PROJECT 10&73 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was BaiiOOft 5 January 1956 Indianapolis, Indiana o Probably Bali-n 5 -10 minutes 10. BRIEF SUMMARY Of SIGHTING See case file. 0 Ground-Vi suol ~! .. Visual 1. NUM8ER Ofl OBJECTS 0 Ground-Roclor 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Airlnterce,Jt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft 11. COMMENTS 0 Was Astronolftical Canopus IXXPrabaW y Astronolftlcaf 0 Ponibly AstronoMical 0 Insufficient Detta for Evaluation Probably the star Canopus which was just below the horizon. Atmospheric refraction probably brought it into view distorted. FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION Thi, qu.utionnaire hos b .. n prepared so t hat you con give the U. S. Air Force as mu.ch Informat ion as pouible concerning the unl~entified aerial p~enomenon that you hove observed. Please try to onawer as many queationa aa you pouibly can. The information that you give will vud for reseorc:h purposes, and will be regarded 01 confidential material, be u .. d in connection with any atatementa, concluaions, or publications without your petmiuion. W request this p.rsonol information so that, If It Is deemed neceuary, we may contact you for further details When did you see the object? 2. Time of doy:About 19 Hour Minute (Circle One): A.M. Time aone: a. &:aatery (Cirde One): (Circle One): a. Oo~llght Saving b. Central b. (Standard) d. Pacific: Wh.,e were you when you aaw the object? IndianaEo1is Indiana Neorett Pottol ~ Cl ty or Tow" Stote or Country Add lti'O'.;or;;tM';Iti: Between Terre Haute and IndianaEo1is about Iadiaaa:2olis Estimate how long you aow the object. Hour a Mlnutet Secon_.a Circle one of the following to Indicate how certain you are of your onawer to Question 5. Not very sure b.(!airly certai~ d. Just a gueu What woa the condition of the sky? {Circle One): Bright daylight d. Just a trace of tJ;' ight b. Dull day I ight e.~o trace of doyli t") c . Bright twilight f. Don't remember IF you sow the obj~t during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object? ( C ircle One): a. In front of you d. b. In boc k of you e . Overheod To your right Don' t remember ATtC FORM NO. 164 ( 13 OCT 54) 8. IF you aa w the ouject, a t NIGHT, TWILIGHT, o r DAWN, what did you notice c oncerning the STARS and MOON? 8.1 ST ARS (C lrclo One): d . Don't remember 9. Wcs the obje c t brighter than the background of the ky? (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One): a. Bright moonlight b . Dull moonlight: _ c.(No onllght -p!~ch.dork) d. Don't rirneinbei::- c. Don't remember 10. IF It was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, was the brightness lllce that of an automobile headlight?: (Circle One} a. A mile or more away (a distant car)? b. Several blocks awoy? c. A block away? d. Several yards away? 11. Did the object: a. Appear to stand still at any time? b. Suddenl y speed UJ) and rush away ot any time? c. Break up into ports or uplocfe? d. Give off smoke? e . Change brightneu? Se & g. f. C hango s hape? g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Re!ularl:r (C lrcle One lor each q 12. O ld the object move behind somethinv at anytiiM, particularly a cloud? Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know It moved behind: 13. Old the object move In front of something at anytime, particularly a cloud? Don't Knnw. IF you answecl YES, than tell what (Circle One): Yes ~ 14. Did the object oppeor: (Cirele On): Transparent? e. Don't Know. 15. O ld you observe the object through any of the following? a. E yeglasses b. Sun glosses e. Windshield d. Window gla s s e. Binoculars Yes f. Tefeacope Yes g. Theodolite Yes h. Other Plexiglas o f aircraf t 16. Tell In a fw words the following thlnga ab~t the obiect. No sound o r if any could not hear a s in aircraft. 17. Drow a picture that will show the ahape of the obJect or obJecta. Label ond Include In y04Jr aketch any detalla of th. obJect that you aaw auch aa wlnga, protrualona, etc., ancf eapeclally exhauat tralla or vapor trail a. Place on arrow bealde the drawing to ahow the direction the obJect na rnootlnt Circular, round light -appeared as if it were focused directly at me but was not as it illumined cloud deck t o south or and above m7 course. Th. edtet of the obtect were: see aboYe (Circle Onel: a. Fvny ltlurrs~ lt. Lllut a wight,..,. Otlwr Very bright and loealised, no definition as an auto head- light blinding you has no . definition. 19, If there wat MORE THAN ONE oltfed, tfw,. h.w "'*"' war thur? Only one light Drow a plctvrs of how they wste rent aM '"'' .. eneew te thew the cll~tlon th.t they were fNfellnt picture 1faat wlll show the motion thot tho obfect. or 8jectr mcule. Plac an A ot the beglnnl,. of fh. path, a a at Jhe end of the path, and show eny, cba"t In direction dwfng the cowM. Relati~e motion not observable because o f dark ness. Object ~ppeared t Q be ira~elling i n our direction. (co!lrse or my aircraft abo u t 7 0 ) . IF POSSIBLE; try to guers 01 estiMate whot . .the , .. 1 alae of .the obfect war In Its lw,.ort .clhnenaiOft 22. Ho~ 1-. cUclth.obiect or oltfecta "PP cocwecl-wfth one of the followl,. ~ltfecta belflin "'-law (Circle Onel: a. H.~ of o pin Silver dol.lor h Boreltoll Grapefruit . Baslcetboll r. 11GB a.n.r lc Othef 22. I .. (Circl!fl One ol the followf,. to IMJeoh:: how crrtoln you en of yow answer to Question 22. c. Not very swe cl. Uncertoftt llaw cllcl the ol.ject or io cts cl~cpp1 ftOM view? ------------------------------------- ~topPecl all at once when I . callecl Indianapolis C!A Like nothing I haTe eTer seen before in my !lying exper.ience. 25. Where were you located whe n you sow t he objec t ? (C,itcle One): a. Inside a buildi'ng b. In a car In an airplane 26. Were you ( Circle O~e) a. lnthe business sec'tion of a city? b. In the residential s.ction of a city? c . II:' open countryside? d. Flying .neor an air,field? '4. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it? Fl7.ing an Aero Command-er aircraf.t at 5000' MSL. Object called to 117 .attention b7 passeng~r who was pilot clul'ing war .. , 28. IF you weu1 MOVING IN AN AUT~OBILE or other vehicle at the t ime, then complete the following question1: What directi.GA were you moving? (Cir.cle One} Course o f e. South g. West KoitJeo.t d. Southeast f. h. Northwest How fos't went you ,..,.,.,ing? . miles per hour. 28.3 Did you stop at any tiMe while you were loolcin at the object? (Circle One} Yes No 20. W.hat clir~tion were you loolcing when you first sow the object? (Circle One) o. North c. East b. Northeast d. Southeast h. Northwest 30. What direction wet"e you looking when you lost saw the object? (Circle One} 0. North c. East ~. Northeost d. Southeast h. Northwest 31. If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the obiect was fiom true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation) 31.1 When it first oppeored: I was on course of 70 -ob .1e c t a t rig h t angles t o aircraft on right-guess a t 1 60 a. From true Nort degrees b. From horizon degrees. lfo horizon visible but object was below me at b elow cloud dec k . 31.2 When it di s appeared: a. From true North --------degrees . b. From horizon degrees. 32. In the following sketch, imagine t hat you are at the point shown. Place an A" on the curved I ine to show how high the object was above the horizon {skyline} when you first saw it. Place a "B on the some curved line to how high the object was above the horizon (skyline} when you lost saw it. 33. In the following larger sketch place on A" at the position the object was when you l;rst saw it, and a a at Its position when you lost saw it. Refer to smaller sketch os an example of how to complete the. forget alcetch. Impossible 34. What were the weather conditions at tho time you saw.tho object? 34.1 CLOUDS (Circle On~) p. Cle'!l. skY. 'S:~S;i;ca~t~te;:r~e;:;d Ei!c~l o~:O:s:-; de c k . t b s o u t h or eavy clouds e. Don't remember . 34.3 WEATH.ER (Circle One) b. Fog, mis~, or light ral n c. Moderate or heavy rain e . Don't remember 34.2 WIND (Cirf;le .One) a. No wind h. Sl i ht breeze Tail wind about 15K 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One) e . Don't remember 35. When did you report to some official that you had sMn.the object? Reported CAA immediately ATIC as in this answer. Month Yeor . 36. 'Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? . (.Ciide One) IF you answd Y~::ot::-, -did they see the object too? (Cin:l. ORa} No 36.2' ;Pfeose I ist tf.ir narnn am addles.,.s: ' 37. Was thia the first ta thot yai. ~ad n .an abied 011 objeds like this? (C lrcle O'ne} ~.1 If you answd r ll:an when, where, aM und what circumstances did you ... oll:er onu? In yo .. opinion what ~o you thlnlc the abject was and what mltht have caused It? Losi~al 1uesa is that it was some s ort or flash on an aircraft tor photograph7, possibl7 strip maps at night 39. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) same as mine IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? 180 m.p.h. Do you think you can estimate how for away from you the object was? At r irs t thought it (Circle One) Yes No IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? few hundred feet-best 5 to 8 miles. 41. Please give the following information about yourself: What is your present job? Brown-Bridge Mills Inc. Please indicate any special educational training that you haw had. a. Grode school e Technical school High school Mechanical Ea&ineerinc c. College f. Other special training Post graduate 42. Dote you completed this questionnaire: U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET (SUMMARY DATA) In order that your information may be filed and coded as accurately as possible, please use the following space to write out a short description of the event that you observed. You may re- peat Information that you have already given in the questionnaire, and add any further comments, atatements, or sketches that you believe ore important. Try to present th.e details of the observa tion in the order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the same siz.e paper may be attached If they ore needed. (Do Not Write in Tnis Space) I left St. Louis Laabert Field at dusk January 5 with my passenger, our St. Louis s a lesman. We climbed VFR to 5000 and !lev air ways using Omni Range stations. Air speed about 180 MPH. At about Terre Haute_ Tom (an ex- Air Foree man) said: "Do you belieTe in !lying saucers?" I passed it ott and didn't even look. At about Clayton marker 10 miles or so west of Indianapolis-he said: "There it is again~. This time I saw a Tery bright interaittant light that at first appeared to be just oft ay right wing tip and at my altitade. First reaction was that another airerart was passing us Terz close and that thia.was one of hi white belly lights. Second and eloser obserTation showed light aoae distance away -maybe 3, maybe 10 miles. Nothin! to judge b~ -no horizoft. Beet guess on distance was somewhat south and west or Indianapolis Weir Cook Airport. I ealled Indiaaapolis radio and asked what it was and light went orr. While CAA was calling Tower air liner oTer Chica!O called me and said: "Glad you asked what that light was. I'm over Chicago and I saw it rlasing and it just went off". Chicago is about 185 miles from this point. I tigure that the objeet was in the air because, if it were on the ground~ the pilot in Chicago would haTe had to be at 24,000 feet altitude to see it. For brightness comparison -at Indianapolis someone was opening a gas station or super market or something and had several of those portable strong beam producing lights. In ~ contrast, they were candles in brightness Another point I had not thought of -after the light went out, or disappeared, I did not see any aircraft position lights. Suggestion: If this is Army photographic equipment, similar high intensity lighting sure would help on airports on low visibility approaches on dark foggy nights. ( JFFIC!/~L FiLE COPY 2 5 APR t9R1 U. S. A I R F 0 R C E T E C H H I CAL I H F 0 R M A T I 0 H S H E E T Thh questionnaire has been prepared sa that you can give the U. S. Air Force as much infcrmaticn as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon thot you have observed. Please try to answer as many questions as you pouibly con. The Information that you give will uud for research purposes, ond will be regarded as confidential material. Your nome will not be uted in connection with any ttatementt, conclutiona, ot publlcotiont without your petmiulon. We request thit p.raonol Information 10 that, If It It deemed neceuory, we may contact you for 1, When did you a .. fll.t object? 2. Time of day: (Circle One): A.M. 3. Time aone: b. Centror (Circle One): (Circle One): a. 0 Saving , Standard c. Mountain d. Pacific 4, Where were you when you saw the object? Noorott Po 5. Estimate how long you saw me object. Hour a Soconcla 5.1 Circle one of the followint to indicate how certa'-' yau of your answer to Question S. Fairly cettain 6. What was the condition of the sky? {Circle One): a. Bright daylight b. Dull daylight c. Bright twilight c. Not vety sure d. Just o gueu d. Just a trace of day I ight , No trace of dayli t on t remem r 7. IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located os you looked at the object? (Circle One): a. In front of you b. In bac k of you c. To your right ATlC FORM NO. 16-4 ( I J OCT 54) d. To your left a. Overhead f. Don't re member IF yo u aaw the ouject, at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concern ing the STARS a nd MOON? STARS ( C irele One): MOON (Circle One}: o . Bright moonlight b . D ull moonl l.ght ~No moonl ight -pitch dor0 d. Don't remember d. Don't remember 9 . Was the obiect brighter than the ba ckground of the sky? ( C irele One): c. Don't r emember IF It was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, was the br lghtn!u like that of an automobile headlight?: (Circle One) A mile more a way (a distant car)? b. S.verol blocks away? c. A b lock away? S.verol yorc