P!10JECT 10073 RECORD 2. L OCATION 10. CONCLUSION s. rl.ll'.'!:i. --: OUJCCTS '>. LENGTtl );: OllSERVATION lO r.:.;ntcs (. 1 r?: OF :RS:RVATION f'MYS:C,\L :: ,-JOENCE 11. OR! E F SUW.IARY ANO ANALYSIS Oos"~:~r:; W'Lch a rccli ish or:wp,c fu'l.~;y obj-1ct. lr;,vel to~1ani ~ th~ east. Gbjcr~t ~1lo:1Uy f;a. it~cl fror.1 vi~-:. :!o sound ::1s no!:.Pd <'.t <1ny ti .... c during L!tc :.i :hLing. Coject ;ms co1vr C'l.cl t o i'L d r f i r c l.r V<:l i.n.{ t,:,tot'J~h L!1C sk:,r. ?.~.;-2 .5 dc-~rcr. . 'lhe <in. c rirtion if; c<>nhtc!"!t ,ritf! thd:. o ~lJ f Tt) ~:"?(3 ~3'?9 (TDf:) P tl1\' loJst . .:-r."o!t:lltAto rn"'yhoutod. AI R FORCE TECHNICAL I~FORM).T!m~ i h s quostaonm11rc has l)ll)t'111 P'''porod H.' lion! yvu can giv0 tho U.S. Aar fore() as much infer~.::! a:--o s possible concerning th~> unid:~ntaf aad o~r~ol phonom3non trlOt you hovo obs~rvod. Ploos~ ':"f to cnswcr os many quor.tions a!. y o u po7.:;d.ly can. The inforonotion thnt y oll gi1o will be us:~d f-: rosoorch purposes. '(our norr~ will nof ba ustd tn conn:.zction wit h any stotom;,nts, CO"'cl~.;~.:.~z., or publ;<.otions without yc.ur permission. Wo roqu.,st !his purr.o."'ol information ::o ti-ler i i deemed nocoo;so~;, w, mn~ .:.oHoct )' OU ~or further d;,toi!.,, l. Whon did yo. !O~ th o ooject? 3. Tim~ Zono: (Circle One): oJ.,g_:;~ Q Cenrr_py c. Mounloin d. Pacific .!. 'l'r:--ue ....,~r: you when you sow tho obj:}ct? 5. How lor; "'~S object in sight ? (Torcl i)vro!ion) :: . Certain ( Cirr.IJ One): a . Dayligh t Saving <r.'Standoro~ City or Tuwn Stoll) or County Hours S;a:ond {f:;) Not v cty r.vr:. ~. Fair ly cortoin d. Jut t u {lUOI$ll (07') Bright b. Clcu-ly I F y ov :; o'-' f ... " ?bt~= during DAYL!~i-H, i occ11d o:. )'OU loo\(~d ot t h o object? ( Circf !t Or.~;: -~,nt of you ,0 :ck of you FORA .-.:?rur.;;.t.::1d b~r Li.h:-. r J to;' .:.;:,;~ ";r.:~J:J, L'::~lnlrd:,ive .{.;fer0:1CC Service 8. IF you ~ow th,.. obtt-e' o NIC.HT, what drd you "'lCitrcf' co ._t-rnrng the 5TARS ond MOON? 8.1 STARS!Cd~ Ore-!: G) Brt':]ht monnlr!Jhl b. Dull monnlr!ihl c. No ITlOC"nlrqht -nrtch dark d. D001'1 rt~rn&mber -'JEATHF.;? ((,r:/r Onr) b. FoJ, ... ,:;r, or lrqht r"lin c. MM~r'lt~ nr heavy roe,., Dcro 't rc~tnber ~. : -mer c:. Don't know Corr:::lr cri;M""'"!> t6 ':sc:tb .. ::o-J")Of'l c~t;ct: (Ctrcl~ Onr:): c-. "~) r vny or blur~ (C,cle One for eN:h Quest ion) Don' t know b. Sudd.:-'i Breo:C u:: Don't know Don't know f. c li ; e (Don't li~o'0 DC'In't know d1sopooM wholt you were watching it? If ~o, how? ;f lo.,j I ~l+,-tLldQ 15. Did t iH: o.:J,'!'.::l move behind s.omcthing ot any time, particularly o cloud? Don't Know. IF you on s we red YES, then t~ II wh ot I 16. uid th e Ot ::-: move in fr on t o f som~thing o t any t ime, particularly 0 cloud? N:> Don' t Know. IF you ans we red YES, then te ll what ~7. le!l n o ieyo' words the f o llowing things about the objec t : ' !: wish lc ot'\ O W the angular s1ze. Hold o matc h stick at arm' s length in line w i t h o known ob1ect ond no te how mvch c f l"~ ..,:,,ect is covered by t h e heed of the match. If you hod pcrfOI'med this expe riment o t the t ime of the l so~nr .. ,;, how much of the object would _hove been covered by the match head? J 19 . Drc .... 1 ;1-::: --~twill show t h e s:..:;;,~ of the o bject or'o!>jects. Lobel and includ8 in your ske tch any det a ils ~-: -:: y:u sow such c~ ... ir:;s, prot rusion,, ate., ond especially exhaust troils or vapor trails. Place :.~ -~:-..-.,~s o ~ t hl" drowi~; :; sho ~the direction th e object was moving . 20, Do you think you con ost imott> tho ~peed o f th.., obrcct? (Cirr:le On.:-} 2 1. Do you ,1'1i.-l. ._.., c:::n c.>llrrlOre how io r owu1 f,crn t'Ou the o~>t <I va .! i (Circle ( ,- o, ln::id,- o (~ In a ccr c. uuooor d. In .:Jn eire .:.~f" (ty~t': CJ. l11 ,:,., hJ:. n<'so; section o f o city? G:) '''-' r usrJ::::'lli<.d =:.ccton of o city? o':'fl r:o ~.t td~l i. i-ly1 19 vvo: O,}oll coJntry? d . sl)~.lhOo l1. Northwest 1,.., ~;:.~::.or,.:-o:. In:.~ object which you a;ow. 27: In tho follow tng 5~etch, imogint~ thor you ore. o r tha point ahown. Placl) on "A" on the curvad lin t o show ho,,. h19h rhu ob1e.:t was above tha h.orixon (skyline) whe-n y ov f i r l t 11ow it. Ploco a " B " on the some curvd lin~ t o sohow how h;;'"' tn~ object wo'lt above the horix.,n (skyline) wh~n you lost sow it. Place on " A " on tl-1~ comp05!l whoo Y"~ ;,, 1 ~-:Jw it. Ploc0 o " B " on t h., compo1u where-you lost a o w the obj. c t . O:r~""' ~ !)::~ !: that will show the mo.c., :h~t the object or oSjects modo. Ploco an ''A" at the ~ginning of th~ " 3 " c : the en~of the path, -:~nd ~.v~ .:.ny ::honge~ in dirGc lion during th~ cours~. IF rn:r~ wo, vc=<:: THAN ONE 0~ :!::1, rhon how many WtHe th3r"? ------------ Draw c ~:c .. r :>',ow the y werl!l orr::~;~td, and put on o;row to ~how th direc~ion that thoy were trovoling. 3 0 . Hov-3 you 0V1r :;c-en rhos, o r o s im1lor objttct ~for3. If so giv~ dote o r dot or. and loc.ol oon. l ~ _,,~ yo.J o t the tiMe you saw th2: obj~cl? (Ctrcft: One) ..... ereo YES, did they see the ob1act too? (C,rc/o One/ , rheir names ond oddro: ~rs: . .:~ -; ".:;.~ :'"'"' r'1a fol:~wing informotion ct..:>vt your:s&lf: 1 ;rvJico:~ c y o-:ditio.,ol inf rrnotion :,r..ovr younn~H, including cmy ";>eciol e~peri .. r~ce, whi::! ~ t I,_, ;>l'oronC!"ll , :! rd you r port thor yo~ hod :l<'r~n t(v.., obi~ct? Apr i l r 9_c: ~L Month Your 34. Dot" y o u com;>let.,d th~ questionnoir\9: ~ 35. l nformotio.1 wh ich you foel p!lrtinnt Olld whic h is n ot od,quotly c ov:tred in th~ sp4rcific poinh o f tho qut tiOC"'n:J'~ or a norra tiv oxplo,otion of y our ighting. Tr~G ~eplies t o your recent correspondence coccerning your tm1dentif1.ed observation. ~\lt~ou~h a posi~ive identification haa not been de, inve~ti3a ~;;_on rev-ealed tb.at you p robably oha~rved a }:ot :J.ir r'B.L1oon. 'he c.~scri-ption you sub;nitted is con.:~istent wit~ such en :V':'l.luation. "..!..:lee tbe first of -tb~ y-ear, bot ulr balloons have accotu'lt~ for ::,.,-enty-aeren ai6htln.gs reported to -the ,\ir .f'orce. At the ti:-ne of your =:>ighting, thi! -ii.aJ. .... as f rom .3pp:::-oxiulf.l.tely 2 :?0 d et<rees, -.,hich '.oul~ !!a r e ca.,.!sed the obj ect t o drii't ".:o,.r:J.rd J.:ne 1.orthea1:3t . not o.i::-balloons ha.v~ he!:o construct-ad f rom ~;lastic d.r7 ..:::~entng -:;ags Hi th 3. platform of' ztra,.:s o r :Juch t o :mpport t~--e heat ~u::-ce. Q:J.ite o:ft~n, :::ru:dles t a re ~-,een u::;ed as tht' heRt source . r_:m.:; b'OUld account for the di:u fi'try look. iJe ~1i~h to than:< you fo~ reporting your l nterast1:::1!5 ooaer-.,ation -~o t~e :u r Force. l~sdale, Illinois 20521 Sincerely} l?ARN!?l".r B . YOUNG r.~ Colonel, USAF Civil .Bra.n.ch CO!lmuni ty :'!el:l. tio c :3 mr:!. 3ion Off'1ce of I n!'orwation