Baycity Michigan — March 1968

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WHEN QtO YOU SEE THE PHENOMENON> MONTH // /. 6 1\!.:..CI"'E vou ARE -"'r THE POINT SHOWN IN TH~ SKETCH, PLACE AN .A ON THE CURVED LINE T O SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHENO'AENON WAS A80VE THE HORIZON . OR SKYLINE WHEN FlqST SEEN . PLACE A 3 ' 0'1 THE SA'IE CURVEO LINE TO SHOH IIOW HIGH ABOVE THE HORIZON THE PHENO~f::NON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN . OF , h:. CO~? ASS ,vS. ~L 4C!::: Al l ' A " 011 TH!' CO'-' PASS TO l~iOICATE THE j GA. tiOW i'A \ oNC" YOU ARE AT -h~ CEN T!::R DIRECT .HI TO TtlE PHF.II''li~ENON \lr>1EN THE P'iFNO'IENON WHE N I A'i'r SEEN. Fli!ST SEeN . PLACf A "i.J" i.JN THE:. CO'APASS TO I NDICATE TilE 0'f{ECTION TO f 7 . IN TH::: SKETCH 9ELOW, PLACE AN " A " AT THE P O SITIO N O F THC:: P H E N O M E N O N WrtE~I FIRST SEEN . ft"lO A " 3 " A T THE POSITIO'l O r THe PHE NO\IENO N WHE~ LAST SEE N . CONNECT TnE " A " AND a WITH ALI/I E TO APPROX!"'ATE T H E MO VE~IENT OF THE PHENO~ENON BETWEEN "A AND s . THAi IS, SCHE'AATICAL L Y SH O W .VHC:THER THE MOVE'~ENT APPEA"!C:O T O BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. R EFER T O SMAL L E R SKETCH A S Ml EXAM?LE OF HOW T O C O"'?LETE LARGER SKETCH. PAG!:: 2 OF~ PAG!::S ;,/ OUTrlOOR~ 1~1 IJU')H I!:SS f.'" (."TIU'I C~ CITY -f 1~1 9Uil.DING IN RESI O.,.N TI.>.L !:r!C o"IOtl o C ITY j1o~ 110~-tiC: Ao'1 1\lllF I CLO I"LYINC OVE:R OPE~I COUN'rHY IF YOU WErlE IN A Vt::HICLE., COMPLETE THE F Q I . LO'HI>-IG. WHAT OlnECTION WERE YOU MOVING' l:. .'<. /,-', l'l., HOW FAST WERE YOU MOo/I~IG? SOUT!-1 we:s r [''ll(l YOLI !>TO ? A:-oVTI'~C WHILE OfiSE~ JIIJG TH=; NO~THEAS'r SOUTHEAST l'1 YES 0 tiO NORniWF.ST SOUTHWSSl EXPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT AFFECTS YOU"! SKE'rCHES 1~1 IT:::MS 5 MID 5 DESCRitJE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU WERE I N A IO TYP": OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER YOU TRI\VEHSEO DURING THC: SI GHTING. STA'rE WHETHEP YfiNOO '.i S O R CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN. HOW MUCH ''THER 'rRAFFIC WAS T H EnE1 010 YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES! 0 YES 0 NO. I F "YEs, OESC~IBF. WHE N THEY WER!:: II'< SIGHT RELATIVE TO THE TIMC: OF SIGH'r1'4G THE PHENOMENO N AND WHERE TrlC:Y WERE IN THE SKY RELA'riVE TO TilE POSITION O F THE PHEN O l.I ENON. ~ LENC OF TI-.!E HOW LOr. G WAS THE PHENO.'..IcNvN IN SIGHT 1 CE~i AIN OF Tlo,!E FAIRLY CERTAI N JUST A GUC:SS ~HOW WAS TIME OE'rERi\oo!INED' i wAS ':"HC: PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTINUOUSLY> [J YES [')NO. IF "NO, " INOICATf. Wl-IETHEA T HIS IS DUE TO YOUR MOVEMENT OR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PHEN04C:NON. ANO O!:.oiCRIBE SUCH MOVE~AENT OR BC:HAVIOR. INDICATE OISAD. ~ PE-'RMICES ON P RC::VIOUS Sl<ETCHES. ~ AR;>ttG:O CoO THIS ,;~>RI\NG2:1.'t:.t4T C~A'IC:: OURIN:; THC S CHTINr.> CONOIT:ONS (Check a:>propriute blocJ..s.) T ,,IL.Ic T -1 CIRRUS CI.OU::>S (ffi&h f/ 'I'CY or llcrri"tl" I HCAVY II AIN l~ICH r bone) r--I LIGHT.RA-IN_O_R_D_!l_l_l_ZLE ! C L EAn HIMBUS CI.OU03 (Rr.in) rlAII. PARTLY C LOUO' I CU~U'.ONIMBUS CLOUDS 5NOW OR SL!':ET CO\I?LET ELY OVERCAST f";t:.J'>rierstorms) c.;. I F rilE SIGHTING WA S Ar TWI IGriT OR NIGHT, WHAT 0 10 YOU ~lOTICE ABOUT THt: ST4.RS AtlO MOO'I> BRIGHT MOONLIGHT U O MOO:-ILIGHT lo400N 'HITH H 1\LO MOON HICOEN B Y CLOUDS i.HII<I'l 0 \Of N ~ P ARTIAl. (.V,.w or quurcer) 0. lo" SIG 'i n~IG 'N/1.5 l N DAYLIGHT, WAS THI! SUN VISIBLE 0 YES 0 110. IF ve:s. W'-IE:RE:. YIAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED THE P>JENOM E NOI.P Pl FqON T o..-YOU OVERHEA D (.Veur nno.ltl) Il-l BACr< OF YOU T O YOUr! LEFT U N KNOWN E. S?ECi,: ~ 'fHF. MAJOr! S()URCE O F IL._U~INATION ?~ESC:NT DURING STRa:::::T L.l\"1. ETC. FOR T:!:RR'E:STRIA L ILLUL411'1ATION, SPECIFY THE SIGHTING, SUCII A::; THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR OI$TA"'CE TO I.IGHT SOIJ<>CE. 1'2. GIVE A iJRIEF O~SCR!PTION OC' T H E PHEMOM E N ON, I N D ICATING WHETHER I T AP?EAREO DARK OR LIGHT. WHETHER I T REFLECTEO LIGHT OC. WA':. SEL F L U MINOUS A N O WHAT COI.O~S YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRE:!iSIOH OF WHETHER I r \"'.o\S SOLID O R TRANSPARE NT, WHE THER EDGES WERE SHARP O R FUZZY. OESCRI9E HI~ SHAPE OR INDICATE IF I T 1\P?E 1\iH:> AS A PQI)o!T OF LIGH T . INOICAT:E: COM ARISON3 WITri OTH::R OBSE~VEC OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A L IC'-iT Oil OT!-1ER OBJECT IN YOU;t FIELO OF VIEW. PAGE<'. QF 9 PAGES IJJi) 1 I. I' I CH -\~IGE .::JLOR' ~::.tl.toOwN 1 C".f f,~l.o:O JloCHTNC.S'i' F'LA!iH OH , Ll_;<t::R? ATTENTION ro 1 He PW;:~IOME.NOtl' N..;c :F ""Es. oe<:CRIBE. 0--.~::;c.j.J~ A~IC LAOEL p;;::;:oE;:~LSTHAr-M,o~ HAVE" Af>PEA"'EO .\S IIINGS OH PROTRUSION:;, A~IO INUICATE E.(HAJ:.T OR VAF>OR TRAILS. INDICATE BV '\N ARHOW T;tE ' IRLCTI?N THE PHENONEHO~I WAS MOVING. IE-. WHAT WAS THE ANGULAR SIZE? HOLD:>. M A TCH AT ARM'S LENGTH I N FqON T OF A KNO'liN O B JECT, SUCH AS A STREET LAMP 0(-1 THE MOON. NOTE H::>W MUCI"' OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED aY rH::: HEAD Or THE MATCH. NOW IF YOU HAD 8EH .\BL E TO PER FOR'-! THIS EXPERIME~T AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTION OF THE HE~IOME:NON WOULD HAVe SEEN COVC:RED BY THE MATCH HEAD . A oo lOL :>nol~l.\HILY W"AR GL~!isF.::;' liYES I] t:o Ia oo You us=: R!::AOt:G ct ASS!c.S> [l YES B ~:o t'l ... H~ r-........ "OlJR I'APR o~ OF TtfE SP!:!r o-THE 1 19 WHAr WAS YOUR II4PR-C:(;SION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE PnFW';"' "~"'' GI'J.;: ESTIMATE OF scoc::Eo_'- . ' _ -~ th PHENOMEriO~P C IV !:.!>TI:-.IATE. OF OISTA'JCE_-'-~-~ ZO "I OP-.!:::'1 THAT HE MAY OBTAIN A3 CL!:.AP A P I CTUP!:" ll.S P03<;19LC. OF WHAT YOU SAW, OESCRIBC IN YOUR OWN WORDS :; O:OMr:>. ')BJEC T 0'1 OL!JECT S YtHI::H .VHC:t. ?LACE:> IN THE S:<Y, SI MILAR -o WHC:R~ Y )IJ IIOT<::D THE PHENOME N O N , WJll 1:' ~!': \"l S':>M:: Rf'!iF.~Ii3LAIICE TO WH~T Y')U S AW. O<:SCRIBC: SIMILARITieS M;D OIFFC"lC:t.CES BET'Nt::EN T~IE CJYM'I ,JQJECr AND f'IHAT YOl,l SAW. 21 0 0 YOW NOTIC~ ANY O!J0fl, NOISE, O"t .., :;: .. T :0"-iANArt'IG FRI')'-1 T"'E Pn!::NO~:::N0\1 0~ ANY "FFECf O'l YOURSELF , ANIMfLS Or: 1-1.\CI-'t~IC::RY IN THE VICHd '"' ~ Y3 ~<NO. I"' yc:-s, OESC'l!BE. I lr "VF w,-OeSCRif!E. P ll.GC: 7 0~ <)PAGES l.OC.'\'r!ON. 2l. ':'lAS MIYONE 'WITH Y O U A T THE T II>IE YOU SAW THE PHEMO~O::MON7 Q YES 0 "10. I F ye:s , 0 10 THE:Y Sl!:l! IT TOO/ A. l.IST THgi R HAMES A~IO ADDRESSES GIVE THE F OLLO'.'tiNG INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SELF IND I CATE ADDITIONAL. INFO?.~.\TIOH INCL.U AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH lo4AY OZ P ERTINl'fT. ::.:. WHEU ,t."'O TO WHO M 010 YOU REPO::tT IHAT YOU HAC SIGHTS:O TH S PHENO!oi:!:NON7 :!J. 0.\7 C Y O U COloiPt..ETEO THlS OUE!;T I O I'IN..I.IRC:. DAY M ONTH 06.Y MONTI-1 PAG E 0 OF 9 PAGl::S I~ F .1''-IA-IOtl 'NHICrl YO.J Ft::EL I S Pi::RTHIEN T 8\JT VtHICt-< t<; NOT AOt.Q UATELY COVERE:::ll~l -ril:i OUt..!iTIOI-INAIP:O, At...T~RN~TIVELY PROVIDE A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THC:: SIGHTING.