PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wo 1 Boll oon 23 Mav 1956 Lumberton. Ohio o Probably Balloon 2112 F.ST t!XWaa Aircraft Local ~GroundVIaual 0 GroundRador Probabl)' Aircraft GMT 24/0212Z 0 Air-Vl aual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Pouibly Airctaft 7. LENOTH Ofl OIIIIIIVATION 8. NUMBER OP' OIJI!CTS 9. COUIU! 30 min at 10 m intervaLs one back & forth C Probabl)' Aatrono"'icol 0 Pauibl)' Aatrorromlcol 0 In auffl ci ont Ooto for Evoluotion 0 UnlcnoWtt 10. 8RIIfl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING 11. CC'MM!NT$ . One object described as a blue flare, After talking with observer it size of grapefruit, color blue white . was d e t ermined tas was an a/c Object appeared from behind trees a n d running tests from \VADC. disappeared behind trees. First from l oft to right thenee right to lei t 39. Do you think you con estimate the speecl of the object? (Cirde One) IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? 40. Do you think you con estimate how for away from you the obiect was? (Cirde One) IF you answered YES, then how for away would you soy it was? 41. Please give the following information about yourself: TELEPHONE NUMBER Please indicate any special educational training that you have had. Grade school T echnicol school b. High school c. College Other special training d. Post graduate I 42. Dote you completed this questionnaire: (EXAMPLE SHEET) No Sauc~r, But- Su Was Lit Up! Alat med resldenta of t be Xenia area. Jut D.lght nooded Wrtgbt-Pa.ttenon. AJr Force bae with call about dytDg sauoen 1JI the ana. Aeeordlng to the report., tbe saucer wae belng hotly J)tlnued by aa 1"88 tlpter from tbe 48th Flpterlatereepto.r .qnd ron whlcb eveat:ue'ly overtook tbe I.Dterloper. The tam. annt qult& to f- elnatt.ag, but Xea.la reeldeata may take eoaeolatton trom the tact one Wl'AFB pllot wh~ wltll his wife . I&W. the pursuit al M telephoned the b&MJ In wonder- An RF-84 F 'jet a ircraft ueiDK a brll'ht Jlgnt for night photog- raphy caused all the exclumeat. It wu takln,o picture over Xenia as It uill be do~ over other ereu near Dayton for the next several DJghte.o aad II'Oi'U Not Martians, .. l(ing-Size Bulbs / . Il you see brtghf IJghts moving through the skies between' now 14 and June ... 15,. don't a tart lookine :-t for Martians... -.. n Olances.. areb the: lfght.i .: are n caused by u-earth-type RF-84~ . jet plane on a ptiotographlr mls- ut ~on for the Wright-Air ~velop. ?d ment center's aerial recorinai.-:- 1 The . 'flfghts will . be . 'in'ade:- r n ightly 1n the-SOI.fthem Ohio,. Ken- tucky and. western Pennsylvania ! area. If the weather ts--elear.. The.:. 1 light is: fzvm hJgh. intensity mei-Jt. . cury arc Jamp,s moiln'ted on 1he t plane and . u.ed-, like kineaize U. S. A I R F 0 R C E T E C H H I C A L I N F 0 R M .A T I 0 H S H E E T Thi1 qustionnoire has been prepared ao that you con give the U. S. Air Force ot m\lch lnforrr4tion as possible cancarn ing the ~Jnidentified aerial phenomnon that you have observ.d. Plae try to answer at many question ot you pouibly can. The information that you give will be uud for research purposes, and will b. regarded as confidential material. Your nome will not be vsed In connection with any atatemnts, concluaiona, 01 publication without your permiulon We request this personal Information ao that, IF It 11 deemed neceuory, w may contact you for further details. . When did yov see the object? Time of day: (Circle One): (Circle One): (Circle One): Daylight SGving b. Central b Standard c. Mountain d. Pacific , 4. Whe were you when you aow the object? City or Town Stoto or Country Nooroat Poatol Aclclrou Addltiwl remark1: , S. Eatimote ow ong you sow t eo ject. .z= - r -r r r"* ""' ""' - Houre Minutoa Soconcb 5.1 Circle one of the fallowing to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5 a. Certain b. Fairly certain 6. What wa1 th condlticr1 of the sky? (Circle One): a. Bright daylight b. Cull davli"'"' ~ "!ffght twiligh~ 7. IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, he -,bjoct? ( Cirde One): oJ . In front of~ b. nrb::Jdc of you c. To your right c. Not very 1ure d. Justo guest d. Just a trace of daylight e . No trace af day I i ght f. Don't remember TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located as you looked at d. To your left tt. 0Yerhead f. Don't remember . 8. IF you 1nw th oufect. ot NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning ths STARS ond MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One): ,.,-c . Mont ~ontt remember 9. Wet the ob ject brighter tha.n the background of the sky? (Cirde One}: 8.2 MOON (Circle One): ~ Brlgh.-~nllght) li. ()ufl mocnttgfi't_.... c. No moonlight -pitch dar~ d. Don't rmmbttr c. Don't remember 10. IF it was BRIGHTER THAN the alcy background, was the brightnes~ like that of on outomoblfe headlight?: mile or more away (a distant cor)? b. Several bfoclcs away? c. A bloclc away? (3) Several yards away? 11. D id the object: a. Appear to stand still at any time? b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? c. Break up into ports or explode? d. Give off s melee? e. Change brightness? . . f. Change shape? g . F Iicker, tbuk, ot porsafe? eoch question) Don't Know Don't Know Don't know . Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know . 12. Did the ~bject move behind something ot anytime, particularly o cloud? .. . (Circle One): No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what: 13. Did the object move in front of something at anytime, particularly a cloud? <C irde One}: Yes Don't Knnw. you answered YES, tf1an tell what 14. Did the object appear: (Cirt:le One}: o. Solid b. Transparent? c. Don't Know. 15. Oid you observe the object through any of the following? a . Eyeg lasses Yes No e. Blnoculan Yes No o, Sun glasses Yes No f. Telescope Yes No ~. Windshield Yes No g. Theodolite ~Yes~ _ No d. Window g lass Yes No n. Other -r, ..... ,~-~ _<J.h< 16. Tell In a few words the following things about the obJect. 17. Drow a picture thot wflf ahow the a),ape of the ol.ltct or o~lecta. Lobel ond Include In your a~etch any detolla of the oblect thof you aow auch oa wlnga, protrualona, etc., and especially exhauat tr.alla ot vapor trail a. Place on arrew betide the drawing to thaw the cUrectleft the obfect woa r~HWint 18, T"-eclget of the obiect were: (Circle Otte): a. Fuzzy or blurred ~ Lilce a b-Ight star c. Sharply outlfnect d. Don't remember ~9. IF there waa MORE THAN ONE ol:tfect, then how many were there? -------------- Draw o picture of how they were orronged, and pvt on arrfiW to ahow the cllrectlan thet they were traveling. r Orow o plctureJhot will show the motion that the oliect ot oltJect1 mode. Piece em A et the lwtiMI .. af the path, a a ot the end of the path, ~ncl ahow any, chang In direction clwlno the course. 22. How large dfcl the. olfect obiecta ancl ot oNut arrre' length? (Circle o,.}: a. Heacl of a pin d. Nlclcet # Owrtw . f. 'Holf dttllcr the Nfect woe In Ita lw.geat cU,...naiOft. co .. .,.,..l with eo of .... following obJect beiJ .llf tit. ltancl. . . : Sllv dol.t. h. Baaeltall a1 el&ill 22.1 (Cirele o,. of the following to Indicate how certain you are of yO\I' anawr to Queatlon 22. c. Not very 1ure d. Uncertaht 23. How did the obfect or obft!cts di co"atruct th~ I~ thet rau Of whet "' Meterlal weut4 ,.., ....... It? Hew lrt ,..ul4 It lte, eM whet 1hape - waul4 It h .. e? DeectiM In yew ewn " '"""" .. 1 or elttecta which when '' ., lft the kr wevl4 tl the .-: UIM Oftpeorortee 01 fhe .a.tect which reu eew, /.. : 25. Wher w,ere you lucoted when you sow the object? ((ircle One): a. Inside o building b. In c cor ~. In an airplane 26. Were you (Circle One) o. In tho business section of a city? b. In the residential section of a city? d. Flying near an airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying ovr open country? 27. What we you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it? were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following you moving? (Circle One) h. Northwest 28.2 How fast were you moving? per hour. any time while you were looking ot the object? (Circle One) Yes No 29. What direction were you looking when you first saw the object? (Circle One) ~ North<:) i Northeast d. Southeast Northwest . f. Southwest 30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One) ~ b. Northeast d. Southeast h. Northwest 31. If you are 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 wos upward from the horizon (elevaticn). 31.1 When it first appeared: a. From true North------degrees. b. From horizon degrees. 31.2 When it disappeared: a. From true North------degrees. b. From horizon degrees 32. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Ploce on A" on the curved I ine to show how high the object wos above the horizon (skyline) when you first sow it. Ploce o " B on the some curved line to how high the object was above the horizon {skyline) when you lost sow it. 33. In the following larger sketch place an .. A,. at the position the obiec:t wos when you First saw it, ond a a at its position when you lost saw it. Refer to smaller sketch os an example of how to complet