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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6890381
DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1968
REPORTED LOCATIONTarenton Pennsylvania
FRAMES13

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PROJEC: 1OOIS RECORD
1. DAE, THE GROUP LOCATION
c mar t 63 07/02302 Tarenton, Pennsyivania ( itnansea
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilien INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS No other similar reports were received frcm the area. The obseryer
did not give the did not give the name name of the witness. the witness. The observer was The O requeste
One to complete a ll7.but has not returne
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
. About 15 Minutes About 15 Minutes The observer stated The observer stated that he signted a blue mushr
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
hovered naar the observer for about 15 minutes. hovered naar the observer for about l5 minutes. The middle of The middle o
Ground-Visual it started spinning and it traveled out of sight. it started spinning and it traveled out of sight.
7. 7. COURSE
Not Reported
8. PHOTOS
Yes NOTE : 117 Reccved 3 JuLY 68. No nction cewsidened
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9. PHYSICAL IDENCE NecessAry AT This Time.
Yes
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FTC (TDE) Pravious editions of
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AWRT
AFR 80-17(CI)
22. HAVE YOU ZVER BEEN THIS OR A SINILAR PHEHOHEHON SEFOME7 CYES DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS AHYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIHE YOU SAW THE PHEHOMENON? YES NO.IF YES."DID THEY SEEIT TOD!
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMZS AMD ADDRESSES
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LASTNAME FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME
ADOEP
a.15084
TEaNSNE(Area code andnumber) AGE
14 14 MALE FEMALE FEMALE
INDICATRSOITIC INDICATCRE ORMATION INCLUOING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH NAY BE PERTINENT.
Attend West Deer High High study
greatly. greatly.
23. WHEN AHD TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAM DAY 7 MONTH MOnCHYEAR 1968
2S. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. AJul
OAr2 MONTH YEAR1968
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object moved
with tremendous speed.It stood in
mid for about 15 min.
Then the glow gnew more intence,
and with tremendous speed move
out out of sight o sight er the honizan. UN
over the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHTPATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO AS433
REPLY TO TDPT (UFO)
ATTN OF
4 APR 1969
SUBJECT UFO Observation , 6 March 1968
TO:
Tarent , Pennsylvania 15084
Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project
Blue Book as being a witness to an unidentified flying object.
If you were a witness to an UFO sighting on March 1968
would you please complete the attached AF Form return 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. attached Iorm. The inrormation wnicn you provide The information which you provide will be used in be used in
evaluating this observatio observation. Thank you nank you your assistance in this assistance in this
matter. matter.
HECTOR HECTOR QUIN NILLA, Jr, Major, USAF Major, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aeria enomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
ProductionI Production Directorate
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SURL
AFR 80-17(C1)
SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE SUDGET BUTEAU APPHOYAL
NUM3E1 21-233
AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER ALL O UESTIONS. USED FOR SEARCH PURPOSES.
YOUR NAME WILL NO NY OF YOUR STATEMI
YOUR PERMISSIGN. RET IR FORCE INVESTIGATOR FOR RDING TO (TDETR), WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433,IAW AFR 8O-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAr 6th MONTHMarCH YEAR 1968
2 WHAT DID FIRST SIGH 7 PH ENOMENON?
HOUR 9 MINUTES 15A.M. WP.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID YOU L AST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
9 MINUTES. 30 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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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 ASOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
SA. 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 INOICATE THE DIRECTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN.
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NNW NNE
NW NE
WNW ENE
B-OW
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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AFR 80-17(CI)
3. WHERE WERE YOU WHSN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? blocks
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER P AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELO
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 YOU HOW FAST WERE MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DIO YOU STOP ANYTIME WHIL E OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST CjYES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR R SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6.
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 HOW MUCH TRAFFIC WAS THERE? FIC WAS THERE?
not not much
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? D 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. 9. HOW LONG WAS THE WAS T H E PHENOMENON PH ENO ME N ON IN SIGHT? SIGHT7
LENGTH LENGTH OF TIME TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
15 minutes FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINEO?
wristwatch
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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AFR 80-17(CI)
O. IF THERE WZRE WORE THAN ONZ PHENOMENON, HOW HANY WERE THEPE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGEO. DID THIS ARRANGZMENY CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING!
only one
11 CONOiTiONs(Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY 3. WEATHER
OAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (LOW fluffY) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CIRaUS CLOUDS (High fleccY or Herring HEAVY RAIN
HIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) MAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMAUS 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?
11) STARS (2) MOON
NOME BRIGHT NOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
AFEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUOS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? NO. IF 'YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT 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, HEADLIGHTS OR
STREET LANP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY OISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
.
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GIVE OFF SMOXE?
CHANGE BRIGHTNESS?
CHANGE SHAPE?
FLASH OR FLICKERT
DISAPP EAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WO9BLE?
14. WHAT THE PHENOMENON?
It's huge add shape,and
the the bright blve
colon it emitted
A. HOW DID IT A. HOW DID ALLY DISAPPEAR?
It hovered for about It hovened for about
15 min. and took off$
at a tremen speed -
B3. DIO 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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AFR 80-17(C1)
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
mughraam color of the
shaped object was blve
no no exhaust exhaust
or vapor tpaiis or vapor traiis
what So ever ever
16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? LAMP OR THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OSJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET
PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE
obout one fourth
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COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW. obiect I of that
made
would come the clocest in
with this the
the objet the objet motia for
way
15 minutes, 15 minutes.
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21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES EFFECT ON YOURSELF.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND IF*YES.-DESCRIBE. ORLEAVE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. CIYES VNO.
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