PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD L OCATION . CO NC LUSIONS IIXWos Balloon 0 P robably Balloon D ATETIME GROUP .C. TYPE OF OBSERVATION P ossi b l y Balloon XIX Ground Vi s u al 0 Grou nd-Radar Was Ai r c raft 0 Prob a bl y Aircraft 0 Air-Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Po s s i bl y Ai rcroft 0 Was As tronomi eel P robobl y AstronQmicol 0 Poulb l y Astronomical 7. L E'lG'TH O F OBSERVATION a. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 , O t her In sufficient Data fo r Eva I u ati on 20 minutes 10. BRIEF SUMMARY O F SIGHTING ll. COMMENTS pentagonal with Balloon sighting . bright spots a t Changed to bright spots at a t approx 30,000 ft. report in same was a balloon. U. s. AIR. FORC TECHNICAL IHFORMATlOH SHEET (SUMMARY DATAf In order that your Information may be filed dnd coded as accurately as pouibl, please use the'followin~ ~pace to '!Vrlte .out a short description of the event that you observed. You ma y,_. peat information that you have already given 'In the questi~nnaire, .and odd any fu~ther comments, statements, or sketches that you believe ore Important. Try to present the details of the observa i'n the 'order. in which they occurred. Additional pa'ges of the some size paper may be attached If they ~re needed. (Do Not Write in This Space) v(JA. rv~ U. S. .A I a F 0 R C E TECH HI~ A L l H f O R MAT I 0 H SHE E T This quetionnalre been prepared so that you c:on give the U. S. Air .F~rc:e a s much 91:' as p oaslble concerning the unidenflfied aerial phenomenon that you 'hove observed Pleaae try to antwer. as many q uestions cis you possibly can. Th~ jriformation tha t .You give will be u .. d for:reseqrch purposes, and will b.'re garded oa confidential material. Your name will not be u .. d rn connection wjth any s tatement1, conclusions, .or public?tions wit hout y'our permiulon. Wt request this peuonol i~f~rmation so that, If It Ia deeme.d necessary, we may contact you fot fwthet details When d id you see the object? 2. Time of day: . (Ci-rcle One):. 3. TIIM une: ut. Centt.oD c. Mountain L Pacifi c ( Circ:le One): o! .c~ wt. .. we,. you w you saw the ob-ject? ~)1igh_t Saving Standard , C i t y or Town Stote or Country A-dditional reu\oa: 5. Eifh'.'at how long you saw the object Sec:ond Minute 5.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5 c . Not very sure (.b. Fairly c:ertaj!:Y d. Jus t a guess '-What was the condit icn of the sky? (Cirde One): a . Bright daylight d. Just a t race of daylight b. Ou II liaht e . No trace of day I i ght (c. Bright twili~ f. Don't remember 1. IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN locate d a s you looked a t the object? (Circle One): tL lp front of you_.,j',J <0 ~ In bock of you i}flG~ !P' c . To your r ight e. Overhead f. Don't remembe r IF you saw the ouject, at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what d id you notice concerning the STARS and MOON? STARS (Cirde One): MOON (Circle One): a. Bright moonlight b . Dull moonlight c. Many c. No moonlight -pitch dark d. Don't rerr.omber d. Don't remember Was the ob~ect brighter tha_n the background of the sky? (Circle One): ( a:" Yes b. No c. Don't remember IF it was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, was the brightness I ike that of an automobile headlight?: (Circle One) a. A mile or more away (a distant car)? Q. ~v l blocks away?_) A block away? Several yards away? Did the object: (Circle One for eacn question} Appear to stand still at any time? '-/ Bo ) . Pon't Know b. Suddenly speed up and rush away ot any time? Yes Don't Know Break up into parts or explode? Yes Don't Know d. Give off smoke? Yes Don't Know Change brightneu? eVes Don't Know Change shape? Don't Know F Iicker-, throb, or pulsote? Yes Don't Know Did the object move behind somethint at anytime, partlculorfy o cloud? ( C lrcle One): Yes Don't Know. IF yov answered YES, then tell what it moved behind: Did the object move in front of something at anytime, particularly o cloud? ( Circle One): Don't Knnw. IF you answered YES, than tell what it moved in front of: 0 id the object appear: (Circle One): a. Solid? b. Transparent? Don't Know. _;J Did you observe the object through any of the followlnt? a. Eyeglasses Yea Binoculars No b. Sun glasses f Telescope Yes Windshield Yes No g. Theodolite Yes No Window glass No h. Other l6. Tell In a few words the following. things a bout the object 17. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Lobel and Include In your slcetch any details of the object that you saw such aa wings, protrualona, etc., and especially exhauat trails or vapor trolls. Place an arrow betide the drawing to show-the direction the object woa moving. 18. The edges of the object wet'e: (Circle One)(t ;zy or tfr'!CD 1 e a EWI IW c. Sharply outlln..l d. Don't rememw 19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? Draw o picture of how they were ornmgecl, and put an arrow to ahow the direction that they were travellnt 20. Draw a picture th n t w ill show the mo t ion that the. o bje-ct or object s mode. Place on "A at t he begin n ing of the path, a "B of the end of the path, and show ony changes in direction during the course . 21. IF POSSIBLE, try to guess or estimate what the real s ize o f the object wa s In its longest dimension. 22. How large d id the object or objects appear as compared with one of t he following objects held in the hone/ a nd ot about arm's length? (Circle One): a. Head of o pin g . Si lver dollar h. Baseball I . Grapefruit Basketball e . Quarter f . Half dollar 22.1 (C lrcle On e o f the following to ind iccte how certa in you or e of yolW answer to Question 22. a. Certain c. Not very s \.We b. Fairly certain d. nceHain 23. How d id the object or objects disappear from view? 24. In order that you can vive a a cle a r o p icture os ponible of what you sow, we would like for you to lmotlne thot you c-1c1 c onstruct the object that yo u sow. Of what t ype moterlol would you make It? How Iorge would It be, and what shope would it have? Describe In your own words o eo~ttmon object or objects which when placed up In tho slty would gift th. some a ppearanc e os the obje ct wh ich you sow, Where were. you ~ocoted when you sow the object? Were you (Circle <;Jne) (Circle One): In the business section of a city? Inside a building o. In the residential section of a city? b. In a car In open countryside? c. Outdoors ..::> F rylng near an airfield? d. In an airplane e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over open country? g. Other etlt!&2~ !.ts: t1 E C. oJ~1po l What were you doing at the time you sow the object, and how did you happen to notice It? IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the' following questions: What d irecti-on were you moving? (Circle One) c. East e. South g. West b. NOftheost d. South.Gst h. Northwest How fast were you moving? miles per hour. Old you stop atony time while you were looking at the object? (Circle One) What direction were you l~ing when you first sow the object? (Circle One) , NOrn;eGst d. Southeast h. Northwest What direction were you looking when you last sow the object? (Cirele One) Southwest h. If you ore familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation) When it first appeared: /() o. Fro m true North IQ(J .b degrees. From horizon =M5o degrees. When it disappeared: From true North From horizon In fhe following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place on A" on the curved I ine to show how high the object was above' lhe horizou (skyline) when you first sow it. Place a "B" on the some curved line to . show how high the abject was above the horizon (skyline) when you last sow it 33. In the following larger sketch place an A" at the position the object was when you first saw it, and a "B" at it'S position when you last saw it. Refer to smaller sketch as an example of how to complete the larger sketch. 34. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object? 34 .. 1 CLOUDS (Circle One) 34,3 WEATHER (Circle One) ho;, mist, Of light rain c. Moderate or heavy rain 0 on 't rememiMr 34.2 WIND (Circle One) a, No wind.. ( b. Slight breeu c. sifo;;g w lnd d . Don't remember 34.4 TEMPERATURE (C/rele One) e. Don't remember When did you repOft to some official that you had teen the object? Menttl Yeor 36. Waa anyone elae with you at the tl,... you saw the obfect? 36. 1 IF you answwecl YES, dW they '" the obJect too? (Cirele OM} @ No 36.2 Please llat tf:eir neu CINI Mn 37. Woa thla the first tiMe that yw h.l '"non oltfact obfects lilca thla? (Circle OneJ ' Yea No 37,1 IF you answered~, then when, where, aNI UN!Ier what circumstance did you , .. other ones? In your opinion what do you thinlc the objec't woa and what might have causecl it? J9. Oo you think yot~con e s timate the speed of the object? If you answered YES, then .what speed would you estimate? ' . ;, . 40 . Oo you think you can estimate how for away from you the object was? (Circle One) . @ No If' y.ou aniwered YES, then howfar away would you say It was? 1va the following Information o~ut yo~self: .41; Please TELEPHONE NUM Please indicot. any lp.-cial educational .training that you have had. ::b {) I f) o.J feet a. Grade school --------- b. H1gh school--------- c. Collep ""'L '/.flA-Il $ . f. Other tpcial training----------- 42. Oat you completed this qustionnalr: