PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP 183c.2. LOCATION
20 or 21 Oct 68 2330Z Decatur, Ilinois
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION -
Civilian . Other TING DATA) ING DATA)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS
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5. 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
95 Minutes The observer sighted The obsorver sighted white light that was similar to a star.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION however after lcoking after lcoking at it through a telescope, he desided ough cope. he desided
that it wasn't.
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE COMMENTS: In a observars original letter, he gave the date of thd
sighting as 20 Oct 68. In his c completed 117 gave the date
SSW to WSW a9 21 Cct 68. At 6:30PM local Arcturus
8. PHOTOS elevation in the west and at 8:OFM local. Arcturus was on the
borizon at 302 dog azimuth likely that the
Yes observer was looking at Arcturus, however because of the
XXNo conflict in dates the sight Conflicting
9. PHYSICA EVIDENCE Data.
Yes
XNo
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previoue editions of this form may be used.
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went around the & stair Case
bhue lights
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and took my both as the . object had
I returned up-stairs and
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I SAF-OIcc/Miss Turnure/76526/October 23, 1968
Gt.23.1968
Dear
This replies to your letter of October 20, 1968, in which
Had you reported your sighting to Chanute Air Force Base
that the local Uro investigator would
saw. Without additional information, we cannot offer an explanation.
However, if you will complete the inclosed questionnaire and mail it However, if you will complete the inclosed questionnaire and mail it
in the attached envelope, our technical people at Wright-Patterson in the attached envelope, our technical people at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base, Air Force Base, Ohio, will be able to investigate Ohio, will be investigate further and make
an evaluation.
We are sending you some n We are sending you some newer newer I material on UFO's that may help material on UFo's that may help
you to identify the object you saw. I you to identify the object you saw. In addition, you might be In addition, you might be
interested in a pamphlet, Aids to Identification of Flying Objects,
for sale at 2Od each by the Superintendent for sale at 2Od each by the Superintendent of Documents, Go ocuments, overnment
Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 2c4o2.
Sincerely,
JAMES H. AIKMAN
Major, USAF
Chief, Civil Branch
Coamunity Relations Division
Office of Information
Attachments
WPAFB
Decatur, Illinois 62521
Coord Cy - SAF-OICC
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grabbed my teliseope. I stuck
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it with my ejer, It stelle
looked. like a star.
But I lsoked through
it locke
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all this time it sas
glowin brillianthy. Not
bright like a tibi strobe
light street light
bit like there wras a,
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room and grabbed Pr
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and
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road IN OUR MOVED INSIDE AFTER WATCH
INS The obiect for 5MIN AND watched it through my
SISTERS
mind  any thing about it
MINUTES LaTtEe through my SISTERS wiNPowiher
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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 A9OVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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OBSERVER
AF AUG FORM 67 117 117

SA. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE PLACE AN ·A* ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE
DIRECTHON 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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NNW NNE
NW NE
WNW ENE
wSw ESE
sw SE
sSw SSE
7. IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN "A* AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMSNON 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 SETWEEN *A" AND "B'. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT
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9 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCK aPPTODTIGTe AlOCKS.)
QUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN QUILDING IN RESIOENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
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IN GAR 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 WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS S 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 MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? D YES YES NO. IF *YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME NO. IF YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AN o WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE PH ENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
35 FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIMS DETERMINED?
IN HOUSE-A
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES NO. IF NO." INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS OUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENO AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
becaus E For thirty minutes I did
T can't say,
n0t wACth it, But whEn I WAS WATCHING IT
IT DID NOT  DISAPEAR AT ANytime.
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IO. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON. HOW MANY WERE THERE' DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HON THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
THERE WAS ONLY ONE,
11. CONDiTIONs (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER
DAY FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS(L.oW 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 (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 IF"YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
ing It changed shape fro shope Frop small to large
like the one in our backyardt backyard
light light
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13. DID THE PHENOMENON YES NO UNKNOWN
7 MOVE IN STRAIGHT LINE?
STANDSTILL 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?
I'm always looking around in the sky
d
caught my It startted
and it fust. eyes.
m2,
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? 60
lt
and in
disappearing
3. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES NO. IF *YES.DESCRIBE.
Once behind a trie but jut for abou
35 seconds.
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1S. 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 EAHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. to thir
A Lights -blaucand read in aclov, WSW
1st FIRST A LAST
SHAPE SEEN SEEN
ssi}
SHAPE
colov, colon,
These shapes There shapes of the object is draws olject is draus
as as they they looked looked through through the tilescop the tilescop
2 wat uding. ning the lightning which
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center,
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.
about /4 of the object would be
by the match head
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around the edges, bit this object changed
or 0 D tra Ral
ot not lightning becansy
cold ahd clam Butitu
Luns
IF *YES," DESCRIBE. YES X NO.
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25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON? 25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME Boject Bo0SDAYL DAY MONTH_ MONTH YEAR YEAR
26.DATE 25. DATE COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. OMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
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