PROJECT BLUE BOOK

D A GROUP 2. LOCATION
K2302 BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK
3. SOUNCE 10. CONCLUSION
CIVILAAN INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATICN
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
EMO
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
THREE MINUTES The observer sighted an " blong object (?) that had a
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION dropping tail and lashing lights.
GROUND-VISUAL COMMENTS: The observer submitted his report on a AF Form
7. COURSE . COURSE him and SAFOICC apparently apparently
did not send it him, we hav e no idea how he got it.
ANW TO_NE ANW TO NE The report itself is somewhat confusing. A Form ll7 was A Form 1l7 was
8. PHOTOS sent to the listed witnesses to the sighting but none have
returned their forms as of 24 September l968. Because returned their forms as of 24 September 1968. Because
BY the submitted report is confusing and no witness would
9. confirm the sighting it is being carried as Insufficient
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Data.
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FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous aditions of this form may be used. Previous ditions of thi form ma used.

27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE, ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
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30Jul8
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT.PATTERSON FORCE BASE OHIO 45433
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO)
22 AUG 1968
SUBJECT:
TO:
and
New York 13903
Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project
Blue Bookas being a witness to an unidentified flying object.
If you were a witness to an UFO sighting on
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. The information which you provide will be used in .
evaluating this observation. Thank you for r assistance in this
matter.
FECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, KECTOR QUIN ANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial enomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division Division
Production Directorate Production Directorate 2 cy 2 cya

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHIO 43433
REPLY TO 22 AUG 1968
ATTN O7: TDPT (UFO)
SUBJCT 30 July 1968
TO:
New York 13903
Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project
Blue Bookas being a witness to an unidentified flying object.
If you were a witness to an UFO sighting on
would you please complete the attached AF Form 1l7 and 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
actached form. The information which you provide will be used in
evaluating this observation. Thank you for this
matter.
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial ienomena enomena Office Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate

SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIOMMAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL
NUMBER 21.R258
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER UESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE SED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
YOUR eONNreEOON
YOUR PE
PATTEPS (IF ADD!TIONAL SHEETS ARE NEE FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
i. WHE DIEYOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY Fa MONTH DUf YEAR 1918
2 WHA TIME 0I0 FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR1D MINUTESA XYP.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID Y oU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOURLD MiNUtes33A.M. Do.M.
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4 TIME TONE VDAYLIGHT SAVINGS Cs STANDARO
EASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACIFIC COTHER
5 WHEPE AERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON
A HANO CRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WEPE 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.
7
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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 HOR ZON, OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B^ B ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HO* HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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OBSERVER
AF FORM 117
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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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WNW ENE
WS'W 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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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 AS DRIVER aS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE AS PILOT 27 AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT CIPECTION WERE YOU HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEIST SOUTHEAST
NORTHYEST SOUTHWEST YeS NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YCU WERE IN AMD TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOHS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
NOW MUCH o T HER TRAFI FIC WAS THERE?
QID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? lYES 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?
LENGTH OF TIHE LENGTH OF - uE CERTAIN OF OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
Enites Unites FAIRLY CERTAIN FAIRLY CERTAIN SAA
JUST A GUESS
HOV WAS HON WAS TIME DETERMINED?- TIME DETERMINED?
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WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? WYES YES NO. IF NO," INOICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR NO. IF NO, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THS PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP. AND DESCRIBE SUCH HOVEMENT 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?
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Yet they changed
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 V bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
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 GWAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL(New or quarter)
O. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. 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
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
DISTA
STRe LAMP 15022st
12. GIVE A SRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARX OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, WHETH EREDGESWERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. TE COMPARISONS OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHEROB. FIELDOF VIEH.
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CHANGE BRIGHTNESST
CHANGE SHAPE-
FLASH OR FLICXER'
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEARI
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE ANOISET
FLUTTERCR-OBBLE
14. WHAT DPEU YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
star gaging
with tilescope
A. HOW DID IT FINALLYI A. HOW DIDIT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
aped aped up and soved ont obaight up and mored ont obaight
B.DIDTH E PHE HENON MOVE BEHIND OPIN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES 1F ES."DESCRIBE.
9t went lihind
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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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15. WHAT WAS T-E ANGULAR SIZE? WHAT WAS E ANGULAR SIZE! HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OSJECT, SUCH AS A STREET HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OSJECT, SUCH AS A STREET
LAMP OR THE WOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OSJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD = NOTEHOW 65 THE OAIECT IS COVEREDBY THEHEAD THE MATCH NOW
BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE
PHENCMENON YOL IAVE BE RED 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. .
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES SINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDDW OF EHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPAN: OTHER
A. DO YOU GRDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES B. DO YOU USE F READING GLASSES? YES NO
18. WHAT WA5 OUP IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE, 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENONT GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED 15 PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
DODTKAOV
2O. 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 SEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES DETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
flashing ligtt At the end git
21.DI0 YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE. OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF. EFFECT YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITYT VICINITY YES NO. IF *YES." DESCRIBE. IF *YES," DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHEY ENON OISTURB THE YES 2N0
IFYES, DESCRIBE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? YES YES," GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. HAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? NYES O NO. IF "YES.DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
12 YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR DRESSES
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
1 39
trea code and number) IGE
16 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
15
25. WH EN REPORT THAT YOU HAO SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
11 30
NAME DAY MONTH YEAR 1948
26. DATE LETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY5 MONTH
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