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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8277478
DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1966
REPORTED LOCATIONUnion City Georgia
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATF · TIME GROUP LOCATION
24 Nov 66 21552 2155Z Union City, Georgia Union City, Georgia 2
. SOURCE 10. 10. CONCLUSION CONCLUSION
Civilian Balloon(possible) /
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
20 minutes 20 minutes
6. Observers watched a oval shaped object which was about the
TYPE OF OBSERVATION size of a BB at arm's length slowly travel toward the
Ground V Visual Tx southern sky. The object was greenish- yellow in color
7. COURSE with a sky blue center. The object was moving very, very
slow. It was first observer at a local playground and
southward a few minutes later at one of the observers house. The
PHOTOS object just disappeared after 20 minutes.
Yes
XX No
.PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
17 Yes
XX No
FORM
FTD SCP 63 0-329 (TDE) Prevlous editions of thls form may be used.
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whon you flrst saw it. Place a "B" on the compass where you last saw ths ohjoct.
90 75•
A 60
NW N
30
18• 18°
2. . Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects mado. Place an "A at the beginnsing of the 28 AE oct or ohiorts mada Plps
path, a "B" at the ond of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.
A B
29. IF there was MORE THAN ONE ob|oct, then how many were there? _
Draw a plctura of ho w they were arrangad, and put an arrow to show the diraction that thoy wern traveling.
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Yos (No
Circle One) Yes No
31.2 Ploase list thoir names ond addresses:
Plaase give the fellowing Infsmation about yourself:
NAME
Lost Namg Firat Name MiErio Name
do not support the idea
thit OFOs ban
protably i tmperotureerso 2 soithing, bat d thenht
yon wold likato hnor
.When and to whom did you ropert that you had seen the object? U.S. Air Forne
27 Noucaber 1966
Day Month Year Year
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34. Dalv you compl 3 Ebr2ry 2847
Day Month Your
Information which you fosl pertinent and which is not adoquately covered in th specific points of the
questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting.
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Uinin City, 24 Nov.66
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT.PATTERSON AIR FORCE 45433
REPLY TO TDET/UFO 1 Reknvory 156:
ATTN OF:
SUBJECT: UFO ervation, 2 K7 65
TO:
Ualon City leorgia 30291
Reference your unidentified observation. The information Reference y your unidentified observation. The information which which
we have received is not sufficient for a scientific evaluation.
Request you complete the attached FTD Form l64 and return it in
the envelope provided, Thank you for reporting your observation the envelope provided, Thank you for your observation
to the to the r Force. Force.
JAMES C. MANATT, COlOnel, USAF JAMES C. MANATT, COlOnel, USAF 1 Atch
Qirector o ineatono Technology and Subsystems FTD Form 164 w/envelope
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P.Q. Box
. Union ity, Lesyian 30291
Propet Blue Booth t matiorice
SAFOI ,
Wastingtowo, D.C. 20330
Mr. Q.untanilla:
0 0 a UF0 a UFO that e nd ufiel reanthy obsevedd. S
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remembe cture
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Objcts," clr.
I hope the infonatior enclosed mill be
helpfl.
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Dicerely
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Seen Nov. 24, 1966 4:55 PM. ESt. , UnionC,4y, Georgia.
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evamed to be solid.
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Color: Greenish-y
Sound: none
Altitude: varied,but noway to accuratdy tell.
A local playgroand.Iran to myhouse to get my teleseope
it.Once , for 5rr6
minutes. Drawing on nex
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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL. INFORMATION 7
This questionnaire has been propared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much
information as possible concerning the unidontified aerial phenoinenon that you hovo ol servei.
Please try to answer as many questions as you passibly can. The information that ycu give will ,
be used for research urposes. Your name will not be used in connection with any statenienis,
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. 1
Whan did you see the objact? Time of da! 4 :55
Hour Minurea
24 November 1966
(Circle One): (Circle One): A.M. or or P.M. P.M.
Doy Month Your Your
. Time Zone: . Time Zone:
(Circle One): a. Eastern (Circla Une): a. (Circla Une): a. Daylight So:ing Daylight Soving
b. Contral Contral b. Standard b. Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific Pacific
. Other
4. Where were you whon you saw the objoct? I first saw the object while playing basketball
at a Union City Georgia
Nearest Postal Address City or Town State o County
.How long was oblect in sight (Total Duration) 20
Hours Minutes Seconds
a. Gostain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
5.1 How was time in sight determined? I looked at my watch before and after the sighting.
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? YesX No-
.What was the condition of the sky? 6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY DAY NIGHT
a. Bright X a. Bright
b. Cloudy b. Cloudy
7. IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you locked at the obiect? 7. IF you sow the objoct during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you locked at the obiect?
(Circle One): a. In front of you (Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b. In bock of you . Ovorhaod
c. To your right f. Don't remember
FTD FORM
OCT 62 164 Thi• form supersedes PTt jul 61. obsolate.
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8. IF you saw tho object at NiGltT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?
8.1 STARS (C.ircle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None a. Bright moonlight
b. A fow b. Dull moonlight
c. Many No moonlight - pitch dark
Don't remember d.
9. What tmere tihe weather conditiens at the time you saw
CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One):
a.Clear sky 0.Dry
b. Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light roin
c. Scarrornd clouds Moderate or heavy rain /
d. Thick o houvy clouds Snow
•. Don't remember
0. Tha object appeared: 10. Tha object appeared: (Circle One).
o. Solid o. Solid d.As a light d.As a light
.Transpoient . Transpoient .Don't remember .Don't remember
c. Vapor c. Vapor
1If it appeored as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? (Circle Ons):
a. E Brighter c.About the same_
b. Dimmer d. Don't know
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11.1 Compare brightness to some common object:
Autombele Readlight
The adges of the object ware:
!C..clo Cno) a.Fuzzy or blurred . Other-
b. Like a bright stor
c. Sharply outlined
d. Don'tremomber
Did the object: o. Dd me ooiecr: (Circle One for each quastion) (Circre One ror dacn qudsrion)
a. Appear to stand still at amy time? Appear to stand still at any time? Yos No No Don't know Don't know
b. Suddanly speod up and rush away at any time? Suddanly speod up and rush away at any timo? Yes No Don't know
c. c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No Don't know
d. Give off smoka? Give off smoka? Yes No Don't know Don't know
o. Change brightness? Yes Yes No Don't know Don't know
f. Change shape? Yes No No Don't know
g. g. Flash or flickar? Flash or flickor? Yes Yes No Don't know Don't know
h. h. Disappear and reappear? Yes Yes (No Don't know
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14. Did the objoct disappear while you werc ratching it? I so, how? Ne
.Did the objoct move behind something at any time, particulurly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YEs, than tall what
it moved behind:
1. Did the objeet move in front of spmething at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes Yes No No Don't Know. Don't Know. IF you answered YES. thou !t wist IF you answered YES. the. n! wist
in front of: in front of: _.
17.  Tell in a faw words the following things about the object: 17. Toll in a faw words the following things about the object:
0. Sound a. Sound
b.color greeniahsyellwith aby blie ca tor Ll
.Wo wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known ubjest and u "
much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the tir: i .
sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head?
all of it.
. Draw a plcture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and includs 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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20. Do you think you can ostimate the speed of the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, thon what spesd would you estin.ate? __._
(Circle One) Yos No
22. Where were you located when you sow the object? 23. Wore you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
a. ir: the business section of a city? 1
o. Insido a building b. In. the residential sucticn si a city?
b. In a car c.I In opon countryside?
c.Outdoors) d. Near an airfield?
d. In an airplane (type) . Flying over a city?
. At sea f. Flying over open country?
1. Other g. Other__..
.IF you wer MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the followirg questions:
24.1 What direction were you moving? Circle One)
a. North c. East South y. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fast were you moving? — miles per hour.
24.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circla One) Yes No +
25. Did you observe the object through any of the following?
. Eyoglasses Yos (No . Binoculars Yes (No$
b. Sun glasses Yes No f. Telescope Y08 No
c. Windshiold Yes No g. Thaodollte Yes No
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other-
2In order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a common
objoct or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the objoet whlch you sow. objoct or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the objoct whlch you sow
Possibly a satatlite satetlite
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