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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7451206
DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1967
REPORTED LOCATIONToledo Ohio
FRAMES17

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
11. GATE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
1 (2 bitnesses)
7 april 67 2110 Toledo, Chio
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Possible (AlNCRAFT)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS It is i known that an aireraft with similar
peing flown in a test propram over Monroe County, Mich. L. .e
Oue April.riowever. it is impossihle to deteat if tho crus
111. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Toledo area on the night in
20 Minutes Observer ver sighted an object sighted an object that had 2 red lights in the that had 2 red lights in the
6. TYPE UF OBSERVATION TYPE SERVATION and a white light behind. No noise No noise was heard. The hs." was heard. The shs."
not actually see a craft, only lights.
Grini-Visual Grin.i-Visual
7.C.URSE
M
8. PHOTOS
n Yes D Yes
2XNo XXNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 9. PHYSICAL VIDENCE
Yes
XX No
FORu
FTD SEP 63 0.329 (TDE) Previous editions of thie form may be uend.
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I6. WHAT WAS THI ANSULAR SIZEY HOLD A HATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE WOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MA CH. NOWIF YOU NAD
BEEN ADLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPER MENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTIN OF THE PHENOMENON YOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD.
The djet would dove boten covred
complitely
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antrhid it with antrhid it with a telercopl. telentopi. Shen tire wvere When thre were
dimitaridies dimiteidies what 2o 2o wer to a hlicaptere. tw a helicapter.
21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, CR HEAT MANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY ANIMALS OR WACHINERY IN THE VICINITYY YES 3 NO. IF *YES,"DESCRIBE. EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURA THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF *YES,* DESCPIBE.
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2. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHEHOMENON BEFORE? YES  NO. IF *YES, GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
1
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENONT NO. IF DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
XYES HD.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
My besies
he lie at
, 4260?
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME NA MIDOLE NAME
ADDREss Street. City, State and Zip Coda
TELEPHONsrea code and ntmber) AGE +
MALE FEHALE
INDICATE ADSITIONALINFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIEMCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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monthe o ae dive ben Lrying
the paat nigit cigit
what of study on uro'sby uFo'sby
te mahe come eome
fictuni and and stcried 2 aded
collicting colliting
herbi up and invedigating hew heww uro's OFO's can CoM
and heching
be fiched.
2S. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENONT
1 prst
lnt DAY..I/ MONTH YEAR
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY MONTHDCENbEL YEAR LEEZ
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be written dowr. dtep by etepe. dn the
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21 April 1967
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The letter not ric
Project Blue Book Us 1467
Attn. Najor I Hector Quintanilla
Wright Pat AFB
Dear sir:
I am writing you this time not in asking for information,
other people, and tw o other people (whick I did not know about at
the sime), in a di The sighters names are as follows:
Initial sighter in our group:
klan (male) ale)
14 years old 14 years old
Toledo, Oh10 43614 Toledo, Ohio 43609
(male) ir
years o 44 years old
Toledo 3614 Toledo, Ohio 43614
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43 years old
Toledo, 13614
seen hours
E.S.T.
At this time we were approximately one hundred yards S.W.
of , while traveling N.E. on the Anthony Wayne Trail,
Toledo, Chio 436o9 (means of travel) from car to foot).
The object was in sight for about twenty minutes. I
know this because I kept running into the house to tell my mother
and father about it and there was a clock right near the door.
The obie was in sight continuously because two of friends were
outsid inside.
The object was seen at night. There were many stars
that night but no moc No clouds were visible and the weather
was clear.
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the white one stayed, continuing righter.
At no time did moke or flames any sort. After
the light dimmed dov and the object seemed to hover, the light
brightened the last time.
The only time we lost the object was at the end the
sighting when it slowly descended behind houses.
At one time the object the
sighcing, behind came int again almost
immediately.
At no time ont of
When the object was first sighted speed was an
estimated 20 MPH. Then it speeded MPH and
went up and away from us.
When it stopped moving away and started going down
slowly, it was s about two and one-half to three om us.
That is why I said it was so big.
We first sighted the object while we were traveling
N.E. on the Anthony Wayne Trail in our car. Vision was not
distorted though, because the weather was clear. We stopped the
car and got out at our house and continued to watch the object.
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There tire
At the time of the sighting. two people were with
me. They both saw the object and we all agree that what we saw
was nothing ordinary. My experience in sighting UFO's is next
to zero, except for this one sighting. I have read a lot about
saw and 1 wers. The other two sighters
are fust as) puzzled a oni waO wy brother and the other
is th beginning of this letter).
My Ded was driving when it was first sighted and only glimpsed
the obje light stop light at Woodsdale and the Anthony
Wayne iy mothe: saw it part the way t hone. Both
agree appeered unusua. ε
star, or even they had
The other four sighters, along with myself, agree everything
in this report. I might add that this report is made from notes
I took on the night the sighting. have something detrimental
to add to this report it is as follows:
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we sak. I called hin on the phono also told me the
whole story.
object of enormous size coning in his directlon out of the sky.
It was glowing and Wilsish red 6 kept coning toward
hin until all Then he noticed
it wasn't gone at It appeared
39 s SOodoN fc wrie Its lights ca cack on. At this
time the objeot was righ erhead, al ee hundred feet up
and about the size football field. for awhile
then Cook off in a southeasterly direotion frgm where he was.
It olimbed at what he thought to be a true 45 angle, up anl
away. Vhen it stopped climbing. he estimated the object to be
very
we came along and say it about one
From where he was ard fron where we were, our directlons would
b3 reversed and object in or neat the place Where we
first or sibly his objeot. hr. r is a very
convin man and beliove his verbal account on what he san.
He geemed ) kow a deal about modern dey airoraft and
about the Lights they should or should not carry. I'n sorry
took me awhlle
to prepare
An answer to what seen would be appreciated.
Thank you.
Sincerely
Toledo, Ch1o 43614.
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over Monroe County, Michigan
from late April till July, 1967. This is a very slow moving craft
that had two red helicooter Landing lights mounted under the nose
and a white I helicopter landing light (20,000 candlepower) mounted
amidsnip on the right-hand side. The crart operated from Findlay,
Ohio and on its mission flew almost directly north into Mchigan.
Because or its strange lighting and lighting and extremely extremely slow speed this air-
craft caused several UFO sightings. Most of Most of the April sightings
oceurred at approximately and had , extremely extremely long time dur- long time dur-
stions. ( etions. ( Unrortunately, we only have second hand information cn
these sightings since none were officially reported these sightings since none were officially reported
3. At this time it is impossible to determine if the craft was in
the Toledo area on the night in Toledo area on the question.
LECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Major, USAF
Chier, Ofrice
Aerospace Technologies Division
Producgion Directorate
See KLAss's RepoT
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Condng 1April67
DEC 81967
TDPT (UFO) Maj Guintanilla/7o9l6/mhs/7 Dec 67
UFO tion
Toledo, Ohio 43614
This replies to your letter of November 17, 1967. According
to our records we have never received your UFo report for
April 7, 1967. would you please resubmit
the details regarding your sighting and we will take the necessary
action. You must realize that because of the late date, it would
be extremely scientific avaluation
on your ration.
D HIL IOO (n) i ECTOR ECTOR CUINT NILLA, Jr, Major, USAF ILLA, Jr, Major, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Chief, Aerial Phenomena Orfice AF Form 117
I IMIDLIO (On) daL Aerospace Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
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17 November 1967
Project Blue Book
Attn, Major Hector Quintanilla
Wright Fatterson AFB
Dear Sir:
As of 21 April 1967, I have not received an answer on the UFO
the UF0 7 April 196?, at 2110 hours E.S.T. I w . . greatly app greatly reciate an
answer. Thank you.
Sincarely
Toledo, Chio 43614 Toledo hio 43614
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YOUR NAME OF YOUR STAT ONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
INVESTIGATOR FOR FOR TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGIT.
PATTERS
ATTACH SES: SETOTT ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID SEE THE PHENOMENONT
DAY_ MONTH YEARLLI
2. WHAT TIME 915 YOU FIRS SIGH T THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES_C A.M. DP.M.
3. WHAT TIMI YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR.. MINUTES. 0 A.M.
4. TIME/ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
KEASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACIFIC OTHER
S. WHERE WERS YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOHENONY IF IN CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET AODRESS AND INDICATE ON
A HAND DRAAN NAP WMERE YCU WERE STANOING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE
HIGHWAY YGU WERE ON OR NSAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FRON SOMS RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK.
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6. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A" ON THE CURVSD LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS ASOVE THE HORIZON, OR SXYLINE, WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A "BF ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW MIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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SA. NOM IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN *A" ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE
DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A *B' ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN.
B
N
NNW NNE
NW NE
WNW ENE
WSTY ESE
SW SE
SSW SSE
7. IN THE SXETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A• AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A "B* AT THE
POSITIOY CE THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE *A° AND *B* WITH A LINE TO APPROXINATE THE
MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A* ANO *D*. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE NOVEHENT
APPEAREO TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COIPLETE
THE LAROER SKETCH.
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IN CAR AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIPPLANE AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
BOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMZNONT
X NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT EFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6.
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P * dt thd .
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR DODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTIN3. STATE WHETHER WINDONS OR CONVERTISLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
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HOW MUCH HOW MUCH OTHER o R TRAFFIC WAS THERE? TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
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OU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? OU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES YES NO. IF YES.* DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME NO. IF *YES.* DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
GHTINC THE PHENOMENON AND SHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOWLONG WAS THE WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? PHENOM ENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
20 minutid FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
A
HAE wrte au cOe
WAS THE PHENCMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES A NO. IF *NO. * INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHEHOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP-
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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1O. IF TNERE WERE NORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW WANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THZY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
11. CONDITIONs (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER
DAY CUNULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CIRRUs CLouDS (ligh fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIH
NIGHT bbone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET
COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
HAZE OR SMOG NONE OF THE ABOVE
C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
(11 STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT 2!
AFEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOYN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNORN PARTIAL (New or quorter)
O.IF SIGHTIM WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIALET YES NO. IF *YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENONT
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (New nOON)
IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
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A. HOW DID IT FINALLY A. HOW DID IT F FINALLY DISAPPEAR? DISAPPEAR?
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begar wegan iter diannd : at a beste bestere nate then the the sors
complitely out of vie.
B. DID THE X YES ONS ES," DESCRISE. TIMET
time sesed
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imaidicily.
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