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10 Feb 69 12/0200Z St Louis, Missouri
3. SOURCE - 10. CONCLUSION -
Civilian . Astro (METEOR)
3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS "
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSI3
4 Seconds The observer sighteda yellow-pink-oranga light that traveled
6. from the NE to the SW and disappeared in about 4 seconds,
TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
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8. PHOTOS
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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AFR 80-17(C1)
ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO TDPT (UFO)
ATTN OF:
SUBJECT: UFO bservation, 10 Feb 1969
Arkansas 601
Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request
addressed envelope. Thank you for reporting your observation to
the Air Force.
22 HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Phenomena Chief, Aerial Phenomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Aerospace Technologies Division Division
Production Directorate Production Directorate

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AFR 80-17(C1)
SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED 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 CONCERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER ALL OF THE OUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
NNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATI NTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISSIGN. RETUR R FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT.
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, IAW AFR BO-17. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY_ mon. MONTH FC- YEAR 1969
2. WHAT TIME DID YOU FIRST SIGHT PHENOMENON?
HOUR 7:00 MINUTES 30 CIA.M. DP.M.
3. WHAT E D o u L AST SIGHT T HE PHENOMENON?
7:00 MINUTES 50 ]A.M. XP.M.
HOUR
4. TIME ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS X 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. IOENTIFY THE
HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON OR NE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK.
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6. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE, WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE, WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 3° 3" ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
GA. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN *A* CN THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE
DIRECTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A *G* 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 "D. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT
APPEAPEO 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(CI)
8 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (Check appropriate blocks.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSIN ESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING √ IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE AS PILOT 0 AS 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?
NOPTH 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 OFI 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?
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.
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9 HOW LONG WAS WAS THE THE PHENOMENON PHENON MENON IN SIGHT?
ENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
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FAIRLY CERTAIN FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS ME DETERMINED?
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? e 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. DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
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?
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?
11) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN I VISIBLE? YES NO. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? NONY
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Nee noon) OVERHEAD (Necr 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
STREETLAMP.ETC. STREET LAMP. ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
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12. GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, 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 OBJECT 11 OTHER OBJECT UR FIELD OF VIEW.
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FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
Behind the trees in the east Behind the trees in the cast
B. OID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT ANY TIME?
YES NO IF *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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1S. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATCH AT ARM*S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET 1S. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD A MATOH AT ARM*S LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET
LAMP OR THE WOON. NOTE HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD
BEEN ABLE TO PEPFORM 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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AFR 80-17((1)
17. DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE. FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINCON OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWP-NE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR CLASSES? []YES NO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YESNO
18. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THES SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE.
PHENOMENUNT GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
20. IN ORDER T-AT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMON G3JECT 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. DIO YOU NDTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON 21, DIO YOU NDTICE ANY ODOR R. 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? C YES X X NO. IF *YES,•DESCRIBE. NO. IF *YES, DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF *YES," DESCRIRE,
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AFR 80-17(C1)
22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? C YES NO. IF YES," GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT TH E TIME SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES □ IF YES DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
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24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING IN FO RMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NA
TELEPHOME AGE
14 MALE FEMALE
WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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25. WHEN AND TO WHOM O O YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAM DAY_MOT. MONTH_ Feb YEAR 1964
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAYMOn MONTH Eolgn YEAR_ 1969
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