Dayton Ohio — June 1954

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?P.OJECT lOOn RECORD CARD l. LOCA P O-. 12. CONCLUSIONS u..,o.~rton, O~io o Was Balloon P robably Balloon Possibly Balloon D G ... und-Vi suo I AI,. Visual 6. <iOURCE 7. LENGTH 0111 08URVATIO,.. 8. HUMBER OF OB J ECTS 0 Ground-Radar 0 Air-Intercept Radar Was Ai.croh Probably Aircroh Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical !:!1 In ,uffi cient Oat a lor E1o luoti on 0 Unltno._. C01o4MEHTS 10. BRIEl' SUMMARY 01" SIGH"rtNG AnC JrORW 329 (REV 26 SP.P 52) 39. Do you think you con estimote the .lp.,-,d o r ~he object? (Circle One ) No IF you answered YES, then what ipeed wovid you estimate? dO. Do you think you con estimate how for owoy from you the object was? (Circle One ) Yes IF you onswend YES, then how for away would you soy i t was? :11. Please give the follow ing information about yourself: TELEPHONE N What is your present job? Please indicate any special educational training that you hove hod. Gtode school e. e . T echnicol school b. High school c. Coli ego Other special training Past graduate 42. Date you completed this que.stionnaire: ?~O.iECT 10073 RECORD CARD l . lOC.A fiOI't CONC LUSI OHS 0 We s B oll Oo<\ Qh' Probably Balloon Pos~ii>ly B allootl J. OATE TIM GROU~ TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Wos Ai oc:ral t Cl GmVf"Oo Visual 0 Gro<H'IdRacfaf P robob l y Ai rcroh 0 AI .. VIwol 0 Air-Intercept Roder ssibly Airaoft s. P HOTOS Was Astronomi c o l P robobl y A~tronoml col r i rt J i.;n Possibly Astronomical L E NGTH OF OBSERVATION II. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Insufficien t 0 Ufo for voluoti o n IJnlc now." BRIEF SUMI1U.AY 011 SIGHTING II. COMMENTS ATtC PORtrf Jl9 (RP.V 26 SF.P 57) !J. S. AIR FO~C.E rF-CHt-41CAL l~f0RMATI01'4 SHEET Th1s questionnaire hrn b-ee n pr..,pored so that you con give t h e U. S. Air Force o s much infcrfN:lt1on o s ponible concernin g th e u n identifie d oerio l phenomenon thot you hove observed . PI ose try to answer os many questions a s you p ossibly con. The information that you give w ill be used fo r reseorch purposes, and will be regard'!ld o s confide n tial material. Your nome will not b e used in c o nnection w ith nny state ments, conclusions , or publica tions without your permission . 'He request th1s p e r s o nal 1nfarmotion .so th a t , if i t is deemed n e cessa ry, w e may contact you for f urther derails . 2. Time o f day: (C~rcle One): Time tone : (C~rcle On e): (Circle One): Daylight Sov ing Q, It; l\ b. Ston<:lard Where wer e you when you s o w ' " " obJect? \ ' Neore51 P ostal Addr~ u t} City or Town Sro le or Country Additional remarks: Estimate how long you saw the nb1e c t . Hours Minvle5 Second a C i rcle one of the followin g to indicat e how c e rtain you ore o f your answer to Question 5. a.(Certai~ c. Not very s ure b . to1r1y certain d . Justo guess What was the conditia~ of the sky? (Circle One): Bright doyl ight d . Justo t race of daylig h t b. Du II do y I i gh t e. N o tr ace of dayligh t c . Bright twilight f. Don't r e member IF you :;ow rh e o b j ect during DA'(LIGHT, TWILIGHT, o r DAWN, wher~ wa1 t h e SUN located a s you loolte d a t the ob:~c'' (C~rc!-<! Jne ) a. In front of you d. To your left 8. IF you sow th e ohject o t NIGHT, TtllL!GHT, o r DAWN, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON? 8. 1 ST AKS (Circle On,): d. Don't remember 8.2 MOON (Circle One): a. Bright moonlight b. Dull moonlight c. No moonlight-pitch dark d. Don't rl'l membe;- 9. Was the object brighter than the background of the sky? (Circle One ) : c. Don' t remember l 10. IF i t was BRIGHTER THAN the s ky background, was the brightness like that of an automobile headlight?: (C ircl~ One)~A mile o r more owoy ( o distant c o r}? Severo I bloclcs a way? c . A block away? d. Severo I ya rd s away? 11. Did th e oorect: o. Appear to stand still 111 ,11y li"'tt? b. Suddenly speed up and r u1h ,,.,.,.,y ,, t any time? c. Break up int o parh o r IJ.'<nlnde' d. Give o ff smoke? e. Change brightness? f. Change shape? (Circle One for eor.h question) Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't KnoY. es No I g. Flicker, throb, o r pulsate? Don't Know 12. Did the object move behind Soi'Ritthing a t anytime, particularly a cloud? (Circle One): (y;;.; No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what 13. Did the object move in front of s omething at anytime, particularly a cloud? Yes IF you answered YES, than tell wha t ( C irc:le One): Don't Kn("lw. 14. D id the objecT appear: ( C ircle One): b . Transoorenr? c . Don't Know. 0 id you o b serv~ the ,b ject t hrough :my of the following? Eyeglasses ~. 8inoculars Sun 'Jiassa s x~s f. T a lescope Y~n No "I r.dshi-:ld a'lo Theodolat" 16 . Tell in o few word'l t he following r!-o.ngs uoO\Jt the object. 17. Draw o pict ure that will show t he shape of th e obje c t or objects. Lobel and include in your sl<etch ony detoils of t he obje c t that yov saw such os wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhoust trail s or vapor trails. Plrtc e an arrow be s id e th e drawing to show t he dire c tion th e object was moving. 18. The edges of the objec-:;t~w~er!.Srfllu'----. (Ci rcle One ): a. Fuzzy or blvrrttrl) b. Luce cr-br~hM(or c. Sharply outlined d. Don't relt'emher 19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE obje c t, then how mony were there? Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to shaw the direction that they were traveling. 20. Draw o pict ure thot will show t h e mo11o n that the o b ject o r obje cts mode. Place on "A a t the beginning of t he poth, 0 ua ot the end of,;..~ ootn, qnd show any changes in d irection dUI'ing the course 21. IF POSSIBLE, try t o guess Of' estimate what the real size of t he object was i n its lonqest dimension. 2 2. How Io rg e d id the lbjact Of o b j.,ds appe a r a s compor.,d with one of the following objects h e ld in the hand ond o t abo ut a rm's lenqth? (Circle O ne ): a . l f,l HI o f a Silver dollar h. Baseba ll Grapefruit fll' ke l Basketba ll k. O r her t. llol f Ioiiar 22.1 (Circle One of the following to Indicate how certain you are of yol.lf answer to Question 22. of c.,, to in c . Not very sl.lfe b. F'airly-certain d. Uncertain 23. How d id the obje c t or objects dis :1ppeor fTom view? In order that you con 9lve os cl-r a p icture os possi bl e of what you sow, we would like for you to Imagine thot you could construct the object that you sow. Of what type material would you make It ? How Iorge would It be , ond what shape would It have? Describe In your o'" w.,rcla o common obJect or objects which when ploc.O up In the sky would g ive the some appearance os th. object w hich yo~ sow, 25. Where were you located when yov J;aw t h'!l o bject? (Circle One): 26. Were you (Circle One) a. In the business section of o c ity? ~ In the residential section of a city? a . Inside a building b. In o cor rln o n airplane c . In open countryside? d. Flying neor an airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over open country? What wet"e yoJ doing at the time you sow the object, and how di d you happen to notice i t? 28. IF you were MOVING !N .AN AU fOMOBILE or other v"hicle at the t ime, then complete the following questions: What direction were yo'' 1nu111ng'? ( Circle One) o . North c . E utt b. No1 theast .{. Southeast f. Southwest 28.2 How fos t were you mov i l - -------------------mi I es per hour, 28,3 Did you stop at any lime while you were looking at the object? (Circle One) Yn No 19. What direction were you loclclng when you first saw the object? (Circle One) a. North c . East e. South b. Northeast d. Southeast f . Southwst 30. What direction were you locking when you lost sow the object? (Circle One) o. North c. East b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest \!:!.:) Northwest Northwest 31. If you ore familiar w ith bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate th. number of degrHs tlie object wos from true North and also the number of degrHs it was upward from the horizon (elevation). llr .. n ' ' fir~t appeared: --....... a. c rom true North ...,-.... ';-t U degrees. b. rrorn horizon C ~. degrHS i l disappeared : 39. Do you thin'< you can .uti,ate the o;oe1!0 oE the object? (Circle One) Ye~ IF you answered YES, then what spee1 ""ovid you estimate? 40. Do you think you can estimate how for away From you th e object was? {Circle One) IF you answert'ld YES, then how for owoy would you :soy it was? 41. Please give th~ following information about your.self: Please indicate any special !ducotional training that you have had . Grade school b. High school d. Post graduate j 42. Dote you completed this questionnaire: e. e . Technical school f. Other special training Month Yeor 34. What w!Jre the w~other cond1tro"~ o h., time you sow the object? 3d.l CLOUDS (Circlt! On-,J o. Cleor sky c.\ Scotter.,d cloud3 1 a. Thick o r heavy cl?t.xh e. Don't r'!lmember 3d.3 WEATHER (Circle One} lJ:' F r q , m i 5 I, o r I i g h I r a in c. Mr,d~rot,., or heavy ro in Don't remf'lmber 34.2 WIND (Circle One) o. l'lo wind ~ Slight bruu c . Strong wind d. Don't remember TEMPERATURE (C irc/e One) Don ' t r.,memb.,r 35. When did you r-,port tn ~orne otfico l that you hod seen th., obje c t ? ' Vas anyone ~l~e wlfh you 'ow t he obje c t (Circle o,,.J 36.1 IF you answered 'l'ES Julth .,y 1ee th .. 'J b ject too? (CircleOne) Y~ No 36.2 Please l ist their tnd uddr'!lsses: 37. Was this the first time that vou hod Jeen on object 0# objects like this? (Circle One) ~ No I 37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and undftf' what circumstances did you see ot~er ones? 38. In yovr opinion what do you think the object was and what might have cause~ it? Tht'l questionnaire has b e..,n pr.,por~d so that you con give the U . S. A ir Fore~ a s mvch inicrMOtlon o s possi ble conc~rr,ng rh e unidentifie d oertol phenomenon thot you hove observed. PI~,<;~ lry to answer o s many t.J~sttons o s you posstbly con. The information that you give w il l ~ .. IJS.,d fo r research purposes, and will b., regord., d as confid~ntiol material. Your nome will not b e Vied in connection with any state ments, concluSions, or publ icot ons without your p~mission. w, reoufnl thts personal niormolton so that, if i t is deemed n e cessary, we may contact you for f urther derod s . j 2. Time of da y: (Crc/e One): 3. T irroe t o n-,: ((ire/., On e): a. Ooylight Sovin9 b. Sto.-dord 4. Where were you w hen Addi ttonol remarks: S. Estimate h o w long you saw th e nb!~<:t. Se c onds Hours 5.1 Circle one of t he following to indicate how certain you ore o f your answer to Question 5. I a. c. Not very s ure 6. What w a s the conditicr~ of the sky? (Circl e One ): a . Bright daylight b. Dull daylight c. Br ight twilight d. usta tr LA o IT a c e of day I i ght 7 . I F you ; o w I,'" "o!ect during !)o,YI_IGrT, TWILIGHT , o r DANN, w h'""' wo~ rhe SUN locoteo o s you looke d at th e oi),.r? To you r I e f I I<) your t ''1n I on t m~moer 16. Toil in o few word~ t he following fr'llr'JS J b"'--t th e object. 17. Draw o pict ure that will show t he shape o f tha objecr or objects. Lobel ood include in your sketch ony details of the object that you saw such os w ings, protrus ions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails. Ploce on arrow bflt, ide the dro.wing to show the dir.,ction t h a object was moving. 18. The edges o f the object