PROJECT BLUE BOOK

8. PHOTOS COMMENTS
the time. ] the tlme. base Control Tower , Base Control Tower stated tbat bright atar or or1ght-t or
Y.s Yes planet was in the night sky in the general general bearing of the
No No Initially Arcturus Initially Arcturus was at approximately 17 approximately 17
9. PHYSIC IDENCE DENCE deg elevation, 281 deg elevation, 281 deg azimuth,at deg azimuth,a end of the sighting it of the sighting it
Y would have been would have been at about 3 deg elevation deg azimuth. deg azimuth.
XXNo Thus the first object was I Thus the first object was probable Aroturus and 'the second
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a. Base Control Tower personnel stated that a
bright star or planet was in the night sky in the
general bearing of the Kewanna, Ind).
b. b. Base RApCon (Radar RApCon (Radar Approach Control personnel
stated that there was a temperature inversion inversion
phenomenon noted on their radar noted on their radar scopes in scopes the direction.
of Kewanna during of Kewanna during the period the period of the the sighting and
may have been the may have been the source of the source of the appearance of reflected
lights.
c. No further investigation was made into this
sighting.
Omg1
OMA B. CARTWRIGHT, Lt Col, USAF
Chief, Intelli e Division
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THIS QUESTIONNAI
AS POSSIBLE CERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER ALL IESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR AME WILL NOT BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTT (TDETR), WRIGHT.
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, IAW AFR 8O-T7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVI OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY DRM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY14 MONTH St. YEAR 1948
2. WHAT TIME YoU PHENOMENON?
HOUR qiCU. MINUTES A.M. 24+M.
3. WHAT E DID L G H T IE PHENOMENON?
HOUR wOiGC MINUTES30 A.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 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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Soutt 5 46939 46939
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6. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH. PLACE AN 6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH. PLACE AN "A A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE N CURVED LINE TO SHOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B^ ON THE SAME CURVED LINE T
SHOW 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 TH
DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A *B° ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEN LASTSEEN.
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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 OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A° AND B° WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATC TF'E
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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OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
CC inn bask yud. OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANY TIME WHIL E 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 WEREIN 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 VOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? BTY ES 7 NO. IF YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIV: TO THE TIME NO. IF *YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIV TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON ANC WHERE SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON ANC WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENCN.
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9. HOW LONG WAS THE PH ENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
Dtina from FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUES
HOW WAS TIME DETER
Wetoheni Ms in pk sits the touar.
WAS THE PHENCMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLV? NC.IF NC INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON. AND DESCRIBE SUCH VEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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10. 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
V NIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET
COMPLETELY OVERCAST COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
HAZE OR SMOG NONE NONE OF OF THE ABOVE
C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT NO
A FEW A FEW MOON MOON WITH HALO WITH HALO UNKNOWN
L MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
HINKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. 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 (NeWr noor)
IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGI TS OR
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOP TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
12. GIVE A BRIEF CESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WNETHER IT
REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION CF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT. WHETHER EOGES 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 LICHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
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FLASH OR FLICKER? V
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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and lack u u at the
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A. HOW DISAPPEAR?
whin Blane flew se Buth of ther objieta.
8. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN BYES NO. IF *YES," DESCRIBE. FRON SOMETHI LIKE TREE, BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
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line, ond lene, ond thn retuenesd
to the .rigiele to the O rigriale βocitio~. βoition.
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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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beght beght
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and whil ond whe
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15. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM*S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP CR 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. Omenon would have Been Covered BY The matcn Head.
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21. DIO YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE. OR HEAT ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES NO. IF *YES," DESCRIBE. OR AN YOURSELF,
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND IF *YES," DESCRIBE. OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES BNO. BNO.
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. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHEMOMRNON BEFORE? YES NO. IF YESGIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITM YOU AT THE TIME SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF *YES. DID THEY SEE IT TOO
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
mr, Keunw
Mi.
mn. ENdeaia
mrs.
A/ss ane age's
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME
ADDREss (Street, City, State and Zip Code)
KewANNn,In KewANNI MINdiANA 46939 diANn46939
TELEPHONE (Area code and number) TELEPHONE (Area code and number) AGE
38 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING MAY BE PERTINENT.
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werking ot RCA Judesnia.
Both Both % ar a
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME Arison A.F. B. Anison A.E. B DAY 14 MCNTH St. DAY_14 MCNTH S YEAR 1968 YEAR .1968
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY24MONTH St YEAR 1968
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