DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6890360
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1968
REPORTED LOCATIONNear CENTERVILLE OHIO
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
IME GROUP 2. LOCATION
t Mal 07/01302 NeAr CLNTEWILLE, OHIC (M_--
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3. SOUNCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Possible Astro (STARs/PLANETS)
4. NUMBER U- OBJECYS It seems very iikeiy tnat
One sta.  planet.
5 ENGTH OF OSSERVATION !11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
, ROurS Phe observer was driving east The observer was iriving east wher e sighted an object .het
had a very bright white light in tne center and a smallar had a very bright white light in the center and a smalla:
;'re OF OBSERVATION iights on each siae were "scmetimes red like". Ater sevs Ater ses
J.una-Visual Juna-Visual hours it grew dim and faided out of sight. hours it grew dim and raided out of sight.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON HODEL.
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? C YES NO 3 DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? TYES NO
18 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENQMENONL GIVE ESTIMAIE OF SPEED PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCESZML
20 IN ORDER/THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTJRE 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. DESCRISE 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? YES NO. IF *YES.*DESCRIBE.
YES NO.
IF"YES,"DESCRIBE.
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APR 80-17(C1)
MAAVSCENY
22. MAVE YOU EVER SEEN THI3 OR A SIMILAR PHEHOMENON BEPORM? I7 YZS,"GIVE DATE AHD
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHZNOMENON? NO. IF #YES." DID THEY SEE TOO?
CRYES CNO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND AODR
2A. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME. FIRST NAM
ADORESS
VALLEY C
TELE AGE
74 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIC INDICATE ADDIT FORMATION_INCLUDING FORMATION_INCLUDIN AND ANY EXPEAIENCE EXPEAI WHICH WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. BE PERTINENT.
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25. IHEN AND TO WH OM OID ou REPOR THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENONENONY
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NAME DAY MONTH YEAR 1968
28. DATE YOJ COMPLETEO THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY MONTH_ YEAR 968
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information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have obsarved.
Please try to answer y questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will
be used for research purposes. Your name will not be used in connection with any statements,
conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this parsonal information so
that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.
1.When did you see the object? C 15.
Hour Minutes
(Circle One): A.M. or P.M.
Day Month Year
3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): (Circle One): Eastern (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving
b. Central b. Standard
c. Mountain Mountain
d. Pacific
e. e. Other
4. Where were you when you saw the object? 4. Where were you when you saw the object?
SRnVNi
Nearest Postal Address City or Town State or County
sight (Tota! Duration) /
Hours Minutes Seconds
X Certain S714 2 SEE IT
c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess 2205
5.1 How was time in sight determined?
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? Yes No
DAY NIGHT
a. Bright X Bright
b. Cloudy
IF you saw the abject during DAYLIGH T, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object?
(Circle One): In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
c. To your right f. Don't remember
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8. IF you saw the objecr at N!GHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?
8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None a. Bright moonlight
K. A few Duil moonlight
c. Many x. No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remember d. Don't remember
9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One):
X: Clear sky A. Dry
b. Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scattered clouds Moderate or heavy rain
d. Thick or heavy clouds Thick or heavy clouds d. d. Snow Snow
. e. Don't remember
10. The object appeared: (Circle One):
Solid As a light
b. Transparent e. Don't remember e. Don't remember
c. Vapor Vapor
11. If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? (Circle One):
X Brighter c. About the same
b. Dimmer d. Don't know
1l.1 Compare brightness to some common object:
RITPEMEI RRigiFT igHT (Dit GLeR
12. The edges of the object were:
(Circle One): Fuzzy or blurred e.
b. Like a bright star
Sharply outlined
d. Don't remember
-
.Did the object: (Circle One for eoch question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes No Don't know
b, Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes No Don't know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes iNo Don't know
d. Give off smoke? Yes (No Don't know
e. Change brightness? tYes No Don't know
f. Change shape? Yes UNO Don't know
g. Flash or flicker? Yes No Don't know
h. Disappear and reappear? es No Don't know
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15. Did the obiect mova behind something at any time, porticularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
l6. Did the obiect move in front of something at anv time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes 4NO Don't Know. IF you onswered YEs, then tell what
in front of;
17. Tell in a few words the following things about the object:
a.sound b feied gee din  a ilree
b. ColorLDnngE- yE2c05
18. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known abject and note how
much of the obiect is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of the
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1. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your sketch any details
of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails.
Place an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.
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22. Where were you located when you saw the object? Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
In the business section of a city?
dInside a building b. In the residential section of a city?
U8. In a car In open countryside?
c, Qutdocrs d. Near an airfield?
d. In an airplane (type) e. Flying over a city?
e. At sea f.
f. Other g. Other
24. 1 IF you ware MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions:
24.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One) S
c. North 2. East e. South g. Wast
. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fast were you moving? ef 5 miles per hour.
Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yes No f. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshield Yes g. Theodolite Yes No
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other yei of CNE
26. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, dascribe in your own words a common
ance as the object which you saw.
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show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it. Place an "A" on the composs
when you first saw it. Place a "B" on the compass where you last saw the object.
90° 73°
60°
NW N3
30 6
15 A 35
S
28. Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an "A" at the beginning of the
path, a "B" at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course. path, a "B" at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during ths course.
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29. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? 10-20
Draw a picture of he
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30. Have you aver saen this, or a similor abject before. If an give dots or dulas dnd locntion.
31. Was anyone alse with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) Yor No
Y$ No
31.2 Plaase listtheir names and addresses:
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son
32. Please give the following 32. Please giv following information about yoursalf:
NAME
Firat Name Firxt Name Middie Name Middia Name
ADDRESS Srlag rricif. SRing Kricif OA10 OH10
Street Street City Zone State
ffautf auTef
TELEPHONE NUMB TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE 1Z SEX
no.
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33. When and to whom did you report that you had seen the object?
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Day Month Yoar
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quastionnairs or a narrative explanation of your sighting.
PRETTY
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION 1 (AFSC) C
WRIGHT. ERSOI
RXPLY TO MAR 13 1968
ATTN O: TDPT/UFO
SUBJICT UFO vation, March 1968
TO:
Spring Valley, Ohio 45370
Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
you reported to the Air Force. T The information which we have
received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request
you complete the attached AF Form ll7 and return it in the self-
addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to
the Air the Force. ce
AMES C. MANATT, ColOnel, USAF 1 Atch
Director of oduction AF Form 117
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1. WHEN DID YOU SS E HE PHENOMENON?
MONTHHARCEL YEAR/968
2 WH AT DID YOU FIRST SIGH T E PHENOMENON7
8 MINUTES. 30 A.M. DCP.M.
WHAT TIME DID ou LAST SIGHT THE PH ENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES A.M. AP.M.
4. TIME ZONE C 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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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 3ON THE SAME CURVEO LINE TO
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN ASP SEEN.
FIRST
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BA. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE ATTHI CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN *A* OM THE CONPASS TO INDICATE THE
DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A *G° OH THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN.
FIRST
1
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NW NE
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WNW ENE
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WSW ESE
SE
SSW SSE
7 IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN *A° AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A S° AT THE
POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE A^ AND *B WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE
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8 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCK GPPTOPRIGTP blOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER M AS PASSENGER X IN OPEN COUNTRYSIOE
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. COMPLETETHE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH X EAST Ani
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST XYYES ONO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS S. AND6
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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.
H OW MU CH OT HE R TRAF ERET
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DID 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.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE PH ENO MENON IN SIGHT?
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AFR 80-17(CI)
O IF THERE WERE HORE THAN ONE PHENOMENOM. HOW HANY WERZ THERET CRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CNANGE DUPING THE SIGHTING!
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CONDITIONS (Check appropriate blocks.)
SKY a. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS(LOW MlIffY) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CiaRus CLouDs(High Neecy or Hercing- HEAVY RAIN
MIGHT bane) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (RaIN) HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUNULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET
COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
HAZE DR SMOG NONE OF THE ABOVE
IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT T TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DIO YOU NO TICE ASOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
STARS (2) MOON
NONE X 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 WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? THE PHENOMENON?
IN FPONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Near nOOn)
IN BACX OF YOU TO YOUP LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE NAJOR 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 IMPPESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLID CR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. OESCRIBE 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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DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
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B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT SOMET THING, LIKE CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
D YES NO. IF *YES," DESCRIBE.
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13. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMZNON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, ANO 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 OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET
LAMP OR THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OSJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAO 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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22. MAVE YOU EVER DEEN TNI3 OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BZPCZNT YK3 GIVE DATE AHD
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH AT THE TINZ YOU SAW OMZNON? YES NO. IF YES." DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
CRYEs NO.
A. LIST TMEIR NANES AND
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST MAME. MIDDLE NAME
ADDRESS (Spreet, City State and Zip
TELEPHONE AGE
48 MALE FEMALE FEMALE
GICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATIO YCATE ADDITIONAL INFORMA N UDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIZNCE WMICH MAY OCCUP AND ANY EXPERIZNCE WMICH MAY BE PERTINENT. BE PERTINENT.
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25. WHEN AHD TO WHOM DID REPORT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHEMDMENON?
2 YEAR
NAME DAY MONTH
25 TE YOU CONPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
OAY MONTH YEAR
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