PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS Wos Balloon Evanston, Illinois Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 1. DATETIME GROUP 4-TYPE OF OBSERVATION l:'oc Advertising Xl'<Ground VI auol 0 GroundRodar Was Aircraft a Probably Aircraft 16L040 0 Z 0 Air-Vi auol a Air-Interc ept Rada r 0 Possibly Ai rcroh a Wos Aatronoml col 0 P rob obi y Astronoml c ol Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH 011 OBSERVATION HUMBER Oil OBJECTS 9. COURSE a Other suffl c:lent Data fo r Evaluation 0 Unkno wn 3 min!.!tes one Northwest 10. BRIIfl SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :::iolid Objt-Ci. with l i ghts accompanied Confirmed a / c with a n low h1Jmm1ng sound observed to advertising l i ght. Viewed disaJ')p '3ar after three subsequent n i ght b y ohser v ~tion. Flight erratic Hynek impr ess1on objec t .vas an ad veLisin~ dir1 gible . v t s ibl overh~ad ~t Sl.~htin'..! ATlC .POR .. 3l9 (R&V l 6 Slt.P 52) U.S. AJR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET (SUMMARY DATA) In order that your information may be filed and coded as accurately as possible, please.use the .following tspace to .write out o short description of theevent that you observed. You may re- peat 1informotion that you :hove already given in the questionnaire, :and odd any further comments, statements, :or sketches:thot you. believe are important. Try to present the details of the observo- tlon1ln the order In which they occurred. Additional pages of.the:same size ~aper.may.be attached lf:thty.are needed. (lJo Nat Write In This Space) 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.os you possibly con. The information that you give will be used for research purposes, and will be regorded.os confidential material. Your name willnot be used in connection with any statements, .conclusions, or pub I icotions without your perm;ssion We request this personal information :so that, if . it 1s deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details. When did you see the object? Time of day: (Circle One): Time Zone: (Circie One): a. (Circle One):~ Day i i g ht Sov i n_g_.. b. Standara Where were you wh e n you saw the obfect? Nearest Po~tal Address Ctty or Town State or Country Additional remarks: How long was object in siqht? . 5.1 How was time in sight determined? c. Certain Q;--Foi ly certaif.i._; c. Not very sure d. Just a guess 6. What wqs the condition of the.sky? b. Cl.oudy <.:f SrighL-:.; 7. IF you saw the obiect during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object? (Circle One): In front of you To your left b. In bock of you e. Overhead c. To your right f. Don't remember f T 0 JU L 61 16 4 Thla form aupetsedea, A TIC 164, Feb 60, whic h Ia obaolete. 8. IF you sow t he object at NIGHT, what d id you notice concerning the STARS ond MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One): d. Don't remember 9. The object.appeared: (Circle One): 8.2 MOON ( Circle One): a. Bright moonlight d. Don't remember '10. lf .it appeared a s a ligh~, was it br ighter than the brightest:stors? 11. Did the object: (Circle One for each question) a. Appear to s tand still at any t ime? b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any t ime? c. Break up into pa rts or explode? d. Give off smo~e? e. Change br ightness? f. Change s hape? g. F lash or f li c ker? Di sop peor a nd reappear ? Did The o b ject move be hi nd something a t any time, particularly o d oud? 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, t nen tefl what it moved behind: Did the object move in front of something at any time, particularly o cloud? ( Circle One): Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what in front of: Did the object appear: (Circle One): T ransporent c . Vapor d . n't Kn o-w Did y ou observe the object through any of the following? E yeglasses Binoculars b. Sun glasses c. Windshield Theodolite d. Window gloss 16. Tell In a few words tne following things.about.the object. b. Color C.~,. I c ' I J 17. Draw o picture that willshow.the1shope of:the object.or .objects. label.and lnc:ludeln yoursketch.ony details of .the abject:thot yb~o~ :sow :'Such .as wings, protrusions, ;etc.,:and especially .exhaust trolls at vapor trolls. P.loc on.arrow. beside. thedrowlng 1to show .the direction. the object :was. moving. 18. The edges of the object were: (Ci rcle One): a Fuzzy at .blurred b. Like.a bright star Sharp ly o_y_ttlnea- d. Don't remember Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put on arrow to show the dft.r-t ion that they were traveling Draw a picture th'lt will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place on "A" at the beginning of the path,.a .. B., at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course. 21. How large did the object.appear.to you os compared 'o an object with which you ore familiar? 22. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a kn~wn obiect.anc:! note how much of the object is covered by. the head of the match. If you had performedthis experiment.at the-time of the sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head? ( c: --- 7 J .: I 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, describe in your own words a object or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the objecr Where were you locat e d when yo u sa w the object? 26. Were you (Circle One) (Circle One): a. In the b us iness.section of.a city? a. Inside a build ing C1:_.!n the res ident iol:secfionof a ctfy?-. In open c o untryside ? ~OutQoors :.: d. Near on a irfield? d. In on a irplane (type) e. Flying over a city? f. F I y i ng over open. country ? ~7. What were you do ing at the time you saw the object, .and how did you happen t o notice it ? IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle.o t the t ime, then complete.the following quesHons: 28.1 Wha t d irection wer'l you moving? ( Ci,c/e One) d. Southeast Northwest 28.2 How fasr were you moving? les per hour. 28.3 D id you stop a t any time while you were loolcing a t the obie c t ? ( Circl e One) 29. Wha t d irectio n were you !ooking when you f irst sow the object? Circle One) North . c. h. Northwes~ b. Nort he a s t d. Southeast f. Southwest What d irection were you lookin~ when you lost sow the object? ( Circle One ) (h. Northwe s t b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest If you are familiar with bearing terms (angufor.direction), try to estimate the n umber of degrees the object was from true North (t hru east) and al~a the number of det1r<'e s It was upwa rd fr o m tne ho,.z on (eu~votton) a , From true North degrees. b. From horizon degrees. 31. 2 When it di sappeared: a. From true North degrees. b. From horizo n degrees. 32. In the following sketch, imagine that you are a~ the point shown. Place an A" on t he curved fine to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first sow it. Place o "6" on the some curvd line to show how h ig h the object was above the horizon (skyline ) when you lost sow it. . n rne fo!1o;. ing :crger s-<e rc .-: pioce a:-. "A" or the posir;or. ~!1e object was when you .rirst saw it, and a "B" at its poslt ion w h!!t l "0"' ~C'"" !O''-' t . Refer ~o s meller si<e~cn o an example of how to compie?e the larger sketch. 34. What were the weather condit ions .at the time you saw t he object? CLOUDS ( C ircle One) c. Scattered clouds d. Thick or hovy clouds WEA"(HER (Circle One) b~mist, or light .rain c. Moderate or.heavy.rain e. Oon!t remember When and to whom did you report th'at,you.had,see'l the object? Was anyone else with you at the time you (Circ:le One) 6 No saw the object? 36.1 !F you ar.swered YES, did they ... the object too? (Circle Onej 36.2 Please l ist ' heir ~cmes and addresses: I 37. Was this t!-te f irst t ime that you had seen an object or objects like this? (Circle One) 37.1 IF yov answered NO, then when, where, and under wnat c ircumstances d id you see other ones? 38. In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might have caused it? 39. Do you th ink you con estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) Yes IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimote?-------..------- 40. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was? IF you answered YES, then how far away would you soy it was?~===========---------~ 41. Please give the foil TELEPHONE NUM information about yourself: Indicate any addit iono i information about yourself, ~ncludlng ::my education, which might be pertinent. 42. Dote you completed this questionnaire: