PROJECT BLUE BOOK

2. LOCATION
8 Dec 68 08/24002 Centerville, Ohio
3. SOURCE 18. CONCLUSION
Civilian Frobable Astro (VENUS) Jut
4. MIMBER OF
One
5.
25 Minutes. The observer sighted a bright light that seemed bigger and
6. brighter than a star. The observer watched the light for
TYPE OF OBSERVATION 25 minutes, during which time it appearently stayed in the
Ground-Visual same place in the sky.
7. COURSE
Seen in SW
8. PHOTOS
n7 Yes
OCNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
n7 Y.s
XONo
FORM
FTD SEP63 0-329 (TDE) Prevleue editiene of

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AFR 80-17(C1)
17. DID 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
V WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES XNO
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 None 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 BEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
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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 X NO. IF *YES,* DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. (YES NO.
IF YES." DESCRIBE.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO) 6 JAN 1969
December 1968
SUBJECT:
TO:
Street
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-
addressed envelope. addressed envelope Thank reporting your observation to your observation to
the Air Force. Air rce.
on
r Lt Colonel, USAF Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Phenomena Phenomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate Production Directorate

AFR 80-17(C1)
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.
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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 PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE *A° AND *B° WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE
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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AFR 80-17(C1)
SIGHTING OF UNTDENTIFIED PHENOMEMA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL
NUMBER 21-R250
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE ERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
1 ANSWER AL INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
NNECTON
YOUR PERMISSION. RETUF FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AFB,OHI0 45433, AFR 8O-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO TH RM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY 8 MONTH Pec YEAR 68
2. WHAT E DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR7 MINUTES_O _A.M. P.M.
3. WHAT DID Y ou PHENOMENON?
HOUR 7 MINUTES_30 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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Centerville, 0. Centerville, 0.
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 BON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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OBSERVER
AF FORM 117
AUG 67

AFR 80-17(C1)
1O. 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(LoW 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 C NONE OF THE ABOVE
C. IF THE c. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON? 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 AFEW MOON WITH HALO MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
2 MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 0 7 YES WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED WHERE WAS S THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVeRHEAD (NeG noon) OVERHEAD(Near noOn)
IN BACK IN BACK OF YOU OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINA TION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING. SUCH AS THE S SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL STREET LAMP. ETC. . FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. 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)
8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (ChCCk apprOpriaLe blOCkS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
√ IN CAR AS DRIVER 0 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, COMPLI ETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST 20mgh
SOUTH √ WEST DID YOU STOP
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST DYES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS5AND6.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
car windows ep also down
win
HOW MUCH MUCI H o ER TRAFFIC TR F FIC WAS THERE? THERE?
no
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES X 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 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 HOW LONG WAS WAS THE E PHENOMENON H EN E N ON IN IN SIGHT? SIGHT?
LENGTH TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
25minuter FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
Locked at wattl
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 DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
and on
Blinking off
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AFR 80-17(C1)
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.
.
.
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.
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FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? C
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
1 WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
Stopped at RR teacke when it dinned.
A. HOW DID IT A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? DISAPPEAR?
8. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT SOMETHING. LIKE CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES O NO. IF *YES."DESCRIBE.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
IVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
sane lreatir
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME
YES NO TOO'
-.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
wite
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MIDDLE NAME
ADDRESS (Streel.City. Stais and Zip Code)
Center ville, Ohir
TELEPHO AGE
19 19 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION N AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME Capt C.N.Eerman DAY B MONTH Dec YEAR 1968
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY_ 8 MONTH YEAR 1968
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