PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE :TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
2115
January 69 02152 Cleveland, Ohio
3. SOURCE 0. CONCLUSION
Civilian Probable HOT AIR BALLCON
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Description is observations of garment bag hot
One air balloons,
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
15 - 20 Minutes The observer sighted a yellow-white crescent shaped light to
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION the north. The "object disappeared after about i5 or 20..
minutes.
Ground-Visual C1 T
7. Ditector
COURSE
Seen to the North 1
Seen to the North
8. PHOTOS Maxwoll AFB, Alabama ATTN: Archives Branch Aerospaco Studies Inet an 1969
PHOTOS
AFB, Alabama Archives Branch aco Studies Inet RETURN TO: RETURN TO: 1969
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9. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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AFR 80-17(C1)
SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE DUDGET BU2EAU APPROYAL
NUMBER 21-2233
ANSWER ESTION HE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR NAME CONNECTION ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AFB,QHIO 45433, IAW AFRBO-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
3M OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN SEE THE
DAYL7 MONTH YEAR
2. WHAT TIME DID YOU F RS T SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR2.115 2130 E5
MINUTES A.M. P.M.
3. WHAT T E DID Y ou L AST SIGHT HE P H EN OMENON?
HOUR 21452> (MINUTES. A.M. KP.M.
4. TIME/ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
TEASTERN 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 MAND 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. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A' ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE 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 B° ON 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)
SA. 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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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 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. C.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
0 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (ChPCK aPPrOPriGIC blOCKS.)
OUTOCORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CA= AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN B0AT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIDOLANE AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST 30 35 ot
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHNEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND G.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD. TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVER DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP DOWN.
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HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
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DIO YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES YES NO. IF YES. DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THZ TIME NO. IF YES.° DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THZ TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERETHEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
3. HOW LONG WAS HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? PH ENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
15 2ominnti ilimot 2ominntio ilimot FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
X X
HON WAS TIME DETERMINED? TIME DETERMINED?
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WAS THE PHENDMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? PHEN DMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? KYES K YES NO. IF *NO INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR IF *NO  INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENQN, AND THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON. AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
1O. IF THERE WERE MORS THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANOED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
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11. COnDiTioNs (Check approprinte blocks.)
A. SXY B. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (LOW fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT HEAVY RAIN
MIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMSUS 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 #AS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NO TICE ABOUT STARS AND MOON?
(1) STAPS (2) MOON / 6i
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
AFEW MOON WITH HALO UNXNOWN
HANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKHOWN 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 PHENONENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (NeC 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
STREZT LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECI ISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
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12. GIVE A 3RIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
PEFLECTEO LIGMT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER PEFLECTEO LIGMT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLIO OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT IT WAS SOLID OR RANSPARENT. WHETHER ED GES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEAREO AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR APPEAREO ASAP OF LIGHT. INDICA OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. OTHEROAJSCTI FIELO OF VIEW
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SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOB9LE!
14. WHAT DRSW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHEHOMENON?
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A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
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AFR 80-17(C1)
1S. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDZ ANO LASEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTAUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPON 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 MCON. 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 NOULD HAVE SEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD.
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AFR 89-17(C1)
17. DID YOU OBSERVE THEF PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE OATA.
V EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDCN OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINGOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOL SROINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YESN B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES CINO
18 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEEO OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHENOMENON? GIVS-ESTIMAIE 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 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 CR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY ANIMALS CR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES CWO. CNO. IF YES. DESCRIBE. DESCRIBE.
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A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE CXNO.
IF *YES.*DESCRIBE.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
22. HAVY YOU EVEM BEIM TNIS OR A SIMILAR PHIHOMENON BEFORXY C]YEs
LOCATION.
23.WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHEHONEHONT IYES NO. DID HEY SEE IT TOO?
(YES 0NO.
A. LIST THCIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Drghter IS
24 GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION_ASOUT YOURSELF
AST MAH LAME. MIDDLE NAME
TELE AGE
MALE FEMALE
IONAL INFORM HATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
He….)
25. WHEN ANO TO WHOM DI YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTEO THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME 41 DAY. I MONTH YEAR
R6. DATE YOU COMPLCTEO THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY_ MONTH YEAR
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