PROJECT 10073 R~CORD CARD 2. LOCATtON I :t. CONC LUSIONS Wu~ B a ll o on 3. OATETII.lE CROUP .4. TYPE OF OaSERVATIOH P ro b obly Boll oon Po,:si hly ~olloon Local 19] S /,,Jnoox / o Ground-Vi ~uol 0 Air-Visual 7. LENGTH OF oas:~VATION 8. HUMBER OF OBJECTS 10. CRI EF SUMMARY OF SIGHTtNG 0 Grounci-Ro do r Air-Intercept RodQr 11. COMMENTS Wu Aircra ft ProLcbly Aircraft Po ni bl y Aircraft Was A5tronomicol P ro b obi y A stronomi col P osr.iLiy Astronomic:ol ln ~u ffi ci ent Data for Evo lunlion 20. Dra w o pictur~ Jho t w ll l :-.h o w ;he r:F)/I o n ~hut 2h ~ obj.tc\' Qr objl:tcrl moJtl. PJoc0 on "A" .ot th ~})lrlnino of th~ pn1h, u "B o t the end o f th., ~at!,, onJ .-sh\)w \tnf. ch~nuoos In ,Jir.,ctlo n d~ino ?h u cour!.~. 21. IF POSSIBLE, try to g ue3::A 01 estlmot~ w:,ot the rttol lli:.to of th~ obj~d wa~ lu ih long.,.:tt d irr'bn.\ hm. 2'2. H ow l~rge J id ~h" ohj~:tct cr <>bj~ct!; -opp~or oa c:>mpored wltn or"' of the fol:owlng obj~c,tJ be/J In th& hand o nd ot obovt orm':s longth? (Circ le o~.,): H3od of a pin '->r doll or Gfopefr u it d. Nic kat Oas!<e tholl Ha lf dolior 22. 1 (Circle Oile , ( tho following to iadkot~ how cortoln you ora of )o' Ol:r on~w1Jr t o Qt.:t!iJtlon 22. o, C ertain (~'J Fairly c ertcln c. Not v at y sure d. Un certain 23. How d id t het c SjfJct o r objetcts di s opp.,or from vlaw? 24. In Oidt~r thot you con glv OS c leat 0 plctor~ 01 poulhla or wha t you sow, WtJ wou ld ,,~.for you to lmagl,.,, that you could e o n;atruct t h objct that yo u sow. 01 who t type moh~rlol wo uld y o u molce H? How l o 1oe would H b", a nd vt h.o t uhop wouJd It hov? Oo , crib In your own word~ o ~ommon .,blosct or o b i JCh which wh,n pl<tcftd up In tha sky would o lvtt tlu room& o ppeoronc o' the obj~ct which you )OW, 2 5 . Whcrt> we re yo u lo c a ted w h e n you s a w tlte o bject ? (Circle One): c. lnsid~ a building t b. In a co r c. Outdoors d. In on a irplone o At :>t:a 26 . Were y o u (Circle One ) In the bur.iness sectio n o f o city? In the residentiul sect io n o f a city? In open countryside ? Flying nea r on a irfie ld? e. Flying ove r o city? f. F I ying over open c o u ntry? 27. Whet w e re y o u doing at the t ime yo u !iOW the object , and h o w did you happen to notice it? 28. IF you "1ere MOVING IN AI~ A U TOMOB IL E or othe r vehic le at the time, the n comp l ete the followin!J qJ&:>tions: Whet direction were you moving? (Circle One) a. North c. East o . S outh b. Northeast d. Southe a s t f. Southwest h. Northw~st 28.2 Ho w fast were you mov ing? ------------mile s pe r hour. 28.3 Did you stop at any ti me while y ou wur~ looking a t the objec t ? (Circle One ) Yos No 29. What d irection wer~ you lookin g whe n you firs t sow th~ object? (Circle One) c . East b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. N orthwest 30. What dir~ction were you looking when y o u lost sow the object? (Circle One) Northeast d h. Northwest 31. If you or; fomilior witf1 bearing term~ (angular dirocti,n), try to es t imate the number of degreas tht1 object was from true :--lorth and also the number o f degrees It was upward from the horizon (o fevotion). 31.1 When it firs t appeared: o. From true North _;f d ogroes . :.. .. . , 31.2 When it disappeare d : a. From tru:: t~orth _ _ dogrces. b. From horizon !_: } --_. degrt~es. 32. In t he follo.ving s k e tc h , illlayin.: tl101 )'O IJ a rc ot tl..:: p o i n t hown. Place a n " A " on t he curved I int: t o :.how !tow lti ah thf' oiJjf!ct wos abov e t he hor izon (c;~ylin.:} " ' e n you fir'>l so.'l it. P!occ o "[)"on th., samt: r ur v. d ! in~ t o show how h i gh tl : object wu s above t h e hori7on {skyli.,c) w"<>l1 you lost 50W it. 33. In the fo ll owirtg larger s ketch place o n "A" at t h e position t h e object wa s wh e n you first 50~1 it, and a "B" a t it s position w hen you l as t sow it. Refe r t o s ma ll e r s ketch as on example of h ow to complet<1 t he la rger s~tdch 34. Wha t we re the weath e r condition s at th e time you sow the ohjPct ? 34.1 C LOUDS (Circle One } (a, Clear sky c. SccJt lorE>d c I oud s d. I h ick or ltcavy clouds e. Don't rcmernbr.:r 34. 3 WE"' TH~R (Circle One) b . Fog, mist, or l ight rain c. ~.\o::lerole orhcovy rain e. Don't rcrnember WIND (C irclo One} 0. No wind b. Sf ight broozo Strong wind Don't romernber 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One) e. Don' t rcmemb!tr 3 5 . Wh~n did you report to some officio I that you had soen the object ? D~y Monrh y cor 36. Was a nyone els e with you ot t he t irnu you sow tho object? (Circle One) ~ IF you answered YES, did they see the object too? ( C irclc One) Yes 36.2 P 'eooie I is t their nomes and addresses: Was this the first time tha t you had (Circle One ) ) seen on objf:ct or objects like this? 37. 1 IF you answered NO, then ...,hen, where, and under what circumstances did you see othe r ones? 38. In your Oi)iillon what d o you think the object wa s and what might hove caused it? 39. Do you thi n k you con C:)timott! I he s,or.:P.d of th..: objn:t? lCirch: 011c) IF you on:.werc d YES, ll:en whot spcP.d w ould you t!<"tirrot .:? 40. Oo you think you <.:on estir.wh: how far owoy from y:.>u the object w-1:;? (Circle One) No IF you c ,swerid YES, the11 how ~cr tiWO)' wotJid yCJlJ say it was? 41. P le-a.,>! give rh.., following i!'lforntati,.'>n about your~el t: TELEPHONE NUMBER .f_v_!.:_j ------_ Wha t is your prcsc:nt job? Please indicat e any special cducotio11ul traini11g that you hove hn d . Grode school Hi;h school Post graduate ~2. Do te y~u c.:>mpleted this q ue stronnoife: T cchnical <;chao! f. Other special training 2~ .. February 1960 Th19 -ts to :Jc!<no"'of'l~dge ond tha nk you i'or yonr leti;e r of 12 :O'e'>=uarJ regard i.ng the ai6hting or c.m uniJent:ifi~d f l y i n.'! Your l e !;ter co.:1ta i ns ln.-:;uf.fi~i~nt infor1:1a t i o n f or a valid c o.lcluJlon. Ti:!.erefor e ~ rl!q_Uf~Bt y.>u com?.lete tha attached .Air Furce que3 tio:t.-;.s ire i.n r.:ec;a rd. t o the siJhti~ and :for..l-3rd the completed paper to the Ae r os,ace Technical I ntelligence Center, Wrigb.t-Pattersoa Air F orce Basa, Ohio f or a nalysis and C'laluation. I nclosur3 Sincerely, LA\fR~i'iCE J. TAC:V:R tlajor, USAF Pu~lic IP~ornation Division Otf'ice of Information Placid, Florida Comeback OI-3d Reod~r OI-l