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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GRC JP 2. LOCATION
04/1855
...A Feb 69 04/23552 Marengo, Indiana
3. SOURCE 1. CONCLUSION
Civilian Possible AIRCRAFT
NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Flight duration is similar to an aircraft.
One
5. LENGTH OF OP TION
8 Minutes SEE CASE FILE
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
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FAAForm:2800-2(1.55) 0052-542-5000 (1350)
DATE
2-07-69
REMINDER MEMO
WORK ORDER
AVOID ERRORS —PUT IT IN WRITING
TO: ROUTIN BOL
TDPT (UFO)
SUBJECT:
Report of Unidentified Flying Object
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SIGNAT ROUTING SYMAOL
Louisville,
Kentucky

4Hl69
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSOI BASE. OHI0 45433
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO) 12
SUSJECT: February 1969
TO:
diana 47140
Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
you reported to the Air Force. The information which we have
received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request
you complete the attached AF Form ll7 and return it in the self-
addressed envelope. addressed envelope reporting reporting your observation to vation to
the Air Force. the Air Force.
HECTOR HECTOR ILLA, Jr, LLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial nomena Office AF Form 1l7 w/envelope
Aerospace Techn logies ogies Division
Production Production Directorate
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AFR 80-17(C1)
SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED OMENA 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 CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. - PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER A
YOUR
FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR ARDING TO FTD (TDETR). WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AF
ATTACH SECURELY TO TI RM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
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1. WHEN DID YOUS SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY. 4 MONTH Fel YEAR 1969
2. WHA T F SIG H T PHENOMENON?
HOUR 6 MINUTES 55 [IA.M. 1GP.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID YOU L SIGHT THE PH ENOMENON?
MINUTES 03 [A.M. EP.M.
HOUR
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 DRANN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANOING 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
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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AF FORM 117
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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.
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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 SKETCH.
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9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN NOT VERY SURE
0t0 FAIRLY CERTAIN SS
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WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? XYES S NO. IF *NO.^ INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAR.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
IO. 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 THE STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN FARTIAL(New or quarter)
D. IF S'GHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? 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
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.
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A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
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sometrees. some trees.
B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TINE?
O YES NO. IF *YES," DESCRIBE.
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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 HOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD
BEEN ABLE TO =ERFORM 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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21. DID YCU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES NO. IF *YES."DESCRIBE.
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A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF "YES," DESCRIBE.
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25. WHEN AND TO TED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME DAY_ MONTH 7e8. YEAR 196.9
DAY. MONTHto YEAR 1967
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