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PROJECT 1O073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP . LOCATION
12/2115 EDT
12 Oct 69 13/0115Z Memphis, Tennessee
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One(1)
5. LENGTH SERVATION VATION 1 BRIEF SUMARY ANO ANALYSIS 11. E BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Unknown Duty officer report. Duty officer report.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION S. TYPE OF OBSERVATION COMMENTS: AF Fm l17 sent to observer on 16 Oct 69 but
COMMENTS: AF Fm 117 sent to observer on 16 Oct 69 but
Ground-Visual not returned as of 2 not returned as of 2 Dec 69.
7. COURSE
Seen in NE
8. PHOTOS
0 Yos Yos
No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Ys
5 No
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22. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE? YES NOIF YESGIVE DATE AND
LOCATION.
23. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? YES NO. IF DID THEY SEE IT TOO?
YES NO.
A. LIST THEIR MAMES AND ADDRESSES
24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
LAST NAME. FIRST NAME MI
ADDRESS
TELE AGE
MALE FEMALE
INDICATE AODITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY BE PERTINENT.
25. WHEN AND TO OM YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
NAMELT SSCDAY 12 MONTH YEAR
26.DATE YOU COVPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE.
DAY MONTH YEAR
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ART
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-P AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO 16 OCT 1969
ATTN OF: TDPT (UFO)
SUDJECT: UFO Obse
TO:
Memphis, Tennessee 38118
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 AF Form ll7 and return it in the self-
addressed envelope. addressed envelope. Thank y Thanl reporting your observation to reporting observation to
the Air Force.
HECTOR LLA, Jr, Lt Colonel, USAF 1 Atch 1 Atch
Chief, Aerial Phenomena Phenomena Office AF Form 117 w/envelope
Aerospace Technologies Division
Production Directorate

PATTERSON AFB,OHI0 45433, W AFR BO-I7. (IF ADDITIONAL SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SECURELY TO THIS FO ORMOR ANNOTATE ITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION.)
1 WHEN YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY_ 23 MONTH YEAR 69
2. WH 4T DID YOU FIRS SIGHT THE PHENOMENON? 115
HOUR MINUTES A.M. F.M.
3. WHAT TIME DID Y L AST HE PHENOMENON?
HOUR MINUTES A.M. C7 P.M.
4. TIME/ZONE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS STANDARD
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 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 IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH. PLACE AN *A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE "A" 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 B°ON THE SAME B-ON THE SAME CURVED LINE TO CURVED LINE TO
SHON HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THC PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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6A. NOW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER R 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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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
APPEARED TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE
THE LARGER SXETCH.
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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 D 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 DIRECTION 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 S AND 6.
DESCRIBE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WEREIN 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 THERE?
DID YOU YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES C YES NO. IF YES.  DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIME 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 HOW LONG WAS THE WAS THE PHENO PHENOMENON MENON IN SIGHT7
LENGTH OE TUME CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
ctee FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOW WAS DETERMINED?
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY? YES NO. IF *NO. INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE F PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. INDICATE DISAP.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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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 OURING THE SIGHTING?
11. CONDITIONS (Check appropriate blocks.)
A SXY B. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (LOW fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CIRRus CLOuDs (High fleccy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
HIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMSUS 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?
(1) STARS (2) MOON
NONE NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
AFEN AFEW MOON WITH HALO MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNONN PARTIAL (New or quarter) PARTIAL(New or quarter)
O. I= SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN O. I= SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? lYES YES NO. IF *YES,* WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED "YES. WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE OHENOMENON?
IN FRONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(NeCT noON)
IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN 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.
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 TPANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE IF IT
APPEAREO 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 SHARE?
FLASH OR FLICKER?
DISAPPEAR -ND REAPPEAR?
SPIN LIKE 5 TOP?
MAKE A NOISE?
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE?
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON?
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A. HOW DIC A. HOW DIC IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR? FINALLY DISAPPEAR?
B. OIP THE EVOVENON MOVE BEHING OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
YES NO 1F YES." DESCRIBE.
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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.
15. WHAT WAS TH≤ ANGULAR 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 O #ERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE
PHENOMENON WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED 3Y 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 WINDON OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
WINDOWPANE OTHER
A. DO YOU ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? NO B. DO YOU USE READING YES
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 GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE
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2O. IN ORDE? 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. DESCRISE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
COMMON OBJECT AND WHAT YOU SAW.
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21. DIO 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. IF "YES." DESCRIBE.
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A. DID THE BHENCMENON DISTURB THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. NO.
IF *YES.- DESCRIBE.
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