St Augustine Florida — December 1952

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Keywords: circle, degrhs, obiect, narth, oltlect, alcetch, loolclng, ollect, object, conclusimts, tihlii, l_t_y_p, oollooo, grouncfriidar, lurronomlcol, oas1bly, otuervation, ulfeciont, evllluotion, sicihtihg, v1ndoun, cohiments, hovevcr, spinnins, ttsaucer
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 11. CONCLUSimtS 1. tOCATION 1 0 Wos Balloon l. OAT!Tihlii GROUP L_T_Y_P~E...;..OF OB$ERVATIOH :_ Pouibly Oollooo Local 2100 JQ Ground-Viau.t D GrouncfRIIdar I og Wo~ Att:.roh Probably A i,croft CMT 020:>Z Dec 52 0 Air-Viauol 0 Air-Intercept Rodor Pouebly Airctoh Was A 'tronomi r ol Prohobl y lurronomlcol l'oas1bly Atronomicol 7. lENCTH OF OtUERVATION I. HUMDER OP OGJECT$ t. COURSE 0 Othor . --- --- - !. ln:ulfeciont Dolo for Evllluotion 10 sec One SW 0 Unlcnown . GRIEF SUMMARY OF SICiHTIHG Silver colored "S:lUcer" -..!.~:.. 5 or 6 v1ndoun lit \Ill inside vith vhite \1. COhiMENTS ObJect \m.n in s i5ht c. bout 10 sec. ~'hite c.nJ. blue :flur:~ \lhich tw.ncd a to br1;ht red. '.L'ravelcd nbout 90 c.z:h::uth. Hcport received 1n J\ln 61. Too old for . l evaluntion, hovevcr most inforrr.-tio:l lcn~r to obscrvo.tion of meteor. l~c,.:cv~r in 1-:ce lli:hts. Outer r1r.1. w.s spinnins and there t."O.G hu::1. ~-Ia a s 11 vor colored vith a bluich r~ burn inc a.t rc3.r .''Then this :tl.amo turned to a big briGht red tl.D.tle and the ttsaucer" shot up and clear across the alq at a terrific speed." ATIC FO~Iol l~i \i{Z\' 2t IZP 12) ins ,.ith poli~.!y thi~ report "rill be cla:;s ified 0.3 in~ufficicnt G~ta, l witnc~s. Wt.e were you ._ (Cir~l One': a. lnalde o bullclh l:t. In a ca' c. l~tdoor~) a. In ~" o:rplane (type) 26. Were you (CI~Ie One) a. In the bualneas section of a city? b. In the restdentlol section of a city? d. Near an alrflelcl? Flying over a city? f. Flying over open country? 27. What were you doing at the time you tciw the obiect, .ancl how dlcl you happen.to notlce.lt? 28. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE ot other.vehlcle ot the time, then complete.the following questions: 28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One} b. Northeaat cl, Southeast f. Southwest 28.2 How fast were you moving? ~'J,4 L '< /JI' i_, mllet per .hour. Did you atop ot ony time while you were looking at the object? (Circle One) C.Yei) No 29. What direction were you loolclng when you first aaw the obiect? (Circle One) b. Northeast d. Sou,heaat f. Southwest What direction were you loolclng when you last saw the obiec:t? (Circle One) a. Non~ c. East e. S~ h. Northweat h. Northwest I. Overhead h. Northwest b. Nert .. eos~ cl. Southeast f. ~.~uth~sy 31. If you ::r-' -:r.--i, =cr with bearing ter-ns {angular direction), try to eatlmote the number of degrees the obiect was from true ~e~!"' ~ nrv east) and also the number of degrHs It was upward from the horizon (elevation). w~ .., it first appeorecl: from true Narth degrHs. b. i=~m l,orizon degrHs. 31.2 'If., en : d i soppeorecl: a. From true Narth~ degreet. b. Frl)m horizon dogr .. s. 32. Jn the felll .. ala.tch, ltiM you Clfe at the point ahowftt Place on A on the CurM line te ahow how I hlth _... oittect we " the h.laon (alayll) when ,ev llraf HW lt. Ploce a en the cwv .. line to thaw how high the eltiRt wOI the hariaon (alayllne) wheft you lalf lOW It, 33. In the followln .. lor.., alcetch ploce on A~ at the position the ollect woa wh.n you 11,., 10' It, and o a ot Ita when you loaf saw lt. Refer to amoller alcetch an exolftple of how to complete the lorget alcetch. CLOUDS (Circle OneJ c. Scott,ci cloucla .t. Thick or hMyY:cl_.a .at tho tiiM yew 141W the oltiect? WEATHER (Circle One) t.. Fog, lat, or light .rain c. Mod!!''-'!! hoa., tel In 35. Wh anti to tiW ye. ropart that,yau ha4raoen the obiect? 36. Woe "T-.. -olao with you.at the tlmo you tow tho obioct? (Circle On) YM ~ 36.1 IF you antwaracl YES, did they '" the oblect too? (Circle Orte) 36.2 Pl.ato ll1t their 37. Wat thla tho flrat tiN pu had aoen on oblect or obiecta lllco.thla? (Circle One) 37.1 IF you anaworecl NO, then when, wh.,o, oncl ..dor what clrcumatancea dtcl you '"other onoa? In your o~t:.i sn ~crt do you thiftle tf-.e object waa and what might have cevaecl-lt? 1-Lc.lft.,. 39. Do you thin yov Clft Htl .. the (Circle 011e) v .. IF you anewrell YES. 40. Do you thin~ you c how far fta~n you the oltlect.wae? IF you anawwetl YES, ten how far away wovW you aay It waa t .;'1 ,., t t-"t (Cir:le One) lnforMitlon. altout yourMif: TELEPHONE NUMBI!R .~v ~ 1V {: lndlcote .any aclclltlonol lnfor e~tlon about youraelf, Including any education, which might be prtlnent A2. Date you comple~ thla queatlonnalr: ' i Me~tth U.L AIR .PORCI TICHMICAL IHJIOIWATIOM SH!IT (SUMMAifY DATA) In order that rour may I.e flied and coded at occurately as poaslble, please use the foliowlnt apace to write avt a thart deaetlptlon of the event that you obaerved. You may,.. peat infwmarlon that ~ have already given In the qU.stlonnalre, and add any further commenta, st~tementt, or tlcetchet that you believe are Important. Try to present the details of the observa tion in the orclor In which they occurred. Additional pages of the tame tlze paper may be ottochecl if they ore needMI. (Do Not Write In Thl SpoceJ UF~ ANALYSIS SHEKT Date (Local) Hour (Local) 9-9~ PM. ( Z 'l'i~r.e Oroup) Satellitet AatronOillcal Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc) Pos~ible l1eteor Radar Anal7aia ('!'D-Kl) N/A Natural ~.henomena (Ball .Lightning, etc ) N/_A _ Analysis and Concluaionst Object loras in sight about 10 ~c. '1hite co~or. Traveled abo 90 azmithe Report received in , old for eval~at.ion, hc-"'evgr most; infomation leads to observation of r..e trrr:;t 'f. _ ~.lQlie T:sf:wMtloa ~..Ui~ ~rt!a ~. Iat U.S. AIR FORCI! TECHNICAL .INFORMATION SHEET !.his queatfonnalre hat been prepared ao that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much lntol"''''c rion as possible .concerning the unidentified .aerial phenomenon that you hove observed P iacs try to answer as many queatlona.aa you poulbly can. The Information that you give will be aed for reseatch purpaaea, and will be regarded oa confidential material. Your name wlllnot be usedin connection with any. atatements, conclusions, or publlcations.without your permission. We request .thfa personal Information so that, if it 1s deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details. 2. Time of cloy: 1. When did you'" the obiect? 3. Time Zone: ,-:o - . (Circle One): a. ~a~sterl)t b. Otntral c. Mountain d. Pacific Additional remorlca: - S. How long was obiect in sight? 5.1 How w~ time In sight det~mined? e. c~rtJJ.io ~. ([cirly certai~ 6. Who~ was r .. e ::~n-;lition of the sky? o. Cl.oudy (Circle One): (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving b. Standard c. Not very aure d. Just o guess 7. IF you saw ~ne ~'>iect during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object? (Cire:e 0-,~: .:1. In front of you ~. In back of you c. To your ri9ht d. To your loft e. Overhead f. Don't remember ~'~o 164 This form aupers~des A TIC 16-i. 11 O<"t s~. L 1F Ju aow.the aittoet at NIGHT,what cllcl JOU notice conc:wnlng the STARS d MOON? L 1 STARS (Circle OM I: 8.2 MOON (Circle Otte): o. Bright moonl lght b. Dull moonlight c. No moonlight.-pitch doric 9. The object oppeed: (Circle 0...1: o. At a light 10. If .It oppearecl o lltht, woa It brighter than the lwlghtHt a ton? 11. Did the object: (Circle One for eoch question) ,~,,. t atancl still at ony time? b. Suddenly apeed.up oncl ruah:awoy ot any time? c. Brealc.up Into ports or explode? d. Give off sntolce? Change lwl~neas? f. Change shape? I Flash or flfclcer? S ~ E h. Disappear.ond reappe.-? Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know 12. Dlci the o~ject mew behlnclaomethlnt at any time, particularly o cloud? Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell hot (Circle One): Yes @~ 13. Did the object move In front of aomethint ot any time, partlcularly.a cloud? (Circle One}: Yea @ Don't Know. IF you anawered YES, then tell hat Old the object oppear: (Circle One): aJ b. T ronsparent Did you observe the object through any of the following? E)' eglcs .. s Blnoculors Su, ;lesus f.. Telescope Windshield Theodolite .d. Window glass 16. Tell in t.w warllle the foll..ane thlnt the olttect. The edges of the ollect.w1re: (Circle One): o. Fuzzy or .ltlurrecl c.(Sh;ply iutli~ d. Don't rememMt 19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE obfect, then how many were there? _ Draw a plet11e of how ther were arranged, and put Oft arrow to 'Show the clirectiOft that they were traveling. 20. Dr picture will ahew the the :a "8" Cit the en4 ef the that the ol.lect oblecta.lft04e. Place.an "A" at the ieeiMing of .anti .... onr Chafttel ht.tllractlan clurlne the OIIJIIIIo 21. Haw large cflclthe oltlect :to JOU n con to an Hlect.wlth which JOU.are t-Illar? 22. We wl1h totcftew ~- . aln. Holcl a IIUitch ttlclc at Wllt 1 lantth In line with a known obJ.ct .and note i haw.much of.the oltlactl cov1re~ ltr the h .... ol.the IMtch. If you hod pr'-111ecl.thl experl111ant.at the time of the 1lghtiltg, how "'uch ol.the oltlect woulcl how l.aan covered 1, the Match haacl? ..,-'.lv 7 ~l:. f. ( 23. Did the obJ.ct .ell :while you ware It? If 10, how? 2~. In order thot you con glve.a cleor a picture a poeeiWe of.whot yausaw, cleecriM In your own words a common object or obJect which, when ploced up.ln the lcr, woulclglve the some appearance a the ol.iect which you saw.