PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT I0073 RECORO
1.DATE ·TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
04/2145
4 Mar 69 05/02452 Silver Spring, Maryland
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION -
Civilian Fossible AIRCRAFT
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS No object was seen at anytime. There seens to be no reason why
the stimulus could not havo been an aircraft with unusual lights
See Case
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ATION BRIEF SUMARY AND ANALYSI3 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Approx 1 Minute SEE CASE FILE SEE CASE FILE
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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8. PHOTOS RETURN TO:
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? YES NO. IF *YES,"GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES NO. IF *YES," DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST.
ADDRESS (Stre (Stre
LAND 20982
TEL AGE
M MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADD INDICATE ADDLTWON INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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25. WHEN AND WHEN AND TO THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS THIS PHENOMENON? PHENOMENON?
NAME MONTH YEAR
26. DATE YOU COMPLETEO THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY MONTH YEAR
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ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS, 10OIST COMPOSITE WING (HQ COMD USAF)
ANDREWS AIR FORCE ASHINGTON, D.C. 20331
REPLY TO 1 4 MAR 1 1969
ATTN OF: DOBO/3415
SUBJECT: March 1969
TO: FTD (TDETR)
Wright-Patterson AFB
Ohi0 45433
1. The attached AF Form 1l7 is forwarded in accordance with paragraph 1. The attac
, 19 Sep 66.
2. The sighting has been investigated by Base Operations; no unusual -
phenomena we reported in the area.
DER
FRANK R. AM Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Deputy for Operations AF Forim 117
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1003814 100381

BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL
SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE NUMBER 21-R258
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
ING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
AS POSSIBLE CONCERN THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.
ANSWER ALI CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMF TS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR NAME R FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT-
YOUR PERMISSIG 45433,IAW AFR BO-[7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
PATTERSON AFB. S FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
ATTACH SECUREL
1 WHEN DID YOU THE PHENOMENON? YEAR
DAY. MONTH
2 WHAT TIM E D FIRST SIGH T H E P HENOMENON? A.M. P.M.
HOUR MINUTES
3. WHAT TIME DID LAST SIGH T E N OMENON? A.M. P.M.
HOUR HOUR MINUTES MINUTES
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD STANDARD
4. TIME ZONE PACIFIC OTHER
KEASTERN ICENTRAL MOUNTAIN
WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON
5. A HAND DRAWN MAP WHERE YOU WERE STANDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTRY, IDENTIFY THE WHERE WERE WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE YOU
BLAND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK. RAND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK.
HIGHWAY YOU HIGHWAY YOU
SiVER M Silvee
YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN "A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE B'ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
PHENOMENCN WAS A9OVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A AGINE
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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8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (GACCK appropriate blocKS.)
OUTDOORS IN I BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIOENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER □ 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 OIPE IOTION 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 AND 6.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAO, TERRAIN OR BODY OF DESCRIDE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAO, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING DURING
THE SIGHTING. THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
HOW MUCH MU c H OTHER o Y TRAFFIC AF FIC WAS THERE? THERE?
DID DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? NOT AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF *YES, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME M 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 THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
Secondsmay be FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINED?
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WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? 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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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. ConDirioNs (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) bone) LIGHT LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS CLOUDS SNOW ORSLEET SNOW OR SLEET
COMPLETELY OVERCAST (Thunderstorms) (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
HAZE OR SMOG NONE NONE OF OF THE ABOVE
C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU C.IF THS SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS S AND MOON? AND MOON?
111 11) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON MOON WITH HALO WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS INE DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES IF *YES. WHERE WAS THE SUNAS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT 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.
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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 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
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
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CHANGE SHAPE? BRIGHTNESS?
FLASH OR FLICKERT CHANGE
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEAREO AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
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15. 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 ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE 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.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YESN B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES NO
18 WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THES SPEED OF THE 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE
PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCESLL
2O IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMON OS.ECT CR 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.
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21. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY YES X NO. IFYES, DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOMENONDISTURB A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. IYES YES NO.
IF 'YES."DESCRIBE IF 'YES.DESCRIBE
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