DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7280305
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1967
REPORTED LOCATION[ILLEGIBLE]
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DOSERVATG. CNEJ AND -YSIS
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crange light had tne intensiey of a zcon slct. asprex S ai. Crange light had tne intensity of a zcon slc-. asprex S ai.
trves urves the flashe uireraft passed overhead neading -rpio' a cireraft passed overhead neading -rue'.
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MYLICAL EVIDENCE
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30. Have you ever sean this, or a similar object bafore. if so give date or dates and location. NO
31. Was anyone olsa with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) Yes No
3l.1 IF you answerad YES, did they sea the object too? Circle One) Yos No
31.2 Please list their names and addresses:
32. Please give the following information about yourself: 32. Please give the following information about yourself:
_ast Name ast Name First Name
ADDRESS ADDRESS Xenia Xenia 45385 Chia
City Zone State
TELEPHONE NUMBER TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE28 AGE 28 SEX E SEX F
When and to whom did you report that you had seen the object? Ect 5,1967
TDET/UFO CFFICE
Day Month Yoar by Istte
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Observer sigheed
6. TYPE OF OESERVATION lights along the wings and had a white
crurt. When girst light on the body .
seen the oboect was novering ou. whel t.s
obuerver stopped the objees stcrted tc move, did a slow se.i-
cirele and disapreared behind a hiil. Tne observer hear:
deep jet sound and was cbout 4 miles from an airport.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO NOV 1 1967
ATTN OF: TDET/UFO
SUBJECT: UFO Observation 30 0ct 67
TO:
Parkersburg, W. Va. 26103
Reference your unidentiried observation. The information which
we lave received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation.
Request you complete the attached FTD Form l64 and return it in
the envelope provided. 'Thank you for reporting your observation
to the Air Force.
.
MES c. MANATT, Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
birector and Subsystems FTD Form 164 w/envelope
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Parkersburg, W. Va.
EDT at Williamstown, W. Va. he sighted
witness to sighting. Mr know his name got t his
liscense plate number.
The object had wings like a horseshoe and had lights all along
(poss.) white lights on body of the craft. None of the lights flashed None of the lights flashed
but were on constantly. These wings met t in front and joined;the
4 5 45 Ahoui
height of the object st height of the object at 1/4 mile.
He saw object while driving, it seemed to be hovering. He S
and the craft started to move slowly. It did a semicircle and dis- and the craft started move slowly. It did a se nicircle and dis-
appeared behind a hill. The observer was looking toward Williams-
imated his
from a local airport.
was a clear night.
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as a point of lignt. It appeared sc
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION be white light changing colors t red and green. Mosti:
Ground Visul white and red. The object was first seen approx. in WN at
elevation of 20 to 30 deg and disappeared suddenly at ar suddenly at ar
7. COURSE elevation 15 to 20 deg il elevation 15 to 20 deg in rougnly the NW. roughly the NW.
North COMMENTS: COMMENTS: Arcturus was at an elevation of 25 deg and
8. PHOTOS elevation of 25 deg and azimuth or 26o deg at tne disappaar-!
Yes ance. A B-52 observed a burning barn about 8 miles f..
XXNo tower in general area of the sighting. I tower in general area of the sighcing. I Because of she ih- Because of she th-
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE version and sudden disappearance of the object it seems iie version and sudden disappearance of the object it seems ii.e
07. Yes n7 Yes ly that the bbservers were seeing the ourning barn. were seeing the ourning barn.
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FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous ditions of this form may be ueed.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT.PAT ERSON FORCE RASE. OH10 43433 G
WEPLY TO TDPT/UFO NOV 21 1067
ATTN OF:
UFO Ooservation, 24 October 1967
SUBJICT:
TO: Alc Horace E. Call
2lol st Communication Square
Blytheville 13as 72317
Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project
Blue Book as being a witness to an unidentified flying object.
would you please complete the attached AF Form ll7 and return it
in the envelope provided. If you were not a witness to this sighting,
The information which you provide will be used in evaluating this
observation. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
DES C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF MES C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Mirector of nirector Production AF Form 117 AF Form 117
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE
THIS QUESTICNNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE
ANSWER OUSTIO NFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE SED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
YOUR NA UISO
SE INVESTIGATOR FOR ARDNG TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT-
ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECL RELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DIO YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY MONTH OT YEAR
2. WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES 3. A.M. P.M.
3. WHAT TIME 0ID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR 2OOOLE MINUTES A.M. P.A.
4. TIME/ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
EASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACIFIC OTHER
5. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON
A HAND DRANN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE
HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK.
AT BLyTHEVILLE AFB ARK
IN CONTROL TOwEs
TOWER
N7 N7
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6. IMAGINE YDY IMAGINEYOV ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A* ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOVENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON, OR SKYLINE, WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A "B° ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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FORM 117
AUG 67
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GA. NOW 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 IHDICATE THE DIRECTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN.
NNW NNE
NW NE
WNW ENE
WSw ESE
SW SE
SSW SSE
7. IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A* AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A B* AT THE IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A* AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A *B° AT THE
POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A" AND *B"* WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A* AND "B"* WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE
MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN *A" AND "B. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN *A" AND "B. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THS MOVEMENT
APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE
THE LARGER SKETCH.
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a. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (ChCCK GPPTOPRIaT BlOcKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN NAIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT D AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST Yes NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT EFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR COWN.
HOW MUCH O ER T RAF FIC WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF YES," DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG HOW LONG WAS THE WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE NOT VERY SURE
ADORAk. ADoRAx 2 FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
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WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLYT WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES NO. IF "NO," INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON. AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP- AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP_
PEARANCZS ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. PEARANCZS ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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TDET/uro (Ma.j. Guintanilla/70916/jaf/1 Oct 67)
OCT 11 1967
of 2 Oct 1967
Mrive
Xenia, Ohio 45385
1. Thank you for reporting your sighting of 2 Oct 1967 to the
Air Force. However, additional information is needed. If you
would complete the inclosed FTD Form lé4, it would helpful
in our analysis.
2. Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
AMES C. MANATT, COlOnel, USAF 1 Atch
Drector of Technology and Subsystems FTD Form 164
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1O. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOM THEY WERX
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
11. CONDiTiONs (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER I
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS(LOW fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CiRRus CLouDs (High fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
NIGHT bone) 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?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
AFEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 YES NO. ES, * WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
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. I FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARX OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLECTEO LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR INPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLID CR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OSJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
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SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTEROR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? A. HOW DIDIT FINALL DISA EAR?
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B. DID THE PHEMOMEHON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES SNO. 1= "YES," DESCRIBE.
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1S. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
16. WHAT WA3 THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET 16.WHAT WA3 THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET
LAMP OR THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MA "CH. NOW IF YOU HAD LAMP OR THEHOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MA CH. NOW IF YOU HAD
BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE
PHENOMENON OULD HAVE BEEN COVEREO BY THE MATCH HEAD.
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17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
1
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS MAAK 28 210.54
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOWOF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE CONTRO w OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES! YES NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? NO
1B. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMEMONT GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
2O. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMON OSJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON,
WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
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21. DID YOU NCTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES NO. IF *YES, * DESCRIBE. IF *YES DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES HO.
IF "YES,"DESCRIBE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? YES NO. IF YES, GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES NO. IF "YES," DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
RYES CNO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Byff AFB ARK
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST
TEI AGE
23 MALE FEMALE
ION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
AlC USNE CONTROL TOWER CPERARD.2MONES
RETRVTEUTESRTTZ
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
ANeMiB DAY 24 MONTH YEAR
NAME
25. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY3 MONTH_
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27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT SUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
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A BARN BORiNiNg ADEROxIMATLY 6milEs
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON FORCE BASE. OH10 43433 O
RSPLY TO TDPT/UFO 143186
ATTN OP:
SUDJRCT: UFO ervation, 24 October 1967
TO: Alc James G. Hoagland
2lolst Communication Square
Blytheville AFB, Arkansas 72317
Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project
Blue I Book) as being a witness to an unidentified flying object.
If 1967
would you please complete the attached AF Form 1l7 and return it
in the envelope provided. If f you were not a witness to this sighting,
would you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form.
The information which you provide will be used in evaluating this
observation. Thank you your assistance in this matter.
TAMES AMES C. MANATT, ColOnel, USAF C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Tector rector of Production of Production AF Form 117
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA OUE INNAIRE
THS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
FIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU
ANSWER ORMATON YOU GIVK VI CD FOR RESEARCH PUFPOSES,
YOUR N WITH ANY OF S OR CONCLUSIONS MTHOUT
SE INVESTIGATOR FO DHNG TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT.
PATTERSS OH1O 45433. IAW S0- ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACHSEOURE I TO TIS FORM ON E WITH YOUR NAME FT (IFICATION.)
1. WHEN DIO YOU SEE THE PHEHOMENON?
DAY 24th MONTH Oct.YEAR- 67
2. WHAT TIME OIO YOU FI SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR_ 19001c1 MINUTES35 A.N. EP.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR. 2000_1c1 MINUTES_Q3__ A.M. FP
4. TIME/ZONE STANDARD
EASTEAN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACIFIC OTHER
5. WHERE WEPE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENONT IF IN CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON!
A HAND DR-NN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANOING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE
HICHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIREGTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZASLE LANDMARK.
IN the Control Tower at Blytheville afb Ark.
Contid Tower
1
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B. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHONN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A* ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW NOV HIGH THE B. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHONN IN THE SKETCM, PLACE AN *A°ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHDW NOY HIGH THE
PHENOVENCN WAS ABOVE THE HORIZCN, OR SKYLINE, WIIEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 3' ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO 3 ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOY HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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AF FORH 117
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6A. NOW 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.
NNW NNE
NW N E
WNW ENE
ESE
SW SE
ssw SSE
7. IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN *A* AT THE POSITION OF THS PHENOMENON WMEN FIRST SEEN, AND A *B* AT THE
POSITION OS THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE *"A* AND "S* WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE
MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN *A" AND *B. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEHENT
APPEAPED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SXETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COHPLEYE
THELARGER SKETCH.
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B. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCK aPPrOPRlate blOcKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
** IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT 2* NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER On Airfield
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE ODSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST 4
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT EFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF YES, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
Approxinately 30_minutes Approxinately 30 minutes ** FAIRLY FAIRLY CERTAIN CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS T HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED? TERMINED?
By the 24hr alock in the Control Tower By_the 24hr olock in the_Control Tower
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES FNO. IF *NO, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES FNO. IF NO,INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEHENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP. MOVEHENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
Due to the behavior of the phenomenon.
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1O. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOM THEY WERZ
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
11. CONDITIONs (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS(LOW uffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CIRRUS CLoUDS (High fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
** NIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
X* CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIM9US 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 Y YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
** MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN THE SUN VISIALE? VISIBLE? YES YES NO. YES,WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENONT
IN FRONT OF YOU IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (NeCS noON) OVERHEAD (NeCS nOON)
IN BACK O= YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR
STREET LAHP, ETC. STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOL'D OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OSSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN OTHER OBJECT YOUR FIELD OF VIE*. YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
The object appeared self-luminus, fuzzy point of light. It light. It appeared to be a appeared to be a
white light changing colors to red and then green but white light changing colors to red and mostly red and white.
It aypeared as a weak headlight on an automobile.
UNTOUTA
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13. DID THE PHENOMENON YES NO UNKNOWN
MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? **
STAND STILL AT ANYTIME? *×
SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? **
BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? **
CHANGE COLORI **
GIVE OFF SMOKE? **
CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? **
CHANGE SHAPET **
FLASH OR FLICKER? **
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? **
SPIN LIKEA TOPI **
MAKE A NOISE: **
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE7 **
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
We were scanning the sky for traffic in the Control Zone.
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
Suddenly
B. DIO THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES CT NC. IF °YES,"DESCRIBE.
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15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
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16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET SIZE7HOL OF KNOWN OBJECT.SUCH AS A STREET
LAMP OR THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU NAD
BEEN ASLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE
PHENOMENCN NOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD.
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17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEYER
SUNGLASSES WK BINOCULARS(1ark 23,10540, 7×50,1944)
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
AK WINDDWPANE Control Tower OTHER
A. DO YOU OROINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? NO
I8. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED THE
PHENOMENON! GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED mph PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
2O. IN OROER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMON OBJECT OR OSJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON,
WOULD SEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OSJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
A weak automobile headlight beam.
21. DID YOU NCTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR MEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR MEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES NO. E IF YES,* DESCRIBE.
TULULA.L
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEA PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF "YES,"DESCRI3E.
CANUMMCAAFE
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON SEFORE? YES NO.IF *YES,GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONS WITH YOU AT THE TIME S A w PHENOMENON? ETYES NO. IF # ES. DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES ONO.
A. LIST THEIR ADDRESSES
Comn. Sq. Blytheville afb Ark.
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST MAW
nand Zip Code)
Blytheville Ark. 72315
bnr) AGE
20 ** MALE FEMALE
ION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
A10 USAP CONTROL TO.ER OPMATOR 1yr.
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25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME Lt. Col.Garner E.I. DAY.. 24 MONTH Oct. YEAR__ 67
25. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY 3 MONTH Dec. YEAR 67
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27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE,
ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
TSgt. Brite Asked a pilot of a B-52 Flying locally in the area if he could
see the object. The pilot reported that he saw what appeared to be a barn
burnins but we can not be sure that he was looking at the same thing.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC) C
WRIGHT-PATTERSON FORCE OHIO 43433
ARPLY TO TDPT/UFO
ATTN OF: Ravklwol
UFO Observation, 24 October 1967
SUAJKeT:
TO: TSgt Charles Brite
2lolst Communication Square
Blythevill kansas 72317
Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Branch (Project
Blue Bookas being a witness to an unidentified flying object.
If you were a
would you please complete the attached AF Form ll7 and return it
in the e envelope provided. If you were not a witness to this sighting,
would you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form.
The information which you provide will be used in evaluating this
Observatior Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
GES C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
rector Production roduction AF Form 117
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BOB Nr 2l-R258
SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA
HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBL NOMENON THAT YO OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER A OUESTION INFORMATION YOU GIVE WIL ED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
YOUR NA NEEUSED NTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
RETURN TO AR OORO3ASH INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT.
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, IAW 80-17. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN OID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY 24 MONTH O0T YEAR 196-7
2. WHAT TIME YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR 1985 MINUTES35A.M. 67P
WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR 2000 MINUTESA.M. [PM.
4. TIME/ZONE LOAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
EASTSEN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACIFIC OTHER
S. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON
A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE
HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK.
BlyTheville AFB,ARK
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6. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A* ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZCN, OR SKYLINE, WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A *D* ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZCN, OR SKYLINE, WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A D* ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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GA. NOW 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.
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IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A*AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMSNON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A *B* AT THE
POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A* AND B° WITH A LINS TO APPROXIMATE THE
MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN *A" AND "B°. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT
APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE
THE LARGER SKETCH.
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8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCK aPPrOPRlate blOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILOING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT L NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER c Air Fild
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU NOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST
PHENOMNNON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST II
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT EFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6.
DESCRIBE P OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
HOW MUCH o R RAF FIC WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF YES," DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH LENGTH OF TIME OF ATIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
30 Miniles mipiles FAIRLY CERTAIN FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
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WASTHE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES DNO. IF NO, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENCMENON, AND DESCRISE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. I MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENCMENON, AND DESCRISE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
Due TO bEhAvIor oF PhENeMeNON. chAvIop OF PheNcmeNoN.
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10. IF THERE WERE HORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW NANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERK
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
11. CONDiTioNs (Check cppropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER 1
DAY CUHULUS CLOUDS (LOW fliffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CIRRUs CLOUDS (High fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
NIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Ruin) 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?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTINS NAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. IF "YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(NeW nOOR)
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.
I2. GIVE A SRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEAREO AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT FIELD OF VIEW.
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CHANGE SHAPET
FLASH OR FLICKERT
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEARI
SPIN LIKE A TO??
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOB9LE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMEHON?
SCANING the sky FOE TRAFRIC e in the conThet zere.
A. HOW DID IT A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? .
SUDDENLY. SUDDENLY.
B. DID THE PHENDMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT SOMETHIN A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES 240. IF *YES," DESCRIBE.
ASRRTESIUUN
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15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
X
**
1S. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? 15.WHAT #AS ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET
LAMP OR THE HCON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE ORJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MA CH. NOWIF YOU HAD
BEEN A3LE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMEHT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE
PHENOMENON WOULO HAVE BEEN COVERED SY THE NATCH HEAD.
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17. OID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON NODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNCLASSES BINOCULARS M $2)
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE wtel Iaoen OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES NO
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR INPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENONT GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED 2MP1L PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE LLL>
2O. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMON 3JECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON.
WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMSLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OSJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
A weAk AiTomobile hendlight BeAm.
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21. DD YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT EFF ECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITYT C YES YES ELHO. IF YES,DESCRIBE. HO. IF *YES,DESCRIBE.
A.DID THE PHENONENON DISTURA THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES 4NO.
IF"YES."DESCRIBE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS ILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? YES NO. IF *YES, GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
1965 Bytheville AFB. ARK
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME W PHENOMENON? YES THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THSIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
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AIC 2101 Comm 50 Blytheville AFB.AFK.
RiC
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
ADDE Code)
ThevlleARK72315
TEL AGE
36 MALE FEMALE
FORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
TSETUSAF CONTROL TOWER opernTop 18 I yenes
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25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAMELT.CSAENCR.FI DAY.24 MONTH 007 YEAR 1967
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY_3MONTHDC YEAR1967
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27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
AT The time I sAw Thi's LighT,I ASK The PIoT OFA
B-52 FLyING IN The TenFFic PATTeRN IF he sAU T
AND he SAID AFFEMATiVe This PilOT SAID ThAT IT
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CONTROL TOAER BLYTHEVILLE AFB ARKANSAS. PARA 14F(FOXTROT): (1)
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ACCOUNT FOR ALY RADAR BEAM BENDING. PaRA DENDING. PARA 14I(INDIA): NONE. PARA
14J(JULIET): (1) THREE AIRCRAFT WERE IN THE AREA AT THE APPROXIMATE APPROXIMATE
TIME FOR THE SIGHTING OUT MEITHER IS BELIEVED TO 0 HAVE BEEN THE O HAVE bEEN THE .
CAUSE OF TIS SIGHTING. AT 250049Z CAUSE OF TIS SIGHTING. AT OCT 67, AC-131 OCT 67, AC-131 SPECIAL AIR SPECIAL AIR
MISSIONS AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FOR CHAIUTE AFD: ILL. THE CREW OF THIS CDEW THES
AIRCRAFT DID OT REPORT ALY INFORHATION ON THE SIGHTING. AT 250043Z 0C7 6
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BY MAJOR C.P. DIRCH, 34OTH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, TERMINATED AT
SLYTHEVILLS AFE. MAJOR BIRCH ADVISED THAT THE CONTROL TOWER CALLED
HIS ATTENTION TO THE LIGHT IN THE AREA AND THAT HE OBSERVED
A LIGHT RESENBLIAG A BURNINIG BARN AT AN ALTITUDE LOWER THAN HIS
AIRCRAFT BUT THAT HE HAD 1 INSUFFICIENT FULE TO INVESTIGATE
FURTHER. COSERVERS BELIEVE MAUOP BIRCH DID NOT SEE THE OBJECT
BUT SOMETHING ELSE ON THE GROUND. 6LYTHEVILLE AFB RAPCON REPORTS
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NO OBSERVATION IN THE AREA OF THIS SIONTING- -O-PPARA 14K(KILO): NO OBSERVATION IN THE AREA OF THIS SIOHTING-O-PPARA 14K(KILO):
USAF: HQ 97TH
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328: H0ME, 501-532-8480 0R 501-763-3931, EXTENSI0N 461. COMMENTS: 461. COMMENTS:
THIS iS THE SECOND S SIGHTING RECENTLY IN THE BLYTHEVILLE AFB AREA
IN KHICH LIGHTS WAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF A REPORT. MOST OF THE PREVIOS
REPORTS GENERATEG AT THIS STATION ALSO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY LIGHTS•
SIGHTING, THE EXPERIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITIES MUST BE CONSIDERED.
UNCLASSIFIED 2 JUTINE
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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 as smany quastions as you possibly can. The information that you give will
be used for rasearch purposes. Your name will not be used in connection with any stataments,
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? Time of day: O5.APPREX,
Hour Minutes
Oct. 19(7 (Circle One): A.M. or P.M.
Day Month Year
3. Time Zone: 3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): (a. a. Eastern (Circle One):(a. (Circle One):a. Daylight Saving Daylight Saving_
b. b. Central Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other
4.
XENIA ONLO
Nearest Postal Address City or Town City or Town State or County Stata or County
(Total Duration) 1 C
Hours Minutes Seconds
a. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
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5.2 Was object in sight continuously? YesA tmenng
No _—
6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT
a. Bright a. Bright
b. Cloudy b. Cloudy
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. Overhead
To your right f. Don't remember
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UMCLASSIFIEO ROUTINE
THE POSITION ON ANY AIRCRAFT IN THE LOCAL AREA AND IN THE REFERENCE
(
VISUALLY OR BY SIMPLY REFERNCE TO THE RAPCON SEARCH RADAR SCOPESWHICH CAN PAINT
THE B-52 AT 30 MM AT 1800 FEET. ACCOROINGLY, IT
IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THE CAUSE OF THE SIGHTING WAS OTHER
THAN ONE OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE LOCAL AREA. IN THE ABSENSE OF
OF SOME SORT WAS OBSERVED BUT THE LOGICAL CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED.
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8. IF you saw the object at NiGHT, what did you notice concerning the STAkS 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
d. [ Don't remember d. Don't remember Do nct think there was
meelt.
9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the 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
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow
. e. Don't remember
10. The object appeared: (Circle One):
c. Solid d. As a light
b. Transparent e. Don't remember
c. Vapor
11. If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? (Circle One):
a. Brighter c. About the same
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white tlaah
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12. The edges of the object were:
(Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred e. Other
b. Like a bright star
c. Sharnly outlined
d. Don't remember
13. Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes No Don't know
b. Suddanly speed 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
e, Change brightness? Yes No Don't know
f. Change shape? Yes No Don't know
9. Flash or flicker? Yes No Don't know
h. Disappear and reappear? Yes No Don't know
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17. Tall in a few words the following things about the object:
b. Color eag-redgienithdlih
.We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known obitct and note how
much of the object is covered by the haad of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of the
19. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your skatch any detcils
of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails.
oval or ta yayeao! C~
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20. Do you think you can ostimate the speed of the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate?
(Circle One) Yas (No)
IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was?
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?
Inside a building b. In the residential section of a city?
In a car c. 1 In open countryside?
c. Ourdoors.. d. Near an airfield?
d. in an airplane (type) e. Flying over a city?
. At sea f.
f. Other g. Other
24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following quastions:
24.1 What direction were you moving? ircle One)
a. North c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
a. Yes e.
Sun glasses f. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshield Yes g. Theodolite Yes No
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other
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when you first saw it. Place a "B"' on the compass where you last saw the object.
90 75
60°
45 NW NI
A15°B SW 32,
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Uraw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an "A" at the beginning of the
path, a "B" at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course. 2
toote a stragut fifitpth wst ccinst
29. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there?
Draw a picture of ho ey were arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they were traveling.