PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. OATE - TIME GROUP . LOCATION
May 1969. (Conflicting) Allentown, Tennsylvania
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Other (CONFLICTING DATA)
5. NUMBER OF OJJECTS
One
5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Conflicting
time of sighting as 10:DO PM EDT. Later gave date as 6 May
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION FM EDT.
69 and time as 8:37
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
NNE - ENE
8. PHOTOS
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9. 9. PHYSIC PHYSICAL EVIDENCE VIDENCE
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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.
N
NNW NNE
NW NE
B
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WNW ENE
ESE
WSW
SW SE
SSW SSE
. 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
THELARGERSKETCH.
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WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAV THE PHENOMENON? (GACCK aPPTOPNCLe bOCKS.)
IN BUSINESS SECTION OF CITY
OUTDOORS IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION OF CITY
IN BUILDING AS PASSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE
IN CAR 0 AS DRIVER NEAR AIRFIELD
IN BOAT FLYING OVER CITY
AS PILOT 0 AS PASSENGER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
IN AIRPLANE 0
OTHER
WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
IF YOU HOW FAST WERE YOU MOVING?
WHAT DIRECTION WERE YOU MOVING?
NORTH EAST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
WEST PHENOMENON?
SOUTH SOUTHEAST NO
NORTHEAST YES
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST
YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND G.
XPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS
WATER YOU TRAVERSED DURING
ESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
HE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE
JOW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE?
INO. IF YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIMD INO. IF YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE YIMD
HO YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES! YES THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
IF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON ANO WHERE
HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN HOW LONG WAS THE PHEN ON IN SIGHT? SIGHT?
CERTAIN OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
1. JUST JUST A GUESS A GUESS
LENGTH OF TIME FAIRLY CERTAIN
62
HOW WAS TIHE DETERMINEO ite
E Wr CL NO. IF "NO,^ INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
NAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? VYES AOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENCMENON, AND DLSCRISE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON. HOW MANY WERE THERE' DRAN A PICTURE TO SHON HOW THEY WIRE
ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEMENT CHANGE DURING THE SIGHTING?
!1. COnDitioNs(Check appropriate blocks.)
A SKY 8. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (LOW fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CiRRus CLouos (ligh 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 ASOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
STARS (2) MOON
NONS NONS BRIGHT MOONLIGHT BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOAN UNKNOAN PARTIAL(New Or Quarier) PARTIAL(New Or quarier)
O IF SIGHTING WAS IN OAYLIGHT. NAS THE SUN VISIDLET O. IF SIGHTING WAS IN OAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLET YES YES DNO. NO. IF YES, WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED IF YES,* WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU 1 TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(NeM ROON)
IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OA
STREEY LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE. STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
stract Iamp lamp aT a end end of o lot (See Diagrem ④)
Z GIVE A ORIEF DESGRIPTICY OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEAREO DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLECTEO LIGHT OR WAD SE.F-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT WAS SOLIO OR TRANSP LRENT, WMETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEAREO AS A POINT OF LIS-T. INOICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OOJECT IN YOUR FIELO OF VIEH.
I t Colors
were redramber. VT
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were furey y.bnoked
like o
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like falling star
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CHANGE COLOR?
GIVE OFF SMOKE?
CHANGE BRIGHTNESS?
CHANGE SHAPE?
FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOSBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
I was looking at the s fors 11 the sky.
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A. HOW DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
It's Turned out
,YES VINO. IF YES." DESCR'DE.
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IS. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOV THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENDN. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS TNAT MIGHT A
HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PNOTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ANROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON KAS LOVING.
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I6. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZET HOL O A MATCH AT ARMPS LENGTH IN FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP OR THE MOON. NOTC HOW MUCH OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED BY THE HEAO OF THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD
BEEN ABLE TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMEHT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAY FRACTION OF THE
PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD.
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CAMERA VIEWER
EYEGLASSES BINOCULARS
SUNGLASSES TELESCOPE
WINDSHIELD THEODOLITE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE. OTHER ]YES UNO
WINDOWPANE YES YNO B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES?
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? 19. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE JO f+
I8. WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRESSION OF THE SPEED OF THE 20
2O. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAV, DESGRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS PHENOMENON? GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED
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.
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21. DID YOU LOTICE ANY ODGR. NOISE, OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF. YES ]NO. IF "YES,*DESCRIBE.
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN TXE VICINITY?
Theee were to dogs barking.
[]NO. [NO.
A. DID THE PHENOMENON DISTURS THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. ]YES
IF *YES.* DESCRIDE. IF *YES." DESCRIDE.
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SINILAR PHENHOMENON DEFORE? ]YES NO. IF *YES," GIVE DATE ANO
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYOHE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES NO. IF YES," DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
]YeS []NO.
A. LIST TNEIR NAMES AND AODRESSES
atewy, Ba
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ADOUT YOURSELF
MLE NAME
Code)
TELEPHONE TELEPHONET AGE
1/ 11 MALE FEMALE
Nene
2S. WHEH AND TO VIHOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENONENONT 2S. WHEH AND TO VHNOM DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENONENONT
DAY. DAY. 6 6 MONTH May YEARLO64 YEAR_LO64
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2O. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS OUESTICNNAIRC. 2C. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS OUESTICNNAIRC. YEAR 1969 YEAR 1969
DAY.J O DAY.J NONTH MONTH 10g
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27. INFORMATION WHICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT AOEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE,
ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
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PAGCDOLOPN PAGEDOLY

Fown, Penna.
May 6 6, 1969
Ecntlemer n
Please do not think me a nut 0r
ci lunatic for writing this letter. I am
11 e ars old and my name is Michael
Te sco. For Two Two years now I have
been interested in been interested in UFO3, UFO3 , J aerial phenome )
flying flying or whatever you want want to to <all call
it. it. On O n Sunday Sunday, May 4 1969 1969 my my sister sister
I witnessed a sighting. We
were plaging shadow-tay. in Feinberg's
Parking Lot(see dia gram ④). It was a
clear nig I am partly interested in
I kept looking c + the stars.
While comi from the at the end
of the lot If to tree. Once
came 4
ag ain I took 5 glance in The sky
Before T go ong I'11 ge
a background what you should Know.

My sister n a Her
nick-name yard pictured is
where the tree is that we saw the
UFO above. The gard had towo dogs in
:X. The were always barking at U5.
looked up and there it was.
It looked lik e a meteor. 0k Only it bud
- red capsule; posibly the OFO itself w.ti
tail. It tail. It had three J lignts behind behind
7 red ligits right
the capsule. The capsule. The rest rest was was yellow; yellow, like a meteor
Fail. My first Fail. My first reaction (l Oh_ my Oh,
my
God, PJ-LOOK!' God, PJ-LOOK!" She She looked looked up in . time
to see it, though it, though it was traveling traveling fast.Then fast. Then
an odd thing soon 4 5 I pointed
to it, the stopped barking. Th 2n the
lights went t-in3 5 e. Soon it
disappeared from ②J.I
theught mayb= it was a meteor, then I theugit
about tb e 1:9 4TS. Th e n it theght it wns
a flare somekody threw up in the ain. I
took a flashlight and went looking for
y thing that could havs bexn an explanation
af found It was 10:00 P.M. s0
nothing.

I went in the hoose. I told my other
sister aboot what happened. She said, it Maybe
theve were 50m :e aliens in it. They inigst
have seen me pointing turned out their
lights." The next day ara}$ looked in the
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for reports 61 meteors.Nene.
Now it is 10:00 P.M. May 6, 1969.I m
still thinking abect the UFO. PLEASE
file Tile th:s 19:5 in in your your files File5 a15 a15 a a OFO 010
If If I I see see anymere any mere UFO'5 you'll
the the first to know. first to know. Thanks Por your your time. time
UFO Watcher, UFO Watcher,
Allenloan, Pennsylvaniq
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to tell you
what you saw. I However, if you will complete the inclosed questionnaire
and mnil it in the attoched envelope, our technical people at t Wright-
Fatterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will be able to investigate further
and make an evaluation.
Should you ever see another UFo, please r 8 report it as coon as
poesible to poesible to the r Force base. Each base in the United Euch baso in the United
States has a UFo investigator. States has a UrO estirator a better position to make better position to make
an on-the-spot investigetion, usuelly results in a more eaults i more
accuate analysis.
In the meantime, you might be able to identify your sighting
by looking at the categories of objects often reported as UFO's in
the Project Flue Book we are inclosing. t we are inclosing.
Sincerely, Sincerely,
151
JAMES H. AIKAN
Major, USAF
Chief, Civil Branch
Comnunity Relations Division
office of'Information
Attachments
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18101
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SIGNTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENONENA QUESTIONNIAIRE BUDGET BUREM APPPOVAL
NUBER 21-R230
THIS QUESTIONNA IRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S. AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
CERNING THE UNIDENTIFIED PIENOMENON THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEASE TRY TO
ANSWER ILL NOT EE USED IN CONNECTION VITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS 'OR CONCLUSIONS WITUIOUT
YOU!
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 4SA33, IAW AFRSO-(7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN DID YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON? 6 1969
DAY MONTH_ Ma YEAR
2. WHAT T IM E DID YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 8
HOUR MINUTES 37A.M. EP.M.
WHAT TIME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 8 3 8 A.M. P.M.
HOUR MINUTES
4. TIME/ZONE V DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
ME 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, IDSNTIFY THE
HIGHWAY YOU WERE ON O TRY TO FIX AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANUMARK.
was was
Allen town, Allentown, Perna. (Map (Map ofLo7-Diagrom ot-Diagnom ④)
④)
6. IMAGINE YOU ANE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN *A" ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE
PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZOHL, OR SKYLINE, WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A "B* ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOW NIGH ASOVE THE HCRIZON THE FHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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