DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6887999
DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1968
REPORTED LOCATIONHavertown Penna
FRAMES12
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11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
10 Minutes The observer sighted a red and white blinking light in the
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION sky. He didn't
would have a more definite outline. The observer said thar
Ground-Visual before the object disappeared he saw a burst of fire from the
7. COURSE rear.
N - NNE N- NNE COMMENTS: The red and white blinking lights certainly sound The red and white blinking lights certainly sound 1il 1il
an tircreft observation. However, the fire comit an eircreft observation. However, the fire comit
8. PHOTOS from the rear sound some-what like a hot air ballsv. from the rear sound some-what like a hot air ballsv..
O Yes O Yes The observer is only lo years The observer is only lo years old and isn't sure or
XXNo X0XNo the date of the observation. the date of the observation. For this reason the xx
9. 9. PHYSICA PHYSICAL LEVIDENCE EVIDENCE sighting is being filed as INSUFFICIENT DATA.
Y.s .
XXxNo XxNo
FORH FORH
FTD S1P43 0-329 (TDE S1P 63 0-329 (TD Prevlous edittons of thie form may be ce-d. Provlous edittons of thi form may bo weed.
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27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
CNLY That whea it left,it lest with 2 bunst
es tie Grem it's reat,
hope I 4ive enugh information. H4 wasthe
bestto my ablity.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO 45433
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO)
SUBJECT: UFO Observation 1963
JUL 2
TO:
Havertown Pennsylvania 19083
Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request
you complete the attached AF Form ll7 and return it in the self-
addressed envelope. addresse envelope Thank i Ior reporting J reportin your obser oservatlon to ation to
the Air Force. the Air rce.
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office AF Form 1l7 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate Production Directorate
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finnlly left
my vision.
Would like to know if
(or thing). I am only & 10,but I (or thing). I am only & 10,but what
a nswer my baffling baffling soon soon
Sincerely, Sincerely,
Delet Dlet
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUZEAU APPROVAL
NUMBER 21-R233
THIS QUESTIC RE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBL
ANSWER U GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
YOU LUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISSIGN. RE FOR INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO TD (TDETR). WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433. ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO TH RMOR ANN WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY((ARSUT) -MONTH IUNE YEAR 19108
2. WH A T E DID YOU SIGH P NOMENON?
HOUR 10:MINUTES A.M. P.M.
3. WHAT T DID Y O S! G H T E D EN OMENON?
HOUR 1O:CMINUTES 15 A.M. P.M.
4. TIME ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
4 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 IMACINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A" ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE ARE ATTHE POINT SHOWN IN SKEICH. PLACE ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOY
PHENOMENON WAS AROVE 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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AF FORM 117
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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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NNW NNE
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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a WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCK GPPrOPTIaLC blOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING X IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER 7 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 HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANY IME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6. E
DESCRISE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WEREIN 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 OTHER TRAFFIC TRAF FIC WAS WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES Y ES 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 OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG HOW LONG WAS THE PH ENOMENON ENOM ENON IN SIGHT? SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME TIME CERTAIN OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME x NOT VERY SURE VERY SURE
0mnutes FAIRLY FAIRLY CERTAIN CERTAIN JUST A GUESS JUST GUESS
HOW WAS TIME OETERMINEO?
I'n POT : 7 1 e miaotes
SE I0
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES IF NO. INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEMAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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O. IF THZRE WERE MORE THAN CNE PHENOMENON. HOW HANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGZMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
11. CONOiTiONs(Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY a. 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 SHOG 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) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
AFEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTIMG WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. IF WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENONT
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Near nOON)
IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFV THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING C THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION. SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
2. GIVE AGRITE DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENCMENCN, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
PEFLECTED LIGHT O WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICEO. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLID CR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OGSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OSJECT IN VOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
this phendenon sppecred bright ct sies
and torvve took nere Soim boi still hodl
Suzzy edqes. I noticed lsts at Siteslies. bUT it couldat have
beea theet beccuse :t 10s white andi red. locked Sarly
solied.
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CHANGE SHAPE?
FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP? 2
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
locking ct the stars and roticed n red +
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white the staus,
ject mosing quickly ameng
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A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
IT speeded up + disappeared ina disoppeared ina
w seeands scands
9. DID TME ANY TIME?
YES NO. IF *YES,* DESCRIBE.
It clashed ,
behind a tee sor csew
seconds thea
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1S. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMZNON. INCLUOK AND LAREL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS. AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TMAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
UMDECDED ABOUT 5HAPE
GAAUTE THEFOWES
WtRE NOT SHARP.
Rel
1gh
AFUSH APPLARLD APPL/RVP
WEN I WEN I ASSI D ISMFPEADEP W4SSI ISMfPEAPEP
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 BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. have coscered
empletely.
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( 17. DID YOU CBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE 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? YES NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YESNO
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE IVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE OLLS.
GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED 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 YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON.
WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
! would
at night. I- had tho sume .oler lights , brta plane
prcbably have Ce more desinite oulline. it didnt
Sa tal oct. protruding srom it either.
any wI 9 S .
It' could It could wiso have heek heek similar similar to a Siretly t Siretly at
night , but night , bur sireties dout wave reu knoW kNow
lights to my lights to my
leage.
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21.DI0 YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR.NOISE, OR MEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? 0 YES NO. IF "YES,"DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PMENOMENON OISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCC. YES NO.
JF "YES," DESCRIBE.
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22. HAVE YOU ZVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHZNOMEHON SEPORX? YE3 NO.P DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU THE TIME SAW PHENONENON? YES HO DIO THEY SEE TOO?
CYes NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADCRESSES
(mysister)
HacertouniPA.
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST MAME MIODLE NAME
ADDRESS (Sueet, City, State and Zip Code)
1.urtutBA(ans3
TELEPHONE (Area code and number) AGE
10 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIZNCE WHICH MAY INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WMICH MAY BE PERTINENT. BE PERTINENT.
25. WHEN ANO TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME Mete Olesei DAY14 MONTH1 YEAR 1968
26. DATE YOU COMPLETEO THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY MONTH TL YEAR
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