PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2LOCATION
23 Oct 68 South Lebanon, Ohio South Lebanon, Ohio
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION . CONCLUSION -
Civilian Other (UNRELIABLE REPORT) Other REPORT)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
See Case
5. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 5. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
See Case SEE CASE FILE
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual COMMENTS: The observer has been seeing UFOs every night almoat
7. COURSE for the past year. Most the sightings appaar to be aircraft
however, because of the number of sightings report is
See Casa being carried as Uareliable.
8. PHOTOS
Yos
XXNo
. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Ys
No
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Prevlote editions of this form may bo usod.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT.PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO ATTN OP: TDPT (UFO)
SUBJECT UFO Observation
TO: Mrss
South Lebanon, Ohio 45065
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- you complete the attached AF Form ll7 and return it in the self-
addressed envelope. T addressed envelope. Thank y Thank you for reporting your observation to reporting your observation to
the Air Force.
HECTOHWOLNTANILLAJT, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief,/Aerial Phenomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
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J he U.FO2 Dimetimes
ome oner the thes innd
along the tops the
light siill start billikning
the [id) thin mones aN
it mones other thingo
in . the Shy "blih" bach
4 + monis
D along

arl thei.
They Qeimid to towards
aed liarn roafued
to lie red. I sone the glimea
through The ths it
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lights. I told T d send
next time she sees one next to fill it out and out and return return it it to us. to us.

AFR 80-17(C1)
SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL
NUWDER 21-R258
YOUR PERMSSION. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRICHT.
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, IAW AFR 8O-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
? ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
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1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON? Qct rEAR 1968
7i2 DAY MONTH
2. WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR 7 MINUTES. 20 [IA.M. [EFP.M.
3 WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 7:30
HOUR MINUTES [A.M. TP.M.
4. TIME ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ]STANDARD
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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my
bidge on 2ora Kd. about
little part the lights
a Thiy had red blubig t
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1 / 15
1
taad me the othew
unt aner OBSERVER
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to Thi Mun factoron the hill.

AFR 80-17(C1)
SA, NOW IMADINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPAST ROTE. FLACE AN A*ON THE COMPASS TO INOICATE THE
OIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRGT SEEN. PLACE A "O* ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIPECTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN.
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WNW ENE
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AFR 80-17(C1)
9. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON' (ChRCK RPPTOPRINLR SlOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR 7 AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE O 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 HOW FAST WERE 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 ITEMS5 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? 0 YES NO. IF YES," DESCRISE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OFTIME c NOT V ERY SURE
First tine 15 mimutis lat tince FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
clocke
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES NO. IF "NO." INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAD.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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Ihi uas looking
Kinda pinkish
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isnt the firet
light. Trhis
Dach
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hills eneg hills night
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AFR 80-17(C1)
1O. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN GNE PHENOMENON. HOW MANY WERE THERE'/DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. OID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE-DURING THE SIGHTING?
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thede 2onr 7115 kught
O Oontil unt oue piashg ded
O
ahanig ocand light itaut
Theo thes one nent
diteulhd dg tebnd the lug
onee top y che ather had a nound (ne3 thind
tthe pastorg
Cruaid shaper snth
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11. CoNOiTiONs (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY 3. 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 CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) NIMBUS CLOUOS (Rain) HAIL HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET SNOW OR SLEET
COMPLETELY OVERCAST COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
HAZE OR SMOG HAZE OR SMOG K NONE OF NONE OF THE ABOVE THE ABOVE
C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DI0 YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE NOTICE ASOUT THE STARS AND MOON? AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE NONS BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
AFEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIODEN BY CLOUDS MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL(New or quarter) 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 (NeW 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.
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. the
Grin. I have Dun
Solid - Mid -+
to be this shape fblikig
suned
L.FO. thuat
a Gaint sparkle
red, demitinis it boaks as
ed, femilenis hile
tomads the hill tomands the
thii. thii. Thig ail go Thig ail go
is up is up
Other perple noticed
Hane huen hen fau 2 fou 2 years. years.
them them
AL
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CHANGE SHAPE? 4
FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? Demtmo
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE? Pemtimes
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? Iomeunio
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
louk fau thim
alamarp
alaip 1
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
on the grand.
a. DIO THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES NO. IFYES," DESCRIBE.
no
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AFR 80-17(C1)
IS. DRAN 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.
td
92n
difite Wiridauua
light sinth blushial
lighits
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.
nst not nuch much
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..
AFR 80-17((1)
TYPE. FILTER. LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE THEODOLITE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE F
WINDOWPANE B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? LYES CNO 1IYES INO
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED THE SPEEDOF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCEL/
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 BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
tnau a air plane by its rnng
a air plane liy lnng
and if a an plane mint doun doun /
as the the UFO U.F.O do. Thuy Thy
as as faw taw
uuaned luaned Crash, Crash,
0
ill
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.
Domitimes hunt, anmals (dop) hame.
eyes
a Dut sulphw odaw
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB IF"YES,"DESCRIBE. YES NO.
aont knaw dont dare go up thei

AFR 80-17(C1)
22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON DEFORE? GIVE OATE AND
LOCATION.
u
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES pearle
coud lie 1
Janily
biy me
Ipsistr in lau fom
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
NAME, MIDDLE NAME
ADDRESSA ate any
TELEPHoNE (Area code and number) AGE
3 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMAT INCLUOING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME DAY_ MONTH YEAR
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY. MONTH YEAR
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