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PROJECT IOO73 RECORD
1. DATE ·TIME GRDUP 17/182 LOCATION
17 February 69 17/23/0Z Twinsburg, Ohio
3. SOURCE . CONCLUSION
Civilian Possible AIRCRAFT
$. NUMBER OBJECTS A letter was sent to the Twinsburg Police Dept., requesting
information on the sighting, however this office has not received
One
5. LENGTH OF ATION II. BRiEF sUMARY AND ANALYsIS to past reports of Aerial Advertizing
aircraft.
5 Minutes The observer sighted a oval shaped object that had red and
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION white lights around it. The observer also reported that sevjra
Ground-Visual members of the Twinsburg Police Dopt., also saw the object.
7. 7. COURSE
ENE - S
8. PHOTOS
0 Yo
XOX No 2OX No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PHYSICAL VIDENCE
0 Yos O Yos
XX No XX No
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FORM
FTO SEP 6D 0-329

The
21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF.
eseoe atthetisine.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. L YES XNO.
IF *YES." DESCRIBE
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AFR 80-17(C1)
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ata Nistance.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE - THEY SEE EIT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAMEFIRST
A
Nsburq CoHio 44087
TELE AGE
2/4attim MALE X FEMALE
DING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. UPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
HOUSEWiFE HOUSEWiFE
Freuser at Sencral Electria Co. a fecyeaen ago, Freuser at Sencral Electrie Co. a feryean ago,
wey
NamEnolit chispatakeePbice 17MONTH7il- YEAR 1969
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY_ MONTH Ch YEAR 1969
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procidid daun for about
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sight
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ing it, following their family car, and more
also reported it.
cruisers. Sgt. Donald W. Prange, Patrolman Walter Orcutt, and
He had noticed the disturbance on our Television set, as
until I had asked for information
my s
veluable information, veluable information,
a person
can get involved in interviewing other persons can get other persons . seen, or I
This subject
has interested me for many years. Please r return letter either

sightings without being outside legal being cast
off as nosy teens.
near'future. I will grately late your time.
Thank

17Feb69
TDPT (UFO) 28 FEB 1969
UFO rvation, 17 Feb 69
Tinsburg Police Department
Twinsburg, Ohio 44087
The Aerial Phenomena Branch is in receipt of a UrO report
from Twinsburg, Ohio for 17 Feb 1969. The observation stated
that at about P.M. local time several people in the Twins-
burg area sighted white object that had red lihts surrounding
it. Request information if your office received any similar
reports for this nizht. If so, were you able to identify the
stimulus? Thank you poperation and effort.
ECTOR ECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Col, USAP QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Col, USAF
Chief, Aerial Chief, Aerial Phenomena Pranch PBranch
Aarospace Technologies Aarospace Technologies I Division
Production Directorate
(2-17)

198669
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT.PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO)
SUBJECT:
TO:
14037
Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request
addressed envelope. addressed enve Than your observation to your observation to
the Air Force. the Air Force.
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial henomena nenomena Office Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
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172ek 69
AFR 80-17(C1)
SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIEO PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE 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 CERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER AI
YOUR
YOUR PES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DIC SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY /7 MONTH F/ YEAR 1969
2. WHAT TIM 5 DID ou F RS T SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES [IA.M. WP.M.
3 WHAT TIME Y oU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES_ 43A.M. DP.M.
4 TIME 'ZONE 07 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
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 DR ANN 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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Hre
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6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN TRE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A' ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE POINT SHOWN IN TRE SKETCH, PLACE AN ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A PHENOVENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B° ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HON HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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AF FORM 117
AUG 67

AFR 80-17(Ci)
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
WNW ENE
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
THELARGER SKETCH.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (ChCCk aPPPOPrinte blOCkS.)
X OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS 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 AS PILOT 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?
NOPTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WEREIN AND TYPE OF ROAD. TERRAIN OR BODY WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? HOW MUCH OTHER TRAF FIC WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? C 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 HOW LONG WAS THE PH P H ENO MENON IN SIGHT? SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME LENGTH OF TIME x CERTAIN OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE NOT VERY SURE
5MiN. 5MiN. FAIRLY CERTAIN FAIRLY CERTAIN
JUST A GUESS JUST A GUESS
HOW NAS DETERMINED?
WATCH
HAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES D NO. IF NO, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON. AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
1O. 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. SXY 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
X CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET
COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
HAZE OR SMOG X NONE OF THE ABOVE
C.IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
(1 STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT X NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
2. IF NO. IF "YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? SUN JUST SET
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.
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 OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OSJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
2twas osalshape, white lights wieth sed
aund it.It made somvese and
Ddlwad 1e.
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AFR Ca17(CI)
13. DID THE PHENOMENON YUS MO UNNNOWN
MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE?
STAND STILL AT ANYTIME?
SUDDENLY SP EED UP AND RUN AWAY?
BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE?
CHANGE COLOP:
GIVE OFF SMOKE?
CHANGE BRIGHTNESST .
CHANGE S-APE:
FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIXE TOP!
MAKE A NOISE? $\rac$
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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ferance.
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
ment up in the sky. mn't up ine the sky.
It jist It jist
9. DID TH PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LI A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES X NO. 1F YES,"DESCRIBE.
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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
HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
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CAME OVER HORIZON
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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
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.
TFR
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