1. DATE T~ME GROUP 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION S. LENGTH OF OIS!RVATION 11. IRI!fl SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD SE P 6 3 0-329 (TOE) p,...,lo .. e ecUtiOftl ef thle fo,.. ~ lte ueed. On ~larch 31st at 10:46 p.m. A-fountain llandard time, an area of at Jean 350,000 square miles of Canada and the United States was lit up momentarily by the descent of a flaming object into south-central British Columbia. Thou- sands of witnesses telephoned police and rauio stations, obsen:atories and weather bureaus. Reports from the Edmonton, AJberta. area were fairly consistent: a white disk. with a short tail mo~ed from northeast to ~uthwest, tummg oran'Pe-red as it neared the horizon. Rr~>or<s from southwest of E<lmonrnn indicate that the object may ha,e ~pl1t into several fragmems before appare rulv detonating O\'er the Golden-Re, els tnke regicen. about 250 air miles southwest of Edmomon . Resident) ()( Golden :1nd Rc,eistoke told of hearin.~ a thunde ro us r'l:lr th~t rattled and eq~n broke windows. Jl0\\1 could a -;ingle fireball be ob- '-Cned .tl J t h e way from the Queen Clt.Jr lotte Isbnds (near Ke rchikan, Alaska; in the northwest to Seattle (\Vashingcon) in the southwest, and from is.~nula (.\lontana) in the southeast to Rcdw:ner (.-\Jberta) in the norch~ast? .-\t fir'lt. o l_) ~n.-ers b c!ie,ed i t might be a meteonc proces.)ion. like tha t of February 9. 1_9 I 3. Then i c was learned that a cJas.,, fieri V . S. ,-\ir Force satellite, J964-48A, was due to reenter the atmosphere during a period that included thi~ wide- pread sighting. Perhaps the sateUue hacl broken up, or its Jasts~age booster _was reentering at the same t1me. CaJcuJauons based o n fairly recent orbital data indi- cat~ the satellite was to pas.' over Ed- momon from northeast to southwest at 10:51 p .m. However, then Spacetrack in 278 SKY AND TELESCOPE, May, 1965 Colorado Springs informed me by tele- phone that J 964-48A was expected, from more updated information, to reenter near the coast of Antarctica, at 63 south and 120 east . Scientists from the Dominion Astro- physical Radio Observatory, the Univer- sity of Alberta, and other institutions are now interviewing residents around ReveJ. stoke, British Columbia, in an effort to pinpoint the landing area of this object. IAN C. ~lcLENN.<\N Queen EJizabelh Planetarium Edmonton, Alta., Canada 34. Date you completecf this questionnaire: 35. Information which you f .. l pertinent and which is nat adequately covered in the specific points of the questionnaire or a explanati~ of your sighti"V 31. 'Nos anyone else with you at the time you sow the object? (Circlt~ Ond) 31.1 IF y04J answerecl YES, did they see th object too? ( Circl On) 31.2 Please list their names ancl addresses: 32. Please g ill!! the following infotmot l ">n o boot ;our~elf: F r af Name '.1/httn a nd t o whom rii~ you , !~pon ~hat yOlJ ha d 20. Do you thin~ you can estimate the sp"cl of the olject? (Circle One) ~e~ IF yau answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? 21. Do yau thinlc you can eetimate how far away from you the object was? (Circle One) 22. Where were you locatecl when you saw the ob!ect? (Circle One): 23. Were you (Circle One) a. Inside a luilcling In the business section of a city? In tlie re iclent ia I secti on~'"'!'o-r-:._a-c~i::-ty~?:-. ""' n open countryside? ~:!7i~an (type) cl. Near on airfield? .Flying over a city? f Flying over open country? MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehi~le"Cif the time, then complete the following questions: 24.1 What direction _moving? (Circle ~} a. North c. a ....._ e. South b. Northeast d. ~theosf '-... -....... f. Souftotwest 24.2 How fast were you moY"fng? miles per -hour. 24.3 Did you stop at y tirne while you were looking at the object? ---- you observe the object through any of the following? a. Eyeglasses e. Binoculars ~n glasses Yes c. Windsh ielcl Theodolite d. Window glass Yes h. Other h. Northwest 26. In onJer ?hat you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a common aDject 01 objects which, when placed up in the slcy, would give the scan appearance as the object which you saw 27. In the following slretch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place a~ "A" on the c urved Ji,e to show how high the obiect was abcwe the horizon (I ley I ine) when you first saw it. Place a ' B" on the some curved I ine to show how high the ot,iect was above the horizon (slcyline) when you lost ~aw it. Place on "A" on the compass when you lirst saw it. Place a "8" on the compass where you lost saw the object . .. 'row a picture that wil l s how th e motion that tL,e object or objects made . Place a n "A" at the beginning of the path, a "B" at the end of th e path, and show any changes i n direction dur ing tht. 29. there was MORE THAN ONE obiect, then how many were there? ------------ cture of how they were arranged, anJ put an arrow to show the d irection t no t thev wer~ traveling. 14. Did the obiect disao.,.ar while you were watching it? U sa, how? (Ci,cle One): Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what i~. Did the obj-.ct mw in frnnt of sornethinq nt arw titn-., ontieult!rlv o : l,w:f? (Circle One J: Yes /No Don't Know. IF you answered YES. then tell what li. T8H i., o f,.w wcwth t~e following things obout tJ,e objeet: 18. w., w1sh ~o knew "' ~"O'Jior siz.~t. Htlld o .,ctc:h stit:k ot arm's lenqth in line with a tcnown obiect and not~ how much of tl1e obiect is C:)Yt~tfttd bv the h.-ad of the mntch. If vou had oeformed this ~xaeriment at ri-te r:me of the sightinq, how mucM of thflt ,biftct Wf'ulti h1:2ve !:een covf~tr!td by the mo,ch head? 19. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Lobel and include in your sketch any detoifs of the object that you sow ~uch as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust troila or vapor trails. Place an anow beside the drawing to show the direction the obiect was moving. U.S. AIR fORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION This qr.~estionnaire has been prepared sa 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 que1tion1 as you possibly can. The infor111ation that you give will be u1ed for research purposes. Your name wi II not be used in connection with any staten:ents, conclu1ions, or publication without your permission. We request this personal information so that if it i1 ciHn:ed necessary, we may contact you for further detai Is. (Circle One): or 3. T i me Zone: (Circle One): a. t:astern b. Central (Circle One): a. Daylight Saviny b. Standard 4~ -' here were you when you sow t he obiect? Nearest Postal Address 5. h ow long was object in s ight? ( Totol Duration~ c. Not very sure Fair v certain ~-~ Just a_ guess i, 5.1 How wos time in sight determined? _ _..; .~Ji.c.......;::~-!i ~ ~-Cl. ' 5.2 ..,as obiect in sight c:c,ntinuously? 6. ~not was th e condition of the sky? State or County 7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object? ( c Ire le One:: a. In front of you ..:-{..-ro your leb' b. In baclc of you e. OverheCia To your r i ght f. Don't remember F TD oc r 62 l o4 l'J. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what d1<i ynu ~!-concerning the ~TAkS und MOO~? 8.1 STAR~ (Circle One): ' 8.2 MOON (C~rc/e One): a-:- e, i yl;t 4ROOn I t gh t b. Dull moonlight-~ - - Many c. No moon I igh t -pitch dark d. Don't rememl.r d. Don't remember 9. lfrhat were the weather conditions at the time you saw the obiect? CLOUDS (Circle One): NEATHER (Circle One): Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain c . Scattered clouds c. ,\Aoderote or heavy rain d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow e . Don't remember 10. The object appeared: ( C ircl'! One): < o. Solid~ ,::,. T ronsparent d. As a l ight e. Don't remember tt oppeo~-edos cf tigl"o:,.. was r brighter than t!-ie brightest :;tars-?-( Circle One ): a. Brighter c. A bout t h e some Don.'t know 11. l Compare brightness to some common ob1ect: 12. The edges of the :)b ject were: (Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred ,.b.!,.. L._ike a briJlt star c. S aro y out ene d. Don t remem er 13. Did The obiect: a. A~pear to stand sti II a' any time? b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? c. Break up into ports or expiocfe? d. Give off smoke? e. Change bri~tness? f. Change shape? g. Flash or flicker? D i sapoear and reappear? (Circle One for each qu4stion) Don't know Don't know Don't know DD"'t know Don't lcnow Don't know Don't know Don't lcnow 5 March 1?!5 ~a~nc E. Fowlr Chalrmens NI P Massachusetts Investigatir.g Subcommittee NATIONAL I~Nt;STIGATIONS CO~AMJTTEE ON AEP.IAL ~ashirgton, r.c .;ttntlo~s Hichard !iall DHE \W'\UE ~til, ccs} USf.F (AfX-FTr) Smi thson1an lstro,hyslca 1 C'bservatory 'ttaehec is a L'Ff' renort which has been tcntat_ivel/ icelitified as a huge i:-CJh~ll. I t is sert' t., 'f"U ''For info~tiofi ou~oses i n the 'JVer-t that Jr c':"r ac ... w 1 . ' e ocrwr1 c. ~rogram a J'" i"<:!Jrlar . serva ... ory to rQcel'le ac{ i tional infornatlnn from them ~-?:~it~g their pos~iblP. reeetval of other repor':s regar~lrg this sighting. r~e :Jbserver feels c.:rta \n that ~he object ."ffl~ r.ot a reflection or. his autor.wJbile .. .,ir.cshielf.' ;:Jrc ~ l th,ugh h;ts see" ~'J98 meteors before, he n.ver l1.1s vi tnessec Jrythir.q as large as t he object he witnessec last night. Please forward a copy of this report from ~JICAP to rr. -:t'larle~ Clivier, .~!{~ctful_t "-. bn; tted, .. a ywaon !: row er Nl':i\P Investigator , f At ' f jl o , J r,,,, -'I Jflll r.