DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9678290
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1968
REPORTED LOCATIONMilford Ohio
FRAMES10
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
I. DATE - TIME GROUP .LOCATION
14/211
11. October 11. Oct. 196 15/0113z 7011 52 Milfori, Ohio
. SOURCE 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
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A. 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS and hand report given to FTD Duty Officer. Observer recuest Observer rec4e
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5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
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6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Gromnd-visual
7. COURSE
8. PHOTOS
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9. PHY ENCE
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADOUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE OHI0 43433
REPLY TO TDPT (UFO)
ATTN OF:
SUBJECT UFO Observation 14 October 1968
TO:
Milford, Ohio 45150
Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
you reported to the Air Force. T The information which we have
received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request Request
you complete the attached AF Form ll7 and return it in the self- you complete the attached AF Form ll7 and return it in the self-
addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to addressed envelope. reporting your observation to
the Air Force.
HECTOR NILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aeri enomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
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THIBD HAND
AFR 80-17(C1)
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 ALL OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, IAW AFR 8O-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRA TIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY_ 14 MONTH. OCI YEAR GS
2. WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR 9 MINUTES 15(IA.M. XP.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
CIILG 1N AQEA O HOUR MINUTES oe A.M. XP.M.
4. TIME ZONE ]STANDARD
EASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN ]PACIFIC COTHER
5. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON 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.
RESIDENCG. ZESIDENCE. WERE WERE 3 PEOPLE PEOPLE WHO LWHO SACO SAWO
AT HIS
THAT TIMe. Time.
OBJECT OBJECT AT
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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 HORIZON. OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B* ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CARCA MPOTODNIAIR bOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF GITY
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 WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHIL E OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES [ NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 5.
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 HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES YES NO. IF *YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME 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.
UNENOUN UNENOWN
9. HOW LONG HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME x X CERTAIN OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE NOT VERY SURE
STUS OBSERUIND 10'00Pm FAIRLY FAIRLY CERTAIN CERTAIN JUST A GUESS UST BUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? NO. IF NO. INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS OUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND ESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR SEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
11. CONOiTiONs(Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER 2
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (Low fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CIRRus CLouDs (Nigh 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 (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOCN WITH HALO MOON WITH HALO x UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES YES NO. IF "YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(NeW noon) OVERHEAD (NeW noon)
IN BACK OF YOU 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.
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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AFR 80-17(C1)
13 DID THE PHENOMENON YES NO UNKNOWN
MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE?
STAND STILL AT ANYTIME?
SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY?
BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE?
CHANGE COLOR?
GIVE OFF SMOKE?
CHANGE BRIGHTNESS?
CHANGE SHAPE?
FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
He WAGKCGD OOT DORRS (/ 3 OTHER PEOPCE AND SAW
THE OBJOCTo
A. HOW DID IT A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
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B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES NO. IF "YES,"DESCRIBE.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
I7. OID 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
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES CNO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES (NO
18. 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 OF 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 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 BETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
THOOGHT AT FIRST IT WAS THEUS SPACE CRUT - TION
HE SAW ROUND OBSGCT WROTATINO RED, WHITEIE
OBJECT LUAS HOUSRING IM A2GA
BOUG CIGATS.
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
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. IYES DNO.
IF"YES." DESCRIBE.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE?
LOCATION.
NO.IF *YES,DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
DIYES NO. C3 PEOPLG LU THE SIOHTER ORICCT
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
UNBNOWN HACE To CONTACT THE PERSON.
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME
ADDREss (Street, City, State and Zip Code)
MIC.FORD, OHID 4/5 M1CF0R2D,0610 451
TELEPHONE (Aren code and number) TELEPHONE (Aren cOde and number) AGE
UNICNMU UNIENMCN MALE MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL IN ORMATION INDICATE ADDITIONAL IN ORMATION INCLUDING INCL DING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
25. WHEN 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
ABMY AeMY A12 DEFENSE DEFENSG HQ BATTBBY CAADCTD MHLO SIYE, WILLMINGICH,OAK HQ BATTSBY CAADCT) MULE SIYE, WILLMINGTCH, OAK
NAME LI CADLIN NAMEL.T. CAQLIN (3R2-3&21 EXT31O)DAY_ 14 MONTH_O<TYEAR_ loG
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. 26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY_1_ DAY_11_ MONTH_ OCT YEAR 6E
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