PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
DATE ·TIE GROUP 2. LOCATION
22/1930
...22 Jan 69 23/00302 Columbus, Ohio
3. SOURCE - 10. CONCLUSION .
Civilian Fossible AIRCRAFT
t. NUMBER OF CAJECTS The observer did not give his ccmplete address. No other reporta
were received of anything crashing in the Columbus area. It is
One possible that the observer saw an airplane disappear over the
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS horizon thus giving the appearance the
it crashed.
5 - 6 Minutes The observer sighted a white, blue, and red object (?), south
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION of his position. The object or lights were observed for 5-
minutes and at the end of the sighting appeared to crash.
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
S - SSW S - SSW 21
8. PHOTOS
7 Yes
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9. PHYSICAL IDENCE
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENAQUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROY.AL
NUMBER 21-R253
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE CONCERNIN PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER ATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
INSON TH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISSIGN. RETUR. AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AFB OHIO 45433, IAW AFR8O-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS RM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN YOU SE E THE PHENOMENON?
DAY2 MONTH JAIU YEAR 1968
2. WHAT IM E DID YOU F R SIGI H T THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR. 1930 MINUTES A.M. P.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID YOU L SIGH T HE PHENOMENON?
1910 HOUR 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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6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A° ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMEVON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON, OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B' ON THE SAME CURVEO LINE TO
SHOW HON 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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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 SXETCH.
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6. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCK aPPrOPrIAte SlOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN DUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT OIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST YES
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 5.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING 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. THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
CAR- Hu
HOW HO MUCH O ER TRAFFIC FIC WAS THERE?
NORMAL
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? 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 ENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTHOF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
3-6min FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
WAS THE PHENCHENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES NO. IF NO. INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHEMOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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1O. IF YHERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENOM, HOW MANY WERE THERE' DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGMMENT 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 fleccy 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. C.IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ASOUT THE STARS AND MOON? THE STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS STARS (2) MOON MOON
NOME NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
AFEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNXNOWN PARTIAL(New or quarter) PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISISLE? D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISISLE? YES NO. IF *YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED IF YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Near nooN) OVERHEAD (NeCr nOON)
|IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPZCIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR
STRZET LANP, ETC. STRZET LAKP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
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12. GIVE A DRIEF OESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOWENON, 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
APPEARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS. A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECTIN YOUR FIELDOF VIEW.
WHITE,BIUER -SOL10
NO OTHER
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DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT OREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
ITWAS 1N SIBHT AAL THE TIME
A.HOW A. HOW DID IT DISAPPEAR?
CRASHEO ORASHIED
B.DID THE SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY T TIME'
YES 0. IF *YES,"DESCRIBE.
4.
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17. DID YOU CBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICASLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDONPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES B DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? CIYES 17*0
18. WHAT AAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENONT GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED 210 11 PHENOMENON? 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 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 OR MACHINERY IN THZ VICINITY? YES NO. IF *YES.DESCRIBE.
LJNO.
IF*YES.*DESCRIBE
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Z2. HAVE YOU ZVCR JEEN THIS OR A SINILAR PHINOMZNOM BEPORZY YES
LOGATION.
1960
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENONT YES NO. DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
Y NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LASTNA
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24101 26101
TECLPHO AGE
D MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADSITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WMICH MAY BE PERTINENT. INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
75 WHEN AND TO WHOM YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME DAY MONTH YEAR
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED H13 QUESTIONNAIRE
DAY MONTH YEAR
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