DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6888668
DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1967
REPORTED LOCATIONCYNTHIANA KENTUCKY
FRAMES19
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
7 CATE'- TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
Bec 1967
60013729/2100z CMNWIANA. KENTUCKY
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
THER
CIVILIAN SIGHTING? HOAX)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
PHOTO: S PHOTO: SMALL MAN MADE SMALL MAN MADE OBJECT OBJECT
lONE
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
FIVE MENTUES FiVE MENTUES . The observer stated; sighted and photographed a UFo. The The observer stated; sighted and photographed a UFo. The
object appeared solid and solid and reflected light. reflected light. He also
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION stated that his neighbors dog was howling. ; dog was howling.
CROUND-VISUAL -
COMMENTS: The observer stated that he reads all he can COMMENTS: The observer stated that he reads all he can
7. COURSE 7. COURSE about UFOs. Although the object was seen for 5 minutes about UFOs. Although the object was seen for 5 minutes
Ascending scending during the daylight, no during the daylight, no one else from the area reported one else from the area reported
any similar objects and the observer made no efforts
8. PHOTOS to call it to the attention of anyone
XOXYos observer stated that he had two photos o of the object.
07 No As proof he submitted two poloroid backings and one
9. PHYSICA EVIDENCE poloroid print. When requested to submit the other
photo he replied that the UFo appears as a "little speck"
Yos in it and he had sent us the best one..This conflicts
with the images as shown in the poloroid backings.
FORM
FTO SEP 63 0-329_ (TDE) Pravious aditiens of this form may bo u30d.
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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 V CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
HINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES YES NO
1B WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENON? 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 OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACEO 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 NOTICE ANY ODOR. NOISE. OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF.
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? Z YES C NO. IF "YES."DESCRIBE.
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A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE SICAL EVIDENCE YES ANO
IF YES,DESCRIBE.
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N. MAVT TOU EVE ORASIMILAR EMOMEHON BEPOME YE NO. IW *YES. GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION
23. WAS AMYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENONENON? YES THO. IF "YES." DID THEY SEE IT TOOT
YES ONO.
A. LIST TMEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME. FIRST NAME-NIDDLE NAME
ADDRESS(SEIELCX ode)
TELEPHONe(Area CodAand number) AGE
1 4 MALE
FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
MMO
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM D10 YOU REPORT THAT HAD SIGHTED THIS PHEMOMENCN?
NAME OAY- MONTH YEAR
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS SQUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY ? MONTH CUM YEAR 1953
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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.
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PHOTO GRAPHIC DATA
1. Type and make of camere
Polonoid Suineor
2. Type, focal length, and make of lens
Unhmoan
3. Brand and type of film
Polonoid Larod Toe 20 Fln
4 Shutter speed used
Unhnown
Iens opening used; that is, "f" stop
6. Filters used
Nome
7. Was tripod or solid stand used
N
Was "panning" used
No N
9. Exact direction camera was pointing with relation to true North, and
its angle with respect to the ground. the ground.
Northeaat 2
10. If supplemental information is unobtainable, the minimum camera data
required are the type of camera, and the smallest and largest "f" stop
and shutter speed readings of he camera.
11. Estimate distance from camera object:
Unknown
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ECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt ColOnel, USAP 1 Atch
Chief, Aeria henomena Orfice Poloroid Photo
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
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TDPT (UFO) Lt Col Quintanilla/70916/mhs/9 May 68
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Cynthiana, Kentucky 41031
1. Reference your
of two Polaroid photographs of an unidentified flying object (uFo).
If you wish the Air Force to analyze your photographs, the original
photographs are needed. Therefore, please complete the inclosed
AF Form 117 and pho ographic data sheet and them in the inclosed
envelope.
2. Please excuse the delay in responding to your letter. Upon
completion of analysis we will return your photog ok you
for repo your observation to the Air Force.
ECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, ECTOR QUINT ANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 2 Atch
Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Office 1. AF Form 117 w/envelope
(01dgo (0M0) JdIL Aerospace Technologies Aerospace Technologies Division . Photo Data Sheet 2. Fhoto Data Sheet
(000) IdL Produetion Directorate
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE DUDGET BUREAU APPTOYAL
NUWBER 21-X233
AS POSSIBLE THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER AL OUIESTIONS
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433,IAW AFR BO-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEE DED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WIT TIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY
2 WH T DID FIRST SIGI H E ENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES A.M. P.M.
3 WHAT TIME DID YOU L AST SIGHT P ENOMENON?
4 MINUTES S A.M. P.M.
HOUR
4. TIME ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS X 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 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.
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5. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS ASOVE 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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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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NW N E
WNW ENE
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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
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
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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AFR 80-17(CI)
a WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CAPCK APPTOPTIGTe hIOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN B0AT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN VEHICLE. COMPLE ETETHE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE 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 ECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND G.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN N AND TYPE OF ROAD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YO SED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
N O C. S N GHT
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF *YES.* DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OFS SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON
9. HOW LONG WAS THE P HENOMENON IN SIGHT?
WASTHE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES NO. IF NO. INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INCICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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O. IF THZRE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENONENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE' CRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. OID THIS ARRANGEMEHT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING
11. CONOITiONs(Check appropria:e blocks.)
A. SKY a. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (LOW fluffY) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CiRRus CLouDs (High fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
HIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW ORSLEET
COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
MAZE OR SMOG NONE OF THE ABOVE
C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU HOTICE THESIGATINOW VILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ASOUT THE STARS AND MOON? ASOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNXNOWN UNXNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New Or quarter)
O. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? PYES YES NO. IF YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? Derire Derirel m my 17 R R
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (NEW noON) OVERHEAD(NeC nOOn)
IN BACX OF YOU IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATIOM PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR
STREET LANP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMIMATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT. WHETHER IT
REFLECTEO LIGHT ON WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRISE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLIO OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EOGES WERS SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVEO OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELO OF VIEW.
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CHANGE
FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKS A TOP?
AAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTEROR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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A. HOW OID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? DISAPPEAR?
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B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUO, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES ZNO. IF*YES,DESCRIBE.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
IS. DRAWAPICTURZ THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPZ OF THE PHEHOMEHON. INCLUDH AND LANEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE APPEARHO AS MIMGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATI EXHAUST OR VAPOR TAAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
SIDE
VIEW
EDGES BOTTON
KARICEN UIEW
15. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLO 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 HZAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAO
BEEN A3LE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE
PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD.
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