3. OATETIME C~OUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION t)(Ground Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon Probably Balloon Po ssi bl )' Boll 0011 Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Po ssi I.JI y Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astro11omicol Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER Of= OBJECTS 10. nRIEF SUMMA~'!' OF SIGHTING2 9. COURS!: ln suffi ei ent Oato for Evnluction AT!C FORt,( 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 32. In the following sketch, imo9ine thtJt you oro at the point shown. Pineo on A'' on th3 c~rv.,.l t ..... ' ' high the object was above the hori1.on (skyline) when you First sow it. Place o a on th, w ''' show htJw high the object was abov~ the h orizon (skylint:) when you last saw it In the iollowing larger sketc h p:oce an "A" at th e position the object was when you fir5t , _ .. . positio;, when you last saw it. Refer to smaller sketch os an example of how to complet~ , .. . 34. What were the weatha r cond itions , , the t i me y o u :;ow the object ? CLOUDS (Circlo One ) WEt\ THER (( ircl~ On~) c;1eor sky_.. F og, mist, or light rain Scotter&d clouds Moderot~ or heavy ra i n T hi-:k or heavy cloud'\ Don't r emarnber When and t o who m did you report tha t . y .. had se en the obiect? Was onyone else with you at the time you s aw the object? ( Circle One) 36. i : F you answere d YES, did ihsy s e e the objtlct t oo? 3 6.2 Please list their names and oddre~ses: 37. Was this t he first time t hat you hod seen on object or obiacts like this ? (Circ:le One) 37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, whe rtt, and u nd e r what circumstances did yo u ~1te other on'!t~? 39. Do you think you can estimots the speed of th., object? (Circ:le One) No IF you 011swered YES, then what speed wuuld you ~stimute? \ ~ : (-, . ~-.- ' 40. Do you ~hink you con estimate how for away frorn you the obi~ct was? (Circl~ One) IF you o11swered YES, then how far away would you soy it wru ? -,_-_.,_ , .-...;;v;_-' ~..;.'-"'---- 41. Pleas~ give the following information about yoursetf: TELE?'-\ONE NUMB lndico~e ony additional information about yourself, including any education, which might.be part!:1~nt. 42. Dote y~.; c~ -:~l<3ted this que:;tionnoire: U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATIOM (SUIAMARY DATA) In order that your information may be filed ond coded os o:curotely as po.\sible, ploase u~& the following space to write out a .short description of the event that you observed. You may ro peat information that you have already given in the questionnaire, and odd any further comments, statements, or sketches that you believe are important. Try to present the d.,tai Is of the ob:ierva tion in tho order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the same size paper rray be attached if th'y ore needed. SIGNATURE_ DATE J ' (P leo rint) (Do Not Write in This Space) The ptanet Jupiter con b e seen in the southeast during July and is brighter than any star in th e sky. Sat urn rises earl ier but is fainter, James Stokley reports. ~ JllUI.l.l.\~T 11 'PITr.R h,t<; 1\U\\ come in to \ i '\\. r.: '1 :.:;, htt Still ~H1.1tnilll:IH ~ Wrn h.ts 11~,, ;l;"pC.tred. flc,th u( th .. ,._ phn('t' .trl' in Lltl' !)t)llth. r .t'-ttrn !lk). :ts .,~11'\\ n on the a.:comp.tnyin~ tn,tps. The-..: -r n w the he a ,~n:-as thq look ahlHll ]1 :''' IJ.tn., }'lHir O\\n ~ind of ~1.111d ml ti111~ ( . . .Jd one hour (or ~.bylight .,:\\ing timl') t t!-1~ tirst of July. Thc.y hl\e th e ~amc app.: .. :-1:1cc: ;m hour earlier at th~ miJJk vf Ju . :md two hours C.1rlic::r ,\t Jupi,cr i~ in ::'1c ..;outh~ast, in Capricnrnt., thl! homed g:;_,. Rrip,hta th.tn :my oth er pi.u,~t, or :~n:. stJ.r, lt i~ e:1sy tn identify. It ric;c:., in th ::ac;t about the time th.: -.t:n is s:.:tting in t.1~ \'.est. Dy th e time.: dt~ ~k} i:-. J.1rk it i~ ., d l in \icw. Sawrn is .1 :i r:lc brther west, in S;1h: .. wrim, r:.: n..::1cr. and rises son1c'' h 1: c.trlier tl m ! ..:,ncr. Although Saturn ' ) c-1t1 d i:t bril'i : -=~ tt) a bright fi.r.;t rn;.~g,i tuclc: ')til:, it : .:'1:1h about one-elt~' cnth , Summer C-;, .,stellations Appear E\.l~ndi:1g =~>.:.-. the southern sk~, !lon .... of the ch t:.t .. ... r:)::c and prominent con~-:! latinn' c,( tilt! mmer evening can be ~c::cn. Th~ mmt co:l'"icuous of the!>C is Scorpiu~, the ~corpion, ,;.htch i~ on~ constell:tti cn th.t ha'l some rest:m~ .. bn.::e to the thing aiter "lticb it is n~\mcd. A scorpion's t:Jil doc-; curl around in th: s.une manner :JS tht: 3t~r..; i n the patt ot the tigun: towan.l the.: hmiL"on. Farther up in Sco rpius is the star ..:.dk:J ,\ntarcs. This 11?.m-: means "ri,:-~1 of ~lrtrc;,'' aitd was given be.::rtu!>e both c;tar and pbn<:t have a simi! r r~J colM. To the: ldt c.' S ... l)";iuc; is Sagittarius, tht: archer, in ,d,i::.! .:--.1urn now stand.;. It i.; hard to ;,ce :111 .. :- .!r .:i~".ong these st.trc;, l1ut )'l)'J t.:3n rasil)' P . :, : .~x:n into a t-=apot. Th::: h~ndle ro the i ... ~: , :~:c G:er the R in t~1c ll.l!n.; ~tf the gir :.:, -: ,ne star mJp). It c:tn :llso be :.ccn a' .11-!lgure of tltt: "milk dipper." Th~. h.tn dlt_-oi the t~apot i~ the uu.\ I fJ( th dipper, while the handle nf tlr,tl implement c'Xrcncls upw:~rd into the eaput's lid. Lilmt, the sc.1les. is on the right-h:ntcl side ( I f Srorriu-;. Still brtltcr tu the rigl1t i., \ 'i rgo, the virgin, \\'itlt the first lll.tgnitudc \Ltr c.dlc<.l Spic.1. CcJntinuing to dw rigltt .1f thi-, grllliJ', y('ll C<II1H.: t11 I .l'n, tl.t li,n, \ hid 1 i ... ho\\ 11 <Ill tl,c tn.q t n( tlt e nordt<..Til :.ki~:~. And in Leo \<Ht mil hnd rltt tltird plttH t nf our July cnningc;-\Ltr'l. lie'''- l'\'CI , it 1'1 ,o f.1r :1\'.' lY (uc.trly ~lli),l)ltll.lll}[) tl,,,r it J. h hccn:n(' quite.: fa int. lh lo\\ drpj, I tn:tkt . II 'l'l"' 1r C' <.n f.tirH r Ill tol.jlli ''l Ill .\11 arc .;tvcr:d ollttr fir-.t n 1 .1gnitud~ ~;t:tr~ Yi:-.i tht\t.: Jul} ~\l..'lllllg~. Dirc..rh ahm~ Yirgo i-; Hoolt'l\ \\ ith hrilli.111 t Arcturu-.. :\nd lti_.!h in th~ r. tc;t, l-hO\\ n h.df on the north rn -.1-..y m:1p Jnd h:tlf on th<! soutlteru, ic; Lyra, th e lyre, with \ 't:S-!a. Hdow (~h(J\\ n ort Lh northern m1p) j., C}gnuo;, tlw :-wan, "itb J kneh . .-\nd to the right (on tlt c southern m tp) is AltJ ir. in .\quilJ, the cL'glt:. There :1rc l wo pl.\lll"t" not a 1 re<1d> n w n- tioned, which arc c;cmctimcs vi-.iblc tn the n.1kcd r ye; both of them come inttl 'icw during Jul> iu the early mornin~ ho1rl-. fin t o( these iS V l' Ill IS. [ t ::tppe.t rc; a bon; tlr<: 1101 thcn'lttrn lt11riznn ::tbout two hn11r-. hdor~ sunri,e, in Taurus, tltc bull. In hrightncs:i, it ju .. t abrnrt matches Jupiter. Sc~ond jc; Mc.:rcu r\' innermmt o( all tht: plctn~.:t-.. On Ju11e 19 it is hrtltcst c.1st o( th..: sun. For a few d .ty-; .1round this rime tt also will he.: vi.;iblc low in th~ nClrtlllast h.:fnrt: l'Unrio;e, but no t utltil th e sk y i:; drcady lri~lw.:neJ with the dawn. :\ow that Jupiter and Saturn h.t, t: 1 ::turned to the c.:\ ~ning .. ky after an .ti),Cflt.:C ot m.my montl1.,, it might bt: of interc.:M tu "t:e ' ' hy thc~e pia nets dn n<,t beco: nc visible ' t the same ti1ne C\ t'ry ye:tr. Jupiter has a yc::ar o f 11.~6 of our ~cars: that is, it takes that long for Jupiter w g<: once around the sun. \\'hen th e c.1rth, "itl, it'\ f:~stcr mr)vcrncnt, o:ert;.Jkt.:s Jupiter we sy th.11 pi 111~1 i, i11 "opp,.,itiou," in otlu. t \\ nrcb, it 1'-ditt:, t!y cpp.hitc: l(l tit~ \1111. Thi-; \\til h:tpptn Jul) l'i .m<.l tl1~11 Jupit ., ' ' ill [,,. :t ih clo,c-.t fur !Itt vt~.ll', n a cit~. t.IIIC~ ul about 1HI),()l){l,!lf)l) miJc~;, On July ~5, 19G2, earth ' ' ill h:l\ C' m :td{ ' compklt: ~ir\'uil n( it' nrl,il, b11t J11pi tl r \\ill '""'" h.l\ c moved about a t\\ tltth of tltt ,, .tv :.rnund its circubr p.lth l't u!lrtl .\u;!. ~I will '' c c.tlch up to Jnpit~.:r n ~vt \T,II, :IIHI :.11 tlttn th.ll pl.ll\l't \\.ill 1...: f.lr th t r l'.lo..t IIIWIIg tht ha ck;:ro11nd st:tr'>. Tit<' mo\ <'llt'lll ci Jupite r , li!,c rh.n o( e.trtlt .tnd orht r pl:'lll~t-., is cao;tcrly . Jiut if )'tJll \\.atch Jupiter (rom ni~ht t" nigltt, you \\ill find th at now it j, ntO\ in;! lm\;ml the \\'t':.t - from th<: con:.tdbtitm tf C:.tpritnrnu' iuto S:t~itLtrius. lh m otion i-; nuw ''rctrugradc.::" ito; 11\ll:tl rn u\'t.:lncnt to tlw <-.t.,t is "direct." Ancient Astronomy l n :1nc:icn t times, '' ltc: n eve n .1~1 ronotn<:ro; thought that the sun, the m oon and the pl~nct-. ~dl rrvolvt<.l awund the e:trt!t. thcv lt,tc\ l() d ev ise a C0111[11ic:-ttCd n1C'Chlllic;m t;> c:..rl.tin why Jupiter anJ other plant"l~ d n 11ot lJrO;{rc.::-.s stead il }' e.\ c;twarJ. The rJrbi t o( Jupiter, th~y s:1id, \\ac; primarilr ,, circk, whiclt tlu.:y C'llled tire clcft.rent. Hut tide, \Va~ not tbe p;tl It aloug whirh the pLmet mO\ cd. lmtead it JnO\c:J jn a sntJlt Lirde (ctlll~d an epi cycle), the ccnlc'r o f which 1 non:cl u n if urml y HOUIICJ. the c.ldr renr. \Vhr..:n thb faikd to explain all the o[~.;c.:rvl'd motinns they add..,.d .H.ldition.d (Information