PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORO
1. DATE·TIME C89T90 . LOCATION
7 Feb 69 08,' 00052 Fairfax, Virginia
3. SOURCE 1. CONCLUSION
Civilian BALLOON (HOT AIR)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One hot air balloch.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMWMARY AND ANALYBIS
90 Seconds The observer sighted a large glowing yellowish light. It moved
6. on a zig-zag on a zig-zag course, then suddenly exploded and course, then suddenly exploded and burst burst into into
TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION flames.
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
WNW WNW .
3. PHOTOS 3. PHOTOS
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MXNO .
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION MODEL,
TYPE. FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES nO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES NO
1B. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENON IGIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED_ PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
2O. IN ORDER THAT E MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMON OEJEOT 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.
As STATED OviTE LiKe A LARbe BeneH BACL
DRIFTING SHEREWAND OM TOP OF THE WAVES
ALMOY THE SAME ACTIOY-CONTINUNTY OF
DIRECTIOY LookED Like THE OLOW FROM
A OIL LAYTERN OR B1C LAMP aCOBE
FRem A DISTAN No MAdeR NCE)
11om9em
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21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING-FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF, EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? YES 2 NO. NO. IF YES, DESCRIBE.
CI AsSUME AsSomE THE FLAinE FLAiNE HAD HoT -Bur I1 HOT -BUr F1
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LOAS
A. DID THE PHENCMENON STURB THE GR OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES 17NO.
IF YES.*DESCRIBE. HAYE
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A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME MIDDLE
State and Zip Code)
031
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50 X MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DIC YOU REPORT THAT Pocne YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
DeaureAs
NAME DAY MONTH LBRUARY YEAR 196Z
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
FURMRUCEVEI2FEB De2DY DAY_ MONTH FBRVARY YEAR
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Air Force..
MECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Col, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aeria nenomena Branch Description
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
3

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS, 1001ST
ANDR 20331
REPLY TO 2 8 FEB 1969
ATTN OF: DOBO/3415
SUSJECT: UFO Rep February 1969
TO: FID (TDETR)
Wright-Patterson AFB
Ohio 45433
8c,AFR 80-17,19 Sep 66.
FOR T
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FRANK R. AMEND, ColOnel, USAF 1 Atch 1 Atch
Deputy Commander Deputy Commande Operations AF Form 117 AF Form 117
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DAYR1D1,7 MONTH
2 WHAT IM E THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR_ MINUTES A.M. [}P.M.
3 WHAT TIME YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES A.M. DP.M.
4. TIME ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
DEASTERN 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 NEAS 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 ASOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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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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NNW NNE
NW NE
B 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
APPEAREO TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE
THELARGER SKETCH.
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8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCk appropriate blOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN SUILDING
IN CAR AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE 0 AS PILOT D AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRE CTION WERE YOU MOVING? HOW FAST WERE MOVING?
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANY TIME WHILE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS5 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 T H E R RAFFIC WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? 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.
No.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
ONE 7O ONE tAHAUrMiNIC3 AAHAUTMINIC3 FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED? HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
B MY MY NATCH )Lex -23 Y 0-0(KEEDS 0(KEDS Time) Time)
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY YES WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLYI YES NO. IF *NO. INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE EEHAVIOR OF THE PHENONENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP. MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENONENON. AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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10. 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?
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11. CoNDITiONs (Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (LOW fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT J CiRRus CLouDs (High fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
NIGHT bone) (f 12 LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMAUS 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
AFEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN 140 7 EUELY
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter) (veu or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THES THE SUN VISIBLE? YES YES NO. N IF "YES,WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED 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
-
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
STREET L1017 LI017 TALL TALL PokL PolL NeRCsS NeRes 122e2 -APPROX. APPROX.
30 3 Awn7 AwA7- 1 17 Co7 As QBHEC OBHEC
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 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 APPEARED AS A POIN OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERV D OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. OTHER 03 FIELD OF VIEW.
0 B of FC7 7 FIRSr NoCEED 3i 1 LOOKED LOOKED LIKE LIKE A LAROC LAROG BCACN BEACH
BALL (n S12E) As , A YECcoWNn GLOWING LIOHT- I7
MOVED EN A B17 A 210-210 COJRSE ATSAME
ALTIFUDE BEoD To OET SOMEWHNT BRIGHTEN,
THEN SUDDEWLY Bis EXPLODED AND BURST
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MAXE A NOISE?
FLUTTEROR WOB9LE
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
Ai FIRST 1E LOOKOD To LIKE A SMDCL AIRERDFT
APDROAAING BUZ THE LACK CF S160C L1GHT3
AND 216-2466116 MADE 11E WATH17B026
CLOSECY 3
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
T EXPLOED
To THE HORIZON AND FLAMED OUT
WACC oF FLAME
As 17 DRPPED.
YES CNO. 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 EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
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DROP
FAMES
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S. 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.
ABour Y
MATCH HenD CUSINo WOOD MATCH) OR
Mos7 A PAPOR MATCH HEAD TIRNED
SIDEzAYS
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