PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE TI.\IE GROUP 2. LOCATION !STED AFB, PENNSYLVA1UA 3 . SOURCE 1liT.:CTABY 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 tli11JTES o. TYPF. OF OBSERVATION t1P.OU!ID VISUAL :Jli.. Yes -ro-No VT D'Sml 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION PROBABLY DAJ .toO~ 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANAl YSIS Uhite, appeared tr:tnsparent.. Jlppeared to hnv e atrinz hanzing from bo tto:n. Dis3.p:peared '"'i th do.rkeness. cmn .. Eri'TS: All indications from observers report ~u33est a balloon. (FiJm also received, Vicleon) FTD SEP 63 0-329 {TOE) Previous edition o r this f orm mRy he und. 31. Wha t ware the weoth.,r condition5 a t the time you sow the o b ject? 34. 1 CLOUDS (C irclo One) ( C ircltt Ona) Clear s l<y b. Slight bre1n& c . Scatterad clouds Strong wind d. Thick or heavy cloudJ Don't rom.,mbar e. Don't re member (Circle One) TEMPERATURe (Circle One) b. F og, tr1 i s t , or I i g 11 t r o in c . Moderate o r heavy ro in Don't remember Do n't remttmber 35. When d id you report to s ome official that you hod sa11n tho object? 37. Wo~ t h is the firs t time that Y"U hod seen a n object or objech l ik6 thi.s? ( C ircl & One) Yos IF you answered NO, then wh"n, where and under what c ire um3t11nces did you s~e oth~r one s ? 38. In your opinion what do you th ink the object was and what might hav caused it? w)\ bklloon 37. Do yov thin!< you con cslimcte th~ speed o f th~ ob1ect? ( Circls On~J Yes ~" IF you answe ra d YES, t hen what speed would you estimate? 40. Do you think you c on ost imote how for o woy from you t he object wos? (Circle One) Yes ~ IF you answered YES, than how far away would y ou soy it was? 41. Please g ive th e following informa tion about yours111f: Ple a s e indica!" any special educational training that you hove hod. Grado school o . e . T ochnicol school \...0 1'\ 1,'11 High schoo l f. Other !!pecial training Post grodJate ~2. uote you compl"'ted this questionnoir~: t-l' offr1 t-, Tt:CHNlCAL In orda r t ha t your infor mat ion ITYJY ~ filad onci cod~d oc; occurohJ~, as poBi bl.:., pl.~oJ" u~u tho, follow ino ~paca t o write out o s h ort dHcriplion of thtt uv .. mt tlwi you ob.>!!rvcd. YuiJ noy r)- pc.:~t info rma tion t hat you havB o l reody ghr.n in th., tJUt7.dionnrtlrJ, nnd CJdd ony f urthe r cOnti'T"':n~:;, !llateme nts, or sketcha~ that you b al iav a lTV i mporian t. Try to flT"Jdlll tho d;,toib of thd oonrvt:J t ion In tht~ order;, which t htty occt...rr d. Additionol pa ge.i of th .... 5WT1c:t ~l:!tt pap e r moy rld ottoo:h.,d if t hey ore nead-!:td. (Do i'\ot Writ.~ in Thi:; Spar:':!) iJ //l.f :r f. IJ'1 A U. S. A I R F 0 R C E T t: C H HI CAL I N F 0 ~MAT l 0 N SHEE T This qu.,stionnoire ho.1 bean prepared so that you can giv& tha U. S. Air Forcu uJ much inforJr.Otion o:s possible conc0rning the unidont ifted aerial phenomanon that you hov<' ob\ervl'd. P lao.;e t ry to onsw"r as many question3 as you po:ssibly con. Th.; information thot you giv" will be used fo r res~rch purposes, and will bo regordad as confidantial moterial. Your nom., will no/ be us~d in connaction with ony stot~ment:l, conclusions, or publications without your p~mis->ion. We:~ requast this parsonol in formation so that, if it is deer~d necessary, we may contact you for urther de to i I,. 1. When did you se e the object? 2. Ti ma o f day: _(kb~hzr (Circle One): 3. Time ton&: (Circle One): E) Eastern b. Central c . Mountain d. Pacific (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving @ Standard 4 . Wh.,r e ware you when yo u sow tha obj~ct? City o r Town Sto l o o r Country Ad ditional remarks: Mi nu I e .s 5. Estimota how long you saw the object . Hour! SocondJ 5.1 Circle one of th~ following to indicof1:1 how certain you ore of your answer to Question 5. o. Ccr to in \_E} Fo ir ly cer to in 6 . What wos the c onditic:n of the sky? (Circle One): a . Bright daylight ~Dull daylight c. Bright twilight c . No t very sure d. Just a guess d. Just a trnce of doyl ight e. No trace o f daylight f. Don't remember 7. IF you so"' the objec t during L)AYLIGHT, T WILIGHT, or DAWN, wh<!re wos t he SUN locot~d as you looked o t th~ object? (Circle One): o. In front o f you In bo:k of y o u @ To v("ollr ri ght d. To your left tL Overhead f. Don't remernbeH IF you sow the ouject, at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning t ha STARS and ~,lOON? STARS (Circle One): MOON (Circle One): ) Non<t o. Bright moonl ight b. A f e w b. Dull moonli ght c. No moonlight -pitch dot!< d. Don' t remo mhcn Don't rem.,mb.,r Was the object brigh~sr rhon tha backgro und of thet :.!<y? (Circle One): c. Don't r"m~mher IF it was BRIGHTER THAN the sky bucxgroJnd, was the brightnes:s li ke that of on outomooile heodl igilt?: ( Circle One) a . A mil~ Of' rnore away (o distant cor)? Sev-!!ro l blocks away? c. A b lock away? d. s,v8rO I yards owoy? e . Oth ~r Did the object: ( Circle One for each question) o. Appear to !itond s t il l a t any tim.,? No Don't Know b. Suddenly s peed up and ru.sh away at any tim~? Yes Don't Know c . Sr~ok up into ports o r explod~? Yo J Don't Know d. G ivt! off s make? Ya s Don't Know ~. Change brightness? Yes Don't l<now f. Change shape? Yes Don't Know g . F I ic ker, throb, or pul:sat~? Don't Know Did the object move behind something at onytim~, particularly o cloud? (Circle One): Don' t {(now. you onswer3d YES, then hll what it moved be~hind: _ }3. Did tho object mov9 in front of :;ometh in~ a t anytime, particularly o cloud? ( Circle One): Ye s Don't Know. IF you an"5w~r~d YES, than t-'11 what i t mov~d in front of: Did the object opp<'or: (Circ:le One): Sol id ? "(fJ Trans parent? Don 't Kn.,w. Did you observe the object through any of th~ follvwing? Eyeglass"s Y e s No e . B inoc ulor s b. Sun glo.ss~s Yos No f. Talescop~ Ye s No c . Windshield Yos T heodolit<8 Ye 3 No d. Window g loss Yes No h. 16. Tell In o few words the following things about the object. 17. Draw a p ic ture that will show th~ shopet o f the obf!tct or obj~cts. l ab.tl and lnclud" in your :Jketch any d.,toiiJ of the object thot you sow s uc h a s wings, protrus ions, otc., ond os~clally oxhou:st trolb or vapor troll:i. Pl::~c!t on arrow bes ide th e drawing to s how the direction th a obj,ct was moving. 18. Th., edgu of the objetct were: (Circle One): a. F uzzy or blurred like o br ight s tar ~Sharply outlined d . Don't remamb..,r 19. IF t here was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many WtHa there? ------..L-JX.. , Drow a pic tur~ of how they ware orrongttd, and p ut on arrow to show t he di , c t ion that they w~re trov,l ing. 20. Drow a pidur-. th n t will s ho w the motion thot t he. objt:cl o r object-; mod'!. P lac_, o n "A o t t h e beginning of the path, o "B ol the rnd <.lf the poth, ai"J show nny change.:> in direction during the cour se. 2 I. IF POSSIBLE, try t o guess o r cstimote what the rt!al s i7.e o f the object was in its longest dimension. 22. How Iorge did t he object or objects appear a:; cornpare d with one of ~he fo llowing obje c t s held in th<J hond and a t about ar,' s length? (Circle One): Head of o p in g. Silve r dollar b. Pea h. 13aseball c . Dim9 i . Grapefruit d . Nickel Basketball Q.) Ha lf dollar 22.1 (Circle One o f the f ollowina to ir.dicat e how c.?rtain you are o f your answer t o Question 22. a. Certain c . No t very sure '{.2) Fairly certain d. Uncertain 23. How did the object or objects disappear from view? Jh .-:.1\rn. (!..:lo<._.'i.. h 'i\ l ~ c..J~---'--f-l-~(=------ 24. In o rder that you con giv~t o~ dear o pict ura o ' possibl e o F what you :;ow, w.t woJld I ike for you to lmogin" that you could con:;truct th" o bj>tcl that you sow. Of who l typ" mol'trinl would you mol,e i t ? How lorg<t would It be, ond what shop" would i t hove? Describe in your own words o common objo-::1 o r objact., which whan placed up in t h .. :sky would give the ~om" oppa oronce os the objoct which you sow, 25. Wfnra ware you locoted when you sow the object ? ( Circle One): o . Ins ide o b uilding d. In on olrplan" e . At sea 26. Vlr;re yo u (Circle (lrye) . In th.., ~us in"ss saction o f a city? In th~ re.:sidentiol sec tion o f o city? In op-11 country .:s id"'? Flying n~r o n airfi.,ld? Flying over a city? Flying over open country? 27. Wha t we<a you doing o t tha tims you saw tha object, and how did you hopp.tn to noti c e it? 28. IF you w ere MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE o r other v~hicl~ a t the time, th~n complate the. following qu.,:stion': What direction were yo u mov ing? (Circle One) a. NN~h c. Eas t o. South g . W!1st b. Northeast d. s~utheast f. So u thwest h. North west 28.2 How fast w~re you moving? ------------miles per hour . 28.3 D id you stop a t any time while you w e re looking a t t htt object? (Circle One) Yes No 29. Whn t d ir11rtion Wl'Hil yo u l oo!<ino when you f i r s t sow th., object ? (Circle One) e . S o uth g . West b. Northeas t d. Southeast (f) S outhwest h. Northwest 30. What direc tion wer e you looking when you lost sow t h , object? (Circle On~) o. South g . w~st b. Nor~heos t d. Sou thgo s t <0 Southwest h. Northwast 31. If you ore familiar with bearing terms ( angular direction}, try t o esti ma t " the ewmber o f d~gre.,s the object wa~ from tr ue North and a lso the number of d e grees it was upword from th~: hori~on {elevation}. 31.1 When it first appeared: b. From horizon !.PO deg rees. 31.2 When it disoppeored: o . Fro m tru~ North ;.L. .(0 dc~re~s. 32. In ~t., following sketch, imagine tha t you oro o l the point shown. Ploc:! o n A" on t hlf curved llr.~ to show how high th e objoct \JCJS obovt-! ~.e horizon (skyline) when you first sow it. Ploce o "0" on thiJ sam~ curved li n,. t o show how hJgh th o obj<!ICt WOS above the horiLOn (s kyliM) when you Josf :;ow i t, 3J. In tha fnll9wlng lrJr~er sk!ttch ploc$ on ~A" Cit th~t po:~ltion tha ob jnct was whin you lir1t JOW It, o!'ld a ''f3'' lt.t po"ltiE, ~"'h~tn you lost sow It, Refar tp 'rnolli'r Htch O 'l on e '<Ornpld of how to r.ompl~h th~ lorg11r ~k.,tch,