1. rot.: F T1Mf G~') llf' c.'lk 1:) nrl' Cal i.t\wn ltl 1 o. CONCLUSION I J. :.,IJI f t Civ H'i.r.n ro~-;-thle 11. BRIE;: 5~o,IMARY AND ANALYSIS l ENCTH Of C~SERVATION f . 1fPf:OFOBS::RVATION 19. PHYSICAL EV;~:;o.~CE c~.i-ct. "J're:tr'"d to b e ,, lir:ht. Ch!ierJ e CO_iC'Ct WA'-t.h~ ~ilnt~ brlt:ht.ne!\~ '\3 th"! bri~htet:t.. !:i'.~r. ::?:-) ehtne!l:5 W"l:; CO:lll'" r ... d to th'! rlr ~>er 1 i.r,ht in :'It OJ:> ~:.,:;:1-31~. Erl:~e~ of object nJp ,,r .. I ~olid o.1tl in-:d ov~l ~-<!.fed. Obj"'ct di:)appe11red lo the t\E out of gi~ht. C'oj-ct had no distinct ~ound of itn oNn. Color: gol',e n , l -;-i:1:.Ci~h. wrrAJr;.r.s H,.;Js Sc'JJ ~E.tiE..R.nt.. tJN!JSu~J.t... I .l-:T/1 TtJffr .r l".'tRC/.!!?r-1 oi?SeP.IIrr'rlt>;<JS. !'.;:>.CARs"' JJ,<}-l)rf TWIIV 'T"P}I.!.t;. 14. Did t h e obit'ct disapoeor while you were watching it? If s o , how? ( lc t / 15. Did ~I, .. C"l:-i~ct move ~hind s~ml'lthinq atony time, pf)rticulorly o clo~d? (Circlt: On~): Yes Don't Know. IF you onswt.'red YES, then tell what 1fl. Did the ::~;,i ... c:t mov~ in front of something a t nrw tim"!, ooticu lcrlv a c lo.1d? (C ire I.e OnF: ): Don' t Kno w . IF you answered YES, then tel l what 17. T e II in o few word~ th~ following things about th~ object: He wisn .. :>know tl->~ onoulor siz~. Hold a motch s tick a t arm' s lenqth in line with o knnwn ob!~ct ond notP. h ow much of t"e object is covered St i;.,e hP>od of the motch. If you had performed t his ex!)ltrim,nt ot th e time of the 19 . Dr C"-' o ;, i=t;,.r e r7lot w i II show r~e s:,ope of the object o r objects. Lobe I and include in your sk'!tch any det oi Is of th~ :::::>i r .,ot you s o w S1Jch ::s wings, protrusions, etc. , and especially exhaust trails o r vapor trails. Plo~e c;; =~-::::~ ::~side t h e dr.Jwir:g to show the direction the object was moving. ,11/{) 1,1/._/._;~c 20. Do you think you can estimate the sp!u,d of the object? (Circle One) IF yoo on~w~r~td YES, then what speed would you estimate?-------- Do yov 7"t i nk yo\J can Ci\5timote how for oway from you the object was? ' C ircle One) {<;e) No IF y::.v ::;:swerod YES, th~n how for away would you soy it was?~/(./ C.1 ,.2_ 22. Where , ... ~re yoo located when you sow the object ? a. 1:-:si:'ie o building b. In o ::or (Z Outc:Y.lf'.S d. In ::'1 :~irploM (type) 23. Were yo u (Circle One) o. In the business section of a city? b. In the residential section of a city? c. In open countryside? d. Near an airfield? c. Flying ov<!tr a city? f. Flying over open country? . ' ( I 24. 1:= you .. ~reMOVING IN AN AUI'::;:..\031LE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions: I 24. i Wnot direction w~re you moving? (Circle One) o. .._, orth b. N:xttteost ::. South~o:st f. Southwest 24.2 Ho"" :ost were you moving ? ,JTI,i les per hour. 24. 3 O,c you stop atony time ..-nile you were looking at the object? (Cir::le One) Did you cSserve ~he object throu:;h any of the following? Binoculars Ye~ No f Telescope ~J~ ; ::sses. W1:-:~Si1J~J~ Ye:i Theodolit~ h . Northw,st In order mer y~v con give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words o common obj.,ct o r oS,~ch which, wh~n placed up in the sky, would give the some appearance as the object which you sow 27. In the following sketch, imagine that y ou al'e at the point shown. Plac e or "A" on th" Cl tr>lsd line t o show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first sow it. Place a ' 'B" o n thcr s o me curved l ine t o show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you los t ~ow it. Piece on "A" on th e compass when you fi rs t sow it. Place a "B" on the compass where you lost sow tltc object . . .1r::w o oic.r~ that will show the rction that the object or objects mode . Place on "A" at the beginning of the pat h, o "b" or th e end of the path, and show any changes in direction during th~ c ourse. 29. IF there wcs ."'OR:: THAN 01'-.E c::-.:~ct, then how many were there? -~y,Lt,-;z Drow a picrure ~r how they were c rrc:1ged, anJ put on arrow to show the direct ion that tney were traveling. 31. Wo~ aoyor-: i'.l) . .., ;til you a t the timl:J you sow thiJ c.Li~ct? (Circl<l On ~) 31.1 ,1-'1'-'" ... rsw"o'd YES, diJ th~'l tl t h" obj~ct too? (Circh 011e) 31.2 P:e:::r. ... 'i~t thl!tir names on.:l oddr.,ssus: P i.:a:t: gi. = he followin::J inf ormatior c ... t yours41f: ADDf<ESS --4--' lndicotto ::--.~ -,Jd irhnol informr.tion _::.:J .~ your~elf, including a11y s pecia l e~pritmce, which might ba p~rtin t. 33. When and to wn:l, d id yo u report thot you haJ s-:<:n tho object ? 34. Date you complted this questionnaire: 35. lnformoticn which you feel pert inent and which is not adequately cover.!!d in tho specific points of t he questionnair ~ a narrative explonat:.,n of your sighting. FIRST SIGHTING 0 ~ U .1!"'0' S I was looking e t the st r s in the we st, s potted a dark place in the s ky , with out any stars. I sta r e d a t tha t s pot and finC!lly s : ; 2 di:h golden stars . r here li:_;ht became b r i gh t e r , u sing our bino ct:lars ( 7xl5x35 ::CFC) I looked a t them t hinking :7!1a t a eautiful lden c Olor , en the y s l o wl y s t arted to n1o v e apart. I pu o ,m " e 1nocu ar, s~ared, put on my glasses , and stood with my mout h l'::::::ging open. I just could not b e l eive :1h a t I wi?.s seeing . firs t seen 1.:1 t j i s post ion .. est : .orth this is approx. 1istant they went apart into space from t he last postion. SECOND ::3IGO/l'I N} 'I' he second ~:eek o f Jan 19 67 about 9 : 30 .:-'!f. I henrd a nd fe 1 t something big go over o u r h0use. _ ~ent out on our front ~orch , ch is 30 feet above t he street l e ve l u!ld ha d t [le ShOCk Of my life. The r e W8 S '3 li:;ht pattern in the sky t he likes of r10tn1: i B I have ev er \':hi te light about here , . eme r ald gr een l a ger th~n red lights the curved lines appeere~ be under the craft, and loud roa r or hununing of :;o=e kind. I'; -:~-j,S HUGE Al\fD ~o~O 'TED SLO~JLY AT 800 to 1000 feet. Oakl3~! ~ills are 1,~:0 f eet , it was well be low tha t . I watch it go t o:::c.::-.5 -:::a Oakle=~ :.::.lls NE, halfo,or a third of the r:iay to the hills , i-v ~ :~ ~=-appea~e~ -v~ do so, I got the i~pression it might b e rou:1G., curved lines I sa~; the creft ~ight, I should have seen, ~ TAIL ~:D ~ings but ~ere to ~e seen . The tring l e o f red lights stay ed pretty muc~ :n a horizontal position. ? o the s~Jth was a strotoliner a bou t 3 ,000 fee t headinz S~ and going ~as~ by North was a fan j e t ubout 2 ,000 feet, all t hree craft wer e in oy line of vision. kep t telling my self I'I'S A 'J:,o.'O TAIL .i1Ii< C RA r, but I still do not know wha t I saw. ~ECOl\JD SIG~riNG I took me three week t o ~et up enought couro~e t o call t he Alameda Navel .Air Stati o n . ~ hey t o l d 1ne i shou l d have renorted it .whe n I firs t saw it. They coul d n o t identify what I saw, I talked t~ o ne of the pil~t~ a n d he gave me i nforma tion a bout the lightirtg ... .. ... t her e , but was ?UZzeled a t wh a t I had see n . tn.:=n call ed Hamilton .Air Base ---r just didn t get a nywhe r e the r e , I .;::>t tired of asking for a investistor, or some one who coul d hel :ne i nde n t if~ w!lat I s u'll,, aft e r tal~::ing t o six different ffices I ;ave up . I n th e Bay are~ ther e are. Oakland .Air ?o~t San ~'ransico ~a~l-on ~1r ~a3e Tr avis .Air Bas~ These Air S t ation and con1rae ~i c a l p l a nes are all with in 8l)prox. 4 5 mil e Ther~ is a good p o ssibly wh:-t I s a w vms 1940 or t here abouts Sea Plane, ~eing flo~n i n ove r this a r e a to go to Vietnam. !ne:!t:.:;r. tha t some two t ail air craft :.ere be ing put into s ervice , but would no t give Third Sighting Oakland, Calif. t<arch 12, 1957 Time, a;,pr::>x 8 :00 Plv; Pacific standard time Five to Seven UFO' s Roun<! ,hen cor,ing 0ut of clouds, leveling off they looked oval Colo=, golden pinkish SO:l:l::) .n-:>ne alti-:JCe, unk~own, but I guess about ~0 to 30 thousand feet SuE::~'1 of' flight, They came out of the clouds at fast clip, did a sight paus~, did some fast scraT.bling, both in vertiable and horiz- antl>? ryostions SIZ~ OF UFO S 'rhree ti~es the si:Le of the b i g dipper stars Jn i.~arch 12th b::~:.aen the hours of ? :30 to 9 :30 t he 3ig i n :.orth ~here nas a cl~- bank on the Oakland hills in the ~ast h igh u~ ~= :~e sky. I had been checking the biG dipper a n:i as 2:. l:iJ~ed co.m t o :.:-_a last star in the har.dle, the cloud bank star, up they carne. see map of flight /v? It R c tl J 2_ I I f tc~ l U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION This que stio nnoirt"J has ~en prepared so that you con give the U.S. Air Force os much inforr"'c r io n as possible concerning t he unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Pleost-r-y to answer as many question s as you possibly con. The information that you give w i ll be us~d for r_,seo rc h purposes . Your nome w i ll not be used in connect ion wit h any statements, conc!1;:-.1ons, or publications without your permission. We reque s t this personal infor mat ion so that if d is dee me d necessary, we ma y contact you for f urt her d e tail s . 1. '.Vhcn did you see the object? 3. T i IT'e Z o r.e . (Circle One): o. tos~r:1 cd: _ _po_cafic 4. Where were 7 ;;,u whe n you sow the c:-,; ec t? 2. Tir,,e of day: (Circle One): (Circle One): a . Doy_li.gt!t Soviny C.b". -Stond_orJ- C ity or Town S t 6te or County 5. how lo n ; w::n oSj~cr in sight? (To~ :>urotion) Hours Minutes c . No t very sure d. Just a guess 6 . What was th e c :,,c!~ion of t h e sky? 7. IF you sow th~ oSject d uring DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN loca t e d os you looked a t the o bject ? (Circle One): a . In front o f you b. In back o f you Toy ourright d. T o your left e . O vc rheod f. Don' t remember FTD or.r 62 164 Thl~ form auperaedes FTO 164, Jul 61, which j , o b s o lete. ~. IF you sow the obtec t at NIGHT , what cl,d you notice concern ing the ~TAI<S ond MOON? 8.1 S T AR5 (C trcle On~): 8.2 MOON ((~rc/e One): a. 13riyht moonlight b. Dull moonlight c . No moonlight -pitch dark d. Dor' r~membcr d. Don't remembor 9. What were the weather conditions ot the time you sow the obj~ct? CLOUDS ( Cir:le One): #EATHER (Circle One): b. Fog, mi:.t, or liuht rain '-.r c. -scatrer~-: clouds- d . Thiel: or eavy clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain e. Don't remembc!r i c. Vaoor 11. If i t op"' .. '=:!"c .:so li~ht, was it br:;;r--~r m::m the brightest s tars? (Circle One): c. About the SCI mt: J Cf. Don't know Compar~ Sr icrness to some c;;,:--n~m obt'cct: , / , 12. The ed~es c' -.~ :>cj~ct were: 13. Did the obje::t: (Circle One for each qu~stion) a. Appear to s nd still at any time? b. Sudden!~ spe~d up and rush away at any t ime? c. Breok up i :'li:> ports or explode? d. Give off smok~? e. Change brighness? Don't know Don't know (No:. Don't know Don' t know f. Change shape? g. F lash or flicker? Don' t know Don' t know h. Disappear and reappear? Yes Don't know