Kirtlandafb Newmexico — August 1960

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fl. OA l E TIME G~OU~ 1 l . SuUP.Cf I . Nli ER O F O~JECTS 'i. L GTH Oi-0"\3ERVATIOH r3 seconds t.. TYPe OF O~SE~VATIOf4 I 7. COUR\E 9 . P'iOTOS ~ 9. PHYSIC-"l EVJO!HC~ PROJECT 10073 r<ECORO l. lOCATIO~ Kirt :.a::ld. A~.ro.. N~-w f'.(o y i r n 10. COHCLUliON Astro ( HETEOR) 11. BRifF $U~A~Y ANO ANALY5l\ 1 I :"\10 YOU 0 J .!Vt-: TH!::: PYFNO'~"=' ION THt:'OUGH ANV ()_. THE I=OLl.OWtNG' lrl-1 I' ,. INF0i1'-l i\ riO'! 1.. .'4 ~HH -. l c ttl~ I I J I suN GLAs_s:_-s --// c L EJINULULAR:> SlOE WINtlO'N_o_F VEHIC~E (...' zr-(t f,'-4EOO:>LITE A C'O YOU OP.OINARILY WEAR GLA ES' [)YES tfNO a. C."') YOU usr:: READING GLA~'5ES? ~-, 'frS 1)-pw r--,~--;,-HAT WAS YOUR IM RESSION OF THE S;f:.tD Of THE --19~vHAT-WAS YOuni PR-ESStON.OFTHEOt~l A~CE Q;-TfJE -i PHENOMEN O N_:. G IVE ES"T,GA:;:_. o~ :PEED PH17'IOME_N_o_N_'_JI-~F EsT - o1s,T NC{--~ :. ( I' -!.J 20 1"1 ORDER THAT WE MAY OOTAIN AS CLEAR A PICTUR!;: A S POSSIBLE OF WHAT y, o u SAW. DESCFllaE I N YOUR OWN WOROS A COM'-'O N OaJECT OR OBJt::CT 5 WHICH. WriE N PLAC~D IN THE SKY, SIMILA R TO WHE:~E YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, ..._OULD BEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SlMILARITIEc; AND DIFFER E NCES BETWEEN THE COM~ON OSJECT A N D WHAT YOU SAW. 2:. :;)10 YOU NOTICE A~Y ODOR. NOISE. O R ~-'EAT E'-4ANATI~G F R 0'-4 THE P HENOM E N O N O R ANY EFFECT ON YOURSEL F , A"'IMALS OR MACHINERY IN THE VICINITY (""]YES (j NO. IF "YES,'" DESCRI3::. A Do"J THE PHE N 0'-4cNON DISTURB TH!:: cqO!J~D o q LEAVE ANY ?HYSICA L EVIDENCE . 0 YES [-j NO. IF "Y C:S, .. DESCRla E. LO'; liON. "'i,,:i A NYON E WITH YOU A T TH Tll'o4E Y0U SAW T HC: PH~NOMC:NON? f,l'YE> [j NO:' I F .. YES,'" OlD rilEY SEE I r f007 GJ YES 0 NO. ~-L I ST THeiR N.\\4t::S AND ADOR-=-ssC:S 25. WH ~N A"'D TO "HO M GIVC: THE: FOLLOWING INFORMATION A BOUT YOURSEL F FE' ... ALE NFOR~ATION N G OCCUP ATION AND A N Y EXPERIE NCE WHICH MAY aE PER,:tN -. NT. REPORT T n..;T YOU HAD SIGHT,- 0 THI S PH::NOM!::N0~1 ' Al.fERNATIV:::..Y PROVIDE~ N PR \ T I V .1 _XPL \~!\'riO,_. Or Ttl:: .>IG'1TINC. rm L p ft W S 'S M CtWil Of SZ tStr. , trc _.lC_C:C Or- rl Ex , c. o _ZJu rl( - I ~'1 - N DID YOU SEE THE PH~ NOMC:tiON' 4 . T I I ,I::: z 0 'J E ~/}-a A y LIGHT s ~vI N c s [ I sTAN 0 A R D C':::A.5TE [lCENrRAL ~lMOU N TAIN ~]PACIFIC [_]OTH~R 5 wi-!ER~ .11=:R::: YOU HHE~I YOU S~W Tl-i=: P '-l!::N O M::N O N ' IF IN CITY , GIVE THE NEAREST STH:::ET AODRC:SS ~\NO INDICAT=: ~'l A H~N::> D~AoliN MAP WH:::RE YOU WERE STA'tDING WITH REF!::RENCE TO THE ADDRESS. !FIN THE t.:OUNTRY, IDENTIFY n"'::: H'G '-! WAY YOU WEPE ON O R N EAR AN:) TRY T O FIX A DISTANCE AN::> OIRC:CTION FROM 50\12" RECOGNIZ,I)'3LE LANOMAR'<. I I, I I f--/J 6. "\C:NE YOU ARE A T THE ?OINT SH0.N I N TI-4E SKETCH, PLA C::: AN A O N THE CURVED LINE TO ShCH HOW HIGH THE P~:::l~1,4ENO,.,. W~S A30VC: THC: HORIZO'l. 0~ SKYLIN:::. WHE N F I RST SE:::N . PLACE A 3 O'l T I-lE' SAME ~U ~VFO LINE TO SHOH HOI't 1-iiGH A30VE THE HORIZO,"' T h E Pt-~ENOMENON WAS Hr1E N L AST SEEN. 7. IN THE SK C: TCH BELOW, PLAC:! AN A AT THE POSITION OF THE PH ENO~ENON WH E N Fl RST SEEN, ANO A a A 'f THE POSITION OF THE PHENOr-e!:NO~ "'HEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE TH2: MOVEMENT OF THe PH EN0)14l!NON BETWEEN ..t. ANO 9 " . THAT IS, SCH ~M., rtCALL V SHOW WH ~TH ER THE .tOVEMENT ,J.?,::.;::>.~-::0 Tu 9E STRAIGH r. C URVED OR ZIG-ZAG. R.:::FER T O :iMALLE R SKETCH AS AN 2XAMPLE Or HO'N TO CO-..PLETE Tl-1.:: LARCO:::R SKETCH. I OLli DO ; tJU ;,l'l rs ~ Sf:.C.:TI O N OF t clUILD~'I\o RESIDFN rtAL c,r:;(.. Tl ON Of-c 1 rY AS DRIVt:.R C OLIN TRY~ I DE L J .\:; P A 55 ENG E. R AIPPLAN!:: AS PI LOT [_} A S PASS ! N G E R FLYING OV!::R C l fY FLYING OV~ R OPE~ IF YOU WERE IN A VEHICLE. C 0 i'v10 L E T E T HE FOLLOWING : WHAT DIRECTI0:-.1 WERE YOU SOUTH WEST Y O U STOP ANYTIME WHILE OBSERV I N G THE PHENOME N O N , EXPLAIN W.-i ~ :-u ER MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN IT E MS 5 AND 6 . Oc:iC!ll !Jf:: TYP:: OF VC:HICLE YOU WERE I N ANO TYPE OF R OAD, TERnAIN on TRAVERSE:J DURING rH:: S I GHTING. STATE twr-IETHER WI NOO..YS O R CONVERTIBLE WER::: UP O R DOWN. HvW MUCH OTHER TRA~FIC WAS N O "fiC E DYES 6--NO. y ES," DESCqi3E WHE N THEY WEqE I N SIGHT R ELATIVE or= SIGHTING Tu:;: ?H::"-~VENCN A N D WYERE Tr1EY WERE RELATIVE TO THE POSITION OF EN O~IENON. HO..V LO'lG v'IAS THE DHENIJMENON IN ) < I CERTAI N OF WAS T~E P'""2:'10~ENO~ !N SIGHT CONTINUOU S LY' ~YES L NO. IF ' N O . " I'IOICATE HHETHER THIS IS DUE TO YO'JR MOVF.MENT OR THE 3EHA'-/IOR OF THE PHC:N0'-4ENO . N O DESCRIBE SUCH MOVEM ENT OR 8EH.O.Vt0R. IN:JI C A.TE JISA::> ?EAPANCES O N PREVIOUS SKETCHES. ~RHAN ,;:o. DID THIS A"~AMh;EMeN 1 CHANe,:: DURIN-:; Trl! S IGHTIN G , : 1 I. CONDITIONS (Ch e c k appropriat e uloC:<s. ) .j A. SKY B . Y.EATHER ~-T ' VILICH r CIR~US CLOUD S (lligh fleecy o r 1/nrint H ~ AVY R A I N J r-NIGHT bone) LIGH T RAIN O R DRI ZZLE ~ -<._ CLEAR Nl~aus CLOU D S ( R ain) H AIL ~ PARTL Y CLOUDY C U M U LONI"faUS C L O UDS S N O W O R S LEET I COa..?LETELY OVERCAST (T hWlde r ~ t Or1fl.S) HAZE 0~ SMOG NON E OF THE ABOV E C. I F ;H:! SIGHTI'fG WAS AT TWILIG H T O R NIGHT. 'N,..Af DID YOU N O TICE ABOUT THE ST.\RS .1\ND MOON? ! NOM~ B RIGHT MOONLIGHT / N O ~OONLIGI-iT I A F ::: ':'l M O O N .YITH HALO IJN ,<NOWN MANY MOON HIDDEN 9 Y C L O UDS U N ,<\:-fQ .-,N P \RTIA L (New o r quarter) I F SIGHTING W~S IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN VISI8LE:7 0 YES !Zl,N,C(/ ; IF yEs, WHERE WAS THC: SUN AS YOU FAC E D THE P'-IEN0\4~NON1 1:-4 r ~ONT Oo;: YOU TO YOUR R I G H T uNK N O 'ItN ..-SPE:CI;:'':' T H f.. ~AJOR SOURCE 0~ ILLU~INATI0\4 PQ~5~'1T OUR I"'fG T"iE S I G HTING, SUCH A S T H?: $ U N . H"'.:~DLIGHTS O R SrR!eT L' ll:, ~C.-FOR TERR~STRIAL ILL UMI\4~-ION. S;;J J ?I.ST ~ ... NCE T O LIGHT SOURCE. CIVC:: A B RIEF DESCRIFITION O F THE PHN0\4E'IO N , INDICATING WM?:THER I T APPZARED DARK OR LICHT, WHETHER I T ~E-:L.:::7EO L 1Gio4T 0,_ WAS SELF-L UMINOU S AND W"fAT COLORS Y O U NOTI CED. D!::5CRIBE YOUR IMPR::SSION O r WHETHER 17 HAS SOLID O R TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGE S '.IIERE SHARP O R FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHA?E 0~ INDIC ATC:: IF I T ,.>PEARED A~ A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OT"iE R O aSERVE D OaJECTS, Lll<i! S TARS, A L I GHT O R THER OaJ ~C T IN YOUA FIELD OF VIEW. l l't \ 'rr~, lvHT .:iTAND STILL Ao ~Uo:>::NLY CHANGO:: C OLOR? G IVE OF'r CHANCE ~J xl GMT N C:SS"' F'LAS"i OR l_Dt5APPEAR AND REAPPEAR? FI.UTT:::R O R WOB9LE~ NHAT DR~W YOUR TTEN fiO N THE PH!::NO NON? A. H'J'N Dl D IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR' 3. OlD THE PHENO--.ENON MOVE BEHIND 0~ I N FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A C LOUD, TREE, 01=! 9UILDI~G A T A N Y TIME I lj YES I J NO. I r yEs, DESC~IBE . 1 5. 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