PRO.JECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS P.l{ Was Balloon 27 .Julv 1q59 Dayt on, Ohio a Probably Balloon ui bl Y Doll oon Local ~ r) --t 5 ( N) AJ:xiround Vi suol a GroundRodar a Was Aircraft a Probably Aircraft GMT 2H/0345Z a AirVisuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar a Possibly Airetaft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wos Astro"omi cal 0 Yes 0 Probably Asttonomicol c;l;.No Ci vi 1 iar. a Possibly Astronomical 1. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0, Other _ 0 Insufficient Oato for Evaluation 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One o .. .J ;c t size o f :x:L~nut - cc, J.o; : h :t t -..;toed sti 1 l nncl jc1 ~-y ATIC Fv?.M 3 29 (REV 26 SEP 52) 111. COMMENTS MMO ROUTING SUP l I ORGANilATIOM AND LOCATIOH NEVER USE FOR. APPROVALS, DISAPPROVALS, CONCURRENCES. OR SIMILAR A CTIONS COOROINATlON I NFORMATI ON FROM NAWE 011 TITLE ORG.v.I:ATlOf'l AHO LOCATIOH TELEPHON!:,/ FORM 9 5 R eplaces D ., A 00 lo'orm 8%, 1 Apr 48,1llld AJ.o'BQ 1 F ES 50 Form 12. 10 Nov 47. whlch mll.y bo used. H. ~. At R f 0 R C E T C H N I CAL I N F 0 R MAT l 0 H SHE E T Thill qu.,s !ionnairc has bun propor:td so that you can give the U. S. Air Fore" a s much ln(Ol~tion as poHibl~ c oncerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have obaserved. l:>ou try ?o onswor a s many queations as you poulbly con. The Information that you give will uaod tor :~uarch purpons, and will bo rogarded cu confidential matsrlal. Your name will not b{t us~d in connection with any statement., conc:luslona, or publlcationa without your permlnion. ',,,~ r~qv.,,..~ thls parsona l il'formction t o thQt, If It Is deemed necessary, we may contact you for f'Jr lh"r dora i 1,. (C :rde One): c. Eostern ~ b. Central : . Movntoln d . P acific: 2. Time of day: (Circle One): A.M. (Circle One): a. Oayl ight Saving b. Standard 4. Wh.sr" Wl''' fCU wh"n you saw the object? Cl ty o r Tow, Stot or Country Minute s.eond ~.I Ci~.; ,.: o~e of the folio.,., :ng 'o iMii~ota ~ow .:l!n o in you or" of your answer t o Question 5 . c . No~ very sure .j, Just a gues s .:, -r!CnfC.jY,I C f d. Jus t o t r a c e o f doyl ight e. No trace o f day I i ght f. Don' t remembe r c 8righ~t-.. n1Jght 7. IF YClU , rp,.,. ::~.i ?oect during 0~ YL!GHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where wos the SUN locate d os you looke d of the o b je c t., b . h back of y ou :. To your ttght d. T o you r left e . Overhead f. Don't remembe r 16. Toil In c few words th., following things about the obltct. 17. Orow o picture thct will s~ow the ahape of the oialtct or oblecta. Labtl oncl fnc:lucle In your aketch ony dttolla of t~ obiect thot you IS~W Guch 01 wfng1, protrualona, etc., and especially e>ehoutt tralle or vapor troll e. Place c:ll'l art"W b~afde th drcaNir.a t~ show the direction the ob).ct waa mcwlnt 18. '!'h ~d3'JD of the object wqtre: {:J:-d One): a. Fv~.zy et blurrd !>. L~ka c ~l~h~ stcrr <:rro.,Q4td, ..,.,d yU? en arrow to a how the dhct!:M"t that they w~r travel lng. 20. Oraw Cl p lc:ture lhnt wllf show the motion that the obfect or a\,jects mode. Place on A ot the b.glnnl"9 Q, the pofn, a a o t the o nd of the path, and 1how any, chang In d lrect I on dwlno the couu. 21. IF POSSIBLE, try to guess 01 eatfmote what the real 1fze of the obiect wa1 In Its longest .dfmenalon. 22. How Iorge did the. obiect ot ohiects oppear 01 compared with one of the following obJects beiJ In tltelumJ and o~ a bout arm' 1 length? (Circ:le One}: a. Head of a pin f . Half dollor g. Silver dollar Grapefruit Baslcetbolf (C itt:!& One of the folfowlng to Indicate now ertafn you ore of yotX answer to Quea~lon 22. o. Certain b. Fairly certain c:. Not very s~e d. Uneertait1 23. ~ow d ld th e oblect or obi ects dis appear fr~m v iew? 1 24, In order ihot )lo v con give os cl~ocr a p h:tur o s )'oulble of what you sow, we woul~ like fot you to Imagine thot you could I :onatrucr th e oh lct tn<rt you s ow. Of ... hot rype motrlal would yo11 moJc It? How Iorge wouJd It lte, ancl whet ahope ;would It hove ? Ducrlbe ,, yovr CWM w~rds Q c~mmon "lct or obteet which when ploce41 up'" the alcy woulcl gin the ; a me O?~crance oa th object w!otlen you aow, 25. Where w:)re you located when you sow the object? (Circle Ooe): a. Ins ide a building b. In o car c. Outdoors In on airplane 26. Were you (Circle One) _a..,_ l.n the business section of a city? /b. In the residential section of a city? c. In open country~ide? d. Flying neor an airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying ovctr open country? 27. What wers you doing at the time you sow the object, and how did you happen to notice it? ff.),.t?dr' 28. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at th e time, then complete the following questions: What direction were you moving? (Circle One) o. North c. East f. Southwest h. Northwest ~-Northeast d. Southeast 28.2 How fast were you m()ving? 28,3 Did y ou stop at any time while you were loo:.Cing at th~ object? ( Circle On:!) Yes No 29. What direct ion were you looking when you fist sow the object? ( Circle One) . ~orheosr d . Sout he cst h. Northwest 30. W~at directi o n were you looking wJ..en you losr sow tne o bject? (Circle One) b. orineast f; Southwest h. Northwest 31. If you ore fo:nil: or with b~crin g terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was from true North ond a I so t'1e n'Jmber of degrees it was upward from the horizon {elevation). 31.1 ~hen i t first appeared: o . crorn rue North-------degrees. b. f~o'Tl h~rizon degrees. 31.2 ~,he"l i~ c; sa p9eored: o . F rom true North------degrees. h. F rom horizon degrees . 34. What we re the weather conditions at the time you saw the object? 34.1 ~S (Circle One) 34.2 WJNQ (Circle One) / a . _Clear sky b: Slight breeze Scattered clouds c. Strong wind Thick or heavy clouds Don't remember e. Don't remember 34.3 WEAJHSR._, (Circle One) 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Cirde One) b. Fog, mist, or light rain c. tv\oderate or heavy rain e. Don't remember e. Don't remember 35. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object? Was anyone else w ith you at the time you saw the object? (CircleOne) Yes No ' 36. 1 IF you answered YES, did they'.. .. .. r:ie object to.o? (C ircle One) Yes No 3 6.2 P lease I ist their names and addresses: 37. Wos th is th~ first time thot you hod seen o n objecT or objects like this? rC irci<J One) !v~s-No 37. i IF y~u answerea !::!,0; th~n when, whe re , end under what circumstances did you see other ones? 38. In your opinion what do you th ink the object was and what might have caused it? 39. Do you t h ink you c:on estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One} IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? 40. Do you th ink y ou c:on estimate how for away from you the object was? (Circle One) Yes IF you onswered YES, then how far away would you soy It was? 41. Please give the following information about yourself: TELEPHONE NUMBER P le ase indicate any speciof e d ucational tro in il"g rnct you hove had o. Grode !:chool e . e. T ec:hnical .sc hool b. High school Other special training d. Post gra d uate Zone State I 42. Dol you co>r.~leted this GU s" onno ire : Oov Mo n th