1. DATE TIM~ GaOU' 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION AS'l'nOi'rO:'-liCAL: Venus ObJ observed vas without a doubt the phme t Veno o. 4. NUMIIJt OP OIJICn n. 1111, IUMMAitY AND ANAL Ylll hours A Yhitc pinpoint ot light vas observed l------------1 muvcd very slovl.y to the West. 6. TY'E 0' OlllltVA nOM Sl~tnd visual 7. COUJtll 9. ~YIICAL IVIDIMCI f"or two hours. 8. IF you 1aw the ouiec~ ot NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning th~t STARS and MOON? 8.1 STARS (C lrcle OneJ: cl. Don't re1n0mlaer 8.2 MOON (Circle One): a. Bright moonlight 1. Dull moonlight c, No moonlight-pitch dark cl, Don't rememb.r 9, Was the oltfect lwtghter than the ltaclcgrouncl of the alcy? (C lrele One I: c. Don't remernW,., 10, IF It waa BRIGHTER THAN the alcy loclcground, '"' tJ.e lwJghtnen lllce that of an automobile headlight?: (Circle OneJ a. A Mile or more away (a distant car)? lt. Several bloclca away? A block away? Several yards oway? 11. Did the abict: (Circle o,. lor eaclt qwstionJ a. App1or to stand atlll at ony time? t>Jib No Don't Know lt. Suddenly a peed up and rush away at any time? c. Breolc up Into parta or explode? Yea ~ Don't Know Yet (N"_$) Don't Know cl. Give off amolce? Cha"ge brightneaa? (_No) Don't Know Yea <..~ Don't Know f. Change ahape? g. Fllclcet, throlt, or pulsate? Yes (~ Don't Know Yes C.t!9.> Don't Know 12. Dlcl the oltlect move ltehlncl aomethlng at anytime, particularly o cloud? (Circle O~teJ: Yet (~; Don't Know. IF you aruwered YES, th, n tell what 13. Dicl the oltfect move In front of eotnethint at anytiiM, particularly o cloud? (Circle o,.J: Yea @ Don't Knaw. IF you answered YES, than tell what 1~. Did the olaiect appear: (Circle o,..): G s.tldJ' c. Don't Know. lt. T ran a parent? Did you oltserw the oltiect through any of the following? e. Binocular a Sun glanea Telescope Yes No Windshield Yea No Theoclol ite Yes Window glou Yes No h. Other 16. Toll In few worlla "'-followl"' things altowt the oltiect, 17. Dr. .._, wlil ehow tho ahape of the teet ltlocta. Lal.l and Include In your alcetch any dtall1 ef "-oltlect ... ,_ avch wlnp, pretrvalefta, ott., ,clally oxhauat troll or va,ar trail a. Plac (Circle 0...)1 Fvaay ltlurre4 (9 Lllco lwltht at.r 19. IF llsere "' MORI THAN ellioct, ....... how ny were thoro? O..w , .... el hew ..., were afflft .... , ...4 ,ut ., .. te ahew tho lllrectllfl thet they weN travel a.,.. 20. Draw a plc:ture thnt will show the motion thot the.object or objects made. Ploce an A ot the l,oglnnlng of the path, a e at the end of the path, and show any changes In direction durine the course. 21. IF POSSIBLE, try to guess or ettlmate what the real 111' of the oltiect was In Itt IOf'lelt clhnenalott. 22. t low large clld the oblect 01 oltiects appear ot compared with one of th fallowl"' oltiect hiJ Itt tlte ltonJ and ot about m'a length? (Circle One): ~ Head of a pin e. Quarter f. Half dollar I Sliver dollar I. Grapefruit I Botlletltall (Circle One of the following to Indicate how ct-rtaln you aee of yo" answer to Questl 22. ~Certain c. Not .,.,., awe 1. Fairly certain cl. Uncwtaln c ... etruct the e\loct that Y" acw. Of wh., t1PC oriel .. .,14 Y" ..... e It? How lor .. we.t It M, -.4 whet hpe wo.,l4 It h"vo? Dolctl\c 1ft rur " wer4a of.,...,. o\foct., '-lcte hlch .h ... ,lo4-., l11 the elar we.a4 tl the 25. Whore worw you locot.d when you aow the obfoct? Ina Ide bulldh ~ 1ft a cor ~ In on airplane 26. Were you (Circle One) a. In the buslnon 1ectlon of a city? ~ In tho rosldenttol aectiCMt .. fa city? c. In open countryside? d. Flying near on olrflold? Flying over a city? f. Flying over open countfy? 27. What you dolnget tho tiMe rou aow tho oltfect, and how did you happen to notice It? 21. IF rou MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at tho time, then cCMnploto tho' followl"l qu .. tlona: &1 What dlrectl ware ,... lt. Ncrtheeat 1"1? (CI~Ie OrteJ 4. Sauthoost f, Southwest 21.2 I law fast were you GYint? 21.3 Did you atop atony tiMe while you wore loolclnt at the obioct? (Circle One) Yea No 29. Whet dlrectl were you lool&l,. when you flnt aaw tho oblect? (Circle One) 4. Southeast f. Southwoat 30. Whet dlrectl were you loolci"' when you laat aow tho aliect? (Circle Orto) tL Soutle11at f, Southweat h. Northwoat h. Northweat 31. If you ore faMiliar with booriftt terMa (a,.ulor direction), try to eathnate tho number of door" tho *teet woa from true North anclalao tho numw of ..... It WOI upward from the horizon (elevation). 31.1 When It flrat appeared: 31.2 Wh.,n it disappeared: a. From true North -----clogr b. From horizon degreo1. 32. In the following sketch, Imagine tltat you ore at th n point shown. Placu an A" on the curved line to show how high the obfect was above th~ hori1011 (sl<ylinc) whe-n ) 'OU lirs t saw it. Place a e on the snl"''e curv~d lina to thaw how high the object was above tlu, hari1.on (s~yli.,e) whon you lost sow it. 33. In the following lurger sketch place an A" at the position the objoct wa1 when you lirsf saw It, or.d u "B" a t ;h potltlon when you '"' taw lt. Refer to smaller skotch a s on example of how to complete the lcrger slcfltch . 34. Whot wer the weoth., concUtfons at the tfme yov aow the oltfect? ~.1 CLOUDS (Circle OneJ G;Jca.. airy c. Scottrtl cloude Thiele or heovy clouda Don't reme1<11laer 34,3 WEATHER (Circle OrteJ lt. F .. , 111lat, light rain c, lWIPote or heo"r rein 34.2 WIND (Cirde OneJ W No wlncl Sl fght ltreeze c. Stro,. wlncl tl. Don't reme11r 34.4 TEMPERATURE (C,cle OneJ Don't remmllr 35. W"-d,. ,.ou report te aome offlclol th.t you hod n the oltiect? 36. Woe eiH with r ot the time you actW the oltfect? (Circle OrteJ @> He 36.1 ., rou red YES, tllcl they a .. the .a. ~oct too? (C Ire I Orte} He Woa lhla tho flrat time that you hod , .. non Hlect .. tecta like this? 37.1 IF rou onawtrtl , th1n when, wh~re, .... und clrcUIIIatanc cllcl rou eth., on' In ,.ow opl~.lon hot do pu thlnlc~th~ olt~t. ~ ~ hov~ co~tecli It? . .. U. S. AIR PORCE TICHHICAL IH FORMATION SHEET In order that yovt lnforniCitiOft ~y t. flle4 and coded 01 occurately 01 po11lble, please ute the follcwrl,. 1pace to write out a 1hort tleacrlptiOft of the event thot you olaervecl. You fi"O)' re peat lnforlftatiOft you have already 1lven In the questionnaire, an4 add ony furthef cornn-.ents, atotement1, 1lcetcNI thclt yov kllwe Important. Try to preaent the detoll1 of the observao tl In the orclln which they oecurred. Additional page1 of the some size paper may be ottochd If they are needl4. (Do Not Write In This Space) At 1145 Ju.4 on July 3, 1 ~53, , . rs. nnd my~tjlf' \ I ere Gi ttln~ en ~ ~r~::a 1:;.'\m o.t st 9th and l.~ce rcets, L-tcno, 1~ cr.rod .. 1 . .1.rs. h~d boen lool~inc UJ.' thr6uc h sona "roe bre.nchac and dre:; .ny atteH on to an object in tho air. l t \las qt'tL.-.;e di:.t ...;J.~, ~n'1 oho loc::tt c d it for n ) \/1 th r e f:-'r once to a troo brDnch. l vtatcjl~d. the objeoii i'o:~ nbunt 8 ninllt3s, thinl~.tnc; it rn:Lr:ht l>Oti.libly bo e. \H!o.th~r b~.lluon. lC. ucn n~t 111ccl.)' 'to be c. ot~r, becr-u::;c the d~y -.rn.3 bri::;ht (hot) c.n<l cldileJJ . llo:.ravcr, i t nei .. lih<;r :1oved or c h rtn' ;ed in ou~)"rcn~ ~i~o. thnrcforo decided to r~r>ort it t0 tti~ ncare::t :pol icbrt'ln, think i.n:; h11 \':ould have instruction::; to rc.vprt thr0u[~h Ci l!nnels. .in.;oycrt l:e ua n J1ot in t e res tad o nd su, c.ostcd I cc.ll r-olic e 11 jf)C <!U 'lr ter3, \''hJ.ch 1 J;Jo lied l.e9.dquarters (12: 00 .doon) ,:Jere no t int<:;r ! :.; t ~.d nn 1 :~'t ~:;";."3 ted I Cnll Qhorrift's ~ffioc. ler.l-ifr' 3 ufficc ~cid tLis ,,7a:.> outsioo their ,iurisJ ictioa nnu to c~'ll AlTro.y I called ~ 1\Xmy nm.bers 11:-..;tc;d ia tho t e lo_p!.1.onu oul)k, but r1o ry,nG.:er. I then ce-11(!<1 the FBI, i'lho took ! 't'J ne.to C'ld o.da.r\.,;js. I tolri th:.}!J. 1 could .uot locate the object nn~l'\;lwro CZC'"::"t :ro.1 br;.toath tllo tr\')e o-c t!1~ :.:.cone ol' th.:: u.i~htlaf'.t usi113 tho tree or~h1cli pr; " J.'Cf'1)~ta~co J'Oint. I thcre.!!on rc.tnrnod "6 .c.. 9th o.nl La~to ..>t:-., ; there .. :-:-,. r..~llrnd~)r ';os still , ... c,tol1ing it. ....rtc r 20 .. 1iJutes (12: !35J::'l uel.o.g bOJ,lO\'th~ t ::ur~pr l::sed tl!e.t no one ho.d n.21>cnreil t o ver lfy Lho :3i[dttJ n:~, .tlt o1' my r e Port to .dl o.nd con:;idcriue; the ~)o~slbilit,, tr;..-~t a. i'!l ntc.l:c !li ght nave -uu.-Jn ma.ue &~ to tho r c uol .. t::d loo~ tion of tito slr~:l t inG, l a:.:;Cl.in te lo.:,houa thc;u. I v.e s told t b yt t hoy had re ' n~ ~od t ..-J r .a:t to:;:--to utt~nt:. J\.ir .d.:1so. - D;.;coui.ng a\:~ra by this tin e t h , t it 1.1~:1 Ll> int~ to be <li 1' r lcuJ. i ~o 1'.3t euy ol':t'icia l ,;e:r.ification v;hilc teo object \fas still in vic:,, l obc-:in .d --U llflrte was Col. v&son. After son.e diffioul ty I reached Col ~o.Gson by tclcpho!lc, \':ho advi~ed n o tt1~t tha report had been turno1 over to Col. 0 uerkirk. 1 t nll<:c<l \71th Col. Odorkirk (time n0\1 1~ 35 f'M), \'lho told me that h e w~ s turn in~ t h o ~ntter over to Col. "orth. I go-.; the ir l~?re!:isio!l. tha t s o meone;, \lould coue to verii'y th~ slgllting, and r e t urned to the ::,c e no, \fhore tho objEsct \76 S still vi~ible. ~hile not appeerlng to 11ove , i,t hrvi shjft d ''QCit~on li se it vas necossa.r ve ocoo:iio n':ll l2:55t'i.I. No one having arrived to verify aiehtin g , l a(~ain celle d Col .. orth to ask him it he oould not oend someOne. lie rcqu estt:d thttt I stan. by the telephone anti he \Vould call me back. t,rhia h o did a t 1:10 : .~l r~queating that I obtain a disinterested .Person to v orif'y the sight~tn.~ At 1:2~U I returned to base, and the object w~s still visible. I etol'ped a oar and request the r r to obse rvo it. 'l'his ho did, givln~ hih nsmo as ~rot. ~rot~ssor of Geolo . Univer~ity oi' Ueva1a. 'J.'he time was now I could not reach 'Col. "orth by 'phone until 1:4:11::.1, 1.1hen I rcl.JOJ.~tcd tl~o veritioe.tion. Col iorth thefl ots.tcd h e .rould sond t \:o enliuted men to our ~.iotel for "dopriol'ing" 1:50 Fil. \f" rettrl'ned to 9th end Lal<e ~treets, but could not ae"i n l ocate the objoot. . 2:30 PM. 'I'm Qergeonts visited U3 at ou r i.i()tol, ex.'9re3sing ap,Prociation of ourertorts and stating that Army \'las v ery interostod 1n all suoh re.,POrts. I point~d out to thuJn. thnt krruy had b 3en a\7aro ot tho oiclltins tor over an hour during tthioh the object could bo sean, but hadn't been interested otwuah to look at it I havo spent 15 yoars in Air Liuo workas Meteorologi~t and rladlo Co~ mWlloations. (I am not nar t50 engagedl. Any r,uesa as to altitude or size ot tlle object wuld. be subjoot to wide error tror1 a visual appraisal f'or reaoona well known. I u ould guess tho e.l ti tude to have been botweon (..() and '10 t huusand teet --tha latter altitude only it the object wo.s quite lar6e. In a1z& it was souewhB.t s maller than the heed ot a piu bald at arm's length ~he ob~eot vas not an airplane, or bslloon. Concoivab~y ~ star, but thi is vary doubttul in my mind. ~ta eneounterecl DO interest in this &ighting tro:-n n:1y of "'!~ .. o soveral Authorltioo and Arm:! O:ftiocrs \ti th whom we talked end t h i s is diftioul t to uadorsta.ad unless such sichting s ere a knO\'IIl quantity and tully uat\oratood. I dou't think I shall a.3aln. go to so much troubll3 in attempting to get attention it I sl~uld mske another sighting. UNCLASSIFIED Reno, Nevada Description 1953 two ciYillans were sitting on a lavn at , Reno, Nevada. One obserftr vaa look ins up aome tree branches when ahe saw a pin-point or light at a .ar7 hlsh altitude. She called her husband's attention to the obJect and he vatchect this. obJect tor 8 ainu tea, thinkins 1 t vas a weather balloon. He thousht that it vu not likely to be a star, because the ctay vas brlpt (hot) and _cloudless. Hoveyer, it neither moved nor changed it apparent alze. !be observer lett hie wire to watch the obJect Ybile he reported it to the authorities. ,irst he reported it to a pollceDBn vho referred him to the Pol tee Station. The;y were not lntereated and told him to report it to the nherltta ottice. The oher-. ltt' ottice tated that thi aighting was out or their Jurisdiction and tor h1JI to call the FBI. !'he FBI took hi a name anc1 address. '!'he obaer- Yer tole! the FBI that he couldn't locate the obJect unless be bad this particular tree .. a reference point. He then returned to tbe point ot observation Where hla vito still had the obJect ln viev. Arter 20 min- utea, being t aurprloed th&t no one h~ appeared to verit7 tbe etghtins an4 considering the poasibilit)' thst a mistake had been made aa to the reported location or the aishting, he again telephonedthe FBI Rc waa t.o14 that the matter had been referred to Stead AF Base. The observer becomlns aware that it was going to be difficult to set &n)' official verification vhlle the obJect vas still in view obtained the na ot the USAF co lone 1 to which the report had been Mde. After a oDe c!itticult7, the observer reached thlo colonel b7 telephone. Tbio colonel reterre4 tbe incident to another colonel vho in turn reterred him to a t.hircl colonel. Fr~ the last colonel that he talke4 to, he got the I.Ja- preaion that would come to verit)' the alghtins and returned to the scene Vhere the obJect vas atill visible. While not appearina to move, lt bad ahitted position alichtly because it vas aecesaar7 tor bia to .owe occaaionall7 to prevent ita being obscured b7 tbe tree branch. After vatting 30 inutee, the observer apin calle4 tbe Air rorce colonel to aak hia it he couldn't send so .. one to verit7 the eightins. '!'be colonel requested that the observer stand b7 t