Lexington Kentucky — August 1958

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Keywords: circle, obiect, weul4, oliect, oltfect, lllce, oltiect, elttect, lrcle, certoln, olttect, school, aatronomicol, proimiitl, 1915cnt, proihtltl, lnaufhclent, conelllsivo, ltiomgire, lllftlen, poeeiltle, olteervecl, poeelltly, conficlentlol, atotennte
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD J. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Woa lolloon t 195D Lex in ton K~n tuck D ProiMIItl, lelloon 1915CnT "'lMr D Woa Alrcreft -e, ~O..unti-Yiauol D GrountiRodor ProiHtltl, Aircraft D Woo Aatronomi col a Yoa D ProltoWy Aatronomicol m Mo Civilian D PoaaiW, Aatronomicol 7. LENGTH OP.OIIERYATION I. NUMIER 0' OBJECTS f. COURSE a Othor-----~--- DX lnaufHclent Date fer Evoluotion 0' SIGHTING A cigar shaped obj, copper in color, was sighted when someone called obsvr attontion to it. II. COMMENTS Possible balloon si~ht1G~; however, co~pur color ocher data not conelllsivo. c;,.:.:;~ listed as insufficient duta U. L All POICI TICHMICAL IMPORMATIOM SHIIT Thl1 .,.ltioMGire hat IM.en that you con elve the U. S. Air fce oa much lllftlen poeeiltle concerning the unl.ntlfiecl aerial phen ..... non thot you have olteervecl, P ..... try to anewer ny queetlone you poeelltly con. The lnfNtlon that you eive will .. uae4 t. reeHrch purpoaea, ancf will be ,. .. rdecl conficlentlol lftOterlal. Your no will not .. uae4 1ft connection with any atoteNnte, concluetone, or publication without your Plaelon. We requeet thle peraonal Information 10 that, If It Ia 4Hcl necey, we may contact you for (Circle Otte}: a. II Sovl ' (Circle One}: It, Stonclor4 4. Pacific e. Other------ were you wt.n you aaw the obiect? J, !atl .. te how lont you lOW the oltject, 5,1 Circle one of the following to lncllcote how certain you ore of your anawer to Question 5. 6. Whot wa1 the conditicn of the alcy? (Circle One}: c. Not very sure 4. Juat 0 guell d. Juat a trace of day I ight e. No trace of day I i ght f. Don't remember 7, IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located a1 you looked at the oltiect? (Circle One}: a c. To your right AftC I'OaiiiiO. 164 (II OCl' a4) 4. To your left Overhead f. Don't re ...... ber I, IP ,_ Mw the outec' .. NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what cllcl you notice concnlftl the STARS ancl 1.1 STARS (Circle O~telt 1.2 (Circle O~tel: lrlght ltht A few lt. Dull lltht c M.n, c. Ne lght pitch clark ... Don't ... Don't 9. Waa the olfect brlthter than lc .. uncl of the alcy? (Circle OneJ: BRIGHTER THAN the a ley Hclcpouncl, 1 the lwlthtneaa lllce that of on lie heoclltght?a (Circle OneJ A II (o cllatant cor)? lt. lltlttclca away? c. A It lock away? ct. vert~! yC.rda aWc.y? 11. DW the oltiect: ~ (Circle One lor eoclt qwtlon} to atancl atlll at any tlma? 1.. Suddenly 1 up ancl ruth away at any tl ? c. Break up. Into porta or explode? cl. Give off 1 molce? Change lwlghtneaa? 1: Change thape? I Fllclcer, tlvo&, or pulaate? Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know 12. DW the obiect move behlncl a.-thing ~nytiN, particularly o cloud? One}: Yea No Don't Know. IF you YES, then tell what 13. DW the obiect move In front of aomethl at anytime, particularly a cloud? Don't IF you anawerecl YES, than tell what (Circle One}: Yea No 1~. Dlcl the obiect appear: (Circle One}: Sol lt. Tranaparent? c. Don't Know. Dlcl you oltterve the altiect through Oft)' of the fol Eyegla f. Telescope c. Wlnclahleld Tl.oclollte rf,l-l(t D ... w glatl Yea '" Tell In few wenla the fellowlnt thln11 aMut the oltlect. 17. picture thot wUI ahow the ahope ef the oltfect or oltfecta. Lal.l aftfl Inc lucie In your elcetch ony detalia ef the elttect thot you eaw auch aa '"''' ~trotrualofta, etc., anct eepec,ally eacheuat trail or va,or trolle. Plac enew "- the ewlnt to a the cltrctlon the elttect waa '"'' 18. The eclgea of the oltiect ~---........ (Circle Orte}: a. or llurred It, Lllce a 1 c. Sharply outlined cl. Don't rmember 19. IP there wae MORE THAN ONE oltect, then how y wer there? ..=---- Drew a picture of how they were arra"ged, and put an arrow to ahow the rectlon that they wer travllng. 20. Dr.. ,lcture IMt wf.ll ehew the Mtl thet the elttec~ ~ .. tecta ...... PI A the '-tllftt e1 "-,...., 1 the eNI ef the ;.th, .... ehew che In 41rectlen 4ur ... the cour ... el of the ol.fect 1 In lt1 22. tt.w clld the olttect " oltfect ....., c..,.,.cl with of the followl111 ol.iect hlflltt tlte lt.W (Circl Ola tt..f of pin h. S.e.MII I, Grapefruit I . &atiMall .. 22.1 (Circle Otte of the followl lcote how certoln you of your onawr to Queetlon 22. ly certoln c. Not very eure fl. Uncertoln atruct the eltlect thet ,.. Of whet tr' terlel weul4 ,.. It? How 1'1 weul4 It lte, eNI whet h,. weul4 It h? Doecrllte '" rur ewft w-' elon" elttoct er oltlocta which whoft ,leco4., '"the ellr would tl tho .,,.., ....... tho oltloct which ru lOWe 25. Where ,ou lucatecl when ~u saw the obiect? (Circle One}: . a. In I a bullcllng 26. Were you (Circle One} a. In the business section of a city? b. iclentlal tion of a city? cl. yinl near an a e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over open country? 27. What we you cloing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice It? 28. IF you were MOVING .IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the t co111plete the following questions: 28.1 What direction were you mewing? (Circle One} a. North c. East e. South b. Northeast d. Southeast f. 28.2 I low fast were you n.oving? --------- miles per hour. 28.3 Did you atop at any time while you were loolcing at the ob;ect? (Circle One) Yea No 29. What direction were you looking when you first saw the obiect? (Circle One) c. East e. South d. Southeast f. Southwt 30. What direction were you looking when you lost saw the obiect? (Circle One) a. North c. East Northeast d. Southea 1 t f. Southwest 31. If you eire familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to esti the number of degrees the obiect was from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation). 31.1 When it first appeared: a. From true North ;._,........,o degrHs. b. From horizon ' 6 degr .. s. 31.2 When it disappeared: a. From true North ). ' I> degrees. Fro111 horizon _.61111-&1-degrees 32. In the following 1lcetch, I lne that you are at the point 1hown. Place on A on the cutVed line to 1how how hlth the eltiect ot.ove the horlaon (1lcyllne) when you first 1ow lt. Place a a on the curved line to how high the .a.tect 1 above the horiaon (1lcyline) when you loaf 10w it. 33. In the following larger sketch place an A" at the position the obiect was when you first saw it, and a e at lt1 position when you last saw lt. Refer to 1 ller alcetch as an example of how to complete the larger sketch. coNIItlona .t the tl JOU HW the olttect? c. cloucla 4. Thiele heavy clouda c. Str.,. wln4 R (Circle 01 ,..4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One) ~. .., Milt, ., u,ht rain c. Mlcl.ate or heavy rain 35. When w ,ou to ...... oHicial that ,ou haclan the ollect? Waa elae with you the time you saw the oliect? (C lrcle One) No IF you answered Y cUd they see the oliect too? (C lrcle One) 37. w .. thla the flrat time tha you had sn an object or oliects lllce this? (C lrcle One) e No 37.1 IF you anawered NO, then when, , and w.der what circumstances did you s other 38. In yow opinion what do you thinlc the oliect was and what might have caused it? ()pI f-1 ltJ" . 39. Do rou think you can eatl (Circle OneJ speed of the oltfect? answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? 40. Do you think you can estimate~ far away from you the obiect was? (Circle One} ~ No IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? 41. Please give the following I about your1elf: Please Indicate any special educational training that you have had. a. Gracie school --------- lt. High school --------- cf. Post graduate --------- e. Technical school ----------- f. Other special training /.A/ 1 G B. NAulfl Rut R 7 .. o & Date you completed this questionnaire: