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RECA Possible (HOT AIR BALLOON)
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sccends stcoads Observer saw bright bright orange cigar orange cigar shapod objoet for 60 Por 60 coconds coconds
.. TPE OF OLSERVATION THPE OF OLGERVATION approx 4o dog above tho horizon and disappoar approx 40 dog above tho horizon CPrOM 15 to 02p:0m 15 to
20 dog above tha horizon. above tha horizon, Object disappeared very Object disappeared very suddonly. suddonly.
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET SUREAU APPROVAL
NUNBER 21.2138
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
ANSWER YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
YOU! WILL NY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISSIGN. RETI
PATTERSON AFB,OHI0 45433, AW AFR8O-17. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDE FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO TH ORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY4 MONTH YEAR
2. WHAT TIME E DID YOU HE PHENOMENON?
HOUR ? MINUTES A.M. P.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID AST SIGHT THE PH ENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES 51 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.
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TOBECO TOBECO BAY BAY
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KUARNEY KINARNEY PARK PARK
ROAD
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 "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
OIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A *E* ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN.
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NNW NNE
NW NE
WNW ENE
WSW ESE
SW SE
sSW SSE
7. IN THE SKETCH SELOW, 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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e. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (ChECK aPPTOPRiaLe bloCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION CF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER C 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, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? I 4 HOW FAST
NORTH EAST 1 WASN
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 5 AND S.
NO
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOYS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
IWAS INNONE IWAs INNONE
HOW HOW MUCH MUCH OTHER o THER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
NONE
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES M NO. NO. IF YES, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME YESDESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO WERE IN THE SXY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
ININUTE FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
COUNTING IIHCUSAND CNE 11115AnD7140 ETC.
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 WERS MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
11. CONDiTioNs(Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SXY a. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (L.OW flUffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CiRrus CLouDS (High fleccy or Herring HEAVY RAIN
NIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUNULONIMBUS 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 OID YOU NOTICE ASOUT 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)
O. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Ned 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. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
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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 SOLIO OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRISE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEAREO AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVEO OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
The ofject os
colitd The colges
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CHANGE BRIGHTNESS?
CHANGE SHAPE?
FLASH OR FLICKERI
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR!
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE ANOISET
FLUTTEROR WOEBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
Very suddenly Very sudenly
9. OID 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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IS. ORAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON INCLUDE ANC LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE APPEAREO AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
(ENL1RCEO)
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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 PERFORN 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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17. DID YOU OBSERVS THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL.
TYRE. EILTER, LENS PRECCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EVEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDON OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSEST GiNO
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEEO OF THE 19 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED SSIME FHOTR PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
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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.
It looked lcke a shghty tpped
iling
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lentral bulge
2I. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? n YES X NO. IF"YES.DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF *YES."DESCRIBE.
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121 HAVE YOU EVER SEEN TMIS OR A SIMILAR PHEMOMEHON BEFORET YES NO. IF "YES, DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES NO. IF DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Michigan 48 7 0 6
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME
ADDRESS(SueEt, City State and Zip Code)
TELEPHONE(Area code and numI AGE
13 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDINIG OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORM. ATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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astrono astrono 20 astro astro- photography photography
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25. WHEH ANO TO WHOM OIO YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME Prrect BiueBrrp 5 MONTH_
DAY
23.DATEY YOU COMPLETEO THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY MONTH YEAR
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ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
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IMotl:
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT DASE OH10 43433
REPLY TO TDPT (UFO)
ATTN OF 22 MAR 223
SUBJECT UFO Observation March 4, 1960
TO1 Mrs
Bay City, Michigan 48.706
Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project
Blue Bookas being a vitness to an unidentified flying object.
If you were a witness to an UFo sighting on March_4, 1968
would you please complete the attached AF Form ll7 end return i it
in the 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 The information which you provide will be used in provide l be used in
evaluating this evaluating this observation obser , Thank you fo Thank you your assistance in ir ass ance in this
matter.
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, QUINTAN NILLA, Jr, Major, USAF Major, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aeria nenomena enomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate Production Directorate

TDPIR/Lt Col Smith
Request surface wind direction and velocity
for Bay City, Michigan, 4 March 1968,
2100 hours.
TDPTM (UFO) Lt Marano 21 Mar 68
70916

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL ARPLICATIONS CENTER (MAC)
BLDG 159 NAV ARD ANNEX, WASHINGTON, DC 20333
REPL ATTN OF: Y TO ETAC/EAD (#5992D/SSgt Dunham) 16 Apr 68
SUBJECT: Request eather Data
TO: FTD (TDPTR4)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
1. Requested upper-air weather data required to complete the evaluation
of a reported UFO sighting at GlasgowiAFB,Montane, are attached. Surface
data for this sighting and the e sightings at Newark, Ohio, and Bay City,
Michigan, are listed below.
a. Glasgow AFB, Montana - 24 Fc 0600z:
CLEAR 20 341/-9/-20/1008/XXX CLEAR 20 341/-9/-20/1008/XXX
· b. Newark, Ohio - 14 Mar 68 - 1900L: b. Newark, Ohio - 14 Mar 68 - 1900L:
Surface Wind 140 degrees at 7 knots.
c. Bay City, Michigan - 4 Mar 68 - 2100L: c. - 2100L: S
Surface Wind 330 dogrees at 5 knots. Sunfac
2. Data sources were ETAC surfac and upper-air history files. Extraction
or evaluation of requi lata were uate al7 htings.
FOR COMMANDER
h.Mahe
- JOHN T. MoCABE, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Environme Applications Div. 2 Upper-Air Data Sheets
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TDPT (UFO) MaH Quintanilla/70916/mhs/21 Mar 68 82MAR1963
tion, March 4, 1963
Bay City Police Department
Bay City, Michigan 48706
L. The Aerial Phenomena Office is in receipt of an unidentified
flying object ( om Bay City, Michigan, which occurred
on March 4, 1 pm EST.
2. The observer sighted a golden-orange object that was similar in
appearance to cigar.
3. Did you receive any reports of unusual objects for this date?
We would appreciate your comments as to a possible cause for this
sighting.
4. Thank you for your assistance on this matter.
ECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, MajOr, USAF
Zhief, Aerial P enomena Office
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate

flying object (u rom Bay City, Michigan, which occurred
on March 4, EST.
2. The observer sighted was
a fat clgar
3. Did you receive any reports any reports asual ob,jects ob,jects for this date? for this date?
We would ap your comments as to a possible possible cause for this for this
sighting. sighting.
4. Thank VOU your assistance matter.
HECTOR ZUTI Major, USAF Major, USAF
Chief, Kerial Phenomena henomena Office
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
3-26-68:
We have had around
Bay City,
R.J. Nash,
Deputy Chier of Police.
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technical Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will be able
to investigate fu ner and make an evaluation.
Should you ever sight another UFO, please report it as soon
investigator, who is in a better position to make an investigator, who is a better to make on-the-spot on-the-spot
investigatio a more accurate analysis. nalysis.
In the meantime, we are sending you some literature that may
help you iden help you identify the ify the sighting. Thank you fo: Thank you f it to the
Air Force.
Sincerely, Sincerely,
DAVID L. STILES
Lt Colonel, USAF
Chief, Civil Eranch
Community Relations Division
Office of Information
Attachments
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Coord Cy - SAF-OIC
Bay City, Michigan 48706 Cmbk Cy - SAF-OIC
Activity Cy SAF-OIC
Reader Cy - SAF-QIC
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The duratio that saw it was about 60
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just about the where
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and 4 43042 north latitude. The objact was cigar-
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