OA TE Tl~o~: ;'lOUP Janu H;, N\IME\ER OF O~JECTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. LOCA liON Cleveland, 10. CONCLUSION ~ Probable HOT AIR BAU.OON Description is similar observa tions of garment air balloons. LENGTH OF 03SERVATIOH 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AHO AHALY51S 20 iil:lu tes The obserrer sighted a yello._,_..,hi te Tl'PE OF O!SERVATIOH the north. Ground-Visual .::>een to PHYSICAL EVIO!HC! ~d Ai'tf'!r shaped light ut l_t; nr ?0 DUVGF.T DU,EAU AP DYAL i'IUitiBZrt 21-11138 THIS QUESTIO"'<AIRE H t\S DEEN PREPARED ro TJIAT YOU CAN GIVE THEUS. AIR FORCE AS MUC H INFORM ... T I ON POSSIBLE CO:"CERNlNG THE UN!DE!'\TlFIE'O PHENOMENON THAT YOU fiAVE OBSERVED. PLE A SE TRY TO A!'\SWER i'.:.L OF THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORMATION YOU GIVE WIL L BE U SED FOR RESEAHCII PURPOSES YOllR :-tA.\F ""'LL r\OT OE llSED IN CONNECTION \li1TH ANY OF YOUR STAT EME:-ITS OR CONCLUSiON S WJTliOUT YOUR PE~V. -;;:d~ RETURN TO AIR FORCl": IJAS INVESTI GATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD (Tl>ETR), WRIGH"l' P ATT::;;:sc :" _.;;; 8, OH I 0 45 433. I AW AFR 80-i7. (fF' ADDITIONAL SIIEETS ARr~ NF.F.DF.D FOR NARR,\ T/VF; OR SKETCHES ATT.~Cr! 3E:':.-RF.l. Y TO Tl/IS FORM OR ANNOTATE WITH YOUR NAME FOR JDENTIP/Ctl TION.) I. l'lnC:N C : 'f;)U SEE THE P HENOMFNON I 2 WHAT I l l-':' OlD YOU FIRST SIGH1 THE PHEN O M E NON' 3. WHAT T'VE DID YOU LAST SIGHT THE PHEN O MENON? --t 4 . Tlo..!E:-, _ 0DAYLIGHT SAV114GS QSTANDARD QEA':>';"="l'l [jC.ENTRAL 0MOUNTAIN [jPACIFIC L]OTHER S wHERE .... ::~:: YOU WHE N YOU SAW THE PrlENOMENON ' IF IN CITY. GIVE THE tiCAREST STRF.ET AClDRESS AND INOICA.T=: O t l A HA11D ;::::. >.'NN MAP YIHERE YOU WE~C: STAtiDING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDHESS. I F IN Tr1 COUNTRY. IDEtiTIFY THE HIGH.VA'V vou YIERE ON OR NEAR ANO TRY TO FIX A DISTAIICEI'NO OIRECTI':N FROM S.OI<C RECOGNIZABLE LAIIOMARK 6. IM '1': "'::-ARE AT THE POINT S~:""'N l'l THE SKETCH, PLACE AN A' ON THE CURVED LINE TO SfiOW HO. HIGH THE P~;::,;:;vE":"N WAS ABOVE THE HO~':O,, O R SKYLINE . WHE N FIRST SEEN. PLACE A 3 ' O N THE SAME CURVED LINE TO s~v" -::: ... - IG'i ABOVE THE HORI!O'I THE PHEN O M E N O N WAS WHEN L AST SEEN . 6A. N O W IMAGINE YOU AAE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPASS ROSE. PLACE AN " A " OH THE COMPASS TO UIOICATE THE DIRECTION TO T11E C>HENO ... ENON WHEN FIRST SECN. PLACE A e ON THE COMPASS TO INDICATE T H E DIRECTION TO THE PH E NO M !!N :>'I ri E N L AST SEEN. 7. 1-.: TtiE Sr<:::TCH a::LOW. PLACE A N A AT THE POSITION OF THE PHENO M E NON WHEN FIRST SEEN . AI~D A e AT THE P .;)<;ITION OF T~!:: ;>Hf NOMENON WHEN LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A" AND a WITH A LINE TO APPROXIMATE THE ,..OVEVENT OF-:',.!:: P H E N OM E NON BETWEEN " A " AND " B " . THAT IS, SCHEMATICALLY SHOW WHC:THER THE MOVEM ENT APPEAP.EO TO BE STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-ZAG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETC H AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LARGER S'<E"- CH. PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES IN RUSINESS SECTION o,.-CITY IN A!::SIOEN TIAL S~CTIOtl OF C ITY ..(I 1'4 c-;: _--C_JA_s ORIVER 0 A s PASSENGEP oPEN couN-r<<YStDE , ... .a.: o-.: _ _ , ~;;; J AS PILOT Q AS PASSC:IIGEA FLYitiC OVG:n Cln FLYING OV!:R OPC::N COUIITRY A . I F YOU w=:RE IN A VEHICLE, COMPLET E Tt-'E: FOLLOWING HOW F 14ST WE R e YOU t-.COVING' WH " ::liRECTI ON WERE YOU M':lVI NG' HC -~AST SOUTHEAST Ho~- .,~S T SOUTHWEST rJYES r?.Jt~O CXULAI"' ,.. THeA SUCH t40VEMENT AFFEC'TS YOUP SKETCfiC:S IN ITI::MS !I ANO G o:::C~I&~ ?E OF' VEHICLE YOU WER E I N ANO TYPE OF ROAD TEPRJ.tt; 0~ BIJD'-OF wAT!..R Y O U TR4V.O~SEO OIIRING TI-lE S~"'";'l;':i STATE WH ETHER WINOOWS O R CONVE;'ITIBLE TOP WERE U P Or! 00<11. (_ ';::>'10 ,.,vC~ OTHE R TRAFFIC WA':. THER~' :l.., v;,.; N C - ICE ANY AIRPLAN!::S' 0 vE:s )f.J NO. I f" yes. oE:>CfHBE ~HF"' THF:Y w::R:: IN SIGHT RELATIVl TO" rH.:: Tl~ or SIGHTINC: THE PHEtlOMENO~ A N D WHERE HEY V.ERE. It>: THE SKY RELI\TIVE TO THC:: i"OSITION OF THE PHEN0'-1.!'10~ ..,0, .. LON G WAS THE PHENOMeNON IN SIGtlf? "'S -,..:;: >-!:: :, !to::l"i IN SIGHT co:-.-'ov ? .JS-Y' '(]YES n NO. I~" " N O INOICATI:' WHETH!;;R Tt'IS 1$ D U E -o YOU ~ .. 0\ ~"'~" ';' _.,. :~.o;:: B~liAVIOR OFT~.! =>.-!N?\I!::I'oON.'ANO oEs::RtDE SUCH MOV""'~FNT OR B~H,\VIOR. INOI''" \Te OI:OAP l:t" T H ~Rt! W!!H~ tAOR:: TH~ ON!! P H !:: N O M'i::NON, H O W M.,_NY WERE THF.R E A A JI!ANO!:D. DID THIS AR"A1'4G!.Ml!Hi CHANGE DURING Till!: SI GHTING! DRAW A PICTURE TO !:HOY/ H O Vf 'nii'::Y WERE CONOITIONS (Check app ropriate blucks.) j A . SI(Y B. VIEATHER ~ CAY ~, '-.. CUMULUS CLOUDS (/~ow fluffy} FOG O R MIST 4 TWILIGHT CIRRUS CLOUDS (High (lucy ur f/urirtg ltEAV Y RAIN 4 .;_!. II:;;H T \ bone) L I GHT RAI N O R D RIZZLE F--t.._ H IMDUS CLOUDS {Ru in) HAIL CUWU !..ONII-IIJUS CLOUDS SHO'IV OR SLCE:T (ThtJndu ; l or:ns) UNKNOWN HAZE o q SMO G HONE OF HIE A BOVE j C. IF TH'! S'C.:HTIHG t14.S AT TWILIGHT Oi'l NIGHT . \'-lA r DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STAAl> Arl O MOON t H ONE Bl'liCHT MvONUCHT : N? MO-ONLIGHT MOON WITH HALO W.l-.Y MOON HIDDEN DY CLOUDS vN < I COVN 1-. PARTIAL ( Ne w or q uorrt:r) C-'T 'i~ '11Ai IN DAYLIGHT, WAS THE SUN V ISIBLE? ~ rHE PHI!NO>IENOIH IF yEs, WHERE WAS THE SUN A S YOU FACED t= 114 F R ONT OF .VOl: TO YOUR RI GHT O V E R H!!:AO {Nrcr r.oon) 3 ~ I H 9.\CK O f" YOU T O YOUR LEFT UHK OWN } E. $1>:?:Cii"Y Tt'iE IIIAJO~ SOURCE OF ILLUMIN A T I O N PRESENT OUfUNG THE SIGHTING, SUCH A S THE SUN, HEADL1Cii1TS OR J ST~:!ZT LAN~'>, f:';C . f'OR TERRI!!:STRIA L ILLU"41NAT I O N , SPECIFY DISTANCE TO L I CHT SOURCE. 12. Gllll: A 'l~IC:F O~S.:?'"'TION OF THE PHENOMEHO~. INDICATING WHE T HC:R IT A P P E ARED DARK OR LICHT, WHETHER IT ?~FLJ::CT .!0 t.'C'" -C , wAS SI!LF-LUMIHOUS ANO Wr'AT COLORS YOU t~OTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER 17 '*A$ S~LIO '::=l -~;.'oSPARENT, WHEfHER EDGE S W:aRE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAP E OR INDI C ATE IF IT AP'=>E '"'!.0 A'S ~ >'C l'i'r OF LIGHT. INDICATE C O M P A RISONS WITH OTHER OBSEAIIED OSJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LIGHT OR o-H~R vaJ~":"' ' N Y:::lU"\ FIELD OF VIEW. 4 OF 9 PAGES ,. H rl M 0 II' NO i't llol A s-1"4 ~liT LINEl :ITAUO ';TILl.. 47 At1VTIME1 !li~!!:.\X U i I'" "';.'HS AND EXPLODE' CHA~:;e C:-~it' OI.:;APP! '" ''"0 R:ZAPPEAR1 :lP I H LIK! 'iAT 0*!'11' YOUR ATTE~ITION T O THC: PHt:;HOMd40N? J A 110W O!O IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR' 111. DR~W A PICTUR! THIIT Wll.L SHOW nu:: SHAPC: 01" THE PHI:::~Ot.I!:!HON. INCLUD~ A,O LABEL ANY DETAILS THAT MIC.HT HAVE APPEARED 4 .) lfiNGS OR PROT~USIONS, AND INDICATE :;(HAUST OR VAPO" T~AILS. INDIC.t.TE BY A N ARROW THF DIRECTION THE FI"E:NOMENOH WA S MOVING. s WH.A.T W~J -.,-,..,'j ~.,_I>" SIZE' HOLO A "'ATCr' .O.T A R M'S LEI'oG.,.'i I N FRONT OF A KNOWN OBJECT , SUCH AS A STREET LA~P OF-": "'.::: ..... .,:>TC: H0"' MUCM o;: Tr E OSJECT IS COVE: RED BY THE HEAD OF THE MATCH. H O W I F YOU H 4 D BC:CN A::J_:::: ;:: ::>~:.:-~:u THI S EXF'ERI).IE"-:" ;._--.. E TII~E OF THE SIG~TING, ESTI'-4ATE WHAT F R A CTIO N OF THE PAGE 6 OF 9 PACE!> 010 YOU OfiS!R'v-. TilE PHENOMENON PRESCRIPTION OR OT'iCR lt.F. ot.r.- OINO(' ULA''S Tel. ESCOP E: V Eli! C L F THEOOCl t"l 1: r;;-"~-'A~ ,. "0llH lr.lf'AES~ION OF TH!:: SP:CO OF TIH. 19 WHAT W,:; YOU, l'.l~"'llLS510N 0"" THi:. DI:OTJI.t~ E. or Tt-!E j t-~-o-ltt cqo "'-HAT WC MAY OBTAir! AS ClEAR A PIC rURE A!'o f->OSSIULE 0 WHAT f(OU 'S'\1~/ot:SCRH:H. 1'1 YOln. 'lWN WORO A CO"'''.'"' OBJECT OR OOJE.CTS WHICH, WHE N PLACED Ill THE S KY, Sl fi'ILAR TO WHCRC Y O U NO.,.ED THE PHI:fo/Ot~r NO~I . 1\0ULO : .\R !'oO"'E' R!..SI MBLANCF TO 1H~T YOU S AW. DESC"liO~ Sllolll ARtTirS /, NC. OIFFF."?EN<:o S A':T'j\f:E:tl T~' CO.,)JO .'1JI:.CT ANO \'II-1AT YOU SAW 3:0 .;::::> ... : .. .,.. EMANATI"'G FROM THE. F'Ht:NO .IEt:ON OR AllY f'FFECT o:~ Y.)U (l.F. U Y r.s . o,!IO. ::J $TU~!:l r.-:;: GHOU'IO OR L"AVE M~Y PHY!iiCAL l.VIDCIICt. Af'fl &L-17(Cl) 1 lh:PCRT THA r YOU H/10 :;1C~ITEO THI"> I"HI!:tiO'H:NO'll