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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7449829
DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1967
REPORTED LOCATIONWheeling West Virginia
FRAMES20

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Oosorver stated that
TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION the objeet was owice as bright as Venus. the Objeet went benind Objest went benind
Ground Visual a hill. Observer stateu thas thd object a hill. Observer stateu thas thd object , West Jenosth G weas jenesth s
cloud cover. The osjeot mads no dlstinet noise. The osle0s mads no dlstinet noise. Color was
7. 7. COURSE green. green. Object was che size of an eraser on a pencil held as Objeet was che size of an eraser on a pencil held as
North North arms length.
8. PHOTOS
5 Yes
XNo
2. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
7 You
XNo
FORH
PTD SP63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editiona of this form may ba used.
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Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) Yes (No
Yes No
31.2 Please list their names and addresses:
32. Please give the following information about yourself: 32. Please give ne following information about yourself:
NAME NAME
Last Name First Name First Name Middla Nam
ADDRESS CrtEELiNc- WHEELiNe- cUV'4.26C03 U UA.26003
City Zone State
TELEPHC TELEPHONE NUME AGE 23 AGE 23 SEX MALE SEX MALE
33. When and to whom did you report that you had seen the object?
4 Cipi i7
Day Month Year
rperiey te cinight. P.tlizr e. Ditr ii
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the ground I an, howerr, unall t sstnat
th abtll altitude of the obgect.
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ompleted this questionnaire: Day 7 ail1967 Month Year
Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequately covered in the spacific points of the questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting.
Thew 4 11020 bidig the lyht
hit I usalli I maki aut is
eact shapo hican the brightna
A ch lght. 0s indicatid mi the draning
in ti fuistin t 28, i aljict mnade
a a night- angli tirn of 4i°. it did mt simn
to bonk to bank eN stw dowr, stw dowr, , duing this during this tun. turn. tere.
My My biculas lunaclos ant are 7x50 7X50 2 The estinted The estinated
sped (questin " 20) is baed on my abscration
of th speed a tuin - sngine comsmercial ad-
biners londing and taking onf at the ofis Cownty
anpart. Basing ther apid at 200 MpH. th
oljet was going at leact ture or fout.
There were clauds out hut enesing, and
they were law. The aljict abaut
half-way betwer the to cloud Conr and
(onir)
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4.A0067
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AF3C)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASL. OH10 43433
REPLY TO TDET/UFO
ATTN OF 6 March 1967
SUBJECT
TO
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
Reference your unidentified observation. The information which
we have received is not sufficient for a scientific evaluation.
Request you complete the attached FTD Form 164 and return it in
the envelope provided. Thank you for your observation
to the Air Force.
JAMES C. MANATT, ColOnel, USAF JAMES C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Director chnology chnology and and Subsystems Subsystems FTD Form 164 w/envelope
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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION
This quastionnaire has baan prapared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much
information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenonenon that you have olserve.i.
be used for resoarch purposes. Your name will not ba used in connection with any statenianis,
conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this parsonal information sc
that if it is deemed necessary, may contact you for further details.
1. When did you sae the object? Time of da
Hour Minutna
(Circle One): A.M. or P.M.
Month Your
3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): a, Eastern (Circle One): o, Doylight Soring
b. Contral b. Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other
4. Where were you when you saw the objoct? 4. Where were you when you saw the objoct?
Nearest Postal Addrass Nearest Pastal Addrass City or Town City or Town State on County State on County
obiact Total Duration)
Hours Minutes Seconds
a. Certain 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 continuously? Yos No _ (
6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT
a. a. Bright
b. Cloudy b. Cloudy
7. IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you locked at the obiest?
(Circle One): a. in front of you - d. To your left
b. In bock of you o. Overheod
c. To your right f. Don't romember
FTD FORM
OCT 62 164 Thi form aupernedes 164, jul 61, which is obsolets. senl 164
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8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None a. Bright moonlight
b. AFow b. Dull moonlight
c. Many t. No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't ramamber Don't remembar
object?
CLOUDS (Circle Ona): WEATHER (Circla One):
a. Cloar sky 0.Dry
b. Ha2y b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scatred clouds) c. Moderate or heavy rain
d. Thick o hoovy clouds Snow
. Don'tramember e. Don't remember
.
0. The objact appeared 0. The objact appeared: ircle One). ircle One).
a. Solid Solid d. As a light
b.Transporont b. Transporont e. Don'tremember e. Don't remember
c. Yapor
11. if it appaored as a light, was ter than the brightast stars? Per than the brightast stars? (Circlo Ons): Circlo One):
a. a. Brighter c. About the same
b. Dimmer d. Don't know
an ed krishh(2x)
V
12. The edgas di the objact were: -
(C.clo() a. Fuzzy or blurrod . Other
b. Like a bright stor
C. Sharply outlined
Don't remomber
.Did the object: (Circla One for ecch quastion)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes No Don't know
b. Suddanly spesd up and rush away at any time? Yes No Don't know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No Don't know
d. Give off smoke? Yes No Don't know
o. Change brightnass? Ye3 No Don't know
f. Change shape? Yas No Don't know
g. Flash or flickor? Yas No Don't know
h. Disappear and reappear? Yas No Don't know
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so, how?
15. Did the objoct movs behind something at any time, particulurly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YE·, then tell what
it moved bahind:
LP
20
(Circle One): Yos No Don't Know. IF you answered YES. the a!l wis
in front of:
-4
17. Toll in a faw words the following thing
a. Sound
b. Color b. Color Grill Grelle
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18. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's langth in line with a known ubject and ny 18. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object and ny w
much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performad this oxperiment at the ti: i si.e much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performad this oxperiment at the timr: i t.
sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head?
he
. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your skatch any dataila
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.
jie
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(Circle One):
a. in the business section of a city?
o. Inside a building b.In. the residential sucticn oi a city?
b. In a car c. In open countryside?
c. Outdoors d._Near an oirfield?
d. In an airplane (type) . Flying over a city?
e. At sea
1. Othar
AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then comple 9 questions;
24.1 What direction were you moving? Circle One)
. North c. East . South g. Wos:
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. .Northwest Northwest
24.2 How fast ware you moving? 24.2 How fast wara you moving? miles per hour. miles per hour.
(Circle One) Yos No
ollowing?
a, Eyoglasses Yos No e. Binoculars Yos No 7X50
b. Sun glassas Yos No f. Teloscope Yes No cet
c. Windshiold Yos g. Theodolite Yes No
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other
26. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possibls of what you saw, describe in your own words a common
4AO
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90
73"
NW NI
13°
30
path, a "B"" at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.
A 2
2. IF there was MORE THAN ONE objact, then how many were there?
Draw a pleture of how
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30. Hove you ovar seen this, of a similar objact baforo. If so give dars or datns and loeation.
2 Lel
Yos No
Yes No
31.2 Please list thair names and addrosses:
32. Please give the following infarmation about yourself: 32. Pleasa give the following information about youraelf:
NAME
Firat Nam Irat Nam Nam Nan
ADDRESS ADDRESS Wi te WLA WA
City Zona Stot0 Sto0
TELEPHONE NUMB AGE23 AGE 23 SEX - SEX MALE
I
INTEAESTEN ORSGCIS
3.When and to whom did you repart that you had sean the object?
Day Month Yaur
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TYPED COMENTS MADE BY DR. J. ALLEN HYNEK ON JUNE, 1968
WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA 4 APRIL, 1968
tness
which I don't like. Trajectory
Basically only a bright light reported, observed for only a minute
or so. Evaluations:
Possible aircraft
Possible e unknown.
(Original signed by J. Allen Hynek)
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34. Dato you comp is quastionnairo:
Day Month Yoor
35. Information which you fosl pertinent and which is not adequately covered in the spacific points of the
queationnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting.
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CORRESPONDENCE
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close directly over her car, and yet said there was no sound at all.
Unless one is willing to call this an absolute hallucinatirn, and
that there was no physical outfit present whatever, the evaiuation
This case is sufficiently interesting for me to intervie the
witnesses, as there were two rather than one as stated. They were
independent and talked about it only after each had seen it separately.
report later.
23. 3 3 April 1967, Roseville, Michigan.
I would I would agree agree with the evaluation of possible birds,  i
suppose to be fair we should also add, possible unidentified (data suppose to be fair we should I also add, possible unidentified (data
insufficient. no followup). insufficient, followup). The card indicates one obiect, and The card indicates one object, and
the report, however clearly indicates that 10 to 12 lights were
observed flying in V formation. This actually strengthens the
"possible birds" aluation.
24. 4 April 1967, Wheeling, W. Virginia.
This is not in my iles.
25. 5 April 1967, inister, Colorado
Since the 164 was not returned the evaluation "insufficient data",
I suppose, is entirely correct, but the case itself is interesting
in that there were 15 witnesses. Here is one case the Condon Committee
should have looked into, since it was right at their back door. They
should have looked into it particularly since there were l5 witnesses.
Also the object was visible for 15 minutes, and it was observed through
a telescope. Even at this late date this might be worth a call. As
a matter of fact, when I am in Boulder this July I will took into it
myself, but for the statistics, the evaluation "insufficient data"
certainly holds.
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AKCptl CohEtiNg C U.
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4 Apcil 67
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 cerial phenomenon that you have obsarved.
Please try to answer as any 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.
1. When did you see the object? 2. Time of day: 7 30(p4)
Hour Minutes
4
Bil 1967 (Circle One): A.M. or (P.M.)
Day Month Year
3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): a. (Circle One): @. Eastern (Circle One): a. (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving Daylight Saving
b. Central Standard Standard
c. Mountain
d. d. Pacific
e. e. Other
4. Where were you when you saw the object?
A hieling m.ka. 01-
Nearest Postal Address City or Town Stats or County
How long was object in sight? (Total Duration) -
Hours Minutes Seconds
a. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
tρ
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? YesV No
6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT 4el oail son at
a. Bright a. Bright
b. Cloudy b.(Cloudy 7
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 e, Overheod
c. To your right f. Don't remember
FTO FORM
CCT 62 164 This form supernedes FTD 164, Jut 61, which ia obuolete.
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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON? E
8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None a. Bright moonlight
b. A few b. Dull moonlight
c. Many c. No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remember d. Don't remember
9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw object?
CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One):
a. Clear sky a. Dry
b. Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scattered clouds. c. Moderate or heavy rain
Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow
e. Don't remember
The object appeared: (Circle One):
a. Solid d.As a light
b. Transparent e. Don't remember
c. Vapor
1.If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? (Circle One):
a. Brighter c. About the same
b. Dimmer b. Dimmer d. Don't know
11.1 Compare brightness to some common object:
Tnkicin Lht as iz1
12. The edges of the object were:
(Circle One): a. Fuzzy_ or blurred e. Other
5. Like a bright star
c. Sharply outlined
d. Don't remember
.Did the object: (Circle One for eoch question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes Don't know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes Don't know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes Don't know
d. Give off smoke? Yes 03809399 Don't know
e. Change brightness? Yes Don't know
f. Change shape? Yes Don't know
g. Flash or flicker? Yes Don't know
h. Disappear and reappear? Yes Don't know
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14. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how?
llint beking hull —
15. Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes (N Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
1. Did the object move in front of something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes) No Don't Know. YES, then tell what
in front of72
Ci
17. Tell in a few words the following things about the object:
0.Sound_neNiE
b. Color_C-REEN
18. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object and note how
(na pirscil hill at -
. 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.
- 1
hight. bght
O niny
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21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?
(Circle One) Yes (N\
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?
aInside a building 5. In the residential section of a city?
b. In a car c. In open countryside?
c. Outdoors d. Near an airfield?
In an airplane (type) e. Flying over a city?
e. At sea f. Flying over open country?
g. Other
24.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)
a. North a. North c. East c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast b. Northeast d. Southeast Southeast f. Southwest 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 Yes e: Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses f. Telescope Yes No
C. Windshield g. Theodolite Yes No
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other
2. 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 gbject which you saw.
a light buld withent =l 216 ba.
hight.
riiy
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27. 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 tha horizon (skyline) when you last saw it. Piace an "A" on the compass
90 750
60
NW NA
30°
1B
15° SW S6
S
0. F(Aanili)
path, a "B" at the end of the path, and sho any changes in direction during the course. path, a "B"" at the end of the path, and sho any changes in direction during the course.
..
B
2. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there?
Draw a picture of how w they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they were traveling.