PROJECT 10073 RECORD CJ\RD 2. LOCATION 12. C ONCL.USIONS Wos Balloon A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION :l. O.l\TE-'fi\\E GROUP 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possi i31y E3alloon 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE round Vi sud 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomi col 0 P robobly A stronomi col 0 Po::~ibly Astrono m i cal 1. LENGTH OF OBSERVATlON 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Insufficient Dato fo r Evoluotion 3 secx ~J&1Jt 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Eight even~ spaced objs in view for 3 sees J)-i;~ection lmt.v. Emerged in front of obel!rver c .1 the h:::>rizon & '\lent up into the clouds at ;;-r~at speed. Objs gibOivad red. At firs t b~lieved to be r eflections fm red tower li ts, ho~ever upon retracing the same course t::11s was not apparent. ObJs were a s sumed t o b e ~llipt!tcal a bout 30 ft l ong . ATI.C PORlf 3:9 (RBV 26 SSP 52) 11. COMMENTS Indications are that n reflection of s ome sort Has ob s erved, howev~r there i s not conelu~ive evidence t o s upport this analysis & the case i s list e d as inauffici ent data. 32. In th e followin'J sketc h, imagine tha t you ore a t the point shown. Plocu an A" on tha curved line to show how high tha objt:ct wos above the horizon (!;kyfine) when you first :;ow it. Ploce a "B" on the same curved line to ~how how high tho object was above the horizon (skyline) wh~n you last sow it. 33. In the following larger sketch plac~ o n A" at the position the obiect was when you first aow It, and a "0" at its po:;ition w~tln you la s t saw it. Refer to smoller sketch as an oxampl~ of how to complttht the larger sk~tch 34. Whot wsre the w~ath~r conditions at the time you sow the object? 34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One ) a. Clear sky Scatt~red c louds Thick or hea'ly clouds e. Don't r~.-r.ember (Circle One) b. Fog, mist or I i g h t rc in c. Moderate o r heavy rain Do n ' t r erndmb er 34.2 WIND (Circlo One) a. No wind b. Slight bree:!o c. Strong wind , d) Don't remember 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One) Don't remember 35. Wh~n did you report to some officio! tha1 you had seen th, object? 36. Was onyone else with you at the ti me you saw the object? (Circle One ) ::Y No 36.1 IF y?u answe red'-YES, did they sae the object too? (Circle One} Yes No 3 6.2 P Ieese I ist their names and a ddresses: 37. Was this the first time that you hod seen an object or objects like this? (C jrcfe One) Y~ No 37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and under what circumstances did you see other one5? 38. In your opinion wha t do you think the object was and what might have caused it? 39. Do you think you c o n e stimo t., the speac/ o f t he objec t ? (Circle One} Yes IF you unswer~d YES, then what sp~ed would you o s t imota? _ m.p.h. 40. Do you think }'O'J can est imate how fa r away from you the object wa:J? (C;rde 0:1e) Yes IF y::u on~w~r :~d YES, the n how fo r a wa y would you s a y it wa s ? 41. Pi.Jor.e g:v" tho foll owing information c.bout y o u rself: T ELEPHONE NUMB Pl~ose indicate any special t::d uc o t iono l training that you hove had. Grad~ school T echnical school H igh schoo l Other sp~ial t raini ng Post grad uate 42. Data you com!ll!t~ed this q uestionnaire: Y ~JOt Doy U. S. A I R F 0 R C ~ T E C t-1 N I CAt H~ F 0 R MAT I 0 N SHEET (SUMMARY DA T Aj In c rder that your information may be fil"d end coded a s accurately os possiblct, please use fh~ folfu"''irg 5poce to writa out o short description of the <IVI)nt that you oburved. You may to;) p"at In : ~rmot ion that you hove of ready given in the questionnaire, and cdd any furthctr comments, 3~otom.,rHl, or skotclsas thol )'OU believe ora Important. Try to pr.,s-ctnt the details of the ob1orva ~!on h th~ order in which they occurr('t(.i. Additional poga~ of the sam~ size pap~r moy b~ attoch~d If t hny or~ need~td. 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FireS I 5 -j tage ~lissile Goe~ l,050 ~Hiles Intt~ Atmosphere \VA3HINCTON, Nn v. 10-(UP!) -.\ five sta~e Army research r ocket dubb~d ''The Stron~arm" W<H s uccessfully hred 1.050 miles j.~to the upper atmospher e today , t'l~ h i!;hes t ever recorded for launchin~ statio n ~t WalJo ps I-:Jqnd, Va. jhe vehicle \WI~ launchf'd by t!le .\rmy in r ooper a t ion with the . ='l:.iCinal A~ronautics dnd Space a(L'ninistrabon. to measure elec t1""m densittes.'"''b~ Army s a id the da t~ wou ld be .. valuab le In o the intercontinenrat b allistic missile <tnd anti~mi~sile , m issile pro- T!1e rocket asse m b ly stood t a l ler t:han a five-story building, but consider a bly shorter than tbe missiles used for sa telUte launch i.ngs and military shots o! in ter- c ontinental ran~e. It was. fired at 7 a .m . and finally plunged" into the Atlantic oce:m about 800 miles away from !he N AS'A launchin~ pad about/ 20 .minutt-<: later. The rocket was j d es igned to reach a speed of 1 7.000 feet a seconrt at burnout. Scientists from the Army hal liEtic research laboratories at .\ becdeen Provin~ Ground, l\[d.,