Duncanville Texas — November 1959

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P ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 3. DATc~T:M:: G~QlJP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION L oc:of _ S . P HOT' S 7. LENCTrt OF OBSERVATION .iCc G round-Vi s uol 0 GraundRodo r 0 Air-V i suol 0 A irlnlerc:opf Rodor Civ:ili an . 8. N UMBER OF OBJECTS 9. C OIJRSE CONCLUSIONS 0 Y:o s Balloon lD P r o b a b l y Bolloon P o s s i :.,ty Balloo n 0 Wos Ai rc:r o h 0 Pro bob I y Ai rc:r a f t Po s s i bl y Ai rc r oft 0 Was A stronomi col 0 P robably A stronomical 0 Pos s i bly A s t ro nomic a l 0 ln!iufficient Data for E voluat i o n 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Rnd , 3ilver obJ, size of hal f dollar. Fir~t The des~ription i s v e r y ;;een in the East & dis a p peared in t h e Southl-le;:; t;. of a \veathe r balloon . ATIC FORW 329 (RBV 26 SEP 52) ~irnllar to t h 32. In t!1e fo llow ing sk~tch, i magine th a t yo u are ot tho point shown. Place an A" on the curvod line to show ho w hiq!1 th o bject was above the horizon (s kyline) whe n you firs t saw it. Place o "8" o n the ~ome curv~d lin~ t o :.how ho w h i~h th.l object was a bove tl,g horizo n (sky I ine) when yo u los t saw it. In th~ foll.::,...,ing lorg~r sketch ploc~ on "A" at the position the obj&ct was wh!tn you fir~t sow it, and a ''8" o t ositio n whem you lost sow it. Re fe r t:> small a r sketch a:. on example of how to complet:9 the larger sk~tc:h. 34. What wr>r:> the weather conditions ot the time you sow th9 object? 3.1.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) c. Scattered clouds d. Thic k o r heavy clouds e . D o,'t r~member 34.3 WEATHER (Circle Ono) b. Fe.:~, mist, or light rain c Vodcrote orheovyroin e. Don't rememb~r 34.2 WIND (Circls One) a. No wind b. Slight bree<t~ (;'"; Stro.ng win4} d. Don't rem~mber 34.4 TEMPERA'fURE (Circle On.,) ,.a:~corcn e. Don't r emember 35. When did you report t o some offic ia I that you hod s een the object? 36. Was a nyone else with you ot the t ime you saw the ob;ect? (Circle One) {J;) IF you answered YES, did they see the object too? (C hclo One) c.Y!~ No 37, Wos this t:,e first t ime that you hod S:!en on object or objectS like this? (C ircl~ 011e) ~ No 37.1 IF y~u tJns wered NO, then w hen, whare, and und"r what circumstances did you see other ones? 38. In y o ur opin ion what do you think tho obj3ct was and what might have caused it? 39 . Do y ou think y ou con o stlmat..! the speed of the object? (Circle One) Yes (fl~:'\ IF you a nswere d YES, then what speed wo uld you estimate ? 40. Do you tnin k yo'J can estimate how far away from you the object wa:s? (Cirde One) o I No IF you o nswared YES tha n how far away would you say it was? 41. Pleos6 giv~ the followi ng information about yourself: City Zone Stat& T ELEPHONE NUMBER P lease indicate any special educational training that you hov!t hod. b. High school ----------- 42. Dote y ou coMplet~d this questionnoir~: f. Oth~r sp~iol training------------- Dav Month Year U. S. A I H FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET (SWoAM~RY DATA) In ord~:r that your i nformation moy be filed and coded as accurately as possibl~ pleo.sa use ~h., folk, w in g spoc.!t to writo ovt a short description of the ovent that you observed. You may t3 peta t in::>rmotion tho' you have already givem in the questionnalriJ, and add onr further comments, r;tat~IT1ent~ ~sketches that you believ~S ore Important. Try to preunt the details of the observo tion in th~ order in which they (lccurred. Additional pa ges of the s ome size paper may be a ttached If they ore needed. (Do Not Write in This Space) 't'h": -;~uc0r 1ros movt-i''lL in a .::>'Jilth. ueot of the l.:=tY~' l.h . . c>. It '.'l';t!l '~ott v!:, ;.~'tP. of 1:1 n'Jt.:!lic c l e m=nli. '1'nc s::-.uce r r::ain.;;r dpet'.l clnl 'Jtii1Je PlS i.-;; fleA. or mo.rc. It vtt:mt in ,:l cu:v ert ri':.'!n euv::-r rvit"v .. rn. l'hr C :)]O: I ol.-..,erved iii for a fs;~ r..i:'1UtL; \..:it h ;:otr..c:r ar!l '.1 ..:'ri.:r. J re~-; e ~ rcn.P 1 a clou-1 in si[ ht a nd visi bi.l i t:, H::'\s vAry [ ood r.~vin~ H sout~west directi0 n t~b;,l ::1t:. eddres3 Dune ::~.:~ville , re xe.:; \ihE=':r!. I i'i.c.>t sa:: i t i t vul s n ' t t:~ovinl~ Your ~ru.l~', I don' t think i 't .va~ a .-rhet.l ~-: b~1lloon b ecaus e it Hent fc'.S t for a balloon ?t~L r TV AlP-fECHhiCAL !i"ITLLL!GDJCE CENTER UNI f(O STArr<-AI R f"ORCf WP.I G!i TP A fT~t\ SON AI n FO PCE BASE Cv . -u'J[Yi...tl: Ddput ,,,r ~c1ences and Co:r:oone.1ts 2 D~ ce:n'ber J.95~ . r~ . .;artiir..~ a s i3ht i16 of !Pl u:1.iC.e nt lfied :.:'lyi.:lg ob j ect. tl ":31 t.:. conclusion. 'r~t;!.4'efo!"'e) rcq:..~as t. JO'J. c ow:;>lete th~ ot~.8 ch~u Air F:lrc e 't:ta .3 t.iol"'...nd .Lt:e i n rcc;oc i t:l tr.e si.:!~:.t.i :q ar.d 1 o r-. .;ard th~ ccople ted ;_)3 .?<.!r r.o t!1c J,~HOSPACE 'r~ca~ICAL I:.l'.Sl.LIGE~ICl:! C"..!!l'il'.ER> \ righ,;,-:?P.tte:-zo:"l .'\il~ ~orce ~a:;;c, Oll J , f o r a.:;sl:J'3is ani ev3luatt:l~. :Duncanville, L:'\H.R8NCE J . r:'ACXSR Inf:1I7.).'ltic n Di,~.:Jion. of Intonati on \Cc:neb Rck OI-J d Heade r OI- l U.S. AIR !==ORCE TECHNICAL iNFORMATION SHEET Thi~ qu.utionnoife ha1 been prt.lpor.,d ao that you con give the U. S. Air Foreo as rr.uch infcrmo~lon os P-'3Sibla concerning thCI unidentified aerial phenomenon that you hove ohsttrvod. Pl->al~ try :o ontwl.tr c~ many quutiona as you poulbly con. The Information that you give will b~ v:;<~d 'or r,.,;,arc::h purposes, and will bo rgardd aa c;onfidntial rr.at~trial. Your r:am., will not bl) 'J'H'd In <.Of\n'e~ion wlth any ~tar~mttnt, concluaiont, or publications without your permi.nlon. WJ .:qu1!H thll p.u:sonal infnrmation oo thut, If It Ia doamed necossary, we moy contact you for (Circltt Ono): a. t~a:0rn b.~i!\:tr~J c. Mountain d. Pacific: (Circlt!~ On~): a.{p_gyliSiht Saying) b. Standard 4. Whl'tr~t we""' y-;;u when you !)OW th~ o~j >ct? Nt.orut Poat ol Addrosa Addlilo"'nol , _;,ark~: State or Country 5. Eatlmat~ how long yo u .:ow th'!l objoct, .5.1 Cird~ ons of th.! following to lndi:ats how c:ertoin y~u ore of your answer to OueJtion 5. o. Ce;to in b. Foirlyc~rtoin d. Ju~t o SU-''H o. Whet waJ th& c ~J iti en of ~hs sky? (CirciB Or._, \,~-::, igh t doyl igh :) b .... Oun cJaylioht c . Brigh? twilight d. Just a tro.:~ of day I ight e. No trace of day I I ght f. Don't remember IF y'Ju ;;a:., th., objJc~ during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, o~ DAWN, where was the SUN located os y ou looked ot th,~ object? (Citc/-3 Ono): o . In front o f you b. In b.Jck of you To. your~ d. To your left a. Overhead f. Don't remember ATI ::: FOf'M NO. lfi4 ( !3 OCT Stl) S. If-y.,u sow th~ oujoct, at NIGHT, TWIL!GHI, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning tho STARS ond ~.lOON? 0. f STARS (C ird o One): d. C>or' t 7(Jtr.cmber 8.2 MOON (Circlu o,.,): o, Brlgh' n1oonl lg h t b . Dull moonlight c. No moonflght-pitc h doric d. Don't rem~mber 9. Wen t~ 'J :>b ,r.-:;: b.-i~ht~r then th & boc kground of th~ s ley? b. No c. Don'? r3rn&mber {Ci:d~ One): 10. IF ;, was BRIGHTER THAN th a sky background, was t~e brightnttu liktt t hat of em automobll8 heodflght?: (Cirel!) One) c. A mil~ or mora away {a dl~t.,nt cor)? b. Sev~ral blocks a woy? t: . A bl:lck awoy? d. Sov.,Yo! yord:; away? ll, Dlrf ih~ objoct: (Circfe One for oac:h qu&$tlon) c. Appeor fo stand :$ti ll o~ ony time? b. St;d:bnly sp9ed up ond ru.;h away ot any time? ~, 8r~o\.: U? into por t s I'JT expfod'!t? d. Givtt off smo!<a? ~. ChangEs brightneus? f. Chon:Je shopc)? g. flic~::r, throb, or pulsate? ~ No Don't l<now Don't Kr1ow 4:i~ Yos Don' t Knr,w Don't Know Don't Know (!" o. Don't Know on t now Did the oSject mov.;, behind sornetn ing at onytirM, particularly o cloud? (Circle One!): .Y??. No Don't Know. IF you on:swered YES, then tell what Did tho ob!ect m~v~ in front of som~thing at any~lmtt, particularly a cfovd? (C ircl!:: C-e,\: Yes @ Don'' Know. IF you answer\!d YES, than t~ll whot Don't Know. 15. Die! yvu observe th3 object through any of th~ following? Blnoeulor~ Ye s To lescop~ Ye s No