P~10JECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATtoH '-TYPE OF Oq$F.RVATIOM 2 GroL!n.l Vt suo I GM T ...,I ' " ' "' , .. :J Air-Vi .w a' 0 Air-lnhrc-llf)t Hadar ~.J No c:. n Li~n 0 Was A'1)tonomicc l 0 Probabl y A "tro""rni co; t1 Possibl y As1ronomi::<Jl 0 ln"uffldont Doto for Evalvorion 0 Ut'l\cnown 1. L.ENOTH Oil OI$JltVATIOI't I. )-IU~8!':~ o,-03J!:CTS lO. 8 ;ttE1' SiJ .. W.A.l'f ~ , SIGWTtNG 'J.j':~ct 1.i:~e-:-~:.ill ~ bri:;..~t st~ "..n tli:tht i' ~:y ~-t3~. Ob .l ~ct 3UJ~03edl:r =lto?.!)~l in ili a i:Uch co~flic;-.: l16 lni'orr.\.:"\ t i on . 'H 1.j :.till.:l consiJ.!:t~ tb~ po:>'libllit:r or-~ T,JX b~lloon. 'C..: 1<!rir.r~ 1 o n Hi thou~ t!l~ Dai:.a ) . Zi":~1er ?pe~d o r d~J.ra";i~n lil A'rlC l'OWM l19 (W&V 21 IU 12) ).t Did ihtt object disa~p"(l( whi t(f y ou were WtJtchin~ it? !f :.o, how? 15. Did ~h~ object nove b.ahind something a t any ~ime, p::orticularly o cloud: (C i re fe One): it moved S.hind: Don't K11ow. . '( 'lS I 16. Did that obi~t mov' in fro'lt ~f somoth;ng aJ ony ~ime, particularly a cloud? Yes \.._ N~ , Don't Know. lf you cnsw~r~d YES, rhm 1 .~': :1;~): l (Cir.: la Cne): i 11 front :or: 17 . Tall in a fw .vorda the following th ;ngs about the obj'Etct: 18. w., wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick ot crm' .s l~ngth i:'l I in 'Ni th o ~tlm'~n i ~c,:t .., ll")t~ ~o"t' i r.HJch of the obiect is covered by th, head of the f'\lOtch. If you had perforn~d thi:~ (JX}i~rim!!uf vr !:"'--(:.:. .,; ,:,& 1 sighting, how much of th object would have been covered by the mateh head? Drat o picture that wi II show the shape of the obiect ot obiects. Label and include in yfJUr J~ete~ r~rt .2-,1 'l!l " ; of the object :+tot you 30W such as wings, protrusions, etc., ond especially &>chaust trails or '10?~' ir.,i: s. Pice~ on orT~w ~side the dra'fll'ing to show the direction the obi$ct was rnov;ng. Do yov t h in!< y o u ~un o~timot!t th~ sp~ed of ~e ubjctci? (Circle One) 21. Do you think you can e~timate ho,-, f0r away from ~ou th~ ?bj~c~ wos:' lF yo\. onsw~red YES, 'hen how for away would you s~y ~: wo$? .:;;;;;::, l 22. Hh~r8 wer~ v ou located when tov s ow +he .Jbj~ct? I 2.3. w te ycu 1 ::,cl~ Ono!t) (C irclft One:: b. lil .a ~or c. Ou~doors J <1. In-on oirp:one (type) e . At sso \. c . In ope-.~ c C\Vn try.~: d~t ., d. N~ar o, -.1i'rfi~ ld? e . Fl,ing over a r.:i~? : f. i.: lying ov t" ~f?'!O country? 2-1. 1 rt'hat dcr~ction were yoJ moving? ( Ci rc/-, Oue) o. North c. E:1st ~l ilr.st b . Northeast d. Southeast f. Scu,hwelt 24.2 How fast were you moving? .rf'lil~s per hour. 24.3 Old you stop at any time while y ou ware lool<ing at the obiact? (Circle One} Y e s No 25. Did you observe the obiect through any of tne following? - / ~ ' a. Eyeglasses b. Sun glasses ~. '/11ndshi~io d . Window g loss e.. Binoculars f. T elescope !1 Theodolite 26. In or r that yov c a n gi ve o'i clear a p i cturl'! as possibl, of what you r,JW object or o bjc:ct:s which, wh~n placod up in th~ :;ky, wou ld givl! th9 scme appeoron'=._, o:; l'h~ .... ~,j~r;~ ... j~ lr. ;-},~ follo11ring .s:Ctcn, imogin~ ct y~t c:a ~! th~ ~)o i _,, o11n . ?hr:. J~" 'A .Draw 0 pictur that wiJi show th!t mot ion thot ths obittct cr ~bj~,;:t-s rnr:~.,:..,. Pi .ctt \id p~tn, o "B ' ' ct the! end of in~ path, oild ~how any chong i n dir~c~ion dun.-~ ,;i:: ~.:'. ~- IF ther was MORE THAN ONE obiect, thn how tn<Jny .vi),, ihttut? Draw a picture ot how they were arranged, a nd tlUt o n a rrow ro show th, 31.2 P!C~os~ l ist thei; namc.'Js tmd wddreSS'!:i: 1 EL~PHONE NUMaE ln~ir.at' any additional inforl":''ation obout yoursa lf, including ~1ny sp~ciol "xp.,rience, "'hic h n;~1hr L - p:;r~. ' Day M~nth Y ur { Information which you feel pertinent and \-lhich h n o t w.!equatsly cov!!r~d in , h!it u;~ci fic pointt. c f ~h., qulJstionnoir or a narrative oxp,anation of your sighting. REl'l.' Tl'l H.:':A'JQUAnT :::R5 ._-ORC.IGN TECHNOLOGY OIVl 510N Ul'liT"":O --~ \. T'L.:~ Ali-' c:"QqCE UFO Si.gh"tin6 (Ri vesville, '4lest Vi rglnia, 9 eb 61~) PB ( t s G-:1iser) unidentifi~d ooj::!ct on 9 li'e o 6 4 . !llllJ , II, LJ~'LSO~ 0 2lt'I r.:::.~ e~ i meteor o lo tz:l. st. f<)r evaluation. FO~ :::-3 CO~WIDER '-=D~put;r for Technology ond. Suo;;yst.ema 1 . Re? ort, 2 . EvaluA-tion FOH.:::lGN f CHNOLOGY U lV\5,01 l Alit FORCE ..iYSTCMS COH\.4~ND II?HTEO 'JT-'"f't!:t AI~ .:oFt~E 'Tf' f : -LDFCC/t!Ij:.J~ Gco r-g2 ~(ills/J 722:2/jb. .. :ro . t-er: Evaluat Lo il o Unic:.2n t i t icd A.c.cia.l Pn~no:u~non 1~ ~2~2,ence your ~equest o f JO liarc h 1 9 64 rL r: .-: -~s pee t to li12 teo r:o l o:_.;:L.: a l phenomena, a \f l l l tat 2. e.ce \:~:e no u .:.,Jsua l meteo.1..o l o:sica l phc.nornen:t o b s e.Lved bi;n:ing cJ a ~adiosonde balloon W3S conside:ed. Tb e routln~ .cac~::>sonde release .:r o m Huntington, Ho Va. for lO ?2bruary 1 96..:.. ai: OOOOZ was S ' ... (.Jjecte<l to winds Erom the south~vest, 2j0~ (as measured ::: ~ac:uvise from north), \vith spe~ds bet-vJeen 30 ,:;.:.d 5 8 knots . P. .tee tor analysis ~7hich a.ccount ~ f o r t h e eff~c: o .E all the ,,~:ious directions and speeds on the ballc>o~ trai~ indicates i t c0uld have been in the vicin~cy of Rivesville , Wo V3o a = the time of the sighting . 3. }loTNevet", the usual radiosonde balloon rise _ate is 1 000 Ieet pe.c minute which by the time of th~ sigh!:in g \-Jould pl.:1ce th~ balloon well above the ele vation \vhel.. ~ most o f t~esa balloons break. If the balloon develo?ed a d~iect ~r a slow leak at some high elevation it could conceivably r emain below the altitude where a large break would quickly -remove it from the sky. If this ~vas the case o n t h e e v ening 9 February, tne sighting was possibly the J:acil.osonde b1lloon from Huntington. L; (; T:-..::re is some other suppor t for thiti hypo tbe s ls (l The I~nti~g wind r eports 1Jelow 30,000 feet showed the deviatio~s in di~ection and s~aed of a typical wind d t strtbLLCi o n patt~=n. But above this level fo all levels the d irectio n nnd velocit:.J' tver~ r e ported "lS a constant 58 knots frorn 150 dt?c;r e::.. T Ls is not a n1rrnal ;:low pattern ~nd suggests that c:1e :Jalloon ~J~S no longer rtsin6. T~is ldea c ould b e ch~c~ed fltrt~er J.:!tciled "tvind a r')'!.l ysi.s \10ul d not ma e t~1.i..s '