DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7202734
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1968
REPORTED LOCATIONFolcroft Pennsylvania
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP LOCATION
August 68 Folcroft. Pennsylvania (2 Witna3sea)
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION ^
Civilian
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Observer stated in his first letter, that ho forwarded his lotter
See Case to NASA on 28 Aug 68(tharofora his sighting could not be 3l Auz 63
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS as indicated in his form il7.
See Case SEE CASE FILE SEE CASE FIE :
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visula
7. COURSE
See Case
8. PHOTOS
Yes
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9. PHYSICA EVIDENCE
Yes
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 43433
REPLY TO 15 0CT 1968
ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO)
- SUBJECT: UFC servation
TO:
Folcroft Pennsylvania 19032
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
you complete the attached AF Form ll7 and return i the self-
addressed envelope. Thank Thank reporting your obse reporting observation to ation to
the Air Force. the Air Force.
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Phenomena enomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Aerospace Technologies Division Division
Production Directorate
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AFR 80-17(C1)
PHENOMENA BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL
QUESTIONNAIRE 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 ALL THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR NA WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PERM FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT
PATTERSON
ATTACH SEOURELY TO TH FORM OR INOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
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1. WHEN DID YOU SEETHE PHENOMENON?
DAY. 51 MONTH YEAR. 68
2. WH FIRST SIGH T THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR 9 MINUTES 40 [A.M.
3. WHAT DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR 9 MINUTES [A.M. [H.M.
4. TIMD ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ]STANDARD
EASTEHN CENTRAL C1 MOUNTAIN PACIFIC OTHER
5.
A HAND DR AWN 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 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN YOU ARE AT POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN "A' ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE 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
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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7. IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN *A" AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A B AT THE
FOSITION 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 EE 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 AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WEREN 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 AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 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 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. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
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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. BKY B. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CIRRUs CLouDS (High fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
NIGHT bane) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTLY CLOU DY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET
COMPLETEL-OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
HAZE OR SMOG NONE OF THE ABOVE
C. IF THE SIGHTINS WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONS BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON I HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
O.IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. IF "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
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
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DISAPPEAP AND REAPPEAR?
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MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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A. HOW DID IT FINAL A. HOW DID IT FINALL DISAPPEAR?
B.DID TH = EXOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES TNO. IF YES," DESCRIBE.
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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.
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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.
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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 WINDOWOF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORCINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES LEHNO
18. WHAT AS VOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE
PHENOMENONI GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED_ PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCED
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WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OB.ECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
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RI.DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATINGFROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS S OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY: YES NO. IF *YES, DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENDVENON DISTURS THE GROU ND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF YES, DESCRIBE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? YES NO. IF *YES. GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION
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23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? M YES IF YES,' DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
M YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES ANO ADDRESSES
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MIDD
ADDRESS/
165 19032
AGE
ym 14 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDIT IONAL OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
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NAME DA 31 MONTH E YEAR 68
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY17 10 68
MONTH YEAR_
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