Indianapolis Indiana — August 1960

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Keywords: circle, object, iollowing, obfect, answered, sketch, bdiana, ivafjon, nuw8ett, wvffi, izrrers, hformatior4, 3poce, jtotements, observl2, jnformatiq, llofion, ervetd, nece5, nhert, posrol, moonlif, rhrougn, lescooe, vopoj
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AIR F ORCE TeCHNICAL !HFORMATiOr4 Sl1'EET (SUMMARY OAT A) in md~ rhot your in;ormotion mo y be filed e nd coded os occur or'!i y o~ po~3ible, ;:> l~o!le u5e the iollowing 3poce to write out o short description o f rhe eve nt that yoiJ oiJs,rved. You may rtt- peot information that you hove already given in the questionnaire, ond add any further comments, ?Jtotements, or sketches that Y"U believ~ or~ important. Try to pre~ent the deraiLs of the observl2 tlon in the order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the some size paper may he attached if they ore needed. (P!ease Print) U.S. AIR FORCE TEC!'iNICAL JNFORMATIQ,~ Siic : T Thi3 ~uestionnoire has be~m prepared so that you con giv"! trv~ U.S. ~ir .::.':Jrc~ os ;nuc:, inf or'llofion o s possible conc~rning the unidentifi!td aerial phenom~non ~hot you hav~ ob~ervetd. ~'ha.!e try to answer as many que.!tions as you po,,ibly can. T he information that you give wiH be used for re!eareh !'Urpo,~s, and will be regarded as confidential mot:!riol. Your nome will not be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publ icotions without your permission. VIe request rhi! personal information so that, if it 1s deemed nece5.sory, we moy contact you for further c!etoi Is. 1. ':Vhtm did you see the object? 2. Tame of day: Hour Mf,ut.s (Cirele One): 3. Time Zone: (Circle One}~ Eastern (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving b. Standard c. Mountain d '. Pacific ~. 'Nhert! were ou saw the objtJct? ,,.orest Posrol A City or Town State or Cou,try 5. ~-:ow long was object in sight? How was t ime in sight deter~ined? ... ''{'~ot wc:s the condition of the sky? a . 3 r ight ~; B right b. C!oudy b . Cloudy i. = . " u sow rhe o bject during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you lool<~d at he ooject ? rir:f,. Ont!)~ o. Jn front of you ..: . To 10ur right d . To your Don ' r r-erne,,o~r 8 . !F you jaw :~t! ooject a t NIGHT, wnot di d y o; notica concerning the STA~S and MOON? 8. 2 OON (Ci rr:le One ): a . ,' lone o . Bright mo o nlight b. Dull moonlif'Jht No moon light-pitch da rk d . Don ' t reme mber Don' t r emember 9. The ob ject appeared: (Circle One): @ As a Jight d. Don't remember l o. If it appeared OS 0 I ight, was it brighter than the orighte!St stars? (Circl~t One): Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what ,3 . Did the obje~ move i n front of something a t any time, pcrticularly a cloud? ( C ircle One}: Yes @ Don't Know. IF y o u on5wered YES, then tell what Did the object appear: ( C ircle One): b. T ronsporent c . d. Don't Know ;, J v o u ob s.,rve t ne objec t rhrougn any -:>f the folio~ ir'l~J? I E '" e g I o s s e s 0 I flOC :.J I Or~ T e lescooe ,nds;,ie id r :,eodo; it~ 'r nco"'f 16. T II in a few words the following things about the ob ject. C":/n/Y&&OC'.-~LPlC - j]. Draw o picture that willshow the.shope of the objec~ "'objects. Lobel and includ" in yoor sketch ony details of the ob;ectthat you sow -such as wings, protrusions, etc., and esp~cially.exhaust trails or vopoJ traits. Place an.orrow.beside.the drawing to show the diraction the object was moving. 18. The edges of the object were: (Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred QJ Like a bright star c. Sharply outlined d. Don't remember i9. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? ;. ,._./:_/:' J.-.7 _ Drow a pich.we of haw they were arranged, and put on arrow to show th., direction that they were traveling ... 0 . Or,..., a pktur!! Jhat w!H !MOW tJ..e mot i"" thot t he obj~ct or object ! mode. Place on ",.\" '11 the beginning "h" .::x1tn, o " 8 " at the l!nd of the P<'th, and l~w ~ny c hanges in d irectio n during th e coJr 21. Ho Iorge did the obfect appear to you as compcwed to an obfect with which you are iami 11ar? 22. We wish to ~now the angular 1fn. Hofd a HIJGtch stlclc at arm's length In line wi~h a known obJect and note how much of the obfect II co by the heed of the match, If you hod performed this experiment at the time of the tightfng, how "'uch of the oOfect would hove be.n co"Yered by the match heed? ~. Old the obtect disappear while you were Yfatchint It? If so, how? 2.1. In ord.r that you can give 01 clecr a pictwe 01 poltlble of what you saw, describe in your own words a c ommcn object or ocieetl which, ...,;,., ploc:ecf ~ In the slcy, would give the tcme op~arance as the obJect wncn you taw. '/n~re werff you i O<:ote d w hen y o u ~ow the object ? (Circle On"!}~ ms ide a bui idi ng (_(;') Outdoors in on airplane ( type) (J, 26. Were you (Circle One) a. In the h usinl!l'~ :secTion o r o city? () In t he residential Htc non or 0 city? c . In open c o u n lry , ide? d. Neor on a irfie ld? e . Flying. over a c ity? f. Flying over op~n country? 2 7. ',V't,c:rt were you doing at the time yousow the object, and how did you happen.to notice it? j 23. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehiele.at th3 time, then complete.the following que,tfcns: What direction were you moving? (Ci,c/e One) a. North c. East b. Northeos t d. Southeast f. Southwest 28.2 How fast were you. moving? miles per hoVf' ~3.3 Did. you stop at any time while you were looking at the obiect? (Circle One) h. Northwest Whatdlrection were you looking when you first sow the object? (Circ/, One) (~ Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Nodhwest i. Overheocf '30. 'Nh01 direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One) ..,. North c. East South h. NOt>thwest Lb) Northeast c:f. Southeast f. Southwest i. Overhead 31. If yoJ ore familiar with bearing terms (angular dirKtion), try to estimat e the number or d~rees the object was from 'rue North (thMJ east} and aJso the number OT degrees it was upwofd from !he horizon (e levation). 31. 1 ':Yt..en it first app.ared: o. From trve Nortn degree. :, . From hcri ron d e graes. o . from true North. d e grees. b . Fr,m h~izon degrees. 3~. I n tne iollowing sketch, imof}ine rrtor you are ot the potnt shown, Ploc~ nn A" o n t h e cur,~d line to !~c , l j,~;, rne obJeCt was above tne h orizo n (skyline) when you fi, s t sow it. Place 0 a ~n the some curv~d fir ... ~ .... c;~o., how hign the object was above the l1oriz.on (s~yline) when you lost sow it. ~ -~3. In th" fo II owing larger sketch place an A at the posit ion the ob j eel was when you first saw It, and a 8 a t Its f I O'>Sttion when you last ~aw it. Refer to smaller sketch os an example of how t o complete th'! larger s~etch. t ~J. \i~10t -.v~re the we~ther conditions a t th e time you sow tht! object? CLOUDS (Circ!e One) WEATHER (Circl~ One) ~; Clea r sky b. F og, mist, or I ight ra in c . Scatter~d clouds c. Moderate or heavy ra in d . Thick or heavy douds e. Don't remember 35. When and to whom did you report that you had seen the object? /t/,?7//rt' ~ /4'?1 / /)1 /c! Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the ob;ect? (Circle One) IF you answered YES, did they see the ob;ect too? (Circle One) :6.2 Please list and addresses: '7. Yo'S this the first time that you hod seen an object or objects like th is ? ( Circle One) -7.1 l,= you answered NO, then when, where, and under what circumstances d id you see other ones? "' yo;r optnion hat do you th ink the object was and what might havl! caused it ? -? / f n . f)., y o u thin~ you con t~tstimate the spe.,d of the object? ( C ircie One) IF j'OU a n!lwered YES, then what 3peed would you estimate? ~0. Do you think you eon estimate how far away from you the object was? (Circle One) Yes No 1/f/ liP!'? AT/1'/ ;?ft,C,e'. I IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? _ l i . Please give the following information about yourselF: Firat Name . MiCi(i le Na"' TELEPHONE NUMBE indicate any additional Information about yourself, including any education, whrch might be pertinent. 2. ''J.:~te you completed this questionnaire: Man'h Yec~r