DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7171244
DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1968
REPORTED LOCATIONGermantown Tennessee
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE ·TIME EGROUP 2. LOCATION
12/1925
.12 Dec 68 13/00252 Germantown, Tennessee
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Probable AIRCRAFT
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS The observer was requested to submitt his photos but has failed
to do so as of 12 Jan 69. There is nothing to indicate tht th
One observer could not have seen an aircraft.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
7 - 8 Minutes The obsdrver s sighted a pulsating light that traveled from
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION the ENE to the SSW. The light was visible for 7-8 minutes
and the observer reportedly photographed it.
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
ENE - SSW
8. PHOTOS
DOY.
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
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13de68
19 DEC 1969
TDPT (UFO)
UFO Report of 12 December 1968
Germantown, Tennessee 38038
Reference your recent UFO sighting which you reported to the Air
Force. The information we have received is not sufficient for a
scientific investigation. Request you complete the attached
AF Form 1l7 and Photo-Data sheet aid return them, along with your
original negatives, slides, orpolaroid prints, in the self-
addressed Thank you your observation to
the Air Force.
3d
f HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr., Lt ColOnel, USAF 2 Atch
Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch 1. AF Form 117
Aerospace Technologies Division 2.Photo-Data Sheet
Production Directorate
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BA. NOW IMAGINE YCU ARE ATTHE CENTRR OF THR COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN *A^ ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE
DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A *E* ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRECTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN.
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WNW ENE
WSW ESE
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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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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTLEIED PHEMOMENA QUESTIONMAIRE 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 CONC UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
1 ANSWER ALL INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
1 YOUR PERMISSIGN. RETURN TO AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FT (TDETR), WRIGHT.
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, IAW AFR BO- [7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURFLY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDI TIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY MONTH12 YEAR_ 8
2. TIME DID FIRST SIGH T PHENOMENON
"HOUR 1925 MINUTES ]A.M. ..
3. WHAT TIME DID SIGHT PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES C A.M. P.M.
4. TIME ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 0 STANDARD
EASTERN CENTRAL 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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6. 6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE IMAGINE ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN SKETCH PL ON TH CURV TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON, OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 3* ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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1O. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, WOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
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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 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 NO MOONLIGHT
AFEW A FEW MOON WITH HALO MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN THE SUN VISIBLE? YES n NO. NO. IF "YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Ned noon)
IN BACK OF YOU IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN. HEADLIGHTS OR
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERAESTRIAL 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 OBJEC LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
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WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCk nPprOpriate blOCkS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESSS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER D AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE D AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOL LOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST SLOWLV- DIVEWAY
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST XYES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 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.
MGA- 1960 SFERLES
L60 SFERLES
HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFI FFIC WAS THERE? THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF *YES. DESCRIBE WHEN NO. IF YES DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME THE Y WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
AN WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
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9. 9 HOW LONG HOW LONG WAS THE PH P HENOMENON IN SIGHT? SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
7-8 an FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES XINO. IF NO." INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DRSORIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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GIVE OFF SMOKE?
CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? V
CHANGE SHAPE?
FLASH OR FLICKER' V
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATT EN TION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
B. DID THE PHZNOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME!
YES M NO. IF *YES," DESCRIBE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON SEFORE? IVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME SAW THE PHENOMENON! ES SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. NAMES AND ADDRESSES
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFC BOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME.
ADDRESS City. State anacaf code)
TELEPHONE (Area code and number) AGE
DRen 901 OREn 901 30 30 XI MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION OCCUPATION AND ANY Y EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. EXP RIENCE WMICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID Y o U THAT HAD SIGHTED THIS
NAME DAY MONTH YEAR
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY MONTH YEAR
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17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THEI FOLLOWING?
( TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SiR.35mm
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINA ARILY WEAR GLASSES? YESN 8.DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES NO
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF TH 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
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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 OSJECT YO INSAW.
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21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATIN FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? 0 YES NO. IF YES,DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. IYES UNO.
IF *YES,* DESCRIBE.
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