Pasadena Calif — February 1953

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Keywords: indtc, kerch, tarch, larger, corrol, lyioy, mrotton, telepriorie, specialt, rntning, noleted, lfclrl, scottdred, weathef, mojeru, llres, t4ary, rntioo, jetoils, cttoched, calfotnl, oroent, fowll1ng, aho1red, eport1ng
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In th.-follo.,.,in~ >kerch, i n'Ogin.., tr.:r (:.1 1 cr., ot the potnt show n. Place on A" o n t he curv.,d l 1ne to show hoi'( high rhs obje:~ w:s Jbov'! th~ hon. -'r {\~/1 r e ) W~dn y ou firs t sow it. Ploc~ o "B" on t ' e ... ome curv~d l:r.~ to show ho ~ h1Jh oo1ect was obov;, th'! lr:q on (sky! ine) when y o u fast so w i t. 33. I n the foll o w ing larger sketch 1lnc 1 ~ \ " o t the pos1t1on the ob1ec t wos when you (,r s t ... l w it, and o "8" <1t its pos i tion .,.hen you lost sow it. q .r . , In smal ler '>'<IJt ch os on e..(omple o f '1oj"/ to corrol.,t., th e larger "'<etch. Do you think you CJl est11note r'-.... pe~...r Jt the obtect? (Circl.: Oue) IF you an;wer(.'d YES, then W~'ll s;>n~d ' vOJid you estimae? 40. Do you thtnk you ccn estimate how f,u awuy from you the object was? IF you or:;w ... re l YES, then h ow r.:r 'lYIOy WJu ld you say it w::s? 41. Pl~o , q:v~:: th,;; follow ing inf::mrotton obout yourself: TELEPriOriE NUM Ple.Js ~ indtc te any specialt: ltl vi nol rntning thJt you hove hcd. a . Gra!~ school e. e. T echnicol sc .. ool b. Hi:;h -;chool '-.vol:!ge Posr graduate f. Other special training Dare y.,u -:c:noleted this que,:onnt:l r~: 1'i!onrh ('!tOt 34. What wer~ t h e w.:;;othdr condition .:1 ,;,., 1 ,.,e you sow the o bject? 34. 1 CLOUDS (C lfclrl Ont:) ;a . Cleor s'<; c . Scottdred clo uds d. Thick o r heav y c louds o . Don ' t r IT'ember 34.3 WEATHEf~ (Circle One ) o . F oq, n11 s t , o r l1g h t r o in c . MoJeru te or heavy ro in ( C ircle One) Slight breeze c. Strong wind Don't reme mber 34.4 T E1'~PERATURE (C 1rcL On~) e. Don't remember 36. W.,s onyon~ "lse w ith you qt tl, t1r 1 (CircleOne) Ye s If you answered YES, l I J! I, ( C irc/e One) Yes ,., rh., obje c t too? 36.2 Please list the ir nome; 1 j , llres~es: 37. Wos this the first t ime that ytlu hod ;een a n object or objects like this ? 3 7 .1 IF you o ns..-.ered NO, t he n wl--en, wher~, a nd under what Circumstances d1d you Sl'M uther ones? U. S. A I R F .) '< (: f E C H HI CAL I~ F 0 R MAT I 0 ~ SHEET (SU~)t4ARY DATA) !.1 order that your 1nfor~rntioo rpay he flied and coded u s accurately a~ possil~, pl e use t he followtng spe c!! to write out fl ;h.::.rt description of th"! event that you ob~c:rv~d. You rroy re p at ll"for"11of ion ho~ you \.cv~: olr~udy gv~n in the questionnaire, and o d d ony further comn'e nts, ~t-:. n-:nts, or sk,t::hes that you ~.t-ll~ve ore important. Try to pr sent the Jetoils o f the ob,euo t i :m in t! .... :lr ler in which th~t ,,, curred . Addi~1onol pages of the som'! 'iize p1per rT"O'f be cttoched 1f th-y ClH lle.,.J~J. ( Do ~lot Wn t~ i n Thi= S,:>nc c) I\tARCH FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER ,tarch Air FMee 9w. CalfOtnl ctd 1 llar 5.> :oroent ~h\)N~d -'"'T1d-cnce Of being tre'!ell!'lt; with ~1r or we ber 1~ss. ':Tea t.her thd r. day end day fowll1ng .aho1red a. lo.rg! ."lrea of ao~r'llt!tl ~ fro.!! that direction ... Reason f e r ~eport1ng thia: bitter and d~ngerouaJ There h'ld b!en muca Diaacuaion of G:::P~l ";'Jar~ ...:..."la .:1uch A!c~'39tl,.,n ':'he enemj e71dently bee con~e.:a nlat1on ur t h1a .!lethod or dlstruct:.icn .. Th 13 a lso wide o~ele ~ of th~ Japdn3~ '3 f'! ort 'r71. t,h balloon a . Th~ ~-.:.'ore this s::l3.ll cru:--1b of i.:uo~ ta tlC:l Al r 3erv1c~s Nipto n Callf. Civil! Detenc~s Services. ~r,Int~:eg~ncea Ser vice,. Obers~ r"r1.nc e ~ SO.ld thL"lo, out o !' ordl!l ~ry. L'l t ile Al~ !' r"'..>D :.!a.rl Sprlnss ; tf Pr15ht, .Jt.ar -ll:t~ d u!'l!'l I :ldt. n i')U:- 0 [ r:'Pln-ahlne before s1m-se~ r r,il ! r :!1ld-Te!lpture ap-qrox: e ciO 'ld ? t o 7 o1.trom sou~ -ea3 ~ At f1rqt,th oughtJt w~s plane on ~anu er. then s~at1o ry. ThirtY ~inutes la~er noticed Then t;o) t 31ght1ng,trom a point on b.oua .. wi t h a twig r ~o,~rd 3lght. ?~tehed till arter dark.Conoluded it wae :novino~lorth eg,st ;t about 3 to 7 Cliles per h.r. ~1a object at t1rat see~to-be 7er7 bright large star,ma,7be,about slmaet it a ee:1ed to get larger,brigb~eee increased 1! anything. Acout d ark,1t stabted to tade,f1nal1 b ecame BrO'Iftl1s b red, then f aded to red, mt111 utterly dis~pering. No ~ay of detn1tl1 ~easuring ilstance trav~led or height,or distance awsy.7er.y H1gn ~ith-Otlt doubt.H~ve a po!~t that could be used TeCHNICAL INFORMATION 7~i; que s tonnalrd hos Oc!e 1 rrJpared ~o that you ::on ~iv:! th., U.S. Air f-,co ~s much inr .. ..trration a s possible! concerntng tn e unidentifi ed aerial p;1e nornenon t hat vou hove .:>bserved. Pl~c~e try to ons,...er as rrany l"'~"ttcns as ~ou possibly con. The informatio11 that you ~tve will b. u .e.J fort .,,ore., p ,rp.J'Ie'-, H'~ .nil ce r~Jorded 03 conftdent:ol 'notcrtal. Your nome will not O>:: ~-.2d 1n :.:">.,,action with ont stnll ments, conc l v s ions, o r publications wtrnout your permtsston. r ~ ~;~ .. t rr's pe r!lon.JI r , t , ,so ~not, i ' 1t s deeiT'e d nccesic r y, wo rr'ly c o o::t you for furtt1i!r de r J ,Is. Ti~ ~ of dot= lttl,ghtSovtny 'II.Jndard 4 . o;:ere were you w hen you S.l'-' I" ~oreu Po,tol A.l.u t . 1 S[~ct o r Coutltry :: ~ :im-: ~ hoN long you so w M.nutes Seconda Ctrc'e one of th~ 'olloJtnl ro indtc:::re h ow cerroin you ore of your answer ro Q~;estion 5. Fai r I y c er o &n N o t very sure Just o guess ;,) Br1gnt do"',:;:nr J u s o t race o f c!a~ltgnt i o ::au I ~t 16. T "II in a few w ord 'l t h11 f-:>llowin'J thin-1s .J~n1..t th e object. Dt.::w a picture tha t w i ll show the shop~! of the object or objects. Lobel a n d 1nclude in your ~kerch any d~ttoi13 I of th e o',:,ct ho~ fOU .. ow such o s wangs , 1rotrusions , etc. , and especially cxhou.it trod .. o r vapor r:nh Pice.~ 1 en o rrc w bu !d., lr drowmg to '\h.;w the .~ r"c'a:>r. one obje<t was movng. I T h e edges o f the ob1ect were: (C~rcloOnf"): ~ Fuuy. _b. Like o I' .hr .. nr S.... Shor pi, ;;= rh " re was MORE THAN ONE J~lttcT, then h e w many were there? _!_-=====------------ Dra w a p1cturs of how they WP'tt a rrongeci, and put o n arrow to show the dirttction that rh e y v~re traveling. 20. Draw a p ic t ure tfv .. t will :;how tl'-! rr .. r: .,r. 1 .c r the object or objects mode . Plac e an "A at rh~ b~ginning of the pcth, o " R " at th e end of:,..,._,_\ '"a show any changes in d irP.ction during tn~ cours e . 1 2 1. JF .f:OS~IS~F, t.r v t o 9 u ec;:; o r .. rirnot") wha t t h e real si'Ze o f the obtcct was i n its L:m:;est dime,.,sion. 22. H.,..,., loq~ cliJ tho _, ~,j~ct r.,r ob1~ t. ap,>.,'lr o s corrpored w th ore of th e follo wing oh1"'cts held in rf.~ hand (Circl< On IJu 1r I r ll~lf .ioll :r S: lver Joll Jr Ill n g. ~a ,c~HJII Gr..;p-:frui t I i i3osketboll (Circle On~ of the folio..,, ,, 1 I ) ud -._r., how certain you are of your onswt'H to Qo tlon 2 2. b. h.H.It ..... rroin c . No t n~ry 'lure d. Uncerto in 23. How d id t he object or objects lr .. lf=P"~' from v 1ew? j/::J ~ t~ ~ :2 .. . I n o r d ttr tnct you c:an giv a s c:leor o p .:ture a s possible of what you sow, we would I ktt for you ro imogtne r hot you could c:;,nstr:.~c . ;, , object that you sow . O f vhot t ype materi a l would you mo~e i t ? How Iorg e would it bot, end ...,no t shop ould i t l.av e ? Describe in you r '=~""., .... .,rds 0 common obj .. c:t o r objecTS whrch when ?laced u p in th1 sky would 9'"~ the 'l't c::r~ Wt)f#! {C U fC,rd ~ One): In J car b. d. In 'ln cwpl J 1e f. Grher _ 26. Wcr~ you (CirclE" Om) o . In t he busines-:; o;ect hn of a city? b. In t'1e residential section of a city? In open countryside? Flying near on air field? e. Flyng over o r rty? f. F lyrng o v-er open country? - 2 7 . wr.at WC:f'l Y~IJ d)ll'q ..Jt th~ timo: )'I')U nw the ~b,ect, and how did you happen t() uoricc it? ; l t ),,l)l\11.1: J r o ther .,.~l11cle o r rh~ tirre, then comp let .. th, bllo,...ng qu~sttons: ?.8. I What drr~ct1on .v~re o . tlorth l: .... c . Sout h b. Nortneast f. South,. rlst h. Northwest 2S. 2 Ho w fast were you ,.,,_'l 28.3 D1d you stop a t any t ., .. /nl,. you ,1~r~ loo\<ing at the ob1ect? W!,or 1:r,...ction were you lool. ~ N'Jrtheo .st IT:"'.,SoJt he-;J s t e . s.,.Jth f. Southw t Wflc t dir~ctron wsrt! you lool<ir-o ~t""" you lost sow the object? (Circle One ) c . E-:st e. South b . , ' 'rthrast 'do~ Southeast f. Southwest h. 1 lorthwes t h. '~ort~wut If y?IJ c~ fomi lror w1 tr b ~or ing erms ~:Jnqular d rrecron), t r y to '!S ti mots the numoer of o'qrees