Alexandria Va — February 1965

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l. DATE Tri!AE GROUP 2. LOCATION Alexandria, Va l . SOURCE ... NUMBER OF OBJECTS 10, CONCL.USION OTHER: BIRDS Birds such as Gulls. 11. lltiEP' SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION four minutes Looking East, bright sun behind observer. Clear sky. Obj coul d ~--------------------~have been reflecting sun. Erratic motion, Obj appeared as a soled 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ti or light. Sharply outlined. Portions of observation includec ground visual stationary flight. Obj flashed or flicke~ed, no sound, color -.--c-o_u_R_S_E ~silver, n o exhaust, obj descended from nearly overhead to about 30 deg elev. ybe ten objs, just bright balls, objs trendom small, lllUCh smaller than. an a/ c . Random motion, departed the -.--P-H_O_T_O_S ~area in a H~sterly head i ng. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL IN FORMATION T hi: questionnaire has been prepared so that you can giv& th e U.S. Air Fore& 05 much information a:s possible concerning the unidentified aerial ph~no1nenon tha t you !-lflvD ob~ef'.'&ri. Pleau try to answer as many question as you possibl y con. The informotlon that y uu g ive will b~t used f01 research purposes. Your name will not b~ used in connection with ony st'=lterrwtn'i~t conc:lusions, or publications without your permiuion. We request thi.s personal Informatio n s c that If it is deemed necessary, we moy contact you f01 further details. 1. When did you aee the object? Ooy Mollth 1. Time of do! L9_CJ._Q_C k (Circle One): A.M. 3. Time Zone: o. nternJ b. Lentrof (Circle One): (Circlo t)ne): c. Mountain d. Pacific 4. WhMe were y<N when you sow the obJect? Stota-'~ Countt City cr T own i 5. How long Yrot object In sight? (T...,tol Onotlon) o . C.-.rta in c. ~iot very sure d. Ju:st o gues'l 5.1 How wos time i n si;ht determined? ----=-.... .;.--4."-= 5.2 Wos obj,ct In s ;ght continuously? a . Bright 7. lr you :::aw ~ho objact dur ing DAYLIGHT, wh~tr~ was to~ SUN loca ted a:s you lockeJ cl th., ol,i t7 f. Don' t reml)mo~tr 8. If you sow the object at NIGHT, what did you notice conc<:tming the STARS and MOCN? STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle 0,.,): a Bri~t rn0lllight b. A fow b. Dull m01l ight c:. Mony c. No moonlight -pitch dork d. Don't remember Oen' t rommber What wer~ t he weather c:ct~diticn a t th t ime ycu ~aw the o b jec ' ? CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One): a. (fl!ar ~k_l) b. FogJ mist, 0( light rai n c. Scotterod clouds Modafota or heavy rain d. Thick or heavy d cud'l d. Don't r e membe r The object appeared : (Circle One): o. cs:arrv T ran1ooront o. on' t r emember If it oppeorad at a light, wen It ~ighter than th briGhtst s tan ? ( Circle One): c. A~ut the s o,. Don't. knnwj CofTipor ::,,!1hrnu to so,.,. cnmrnon !lh!c:t: i2. Th "at;;es oi the ~lOjeCT were : (Circlot~ 0 1,e): Fu:uy or blurrd b. Lilce a br ight star c!'Sho~plY' ouHinea) Don' t rememb-er a . A;:>pflor to stand ..t ill at arty t ime? b. SuddMiy spettd up :md rv:th away a t a ny t imtt? c. Br.,ok up into port!l or up!ode? d. GiY" off smox,:,? e, Chlln bti~tn&:s1? Don't lcnow Don' t lcno-.:~ DDn ' t :tnow Doo't knew ."Den''iltr~ C (;OJ t i(,"IOW D id the object disoppeor whi lo you were .,,etching it? If s o, how? 15. Did tho object move behind something at any time, porticulllrly a cloud'? ( Ci rei" One): Yes Don't Know. IF you answered YES, thnn tt!ll whet it moved behind: _ Did tho objec:t move in front of !$pmerhing atony ti me, particularly a cloud? (Circle One): Yes Don't Know. IF you answered YES, th~., t~!l wi1tJI in front of: 17 . Toll in a few words the following things about tho object : no sound a t lo_Qked sil_y:er . We wish to know tho angular alzo. Hold a match stick at arm' s length in 'lintt with o known ubje c t and n~l{. t1:.o-.v muc h of tho object is covered by tho he<~d o f the l"(lotch. If you had pttrformod this oxperimont a t th tim; ._1f 11 :~ sighttnQ, how much of tho ob;ect would ho"lt been covered by the matc h heod? und"!r~fjand Draw a plctur thnt w ill show the sha,. of the object or objects. L-::bel and include in your s ketch any detoil' of the objet that you saw -such os wings, protrusions, etc., and eapeciolly exhaust trail or vopor trails Ploce on arrow be!ide the drawing to $how t he direction the object was moving. mh i s objnct l ef't no exl:\aust or.i~c+, l0okccl 34. Oat you completed thia queatlonnolre: 3S. lnfotmotlcn whlc:h you fel pertinent and which Ia not adequately cov"d in the ap4tc:lflc points of th. queationnalre Cf a norrotiv explanation of your alghting. 2l. From what I saw,this object seemed to be very hiFh up. _ It looked as hi~h,or hi~her,then an airnlan~ would ~o The object3 \'lere small , much smaller then an airpl:!ne would he.Put the brightness made the ohj~ct noticea~le. The brightne s s of the,ohject could of ~ee11 causerl by the sun rAfl~ctinp aFenst it.Put it is possihlc, a lso, that the object r;ave off it'5 own light.These objects were dircct;ly abovP me. I had to look u p in order to see them.29. I am not sure how ~any o~jects there w~r~. I think thore W!re about ten at the mo5t.The way they fle~.-r 'ra.s stran tZe . ':'hey would stop in mid a i r at t irne3 tfuen I first saw these objects,they didnt want to leave the area th!y were in,but still they were moving . They would turn around and ro rack and forth,~ut ~ach one h::1d a path of it' s mm.After ~ '\ hile,these o'bjects I h ave never s con anything like these oh,j0cts ~efot.:.r. In th followln8 alcetch, lma;lne thot you ore ett th point :shown. Plae on "f.." or. 1he r.urv.,l'! lm~ to show ho .... high the obiect woa above the horl%on (s\cyllne) when yw first sow it. Place o "B., on thtt c~me c urved line 1<"> show how high th objct was above the horizon (akyllne} when you last !SCJ'.al it. Ploce ~n "A" on tho compou whn you lltJt sow lt. Plac o "8 '' on th ~ompon whers yt~u lo:~t sow th o bjct, 28 . Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects mcdo. P .laco on "A" at ~ho begln11i.1g ot ~ho '"' path, a "B" at the end of the path, and show any changes in dJ~ction during the ~ouraet. ~ 29. IF ~hrtt wa.a MO('E THAN ONE obJ.ct, then how mony w.,. ,.,_,.? ;5~ Draw a i'ictur of how they w.,. arranged, ~nd put on otrow to ahow the direction that they w~re trovoling. 30. Hove you over soon this, oro similar object b.fore. If so give dote or dat:s and location. 31. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) 31.1 IF you answered YES, d id they see the object too? (Circle One ) 31.2 Please list their names and addresses: Alexandria '.Tir~inia - Alexandria Vir.e-inia 32. Please give the followln; Information about yourself: NAME -----l .n F.XANORI A C ity Zon. TELEPHONE NUMBER SEX rv: '\I.~ tndi<:at crny oddirioncJI lnformatlon about yourulf, lncludin9 any ap~lol exprince, whlc:h mighr b. p4rth"'n, . I am a school bov ~n the sixth ,eTade. 33. Wh~n ond to whom did you report that you had llllotn the object? 20. Do you thin!< you can estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) IF yoo answered YES, then what speed would you estirr.o'te~ ---------- 21. Do you think you can e stimate how far away from you the object wos? (Circle One) IF you answered YES, then how far away would you soy it was? ---S e!=> numcer 3 'l 22. Where were yoo located when yOY saw the ob ject? (Circle One): . o. Inside o building b. In a car c. CQ~tdoor}> d. In on airplane (type) 23. Were you (Citclo One) a. In the business section of a city? c . In op(Jn country~ide? d. Near on airfield? e. Flying ov~r a city? f. Fly; n!i ovor opert country'/ 24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE o r other vehicle a t the t ime, then complete t~e followir.g c;ue3tions: 24.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One) e, South y. Wnt b. Northea.,t d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest 24.2 How fast wers you moving? ,mn.,iiles per hovr, 24.3 Did you stop ot any time while y ov were looking at the ooj~ct? ( C irc::ie Onct j O ld you observe the object through any of the following? Yes ( No ) f. Telescope Yea (No g. Theodolite -. Yes (No l e. Binoculars a. Eyeglasses b. Sun glosses c. Windshield d. Window gloss 26. In ord~r that you con give os clear o picture as possible o f what you sow, desc ri.be in your own words o commor. object or objcch which, when placed u p in th!t sl<y, would give th e some appearance O'l the object which ) ' OU so\'1 (Rnd ~r ht in the crnt~r.) rply outlin~d )