PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. C2 ETIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
2Feb 38 24/01052 Evansville. Illinois (2 "itness
3. SOUECE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian FroDable(SATELLITE) Frobable (SATELLITE)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBET BJECTS It is probablo that the observer sighted a satellite nowever it
also may have been an aircraf also may have been an airera ith its lending lights on. th its lending lights on.
One One
5. LENGTH OF VATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
90 Seconds The observer sighted a The observer sighted bright white light that traveled light that traveled accrdse accrose
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION the sky in an easterly direction.
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE COURSE
Bast
8. PHOTOS
0 Yes
XXNo
9. PHYSICA VIDENCE
. Yos
XXNo GORDON
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 Provious editione of thia form may be used.
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you and your friend observed.
Without additional information, we cannot offer an explanation
of the UFO you saw. However, if you will complete the attached
envelope, our technical
people at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will be able to investi-
gate further and make an evaluation.
Should you ever sight Should you ever sight another UFo, please report it as soon it as scon
as possible to the nearest Air Force base. as possible to the nearest Air Fore ce base, has a UFO
investigator, who is in a better investigator, who is a better position to make an on-the-spot
investigation which usually results investigation usually results in a more accura analysis. nalysis.
In the meantime, we are ding you some literature that may
help you identify your sight Thank you for reporting it to the
Air Force. Air Force.
Sincerely,
DAVID L. STILES
Lt Colonel, USAF
Chief, Civil Branch
Community Relations Division
Office of Information
Attachments
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROYAL
NUMBER 21-R253
AS POSSIBLE ENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER A TS RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR TS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
INVESTIGATOR FOR RDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433 AFR8O-T7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO TH DRM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY_ 23 MONTH Feb. YEAR 68
2. WHAT T E DID YOU FIRST 1 ENOMENON?
HOUR 7 MINuTes_ A.M. SP.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID LAST SIGHT THE PH ENOMENON?
7 MINUTES $6\$AA.M. DP.M.
HOUR
4. TIME ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
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 RECOGNIZASLE GANDMARK./
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spot. spot.
6. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A° ON THE CURVED LINE T TO SHOW FIS HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON, OR SXYLINE, WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B° ON THE SAME CURVEDLINE TO
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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SA. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS RGSE. 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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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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enought.
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9. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CAeRk (OPMOPTISL BOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION CF 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
basket-bake OTHER
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 OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMSS AND6
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
THES SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
HOW MUCH o HER H ER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? TRAFS FIC WAS THERE?
DIO YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF YES,"DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME NO. IF YES."DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENO WAS THE PHENOMENON M ENON IN SIGHT? IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN CERTAIN OF TIME OF TIME NOT VERY SURE VERY SURE
EiLmnia30 FAIRLY CERTAIN TAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED
WAS THE GHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? MYES 1NO. 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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TO. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENDN, HOW MANY WERE THERE? ORAN A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS APRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTINGI
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 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) Didnst MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
AFEW A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter) PARTIAL(New Or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES YES NO. IF "YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED IF "YES," WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Near nON) OVERHEAD (Nea nON)
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. STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. 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 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.
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CHANGE SHAPE7 --
FLASH OR FLICKERT
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
friend saw it
My
HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
what what time it aras arae
We left left to see
to tell each of thing thing was
and
sew.
B. THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF ANY TIME?
V YES NO. IF *YES,DESCRIBE.
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in
top of
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1S. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPZ OF THE PHENOMSNON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE AFPEAREO AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EARAUST ON VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
borighit
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real size
16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM*S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET
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. head.
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DID YOU O9TERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH AN UDE INFORNATION ON MODEL
FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APRLICABLE DATA.
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EVEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
TELESCOPE they
WINDSHIELD
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE wet
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES ONO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES NO
18 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE plurty.
PHENOMENON? PHENOMENON?
20. 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 YCU NOTED THE PHENOMENON.
WOULD SEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON O8JECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
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head.
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.
A. OID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUN OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES ENO.
IF YES." DESCRIBE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SINILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE YES ] NO. IF *YES.  GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.P~ LeJ T clouer
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23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES NO. IN"YES.DID THEY SE IF TOO?
EYES NO. Tuin-
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME FIRST
ADDRESS (Street, City, State gnd Zi
WanswilleI
TELEPHONEARAC AGE
14 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
23. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTEO THIS IOMENON
NAMSL DAY25 YEAR 68
23. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY 2MONTH MarCKYEAR68
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