Pr.OJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DA 1 F. TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION ~0 Oct 66 21/0650L: J.:ekoryuk, ./dark<: n.ull. iplc J. ;our.ct 1. Nlii.E\CR OF OBJECTS L ENGTH OF OBSERVATION TfP: OF OflSERVATION Gr ound Visual sloHly S'r'l ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION Balloon(tos:.;iu1 e) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observers wot.ched a bluish col ored object. tha t Has in the southern part of the sky . The object Haz compared to an electric light bulb. Before disappearing t.he object turned a bright red. The object dir.ttppeared behind the clouds abd never reappeared. No sound 'o'tas app<rent during the sir.hting. In addition, no trail or ey~aust vapor 'o'tas observed. description is consistent. with thc.t of a balloon observation. There have been several ~imilar reports from the area of obs ervations of laree balloons possibl~ from Japan. Transonic b alloons hove been reported to ha ve cane do-,m in Alsaka. U.S. AI R FORCE T ECHNI CAl. 1 1-lt=OR/-~ATiOt~ T h ia quo$lionnoiro hao ~en prc porod co that you ccn ~:~ivo tho U.S. Ai( Fc:.:c-. c:. rr . ..Jch informatio n O$ p o&Sib lo concornlno tho unido nt ifi od oor1ol p henomenon :ho~ you hovo o!.::c:-v,, ,j , Ploa ' o try to on s wor as r.1any quosot lons; ali you pos5ibly c a n . Tho infcrmotio~ :he: ye:v Givo ~t~ill bo uaod f()( rouarch purposou, Your nom~ will not bo usvd in cunncc.tion with c:.y -:.~c:;,.;nl:;, conclusions , or publication s without your pormiuion. Wo request thi~ por:oc.,al lnfor;,,.ltion ~c that if it is de omod necouory, wo may c ontac t you f<Jr further detai ls. 1. When did you see the objoct ? ( Crc/o Ono ): 3. T ime Zone: (Circle One}: o , Eastern b. Control c. Mountain P a c ific 4. Where were you when you sow tho object? (Circl(\ vne ); c . Doyliht 5c;:nr, (b: Sto.,d~rd Neorat Po&tol Adcfreaa C it y or Town 5. How long waa objec t in alght?. (Totol Ourotlon) Houre Mlnuhll Soconda Not vory $uro st a guasa b. Fairly ce rt ai n 5. 2 Woa object In s igh t col'ft lnuoualy? 6. What woa the condit ion of the s ky? -o , Bri ght a. Br ight 7. IF you aaw tho objoc t during DAYLIGHT, whoro waa tho SUN locate d as you loe;k~d a t tho obio::t? ( C ircle One ): o, In front of you b. In bc;ck of you c. To your right d. To your loft e. Ovorhood f. Don' t romombor FTO OCT 6~ 16.C Thla form euper .. d u i'TO 164, Jul 61, .. h lc h I ob olte . 8. IF you sow t h a ob1oct o t NIGI1T , what did you notteo cor.cornin!J tho STARS cr.d ;.-iQQ;\1? d. Don't romombor 8.2 MOON (C.trclo Ono): a. Bnv'11 Mo.onl&cht b. Dull moonlicht 0 No r..oor.lic1lt-pitc:h dc..~k c'-'' L 1 14. f d. Den ' t rcr.~om!Nr 9 . Whot .... e re tno weoth or condtt iona ot tno tlmo yov s;.Gw tho objoct? CLOUDS (Cudo Ona): a . C lonr aky c. Scotter .. d clc,uJs d . Thtd ,,. he ll\'y cl~tl. WEA 1'HER (Circlo Ono ): L. Fog, mtil, 0< lt~llt roiu c. Modoroto or hoa'loy rain e. Don't romombor 10. The objec t oppoored: ( Circle One); o. Sol ici d. Aa n light Trona.,me nt o Don't rorn;,ml>er 11. If it o ppeorc;d a ; a light, waa it bt ighter than tn o brlchtoGt ' fora? (C irclo Ono): @' Bri~htor OL'-' -tSk. About t ho aa mo d. Don't know 11. 1 Compare hfl, htnesa to s ome common obfoct: 12. The edou of the objoct were: o. F uu y or b hmod b. Like a br ight ator (S;\ 5nar,ply outllnod d. Don't remombor JJ. Did the ob1ect: (Circlo One fot Cla.:h c;uo~tlon) Appoar to s.tand ati ll ot any t lma? No Suddonly apood up ond ruah away ot ony tlmo? Brook up into part a or e xplodo? Give off amoko? Yoo De:: : l:r.ow Chanco briGhtnou? f. Chanco 'hapo? g. flo'h or fl icker ? Dc;,' 9 bow Deaoppoar and reappear? Yo a Oc..,v !:new 14. Did tho object disappear whilct you were .,otching it? u :;o, how? Did tho objoct movo bohind someth.ng ot any timo, particul .. uly n cloud? -. (Yo~ No Don't Know. IF yc.u :msworod YJ:.:,, lhc, n r .. dl ,.,.hot (Circle On"): it moved bohind: 16. Did tho objoc:t move in front of ~pmothing at any tamo, porticularly a cloud? (Circle One): Yos Don't Kno w. I f you c:nswotoa YES. th~., ,.,11 wio'll 17 . Toil in a (ow word a tho foll~wing th inga about the objJct: i 18. We wiah to know tho angular aile, Hold a match ati.:k at crm, longth in linu with a kuown t.~jo~t anc:l,~-:1 ' ; N much of tho objoct ia covered by tho hood of tho match. If you had putfomad thia oxr-ori mont c.t tnfl ti.ll: , i sighting, how much of the obioct would hovo boon covered by tho match hood? , of tho objoct that you saw such aa wings, protru,iona, otc., and oapocially exhaust troilt or vapor troll a Place on arrow boaido tho drawing to show tho direction tho object was moving. rYIM~J -;tw-o I ot o f l ~ 20. Do you th ink you can o~timoto tho spoorl of tho objoct? (Circlo One) IF you on5werod YES, than what spood would you o'tin.oto'f 21. Do you th ink you con e5timoto how for owoy from you tha objoct was? (Circlo Ono) tYoa No ') -- IF you answered YES, then how for away would you soy it wo:o? I 2 ---- 22. Whare wong you locotud when you aow tho object? (C irclo Ono ): 23. Woro you (Cite-Ill One} o. lnsido o building b. In a cor (.:'Outdoors d. In on airplane (typo) o. in tho businlls~ ::octivn of a c;y? @ (r. 1f:6 rosidontiol S<J~t;c..t .;,i o city? c. In o!)on counlry:r;ido? d. No> or on o i rfio ld? o, Flying OV,jf o city? f. Fly;n, ovCJr op;>r ~::.untry'f IF you woro MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vohiclo ot tho ttmc, thcl"' comploto tho follcwi . q c;vcc~iu..,:;: ~ 24.1 What diroctlon were you ~noving? (Circ:le One) c. East o. Sourh b. Nottheost d. Southeast f. Southwo;t h. Nor~hwoat 24.2 How fast wore you moving? ---------milos per hour. 24.3 Did you atop at any time whil e you wore looking ot t ho objoct? (Circle Ono) 25. O ld you oba:orve the objoct through any of the following? o. Eyogloaaoa b. Sun glauea c. Windthield d. Window glass ~lnoculors f. Tolos;copo g. Thoodollte ~ In o rder that you con give aa clear a picture aa posa:i~lo of wha t you ;ow, doscribc in yvur own wc.;r!~ o co~o.rr.011 ~ object ot objochl which, when placed up In the aky, would givo tho some oppocronco oo 1-ho ohjoct v/.,lch )'VU s;o :w. Hav~ )'~Y over aeon thio, 01 a ;imilar objoc:t bofe~o. If s;o civo c!ato or <!c:1oc end lccc?lc;:-.. 31. Wo' onyono olao with you at frio timo you 50W tho object? (Cfrclo Ono) 31.1 IF you an5worod YES, did thoy Goo tho objoct too? (Circlo Ono) 31.2 Ploa11o litit thGir nomoa gnd addrouoa: 32. Plooae ,lvo tho following lnfgmatlon about you"olf: f' lret Nom~ TELEPHONE NUMBER------- tl'\dlcato any oddltlonol lnformo.tlon about youraolf, Including c'ny Gpvclol o,;pcrlonco, wnlch rniol-it bo p.:rtin~r.T 33. When orw:f to whom did you re~t that you had goon thg objoct? oto yo.J com~lotcd this quo~tlonnolro: / "}, ... ?-r:t {r ~ lnfor,.-.a~lc:., v.thlch yov f,~l portlnont and which lo not cc!~ . -' . . quglltlonnalro or a ncrrott' v -' c;;uoto!r .. ovorco tr. :.i:. ;;;.:;cHi.::. ~ - - ',,..