PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE·TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
24/2400
24 June 68 25/05002 Davenport, Iowa
3. SOURCE 1. CONCLUSION .
Civilian Visual: Other (HOAX)
1. NUIMBER OF OBJECTS Photo: Other (SMALL MAN OBJECT)
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5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
15 - 30 Minutes The observer sighted and photographed a U UFO (See Photo). The
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION observe dog howled.
Ground-Visual CCMMENTS:
7. COURSE objects for 15-30 minutes there are no other observers. T The
photos do not appear to have been taken at night. The observer
W-E has a sighting for 3 Mar 68 and one for 4 Nov 67.
8. PHOTOS
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2. PHYSIC PHYSICA IDENCZ DENCZ
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1O. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING? oe ditts
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11. CONDITIONS (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. 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) MOON
NONE oe Casit 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? D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. IF *YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE THE PHENOMENON? PHENOMENON? was at migt miget
IN FRONT OF YOU FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Near noon) OVERHEAD (Nea noon)
IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLI SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR GHTS OR
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION. SPECIFYI 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 APPEAREO DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INOICATING WHETHER IT APPEAREO DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLECTEO LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER REFLECTEO LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EOGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT. WHETHER EOGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INOICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR APPEAREO ASAPOINTOELIGHT. INOICATE COMPARISONSWITHOTHERORSERVED ORIECTS IKESTARS
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELO OF VIEW.
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FLASH OR FLICKER? 5
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
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MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER ROR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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9. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
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15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND 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.
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16. WHAT WAS THE AMGULAP 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 CBJECT 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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17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE. FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. aoad
EYEGLASSES X CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
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20. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WOROS
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 AW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
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21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY THE PHENOMENON OR A N EFFECT ON YOURSELF. OURSELF.
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES NO. 1F YES." DESCRIBE.
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A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF"YES," DESCRIBE.
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23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES M NO. IF "YES," DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
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A. LIST THEIR RNAMES AND ADDRESSES
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FO RMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME
Koehnke, Gordon
ADDREss (Street, City, State and Zip Code)
2514 East Central Park, Davenport, Iowa, 52803
TELEPHONE(Area code and number) AGE
355-7417 18 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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2S. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
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26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. 77/3163
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Reference your recent telegram of 25 June l968 in which you reported
inrormation on your sighting and Polaroid Photographs
are needed to perrorm a scientific investigation. Request you complete.
the attached photographie data sheet and AF Form Il7 and return them
with your original Polaroid photographs. Upon completion of analysis
we will return yo ctures along with our findings.
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FECTOR QUIN' LLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 2 Atch
Chief, Aerial enomena Office 1. AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace-Technolcgies Division 2. Photo Data Sheet
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TDPT (UFO) Lt Col Quintanilla/709l6/ber/19 Sep 68
UFO Observation, 24 June 1968
Davenport, Jowa 52803
We feel that your sighting of 24 June 19é8 is a hoax and your
photo is of a small man-made object.
2. Inclosed are your original poloroid photos and also your set
of prints.
PM E BDI ) O HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt ColOnel, USAY 2 Atch
Chier, Aerial Phenomena Office 1. Orig poloroid pheto (bs)
Aerospace Technologies Division 2. Prints
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YOUR PERMISSIGN. BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR (TDETR), WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, IAW AFR 80-17. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR N ME FOR IDENTIFICATION.) in..
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY_ MONTH7/2-4YEAR 295ρ
2. WH AT DID FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON ?
HOUR MINUTES P.M.
3. WH T E D SIGH THE PH ENOM ENON?
1 HOUR 12 MINUTES 15 A.M. P.M.
4. TIME/ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD in Ioch
EASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACIFIC OTHER Gonuoos
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 ANO 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 SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A  ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A THE HORIZON OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACEAB B* ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
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6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE ATTHE 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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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 SE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE
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8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Check appropriate blocks.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR O AS DRIVER □ AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE O AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
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A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE. COMPLI ETE 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 AF CHES IN ITEMS 5AND 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 CON TOP UP OR DOWN.
HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
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. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENG CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
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