DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7444358
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1969
REPORTED LOCATIONAttica Indiana
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i. DATE TIME GROUP .LOCATION
14/2000 CST
140ct.69.15/0600z Attica, Indiana
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian 1. Probable Astro (CAPELLA)
4. HUMBER OF ORJECTS 2. Probable Aircraft
Sea Cese
5. LENGTH OF OBS VATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
hr 15 min Observer sighted a "Main" UFO at 2ooo hours at about
TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF RVATION main UFO was at was at
about 50. During this time, several During this ti several were
Cround.Vi nound. anD seen crossing the sky.
7. 7. COURSE
COMMENTS: COMMENTS: "Main" UFO "Main" UFO appears to be Capella to be Capella which was at
C Cose azimuth 37 azimuth 370 and 80 elevation at 200 hours. At 2l15 hours At 2115 hours
S. s. PHOTOS Capella was at an azimuth of 450 and 18 elevation and had
a stellar magnitude of +O.2l. Other I UFO's appear to be
Y aircraft.
30 No
9. PHYSICAL EYIDEMCE
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FTD SEP63 0-32) (TDE)
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F Blinked out "Frend "nMorres Code, with the porch
light, This s
if they blinked in
18 11 the distance,
10:10PM. N.NE9 from W. to, Red linking o. then white
low in the trees
1012SPM,1 AFO.
Moveling From E.tol. Yn the A North, Lrene tI saw this
From time totime
Have watched these
I had n't sent this sooer, becanse of
didit have time t to finish till now.
Still haveing occasional sightings, but none ont standing
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AFR 80-17(C1)
SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED PHENOMENA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET BUREAU APPROYAL
NUMBER 21-R258
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE THE U.S AIR FORCE AS MUCH INFORMATION
ANSWER AL JESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WILL BE USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES
YOUR NAM IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF YOUR STATEMENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT
YOUR PER AIR FORCE BASE INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (TDETR), WRIGHIT
PATTERSC W AFRBO-T7. (IF ADDITIONAL. SHEETS ARE NEEDED FOR NARRATIVE OR SKETCHES
ATTACH SEC MOR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR IDENTIFICATION)
1. WHEN DID SEE THE PHENOMENON?
DAY_ 14^ MONTH (st. YEAR 1968
2 WHAT YOU FIRST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR. 8 MINUTES LTA.M. X.IP.M.
WHAT T ME DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHENOMENON?
HOUR C MINUTES 15 .A.M. XP.M.
4. TIME ZONE CT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ]STANDARD
EASTERN CENTRAL MOUNTAIN IPACIFIC 1OTHER
5. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? IF IN CITY. GIVE THE NEAREST STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON
A HAND D=AWN 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 EIX A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK.
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6. IMAGINE IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A ON THE OORVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE YOU ARE AT THE POINT SHOWN IN THE SKETCH. PLACE AN A ON THE GIRVED 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 HOW KIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. SHOW HOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN.
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AAU
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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NNW NNE 3
W NE
WNW ENE
WSW ESE
SW SE
sSW SSE
7 IN THE SKETCH BELOW, PLACE AN A* AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN, AND A "B* AT THE
POSITIGN 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 SE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE
THE LARGER SKETCH.
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AFR 80-17(C1)
8. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAW THE PHENOMENON? (CheCk appToPriatR 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 AIRFIELD
IN AIRPLANE 7 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?
NOPTH EAST
SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERVING THE
PHENOMENON?
NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST
NORTHWEST SOUTHWEST D YES NO
EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 AND 6
DESCRIBE PE 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 o THER TRAFI TR A F FIC WAS THERE? THERE?
DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? YES YES 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. IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON.
9. HOWLONG HOW LONG WAS THE WAS THE PH PH IENOMENON ENOMENON IN SIGHT? IN SIGHT?
LENGTH GTH OFTIME OFTIVE CERTAIN OF TIME NOT VERY SURE
1 he. 15min. FAIRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS
HOH WAS TIME DETERMINED?
Clock
WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSL Y? SYES NO. IF *NO, INDICATE WHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YOUR
MOVEMENT OP THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHENOMENON, AND DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEMENT OR BEHAVIOR. I INDICATE DISAD.
PEARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES.
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IO. 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? At Least 3 besides
the main ones seen at Saw at least
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11. CONDiTIONs(Check appropriate blocks.)
A. SKY B. WEATHER
DAY CUMULUS CLOUDS (LOW fluffy) FOG OR MIST
TWILIGHT CIRRUs CLouoS (lligh fleecy or Herring- HEAVY RAIN
NIGHT bone) LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE
CLEAR NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) HAIL
PARTLY CLOUDY CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS SNOW OR SLEET
COMPLETELYOVERCAST (Thunderstorms) UNKNOWN
HAZE OR SMOG NONE OF THE ABOVE
C. IF THE SIGHTING WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHT, WHAT D!D YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON?
(1) STARS (2) (2) MOON
NONE BRIGHT MOONLIGHT NO MOONLIGHT
A FEW MOON WITH HALO UNKNOWN
MANY MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS MOON HIDDEN BY CLOUDS
UNKNOWN PARTIAL (New or quarter)
o. o IF SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN 1= SIGHTING WAS IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISIBLE? VISIBLE? YES NO. IF *YES." IF "YES." WHERE WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED
THE PHENOMENON?
IN FPONT OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD (Near nOOn) OVERHEAD (Near noOn)
IN BACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT UNKNOWN
E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION N PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR HEADLIGHTS OR
STREET LAMP, ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE.
12. GIVE A BPIEF CESCRIPTION OF THE PHENOMENON, INDICATING WHETHER IT APPEARED DARK OR LIGHT, WHETHER IT
REFLECTED LIGHT OR WAS SELF-LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER
IT AS SOLID 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 OSJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR
OTHER OBJECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW.
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o green hues ont arcund object. Seemed scl:d.
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AFR 8017(C1)
13. DID THE PHENOMENON YES NO UNKNOWN
MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE? √
STAND STILL AT ANYTIME?
SUDDENLY SP EED UP AND RUN AWAY? Not the main one-
BREAK UP IN PARTS AND EXPLODE? √
CHANGE COLOR'
GIVE OFF SMOKET V
CHANGE 3 GHTNESS?
CHANGE SHAPET
FLASH OR FL ICKER! √
DISAPPEAR AND REAPPEAR? Not Main One
SPIN LIKE A TOP?
MAKE A NOISE? V
FLUTTER OR WOBBLE? 11
14. WHAT DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON? Extra bright star like in frees
$N{+}$ there before,
A. HOW DIDIT FINALL Y DISAPPEAR? I stopped Louking ,to Looking Fo
arrange my pictures.
was goRe when I locked i5min later. later,
DID TH E - L EN ENON MOVE SEHIND OR IN FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME?
X YES C NO. IF "YES,"DESCRIBE.
Fcom behind trees
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15. DRAW A PICTURE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDE AND LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APPEARED AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE BY AN ARROW THE
DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING.
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Windmill Windmill ine
coved with vine
16. WHAT WAS THE 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 TO PERFORM THIS EXPERIMENT AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE PHENOMENON -OULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE MATCH HEAD. least
At 4
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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
WINGSHIELG TELESCOPE
SIOE WINDC-OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE
wnoowane -Windewi Storm Window OTHER
A. DO YOU DRDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? VYES NO 8. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? YES iO
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
2O. IN ORDER THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS
A COMMON OSJECT 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.
UFO Brighest star
2 seporate lightspots
Joined 13y haze
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Colors
central
Twinkel Twinkel not blink.
to another stan to anothen stan
stan, Keaps Same pos.
2I. DID YOU NOTICE ANY ODOR, NOISE. OR HEAT EMANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR ANY EFFECT ON YOURSELF,
ANIMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITYT X. YES O NO. IF *YES, DESCRIBE. Barking
Deg
direction of UFO
A.DID THE PHENOHENON DISTURS THE GROUND OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. YES NO.
IF *VES."DESCRIBE.
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West of
25 Riley AF SouthEast of Us. Lafayette lights on
our horizon, East where most of my sighting are,
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Ind. State Palice ta2_+imesNo one hus
Paud Doss Jre
Same as
12-23-67 I undenstand Eam intered "p Prodgect Blue Book
Iam member NICAP
2S. WHEN ANO TO HHOY OO YOU REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHENOMENON?
DAY14 MONTH_ Oct YEAR 1969
26. DATE YOU COMPLETED THIS QUESTIONNAIRE. DAY 14 OcA 1967
MONTH YEAR
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