DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7449604
DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1967
REPORTED LOCATIONYoungstown Ohio
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
4 Apr 67 04/2330Z Youngstown, Chio 3 witnesses
3. SOURCE . CONCLUSION
Civilian Astro (NETEOR)
1. NUINBER OF OBJECTS NINBeR OF OBJECTS
1
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 11. BRIEF SUMARY AND ANALYSIS
3 seconds Object ; apprared as a apoeared as a flash blub going out. Cbject was whit; Cbject was whit ;
l.. TYPE OF OBSERVATION in the conter, light in the center, light blus all around edges. Chject disap- Cbject disap-
pear-d behind a building.
Gro nd Visual
7. COURSE
N - NW
8. PHOTOS
11 Yes
20 No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
11 Yos
No
FORM
PTO SEP63 0-329 (TDE) Previous aditiona of this form may bo usod.
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1. 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.
TRAIL
LIGHT wiITISH
BL4E BAUE
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21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the cbject was? -
(Circle One) Yos No
50 yarde
22. Where were you located when you saw the object? 2. Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
a. In the business section of a city?
a.Inside a building b. In the rosidential saction of a city?
b. In a car c. in open countryside?
Outdoors d. Near an airfield?
d. In an airplane (rype) e. Flying over a city?
e. Al sea f. Flying over apen country?
f. Other _ g. Other
N AUTOmOBlLE or cther vahicle at the time, then complete the following questions:
24.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South 9. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fast were you moving? miles per hour.
25. Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses Yes №o e. Binoculars No
b. Sun glasses (No) f. Telescope Yes N
c. Windshield Yes No g. Theodolite Yes N3
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other
25. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a common
earance as the object which you saw
a blue flare
a flash flashbeeb but it wouid have
to be pritty big
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27. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place ar "A" on the curved line to show how
high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a "B' on the same curved line to
show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it. Place an " on the compass
when you first saw it. Place a "B' on the compass where you last saw the object.
90 750
60° B A
A N
/ B NW 2a
153
15 sw 33
S
. path, a "B" at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.
A
B B
29. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there?
Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they were traveling.
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31.2 Please list their names and addresses: -J 5
Youngeten, Ohie
.Please give the following information abcut yourself: information abcut yourself:
NAME NAME
Last Name Last Name First Name Middls Name
ADDRESS Ohio
City Ciry e $\pcle$ Trom State
TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE 13 SEX B0y
Indicate a
33. When and to whom did you report that you had seen the object? Foreign Jechmolegy Dwisein
12 aprl 1967 wright Pattersen ait Fee Band
Day Month Year Digton Ohie
UNSOEANNCTIOM
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Day Month Year
35. Information which you feel partinent and which is not adequately covered in the specific points of the
questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting.
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Proposed reply to letter
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Referenceyour recent observation of an unidentified
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are very observation.
f Inclosed is scme information which interest.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADGUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (APSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO TDET/UFO 26 April 1967
ATTN OF
SUJJECT
TO:
Youngstown hio 44502
Reference your unidentiried observation. The information 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
to the r Force.
AMES C. AMES C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF MANATT, Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
brector chnology and Subsystems FTD Form 164 w/envelope
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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 y questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will
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.
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1.When did you see the object? 2. Time of day: 6 30
Hour Minutes
if Qpril 1967 (Circle One): A.M.
or F.M.
Day Month Year
3. Time Zone: 3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): a. Eastern (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving
b. Central b.Standard
c. c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other
4. Where were you when you saw the object?
Youngstown Youngstown Ohis
Nearest Postal Address City Or Town State or County
(Total Durction) 0 3
Hours Minutes Seconds
. Certqi c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
5.1 How was time in sight determined?
5.2 Was object in sight ccntinuously? Yes NoX
6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT
a. Bright a. Bright
b. Cloudy b. Clandy
7. IF you scw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object?
(Circle One): a. 1 In front of you To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
To your right f. Don't remember
FORM
FTD OCT 62 164 This form supersedes ETn 154, [ut 61, which is obrolete.
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8. IF you saw the object ot 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
b. A few b. Dull moonlight
c. Many No moonlight - pitch dark
Don't remember d.
9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Cirele One):
a. Clear sky aDry
b. Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scofiored clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow
F e. Don't remember
10. The object appeared: (Circle One): 10. The object appeared: (Circle One):
a. a. Solid Solid d.As a light
b. Transparent e. Don't remember
c. Vapor Vapor
11. If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? (Circle One):
a. Brighter c. CAbout the same c.CAbout the same
. Dimmer b. Dimmer d. Don't know
11.1 Compare brightness to some common object:
It was like a flsih bulb going off
12. The edges of the object were:
(Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred . Other
bi I ike a bright stoe
c. Sharnly outlined
d. Don't remember
. Did the object: (Circle One for eoch question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes ND Don't know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes (ND Don't know
C. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No Don't know
d. Give off smoke? Yes №o Don't know
e. Change brightness? Yos No Don't know
f. Change shape? Yes NO Don't know
g. Flash or flicker? Yes No Don't know
h. Disappear and reappear? Yes ND Don't know