PROJECT BLUE BOOK

3. SOURCE 68 22/06312
10. CONCLUSION
Civilian
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Probable G (HOT AIR BALLOON)
One was cloudy and
5. LENGTH OF yercast.
OBSERVATION 11. ANALYSIS
3 minutes The observer
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION sighted an orange
full moon. The light gradually light that was larger than a
Ground-Visual disappeared as it climbed decreased in size and finally
7. COURSE upward.
North
. PHOTOS
Yes
XW No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes
X No
FORM
FTD SFP63 0-329 (TDE) US1
Previous ditions of thls form may be used.

27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE,
ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
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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 CERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER ALI OUESTIONS INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
YOUR YOUR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISSIGN. ESTIGATOR FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT.
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, VAER8O-17 SHEETS AR FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THI RM OR TH YOUR NAME FOR TIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY 21 MONTHNov YEAR 1968
2. WH AT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR_ 22 MINUTES. 31 A.M. P.M.
3. WH IAT IE DID o U SI G H T T E ENOMENON?
HOUR 22 MINUTES34 — A.M. P.M.
4. TIME/ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
EASTERN CENTRAL O 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.
= field, Ca.
Starling Way
House HOUSE
W 3
UTO UFO
s S N
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6. IMAGINE YOU ARE 6. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT E SHOWN
AT THE 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 PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON OR SKYLINE WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B" ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO 3" ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
90
1
1 & B
A
1
1
1
1A1
1 15
1
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OBSERVER
AF AFUORM 117

6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE 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.
A & B
B
N
NNW NNE
NW NE
WNW ENE
w E
wSW ESE
Sw SE
ssw SSE
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 PHENUMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THL "A° AND *B° WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE
MOVEMENT OF THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN A* AND *R*. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT
APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMA LER SKETCH AS EXAMPL HOW TO COMPLETE
THE LARGER SKETCH.
Straight away, but moved left and back as dicated by dotted lines.
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8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Check appropriate blocks.)
X OUTDOORS IN BUSIN ESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING X IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT X NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER X FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
.
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPL ETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHIL E OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUITHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS5 AND 6.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLF 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 HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? MUCH HER TRAFFIC WAS THERE'
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPI ANEST DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPI ANES? IIVES 11 V FS 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 OF SIGHTINU THE PHENUMLWIN A THEPHENUMLNNA THE HE HEY WE E IN THIL JKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. HEY WE E IN THIL JKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENON PHENO MENON MENON IN SIGHT?
LEINUIH OF TIME LENU H OF TIME X CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE VERY SURE
Three Three minutes minutes FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
By clock.
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? X 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 DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.

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?
11. CONDITiONS (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (l.oW fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CIRRUs CLouDS (High fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
x NIGHT hone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET
COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
X
X 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
x NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT X NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON MOON WITH HALO WITH HALO UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL(New or quarter) PARTIAL(New or quarter)
D. IF D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SIIN VISIBLE THE SUIN VISIBLE YES NO WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Nea noon) OVeRHEAD(Nea noon)
IN BACK OF YOU IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT 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. STREET LAMP. ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
Street lamp, thirty Street lamp, thirty - feet to left.
12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF 12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON. INDICATING THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT. 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 FIELD OF VIEW.
Self-luminous, light orange in color, solid object, sharp
circular, unlike anything witnessed before.

13. DID THE PHENOMENON YES NO UNKNOWN
MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? X
STAND STILL AT ANY TIME? X
SUDD ENL Y SP EED UP AND RUN AWAY? X
BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? R
X
CHANGE COLOR? X
GIVE OFF SMOKE? X
CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? X
CHANGE SHAPE? X
FLASH OR FLICKER? X
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? X
SPIN LIKE A TOP? X
MAKE A NOISE? X
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? X
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION
Closeness to the e earth, size of sphere, and color. Movement.
A. HOW DID IT A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? FINALL Y DISAPPEAR?
As a dot going into infinity. into infinity.
B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES X NO. IF *YES.* DESCRIBE.
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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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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.
t first sighting Continuously became smaller to nil.

17 DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION MODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
no EYEGLASSES no CAMERA VIEWER
no SUNGLASSES no BINOCULARS
no WINDSHIELD no TELESCOPE
no SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE no THEODOLITE
no WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDJNARILY WEAR X YES NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YESNO
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 faster than PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE 2OOO Ft.
a rocket.
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 OB ECTS 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 WHAT YOU SAW.
Sphere, orange in color, very solid substance giving no glow. Much larger
than full moon Gradually decreasing in size as it climbed upward.
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 IF *YES.DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. m YES X NO.
IF *YES." DESCRIBE.
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22 HAVE YEVER SEEN THIS ES x NO. IF DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? x YES
XYES U NO. TOO'
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND. ES
Fairfield, Ca.
Fairfield, Ca.
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Fairfield, Ca.
airfield, Ca.
Cairfield, Ca.
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME. FIRST NAME. MIDDLE NAME
ADDRESSSM C iC
Fairfield, Ca. 94533
TELEPHON and number) AGE
23 X MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDIT'ONAL INFORM ATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
Member U. S. Navy, Submarine Force. USS Halibut (SSN-587) in Mare Island
for refueling. ror rerueling.
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NaME_Mr. Herbert Harris DAY_ 21 MONTH_ Nov YEAR 1968
:5 DATE YOU COMPLLTED THIS QUEST ONNAIRE.
DAY 21 MONTH_ Nov YEAR 1968
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