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" PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
8 Dec. 66 9/01152 Springfield, Chio three wi
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION . CONCLUSION
Civilian Aircraft(possible) Aircraft(pessible)
4. NUMBER O 4. NUMBER OBJECTS OBJECTS
one
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIS NALYSIS IALYSIS
15 minutes 15 minutes object that appeared as a light.
Observers watched bsemvers.w: an
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION One witness sbject was a round, flickering
Ground Visual Bx light that tr vel plane north and south.
7. COURSE landing light. Cne bserver aid that the object was
Varied shaped like a flashlight with a light coming out the
frent end or like an Indian arrowhead. The object dis-
8. PHOTOS appeared behind a tree, but then came back in another
Yes part of the sky.
iX No with that reported fer
VIDENCE The description is consistent
an aircraft observation.
Yes
No
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FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editlons of this form may be ussd.
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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL. INFORMATION
This questionnair has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much
information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenoinenon that you havu olnorvei.
Please try to answer questlons as you possibly can. The information that ycu give will
bo used for research purposes. Your name will not be used in connection with any statenienis,
conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this is personal information sc
that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.
1. When did you see ?. Time of da,.Between 2015 and 2030 hrs.
Hour Minutes
THURSDAY 8 DECEMBER 1966 (Circle One): P.M.
(Circle One): A.M. A.M. or or
Day Day Month Your Yeur
3. Time Zone:
(Circle One):Ca (Circle One):Ca Eastern (Circle Une): a. Daylight So:ing
b. Central b. Standard
c. c. Mountain Mountain
d. Pacific
. Other
4.Where were you when you saw the object? North of Springfield just of Route 68
Springfield Ohio Clark
Nearest Postal Address City or Town State or County
How long was object in sight? (Total Duration) 15_
Hours Minutes Seconds
a. Certain c. Not very sura
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
5.1 How was time in sight determined? _I Estimating (It was probably longer)
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? Yos No--
.What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT NIGHT
a. Bright a. Bright
b. Cloudy b.Cloudy b. Cloudy
7.IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN locoted as you locked a: the obiast? 7.IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN locotad as you locked a: the obies!?
(Circle One): a, in front of you In front of you N/A d. To your left To your left
b. In back of you o. . Overheod
c. To your right c. To your right f. Don't remember
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8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a.None a. Bright moonlight 7
b. A fow b. Dull moonlight
c. Many No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remember d. Don't remember
time you saw pject?
CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER(C Circle One):
a. Clear sky a. Dry Slight
b. Hazy 6. FOg. mis, or light rain Windy
c. Scattornd clouds C. Moderate or heavy rain
d. Thick Snow
. Don't remember
.Tha object appears le One):
a. Solid d. Asalight (lickering
b. Transporent . Don't remember
c. Vapor Vapor
1.If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightast stars? (Circle One):
htest staouwmlsahe and gradually dims
b. Dimmer d. Don't know
Photography flood lamp about 500 watts or stronger.
The edges of object were:
(Cuclo Cnea. Fuzzy or blurred . Other
b. Like a bright stor
c. Sharply outlined —
d. Don't remember —
.Did the object: .Did the object: (Circle One for each question) (Circle One for each question)
o. a. Appear to stand still at any time? Appear to stand still at amy time? Yes No Don't know Don't know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yos No No Don't know
c. c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No No Don't know
d. Give off smoke? Yos No Don't know
e. o. Change brightness? Yos No Don't know
f. Change shape? Chang shape? Yas Yes No Don't know
g. Flash or flicker? Yos No Don'tknow Don't know
h. Disappear and reappear? Yes No Don't know

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14. Did the object disappear while you werc rato ching it? If so, how?
behind a tree. It then came
back in another part of the sky.
Did the object move
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answored YE, then tali what
it moved behind:
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.Did the objeet move in front of spmething at any time, part rly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yos No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, the n'! wist
in front of: ____. Not-that he coudd see. It watched
it through binoculars.
17.  Toll in a few words the following things about the object:
a. Sound._None
b. Color _Yes, gold in color wi ering.- side--
much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this oxperiment at the tirn: i ts
sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head?
He says at brightest point it would be considerably larger than the head
of a match held at arm's length.
of ths object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails ar vapor trails.
Place an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.
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It appeared as a round,flickering light. A neighbor boy said he saw
vapor or steam coming from it.

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2Do you think you can estimato the speed of the object?
(Circle One) Yes (No
IF you answered YES, then what spead would you estin.ate? _ roughly 500 MPH
(Circle One) (Yos) No
IF you answered YES, then how for away would you say it was? Between 5 and 10 miles
Where were you located when you saw the object? 23. Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
a. in the business section of a city?
Inside a building b. In stha residential sucticn si a city?
b. In a car c. In open countryside?
c. Outdoors d. Near an airfield?
d. In an airplane (rype) . Flying over a city?
e. At sea e. At sea f. Flying over open country?
1. Other --- g. Other
questions:
24.1 What diraction ware you moving? (Circle One) . N/A
a. North c. East South y. Wost
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?
(Circle One) Yes No
25. Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses CY.s No e. Binoculars Yes
b. Sun glasses Yes f. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshiold Yes No g. Thsodolite 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 2. In 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 object which you sow
Landing light of a
small airplane. small airplane.
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show how high the objoct was above the horizon (skyline) when you last suw it. Place an ''A.' on the compass
90 75.80
NW NE
BEjwSEN
W: Sin 30
28. . Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an "A' ar the beginning of the
path, a ""at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.
tell if it was
moving Neighbor boy said it was circular.
29. IF there was MORE THAN ONE obloct, then how many were there? .
Draw a plcture of how they were arrangad, and put an arrow to show the direction that thay wore traveling.
N/A

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30. Have yeu over seen this, or a similar object bofore. If so give date or datas and location.
No
3 Was anyone olse with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) Yos No
31.1 IF you answored YES, did they see the object toc cle One) No
31.2 Please list their names end addresses:
, Ohio
ld, Ohio +
. Plaase give tha following Infermation about yourself: 32. Please give tha following Infermation about yourself:
NAME
Last Name FIrst Name Irst Name Middlo Neme Middl• Neme
ADDRESS ringfield 45503 Ohio
Street City Zone State
TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE 15 SEX Male
_ experionce, which might be pertinonr.
NONE
When and to whom did you repart that you had sean the object?
Thuradevy 8 December Thuraddry8_ December 1966
Day Day Month Month Yoar Yeor
FIeST CEPCPTED T 571
REFERRED INDINIDUAL TO AF.
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34. Date you complete his questlonnaire: 8 December 1966
Day Month You
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. Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequate I
questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting.
Indian
arrowhead. arrownead.
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