Kansascity Missouri — May 1954

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Keywords: circle, obiect, oltfoct, southoaat, woulct, achool, southweat, flrat, olttect, followl, oltfect, oltlect, alcetch, bvawation, 1nsutt1c1ent, abimmerina, eatltnate, apecfal, techftlcal, queatlcw, ecrlptlan, tlvon, 41mttlannolre, miimje, pntent
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1. DA T! TIMI OROUit J. IOURCI! C. NUMII!R OP OIJI!CTS \ ~t::' OIII!RVATION 6. TYitE OP OISIRVA TION ground ri.aual 7. COURII! 1. ltHOTOI ' PHYSICAL I!VIDI!NCI! PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION I I1t.t DATA FOR BVAWATION Poaaibly a/c, however 1nsutt1c1ent data tor conclusion. 11. IRII!F SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Two abimmerina obJecta, no aound. No eat ot speed or altitude, no other observers. 39. Do yov think you can estimate the speeJ of the obiect? (Cirde One) <.. y,:J No IF YG" anawerecl YES, then what apnd would you eatltnate? 40. Do you think you can eatlmote how for away from you the obiect waa? ,. _ _ .N LL;:/P? IF you onawerecl YES, then how far awoy would you aoy It waa? fHt. ~ 1. PI give the followi"' Information about yourself: What Ia your preaent fob Please Indicate any apecfal educational tralnlnt that you have hCNI. Grode school -------- a,. Hlth achool -----~-- d. Poat graduate -------- Techftlcal achool ----------- f. Other special trolnl"l --~------ 42. Date you completed thla queatlcw.Mire: U. S. AIR POICI TICHHICAL IHPORMATIOH SHI!ET In order that ,our ,.., I. fll.4 and codecl accurately at ponlble, please use tho followl,. 111c:e to write out ahart d.ecrlptlan of the event that yov otserved. You may, .. peat IM that yew t.YO alroa~y tlvon In tho 41Mttlannolre, and add ony f.,ther comments, ,.. ... otch.t r-MIIMJe oro Try to pNtent the detollt of the ohservo tt In the ~r In which they occurretl. Addttl ... l page1 of thtt saMe tlzo papr moy b attached SIGNATURE~ (Do Not Writ In Tltb SpGce) In r~!ll:f r eter r .)ur reoeat repcx-' conoern1ng u.."\l.dent1tSe4 fl:Tinx l)bJata haa bc:t:!n r ecl.,ed b7 the A~ 'reonnical Intelligenoe Centr. !.'!Cl;)sed 13 a t:!Ud~ t!.3r&nal..-, u.!Uob, w~Mtn coJWPlated by yoq an\l returned, will prov1d u complete record ot t :1e ooc~UTenGe. ~ United Stat .1ir Force EN&tl;~ c.ppreo1ates your 1 nto!re:tt 1n r eportil13 this at.;e. ~uaatio:malre COO?.DDIATION: Zinoere11, C~'IO. USAF' !IO. CA~ (INFOilll\TIO!! OJ.J!Y) ~ I 'SUN DOG'~ . N44/l-IE GIVEN SKY DISPLAY . 1"hat llplash ol color ) 'OU saw In rh.-sklf'a around noon 1\lon- d;ty \U$n't a rlllnlns rainbow I or " tf'Chnlcolor flylnc saucer. lt waa juat a sun dol:" " I fairl)' common oceu~ c j' . cordlnc to Weathe1 n1an Ray Calhm. lt l cauMd by the sun I shinlntr on the lee cl')'atala tht fl)tm thin eloud11. Lasts only 1 . until th~ elouda drift away. Look pretty q;y while lt ton doea lat. thouah. A number or Daytanlana ~, aaree4 lt did; call.cl n. Dell7 ., con-I .Newa. fer tM ~i ,.,. , .. -iil~t. Clt~rletc~urr~. &tar~fetun :. . l'flotlr ReJHMt Strure Oltjecta Thri!Pl~'tcw ~)"mouth ... tarnal To~r,..fft~-ttl"l'ft' fl!~ a . nu~. of tot::ll"'_,e objec:tt flymc over l'a . .tern -:-: aMid c1bout daybreak rday. 'fht ohJf,:t~ were oval and wert~ NHn flyfnJC u' t' great :;peed \Jefore daAPJMtarlng ln . t i1e dear mornlnt Rky. 't'he men wert 'l~rs Jo'. Ferrier-, D. L. Falwas"tr, and H . Hodd, all of New Plym,uth. Th~t mt!n were reluctant to talk, but thls ts how one desert~ the incident: "We were ftyt~ to :tn airstrip at the back of Tahora about 7 a.m. whf'n we ftn.t saw some stran11 objects In the eaflt In the rlirectlon of 'faumar-unul. We first noUced t.h!"N. They appeared to be hoverlq about 7ooott above us, but. u : we were ftytq 3t !35 milts 3n hour, it would be <liflleult to eaUmate accurately whether or not they weN movtn1." WtN onl and looked like lant dll'Cll. They seemed to be a reddish orRnlt \Yith a red ftame comtna !rom them. .. We ft-!W nn tn the ~me direc tion for another thr"H" mlnutell and we saw a n111n~r of oth@l'll. ThPv tiNrrftd to be Jtyln;.e In a sinl{le line t(lmtath>n. f;u1dP.n!y th~y all dlmbtkl litH~>Iy at Rte:tt spt"f'd nnd d lllappeared." All tht! men are experienced pilots In flr:tto('lao; , physlcal con~ltlon 3nd have been atrial tQ,l)odnAlaa for .tour yean.-P .A. I. IF you eaw the oillect at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what cUd yov notice concwnlng the STARS oncl MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle Onel: 1.2 MOON (Circle One): a. Bright moonlight ... Dull moonlight No moonlltht on't rememlt.r 9. Was the oltfect llrlthter tha.n the ltackpound of the alcy? (Circle o,..J: c. Don't rememw 10. IF It was BRIGHTER THAN the alcy ltaclcground, wat the llrlthtness lllce that of an automobile h.adlltht?: (Circle One)cZ>A mile or More away (a distant car)? lt. Stara I bloclc away? c. A ltloclc oway? r . S.eral yard away? / 11. Did the oltlect: (C lrclo One lor eaclt qwtlon) a. Appar to ttancl till at any time? lt. Suddenly a peed up and ruth away at any time 1 c. Brealc up Into porta or explode? d. Gle olf tmolco? Change llrithtnesa? &-~ -L~tte~ f'=Gi'?t I. Chango shape 1 I Fllclcor, tlvolt, or pultato? Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know 12. Did the olttect 11100 ltehlntl aothl"f at anyti1111, particularly a cloud? (Circle One): Yet @ Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then toll what 13. Did the oltfoct MOe In front of aoetft l"f at anyti~M, particularly a cloud? . (Circle One): Yet (])' Don't Knctw. IF you answecl YES, than toll what 1~. Dlcl the obtect appear: (Circle One}: T rantpar.m? 15. Did you olaarve the oltfoct through any of the followl"f? Eyoelo11et Sun gla c. Wlndahleld d. Window glau Blnoculan Yea t1fil f. Telescope Yes ~ g. Theodolite .4 Yes ~ 16. Tell In few werde tlte follewlftt thl"'l .... , the oltlect. 17. Dr.w ,.._. ... twill the lhope of the ~teet e~ecte. Lat.l Mil Inc lucie In 1L Tha e4 ... al the el.fect w1,.: tlcetch anr cletatlt 1 vapor trallt. Place tCircl o ... , fr., ltlurre4 1t. Lit. lw ttht ,.., 19. IF wee THAN ONE olttect, the" hew "r wwe there? Drew al hew ther ,. ...., put .,. te ahew the ell recti that ther were travel Int. 20. Crow a picture th1t will show tle motion that the. ohjOJct or object~ mode. Plate an A at the bogln,ing of the path, a o at the end of the poth, und 1how any changes fn dirt-dio n during th!! course, IF POSSIBLE, try to guoas or estlrnote what the real aize of the obfect was In Its longest dimension. 22. How large did the obiect 011 objects appear as compared with one of the following obf.cts frelcl In the hond ond at about arm's length? (Circle OneJ: a. Head of a pin g. Silvor dollar h. Boseboll c. Dime I. Grapefruit Boslcetboll Quarter lc. Other Half dollar 22.1 (Circle One of tho following to Indicate how certain you are of yo~ answer to Question 22. rtoin c. Not very sure Fairly certain .-d. Uncertain How did the obiect or ohfects disappear from view? t c/ LJ2.. ~..,....,....::-' L fr/ 24. In etcl thGt you CM glwo os clear o picture o a poulbl of what you sow, wo woulct llo for you to hno1lno thot you coulct construct the oltloct thot you uw. Of what typ Motrlel would you mah lt'P How largo woulct It bo, anct what thapo woul4 It have? O.acrllte In rour owlt wordt e lo"""on object ., objoctt which when ploco4 up In tho al&r would glvo tho ...... oppoarOttce ol tho olttoct which you taw 25. Where' WIN ,.u locatH when ,ou aaw the obiect? (Circle 0...1: ........ ltvllcllfll lt. '" cor 26. Were you (Circle f)ne} In the ltutlneas section of a city? lt. In tho realclentlal aection of a city? c.)n open countryalde? d. Flying an alrflolcl? Flying ewer a city? f. Flying over op1n country? yov chtl,. at the tiiM yeu HW the o~ect, an4 how cUd you to notice It? 21. II" you MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or vehicle at the time, thn complete th following qu .. tlona: a 1 Whet tl~tectl ,.., ~ Norlhoaat (Circle O..el tl. Southoaat f. Southwest -------- tiles per hour. 21.3 Did you atop at any time while you were lool&lng at the obiect? (Circle 0...) Yea No 29. Wh.t cllroctl WIN you looking when you flrat aow tho oltfoct? (Circle One} tl. Southoaat f. Southweat 30. Whet tliroctl were yeuloolclftl when you loat aaw tlto oltfect? (Circle Orto) tl. South f. Southweat h. Northwoat c---h:-!:J'&orthwea t h. Notlhwest 31. If you oro faMiliar with bearing tw (angular dlroctiOR), try to oatiiNito tho number of degrees the oliect was from true North ancl olao tho nulaar of degr .. a It was upward from the horlzOft (elevation). 31.1 When It flrat appeared: a. From true North_""_._-_$ dI'O b. From horizon . .La detr"' 31.2 When It disappaarecl: Fro true Norlh -~t;::;.~--clegr ~. Fro horizon {t:~ degrHI 32. In the following a Ieetch, Imagine that you are at the point shown. Plaee an A on the curved line to show how high the obiect was above the horirou (slcyline) when you firJt sow lt. Place a e on the same c~Tved line to show how high the obiect was above the horizon (,kyline) when you lost saw It, 33. In the following larger alcetch place an A" at the position the obiect wen when you lirst saw It, ond a "B" at Its position when you lost saw it. Refer to smaller alcetch as on example of how to complete the lorg., slcetch 34. WMt WIN the weather c...tltlant at the tl e you tow the altfect? 34,1 CLOli)S (C lrcle Ortel c. Scottlfe4 clouclt 4. Thick hteYJ clouds 3 3 WEATHER (Circle Orte} ' mitt, light rain c. heav, rain 34.2 WIND (Circle One} lt. shehi c, Strang wind 34 TEMPERATURE (Cirt:le O~te}