Troy Ohio — September 1961

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Keywords: obiect, circle, clouclt, eathnate, objts, obiects, answered, thlnlc, quetjn, greuntirotl, atronortl, aatuo, ryatigm, cleacriptlon, atatementi, olaaerva, aornethlng, solid_, gtasa, leginnlnt, cijclthe, neatch, out4oorl, l0olcing, northwe1
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PROJ!CT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. COMCLUIIOMI D Waa Balloon D Prottaltly &.aln .::::&~.::...:.....8 li(QuetJn .. VIavol D GreuntiRotl D Waa Aircraft --D Proltaltly Aircraft IIX Po I W y Aircraft D Waa AtronoRtl col D Y oa . D ProltoWy Aat,.nelcel XXNo Civilian D PoaaiWy Aatuo,..lel 7. LENGTH OP RYATIGM I. NUMall OP OIJICTS t. COUitSI D Othor--------- 0 lnaufflclont Doto fer Eoluatlon 10. IIIIP OP IIOMTIMO s a 1. COMMIMTS not e sate ite. Satelli e like star, white glow approaching red, going would take 10-15 min to cover the distanc away. 1st objt looked like satellite with 2nd observed. \-litness also stated contrail or as booster following. Vaport trail 100-200 other evidence of propulsion occurring wi h following speed estimated 4-5 times that of objts. Sighting was probably high flying jet a/c. Travel straight SW-NE. At about 30 jet a/cas evidenced by speed and.contra ls. elev. 5 min between objts U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL IN FORMA TIOM SHEET (SUMMARY D~TA} In arcler that your Information be flied and coded aa accurately aa poaalble, pleaae:use the fol lng a to write out a .ahort cleacriptlon of the ..,ent that you obaervecl. You may,. peat lnfor that you have already given in the questionnaire, ancl adcl any f~er atatementi, or alcetchea that you bellev are important. Try to present the cletalla of the olaaerva tlon In the ard In which they occurred. Additional pages of the a llze paper "*Y be attached lfthey. need ... (Do Hot Write In Tltis (PI Print) U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL .INFORMATION SHEET This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much Information as possible concerning the unidentified .aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Please try to answer as many questions .as you possibly cdn. The Information that you givewill used far research purposes, and will be regarded as confidential material. Your name willno; be used in connection with any statements, .conclusions, ar publicatlons.wlthout your permission. We request .this personal information so that, if it 1s deenaed necessary, we maycon~act you f~ further details. 1. When dicl you the obiect? :2. Time of cloy: / f 5 ~ . (Circle One): A.M.. 3. Time Zone: r: -... (Circle One}: ~Eastern_... b. Control c. Mountain d. Pacific the obiect? (Circle One): a. Da~Ught._Saving JCY!andard --' State or Country 5. How long was obiect in sight? 5.1 How was time in sight determined? ~:Certain ) b. Fairly certain 6. What wqs the condition of the =slcy? Mtnutea Seconds c. Not very sure d. Just a guess 7. IF you sow the obiect during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object? (Circle One): a. In front of you b. In back of you c. To your right d. To your left e. Overhead f. Don't remember BR~o 164 This fotm supersedes A TIC 164, 13 Oct 54. 8. IF you aaw the obiect.at NIGHT, what did you notlce.concetning the STARS.and MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One}: 8.2 MOON (Circle One}: d. Don't remember a. Bright moonlight b. Dull. moonlight C-_c. No moonlight --.Pitch dar~ :d. Don!t reneember 9. The obiect. appeared: (Circle.One}: 6. Aa a light ' b. Shiny d. Don't renmber 10. If It appeared as a light, It &righter tha~ the brlghteat :atars? 11. Did the obJect: (Circle One ior each queatlon) a. Appear. to stand still at any time? b. Suddenly apeed.up and rush:away at any time? c. Brealc up Into part or explode? d. Give off smolce? e . Change brightness? f. Chang~. shape? g. Flash or fliclcer? h. Oisappear.ond reappear? 12. Did the obiect mwe behind aornethlng .at any time, particularly a cloud?. Don't Know Don't Know Don't Know .Don't Know Don't Know . Don~t Know Don~t Know Don~t Know (Circle One}: Don't Know. IF you answered YES,.then.tell what. 13. Did the obiect.move .in front of something at any time, particularly.a .cloud? . . (Cir~.le One}: . Yea ~ Don't Know. . IF you.answered' YES, then tell what 14. Did the ob;ect.oppear: . (Cirde One}: Solid_.- 15. Did you observe the obiect through any of the following? Eyeglasses Sun glasses Windshield Window gtasa b. Transparent d. Don't Know Binoculars Theodolite 16. Tell In a lew the following things al.out.the ot,lect. 17. Draw a picture that wlll:show.the.shapeof.the obiect.or .obiects. Lo~l:and lne,ude.ln your alceteh.any details of the ob :thot y~.aaw such aa wings, protrusions, .etc.,: and eapeclally.exhauat trails or vapor trails. Place an row.bnlde.the drawing to ahow.the cllrectlon.the obiect:waa.movlng. 18. The edges obJect . (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 obiect,.then how.many were there? _; r~2::::: . ""':".-.;. Draw a picture of how they.were arranged, .ancl put an arrow to 'lho ~ direction.that 20. Draw a picture that will ahow the motion thatthe oliect or obiecta. Place:an ''A" at .the leginnlnt of the path, a "B" at the encl of the path, and .ahow any changea.ln .directlon during the course. ciJclthe obiect. 22. We wlah tolcnow.the .a.lze. lcl:a sti length In llne.w.lth a know .. . obiect.Cmcl.note how.much of.the obiect:is covered . the heacl of.the neatch. If y~ hacl performecl:thls xperlment:at th~ time of the sighting, ho)' much of the obi~ would.have the head.? 23. Did the obiect.disappeor while you were watching it? If so, how? 24. 'In arcl., that you can give as clea;:a picture as possible of.what you:saw,.clescribe.ln your own.words.a common obiect ar obiects.which, when placed.up in the slcy, would give the s~me appearance.as the obiect which you saw. .-.. 25. Where were you located when you saw the obfeet? 26. Were you (Circle One) (C lrcle One): a. In the business. sect I a. Inside a building of .a clt)1 ) b. In a car " ~Out4oorL> . d. In an airplane (type) c. In open.countryslde? d. Neor an airfield? e. Flying over a city? e. At sea: f. F I y i ng over open country? ~7. Whot we.re ycM. dol.nt at the time you sciw the obJect, .and how did you happen to notice it? 28. I . you were MOVING IN questions: 28.1 What direction were you moYing? (C;jcle One) a. North . c. East b. Northeast d.. Southeast f. Southwest 28.2 How fast were you.moving? miles per hour 28.3 Did yov ltf)p at any time while you were looking at the obiect? (Circle One) Yes . No 29. What direction were you looking when you first 1aw the obiect? (Circle One) a. North c. East b. Northeast d. Southeast C?o!s tfi;.tw~av 30. What direction were you l0olcing when )IOU .last 1ow 'he obiect? (Circle OneJ d. Southeast f. Southwest .g . West h . Northwest h. Northwe1 t i. Overhead ;. Northwest i. Overhead 31. If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was from true North (thru east) and olsp the number of degrHs it was upward from the hori%on (elevation). 31.1 When it first 4?Ppeared: a . From true North degrees rom horizon ~ ... ~ ~ egrees 31.2 When it disappeared: a. From true North degrees. b. From horizon -;.) C .: degrees 34. What were the eonclltlon1 .at the time you taw the obieett CLOUDS (Circle One) WEATHER (Circle One) C~ .. clear.~ Fog,. mitt, or light rain c. Scattered clouclt Moderate or:heavy rain Thiele or heavy.clouclt e. Dont ren:em~ 35. When ancl clicl ~ou that vou had Men the Miect? 36. Wat anyone elte with you. at the time you taw the obiect? (Circle One) . ~ No 36.1 IF you.answered YES, did they ... the obiect.too? (Circle One) 37. Was this the fir1t time that you had 1een a_n obiect or obiects lilce this? (Cirde One) 37.1 IF yov answered NO, then when, where, and under what circumstance did you s" other one? In yout opinion what do you think the obiect was a~d whot might have caused it? 32. In the following slcetch, Imagine that you are at the point shown, Place an A on the curved line to show how high the obiect was above the horizon (slcyline) when you first saw it. Place a a on the sante curved line to show how high the C\biect 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 first sow it, and cr e at its position when you last saw it. Refer to smaller sketch as an example of how t~ complete the larger sketch . 39. Do you thlnlc you can eathnate the apeecl of the oltect? (Circle One} 40. Do you thlnlc you can eathnate how far away from you the obiect.woa? (CI~Ie.One) 41. Pleoae give TELEPHONE NUMBER ....... Matl411e He'" Indicate any additional lnformation:about yourself, including any education, .whieh.mlght:be 42. Date you completed this.questionnaire: