Duluthminnesota — March 1959

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Keywords: obiect, circle, cirel, ertain, obict, remember, object, direction, mlftj, boclcpeuftd, nltile, heedlitht, clietant, quetio, dclenly, rxniw0, iwlthtfteta, llc1cer, behifmi, aft1tl, pottlculerl, gloama, antparent, covr3e, nicks
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAPn 2. LOCATION 12. CO~lCLUSIONS 3. DATE'riME GROUP 4. TYPE OF 08SERVATIOH S. PH~TOS },. y l~tJ:\-fl. 6. SOURCI! 1. LeNCTH 0' OBS!RVATION I. NUMB!R OF OBJECTS Wos Balloon Probably B~loon Poss i ~ y Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Ai rerah Probably Astronomical Po.ssibly Astronomical Insufficient Oota for Evaluotion 1(). BRIIfl SUM)AARY 0, SIGHTING . 11. COMMEMTS COi'DR 7 56TH AC~JRON -" I.\liT~ALLY OV~R DULUT!{ 'T'T'f A-OT) TCf'US S " .. or.n 8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, TW"ILIGHT,-~ DAWN, whot clld you notice conc.,ning th STARS and MCON? 8.1 STARS (C lrcle One): 8.2 MOOH (C;rcl o,.): : Cy MlftJ a. Bright rnoonlight b. Dull moonlight c. No moonlight pltc:h datil 9. Woa the Miect brighter thaft b . th~, Y! ... ;~-. // (CI~I O,.h @ Ye b. No c:, Don't reMMMr 10. IF it - BRIGHTER THAN the Icy boclcpeuftd, was the '-ltht,..ea like th.t of an ovto~Nltile heedlitht?: (Circle OneJ a. A mile mwe awey (ca clietant car)? II. ltlocka owe,? c. A bloclc Other 1 - 11. Did the object: (Circle One lor .. cit quetio") ( ) Oo,.'t Know No Don't Know ~ Don't l<now o, App1ar to , , .,., etlll at OftY th,.e? Yea b. S\.dclenly speed up on.l ruth away at Oft)' tiiM? (fi,i) c. Breok up lnte patti 011 explocle? Yee Ho c oo,. rxniW0 Ho o ... t Know d. Give oH 1 ? Cho,.e iwlthtfteta? No ~-DO..'fKJ!!~ No - -Don't Kno I F llc1cer, throlt, ot pulsate? 12. Dtd the obJect mcwe behifMI ot aft1tl,..., pottlculerl, a cle\.1? ( C ircJe One): Yea No) D011't I< YES, then tell what 13. Dlcl the ~;.ct (Cirel. o~J= Yes . No (DOft;; Kn~ IF you YES, then tell what Old t"-ob;.ct aJ)pear: (Cirel Oneh a. Solicl? Did you ob.s~ th ~iect through ony of the following? a. E)-.gloaMa Yes Sun gloss c. Windshield Y e s d. Window glast v b. Tr:antparent? (c:--oo~'t Know~) Binoculars Thaodolite Tell in a few words tha following thi,~s. about.the obj~ct. .. , .'' 17. Draw o pictur9 that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in y our sketch ony d~tail~ of the obiect thct you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and espec Jalf y exhaust trails or vapor trails . Plo-:e on arrow besid e th e drawing to show the direction the object was moving. 18. The edge.s oi tne obiect were: (Circle o .,e): o. Fuzzy or blurred b. Like a bright st~r c. Sharply out! ined (cf.' Don't remember 19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? Draw a picture of how they wera arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they were trovel ing. 20. Draw a picture that will show the motion ?hat the object or obiects mad.. Place on ,. A a t th~ beginning of the poth, a a at tha end of the path, n nd shoH any changes fn dir~ction during the covr3e, IF POSSIBLE, try to guess or estimat what the real size of the obJect was ~n its longest dimens ion. 22. How Iorge d id the obict 01 objects oppear as compared witn one of the following obiects held in the hand and at about orm's le ngth? (Circl~ On.): Head of o pin Si lv~r dollar b. Pea h. Baseball Gropefruit d. Nicks I Bos !cetball f. Half dollar 22.1 (Cirele One of the following to ind ic:ate how c ertain you or of your answer to Question 22. a. Certain c. Not v ry sura b. Fairly c ertain d. Uncertain 23. How did the .:bj.ct or objects disap~cr from view? 24. I" order that you con 3lve os cleor o plctur os poulble of whot you aow, we would IIJce r,, you to l#naglne that you coulcf conetruct the o\Jject that yow sow. Of w~at type motertol would you molce It? How I orge would It be, and what shape would It h1 OesetiH lft your own worch o ~nmmon ol.fect or oblech which when ploce41 up In t,e a~y wo~td ~I" the 25. Where wr you lucot"d wh~n you sow the object? (Cird~S One): Inside a building b. In a c:or In en airplane 26. Were you (Circle One) In th. butii'Ntl 5ec:tion of o city? In the reslcf.ntlnl section of a c:i ty? c. In op.n countrysid? Flying neor on airfield? f'\ t~/! ~ Flying over a city? :-// . ..f} Flying ovr open country? 27. What were you doing at the time you sow the obiect, and how did you hopp.n to notice It? 28. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then cotnplet th following quations: 28.1 What direction were you movin9? (Circle One) a. North c. East b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southweat h. Northwst 28.2 How fast were you moving? 28.3 Did you stop at any tim while you were looking at the obiect? (Circle One) Yes No 29. Whot direction were you looking when you first sow the obict? (Cirde One) ~ Southwest b. Northeast d. Southeast What direction were you looking when you. lost sow the obiect? (Circle One) h. Northw:ut c.' East e. South g. West d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest If you are b~iliar with bearing t~rms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degre'Js the objact was from true North and also the numb~r of degrees it wos upward from the horizon (elevation). 31.1 When it first oppctared: b. From horizon------d~grc.,s. Wit~n it disappeared: a. Fro m tru~t North ------df::gree$. b. From horizon ------degr\.. .. -.. 32. In the following sketch, imogine that you ar~ tf,e pohtt sMwn. Place an A en tf-Ht c urY.d lin. to :Jhow hottt hign the ol:tf.ct was above the horizon (skyline) when you lirs' aaw it, Plac a a on the!l'""" ~urv.d li~ to sho how high the obiect was above the horizon (skyliN) when yov lo.;l lOW lt. 33. In th!f following larger s!ceteh place an A" at the poition the o\tj.ct wttl when you First 10w it, and o "B ot lh position when you last saw it. Refer to amaH., alcetch at on xample of how to complt the lor~., aketch. What w,-;o the weathar conditions at the time you sow the object? 34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) (o:)Ciecr sky c. Scattered c: lauds d. Thic:k or heavy clouds e. Don't remember 34.3 WEATHER (C ire le One) b. Fog, mist, or light rain c. ~10detote or heavy rain e. Don't remember 34.2 WIND (C;rcla One) o. No wind b. Slight breeze c. Strong wind d. Don't rom!'Jmber 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One) e. Don't remember 35. Wh~m did you report to some offic ia I that you hod sean the obiect? Day Month Y oor WtJ~ anyone else with you at the time you sow the obiect? (Circle On3) cv;) No 36. 1 IF you on1wered YES, did they see the ob;ect too? (Circle o.,e) Y~ No I is t their names and addresses: 37. Was this th_, first time th~t you had seen on obiect or objects like this? (Cirele Ore) IF you answerd NO, then when, where, and under what circumstances did you SH ot~er ones? JJ. In your opinion what do you think the object wo:a and what might hov~ caus9d it? 39. Do you think you can estimate the speecl of the obiect? (Circle One) Yes (N~ IF you answer~ YES, then what speed would you ftStimote? 40, Do you think you can estimate how for away from you the object was? (Ci rt:le O~e) Yes {N~\:. IF you ons-Nered YES, then how far away would you say it was? 41. Please g;ve the following information about yourself: Please ir.dicate any special educational training that you hove had. Technical school Other special training d. Post graduate --------~----- 42. Dote you t:ompleted this questionnaire: U. S. AIR FORCE T ECHHICAL I H FORMATION SHEET (SUMMJRY DATA) In or~r that your lnfor1natlon n10y be filed and coded as occurotly as possible, please use the follo!llling spoce to write out a short description of the event that you observed. You may re p.ot lnformotlon tho' you have already given in the questionnaire, and add any further comments, atotments, cr slcetehes that you b.lieve are important. Try to prsent the details of the observa tion In the otdet In which they occwred. Additional poges of the same siza poper tnay b. attached If they ote nHdect. (PI Print) (Do Not Write in This Space)