GEISnlOER, Dorot~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD t. LOCAII'IOM CONCLUSIONS Waa Balloon Praha~lr Balloon D Poaai Wr Balloon Naples, Bew York ._ TYPI! Ofl OISI!RVATION 3. DATI!TIMI OIOUP Was AI rcroft D Proba~lr Alrcr.,t D Po a si W r AI rcrah Local lJOO D GroundRaclar D Alrlntercept Radar D Waa Aatronomlcal D Y C D Pro~oWy Aatronomlcol Ne D Poaalbly Aatronom.cel 7. LENGTH Oil OIIIIVATION I. MUMIIR OP OIJI!CTS 9. COURSI! D Other _ Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0. BRIIP OP liGHTING Fishbowl-like sphere with sy appearance, tranl1DS with a sort ot tlambli.Ds ion. Be- neath this sphere, there appeared,& small di ahead, also gl1nt1Da in the sun, another and snal J er sphere. Atter the passing or a snll plane and with the aid ot binoculars, witDeas obsexved two more tsP~h .. s which to revolve down drop into a vineyard. ATIC POIIM 329 (III&V 2 laP t2) 11. COMMENTS . There were ly DO other witnesses to the s1gbt1Ds, therefore, this report is categorized insufficient data. 32. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an A" on the eurvecll ine to show how high the obieet was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a "B on the some curved line to show how high the obiect was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it 33. In the following larger sketch place an A" at the position the obiect was when you lirst sa'! it, and a s" at its position when you last saw it. Refer to smaller sketch as an example of how to complete the larger sketch U. S. A I R F 0 R C E l' E C H HI CAL I H F 0 R MAY I 0 t S H E E T (SUMMARY DATA) In order that your information may be filed and coded os accurntoly as possible, please us the following 1pace to write out a short description of the event that you obsc.rved. YC'u may re- peat ir.formation that you have already given in the questionnaire, and add \lny further cC~mments, statements, or alcetches that you belieYe are important. Try to Jlresert the details of the observo tion in the order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the same size p~per n~ay be attached if they are needed (Do Not W,ite ;,, This Space) 39. Do you thlnlc you ca~stimat~ the speec/ of the obiect? (Circle One) No IF you answered YES, then what speed would yo 40. Do you think you can estimate how for awa from you the obiect was? (Circle One) Yes IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? 41. Please llowing information about yourself: TELEPHONE NUMBER Please indicate any special educational training that you .have had. d., Post grad 42. Date you completed this questionnaire: , lr tA1 ,.iM. 'f.t INIIU _ .. ~ Department of Radio and Television NA .. LKII. N.Y . Secur1 ty Chiet The Pentagon Waah1ngton, D.C Place: Above Naplea Gorge. Approx. alt1tude:2,000 ft. Hour: about 5 p.m. SUNSHINE Steady wind, N to S. On Thursday 26 May,while sitting at my picture window at our small farm home,I heard the noise of a heavy plane passing aloft. The hour was about five p.m. In about something like five minutes or thereabouts, I observed,moving towarda us,over the Naplea Gorge, what appeared to be a fish-bowl-like sphere,except that it had a glassy appearance. It came towards our side of the Gorge,with a sort of apparent tumbling motion. Beneath this sphere,there appeared,some small distance ahead,also glinting and gleaming in the sun, another,and a smaller aphere. Something about this un- real sort of apparition alerted me,and I found my field glaases,to look for more. Going outside,! looked in vain for the spherea. None were in a lght. Due to a bright sun, I felt perhaps they would not be visible anyway ,as they wenl moving toward the sun. Soon, a small plane,seeming to my untutored eye to be a private sea-plane (someone on Canandaigua Lake, used to own one) moved over our area. ' Within a few moments,the small plane having passed very close to Earth, I observed again,two small spher~s,much the size of an orange. These_s~emed to sort of revolve dpwn,into the old vinayard o~mo,ring on the \vind. Late~hen the wind carne up~ana seemingly pushed CE the wind,appeared two a ort of flat,shiny things ,which dropped into the vineyard. My f eeling was,that whatever the y were, they were devel~ped to diminish in size,or,to disappear either with heat,or with the dampness of the ground. I wondered if thay could contain ha~ul spores,or even of eg6s of aome ha~nf'ul i~sa~t:\d. I:1 a":l.f ev,~nt, it; : 1'713 )r.1p~:..~ aa a loyal c.itiza~,to l ' -3por t t n e 3 s flnc:ing3 , t o Sd/.3.-:'~l 3.gdn~.L~.l. This I have done. I am wondering,how~ver,if gasoline-.-.used b y planes,could either in heat or cold,drop such spher~3 disappear when closer to the ~arth. There is no nee d to inform anyone,as to our great c onfidenc e in the Pentagon. In these troubled timea of stress,and tension, we must all be on guard on behalf of our C ntrY:> ... , l July 1960 tnla u to ,our recent letter reprdlD& ...-_r 8 Gr ell UD1cteat1f1ec1 fl.T1II8 object Your let'ter contaiM 1Deuff1c1ent 1Dfonat1on tor nll4 conclu Tbere , requeat that ,au te tbe ettacbed Air Queat ire 1D regard to tbe sighting and. tbe ted ~per to tlMt Aero.pece Technical Intelligence Center, Wrigbt-Patteraon Air Force Baae, Ohio. S1ncerel.7, LAWRDCB J. TMDR Lt. Col., U8AP Public Intor.mat1on Division Office of tion pi-3d comeback o-1 reader U. S. A I R F 0 R C I T E C H HI CAL I H F 0 R MAT I 0 H S H E E T Thla queetlonnalre ha1 been prepared 10 that you can give the U. S. Air Force ae much Information 01 poaelble concerning the unidentified aet'lal phenontenon that you hove observed PIHae try to onewer oa nKny question aa you po11lbly can. The Information that you give will uaecl fot reaearch purpose1, and will be regarded a1 confidential material., Your name wUI not In connection with any atatemente, concluaions, or publication without your permiealon. We requeat thla peraonal Information ao that, If It 11 deemed nece11ary, we may contact you for further detalle. 2. Time of doy: 3. Time zone: 7),P,t.-J/)tulwjfl,, "'M(' .. (Circle One): a.<:;tosteri\) b. Central c. Mountain d. Pacific (Circle One): (Circle One): a.(Q~ylight Sovi!'V b. Standard 4. Wh saw the obiect? Additional remarlca: 5. Eetlmate how lono you saw the obiect. 5.1 Circle one of the following to Indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5. ~-q; Cer tO in) b. Fairly certain 6. What was th conditicn of the slcy? (Circle One): Co Brjght daylight) b. Dull daylight c. Bright twi I ight c. Not very sure d. Just a guess d. Just o trace of day I ight ~. No trace of daylight f. Oont reme-mber 7, IF you sow the obiect during AYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located aa you looked at the obiect? {Circle One): a. In front of you c. io your right ATIC FORM NO. !64 ( 13 OCT 54) d. To your left fj. Ov erneod f. Don't r~membe, 8. IF you aaw the oblec\ at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what cUd you notice concerning the STARS and MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One'J: 8.2 MOON (Circle One}: d. Don't remomlter 9. Was the oltiect brighter than the baclcgrouncl of the alcy? (Circle One}: o. Br lght moonlight lt. Dull moonlight c. No moonlight pitch dark d. Don't rememw c. Don't ren:emMr 10. IF It was BRIGHTER THAN the alcy ltoclcgrouncl, waa the lwlghtness like that of on automobile headlight?& (Circle OneJ a. A mile or more away {a distant car)? b. Several blocks away? 11. Old the obiect: (Circle One (or a. Appear to stand still at any time? b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? c. Break up Into ports or explode? d. Give off smoke? e. Change brightness? 1: Change shape? g. F Iicker, t 12. Old the object move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud? Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know ( Clrele One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what J3. Did the obiect move In front of something at anytime, particularly o cloud? (Circle One): IF you an YES, than tell Ulh, It moved in ..... 14. Did the obiect appear: (Circle One): b. T ransporent? ~. Don't Know. Did you observe the obiect through any of the following? Eyeglasses Yes No Binoculars b. Sun glosses Windshield Theodolite d. Window 3loss Oth!tr .~f.;J 16. Tell In e few words the following things about the oblect, 17. Draw a picture that will ehow the shape of the oblect or oblecta. Label and. Include In your sketch any details of the obJect thot you sow such as wings, protrutlona, etc., and especially exhauat trolle or vapor trail e. Place an arrew bealde the clrowlng to ehow the direction the ollec:t was moving. 18. The edges of the obiect were: (Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred b. Like a bright star c. Sharply out I ined d. Don't remember 19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how ntany were there?f - Draw a picture of how they were arra"ged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they were traveling. Draw a picture that wf.ll thew t~e lon thot the oltfec!., Hlect , Place en A et the MgiMint of the path, a a at the end of the P.th, and ahow anx change a In direction dwlng the course eatl~taate .what the real alae of the Miect waa In Ita 22. Iorge cllcl the. oltiect " oltiecte at COIIIpCII'ecl wlt.h one of the following oltlect. belil lrt tit. It oncl ot oltout ~ length? (Circle Orte): a. Heocl of a pin d. Niclcet e. Quar.., . f. 'Half dollar g. Sliver dollar h. Baaeball I Grapefruit I Boaketba 22.1 (Circle One of the following to Indicate how certain you are of yow answer to Ques,lon 22. c. Not very awe d. Uncertain dlcl the ol,tect iects disappear fr view? -~,.. l11 .that you Ceft elve a ct.Ot a lcture oa poaalltle of wh.t yov ow, we~ uld IUce f.-au to ,.,. .. ,.,.that you coul conatfuct the '-feet thot you aa I.Of wh;t t Matwlol woul ou melco It tfow Iorge would It be, aM wh.ot ahape ;..~ltl It hOYeiJo.crlk In your own wetda o !omtnon ol.fect or ollect which when placed up In the tlcy would' viv~e th..-re .,.. appearance aa the oltlect whtch you aaw. . 25. Where were you lucated when you saw the obiect? (Circle One): a. Inside a buildin b. n a car c. Outdoors d. In an airplane 26. Were you (Circle One) a. In the business section of a city? b. In the residential sect;on of a city? Flying near an airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over country? ' 27. What were you doing at the time you saw the abiect, and how did you happen to notice it? 28. IF you were MOVING 'IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehic eat the time, then complete the following questions: What direction were you moving? (Circle One) b. Northeast d. Southeast 28.2 How fast were you moving? 28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the obiect? (Circle One) Yes No 29. What direction were you looking when you first saw th~ obiect? (C;rde One) a. North c. East b. Northeast d. outheast f. Southwest 30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the obiect? (Circle One) b. Northeast f. Southwest h. Northwest h. Northwest 31. If you are familiar with bearing terms (angu or direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the obiect was from true North and also the number of degr~s it was upward from the horizon (elevation) 31.1 When it first appeored: a. From true North ------degree~/} b. From horizon degrees ,f/)f~ 31.2 When it disappeared: a. From true North ------degrees. b. From hor izon - -- dr-nr~ec;. 34. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the obiect? 34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) a. Clear sk c Scattered clouds d. Thick or heavy clouds e. Don't remember 34.3 WEATHER (Circle One) C.,a. Dry) b. Fog, mist, or light rain c. Moderate or heavy rain e. Don't remember 36. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the obiect? (Circle One) Yes IF you answered YES, did they see the obiect too? 34.2 WIND (Circle One) a. No wind b. Slight breeze 34.4 TEMPERATUP.E (Circle One) e. on 't remember (Circle One) Yes No 36.2 Please list their names and addresses: a e,1ilih11V UII..1Ul 37. Was this the first time that yoJ hod seen'an obiect or obiects like this? NO, then when, w ere, a under what circumstances did you see other ones?