Kettering Ohio — August 1962

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAHO 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCATION TYPE OF OBSERVAIION 3. DATETIMF. C !) CU? r.l" Ground Vi suo l 0 G round-Radar ~. PHOTOS c5. SOURCE 0~ 0 8SERVA'rJON S. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Was Ballo o n Proba bly Ball oon P ossibly Bal l oon Was Ai rcr oft Proba bl y Aarcr c ft Poss i bl y Aircraft Was Ao;t ro nomi col P robabl y Ast ronomical Po s si bl y A stronomical Insufficient Octo for Evalua t ion 10. BRIEf' SU y Ot= SIGHTING 11. COMMENT S U.S. AIR F ORCE TECHNiCAL .IN F ORM,.\"flON SHEE'T This questionnaire has b e tln prApored so that y ou con giv~ th~ U. S. Ai:-F~.-,rc..:e as a-...ch information as possible concerning tha unidentified .o~riol phsnoml!no n that y o u have ob3erve d .. P l ease ~ry to answer os many questions as you possib ly c dn. The information that you give w ill be used for research purposes, and will be regarded os c o nfidential matttri~l. Your nam~ wi II not be used in connection with any st<Jtements, .conclusions, or publications without yol!r p~rmi~sion. 'Ne r~quast this per:sonaf information so that, if it 1s deemed neces!Sory , wa moy contact you f-Jr further d~toi Is. 1. Wh&n d id youse~ the object? 2. Time of J oy: Mo"th Yoor A.M.. or P.M . (Circle One): (Ctrcle One): a. C:O:itarJ.l....-" b-:--cc~Tra 1 c. MoJntoin d. P.::1cific Where were you sow t he object? (Circle One )I.. a!_ D,E.ylight Saving ( _ b. Stan~cfortf.\ C ity o r Town 5. How long wos object in sight? 5.1 How was time in sight determined? a. Certain c. Not very sure d. Just a guess 6~ What was t;,e condition of the sky? 7. IF y ou saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was th~ SUN locat d d a s yo u lookod a t t he ob je c:t? (Circle On~): a. In front of y o u b. In bock of you d . Toyourle ft e. Ov~rh~od c. To )IOIJ! right f. Don' t remember a. IF yo u ."::lW th:, object.at i'HGiiT, whot Jid you notice COOCt;(.ing -h~ STARS ad ,,,,,r~:u 8.1 STAR~ (Ci:-cl1 One): d. -Don't re111ember 8.2 MOON ( Cirdc Ont:): b. Dul j n .. onl '~Jht c. !'lo moonlisht-pit:h .J.~r:. d . Do n't rem~mber 9. T~e o~ ject appeared: (Cir-::le One): a. As a light d.. Don't rem~rr ~,.,, 10. If it .::ppeared as o lighf, wcs it briqh~er than th" brightests?ai's? 11. Did t he obiect: Appear to stand still ot cny tima? Suddenly sp~.,~Lup ond J'\h away ot any ti~? 3reck up into ports or ex::> I od~? Giv~ oH smok~? Chang~ brightness? C hf.:inge shape? Flash or flicker? Di sappeor.ond reoppeor ? (Circlet Onet for 12. Did t he object rnove behind something at any time, porticulorly a cloud? ( C i rei a One): Don't Know. Did r:e object move in front of :somerhing ot ony tim~, particu~orly.o.cfoud? Don't Know. 14 . Did the object appear: b. T ron:ipor~nt (Circle One): 16 . Tell in o fdw words the fc 1lowing thin~p rJbout the object, 17. Dra""' a picture that will show the shape of the object or obj~ct5. Lob~l.ond inCiud ., in yo ur .:;ket c h ony d~tailJ of t he ~bject that you.saw such as win!)s, protrusions, etc., ond e!;peciolly exhaus t traib cr va po r tr~ils. Pice~ o n arrow beside the drawing to sl1ow the direction the ohj ~ct was.moving 18. The c!dges of th, obj.,c:t. w&r~: (Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurre d ,:'b._ Like a bright star ,~ Sharply outfin!td d. Don't r~member 19. IF th~r.., was MORE THAN ONE obj~ct, then how many were there? _ Drow a picturs of how they w!tre orrong.,d,.ond put on arrow to show th~ dir-,etion ~not they wer~ tr~v~ling. . 20. Drow a picture that will show the motion ~hot the object or objects mad~. Place on A ot .th bnginning of the path, a .. B .. at the end of the path, anJ show any chClnges in dir~c~ion d uring the cour ;.3. 21. How l:r~e did the object appear to you as comparad to an obioct with which you ore familiar? 22. We w:sh to !<now the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a k'nown obj~ct.ond.noht how r~ch of the object is covered by. the head of the match. If you hod perform.,d this t)xperiment.ot th!t time of the sighting, how much of t he object would hove b~en covered by the match head? 23. Did the object disappear.while you were watching it? If so, how? 24. In order that you con give as dear o picture os possible of.whot you sow, describe in your own words a common object or objects which, when placed up in the s1cy, would give the same appearance os the obi~t which you saw. ,. , > \ 25. Wh~re were you located wh~n you svw 1htt object? (Circle One): a. Inside a building b. In ~ car t-c.: OutdoOfs -: d. : ') ..'ln oir~lone (type) 2.). Were you (Circl~ Ona) a. In ~h~ busines~ ~:;)<:Cion o f .. , city? b. l<\ th~ re~idenHol tion of u cii'y? " -d;-N~or on oirfi.,ld? e. F. lying over a city? f. Flying over open country? ~7. Whor "'f~re you doing at the time you sow the objl!tc:t, .and how did you happen to notice it? 28. IF you w&~e MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE C?' other vehicla ot the tim~, then complete.the ~ollowing questions: Wha~ d irection W-!re you moving? (Circle One) a. N!)rt h Northeast 28.2 How fest Wt!re you movjng? ...... _"--miles per hour Did you stop ot any time while you were looking .ot the obj~ct? . (Circle One) Yes No 29. What direction were you looking when you first saw the objel!t? (Circle One) c:. East e. b. Northeast d. South-east i. Overh~d 30. What dir~ction were you looking wh!tn you .1ost saw 'he object? (Circle One) b. Nor;hecs t d. Southeost f. Southwest i. Overhead 31. If you ore familiar with becri~g terms (angular direction), try to estimcte 1he number of degrees the objeet wa' from true North {thru east) and of so the number of degrees it was upword from the horizon (et~votion) . 31.1 When it first appeared: a. From tru~ North -.. ->-degre~!. . rom onzo n 1 - _ ttgrees. 31.2 When it d i s oppeared: o. From tr1Je North" . degrees. 34. Wl11t w~re thet w -eather c onditions ut the tim~ you sow the obj,.,ct? CLOUDS (Circle One) o. Cl~,lr sky . F~g, mio;t, r:.r l ight ra in c . Sccri~r!tdcloud.s Mod~rot~ o r hoovy rain d. Th1c'< or heavy clouds Don't ram&mber 35. Whl)n : nd to whom did you report ~h.ot. y, .,, ttad s&en the obi~ct? 3 6. Wen any-one; else with you at th~ time you sow the obj~ct? ( C ircl, One) 36. 1 iF you onsw.,red YES, d id ;ney sel't th~ obj6ct too? 'Circf.., One) 36.2 ?;eO$~ list thftir norn!!s -::nd addr~,s~s: 37. 'Nos tni1 ?he first t ime that y ou hod sean on objllfct or obj-Kh liket thb? (Circle One) Yes No 37.1 IF y~u an$W~r~d NO, ~hen when, wh~r~, and under what circumstcmcGs did you s1Ht o ther on~:s? 39. In your opinio n what do you think th., object was ond what might hove coJsad it? 39. no you thin'< you con ostimatl't the ::pet~ of th obj ct? (Circle One) IF y <H) answered YES, the n whot spo~ would y.'lu \l..itimot~ .. { < you can estimat.., how f<., away fro m you the obj.,ct was? ( C irc/e One) Yes No If yoJ onsw.,red YES, th~n how fo r owoy would you say if was? _ 41. ? Ieos ~ give the following information about yourself: TEL~;:,~ONE NUMBER lndicc.t~ any additional informoion about your:J.,If, including any ~dvcation1.which mi9ht ~ f>ttrtin~nt. 42. DoteJ you c ompleted this qu~stionnairo: U.S. AIR FORC'= TECtiNtCAL INFORM;,\TJOH SHE'ET (5UrM-AARY DAT ,.\) In ord&r that your information may be fi:ed and code(J as o~curot,ly as p):J5;.b)e, t~l-ea U::!t the following space to writ., out a . short de5cription of the ev~nt that y\)u ob>;Served. You moy r~ peat information that you hove olrt'ody given i11 the questionnaire, and odd ony further comment,, stot'm~nts, or 5ketches that you believe ore important. Try to present the d!ttail' CJf the observo tion in the ordM in which tney occurred. 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