OAT ETIME GROUP LENGTH 011' OBSERVATION BRIE, SU.UURY 011' SIGHTING :c::..~ight t.J.il. Exploded. ATIC JPORM 329 (JtEV 2 laP 52) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Soi.tth Ch:lrle3ton, :icst a Probably Balloon a Passi oly Balloon ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION ~Ground VIsual 0 GraundRodor a Wos Aircraft a Probably Aircraft 0 AI,.. Vi suol 0 Air-Interce p t Rodor 0 Possibly Aircraft f.()'..)( Was Astronomi col a P robobl y Astronomi col a Possibly Astronomic:ol L NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation 11. COMMENTS observed t o burn Ch:J.ro.cteri::;tics of bolii.e ob3ervat ion c ev'lluateti as a 34. What W4re the weather conditions at the time you so 11 the object? 34.\1 C LOUDS (Circle One) 34.2 WIND (Circle One) @ Clear sky 51 ight breeze c . Scattered clouds d. Thic k or heavy clouds c. Strong wind d. Don't remember e. Don't remember 34.3 WEATHER ( Circle One) 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One} Fog, mist, CK light rain Moderate or heov y ro in Don't remember Don't remember 35. When d id you report to some oHic ia I that you hoc s:1en the object? Day Month Y e 36. Was anyone else with you a t the time you sow t ile cbject? (Circle One) cr_e)) No 36.1 IF y o u answered YES, did they see the o >ject too? (Circle One) Yes @ 36.2 Please list their names and addresses: 37. Was this the first t'ime that you hod seen on :bject o: objects like this? (Circle One) 38. In yolK opinion what do you think the obje : t was and lihot might hove caused it? 39. Do you think you con estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) Yes @ IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? 40. Do you think you con estimate how for away from you the object was? (Circle One) @ No IF you answered YES, then how for away would you soy it was? 41. Please give the following information about yourself: TELEPHONE NUMBER {j) r!l!oJ Zone State SeJC IJJy/ fl, Please Indicate any special educational training that you hove hod. a. Grode school v e. e. T echnicol school b. High school Other special training d. Post graduate 42. Dote you completed this questionnaire: U. S, A I R F 0 R C E TECH HI CAL I H F 0 R M A Y1 0 tt SHEET (SUUMARY DATA) In order that your information may be filed and coded as occurotoly as possible, please use- the follow.ing space to write out a short descr iption of the event that you obsuved. YC'u may re peat ir:formation tha t you have already given in the questionnaire, and add .:~ny further cc,mments, statements, or sketches that you believe ore important. Try to presert 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 are needed. (Co Not W,ite ;,, This S;:>ace) South Cl1ar l eston 3 , 'tfest Virgini a- Department "'f ash1ngton or The Air I Dear sirs: Abou t aa-l.arge-a.s-a-l a r ge-s t ar,round heading ;rest .It f Tetof in a stright line stopping once for a b out 2 or 3 seconds. A ve r y right green. It mad no -sound . I tra tched 1 t for c a bout 6 seconds and then it disappeared. The sky wa s completly clear . I t tr a vele d f airly fast. _ West Virg i n i a Remarlcs. -None 28 Septeaber 1959 ~. 1a to aelmovledge your letter o~ 23 September 1959 CODCeraing an Un1deuti'f1ed. Flying ObJect. you aigllted. on 22 September at South Charleston, West V1rgtn1a. 'four latter c:ontained 1neu:rt1c1eat. data to allov a valid eooclnion. Tberei'ore request you complete the attached Air Force 4ilUeet-1onnire 1n regard to this a igbting and t'oxward the ca pl.eted paptr to the Air Force '?eclmieal Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air 7orc:e Base~ Obio, tor analysis aDd eval.nation. LAWRBl'fCK J. TACJCtR Public Intonation Di ion Oft1ee ot Infoxmetion ices South CllarleatoD 3, Veet V1rg1 nia Comeback IS-3d Reader IS- 1 IF you saw t he ouject, at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, wltbt d id you notice concerning the STARS and MOON? STARS (Circle One'): 8.2 MOON (Circle One): Bright moonlight b. Dull moonlight No moonlight -p ltchdark d. Don't remomber Don't remember Was the object brighter than the background of the sky? (Circle One}: c. Don't remember IF It was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, was the brightness like that of on automobile headlight?: (Circle One) a. A mile or more away (a distant car)? Several blocks away? c A block away? d. Several yards away? Old the object: ~ (Circle One lor e ach question) ,. Appear to stand still at any time? Y No Don't Know Suddenly speed up and r ush away at any time? (Ye) Don't Know Break up Into parts or explode? Don't Know d. Give off smoke? Don't Know Change brightness? Don't Know f." Change shape? Don't Know _ _ Flicker, throb, or pulsate? No Don't Know Old the object move behind something ot anytime, particularly a cloud? (Circle One): Ye~ No Don't Know. IF you a nswered YES, then tell what It moved behind: Did the object move In front of something at anytime, partic u larly a cloud? (Circle One}: Yes Don't Knnw. IF you answered YES, than tell what It moved in front of: Did thiJ object appear: (Circle One): b. Transparent? <:. Don't Know. Old you observe the object through any of t he following? o. Eyeglasses Yes @ e. Binoculars Sun glosses Yes Telescope Yes Winds hield Ye s g. Theodollt~J Yes \'Iindow r;los-; 16. Tell In a few words the following things about the object. a. Sound _ 17. Draw o picture that will show the shape of the objct or obfects. Lobel and Include In your aketch any details of the objsct that you sow such o s wings, protruaiont, ~te., and especially elChouat trolls or vapor troll a. Place an arrow bctslde the drawing to show the direction the object woa moving. The edge' of the objsct were: (Circla One}: ~: Fuuy or blurred @ Like o bright star c. Sharply outlined d. Don't remember IF ther~ was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? Draw o picture of how they were arranged, and put on arrow to show the direction that they were traveling. 20. Orow o picture thnt wlll show the motion that the object or ohjects mode. Place on A at the b.glnning of the path, a B at the end of the path, and show anY, chongn In direction during the course IF POSSIBLE, try to guess 01 estimate what the real alze of the object was In Its '1-bD -tc 13u o feet. longeat dimension. 22. How large did the. object 9' objects appear as compore<J with one of the following objec'a. bela In the hone/ and at about orm's length? . (Circle One): Hood of o pin g. Silver dol lor h. Baseball Grapefruit Basketball Quortef k. Other Half dollar 22.1 (C irde One of the following to lnd lcate how certain you ore of your answer to Question 22. a. Certain c. Not very sure @ Fairly certain d. Uncertain Haw did the object 01 objects disoppeor from view? tire Aorlz.a/!6 Ots n PP1?RE n Be Ia t!CL 24. In otder that you COI'I give oa clear o picture 01 ponlble of what you 10..,, .., ..,ould lllte 104' you to lmoolne thot you could construct the obfect that you aow. Of what type material would you molt It? How Iorge would It be, oncf whe~t 1hope would It hove? Oeacrlbe In your own WOt'dl o ~ommon oblect or obfech which when placed up In the 1lty would give the lome appearance oa the oblect which you 1ow. u u1 br,J ~ f 25. Where were you located when you sow the object ? (Circle One): Inside a building b. In a cor In on airp lane 26. Were you (Circle One ) a . In the business section <?fa city? b. In the residential sec tio n of a city? In open c~untrys ide? d Flying neor on airfield? e . Flying over a city? f. F l y ing over open country? 27. What were yo u doing a t the time you sow the object, and how did you happen to notice it? 28. IF you were MOVING 'IN ANAUTOMOBILE o r other vehicle o t the t ime, then complete the following questions: 28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One) a. North c. East e. South b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest 28.2 How fast were you moving? -----------miles per hour 28.3 Did you s top at any time while you were looking at the object? (Circle One) Yes No 29. What direct ion were you looking when you first sow the object? (Circle One) b. Northeast d. Southeast @ Southwest 30. What di rection were you looking when you lost sow the object ? (Circle One) b. Northeast d. Southeast @ Southwest h. Northwest g . We s t h. Northwest h. Northwe s t 31. If you o re familiar with bearing ter ms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was f rom true North and a lso the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation). When it first appeared: a. From true North From horizon When it disappeared: From tru-, North From horizon 32. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place on \" on the curved I ine to show how the object was above the horiz on {skyline) when you first sow it. Place a a on t he same curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you lost sow it. 33. In the following larger sketch place an A" a t the position th e object was v.hen ytU f i r s t sa'!" it, and a "B" at its position when you lost sow it. Refer to smaller sketch as an example of he.., to C<lmplete the larger sketch.