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FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 16

Federal Bureau of Investigation · 169 pages · text by OCR, confidence 97%

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Restricted IA GUIDE TO INVESTIGATION UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL OBJECTS CONFIDENTIAL Incident No. ___________ 1. Date of Observation: 24 July Date of Interview: 29 July 2. Exact time of observation (local): 2258 M 3. Place of Observation: (Map Coordinates) 712.5 - 862.1 4. Position of observer (air, car, bldg, location of - give details): Driving west on highway 190. 5. What attracted attention to object: Looking at the sky when an object that appeared blue, turned white and started to move. 6. Number of objects and sketch of formation or grouping: One 7. Apparent size (compare to known object, i.e., sun, moon, thumb or fist at arm’s length): 3 times Evening star. 8. Color of object: Initially blue turning white. 9. Shape (give graphic description - compare with known object): Round (To Tail). 10. Altitude (Angle of elevation above horizon - 0 degrees at horizon, 90 degrees overhead): 30° 11. Direction from observer (Angle clockwise from North): Due North. 12. Distance from observer (Distance to town, bldg, etc., over which object appeared to be): 3 or 4 miles. 13. Direction of flight of object(s): North to North West. 14. Time of sight: 15 to 20 seconds, stationary 5 to 10 seconds, time in flight 5 to 10 seconds. 15. Speed (time to cover given angular distance): 5 to 10 seconds. --- CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED 65-5830 ENCLOSURE --- REGRADED UNCLASSIFIED ON MAR 26 1979 BY DEP CCR USAINS COM FOR AUTH Para 1-603 DOD5200 --- *grd 2*

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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model (mean confidence 97%); expect the odd misread word. 169 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.