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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. D'TE ·TIME GROUP LOCATION
2130L 14
20 Aug 68 21/0130Z Cincinatti, Ohio
3. SQURCE 10. CONCLUSION '
Civilians INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one AF Form 117 not returned within 30 dava
5.LENGTH OF RVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
15 Minutes Observers form was not returned.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION :
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE 7. COURSE .
Not Reported
8. PHOTOS . PHOTOS
Yes
XXNo
9. PHYSICAL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. VIDENCE.
Yos .
No
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO TDPT (UFO) 11 8 SF* 00
ATTN OF:
SUBJECT: UFO Observation , 20 August 1968
TO:
Innati,Ohio 45212
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 it in the self-
addressed envelope. Than reporti your observation to
the Air Force. the Air Force.
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HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, HECTOR QUIN TANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aeria Chief, Aerial henomena Office Office AF Form 117 w/envelope AF Form 1l7 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate Production Directorate
see 16
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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
AS POSSIBLE CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER AL UESTIONS IE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR NAME WL ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISSION. AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433,IAW AFR 8O-[7, (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY 20 MONTH PUG YEAR 1968
2. WHAT TIME 3 U T THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR2130 MINUTES [.IA.M. 1CH.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES [A.M. P.M.
4. TIME ZONE 0 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS D] STANDARD
EASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACIFIC JOTHER
5. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY, GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON
A HAND D= 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.
IN
6 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 ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENCN WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO PHENOMENCN 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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AFR 80-17(C1)
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 CF 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
THELARGER SXETCH.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? ((heCK aPPTOPrintr 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 0 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 WERE 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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AFR 80-17(C1)
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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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 STARS (2) (2) MOON MOON
NONE NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter) PARTIAL (New or quarter)
O. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? O. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. NO. IF YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU 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. STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
STREET LDM C
12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK 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, 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
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
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FLASHOR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
still sisible Dill visible
8. DIOTHE P-ENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
DYES NO. IF'YES,"DESCRIBE.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
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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1G. 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 MOCN. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD
BEEN ABLE TO RERPORM 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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AFR 80-17(C1)
I7. 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 WINDON OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES IULNO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? LIYES INO
1B 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 OR DISTANCE
2O. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMON BJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON.
WOULD BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
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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.
A. DID THE PHENDMEN ON DISTURB YPHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF *YES. DESCRIBE.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
22.HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? ES NO ES. GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
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23.WASANYONE WITH YOU AT TIME YOU SAW THE YES DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
IYES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND AD
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAM
NRY. US2L 2
AGE
MALE FEMALE
INDICA INDICAT N INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
E COMMERCIAL E COMMERCIAL PILOT P1207 LICENE
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25. WHEN AND TO WHOM D: D YOU REPORT THAT YOU HADS SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME DAY_ MONTH - YEAR
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY MONTH YEAR
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