PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon P robabl y Balloon DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSE RVATION Possioly Balloon Q: Groun d Visua l Ground-R a d a r n;< Wa s Airc raft 0 P robobl y A i rcroft 0 Air-Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept R adar 0 P o ssi bl y Airc r aft Astronomi col 0 Probably Astronomical 0 P ossi bl y Astrono mi col 7. LE~lGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBE R OF OBJ ECTS 9. COURSE 0 Ot he r Insufficient Data for Evalua tion c; nl'i n "' BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS H-;ddi..>h--d.l v e r ,tthich appeared no . ..;sessed c.ll t!-le char act cri3t i c :notlonles:; exception of the we:::;t~:rn In clla..r.1eter of IJF hmrevor, 'Lni-i;ial ob=:ervat ion of b.::ing rr.ot ioP~C'J l'l'Obc.b J : r.gt!-1 oi' obj 1 c t ling fm obj ~tat ic n.:l.TlJ. 1:-ar.~ llc l of' f.. e n LV l.O.CllC(:: " hi:1 nnd. fllli'fy. H~nt 1;ut a:r)pea.red i nt.o cloud s . ATIC PDRM J29 (JtKV 26 SaP 52) 20. Draw a picture tflot will show the motion that the objec~ o.r obJects made. Place an .. A, ot the beginning of the path, a a at the end of the path, and show any, chongu rln direction during the coLWse, 21. IF POSSIBLE, try to guessJ 9" estimate what the real size of the object was In Its longest cHm.nsl 22. How large did the object 9' objects appear os compared with one of the following objec!s. bold In the hand and at about arm's length? (Circi~J One): a. Hood of a pin g. Sll'oler dollar h. Baseball Grapefruit Basketball Half tlollor 22.1 (Circle One of the following to Indicate how certain you are of yo~ answer to Question 22. ...... ~-Certain b. Fairly certain 23. How did the obJect or objects d is appear from view? c, Not 'olery s~e d. Uncertain 24. In order that you con give oa clear a picture oa poulble of whot you eow, we would like for you to Imagine that you could construct the object thot you sow. Of what type moterlol would you molce It? How Iorge would It be, o nd what shape would It hove? Describe In your own wotda o ~ammon object or objech which when ploc..J up In the sky would give the aome oppeoronce oa the obJect which you sow, 32. In the following sketch, imagine th a t you are a t the point shown. Place on A" on the curved l ine to show how the object was above the horizon (skyline} when you first saw it. Place a "8" on the same curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon {skyline} when you last sow it . 33. In th e following larger sketch plac., on "A" at the position the object was when you first so'!"' it, a nd a "8" at its position when you last saw it. Refer to smaller sketch os an example of how to complete the larger sketch 39. Do you think you con estimate the speed of the object? ,Circle One) IF you answered YES, t hen what speed would you estimate? 40. Do you think you con estimate how for away from you the object was? (Circle One) .' 1 IF you a nswered YES, then how fq r away would yo~,soy it was? 41. P lease give the fo llowing information about yourself: Zone Stota TELEPHONE NUMBER What is your present job? ----------' Please indicate any special e ducational training that you hove had. o. Grode school High school c. College d. Post graduate 42. Dote you completed t his questionnaire: U. S. A I R F 0 R C E TECHNICAL IN F 0 R M A II 0 N SHEET (SUMMARY DATA) In order t hat your information moy be filed and coded CJs occurotoly as possible, please use the following space to w rite out a short descript:on of the event that you obsf.rved. Y<'u may re- peat ir.for;,ation that you have already given in the questionnaire, and odd ..1ny further c<..mments, statements, or sketches that you believe ore important. Try to !Jresert the details of the observa- tion in the order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the some size p.:~per may be attached if they ore needed. (Go Not W,ite ;,, This Space) (Pioon Print) tl J, I I I Maj Tackerl~hb/72291 Dear Mr .. This is to acknowledge your letter of 1 July 1959 concerning an Unide~tified Flying Objec~ sighting on 5 July 1959 at Ne~ Albany, Mississipp i . Your letter contained insufficient data to allow a valid conclusion. Therefore, request you complete the inclosed Air F'orce questionnaire in regard to this sighting and forward the completed paper to the Air Technical Intel ligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for Analysis and evaluation. New Albany, Mississippi Sincerely, LAWRENCE J . TACKER Major, USAF Chief, Magazine & Book Branch Office of Information Services Reader IS- 1 U. S. A I R F 0 R C E T E C H H I CAL I H F 0 R M A T I 0 H S H E E T T hi s questionnaire has boon prepared 10 that you can give the U. S. Air Fore as much Information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Please try to answer as mony questions as you possibly con. The information that you give will bo used fot research purposes, and will be regarded aa confidential material. Your name will not be used In connection with any statements, conclvsions, 01 publications without your permission. We request th is personal information 10 that, If It Ia deemed neceuary, we may contact you for further details. 1. When did you see the object? 'loy --M:-:-on-t (Circle One): a . Ecs tg[n b,liLontraD c. Mountain d. P acific (Circle One): (Circle One): a, Daylight Saving b. Standard 4, Whore were you wh"n you s ow the object? City or Town Srote or Country Noreet Po1tol Addreu Adcll.tional remarks: S. Eatimote how long you sow the object, 5.1 C ircle o"e of the following to indicate how certain you ore of your answer to Question 5. o. Cer to In- b. Fairly certain 6. What was the condition of the sky? (Circle One): o. Bright daylight b. Dull daylight c . Br ight rwil ight c. Not very sure d. Ju'st a guess d. Jus t o trace of doyl ight e, No trace o f daylight 7. IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located as you looked a t the object? (Circle OneJ: -~-'. In front o f you J, ~ t J, 1.. u In bock of you " c . To Y"ur ri ght f . To your left Don't remember ATlC FORM NO. t64 ( 1J OCT S4) B. IF you saw the oi>Ject, at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning th" STARS and MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One): a, None' a, Bright moonlight b. A few / .. ~(, 1-tlf +--c-rfj:(l/ i-t,i-.;-u.,t, b._ ~ull moonll~ht c, Many , "" .vt~6 . , (:'V(/u .-:.. L , f/c: L/;r c No moonlight-pitch doric 9. Was the obJect brighter than the background of the sky? (Circle One): b. No c. Don't remember 10. IF it was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, was the brightness like thot of on automobile headlight?: (Circl" One) A mile or more away (a distant car}? Several blocks away? A block away? Several yards away? 11. Old the object: a. Appear to stand still at any tIme? b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any tim"? c. Break up Into parts or e)(plode? d. Give off smoke? o. Change bri ghtness? f." Change shape? g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? (Circle One for each q ue.stion) No Don't Know No Don't Know No Don't Know No Don't Know Don't Know No Don't Know 12. Old th" object move behind something at anytime, partic ularly a cloud? (Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what It moved behind: / " ': _ Did the object move In front of something at anytime, particularly a cloud? IF you answet"dd 1YES, th~n tell what Don't Knnw. (Circle One): 14. Did the object appear: (Circle One): , a. Solid? Did you observe the obj..,ct through any of the following? a. Eyeglasses Sun glasses Yes Vlind-.hield Wi-,dow glo'i'i b. T ronsporent? Binoculars Theodolit~ c. Don't Know. 16. Toil In a f~ttw words the follow lng t h l n gs a bout tHe object. 17. Draw o picture that will show the shape of the obiect or obiects. Lobel a nd Include In your sketch any detalle of th~ obloct that you sow such os wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhauat trails o r vapor trolla. Place on arrow beside the drawing to show the dlr~ctlon the object was moving, The edges of ~he object were: (Circ/., One): Fu:uy or blurred b. Like a bright !>tar ~.'Sharply outlined , Don't remttmber 19. IF thero was MORE THAN ONE object, t hen how many W~Jre there? Draw o picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the d irection that they wertt traveling. 25. Where were you located when you saw t he object? (Circle One): a. Inside a building b. In a car . c . Outdoors d. In an a irplane 26. Were you (Circle One) a . In the business sect ion of a city? b. In the residel)tial sect ion of o city? (f:._ ln _ o pen countryside? d. Flying near o n airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. F I y ing over open country? 27. What were you doing ot the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it? 28. IF you wer e MOVING 'IN A N AUTOMOBILE o r oth'!r vehicle a t the t ime, then complete the following questions: 28.1 What directio n were you moving? (Circle One) a. North c. East e. South g. West b. Northeast theast f. Southwest h. Northwest 28.2 How fast were you moving? 28.3 Did you s top a t any ti me while you were looking a t the object ? (Circle One) Yes No 29. What direction were you looking when you firs t sow the object? (Circle One) f. Southwest g. West "' h:-Northwest d. Southeast 30. What direction were you loo king when you last saw the object ? (Circle One) b. Northeast e . South h.-N~rthwes"t' 31. If you ore famil ia r with bearing te rms (angular direc ti o n), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizo n (elevation). 31.1 When it firs t appeared: a. From true North ' degrees. b. F rom horizo n -' degrees. Whe n it disappea re d : From true North b. From horizon