DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7171967
DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1969
REPORTED LOCATIONKettering Ohio
FRAMES25
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PROJECT M3 RECORO
1.DATE·TIME GROUP 09/2020 2. LOCATION
9 Feb 69 10/0020Z Kettering, Ohio
3. SOURCE 19. CONCLUSION Jput
Civilian Probable Astro (VENUS)
1. HUMBER OF OBJECTS
The address given by the observer is non-existant. However frou
One the information given it appeares that she was watching Venus.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
15 Minutes The observer signted white light that was stationary in the
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION west. The observer was still watching it time of the
report.
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
West i
3. PHOTOS
7 Y. n Y.
XEXNO XIXNO
9. 9. PHYSICAL VIDENCE IDENCE
7 Yes (7 Yes
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FORM
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AFR 80-17(C1)
17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWINC INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL
TYPE. FILTER. LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELO TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOHPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? INO B. DO YOU USE READING 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 DISTANCE
2O. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMCN 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. DI0 YOU 21. DIO 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? ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY YES TLNO. IF *YES,* DESCRIBE. IF "YES." DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOUENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES I00.
IF*YES.*DESCRIBE.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
IVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHEHOMENON? YES DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES xO.
A. LIST TMEIR NAMZS AHD ADDRESSES
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ASOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME
ADDRsss (Street, City, State and Z
TELEPHONE(AROC
MALE FEMALE
INDICATE AODITIONAL INFORNATION INCLUDING OCCUPATIOH AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT
.
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM OID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTEO THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME DAY_ MONTH YEAR
2S. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY. MONTH YEAR
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1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One AF Form 117 not returned
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMARY AND AHALYSIS
7 Minutes SEE CASE FILE
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
See Case
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a. PHOTOS
n Yos
XXNo
9. PHYSICAL PHYSICA EVIDENCE
7 Yos
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON FORCE BASE. OHIO 43433
REPLY TO TDPT (UFO) 10
ATTN OF:
SUBJECT:
TO:
Kevcering, Ohio 45429
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 A AF Form ll7 and return it in the self-
addressed envelope. Thanl reporting your observation to
the Air Force.
HECTOR LA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aeria enomena nomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope AF Form 1l7 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
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PROJSCT TOO7O RECORD
1. DATE TINE GROUP 18/221 2. LOCATION
18 February 69 19/03152 Rettering, Ohio
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Probable (AIRCRAFT)
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
3 Minutes The observer sighted a bright light that moved northvard and
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION disappeared after about 3 minutes.
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE COURSE
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B. PHOTOS B. PHOTOS
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MOOMS MOOMD
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE VIDENCE
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON ORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO)
SUBJECT: UFO Observation, 18 Feb 1969
TO:
,0hio 45429
Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request
you complete the attached AF Form ll7 and return it in the self- you compiete
addressed envelope. addressed envelop Thank y reporting your observation to eporting observation to
the Air Force.
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Chief, Aeria enomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope AF Form 1l7 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division Technologies Division
Production Directorate
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROYAL
NUMBER 21-R253
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE CON DENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER AI INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
YOUR
RETURN FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR). WRIGHT-
PATTERS B, CHIO 45433, IAW AFR 8O-[7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCIIES
ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY_ MONTH YEARL.S
2. WHAT DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR_ MINUTES A.M. P.M.
3. WHA ME DID YOU LAST SIGH T THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR 10 MINUTES 0 A.M. 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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5.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 SXYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 3" ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOH 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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NW NE
WNW ENE
STON
WSW ESE
SW SE
sSW SSE
7. IY 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 D° 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 LAROER SKETCH.
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FTR(TD-PT (UFO) )
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433 POSTAGE AND FEES PAID
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
FEST CLASS
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8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCk aPPrOPriate blOcKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILOING a IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER D AS PASSENGER IN OP EN 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?
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 OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
NONE
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF *YES," DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME IF YES," DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG HOW LONG WAS THE PHENO MENON IN SIGHT? SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME CERTAIN NOT VERY SURE NOT VERY SURE
3 FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS DETERMINED?
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINJOUSLY? YES 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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1O. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE? DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERS
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 flufiY) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CiRrus CLouDs (MHigh 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.1F THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT STARS AND MOON?
(1) (1) STARS STARS (2) (2) MOON MOON
NONE NONE C BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
V V MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNONN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. IF YES," WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (NeW noOn) OVERHEAD(Nea 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.
Housz Housz Lickts
12. GIVE A BPIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENCMENON, 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 SOLIO 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 O3SERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
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13. DID THE PHENOMENON YES NO UNKNOWN
MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? down
STAND STILL AT ANYTIME? 1ST DO.CFD V
SUDDEMLY SP EED UP AND RUN AWAY? V
BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? L
CHANGE COLOR?
GIVE OF : SMOKE?
CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? Vesy Bzigkt ThiN disMeR
CHANG SE SHAPE?
FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPE .R AND REAPPEAR? V
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
WAIKING HOMe FROM YNCA
AUD JOST POTICRD A BRIGHF
LIGHT INTHIE EIGHTTNTH: 3kY. SRY,
MOVING NORTAARD MOVING NORTAWARD OUT OF SIGHT
9. DIDTHE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND ORIN FRONT CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
LyYES NO. IF *YES," DESCRIBE.
INFROO TH=$ RADIO TOWER
WIN.G.
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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.
ROUND
BRIGHTLIGHT
16. WHAT WAS THE ANSULAR 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 ASLE 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. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING' INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGL ASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TEL ESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWDANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YES B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YS NO
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE
PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
20 IN ORCER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMCN OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON,
WOULD SEAR SOME RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR 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 EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? ES GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
KETTIS
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING MATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME
ADO
TELER SE
MALE FEMALE
INDICZOOITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT. INDIC. OUITTONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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25. WHEN AND TO MHO DI o YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAME DAY MONTH YEAR
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY MONTH YEAR
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 43433
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO)
SUBJECT UFO Observation, 9 February 1969
TO:
Kevcerin on 0 45429
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. reporting your observation to
the Air Force.
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, HECTOR QUINTA ANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office Office AF Form 117 w/envelope AF Form 1l7 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division Division
Production Directorate
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIRIED PHENOMENA QUESTIOMNAIRE BUDGET DUREAU APPTOYAL
NUMBER 21-R353
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
ANSWER ESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR N.
1
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, IAW AFR 8O-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DIC YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
7 MONTH F2 YEAR_ 69
DAY...
2. WHAT TIME DID FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES. 2 A.M. P.M.
WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR O MINUTES 35 A.M. P.M.
4. TIME ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
EASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PACIFIC OTHER
5. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE R 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.
Ho
6 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOVENON 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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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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NW NE
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
THE LARGER SKETCH.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (ChCCK aPPTOPTIAIE blOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER 0 AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE AS PILOT AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION MOVING? HOW FAST WERE YOU
NORTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTE UR SKETCHES IN ITEMS S AND 5.
Mu cn DoTTfla
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 OTHE ER T RAF FIC WAS THERE?
D O YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF *YES, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW NG WAS THE WAS THE PH ENO MENON IN SIGHT?
LENG LENG TH H OF TIME OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
FAIRLY CERTAIN FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES NO. IF "NO," INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR 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. MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES- PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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A. SKY B. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS(LOW fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CiRRus cLouos (High fleecy or Nerring- HEAVY RAIN
NIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUNULONIMBUS 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
XAHY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D.IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES NO. 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.
12. GIVE A BRIEF OESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLECTEO LIGHT O& WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLIO 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
OTHEROSJECTIN YOUR FIELDOF VIEW.
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CHANGE BRIGHTNESS? - X
CHANGE SHAPE?
FLASH OR FLICKERY 3
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPINLIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
Crup or juFT
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? FIN ALLY DISAPPEAR?
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B. DID THE ION MOVE BEHIND ORIN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TINE?
YES PNO. 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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16. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM*S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET
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