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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7202467
DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1968
REPORTED LOCATIONKETTERING OHIO
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3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
CIVILIAN INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
ONE
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
minutes the Duty Officer that he had
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION sighted uzzy edges.
GROUND-VISUAL COMMENTS: The observer was requested to complete a Form 117
7. COURSE 7. COURSE but has not returned it as of 5 es0u2bcp0. 5 Sep 68. The sighting The sighting
could be of a satellite or an aircraft. (Note: There was
an aircraft with a battlefield illum. lighting system in
8. PHOTOS the Dayton area in latter July). Because the observer did the Dayton area in latter July). Because the observer did
not return his Form ll7 the sighting is being evaluated
D Yos 0 Yos as Insufficient Data. .
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9. PHYSICAL PHYSIC EVIDENCE DENCE
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FTD FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previoua editions of thia form may bo used, Previoua editions bo uned,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
TTERSON OHIO 45433
5 AUG 1963
REPLY TO TDPT (UFO)
ATTN OF
SUBJECT UFO
TO:
Kettering, Ohio 45429
Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
you reported to the Air Force. The information which we have
received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request
addressed envelope. Thank reporting your obsery ation to
the Air Force.
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, LLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aeria Chief, Aeri nenomena enomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
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AFR 80-17(C1)
SIGHTING PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL
NUMBER 21-R258
THS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
ANSWER AL
YOUR
(TDETR), WRIGHT-
PATTERSO
ATTACH SE OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN SEE PHENOMENON? Juc
DAYZ9 MONTH YEAR 1268
2. WHAT D SIG H T PHENOMENON?
HOUR 10 MINUTES 15 CIA.M. LXP.M.
3 WHAT TIME DID YOU AST SIGHT THE PHEN OMENON? 1 7
HOUR 10 MINUTES A.M. XP.M.
4. TIME ZONE XDAYLIGHT SAVINGS ]STANDARD
EASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACIFIC JOTHER
5
A HAND SRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE
HIGHAAY YOU WERE ON OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK
Kittering,0
6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A' ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE 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 PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHON HO* HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. SHON 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
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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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 SHCW 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(C1)
8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Check appropriate btocks.)
X OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING X IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE FI 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 YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE
PHENOMENON?
NOPTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHHEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHERS SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6.
DESCRIBE TVPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDONS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
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. 9. HOWLONG WAS WAS THE PHENOMENON PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH LENG OF c F TIME T 1 CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY NOT VERY SURE
$1\frac {  }$ $1\frac{ 2 }$ minutos minutes
FAIRLY CERTAIN FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS JUST A GUESS
HOW HOW WAS WAS TIME DETERMINED?, DETERMINED?,.
at
WAS THE WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? X 24 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. AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES
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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?
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
X NIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
X CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTL 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 STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT X NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
X MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
. O. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. IF "YES." WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (New noon)
IN SACK OF IN SACK OF YOU 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. STREET LAMP. ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
12. GIVE A ERIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
PEFLECTEO LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR APPEAREO AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OEJECTIN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
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AFR 8017(C1)
13. DID THE PHENOMENON YES NO UNKNOWN
MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? X
STAND STILL AT ANYTIME? X
SUDDENL J. SP EED UP AND RUN AWAY? X
1
BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? +
CHANGE COLOR'
GIVE OFF SMOKE?
CHANGE BRIGHTNESSY F xxxxx>
CHANGE BHAPET
FLASH = LICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? x
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE? xxx
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14.WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
Occidental.
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? DISAPPEAR?
B.DID TWE 3. DID THE a ENOMENON ENON MOVE BEHIND MOVE BEHIND ORIN OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES NO. IF *YES," DESCRIBE.
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17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION MODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDONR -NE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES 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)
PHENOHENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
20 IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMCN OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON,
WOULD EEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
21.DID YOU 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT YOURSELF, OURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES NO. [NO. IF "YES," DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE P-ENGMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. C YES XNO.
IF "YES,* DESCHISE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? YES NO. IF YES,"GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES NO. IF YES. DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFOI RMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME. FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME
4543
ADDRESS(SH
C ,0110
TELEPHORN AGE
(513) 39 FEMALE
IND! FORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DIO YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
29 MONTH July YEAR 196d
NAM DAY_
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY. MONTH YEAR
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