Morgantown Westvirginia — March 1967

Category: 1967  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1967-03-9735640-Morgantown-WESTVIRGINIA.pdf
Keywords: obiect, circle, scord, nllhbcr, ooscrved, recovercu, dltbnt, qustlona, non11, tnenj, necessgry, _easjx, ourqtlon, ondhion, oholet, nigtq, tfomoonl, clvud, oppeorc, 5harpi, xpits, tnaas, someth1rag, thtua, lftngth
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P:~OJ~c-,-iC073 SCORD ( 3. : ">!JRC!:: 10. CONCLUSION v f -1. NllHBCR OF CnJ~CTS ~ S . LENGTH OF C~5~RVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Res :.de:.tt i n the area of tt.e ob,j e c t ooscrved l.he oran[1c color j b. TT'Pt: OF oast:RVATION J 7. COURSE ' 6 . Pri OTOS ?. PHYSICAL EVl~ENCE leasing hot air balloon. Or~.e of t hem ca~ae dO\m in a re- side~tial area a~d recovercu by the local police depar~men~. : fTD S&:: ? 63 Q.J: 9 (TOE) Prevloue dltbnt of thh form m~Ay be uaod, U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATIO~ ,, questionnaire hat ben prepared 10 that you can yive the U.S. Air force as muc:h inf~r:-ncT: on as possible concerning the unidentified oer iol phenonenon that you hnvu oLaerv&li. ;tocJ.-;'Y to answer os many qustlona as you p<'ssibly con. The information that y~u ~ive witt b. t.: d fot reaearch purposes. Your non11 will not be used in connettion with ony st~tnenj~, ce:"l~iuJi~ns, or publications wit~out your permission. We request this personal lnformotlon 1c th:2~ if i r is deemed necessgry, we may contact you for further details 1. When did y:J.; aee the obiect? 3. Ti~e Zontt: Month Yeur (Circle One): ,a.'_EasJx..._..., L.t,.-Centro I c , Mou~t~i~ d . Poc:iflc 4. Whe ret ws r 'I~ VO'hen you sow the oe ;,ct? H Jor\g '~io~Ot ~bjtct in sight? (T~=I OurQtlon) ~. Lar.:%Jl1 :;. :=: i r !y certain 5.2 W'la o:,;::-": :1.;~t conrinuously? 6. What woa tn :ondHion of the sky? b. C !ovdy c. Not very sure d. Just o guess 7. IF you acw th objet during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you loc,lt~d at the ob;e:t7 (Citcle One}: o. In front of you b. In boclc of ~ou c. To your riFt d. To your left Overhead f. Don't remember FTO OCT 62 16.. Thle fo.M auper .. d .. P'n> 164. Jul 6lt ..,hleh le oholet. 8 ... IF you sow the obJect ot NIGtq, what did you noltte concerning the STARS and MOON? 8.2 MOON (C..ircle One): a. l:Sright moonleght b. Dull n1~1i_g~t _ ~-tfomoonl ight -pitch doriC . d. Don , rememb;r 9. What .,.l1r & 7n~ weather condetions ot t+te time you saw the obiect? CLOUDS !C':rde One): WEATHER (C ire le One): r1: Fog, mtst, Of '''*'' roht a. C lor :Cy c. Moderate or heavy rain d. Th t( ~ 1_; !"Hhl'Y clvud Don't rernember The obi~"' c~peared; (Circle One). O . ,)Odci / b. I ronsp~:; -,n t c. Vor;;nr tf. ~ s ~ II gh t , DOt"'' t rtmemb.r lf 1t oppeorc es a light, was it bf ;gh ttr than th brighteat stars? (Circle One): c. About the ,ame b. C.h mmer d. oont know 11. 1 CoM::;>or brightness to som e:>mmon oblect: fC 1d i., 'J '~} o . F uz .ty Of b lu rr,d ~-Like o bri t '$tor ~. 5harpi:t C>.~tl i~t.i) ~. Con't rememO.r Did the ob1 : (Circla One for ecch queatlon) Appear teo ;~;,nd still at any tilt .. ? oont know Suddenly -.~ed up and ruah away at any time? Don't lcnow ?arts or.xpits<t? Don't know Gav d! 'lm!)~!l? Don't know Chon~ br ig.,tnaas? Yes Don't lcnow Chang ,he~? No Don't know f lo1h or fJ ic: ~.,.? Oiaappear and reappear? Don't know 14. Did the obi&ct dis appear whi lo you were -1otch ing it? If so, how? 15. Did tha obi!tr.:t move behind someth1rag ot any time, particul\lrly o cloud'! J (C irc:Je On~): Yei ~No ) Don't Know. IF you .J,lswered Y f;~,, thtua tH what it m~...,~d S.h ind: . 16. Did the ob j ac:t move in front of ;;~m!tthing at any time, porticularly a cloud? (Circl~ Oi1o): Yes Don't Know. 17. Tell in a fw words the following things about the obiect: 18. Wa wish to k~ow the angular size. Hold a match stick at orm' 5 lftngth in lintt with o krown vbio-ct and li':'r ' j~t much of t he o~jact is covered by th~ head of tho match. If you had pttrformed this experiment at th~r tkv; ,;t Le sighting, how much of the object would hove been covered by the match hood? 19. Draw :1 p ic ?:.J'" ~ot will show the ~ha:>~ of the obiect or ol)iects. Label and include in youa sketch any detca~l, of tha obje~! +h ; !)Y saw -such ca wir.gs , protrusions, tttc., and oapeciolly exhaust troilt or vapor trails. . Place en ~:' .. !!~ ~e-s:ci-the drawing ro s how the direction the obiect was moving 20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? (C ire le One} IF you ans...,~r~d YES, then what speed would you ostin.otef .. - 21. Do you think you can estimate how far away fr~m you the object w~s? (Cirt:i'J One) Yes No &<./'1\~,AL IF you an red YES, then how for awaY._would you say it was?------ _ 22. Where were y~ locatttd when you saw the obiect? (Circle One). ~0. Were you (Circlu One) a. iri the business section of u city? b. Ira thu residential s~cf ;c,,a v r Q city? o. lnsid~ ~building b. In a cor_ (..c. Outdocrt;...) c. ~n op11n country~ido? l ca:=Neor an oirfi-;fd? _) (Y\. T14 vt-L..e'c~ d. In an a i:-piane (type) e. Flying over a city? e. At sto f. Fly;n{f O\'er open country'! 24. IF you wer MOVlNG IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete t followit.g queti()nl: 24.1 What d i:-ction were you .noving? (Circle One) c. r:ast South b. Nor~heost d. Southeast Southwest h. North'wst miles per hour. 24.2 Ho~ f-:st wer' you moving? --------- 24.3 Did y ou stop at any time whil e y:>v W4re looking at the obiect? Old yov oh)rv~ the object through a,y of the following? a. Eyot;i~U)J Binoculars Yes No Sun g foJ:-1 f. Telescope Wind aJo. ;* :!! Theodolite No g. Yes No Window ilb;l Yes 26. In order that you can give as clear a picture os possible of what you saw, describe in your own words o commOtt object or objects ,.,h ich, when placed up In the slcy, would give the same appearonco as the obiflct which }'OU IQ\)1, In th followl"l a1ctteh, lmogh,. that you ore at the point ho,vn. Place un J.." on \h r.urv: llr to a how ho .. high the obtc:t wo1 abcw the horizon (sky lint) when yeN llrst sow lt. Ploctt ~ "B on the ~m8 cur~d line ,c. ehow how high tn obiect was abovt the horizon (skyline) when ynu last ~t~w it. Piece \ln 'A'' on the ~ompos when you f l r.,t tetw It, Ploce o "B" on the comJGII whre you lo' taw ohiect. 2S . Dra'l"' o p!:1~."rs that will show the moti on th at the obiect or objects modo. Place on .. A . ' at rhe boginrai:'\g ot fhe pQth, a "8 ,. ~t the end of the poth =nd ; how any changes in direction during the ~ourse, 29. IF t hr wos ~C~E THAN ONE c~l~t, thn how many were there? -------------- Orow a pir:rur e1 how they wr or'n9d, ond put ~n arrow to ahow thet direction that thoy wer, trov\tlin~. 30~ Have you ever en thia, or a similar obict before. If so give date or date and locotlon 31. Was anyo~ is with you at th time you saw th obiect? (Circle One) 31.1 IF y~ ~, swerd YES, did thy se the ~biect too? (Circle One) TELEPHC~: NUMBER--------- tndicot o ~dditional lnfor ion obout younelf, Including any apec:lal exptrlnc~, which might be pertinn-r- 33. When and to dlcl you re~t that you had n the oblect? lnfOI'motlcn whten you feel pertlnnt ond whl h I ot d c n a equately co d i th queatlonnolre <2 norrotlve explonatlon of your alghtlng. vere n lpeclflc point .. of the l .~::~o for the Record: 6 Apri.l 67 ::':.:1t2.c: wa.s mad~ v,lith I<r service station (292-363 2), ."C':"~Gnto,m, VJ~st ~/irgjnia. 1Jr sairl thc:~t ~tudents :-~l~n sine hot ~i:--':lalloons on the night of the numerou 3 sig~1t ines. : h e tower received rrany calls from local p~rsons r!!e.:tl:'d5.ng ora ng e :--olcred objects in th~ sky. '1\to objects fl~v/ over th~ airport. !t vras determin~d th:'. t th~ e.lleg~ct UFOs ,., ere hot air b :tlloons. Cne of the balloo~s came down in a. resid~ntial area and was re- ~ov-ered by the local police department.