1. OA TE T ME G~OLP l . SOURCE CONCLUSION .S. Lct4GTH OF OBSEqVATIOH 6 '!YPE OF O!~EqVATIOH 9. ?nYS,C.l.L :VIOiHCE 11. !RI!fl SUMMAAY AiooiO ANALYSIS U. S. A I R F 0 R C E T E C H N I CAL I l't F 0 R M A T I 0 N S H E E T Th1~ questionnaire has been prepared so that you con g iv e the U. S. A~r Force as much informot1on as poss1ble concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you hove observed. lease tr y to answer o~ rrany questions as you possibly con. The information th<Jt you g ive will bto used for r.,seorch purposes, and wd I be regarded as conf1d~ntiol material. Your nome will not b~ used in conne c t ion with any statements , conclusions, or publicatiOns without your pei'mission. We request this personal information so that, if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further derails. i I 1. Whe n d1d you see/ o;ect? I 2. Time of day. Hour Mtnut e s I Oa y 'il:)fHI'I 1 Yeo r (C~rcl:: One): ..:. 1me zone: f(,dc One): b. Sond J ro 5. Est tmote how Ions you sow rne obrect. 5.1 (Jrc/e one of the fo''ow1ng to ind1cote ho"" cer'otn vou ore of your answer ro Ouest1on 5. a. Cer:.::rn 6 otr y c~rtotn c. ~:lt very sura c. Justo guess c. .,n:t ""as rhe ccr.o:i1t1m of tne sky? Ctrcl e One): <..g..~ Brtght day tght b. Dull doyltght c. Bright tw.l ight ~ d. Just o trace of doyl tght e. o ITace or oy11gnr f. Don't r!member := "C'U s.::"' ~e cbrecr during OAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, wh~r~ INO'.I th~ SUN lccMcd os ~ou loolp,:l o I C.d~ c., .. ); 0~ In front of you ff. In bock of you c. Toyo~.or:ight d. T 0 Y"'U' ltft f. Don r rt-rn~rn ~c:r 8. IF Y"u sr~w the o .. rcct a~ NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DA.'I'l, whi'Jt diJ yoiJ notice con:erning the STA.~S ord f,IQON? 8. I ST .t.RS (C ircl!! One .I: 8.2 MOOt~ (Circle Ont!): 'l . N.Jile o. Bri~ht moonlight b. Dull Moonlijht c. No moonlight -pitch dark De. ,, r3member d. Don't remember 9 . Was t \.c obj c :.. J!..I~r th-Jn the bocl<grour . .:l of the skt? (C:cle One:): c . Don' t remember :0. IF 1t was 3Rt::H .... E2 THAN the s<y background, wo"' the brighrn H lelc !hot ,f on autornobe e hecdlg!lt?: (C~rcl.:: One) a. A mil~ or mor awl/ 'o distant cor)"> b. So:!verol blocb aw,y? d. sl"~"!rol yar:h o,o~oy? (C~rcle One for ecch q ,..!)trr? a. Appear to sta.,O st I c r any ttne ? c:,Jddenly sptsea u p or:c .. s'1 away o r any :ime? o pons or e.xo ode? f. ( l,an:J-' ~hQpe? Oid r~e ootect 'Tlove behe::d ~.onething a t ~nvrime, ~crnculcrly a cloud? i t move~ !l~h nd: Do 1't I( now J\Jn , I< row D~n't Know -I 10 -Don't Don't Know IF you answered YES then tell ... hat 13. Q.d -e c-oiecr -.ov ~ in front of .sometl,tng ..:r c:.,yfime , :larrn: ui !lrly o clo~o? 1 C ere ,. 0fle): .~ -c,ed 1n fronr of: Don't i<nnw . !l. T ron :>or r:: re o:> ct oppecr: Di;' t-=~ observe th"' obj ::r :hr=vsl, ony or rl.e .,llo.vang? B inoc ulcr., Ye. N.:> i~.: lescop!;1 c. ~u~ g csses Theodolet' J. w irld 0 N J I :J s s 16. Tell 111 a f~w worJs the following rhingc; about the object. 17. Drow a picture thot will show the shape of the obJe c t or objects. Lobel a nd tnclude 'n your :.ketch any d~toils I of the ob1ec t that you sow such as.)Yings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor t rod:.. Place 1 o n arrow beside the drawing t1..-sh~w the d irection t h e object was moving. Ttct edges of the object were. ( Circle Or:ttf: ;., Fu:zy CY blurred c .... l ar::::v outlineu d. Den t -~..,ember 'F here was \tCQ:= THA~'I ~Nc obJect, then new Tony wr n ,..re? t/ ._f'"Jr ~--:=:~-~--- Dow o p tc:ture c ; "ow ~.,ev wee arranged, and put::~ '"trow o show the d~te<:tton thor he y were trovlng. 20. D.aw a picture t~. will sh-: 'th motion that tha object or objec:; rnode. Place or "A , at .he beginnin~ of the path , J "6" a t the cnJ of the poth, and show any change~ in Jtr<:cl 1on durin~ th'} cour;;e. 21. IF POSSIB1...E, 1 t.:> guess or estimate what t he real size of the obJeCt was in IT:i longest dm:ension. 2.... How larse d1J ' 1-! "b,-!ct or ob1ects appear as rompored wit h one of the followng objects held m the hand (C~rcle 0 e): a. f-'ecc! of c pin" g. Silver do lim i . Gr .1pefru;t d . N c-<e l e . Ck".:rter ; . -c : Jollar 2~.1 ( ( ,c/e One o f tne fol.o"" r g t o 1ndicate how certan fOu a re of yot.r answe r to Ouest1on 22 . .J . Ler o1n li't F:trly c ertosn ~,., oo t very sur e i:L Unc rtotn 1 .JW d d the 0b1~ct c r oo!ectS d ISOp~eor from V "'.;'? ..:::t_..v. {'"' lf Pd ~ In oder that vou ;an~'"'" c s c ec:r o pic:tur'!l c:s ~oss b l e oi "'""'you 'Jaw, ... e would Iiies lor you o tmcq on e tn ... r tou c:ould slr JC:t t h e oofecr rno l fOU s~w C f whet ty-., .... Q'fe roal would you rnolce t I r-o~) D'1C:r oe n t<>~r c w n woros l mmon cbtec: "' cb1ec:t s who.-n wl" n pl.,c;tl U" t" :n<J !~<'< 1 .. o.,lc ;;r ' ' 1h - N'le e w~ro you l.>catcd w hP.n you sow thP. object? (Crdc One}. 26. Were you {Circle One) o. lrs1.h a b;i!dir.g b. In o c.:or c . Outdoor s In an a irpla:1c In t h., business section of a city? In the resid.,nti,:d s.:cti.:>ol of a city? In open countryside? Flying near an airf1eld? Flying ove7 a city? Flying over open country? \that .,.,ere y:>u d..;.ng at the tim~! you sow the object, and how did you happen to notice it? "'1::. IF you .v~re ,VC/ 'G IN AN ~UTCMOBILE o~ other veh1cle a the tim~. then complere the follo.,.,i:-s q1..esr o,.,~ ,'{hat ,.J,~c.cn were fCu ~oving? (C1cle On~) r "'ost d. Scvrh<!osr 28.2 How fost wer~ you IT'Ovng? So_t w ... s t mile, per hour I 28.3 Dd you <t?p or 'Jny :ime while you ..,er,.. looi<1ng or the ob1ect' h. Ncr:h ... :ot l..u'c. e ne es ~ I 29. w hat d irectiOn ... ere y-:~u loo( n g w h e n your st sow the obrect? (Ctrcfe One} {b,... Norneost d. Sout neost e. South g. West f Sout hwut h . Northwes r 1 30. Wl-or direction w~r~ you loo' 1ng w n e n you osr sow rr.e cbject? ((,c;/ .. One ) Nortlllltasr d. Soutneost C"Sour'"'"'sr g. 'lies t h . Northwest 3'. 1: yc:u ore iam.lior w11h beor~ng terms (o ngulor direction), try t o "Stirrote :l,e numi..er or degr~es t; e ob1ec: Yo:> frcr:: :r:.:e ~orh and o I s o t!-:e numbe r of d~srees it wo s upward from the hot~ ton (=-I ~vo t ton). Jl ~n i~ iirst oppear-1: 32. In the following sf etch, imogir.e thot you ore ot the point shown. Place on A" on th~ curved I ine to show how o~1cct was above the horizon (s'<yline) when you first sow it. Place a "B" on the some curved line t o show ho\1 high the obj<!ct wo:. cbove the horizon (skylint:) when you last .. ow it. 'n rl,e following larger sketch ?lace on "A" a t the pos1t1on tne object was when you firs t sow 1t, and a '8" at its ocsttion .... he n you lasr sow r. Refer to smalle r sketch as o n exampl e of how to complet e th e large r sketch. : ~. ,;;,ot were tho w ather condi1ions at r:te tim~ y ou saw the object? 34.1 CLOUDS fCrrclc One) o. Clf'cr .-Icy c. Sc-:ut red clou:l~ d . Thtck or heavy clouds on't r~mernbcr 34.2 WINO (Circle One) "b. Slightbreeze c. Stro ng wind d. Don' t rame mber (Ctrclc One} TEMPERATURE (Circle One) Fog, n .;~, or ltght ra in tv'-oderat~ or heavy rain Dan ' t remembe r 35. When d id you repcrt to some off1c io I that you hod seen the object ? Was an,on~ !- .. a,.. t he obtect? :ne t1 me you (C~rcle On IF vou ':'lns ... ered J'd they se~ tne obje c t co? ( C 1rcle Onel 36.2 P lease list tl,eir ncmes a nd addresses: Don' t remember 37. Wos rhi! h., irsr t1rre thot you hod seen on obiect or objects l1l<e hts? (C trcle Gne ) :-.o 37 1 .:= fOU cns..,e red ~.0, :1en when, ..,l.~re, ~nd ur.der wl,ot c1rcumstonces d td you see other or.es? 3E. lr. yev c~inio, whet do you t htnk the ObJeCt was and whet might nov~ caused it ? I p O!JC 8 39. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) IF you onsw rc-:1 YES, th~n what speed would you cstmat,.? 40. Do you think you con estimate how far away from you the object was? (Circla One) IF you answered YES, then how far away would ybu soy "it w6s?' 41. Plc~s~ gave tho follow ing information about yourself: Zon e Stole TELEPH0\11= ,'lW.'cE Wl,:~t is your " resent 1c:,? Plecse indicc;a (]f'\Y :specie ed~.;cctlonal rrom.ng that vou hove 'lod. Grode scL,ool Techn1col schooi b. H gh ,dool )tL,er spec 10 I d . Post gr:~duore Dare you :omp! tod tnis qu~uonno~re: Dearbnr11 Observatory Northw~3tern University Evans t on, Illinois Dear Mr. Hynek, 5384 Olde Stage Road B oulder, Colorado October 14, 1964 Certainly I remember you and our discussions concerning flying objects. More specifically , our discussions concerning the unusual c r aft that I observed a t my ranc h in-July 1957. It was e ither the 27th or the 29th o f I will relate the details as best as I can recall. I am no artist, b ut I hope the enclo'>ed sketch will suffice f o r your purposes. Shoul d you need greater etail perhaps a profession a l artist could giv e a better rendering. I n answer to the questi o n s i n the third paragraph of your letter: No, I have not come to any xrtlier conclusions as to what the craft was. No natural explanation has come to ::1ind, but neither have I come to any unnatural explanation. In short the observation :-emains unchang d in so far as I can rememb~r. From then until now I have seen nothing that evPn faintly resembled t.~e '-raft. ~eit:her ha;p I heard cf any person in th:.s "eea who hd.s had a sirntlJ..lr x- The incident is still quite clear in my mind I am sure that I saw;"~. craft of a m'iT"ufa.ctured n..1.ture(not a naturally occurwg phemomena}. The craft made 1.0 ott ... ' tble .;;ou;,d. It d i d not make "flY vL;ible au disturbance( vapor trails, smo~e. flame, etc.). At no time d1d I see ar:y figures resembling livi:1g creaturea of any t;;pe, tho at the time I assumed i t to be plloted, probablf by members oi our An Force At the time oi the sigi-tting I was raking hay south of rny farm house which is locate,! "'\?"1roximately six rr.iles v,.'5r of longmont, Colorado. The t;:n~ oi day '-VC.S ea,.h mor:-:.:tg. The sun had bare!t risen nd th,.. conntrys1d ... wa. ill gold.-: to:1o>. I obser-red the crai::(obJ-"Ct) 3.poroachi:t~ h1gh in the s:<y to th.! SSE: . .At !i:-st I tnought that I ~as about to see a meteor nit the grouna. I s:ared in amazement as the object stopped i n midair wit h a rather abrupt pressure typl.! L-ult. The craft was then positioned on a line of sight between myself and a promontory t o ~":te ='lNE called "Rabitt Hill". The craft maintamed sort of a rocking motion, sue~ as ~ maple