~ !flo fltl I ?tolG~! y aR&!f kJMMA-Y OF 'ICiHT&NCi 11. COMM~l'\i5 ln:. .. iioco l Pule red~1ch col~. AIR T!CHNICAL INT!LLIGENCE CENTER ....T.PA All POICI IASI .._ llqDeaa ftlt\'ATIVE OBSEJIDHS QUTIOHNAIRE -9 7 4 K CJ.;J 1. When dicl JO'l the ob~eota 1.) 11M Zcmet (Circle One)t b. central o. 1-hntain (Circle One)t A.M'Jo~ P.M. (Circle OM) d. Pacific l.b Circle one or the tollowina to indicate how certain 70U are ot )'OUr answer to the above question 1.21 b. Fairly oertain o. Not very sure 4. Just. a guess t. When were 70'1 men 70'1 saw the ob~ecta lddtU.onal -..a. when JO\l aaw the objecte (Circle One)t a de a buU d. In an airplane o. Outdoors ).1 Were ,out (Circle One) t a. In _the business section or a cit ? b. ('(p. the-re8f d8ntri~ section ot a -~ci~t-:y_r-oo.. c. In opeii coUii tr.Vsl d8?. - d. nyins near an ai rtield? . Flyina ewer a city? t. Fl)'ina over open country? cl1d JOll happen to notice the object? t JOU had eeen the object? 6. Wbat wen 70'1 doina at tbe J0\1 saw the object? 6.1 What bad JOG doina for the 30 Jd.mtea before JOU sav the object? !17 to liat tbe IICtiYitJ 01' .ot:l.Yitiee and. the approxl.ate aaount of tiM on e.oh. 7. Wen JOG .m..na at ~ tiM tltd.le 10'l saw the object? (Circle One)a D JOt& tiS, then OGatllte 7.1 What d1 tt.on wen JOU .ov1.nl' (Circle One) a a. lforth b. tJortbeut ct. Southeaat tollotd.nl queatl.onat . t. Soutm.est h. Northwest 7. 2 Row fast were JOG ------"'~lea per hour. 7.3 Dlcl 70'1 atop at ~ tiv \fhile J'OU were lookins at the object? (Circle One)t Yes 8. What di tion were )'OU looking when JOU first saw the object? (Circle One) t a. Horth . . ,.Lt~ b. lbrtbeut o. lut I West d.. Soutbeaet b. Northwest 8.1 What directioft tJere JOU looJdn& when t~ object disappeared? tt. lortblaat cl. Soutbeut Circle one ot the tollovlnl to inc.tl.cate mw certain J0\1 are ot to the abo queaUon and preoedl.na question ( 8 and tilr!i certain o. IJot ve17 are d. Just a em 9. Were JUG wearina .,. &la when JUCi saw the ob3eot? tea or G Bow the ob3ect sn? . -- - (Circie OM)t a. Th . -ndcw !hroqh theodolite b. 1illlaibi:eld t. fhrouch 8Uftl].ae o. fhrou&b binocNlan I !hroup open apace ct. !hroup h. other What do JOG ~er aboGt the weather conditione at the tiM 70'1 aav the U.l CLOOIIS (Circle OM) ll.) WEA l'HR (Circle One) I Mist, or lipt rain :.Jt~J, ,," ~c """" e o. Soattered cloucle , _ 1 d. !b1ck or hea~ olouda C.lo\1 d s c. Mod8rate or hea'7 rain 11.2 WilD (Circle OM) U.b !i!IIJ'DA'!VRE (Circle One) lonl JO\l aav tbe object? 12.1 Circle one or the toUo14ng to indicate how certain 1011 are or your a..r fO Queation 12t c. Hot very sure d. .Just a P 1). D14 tbe ob3eot lookt (Circle One) lla. D14 the ob3eot at tV U..t or 'lranlj!arent (Circle OQ8 tor eaoh queet.ion) ChaDp clirect1oo? CbaDp alae? Chana oolor? up into parts or 01n ott _,ke? Chaftp brlptna? nicker, throb, or Rau1n 110t1onleea? 1S. Diet tbe object pe ott a light? (Circle One)a Yos @ 1S .1 IP JCM& auwred IE, llhat vaa the color of tbe lichtr 16. fell 1n a tew 110rda tbe toUovina thine about the ob3eot? Don't know 17. ll tben vu Jlltl !HAl 0111 obJeot, bow UftT wre Draw a plctu.n ot bow the~ wn arnnpcl md put an arrow to e d1 tbe~ were traftlinl 18. Did tbe object at my tiMt 18.1 Jt)ve beld.nd (Circle One) lea (Ji?) Don't know D JOU anared liS, then tell what it 110ved behind. 18.2 Move in front or something? (Circle One) Yea tm, then tell what it mved in front or. 10.3 Blend witb the backcround? (Circle One) Yes (tb) Don't know 19. Which of the followina ob~ects ia about the see actual size aa the object 70'1 eav'l (Circle One) 1 I Smoll airplane h. Large airplane i. Dirigible Office desk 19.1 Circle one or the following to indleate how certain you are or yotlr answer flo Qaaestion 19. rly certai~ o. Not very sure d. Uncertain 'l'J')' to tell the following things about the objectt 20.1 How high above the earth was it? /ali~ -J.oc.o teet 20.2 Hov tar was it froa you? teet or -, miles. 20 .) How fast vu it coing? J,o-ff 'miles per r .,,.~ eJ. ""?. ~,t~e. 20.4 Circle one of the tollong{nd!cate how certain JOU are of YoU~ 7- anster f.O the above queationst a. Certain b. Fairly certain ,(de -Just a guess How did the object dis.ppear t1om view! SD::TION D 22. In ~ t.'nl!otring sketch, i.Jnaglne your eye at the point shotm. Place an "A" on the curved line to show how hiS)\ the object was above the horizon ( ek7].1ne) when you first saw it. Place a "B" to show '.here 1 t ltas "'hen JOU last saw 1 t. Ove ead J In tt. foUovl.nc sketch place an "A at the position the object was when JOU tint en it., Mel a B" at its position \Gen you l&at saw it. a. Drn a picture that. 11111 ebow tba tton that the object aade. Place an 1 at tbe or ite path aDd a B" at the end of ita path. IS. Draw a-piot.re that will ahow tbe att.pe or the object. Label cl include ill JOU aketoh ~ ot the object JOG aaw and plaoe an arrow beaida the dratd.na to ebow the dirotton object vae JnOYlftl SECTIOif E 26. Waa thia the tint time that ,ou haft seen an object like thie? (Circle One)t or 26.1 D' JOG 10, then when, litere, and under what cond1.t1ons did intonation about JOUraelte !"IPHOlll What ia JOU pneeft\ ~ob? -.;;; :!.a 29. Was arvon. else vith JOU at the . (Circle One)t tea or {Hi) JO'l eaw the object? YES, did ther aee the object too? (Circle One) 1 Yea or ~b 29.2 PleaM liat their naMa and addresses 1 Please add here &ftl' further ta ~h 70\l believe are i.q)ortant. Uae t4.onal aheata of the aiM abe paper, if neceeeaey c r"!".ll(le ~"J .t:na Cle l-atDUe V/~ 'U C:1tW ~N udaor "M Nlia ~ . . 7 Cl:at Yea J'Ua ";lai r.a ~tell~ crttr AF FORM 11! Ar'N~OYID I h.JI'tf. '"II (U~:CL) Report. ot Umastial 'A .. ial Ph~n enn l ~ , This IR transndts a r~port of unus\.t:tl ae:iill t !luonr:i~tilrotl witn\l~sold by SIAS on the 28th ot August 1952 in s~ssari, S~tain:l.a. CO ,:4EliTS or tho Prdparir.g Officl)r: PN.t. Sias was interviewed b7 t..~ls ot'ticor and h~ ag>.l'lr~d to l'llf j.n- t.elligant., pla:lsant., and wry ~ac";or to toll his story. He, 1n his ow:t r.in:i, is C\ln vlnced that eithera (1) The Unitlld Stttes has r.~d~ 3CiJntit1~ s ttWe:J unkn~J.m to tho rest of the world and this plrticulnr iJh~no:n~non \l:ts ona of th.::;;.J ito1~; or, (2) '1'.-d.l particul~r phenomenon va.:J supar-n:1tur..U. or it v.as ln~tl t ut.ud by r:.nothe r f;Qv~rn~ent. in Ita]Jr. Prot. Sias 3ppearetd to bo a vrar7 inten~s individual nnd, ~1hilu not u~nct.'ly I believ~ that this title comr!s V\Jr:f elo::te to t1tt111G hi:a. !:;nclo3Ut"3 #1 13 a eketch b7 the profosaor oJ.' what; i:e thol~ht ha sw. 1 cpy .,TlA.&-S, Aerial Phon\lm~uon Section .,; ... HI NU.>lllJC'Ullr-.VI1lOLt: UR IN rr,ur,IJ\' OOIUI l ltM I U:llll !!lAIU All' l'11! lCI A':,.r,C:>\ llvlo) AF FORM 11%-PAIT U (rLA 'lriCATIOM) Ai'PitOY0 I JI;NE 1MI AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT RI:I'\.IR ( hO. Air AttaChe, Rome, Ita~ TaAtJSLATIOJ RC:POHl' Arm ILLUSTft.\TION OF A 1-'.LYING Sl"HiP..6 Obsarvatton b,y Prof. TO Tr1~ UNIT:Jl STAT~ i:.HlJJ.Sst Ar.C.w.D!TwD '1\J TH~ ITALL\N A>V !~t~td.;a'\T APPAdlTIOU OF A l''LY.n :o SHi~.U 'On the 28th ot Au ~t 1952, tha tollordng article of r.tlna wns publishud in ssari in the Lx:al "Corriere dell 'Isola nJwspapera ftlostiJrd~ evilning, 27th of Au~rust, at 2145 ho1rs., I wns ,.,alldng -as u sual - alol\ .. the court-yard or Sassarl Drieads, b(:Jlow tha \dn<!ows of the war O:t"'Phans ~nn.:. tory,' sayin~ the rosaJ7 It 1o1aa exactly thll tina when the .t. rumpet of Gon~aga. ba.7'1Ck w~s pl~ying tho lir;hts out signl. I watched now am th'3n the Rk;'t covared wit.h star3~ heavy lnOODl.3ss, stUl torrid for thi tom~).jrature llhich in tiD:.e da.73, aa anyon 'WOuld ~n~rnber. often at.t3lned 40 rlegreas, with a sky which r inad clean a~d cloudl~ss for three months. Suddanl ~ attsntion was at: r 1eted by a t.r;ansparCJnt zmall cloud, c o:Li.n .a.'rom th-3 ~st, 1sol~ted in t.hd r:dddle of the 91\YI t.he r~mainin:; ~k1 w~n oer:tn.J. t~ ayea w.He 1'1xoo to tbat point;, faacin."lted by thll vio~, l:ha n suddonly n sphlr J or astonishil'l6 brii",htness anJ lU!3i.nosit1 soaald to dopart froM the Milky \iay. I h'ld the 1mprass1on thl.t it wss vory clo3e to t be aarth 1 it ltas r-J.i3htly lar~;~ t.h~n tho t ull rr.oon, of .~roan-ulue color. silvE~r l>ri6ht like t!L3 mother-o.f-pvarl, with n~tal strlj.\!t:S in th:l right sidGJ it p-ncdaded at a dizzy spd-:Sd alol\,1 :~st4iost dl r-..:ction auddenQr as if it catrAJ out or a thick shadow. It c:~r.a out and in a socon Uisapp~:trc.:d lonvinft bahind a line or lw.dnous ribbon, h3vin.! 3 thickr.:lm.J or Ql'll) -s.Jv~r~h or t.."l'j sph~r~J after a socond, tho er.tire sph~r~ appJarad a~aln; then ag~ln, it di~ap1~arad and the line show-l\1 .md ag:tin the sphere roturndd, alua.rs idantic.u. FinZLlly, it d1sappo1red toward the horizon. The apparit-ion lllstod in total thr~e t,o five s acond3. 'tV !irst idea vas that such a phenomenon was due to an aarolita. ~\or;."Qfllt knows the color and brJ.ghtne3s o! cst3oric st.onea, wile it V"-3 uvidc:,nt, tha~, tha luminouait7 or tha sphere ori[:inat3d rroa tte sun~ like t-ha J&Oons. "ln Ngard to motion~ I . renocted that such an. objac\, suppose 1~ ws- a hunan crdation, could not huvd such a dizzy actual speed to ex~-1 thB volocity of rJ.tl~ human ,t1on, avon 1.f carried to So or 60 ld.l011l<Jtl)rs altituda. on tha :;uppos itlon that the s phare was cotaing fl"om astral spaces, !'rem .much. higher altitudes, its motion could ba etthcu-,Partia117 or ootiral.y apparent, that 1a equal t.? iha r,jvolution ~peed or thct earth, viz. thirtj kilometers pe~ socond. "'.lhoril tho 1\Ultl.nosity was eon~arncd, I thcu::ht thn. t it could be tracud to tha location o tho sph ra at hundNds ot~ tho'-4~ands ldlo.-noter:J aboYo the e:>.rth ;.hil~ it ~ot oat ot thtJ cone of shado-:1 ot the earth and proc oad.3d lIest\ol:lrd, ~it~ illu.~.i!ut~J. t7 the! sun wh&eh had sot two hours and a h:llf oarliar. Tha loc:rt.ion wan tho follo:1ln~ approx. 16 bot..,aen th'J Zonith nnd the horizon lir.J, Southtnrd; dir~ction st-\:l~t bd;;innln! !rom the J.aJ.ky \iay. . ~b~ doubt th~t mine ~ be a maro optical illusion is dissi~\t~ b7 the tast,imuOT ot two other pdrSOI\81 an or;Jt~n, Dr~u, who had not; y~t gona . to boo, the lwninou.s ephare through the window ot the dorcdtory; anothv1 tjstir.H>ny ,1as ol'fOlrGd by :lr. Piccolo, a ~uardi~n or Valmascherl concern pl:1eed approxo 3 kilonetvrs in air line fr,lm Saas::tr1, who obsorvud the phanomonon at thu sa.ma times r c-lllty ani uot illu:Jion, thon. ;-; I'()C'.;IJP,I(.N r CO~ 1 AINS turOJCMI\TION At-FI:G