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PROJECT 1OO73 RECORD 4
1. DATE · TIME GROU LOCATION
C6/2145
6 April 69 07/02452 Cincinnati, Ohio
. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian INSUFFICIENT DATA
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Not Reported
5. LENCTH OF OBSERVATIOM 1. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
8 Minutes No information on sigi S ting
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Cround-Visual Director
7. COURSE
Not Reported Maxwell AFB, Alcbama ATTN: Archives Branch Aerospace Studies Inst Apr 1969
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AF3C)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO 9 APR 1969
ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO)
SUBJECT: UFO
TO: Mr
Cincinnati, Ohio 45230
- Reference your recent unidentified flying object sighting which
received is not sufficient for a scientific investigation. Request
addressed envelope. addressed envelope. Thank Thank reporting reporting your observation to your observation to
the Air Force. the Air orce.
ECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF Colonel, USAF 1 Atch 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Chief, Aerial Phenomena Phenomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope AF Form 1l7 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate
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SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGST BUREAU APPROYAL
NUMBER 21-R254
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
AS POSSIBLE CONC CERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER ALL ESTIONS THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR NAME WII NNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PERMISSIGN. RETUR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHT-
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433. W AFR SO-T7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO TH OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE OMENON?
DAY_ Co APPYEAR 69
MONTH
2. WHAT TIM E DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES 45 AM 2P.M.
3. WHAT TIM E DID YOU LAST.SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
NIA HOUR MINUTES 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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6. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE 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. CuO ASTSEEN
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SA. 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 INOICATE 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 HENOMENON SETWEEN *A* AND "B°. THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHETHER THE MOVEMENT
APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVEO OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE
THE LARGER SKETCH
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8 WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCK aPPROPriate blOCKS.)
OUTDOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN CAR AS DRIVER AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN BOAT NEAR AIRFIELO
IN AIRPLANE C 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 HOW FAST WERE 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 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 HOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES 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' THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG WAS WAS THE THE PHENOMENON PHENOMENON IN SIGHT? SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
8 min p
FAIRLY FAIRLY CERTAIN CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME OETERMINEO?
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WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUQUSLY? YES NO. IF *NOINDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE SEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
FABED OUT PERIODICALY
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1O. 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 OID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON MOON WITH HALO WITH HALO UNKNOWN UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
D. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? YES YES D NO. IF *YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED NO. IF YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? THE PMENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Ned noon) OVERHEAD (NeW noon)
IN BACK OF YOU IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE WAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR 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 DESCRIPTICN GF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT DDTICA UK
REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. CESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLID OR TRANSPAPENT, WHETHER EOGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPSARED AS A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OSJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
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MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTEROR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
FRIEND
A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
FADED OUT
B. OID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES CLNO. IF*YES," DESCRIBE.
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I7. 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? YES NO 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 Lt 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 COMMON 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 OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
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 CINO. IF YES." DESCRIBE.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES LNO.
IF ·YES," DESCRIBE.
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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 SAW PHENOMENON? EYES NO. IF YES,DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
EYES O NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
FAMILY
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME FIRST NAME MIDDLE NAME
AD
RCI 30
AGE
34 MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADUITIONAL TNFO WATTON INCLUDIN IPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
25. WHEN AND TO WHOM DID 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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