Southsalem Newyork — August 1956

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Keywords: circle, obiect, oltiect, anawerecl, followl, eltiect, twilight, lllce, remember, slcyline, astfeftalftlal, gaiiryaticin, airlinter, e2rcd, cr1ji, owaelf, school_, conapleted, queatiotmoire, oarrojt, intereted, becojm8, pzotection, responsl, detezaatne
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS a Woe Bolloo" t-a Proltolt'r 8 .. 1" AI .. YIal Alr-lnt RN a PoaaiWr Alrereft D We Astfeftalftlal D ProltoWr A""'lc .. D PosaiWr A,.lc.a 7. LINOTM OP.GaiiRYATICIN L NUMIIIt 0' OIJICTI 5 minutes one 10. lltiiP OP una object, bullet shaped, ~ize of lf doll:tr, color 1 ike pol is had brass Object had long tail of smok~ qnd .-~par~<s. OhjPct movP.d with aboJt the . .)ame speed 2..s an airlinter. ~o sound n n d flo~ strni~ht and ]Qvel Lill out o ~lJht, but tail of smoke still visible J!ter ob'a~t disap~e2rcd. ATIC PORII IB (WKY H laP JJ) t. COUitSI 11. COMMINTI 39. Do you thinlc you can estinote the speed of the ob;ect? 1 WOU lei "a Y, it (Circle One) Ye No -:,ie. Cr1Ji~;,1~ .!J eeJ l.f IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? ltirJ iiJ ... t: ..... f:_. m.p.h. 40. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was? (Circle One) I~ you anawerecl YES, then how far away woulcl you say it a? 41. Please give the followint i TELEPHONE NUMB about ,owaelf: Please indicate any special I tralnlftl that you heve ...... a. Grade school --------- Technical school_ _ b. Hlth school --------- f. Other Ia I trelnlnt ---------- Date you conapleted this queatiotMOire: urJd oarroJt' . t-a-l her j,Jr'~ c1 6 September 1956 : .: ~-- ,:. ~:" 19~. ~concern~ng y~uz: ~ightlng of an Un1dentif ied . . . ~ .' wel .n. aaa.t .certainly still intereted in these .. i .. ~ slghtings~ :-.Inclosed 1 . USAF Technical Information .-... :~ .( ShHt fo~:you~to coplete regarding the phenomenon. t.. ; ldentif ed ; re~sents .a potential threat ,to the ... . . ra: r'1 .. ,. ~. "~ securi ty. ol' the\ United State II.- therefore, it becoJM8:. .. . .; ~;_ .. ~t~:..: . ... of. gnat concern to. the. Air Def~ nd "which is. . w :.'-: - ~:.~.. chaz-ged with. aerial pzotection _of the United State~ . ., : It has, for some time-now, beer. the joint .. responsl' . 'bility of the Air Defense Conunand and the Air Tech- . _, nical Intelligence Center to investigate Unidentified . F. lying .Objects and to ... detezaatne whether or not th~y -ze~sent developments outside: our own .scientific . . -. ~ - . 'It il requested: that you fozward the completed.~ ; Air Technical ~ntelligence C.nter Attention: AfOIN-4E4 Wright-Patterson Air force Base O.yton, Ohio - Youz--.l~t!nst 1a greatly appreciated. i . ~, Tlk>THY R. JQiNSON . Lt Colonel, USAF . Directorate of Intelligence U. S. A I R f 0 R C I T I C H M I CAL I N F 0 R MAT I 0 M S H E E T Thi1 qveationnoire has been prepared ao that you con give the U. S. Air Force oa much lnfarmotion oa possible concernint the unidentified aerial phenCNMnon that you have observed. Plecase try te onewer Nny questions 01 yo" poaelbly con. The informotion that you give will fer rearch pwpesea, an4 will be re .. rded confidential iol. Your name will ttot in connection with ony atete~Nnte, conclueione, or publications without your permlasion. We r~uest. this personal lnformotien thet, If It Is dMmed neceeey, we 11wy contact you f fwth Mteila. J, When yeu .. e the oltiect? (Circle One): (Circle One): (!;> Eeetern (Circle OneJ: O.yllght Sovlftl . ~. Centrel Ston4arcl 4, Wh r were you when yoy the obiect? 5, !atl .. te how lent yOY sow the obiect. Circle one of the followine to lnfllcete how certain you ate of your enawer to Queetion 5. o. Certain ' , <f}Foirly cerift the cencUti of the al&y? (Circle OneJ: Bright doylieht b. Dull daylight @Bright twilight c. Not very sure fl. Just o eue 1 ct. Just o trace of cloy I ight e. No trace of clay I i ght f. Don't remember 7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, ot DAWN, where waa the SUN located aa you looked a l (Circle One}: a. In front of you d. To your left . @ In baclc of you Overhead c. To your right f. Oont remember ATlC PO aM NO. 114 ( IJ OC:T 14) 8, IF you aaw the oufect, at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning th8 STARS and MOON? S, 1 STARS (C irele One): G) None Tf> 0 et1 rly 8.2 MOON (Circle O"eJ: J e J 1t>t -Jhe.se a. Bright moonlight 1. Dull moonlight c. No moonlight -pitch darlc d. Don't remember 9, Was the obiect brighter than the baclcpound of the alcy? (Circle One): a, c. Don't ,.memHr 10. IF It WOI BRIGHTER THAN the alcy ltoclcpound, WOI the wlghtneaa lllce that of on outomo&lle heaclllght?r (Circle o,.J A mile or "'ore oway (a cllatant car)? @ Several l.loclca away? c. A l.loclc awoy? cl. S.vol yards oway? e. Other 11. DW the oltiect: (Circle One lor eodt question) o. Appear to atancl still ot ony thne? Yea it. Suddenly apeed up oncl ruah awoy ot ony tl ? Yea c. Brealc up into porta or explode?, Yea @Give off amolce?C.&mbl n;}-IIDn .61111M @ e. Change brightness? 1 5p.JJ-K-/lKt! t!J ri'ISfYea f. Change shape? Yea I Fllclcer, tfv.a., or pulaate? Yea 12. Dlcl the obiect move behlnfl aom1thl"' ot anytime, particularly o cloucl? Don't know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know (Circle One}: . <X!J) No Don't Know. IF you nwerM YES, then tell wht 13. OW the olliect move In front of IOiltethi"t .t nytlme, ,artlculorly cloud? (Circle One}: rNo Don't ICnnw. IF you anawerecl YES, thon tell whot -/b in cloud !btma ub;z 1 ~. Diet the obiect appear: (Circle One): (!) Sollcl? Did you observe the olafect throuth any of the followl,.? Eyeglasses Sun glasses Windshield Window glaas lt. Transparent? c. Don't know. Binocular a Yea Telescope Yes No Theodolite v No 20. Drew picture that wlfl ahow the tttOtlon thet the ol.fect fill Hfecta mad.. Piece em A et the a.tiMI,. of the path, a a at the end of the path, and ahow ony, chant In direction durl"' the courae 21. IP POSSIBLE, try to t eatfNte the reel ef the eltlecf In Itt 22. .._ 1-.. 4hl the. eltiect eltlecfs .,._ ....,_.. with .. ef the followl,. ei.Ject ltelllrt ,_ . c. Dl.... .1 Grapefruit 4. Nlct I BaalcetiMall Quwutar k. Other ------- (9'Helf4ell . 22.1 (Circle o,.. ef tho followl,. to l,.,lcete hew corteh )'OU .. ef )'OW antwer te Queetlen 22. Fairly cer-.ln 4. Uncerteht .... eltieet ,.., - Of what ,,,. lei we..etl r nLalae Itt llew hr11 we..e It .. , .... wlaat ehaJa we..e4 It hawaf , .. Itt ,.ttr ewtt war~a e lenatt ..... ., ....... whleh whatt ,Ia _, Itt the elar wavl4 tift the -1 IJJI it J1'bqJJ 6 e hrtJS5~ .s~ whal -lhe .sJJJ ~ b-{ a hu-1 le-I h Ltl -lh~ ~iJ..~ J har~ nD -Ia eteJ Jl !J6fiJ idea _ rf Jt J fJtJi j Jaroe a:; +he a teraqe 2S. Where were you lucated when you saw the obiect? (C,ifcle One): o. Inside a building b. In a car d. In an a irplone 26. Were you (Circle One) a. In the business section of a city? b. In the residential section of a city? @ In open countrys icle? d. Flying near an airfield? Flying OYer a city? f. Flyint ov open country? 27. What we you doing at the tl you Saw the obiect, and how did you happen t. notice it? 28. IF pu w MOVING IN AN AUT~OBILE or vehicle at the time, then cOMplete the lowing questions: 28.1 What cllrectlon were you lng? (Circle One} b. tiDrlheaat d. Southeast f. Southwest faat were you ---------miles per hour. Did you atop at any thue while you were loolcing at the obiect? (Circle One) Yea No 29. What direction were you loolcln1 when you first saw the ol:aiect? (Circle One) d. Southeast Southw .. t 30. Whet direction were you loolcin1 when you laat saw the obiect? (Circle One) North c. Eaat f. Southwest h. Northwest h. Northwest h. Noethwest If you are fa111lllar with bearin1 terms (antul cllrection), try to eati the of .... s th. oltiect waa from true North and also the number of dew It was upwarcl from the hori1on (elevati). 31.1 When It first appearecJ: a. Fro true North _;~...-....--degrHs. b. From horizon del' HI. . 31.2 When it d i sap pea reel: a. From true North ,~7-:::.,~--degrees. b. From horizon fJ degrees. 32. In the following slcetch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an A" on the c:urved line to show how the obiect was above the horizon (slcyline) when you first aow it. Place o e on the some curved line to show how high the ob;ect woa above the horizon (slcyline) when you lost saw it In the followlnt larger a ketch place an A at the poaition the eltiect 1 when ,ou lint Mw It, eel a a ot ih of how to co,..lete the leer 1ketch. poaitlon when you lost 10w lt. Refwr to 1nwaller alcetch 01 on 34. What were the weather condition at the time you saw the obiect? 34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) a. Clear a ley Scattered cloud a -.,~,. y ~ ;dr~l! d. Thiele or heavy cloud e. Don't remember 34.2 WIND (Circle One) {ci) No wincl 'b. Sf ight breeze c. Strong wlnct 3 3 WEATHER (Circle One) ~ TEMPERATURE (Circle One} Fog, miat, fJ/1 light rain c. Modate or heavy rain When cJ lei you to some oHiclal tiNt Ju hacJ '""the oltiect? Was anyone elae with you at the ti you aaw the oltiect? (Circle One) IF JOU anawerecl YES, cJicl they aee the oltfact too? (C ire/a One} 36.2-PIHM liat their na ancf 37 . Wa thia the flrat ti .. that you hacl n n oltjact fJ/1 oltiecti lllce this? (Circle Ona} No :. NO, than when, 'where, .... unci wht clrcNncea 4W yeu 37.1 IF JOU 38. In yow opinion what clo you thinlc the oltiect waa .-ltht ceua.l It? [ b~r~ tar) -iq'ecl. T do Rnf W if Wei s /Jt . orJinat-y ait-UtJ/-1 d~ :plabe~ Pa~[) t!e,Jarly, cia: anJ ni5ht, anJ n{) hJ~ cter . . !Jare an t:lt!t!Dm Jn} Di~b~e~,~n~o~m~d~.t ;.ne1 al~o ha~ ri~lno ligM.5 Jlhid /JinY In an.J 6ff. Jlhlk _-JJ,iJJ