DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7171519
DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1969
REPORTED LOCATIONNear Greenville Ohio
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
DATETIME CROUP 2. LOCATION
04/2020
4Jan 69 05/0120Z Near Greenville, Ohio
3. SOURCE . CONCLUSION
1
Civilian Probable AIRCRAFT
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One .
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
10 Minutes 4 . The observer sighted a star-like light in the West that changed
6. from red to light red and back again at the rate of once a
TYPE OF OBSERVATION second, The light disappeared below the horizon in the NW.
Ground-Visual
7. 7. COURSE COURSE
WNA - NW
8. PHOTOS
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? YES IF YES," GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
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23 WAS ANYONE YOU AT THE TIME SAW ENOMENON? RIYES NO. IF SEE IT TOO?
YESNO
A. LIST THEIR
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME. FIRST NAME
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ADDRESS(S Code)
Ohio 45331
TELEPHE (aumber) AGE
17 17 x X MALE MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORM INDICATE ADDITIONAL INCLUDING NCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH OCCUPA EXPERIEN MAY BE PERTINENT. BE PERTINENT.
Student. Have workable knowledge of astonomy, space Have workable knowledge space aircraft, etc.
Know pretty well sky around Know pretty well sky around residence. residence.
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DIO YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
a)Darke County Sherriff b)Ohio State Hiway Patrol (Eaton,O.)
NAMEBWright Patrarson AFB DAY_4 MONTH_ January YEAR 1969
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY_24 MONTH February YEAR 1969
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I bave an interest in astronomt, aircraft etc., and have never seen such
required iights and was not in an air lane).
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED_PHENOMENA QUESTIONNATRE BUDGET BURSAU APPTOYAL
NUMBER 21-5233
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE CON ENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER HE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE
INECTION ITH ANY OF YOUR STAT CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FOR TD (TDETR). WRIGHT.
PATTERSON AFB,OHIO 4S433, IAW AFRBO-[7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEE FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
4 YEAR1569
DAY. MONTH
WHAT E DID YOU F IRST SIGH T THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR 0202 2u A.M. P.M.
MINUTES
3. WHAT 1 DID YOU L AST SIGH T THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR. 02122 A.M. P.M.
MINUTES
4. TIME ZONE D 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, IOENTIFY 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
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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SA. MON INACINE YOU ARE AT THZ CHNTIR OF TMX CONNASS POSE. PLACE AN A*CW THN COMPASS TO INDICATE THE
DIRECTION TO THZ PMENOMINON WMEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A IG" ON THE CONPASS TO INDICATE THE DIRZCTION TO
THE PHENOMENON WHEM LAST SEEN.
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SW SE
SSW SSE
7. IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN *A*AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENONENON 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 DETWEEN A AND *B. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SMOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT
APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO CONPLETE
THE LARGER SXETCH.
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WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHeNOMENON? (ChECK aPPrOPRIate blOCKS.)
X OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER X IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD at in fienilt.
IN AIRPLANE AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE/THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OFROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
HOW NUCH MUCH OTH Y E R RAF FIC WAS WAS THERE? THERE?
DID YOU NCTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLAN ES? YES YES NO. IF YES," DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME 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.
9. HOW LONG WAS ENO MENON IN SIGHT?
LENGT TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
210mii. FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HO s T ME DETERMINED?
Knot ee
WAS THE EPHENCMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES NO. IF "NO.INDICATE WHETHERHIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEWENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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1O. IF THERE WZRE MOPE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO 3HOW HOW THEY WERE
ANRANGEO. DID TMIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
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11. CONDiTiONs(Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY 9. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (LOW flufy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CiRRuS CLOuDS (High fleccy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
NIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
ICLEAA NIMBUS CLOUDS (RaiN) HAIL
PARTLYCLOUDYL CUNULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET
!COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
X HAZE OR SMOG NONE OF THE ABOVE
C.IF THZ SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
HONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
AFEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
Y MANY id MOOM HIDDEN DY CLOUDS MOON HIDDEN DY CLOUDS
JUNXNONN UNXNOWN 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 YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACEO
THE PHEMCMENON? THE PHENOMENON?
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IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Nea nOON) OVERHEAD (NeD nOON)
IN BACK OF YOU IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE WAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR
STRZZT LANP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIALILL UMINATION. DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
12. GIVE A BXIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENONEMON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS ANO 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
APPZARED AS A PQ NT OF LIGNT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS. A LIGHT OR
OTHER CBJECT IN VOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
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DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE ANOISE? X
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT OREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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A. HOW DID IT A.HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
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B. DIO THE PHENOMENON MOVE SEHINO OR IN FRONT OF SOMETI HING, LIKE A CLOUD. TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TINE?
YES NO 1= *YES,"DESCRIBE.
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13. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT
HAVE APPEAREO AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
X X
.
15. WHAT WAS T-E ANSLAR-SIZEI/HOLD A FOH AT ARM*S LENGTHIN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET
LXWPOTVEJSCN. NOTE HOW MOCHOF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY TME 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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17. DIO YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICAOLE OATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES X BINOCULARS 7X50
WINCSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINGO-PANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES B.DDYOUUSS-REAOING-GLASSES? YES NO
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 PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCEL
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 SETWEEN THE
COMMON OSJECT 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? YES NO. IF *YES.DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE P-ENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF *YES.* DESCRIBE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVIA SEIN THIS OR A SINILAR PHENONEMON DEPOHEI Luo. 1 y GIVE DATE ANO
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES C]NO. IF YES, DID THEY SEE IT TOO
A. LIST THEIR NAHES ADDRESSH
24. GIVA FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST
ADDRESS(SPSS)
45331
TELEPHONE(A AGE
17 XMALE FEMALE
N RMATION LUQINGOGOUPATION AND ANY EXPSRIZHCE WMICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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25. ENOMENONY Bhfal
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PAT TERSON FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO 11 FERgas
ATTN OF TDPT (UFO)
4 January 1969
SUBJECT UFO Obs
TO:
Greenville, O
Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
you reported to the Air Force. The information which we have
Request
addressed envelope. reporting your observation to
the Air Force.
HECTOR QUIN LLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Phenomena enomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division Division
Production Production Directorate Directorate
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27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE,
ALTERHATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
.
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL
NUMHER 21-R258
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
ANSWER ALL
YOUR N CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT.
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
I. WHEN DID QU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY_ 4 MONTHJan. YEAR 1969
2. WHAT IM E DID FIRST SIGH T PHENOMENON?
HOUR_ 20 MINUTES._20 CIA.M. b|P.M.
3. WHAT E DID YOU L AST SIGH T THE PHENOMENON 1
HOUR 20 MINUTES...30. A.M. P..
4. TIME 'ZONE D 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.
A
"40' 00" weat ong.
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 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.
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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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SW SE
sSw SSE
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
APPEAPEO 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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8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Check approprinte blocks.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
X IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR 7 AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER X IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
IT
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES 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.
HOW MUCH o HER TRAF AS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANE ES? 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.
9. HOW LONG HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENG T H OF TIME OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
ten minutes X FAIRLY CERTAIN FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
Certain of fighting time;estinate of duration
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES NO. IF *NO, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR 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. MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE ENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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1O. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TOS SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
TMM
During the sighting, there was a thick cloud cover in the West which covered
all stars but the phenomenon. Stars were visible in the North, East, South
and directly overhead.
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11. ConDitions(Check appropriate blocks.)(Sas Note Above)
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 AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN DONT RENEMBER
MANY MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS OuDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter) PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D.IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? THE SUN VISIBLE? YES YES NO. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (New 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
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. STREET LAMP. ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
None other Nonel than through
12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLECTEO 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
APPEARSD AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR APPEARSD AS A POI OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
The phenomenon was self-luminous. It nas could be compared to a very large The phenomenon was self-luminous. It was could be compared to a very large
star. It did not look like any other star. It also changed color from red
to light red dand back again at the rate of approximately once every second.
*Or orange-white
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13. DID THE PHENOMENON YES NO UNKNOWN
MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? X
STAND STILL AT ANYTIME? X
SUDDENLY SP PEED UP AND RUN AWAY?
BREAK UP PARTS AND EXPLODE? $racx}$
CHANGE COLORT
GIVE OFF SMOKET X
CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? X
CHANGE SHAPE' X
FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? X
SPIN LIKE TOP? X
MAKE A NOISE? X
FLUTTER CA WOBBLE? X
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
A very bright light in the sky. I did not, however. spot this phenonenon first
as my mother saw it before I did. It did not resemble a star etc.
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
It finally disappeared below the horizon.
9. DID THE ENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES 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 EAHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
See Item l6.
It was a VAry light. It did not have anv
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15. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM*S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN O3JECT, SUCH AS A STREET
LAMP OR THE WCON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVEREO BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD
BEEN ASLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE
PHENOME HAVE BEEN COVEPEO THE MATCH HEAD.
I wonld estinate it to be three times the size of a five
times the sise of a star.
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17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL.
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES (Prescription) CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS 7X50 mm
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WIN DOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDIN-RILY WEAR GLASSES? 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
PHENOMENONL HNote) PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DistancESee NoLe
2O. IN ORDER T -AT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMCN CSJECT 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 OEJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
The phenomenon most resembled a very very bright 'star' in the night sky.
It was seteral times 'larger' than a star. Being both brighter and larger
than the planets.
HEARD)
A. DID THE PHENOMENON 015 5 LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF *YES, DESOPIBE.
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