PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10O73 RECORD
I. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
15/2315 EDT
15.Jul6916/03157 Dayton, Ohio
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian ENT DATA)
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Two (2) (wo (2) -
5. LENGTH OF O 5. LENGTH OF VATION ATION 11. BRIEF 3 11. BRIEF 3 SUMARY AND ANALYSIS SUMARY AND ANALYSIS
At least 15 minutes. At least 15 minutes.
6. 6 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground.Visual
7. COURSE
Soan Sain
8. PHOTOS a. PHOTOS
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No
9. IDENCE
7 Yas
No
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY OIVIBION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR OHI0 45433
REPLY TO 1 6 JUL 1959
ATTN OP TDPT (UFO)
SUDJECT UFOO ation, 15 July 1969
TO:
Dayton, Ohio 45227
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 F Form ll7 and return it in the self-
addressed envelope. addressed envelope. Thank Thank yo eporting your observation to observation to
the Air Fo the Air Force. orce.
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Chief, Aeria Phenomena Phenomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Technologies Division
Production Directorate

SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROVAL
NUWBER 21-2233
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 ALI THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUI ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CLUSIONS WITHOUT
AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO (TDETR), WRIGHT.
PATTERSON AFB, OHIO 45433, IAW AFR BO-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
RM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1. WHEN YOU SEE E P H ENOM ENON?
DAY MONTH YEAR EY
2. WHAT E DID F R S T THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES. A.M. P.M.
3. WHAT E DI0 ou LAST SIGHT PHENOMENON? 30
HOUR . 11 A.M. P.M.
MINUTES
4. TIME/ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
EASTERN CENTRAL 0 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 6. IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH. PLACE AN AON 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 PHENOMENON WAS ABOVE THE HORIZON. OR SKYLINE. WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A B*ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO
SHOW HOM HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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OBSERVER
AF FORM 117
AUG 67

6A, NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN *A•ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE
CIRSCTION TO THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. PLACE A *B ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE THE OIRECTION 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 "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? (ChCCK ApprOPriate blockS.)
OUTOOORS IN BUSINESS SECTION OF GITY
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 C PASSENGER FLYING OVER CITY
OTHER FLYING OVER OPEN COUNTRY
OTHER
A. IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:
WHAT DIRECTION YOU 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 AND6.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER TRAVERSED DURING
THE SIGHTING. STATE WHETHER WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN.
HOW OW MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE? MU C H o ER TRAF FIC WAS THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES NO. IF NO. IF YES." DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME
OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON OF SIGHTING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON. THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOW LONG WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT?
LENGTH OF TIME LENGTH OF TIME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
1s Bou FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS TIME DETERMINEO?
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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TO. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PHENOMENON, HOW MANY WERE THERE' DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THBY WERE
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 fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CIRRUs CLouDs (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 OID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW A FEW MOON WITH HALO MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
O. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS O. IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? SUN VISIBLE? CYES YES NO. NO. IF YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED IF "YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON? THE PHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Near noon)
IN BACK OF YOU 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 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 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 EOGES 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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22. HAVE YOU SVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? YES S," GIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT TH IE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES NO. YES" DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
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24. GIVE DAS
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME, FIRST NAME, MID
ADDRESS (Street, City, StateandThin Code).
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TELEPHONE(Area code and number) AGE
recsis MALE FEMALE
INDICATE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING PATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
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25. WHEN ANDTO DID YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD
NAME DAY/S MONTH
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY MONTH YEAR
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17 GIO YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMENON THROUGH ANY OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION ON MODEL,
TYPE, FILTER, LENS PRESCRIPTION OR OTHER APPLICABLE U DATA.
EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER
SUNGLASSES BINOCULARS
WINDSHIELD TELESCOPE
SIDE WINDOW OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? YESNO B. YOU USE READING GLASSES? YESNO
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
20. 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 EFF YOURSELF.
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY? 0 YES NO. IF *YES." DESCRIBE.
A. DIO THE PHENOMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF*YES." DESCRIBE.
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27. INFORMATION WNICH YOU FEEL IS PERTINENT BUT WHICH IS NOT ADEQUATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. ALTERNATIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING.
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