PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1 DATE· TAME OROUP PROMECT IOC71 RECORD
23/18 2. LECATION
23 December.1968 24/02(z
3. SOURCE Saratoga, California
1. CONCLUSION
Civilian Possible (AIRCRAFT)
4. MIMBER OSJECTS
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
15 Minutes The observer sighted bright pulsating
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION white light that
seemed to do "stunts: in the air.
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
SW to SSW :
. PHOTOS .
B3.No n Yos
9. PHYSICA ENCE
n7 Yes
No
FORM .
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) evioes editions
he wood.

of the leuck 4 watched tle
Object until the
TACN WE DROvE AloNG
9 9 wilen the oojae starlrd
Hiway At A 9O A A 9O nogle
to speco, speeo, ABout ABout
1t 1t a sst fast of
500 to 600 mph 500 to 600 mph THeN IT DISSAPEA- DISSAPEA-
-Red through the cl cl OUDS OUDS
AOEN
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-F AIR FORCE 45433
REPLY TO 8 JAN 1969
ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO)
-
Dec 1968
- SUBJECT:
TO:
Road
Los Gatos, California 95030
Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request
envelope. Thank reporting your observation to
addressed
the Air Force.
1
1 Atch
HECTOR AF Form 1l7 w/envelope
Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office
Aerospace Technologies Technologies Division Division
Production Directorate Directorate

... puloating
in sighting laoted
2 .t. approx. abject maved
A 3 A in C
2 +to
2 4
3 ofject was gold
t Dighte for cbout min then
inn
L it oort of exploded & was gone
but there
explosion.
ery Tuly
40

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.
N
. NNW NNE
NW NE
WNW ENE
w E
WSw ESE
SW SE
sSw SSE
B
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.
in miD
OBJECT
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RUCK WE
At FAR tHe
Left FiRE of
DerT Oist
BUiCDIN 9o Coe
to doice
YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
6 IMAGINE 6.IMAGINE PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON, OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACEA 3' 3"
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
9L 90 1 15 A
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OBSERVER
AF FUORM 117

AFR 80-17(C1)
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 (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 SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT STARS ANO 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? 0 YES NO. IF YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Near noon)
IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. .
OBJECT WAS OMLY (E_ of cight in
SKLI SKLL Re
12. 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 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 OBIECT OBIECT LOAS D bright WHite
SHAPE Of A SLAn with Stlaup with Stlanp
light
WAS ABoUt ABOUT tHe size of
adela 16
A HeAD At ARMS
230
Lencth. the object Seeme to
Be
self tenies OUS
< B
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UP TRUCK WODOWS D00
HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
ALL vnest NODE
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF *YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
6.20 PM THE WAS 10
AIRPIANe
OF UFO.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON THE PH ENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN CERTAIN OF OF TIME TIME NOT VERY SURE VERY SURE
15 LS MiN FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
wrist wrIst WSTCI WSTCIT
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES XNO. X NO. IF *NO, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP. EDISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES. BECAUSE of MOE ment ment
THe BJECT FIASHeD FIASHeO ON AND OFF WHeN OFF WHeN
oBjECt oBjeCt it it mowed,
T
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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 EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. 1 bBject HAD
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MANU PRoipoL
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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 NOF THE
BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION 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. The mAtch HeAD-
tHe Hole tle object
COUVERED
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AFR 80-17(C1)
13. DID THE PHENOMENON YES NO UNKNOWN
MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE?
STAND STILL AT ANY TIME?
SUDDENLY SPEED UP AND RUN AWAY?
na—
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?
IT'S TRIGht NesS o wheN it FlAshed
ON * off
A. HOW DID IT FINALL DISAPPEAR?
into the iNto the cloud clouds
weNt went up up
IT
9 fast Rate fast RAte
4AY A
A A G0 > ANgle
of sPecD sPeco
B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT SOMETH LIKE A CLOUD, CLOub, TREE, TREE, OR BUILDING OR BUILDING AT ANY ANY TIME?
YES YES NO. X NO. IF *YES," DESCRIBE. IF *YES," DESCRIBE.
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AFR 80-17(C1) -
22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHI N BEFORE? YES NO. IF YES,GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
JUNE of 68 AROUT FIUL S
of vny tlOUSe ABOUT DSO PM
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON YES NO. IF YES
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
LOS CAlforNiA 030
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME. FIRST NAME, MIDDLE
ADDRESS (Street, City, State and Zip Cod
ROAD LosGnt
AGE
15 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID YOU REPORT TH YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
PROICCT
YEAR 1968
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY 13 MONTHJAN YEAR 9
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AFR 80-17(C1)
I7. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON IMODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE *
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR YESN B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES (INO
THE SPEED OE THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF
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. A
pulsating
STAR
21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY 21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFI EFFECT ECT ON YOURSELF, YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES X NO. IF *YES,° DESCRIBE. NO. IF YESDESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GRO OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. 0 YES X NO.
IF *YES." DESCRIBE.
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