PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJESTAUPE RECORD
TIL CAOUP 2. LOCATION
-0 60 02102 Meni, Florida
J.aCL 10. CONCLUSION -
Civilion HOT AIR BALLOON
1 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
5 Total 5 Total
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS BRIEF SUMMARY
. The observer sighted four object on the night of i7 Feb and
5 Minutes
. TYPE OF OBSERVATION . TYPE OF OBSERVATION one on the night of t l8ti Fob 68. All 5 rose frcm about one on the night of 18t Fob 68. All 5 rose frcm about
the same spot on the horizon and each was described as lookin the seme spot on the horizon and each was described as lookin
Ground-Visual like an orange ball very much like firoworks, raman candle ball very much like firoworks, roman candle
7. COURSE type. Several type. Several of the ob jects were observe drop off spark: drop off spark:
before burning out.
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9. PHYSIC VIDENCE
Yes
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FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of thle form may be ussd.
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178F668
TDPT (UFO) Lt Col Guintanilla/709l6/mhs/14 Jun 68
UFO Obs n,17 and 18 February 1963
Miami, Florida 33156
1. Reference your unidentified flying object (uFo) observations of
17 and 18 February 1963 feel that you might have been watching
garmet bag ho rballoons.. We receive numerous sightings of these
balloons, especially in the neighborhoods colleges and universities.
Inclosed is a brief description observation.
2. Thank you for reporting your orce.
KCTOR ,Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Pr enomena Office Description
OO WIA BIOLO Aerospace Technologies Division
Produetion Directorate

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GARMET BAG HOT AIR BALLOONS
may appear as two objects, one on top of the other. The botcom
object is the heat source and is quite bright; the upper dull glowing
object is the garmet bag. Usually the heat source is
platform. When the object is aloft it may move in an exratie manner Sre it may move in an exravad Aamier K
or a straight trajectory, depending on the wind. The baii also or a straight trajectory, depending on the wind. The bai i also
flashes and flickers as the wind blows the candles. When the candles
burn down, the platform may catch fire and sometimes catues aparks causes aparks
and pieces of burning debris to fall; however, they usually burn out SI
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the object disappears.
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL
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ANSWER ALL USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISSION. STIGATOR TO FTD (TDETRL WRIGHT
AW AFRBO-17 ADDITIONALSHEETS ARE NEI D FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO TH
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY/70 YEAR 196?
2. WHAT TIME DID YOU PHENOMENON?
HOUR 8 MINUTES 10 A.M. AP.M.
3. WHAT TIM E DID Y U L AS T HE P H EN OMENON?
. HOUR MINUTES 20 A.M. P.M.
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 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.
SW 67 AVE
N N S S
MIAMI, FLA 33156 MIAMI, FLA 33156
. i House No. >10840 House No. >10840
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Paths
Obserter Obserer
6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN "A" ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE AN A" ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS A3OVE THE HORIZON, OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A PHENOMENON WAS A3OVE 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.
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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.
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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
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 blonks.)
OUTDOORS Sirting Of IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE. COMPL ETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION 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 AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5AND6.
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 O THER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES IF *YRS, " 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.
North of objerts 2 7o
objeots, on Wester!
9. . HOW LONG WAS THE PHENO M ENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME SURE
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAR.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
All 5ros fron about San0 3po7 on borizon;4 bacned
orerbood or aloosforarbogd; 5dh possod overbed
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and bu0efo47 north
slgithy best of my bove
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boor while still bigh on berizon.
of my
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ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
101 11 1 007
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11. CONDITiONS (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS(LOW lufY)CM/Y FOG OR MIST .
TWILIGHT CiRRus CLouDs (High fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
L 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 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 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 noon)
IN BACK OF YOU TQ YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIF DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
2a0s
12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT. WHETHERIT
Seveof ier
to 101s in 2 long
burnig 105 tf t
Hrajectery and my
fired from
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pasidease.
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they troreled muob too fo 2ad oo
ondinary firnorks.
to bo flores or
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FLASH OR FLICKER? 1
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? v
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON? .
W25 3utting On tha patie 2ud by sb00 1925
ezs0tly in te drstoy frin wbicb fb
foing
rese from th bonizon.
Objorts
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
Appeared to fhicker's burn out. flicter's burn out.
YES NO. IF YES. DESCRIBE.
,
.
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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 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 SEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD.
Hard to Sgy,becs4se of foo of on
Cloads in vi0nity, I conldui ostingto offifode
but from ground thoy appeard aboot gane s120 25
Jlasbing berc0n o of800
if plons orep in Fefr patlhy
m to oo0 f
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17 OID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUOE 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? YESNO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES NO
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE e
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 RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
16; it oad to T8g
See
2 prope plone in faoding Canf7n50y 10K
and conld bone been mitolo for running
on suck a plone; exeapt they fratd dronodo
Smol Sporks
.
21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATJNG 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 OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES
IF "YES." DESCRIBE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PNENOMENON BEFORE? YES NO. IF GIVE OATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU THEY SEE TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES of my abissn
my mifo
Chil en's guasts (toagens)
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME
ADDRESS (Street. City. State and Zip Code)
Hva, Fi 33157
TELEPHONE(Area code And numbad AGE
13 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
Sir yers Air Fore (laptois)
Prirste Pirste pit-l5o bow5 pilt-l5o b00r5
Offiony Officon
Copently Sarvio Savino
22 Fereign Fepeign
U.S. Dopt of Ntote Roption UiS. Dept of te Rooption
Dirccter, Dinccter,
Canter, Fedond Blily, Moi, Fla. Center,
.
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAO SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
ESS . AE6
NAME 45 DAY1Z118 MONTH Feb
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY
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