Alexandria Virginia — August 1962

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Keywords: circle, hange, north, conclu510n5, j35ervation, cdloon, aronomicol, h1ightest, st1iny, 3pearj, alurred, 045dgr, dis3ppearing, sp8ect, aporo, tn8teors, 1ihla, dtncription, obsflrv3d, nna1r, nment3, jtails, larvc, 5i1ej, lstionnaire
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PI~O.J::CT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLU510N5 2. LOCATION 3. OATE-TlME O~P . A. TYPe OF OiJ:iERVATION .: .. ~ Ground-Vt suol 0 Cro~'u.l R odnr ! 0 Ai,... Ve suol 7. LENGTH O F J35ERVATION I B. NUMSER OF 08JECTS 9. COURSE 0 A ir-Intercept Radar S~v vari eo n Vlo-r,. 8 cdloon Prot,obly 8clloon Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircrt.lft a Probably Aircraft 0 P o s5i bl y Aircraft 0 Woo; Astr?nomicol 0 P robably A::aronomicol 0 Po '5~ibly A stronomical ci< In suffi ci ~nt Datn for Evaluation 10. B~lct.: 5U.Y.'w'A~Y OF StGHTING -jll. :Z.;~ s.:J.p~d obj .vith red light as bright ~s h1ightest star. St1iny. Stood still, c :, -" ": d 3pearJ & bri ght ss i n 15 sec- or.~ sighti~g. Gave appearance of being so 1 i.d. alurred .vhen mo 11 :15 o P.ound when slo~ed uo. No soundo Random movement~ Ob::;3rved ! irst in N:V & then disappear a~ ovar horizon in SW. Initia l ob3erva- tion at 045dgr dis3ppearing at 125 d~r~ Slowing down occured when it was near n. s-t:.ar. ATIC PORM 3 2 9 (REV 26 SEP 5 2 ) Dist~nc-o ~ d_l;:a~ion of sightl~.~ d cvia tion i n <>Jurs a ;:;/ a bt>up t c hange s in fli~ht path~ Possibt~ illusion~ Sp8ect ch~ugos atttl- btt ted t o the c l o..5e aporo..{itna tio il o i vision. 'l'he our~--cLon o.: 13 speed of ~ rl~r per sacond i s po:=;slble for tn8teors htl'vevd~, i s i n exces~ for hi~h f ''in~ ,~ ,c. P .. roo ~oJ.y ttl<:fteor s1.~;hting but d ai:a not CI'.P " C lu~1~ve .. U.S. A~R .FORC; TECHNICAL INFOR TION 'Si-U3ET (SUMMARY iJAT A) In ordH that your lnformction.may be iiled and cod~d.os occurat.s!y a, po~1ihla, plaa.se.us~ th' following spac~ .to .wrhe out a short dtncription of theevent that you obsflrv3d. You may ro i nformotion :that you ha,e alr.sady glv~m In the que:sti ~nna1r, :ond add any further co.nment3, st~t~rnents, or sk~tches:that you.bet;eve ore important. Try to pr~nent the dl!Jtails of th~ ob:larvc ti\)n in t he order in which they occurred. Additional pages of .th'.t:s omtt !>i ~oper:moy ~tf cttoc:,ed lf.~h!y.are naeded (P.I.tas P.rtM (lJo Not Writ" in This Space) -'tar at-- U.S. AIR FOHCE TECHNICAL INFORMATIO~ 5i1EJ:T This qu'lstionnaire has bsen preporod so that you can givo the u.s. Air Forco OS mucn information C1S po!\sible .concerning the unidentified .aerial phdnontenon tho~ you hav3 observed. Pie~se t ry to answ~r os many que;;tions as you possibly can. The infortnCltion that you give HiH be us~d For research purpoJes, and will be regarded a.s confidential material. Your nome will not be used in connection with any stat3ments, .conclusions, or pubt icotit"Jr,$ without your permission. W ~ reqJest. this personal information :so that, if. it h da~m~d necessary, we may contact yoo fot rurt.,~r detoi Is. 1. When di~ you see the object? 3. Tirre z~ne: -~- (Circle One}: a. \,E-::stern' b. Ce :-al c. Mo untain 4. Whore 't'~re you when you saw the object? (Circle On a): A.M. or P .M: (Circle One): a. Dayiight Saving b. Stondard City or Town State or Countr1 Additional remarks: 5. How longwos object in sight? 5.1 How was time in sight ~et~rmined? ~. ~oirly certain ~ c. Not very svre d. Just o guess 6. What wqs e ::ond it ion of the .sky? DAY NIGHT ~ a. Bright a. Bright ~ b. Cl.oudy b. Cloudy ?. f F you saw. the obiect d uring DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you ioo!.ce d at th~ ob~cc~? (Circle One): a. In front of you b. In bock of you c. To your right d. To your ic ft e. Overhead f. Don't rememb~r fT 0 J!J l. 61 164 Tht'1 form ~"l-p:-.rde AT!C lll S, F~h 6~. whlch I"' Jh-"oln!c . G. IF yo11 ~ow t ho vbj~ct. a t N IC:-tT wha t did you r.vHco concern it~!) th . .-ST Ar~s rmd MOON? 8. 1 STARS (Ci .. cfe On.').l: 8.'l MOON (Circle One): a. Bright moon! ight Dull moon!ight ,No moon! iuht -pitch dar~ ~ Don't re.n~mber Don't rcn:unb:'!r ~ 9. Th" ~.b j ~c~ appeoreet: a . l~s o lig 1 ~ 10. lf.it c;J;:eored os.o ligh~, wos i~ D:-1gh~or.thon tn~ brightestr;!ars? d. Don' t ramember (Circle One ~or each que3tion) A ?')eor to stand stil l.ot c.-~y Don'~ Know o. S:;d:!~niy speed.up and r u st- :.woy ar any time? Don't Kno w btea.<:up tnto parts or ~xp;:> ~. Don't Kr.ow G: u~ off smo:<e? Don'z Kno~ C hange br inhtne~s? on t f\now .....n o:1ga. shop~ Don'~ Know flc3h or flicker ? Do.,~t Know h. Di.s,lppear.c:nd reappear? Don' t Know Did the object move behind 'SOm~thing ot any tim", particular ly a cloud? (Ci;c/a On~): D o n ' ; Know. if you answ~red YE3 rnen ~eil what 't3. Did the oc; e-:r r1ove in front of something at any time, par ticularly. a . cloud? Yes ( No ,i Don' t Know. ~ F you answered YE5, rhen veH w!1ai ; ~7. Drt1'1"' a picture that witlshow.the;shape of.the obiact or obiects. Label.and include.ln yot.~r sketch any d~toil:; of th~ obi ect. that you :saw. such .a a wings,.protruslon5, .etc.,-.and e'pac:iol!y .exhaust trolls or vopor trail~. Pia:~ on urrow beside.fhedrawing:toshow.the dir~ction.th~ obiect.wns. rr.oving The edg~s of tne object. were: ( Circ ltJ One): Fuzzy or blurred b. l ike.a bright star c. Sharply outlined d. Don~t remember 19. IF ti-ter~ was MORE' THAN ONE obJact, then how many were th!tre? _ Draw o pkture of how they were arranged, and put on arrow to '5how.tne dir ... ~tion that. they were irov'!Hng . Where were you located whan you sow the object? (Circle One): a. Inside a bui I ding b. lrt Q car c. , Ovt~oors ~ d. In en cirpJone (type) 26. Wefe you (Circle One) a. In the busines:a section of.o city? b.(ln the residential.:ssction of.a city? , c. In open countryside? d. Near nn olrfield? e. Flying over a cHy? f. Flying over open.country? ~7. Whot were you doing at the time you saw the obiect,.ond how did you happen to notic, it? IF you were MOVING lN AN AUTOMOBILE .or other:vehide.ot tne time, then complete.the follow,ng ques!ions-: 28.1 W~ot direction were ~ou moving? (~i1cl~ On")) ~ b. North~ast d. Southeast f. Southw.:tst h. Northwes~ 28.2 How fqs~ were you movir.g? miles per.hour. ~8.3 Did you stop at ony time while you were loo~ing at the object? (Circle One) 29. What d!rection were you lool<ing when you first saw the object? (Circle One} . h. ( Northwest' a. North .c. East b. Northeast d. Southeast .f. Southwest i. Overhead 30~. What dir~-:-+;cm w~re you look in~ when you. last sow 'he ob;ec:t? (Circle One) a,. North h. Nor~hwesl} b. North~ost d. Southeast f. ( Southwes? 3l. H you oro fami l ior with bearing terms (angular .direction), try to estima~e ~he number or degrees ~he objact W~:J from true No rth {thru e~st) and also the number of de,rr-es it was upward from tn~ horiz on (E11~v\:ltion). When it first appeared: From tru~ North degrd-itS. a. From horizon _ de!)rees. 3l.2 \'/hen iT disappeared: Fro:n trua North F ro'TI horizon =:2, 1,, th~ fvilowing ~ketch, in<J~ine thot you ore o~ tno point sh..:~wn. ?lace on A" on th!J cu1vod i ii1At ~