PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. D ,TE - TIME GROUP LOCATION
23 Jan 68 24/01102 Near Cincinnati, Ohio (2 Witnesses)
3. SOURCE 0. CONCLUSION
Civilian Probable (AIRCRIFT) H
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Two Two
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
About 30 Minutes Observers watched 2 bright bluish white lights that had the Observers watched 2 bright bluish white lights that had the
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION . ability to hov move at eme speeds. After 20 to 30
minutes the disappeared he SE. eSE.
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE COURSE COMMENTS: A temperature inversion existed during sighting
and two Kc-l35 aircraft were shooting instrument approaches instrument approaches
See Case to runway C5R at Lockbourne AFB during this time Report
8. PHOTOS indicated that the lights were seen in inaiostoa the general vicinity of
Lockborne. Tower and GCA were queried at the time of sighting
Yes
XXNo thing unusual.
9. PHYSICA DENCE
Yes
XCX No ELIOTT
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 Previoua aditions of thi used,
3

17 OID YOU OSSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWINGY INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE. FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? 0 NO
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OE THE
PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED -100 m? PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE 2127
To. 10713
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 OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SXY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON.
WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OSJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
Coul
21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF.
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES IF YES,DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND ORLEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
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 SAW TH NO. IF YESDID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO. PHENOMENON?YES
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Dispatel Photo
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME. FIRST NAME
ADDRESS (Street, City Stata pnd Zin Code)
TELEPHONE(Areg code and number) AGE
22 MALE FEMALE
mae -mA-s
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. .
25 WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PH HENOMENON?
HNKiE, FRr E.27C01 oh f APRIL 1768
NAME DAY_ MONTH YEAR
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
YEAR
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AGES

SIGHTING OF L UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROYAL
NUMBER 21-R258
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE CONC ERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER ALL ESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR
W AFRBO-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
YEAR_ 1968
DAY_ MONTH
2. WHAT TIME DID FIRST SIGH T THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES A.M. P.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 2040
HOUR MINUTES A.M. P.M.
4. TIME/ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS X STANDARD
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
HIGHWA WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK.
FrankhinCo.Cto
Franklin Co.Ctio
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 HORIZON. OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 3° ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
90 15
L
1 B
1 SA
1
1 I
30
1
1
1 15
1
OBSERVER
AF FORM 117
AUG67

6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE ATTHE CENTER OS THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN A*ON THE COMPASS TO INOICATE THE
DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B* ON THE COMPASS TOINDICATE THE DIRECTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN.
N
NNW NNE
NW NE
WNW ENE
S
WSW ESE
sw SE
ssw SSE
B
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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1 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCK appropriate bloCkS.)
LTCOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IH BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
ILAR AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IDOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
W AINPLANE AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
X OTHER SPsC
IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT OIRECTION WERE MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
HRTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP
PHENOMENON?
HHTHEAST SOUTHEAST
WRTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
FAPI AIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6.
DES ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER
THE TIINTING. YOU TRAVERSED DURING
STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
NO
YES NO. IF *YES," DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
Not Not in sight, thougi two jets two jets ware Leani pA 7E
duving peried.
9 WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
HOW LONG
LENIIHOFTIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
20-30 mins FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAR TIME DETERMINED?
WATCH
XYES NO. IF NO." INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP-
te Drdnebes,
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1O. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING? YES, Swpnd. 7he on
TiOO. desnt for d aw minutes i
88 returned.
foeor tovers duing cerdsin tmes.
L16 TOWFES
11. CONDITiONs (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY 8. WEATHER
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 NONS OF THE ABOVE
C.IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT X NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. IF "YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED IF "YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? NIA
IN FRONT OF YOU IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Ned noOn) OVERHEAD(Near nOOn)
IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEAOLIGHTS OR E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEAOLIGHTS OR
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. STREET LAMP. ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION. SPECIFY OISTANCE 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 SOLID 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 OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
VapOV
0 Halo edges,
0
When closer O
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13. DID THE PHENOMENON YES NO UNKNOWN
MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? X
STAND STILL AT ANYTIME? X
SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY? X
BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? X
CHANGE COLOR? X whifetol
—
GIVE OF F SMOKE? X
CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? X
CHANGE SHAPE? X
FLASH OR FLICKER? X
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? X
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTEN TION TO THE PHENOMENON?
Phone call to Sheriff's Dept fon risideds inss.
srrival, obgects were immediatsy spoted
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
Straight out ty 5E
B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD. TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
Trees, which were lestless, So
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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.
Far
C1ase
00
0 O
.
16. WHAT WAS 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 COVEREO BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD
BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE
PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD.
About a dine atanislength
Coverage of
When alose Abort a nickel

I7. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE. FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINOSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES NO 8.DO DYOU USE READING GLASSES? YESN
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED JF 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 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 OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
L16474 pe3re
MERCURYVAPOR
round at adistance and oval when abser
21. DID YOU NOTICE 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. YESN
DAGZ7O= pasE

23Jan'68
TDPT (UFO) Maj Quintanilla/709l6/mhs/26 Mar 68 26 MAR 1968
UFO tions, 23 January 1968
Base Operations
Attn: Colonel Hinkle
Lockbourne 43217
Reference telephone conversation between Col Hinkle, your organization,
and 2nd Lt Carmon Marano, this office, on 25 March 1968. Request you
investigate the attached UFo reports f 23 January 1968 in accordance
with AFR 8o-17. Request you provide your data to our office by
3 April 1968.
FOR THE COMMANDER
AD MII IVIOLEO OIn) J ECTOR CUINTANILLA, Jr, MajOr, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial nenomena Office UFO
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate

22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? YES NO. IF YES,"GIVE DATE AHD
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU JAT THE TIME YOU SAW YES D NO. IF YES," DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Laurence St. Neu En
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME
ADDRESS (Street. City, State and Zip Code)
GFs CrShonh
TELEPHONE (Area code and number) LF AGE
26 X MALE MALE FEMALE
wNat.
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
Included in letter
25 WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME i MONTH 1)P
DAY_ YEAR
26 DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY. MONTH YEAR
PAGES

27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL I5 PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
Duving Lwe 18 porehegrd
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1.I Reference your letter dated 26 Mar lowing
information is submitted:
a. Only observer contacted was of Franklin County
sheriff's department. In addition to his letter which you have, AF Form
117 has been completed from information given over phone, and is attached.
Attempts were made to contact Mr. and 2 April. The
news department of the Columbus Dispatch did not have a home phons listed
for him, and a request request was made that he was made that he contact me at contact me at There has There has
been no reply to date. been no reply to date. Called a listed at and was and was SINC 2
told he did not live there, but that his mother was a Mrs. was a Mrs.
who lived on Garrett Street. Phone listing who lived on Garrett Street. Phone listing was found to be 45l-2885 to be 451-2885 but but 117 f fa
no answer was received on t no answer was received o o or three attempts. or three attempts. Ell
b. Am attaching a b. Am attaching repor reno format outlined rmat outlined
in Para 1 in Para ] 11, AFR 80-17.
FOR THE COMMANDER FOR THE COMMANDER
FRANK E. HINKLE, Lt Colonel, USAF
Chief, Operations and Trai ng Division

SUBJECT: UFO
a Description of objects:
(1) R Round at distance, oval when closer
(2) Undetermined
(3) Bluish white
(4) Two
5) N/A
(6) None
(7) None
(8) None
)
b. b. Deseription of course of objects:
(1) Neighborhood reports S ight tht lights in sky. lights in sky.
)A (2) Approximately 450
(3) (3) Same
(4) First seen in formation, one slightly above other, then changed
positions. Descended and rose at rapid rate, became parallel. Descended and rose at rapid rate, became Moved almost
instantaneously to new location. Appeared to hover at low altitude (about instantaneously to new location. Appeared to (about
1000'at times.
(5) s Straight out to seconds movement.
) 20 to 30 minutes
c, Manner of observation:
(1) Ground-visual
2) None
()N/A
d Time and date of sighting:
(1) 2401102 232010L January

4
(2) Night
e Intersection Big Run Rd. and Gantz Rd., Franklin County, Ohio. Just
f. Identifying information on
i, 26, c/o Franklin County Sheriff's Dep't.,
Columbus, Ohio, Deputy Sheriff, edu
estimate reliable.
) N/A
g. Weather and winds-aloft conditions at time and place of sightings:
(1) I
(2) (a) Sfc.010/06
(b) 6M 340°/15
(c) (c) 10M 310°/30
(a) (a) 16M 270°/75 16M 270/75
(θ) 20M 260/75
(f) (f) 30M 270°/30
(g) 5 50M 270°/25 50M 270°/25
(3) (3) 3200' 32001
(4) 7miles
Eroken to overcaat
6) None
(7)
h.I Deep inversion
i. None
j. Two KC-135 aircraft shooting instrument approahces to runway O5R at
Lockbourne AFB.

ko Chief, Operations and Training Division, Hinkle, Frank E., Lt Col,
Hq 840th Cmbt Spt Gp, Lockbou AFB, 0hio 43217, area 614, DP 4484,
HP 4970877. With a deep in ersion and cloud cover at 320o', tops 47001,
possibility of light reflectig are high. Report indicates these objects
were seen in the general vicinity of Lockbourne. Tower and GCA were
results. Crews of KC-135's
had negative sightings. Not known whether promotional activity was
going on involving the use of searchlights.
1

Force Base that the
information was not reported to Project Blue Book. I feel that my
observations may be of sufficient interest that they should be brought to
your attention.
On the 2000 hours, I was dispatched
to the general vicinity of Big Run Road and Gantz Road in Franklin County.
The nature of my call was to investigate brisht lights saen by many
persons, hoovering in the southeastern section the At the time : I was
dispatched our switchboard had already received ecalls from public
citizens living on Big Run Road. Uoon arriving at the Big Run Road area I
could readily see the lights in question. At first these objects appeared to
be standing quite still. After several minutes the objects made some very
for extended
eleven detailed graphs showing movements of these objects, one overlay map
of the area involved and a copy of this letter mek of
Northwestern University.
To qualify myself, at least as an intelligent and accurate observer,
offer the following experience where accurate and detailed observations
were of utmost importance in car rrying out the objective:
1) Federal Bureau of Investigation, Identificati Division
(Fingerprint Classification)
2) United States Army, Military Police
(Patrol Division)
3) Presently with Fronklin County riff's Department, Columbus,Ohio
(Patrol Division)

-2-
Sincerely,
Phomas J.Barker
Franklin County Thomas L. Barker, Deputy
Criminal Division Sheriff's Depar
1725 Alwm Greek Drive
Columbus, Ohio

S
deputies were watching 2 landing
Objects disappeared the east, straight out t into the sky, approx
d hurt 8
they finally disappeared.
For credentials, if they're Ohio State

HR
the Columbus Dispatch for wr
and can easonably eyesight.
If there are any questions, write or call.
Thank
".
Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Chio 43201

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under
. state that just lights in
Lt Marano told
the letters we had received and asked him to investigate it since it
was reported was reported to them first. He replied that he would do what to them first. He replied that he would do what he could. could.
T

24#H1968
Glowing Objects Hover Over City in
Amazing UFO Display
By E. E. ELLIOTT look for lights hovering in Then, as we watched, they watch bullet flight," tally and at a slight upward
Of The Dispatch Slaff the sky" after the - sheriff's changed positions with each Barker said, ahd disappeared incline. It was completely out
office received five telephone othr, and hovered that way from view while the other of sight in less than five sec-
Frankiin County sheriff's calls from southeast area for two to three minutes." waited motionless. onds."
deputies, newsmen, and resi- families. AFTER several minutes SEVERAL area residents
dents viewed an amazing On arriving, the deputies WITHIN another minute or
UFO demonstration over Co- immediately saw two such so, the deputies reported, the the object which had left r re- and the Franklin Township
humbus about 8 p.m. Tuesday. lights. upper of the two glowing. turned, and the two moved in and Grove City police depart-
But mysteriously, Lockbourne formation to a point above ments corroborated the dep-
AFB authoritics concerned "THEY APPEARED yellowish vehicles "zipped utics' stories, the sheriff's of-
with UFO's reported they saw round." Barker said, "it was down" to meet the other, and the four antcnnas of the old fice said Wednesday.
nothing on radar and re- like looking into a spotlight the two remained parallel approach lights for the Lock- This reporter and Dispatch
ceived no teiephone calls up close ... about the bright and motionless. bourne runway, west of 1-71 Photographer Thom Rockey
about socalled The deputies remained in and slightly south of Rt. 665. arrived in the area about 15
saucers. sky. contact with the sheriff's of. There both objects de- minutes after initial reports
"They appeared to hover fice by radio, and by this scended, until "they appeared and soon sighted one of the
SHERIFF'S deputy Thomas about as high as most com- time the sheriff's radio dis- to hover almost on top of the objects hovering about three
Earker and Deputy Edward mercial airplanes fly around patcher had telephoned the antennas," and remained miles east of Grove City.
Durbin of the Prairie Town- here - about 1500 to 3000 Lockbourne AFB UFO office above the light towers for It appeared flattened,
ship police department gave feet. One hovered a little to inform military specialists. several minutes. vagucly circular in shape and
this account: higher than the other, and As the deputies continued "Then they moved away shone all over with a glowing,
About 8 p.m. the two were they stayed in that position to watch, one of the vehicles from the towers," Barker yellowish-white light. The ob-
dispatched to the vicinity of for about 30 seconds," Bark- left the other "so quickly said, "and one of them began
Big Run and Gantz Rds. to er said. that it was like trying to moving southcast, horizon- See UFOs on Page 6A
.

6A Columbus Dispatch Shortly before 9 p.m. all
objects disappeared: the hov-
ering pair near northern Co-
UFOs lumbus appeared to simply
extinguish themselves like
Continued from Page 1 candie flames.
ject seemed to be about the The pair of objects south
size of an airliner, except for of Columbus disappeared to
the east slowly at first, then
its shape. It made no noise. vanished almost instantane-
THE OBJECT would hover ously in a burst of speed.
for as much as a minute at Both Lockbourne officials
a time, · then would move and Port Columbus tower
spokesmen denied reports of
several miles away as fast as UFO sightings or radar iden-
the eye could follow, and tifications of any such vehi- tifications of any such vehi-
hover motionless again. cles.
The reporter and photog The reporter and photog. Lockbourne base officials
rapher tried to follow the Wednesday said the call from
object in its erratic path to the sheriff's office was the
get close enough to photo- get close enough to photo- only report they had of the
graph it, but were hampered graph it, but were hampered incident. They said officials
hy its ability to move "as the of Project Blue Book (which
crow flies." checks UFO reportsat checks UFO reports at
After The Dispatch team Wright-Patterson Air Force
had followed the object Base in Dayton, Ohio, were
around southern Franklin notified immediately and a
County by freeway for nearly form report was sent to them
a half hour, a second appear- Wednesday.
ed and hovered near the The Lockbourne spokes-
first in a one o'clock posi- man said if aireraft were or-
tion. dered to investigate the sight-
ABOUT 8:45 p.m. two iden- ing, they would have been
tical vehicles appeared over sent from Dayton on Wright-
the North Side of Columbus, Patterson orders.
glowing brightly and hover-
ing in close formation for
several minutes. By this time
a mumber of airplanes ap-
peared presumably in search
of the objects, but apparently
did not succeed in approach-
ing the dise-like objects.

SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BURSAU APPROVAL
NUMBER 21-R258
THIS QUESTION HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE NING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER ALL UESTIONS.THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
YOUI IN CONNECTION NY OE YOUR ST R CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
PERMISSIGN. AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOI FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, IAW AFR 80-17. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE A OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
23 MONTH JAN YEAR 1968
DAY.
2 WH A T TIM IE DID YOU FIRST SIGH T 2 PHENOMENON?
20 MINUTES 01 A.M. [X]P.M.
HOUR
3. WHAT TIM E DID Y LAST SIGHT T HE PHENOMENON?
20 MINUTES 45 A.M. P.M.
HOUR.
4. TIME/ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
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 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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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 WHSN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A *B* ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN.
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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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8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCK aPpropriate blocKS.)
OUTOOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER X AS PASSENGER 2 IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE MovrE TO
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING SOVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HO* FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST MPH
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTINE WHILE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS AND 6.
NO
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.
MOSTiY FREENAY
SEDAN WNDEAELD AND WINDOW OAA
HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
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OID 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.
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HOW LONG WAS THE
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
40 MINS. FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED'
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WAS THE 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. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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1O. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
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11. CONDITIONS (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS(LOW iluffY) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CiRRUs CLouDs (High fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
NIGHT hone) 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
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
O. IF SIGHTING WAS 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(NeWr nOON)
IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT OURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR
STREET LAMP. ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION. SPECIFY OISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE
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BREAX UP IN PARTS SAND EXPLODE? V
CHANGE COLOR? V
GIVE OF F SMOKE?
CHANGE BRIGHTNESS?
CHANGE SHAPE?
FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES NO. IF *YES,* DESCRIBE.
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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 OEJECT, 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 HAD
BEEN ABLE 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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