Springfield Virginia — July 1962

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PROJECT 10013 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS l. DAT!TIMC CROUP ._ TYPI! Ofl OBSERVATION c Was Balloon c Probably Balloon PoaaiOiy Balloon D:Grauncl-Visual GMT ' " -,.. 'I '7. 0 AI,. Vi.,ol 0 Air Intercept Rodar 5. PHOTOS 6. $CURCI! ~ Was Astronomical e ~ .:,. o ! " C GroundRadar Was Aircraft c Probably Aircraft 0 Poasibly Aircraft 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical 0 . No ' 1 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH 011 OBSERVATION t. NUMBER 011 OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other:---~------- 0 lnaufficient Dato for Evaluation C Unlcnown 10. IRtlfl SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS 34. What were the. conclltlona :at the tiMe you aaw the oblect? CLOUDS1Circle One) WEATHER (Circle One} b . Fog,.mlat, or.llght~raln cl. Thiele or J.~vy.clouda Don!t.reiMmber 35. When :OftCI to did you report .that.you:haci,IJ.the oliect? 36. Woa anyone else with you.at.thetlm you. saw:the obiect? (Circle One) 36.1 IF you answered YES,.did they IH.the obJect.too? (Cirele One} 36.2 Pleas list their names .and addresses: 37. Was.this the first time that you. had seen.an obiect or obiects lilce_.this? (Circle One) 37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and under what circumstances .did you s" other ones? 38. In youi' opinion what clo you thlnlc the obiect.was and.what mlght.have caused It? 39. Do you think you con estimate the speed of the obiect? (Cir~le One) Yes IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimote? _ ..0. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the obiect was? (Cir~le One) IF you answered YES,.then how far away would you.say It was? .tl. Please give the following information.about yourself: TELEPHONE NUMB Indicate any additionai information obout yourself, including :Jny education, which might.be pertinent 42. Dctte you.completed this questionnaire: U.S. AIR . FORC! TICHHICAL IMPORMATIOH 'SHEET (SUMMARY DATA) In .orcler that your lnforntation may be filed ancl cocled.as accurately as poselble, please use the .followlnt tspace .to .write out a short description of theevent that you observed. You. may r .. peat Information :that you :havealreacly given In the queatlonnoire, :and add any further comment, etatementa, :or eketchea:that you:belleve ore important. Try to preaent the detail of the obaervo the orcler In which they occurred. Aclditlonal page of.the:aon:e alae ~per:may.be attached lf:they .are (Do Not Write In This Space J SIGNATURl: tour letter o~ July 13th Jmov:2.- c1eat 1ntonation tor pr.:::~r 1s. CCIIIplete the attached rona and rail it hack to me. Since~lr. Lt. Col onel O'N"ice o f l:l.foznet1on Dear l:ajor H~; On the morning of July 13 at approximatly 2:30 E.D.T. I saw an Unidentified Flying Object. It was heading in an easterly direction. When I first saw it, directly overhead! it was travelling at an im* manse rate of speed. While still trave ling east it seemed to lo~se altitude and glow brighter.The l~st I saw of it, it was dissappearing behind some trees a few blocks from my house. This may sot,nd a little crazy, but I believe it landed. The thing was oval shaped and glowed a bright yellowish-white. I thought I heard a faint buzzing sound _but it might have been my radio because at that time some static-~ke interferebce came on it. I am sure e static on the radio was from the U.F.O. because it was only there While the 'thing' was in sight. I would appreciate it very much if you would let me know if you get any other reports of this. U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET This que1tlonnalre has been prepared 1o that you can give the U.S. Air Force a1 much InfOrmation .a1 po11lble :concerning the unidentified .aerial phenomenon that you have ob1ervecl. Please .try to an1wer.a1 many queetlona.as.you po11ibly.can. The inforrnatlon that you give will be ueed for rarch purpo1ee,.ancl will be regarded.a1 confidential material. Your name willnot be ueclin connectlon.wlth any statements, .conclu1ion1, or pub1icatlon1 without your permf11ion. We reque1t .thl1 per1onal Information 110 thot, If. It 1 deemed neceesary, we may contact you for further detai I i. When did you s" the obiec:t? Tim of day: :J 3. Time Zone: -., fC irde One}:" a:.--Eastern 6. Central c. Mountain d. Pacific Additional remarks: 5. How longwas obiect in sight? 5.1 How was time in sight determined? a. Certain b. Fairly certain 6. What wqs the condition of the .slcy? (Circle One): (Circle One): fa:J Daylight Saving l. Standard City o;Town c~ Not very sure d~; Just a guess (a. Bright 1). Cloudy State or Country 7. IF you saw the ob;ect during DAYLIGHT,.where was the SUN located as you looked at tne ob;ect? (Circle One): a. In front of you In back of you d. To your left e. Overhead c. To your right f. Don't remember FTC JUL 61 164 Thlform upened ... ATIC 16 .. , Feb 60, whlch 1 obealete. 8. IF you saw the obiect .at NIGHT, what did you notice .concerning the STARS and MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One}: d. Don!t remember 9. . The obiect. appeared: :f C ire le . One): ~ Aaalight ~right naoonlight b. Dull.moonlight c. No moonlight.-pitch clark d. Don't remember cl. Don't remember 10. If .it appeared as a light, was It brighter than the brightest :stars? 11. Did the obiect: (Circle One for each question) Appear to stand still.at any time? Don't Know Don't Know Suddenly speed up and rush away at any tin* Brealc up into pans or explode? Don't Know d. Give off smoke? Don't Know Change br ;ghtness? Don't Know Change shape? Don~t Know Flash or fl ic:ker? Don't Know Disappear. and reappear ? Don't Know 12. Did the objact move behind.something.at any time, particularly a cloud? , Do!''t Know. : I F. GU onsweret;i Y.ES,, .then tell -~hot 13. Did the obiect move in front of something at any time, porticularly.a cloud? (Circle One}: Yes ~q Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what in front of: - 14. Did the obiec:t appear: (Circl& One): b. Trans parent c. Vapor.., d. Don't Know Did you observe the object through any of the foil Eyeglasses e. Binoculars Sun glasses c. Windshield g. Theodolite Window glass 16. Tell In a few worth the following thlngs.about.the oblect. 17. Drow a picture that wllbshow.the,shape of :the oblect.or oblects. Lobel.oncllnclude:ln your.slc~tch.any details of the oblect :that ~O,..:eaw 'Such .os wings, protruelone, .etc.,-:ancl especlally.exhoust trails or vapor trolls. Plact an.arrow.bealcle.thecltawlngrto ehow .the cllrectlon:the oblec:t:woa.movlng. 18. The edges of the object were: (Circle One}: a. Fuzzy or.blurred b. L ilce.a .bright star c. Sharply outlined d. Don't remember 19. IF there was MORETHAN ONE obfect, then how many were there? _ a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to 'lhow.the dir~t;on that they were traveling 20. Draw a picture that will ahow the motion that the abject or obiecta made. Place.an "A .. at the beginning of .the path, a .. 8" at the end of the path, and a how anr chang In direction during the courae 21. How Iorge did the obiect.appeor.to you aa compared to an objec:t.wlth which you are familiar? 22. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stlclc at arm's length in 1ine with a known object.and note how.much of the object is covered by. the head of the match. If you hod performed this experlment:at the time the sighting, how i'T'UCh of the obiect would have been :overed by the match head? 23. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how? 24. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, desctibe in your own words a common obiect or obiects which, when placed up .in the slcy, would give the same appearance as the oojecr which you saw. . I Where were you located when you saw the obiect? (Circle One}: .26. Were you (Circle One} a. In the business section of.o city? a. Inside a building ~ ln .the residential :section of a city? b. ln .o car c. In open countryside? e;~ Outdoors d. Near .an airfield? d. In an airplane (type) Flying over a city? At sea f. Flying over open.country? ~7. What were you doing at the ti you saw the obiect, .and how did you happen to notice it? 28. IF you were MOVING ;N AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete.the following questions: 28.1 W~at direction were you moving? (Ci,cle One) a. North c. East b. Nortneast d. Southeast f. Southwest 28.2 How fos~ were you moving? miles per hour Did you s~op c:t any time while you were looking at the obiect? ( C i rc:le One} Yes N~ 29. What direction were you !ooking when you first sow the obiect? (Circle One) b. Nortneas? d. Southeast f. Southwest 30. What direction were you loolcin~ when you last saw Jhe obiect? (Circle One} a.. North b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest .h. Northwes~ <9 Overhead h. Northwest i. Overhead 31. If you ore familiar with bearing term (ongufar.direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the obiect wcs from true North {thru east) and also the number of de,rces it was upward from the horizon (elevation) 3]. 1 When it first appeared: a. From true North-&._., ':L --degrees. b. rom horizon -IJ-egrees. 31.2 When it disappeared: a. From true North. degrees. b. From horizon degrees. 32. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an A" on the curved line to a how how hfgh the obiect was above the horizon (akyline) when you first saw it. Place a "B on the same curved line to ahow how high the obiect was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw lt. f 33. fn the foliowins :orger s:<ercn p~ac~ or. A" o: ;he ,Jos:r:or. :he object wos when you lirst saw it, and a s at its I pos;1itJ:'I wh~n yo~ icc; s a .. 't, Rt-~er ~o smeller si<e~cn c en exampie of how ~o eomplete the larger sketch