PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1930 2 LOCATION
August 1968 Hopewell Junction, New York
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian INSUFFICIENT DATA
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Sighting not rep ported till December 1968.
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
45 Minutes
See Case Files
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Director 1-20
Ground-Visual
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9. PHYSICA 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE EVIDENCE
Yes Yes
EX No
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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.
NONE
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details tend to become too vague permit
a useful scientifi nvestigation.
Should you ever sight another UFo, please report it as sood as
possible to the nearest Air Force base. Each base in the United
States has a UFo investigator, who is in a better position to make
an on-the-spot investigation. This usuall more accurate
analysis.
the material on this subject that we are inclosing. In addition, you the material on this subject that inclosing. In addition, you
night wish to or Por 2Og a leaflet entitled Aids to Identification r 20g a leaflet entitled Aids to Identification
of Flying Objects from the Superintendent of Do Flying Objects the Superintendent of Documents, Government oeuments, Government
Frinting Office, Washington, D. C. 2o4se.
Sincerely,
JAMES H. AIKMAN
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Chief, Civil Branch Chief, Civil Branch
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL
NUMBER 21-R258
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
ANSWER AL UESTIONS THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RFSEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR NAME WILL NOT ED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OE YOUR STATEM ITS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISS
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION )
1. WHEN DID SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAraba't 11ith MONTH ugUs1 YEAR 19103
2. WHAT TIME D1D FIRST SIGH T H E PHENOMENON?
7 MINUTES 30 LAM. DofP.M.
HOUR
3 WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON7
HOUR 8 MINUTES 15 A.M. M.P.M.
4. TIME ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
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 STANOING 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.
NEAR POVGHK EPSIE.IN Tuve EAK
THE TACOMIC PKWY,
OWS
6. IMAGINE 6. IMAGINE YOU A=E AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE YOU A=E 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 3°ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW RIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. SHOW HOW RIGH 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
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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 SE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE
THELARGER SKETCH.
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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 OIRECTION HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTREAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6
DESCRISE 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 OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
DID YOUR NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF "YES," DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OFS SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
ONE 02 Two FLYING
riyine De moE vme,erTa?ie
TIME OF THE TIME OF SIGHT SIGHTING
9. . HOW LONG HOW LONG WAS THE THE PHENOMENON MENON IN IN SIGHT? SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
46min. TO WN Hove FAIRLY CERTAIN FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
CHGCKED CHSCKE By By WATCH WATCH
WAS THE WAS THER PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINJOUSLY? PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINJOUSLY? MYES MYES 1NO. NO. IF "NO, INDICATE WHETHER IF "NO. INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND 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
NIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTL Y 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 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? YES NO *YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Nea 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
STREETLAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
MHJOR sOURiE LIGHT LAS THE TWILIGHT SKY
12. GIVE A SRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLE OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SC RANSPARENT. WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEARED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT
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FLASH OR FLICKER7
DISAPIPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIXE A TOFI
MAKE A NOISET
FLUTTER OR NOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
Ojt med dofde flo ight. dofade flom ight.
B. DID THE 4 MO V E BEHIND FRONT OF SOM LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING A TREE. OR BUIL DING AT AT ANY TIME?
YES NO DESCRIBE. D -
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15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
16. 16. 'WHAT WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT. SUCH AS A STREET WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLO A MATCH AT ARM'S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT. SUCH AS A STREET
LAMP OP THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD LAMD OP THE MOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD
BEEN ASLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE
PHENGMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD.
U.F.O.
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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 BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOHPANE OTHER
A.DO YOU DRDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES MNO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YESN
1S WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCEUNKLOL
2O. IN OFDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A CC HON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON.
WOUL BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE. OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES NO. IF "YES,"DESCRIBE. IF "YES," DESCRIBE.
A. DIO THE NO V ENON DISTURE THE UNDORLEAVE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. C YES NO.
IF "YES" DESCRIBE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? SIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT TIME SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES NO. DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
ADDRESS State ard Zip
Bronk, N.4. 10410S
TeLEPHONEMArea code and number) AGE
16 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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NONE NONE
25. WHEN AND TO WHOH DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME USAF SAC -OKC DAY MONTH DEC1 YEAR 1963
26. DATE YOU COHPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY_19 MONTH Dec -YEAR 1968
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