b. Suddanly speod up and rush away at any time? Yes Don't know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yos Yes Don't know
d. Give off smoke? Give off smoke? Yes Den't know Den't know
e. Change brightness? Yes 202 Don't know
F. F. Change shape? Change shape? Don't know Don't know
g. Flash or flicker? Flash or flicker? Don't know Don't know
h. Disappear and reappear? Don't know
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14. Did the object disappear while you were ratching it? 1 so, how?
No
.Did the object move behind something at any time larly a cloud?
(Circle Ona): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YEs, then tall what
it moved behind: I
No
1. Did the objeet move in front of spmething at any ytime, porticularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yos No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, theu !l wis
in front of: .. in front of:
No No
a.SoundNoNe a. Sound_ NoNe
b. color Multicolored, pink, blue, green, white when lastse b. Color Multicolored, pink, blue, qreen, white whew
8.We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known objoct and n?
much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the tirr: i il.s
sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head?
UNKnown
Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and includ your sketch any details
of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust truils or vapor trails.
Place an arrow besids the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.
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bject was?
(Circle One) Yes No
22. Whore were you located the object? 23. Were you (Circlo One)
(Circle One):
ain: the business section of a city?
0. Insido a building b. In tha residential suction oi a city?
b. In a car c. In opon countryside?
Outdoors d. Near an airfield?
d. In an airplane (type) . Flying over a city?
. At sea Flying over open country?
1.
24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following quastions:
24.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One) N/A
0. North c. East South y. Wost
b.Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fast ware you moving?N/Amiles per hour.
24.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One) Yos No N/A
25. Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyoglasses Yes . Binoculars
. Sun glasses Yes f. Telescope No
c. Windshiold Y.s $2fa2}$ g. Theodollte Yes No
Window glass Yes — h. Other - .
26. In ordar that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a common
objoct or objocts which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the objact which you sow object or objocts which, when placed up in the i
could not relate to a Known could not relate to a Known oblect obJect
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90°
NW NE
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A A
B 15• 15 30
B
28. . Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an " beginning of she
apparently E to 5
2. IF there was MORE THAN ONE obloct, then how many were there? _ N/A
Draw a picture of how they were arrangsd, and put an arrow to show the direction that thoy were travuling.
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30. Hays you ovar soon this, of a similar object befaro. If so give date or dates and location.
NEVER SEEN
Yos No
31.1 IF you answored YEs, did they ses the object too? (Circle One) Y0 No
31.2 Plouse list their names and ad addrosses:
SONS same address
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Please give the following Infamation about yourself: 3. Please give the following Infamation about yourself:
NAME NAME
Lost Neme Last Neme First Name First Namo Milddlo Neme Middlo Neme
ADDR CANTON 0410 _……
City Zone State
TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE 48 SEX
Indieate any edditional Information about youraelf, spariencs, whlch might be pertinent.
No SPECIAL
When and to whom did you ropart that you had ssen the objoct? When and to whom did you ropart that you had ssen the objoct?
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Day Month Month Your
0200 H25 LLOYD A.EDWARDS CAPT. USAF
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Date you completed 20 Nov 1966
Day Month Your
Information which you foel pertinent and which is not adequately covered in y
questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your slghting. specific points of the
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