Grosseile Michigan — February 1969

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD DATE T 11~ G~OUII :2. LOCA TIOH Fe bru.a::-y ~9 l . SOUP.C! 10. CONCLUSION Civil i~"1 HUMBER OF OBJECTS LENGTH O'F OBSERVATION BRIEP' IUMMAAY AHO AHALYIIa 3 1-iinutes observer sighted a white light that travel ed SSE and visible for 3 minutes. TYPE OF 0 3SRVATIDH Ground- Visua l PHYSICAL VIO!NCI! SIGHTING OF UHIDENTIFIED PHE~OMEHA QUESTIONNAIRE BUDGET DUHF.AU APPROYM NUMBER 21-Rl$8 THIS QUESTIO;-<-.;:..tpE HAS OEEN PREPARED SO TIIAT YOU C'AN GIVE T ilE U.S AIR JORC AS MUCII INFORt.!ATfON AS PO!'SII3LE CC"~ER:\ING THE UNIDENTIF IED PIIE~OM~NON TIJAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED. PLEAS!:: TRY TO ANSWER ALL ~)r THE QUESTIONS. THE INFORI>!ATION YOU GIVE. WILL UE USED FOR Rr:SEARCII PURPOSr;s YOUR NA\1E \41~!... 'lOT BE USED IN CONNECTION Wl TII ANY OF YOUR STATE.MENTS OR CONCLUSIONS WITHOUT YOUR PER'Il:;S!CI:-. RETURN TO AIR FORC'E BASI:: INVESTIGATOR FOR FORWARDING TO FTD {TDETR), WRIGHT ATTERSO'; -.-r., _, t 0 ~5-'33, I AW AFR 80-f7. (IF ADDI TIONAI. SIIF.I~TS ATU"; NDF.O FOU NAI?RA Tl VE OH SI<F.TCIIF:'.S A TTACii :;::c ;;::;:_ :. tO THIS FORM OR ANNOTATE \IlT/I YOUU NAMI-; FOR /DENT/FICA TJON.) 1. WrlE'-!'I-",.~o '"-~THE PHENOMENOt-l> MOt~ TH t~. 7 . WI-< .t.T TtMc: :. (QU FIRST SIGHT THE Pr'E:NOMENON> :; WHAT TI~E :>I. YOU LAST SIGHT Tt1E PHENOMENON> ... TIME'zo-:f' ODAYLIGHT SAVINGS f<t_:TANDAHD EASTERN 0 CENTRAL 0 MOUNTAIN ['J PACI~C [I OTHER S WHERE WEO Y:lU WHE N YOU SAW THE PhE'-OMC:NON> I F IN CITY GIVI:. THE N EARE'\T STREET ADDRESS AND INDICATE ON A HAto:) oo ... ,,.., 'lAP WHERE YOU WERE STA'IOING WITH REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS IF IN THE. ~OUNTRY. IDENTIFY THI:. HIG'1 ... ~V Y.:> .... ~ERE O N OR NEAR AND TRY TO FIX A DISTANCE AND OI~ECTIOtl F'ROM SOME RECOGNIZABLE LANDMARK . ..L\I;,"~'v JJI,ct..:tu. kc~ 6 . IMAGI~E YOU S.'>!:: AT THE POINT SHOWN 1"1 THE SKETCH. PLACE AN A ON THE CURVED LINE TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE PHEN':l'1E,C'< ".:.:>ABOVE THE HORIZON. 0" S'<YLINE. WHEN fiRST SEEN. PLACE A 3-ON THE SAAE CURVED LINE TO SI-IOH >iOtf'"' :;, ASOVE THE HORIZON TH:: "'HE'lOMENON WAS WHEN LAST SEEN. 6A. N OW IMAGINE YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF THE COMPA';S ROSE f'LAC: All 'A" O N THE COMPASS TO INDICATE TllC DIRECTION T O THE PHENOMENON WHEN FIRST SEEN. f'LACI:. A ' 0 " O N Tttl:. COMPASS T O INDICATE THE DIRECTION T O THE PHENOME'iO N WHEN LAST SEEN. S S>'I SSE 'I"'~ SKE:TC-. BELOW, PLACE AN "A~ AT T>iE <>OSITION OF THE PHENOM E N O N WHEN FIRST SEEN. AND A " 8 " A T T~E POSITION OF THE PHENOMENON WHE N LAST SEEN. CONNECT THE "A" AND ' 0 " WITH A LINE TO APPROXI MATE THE lo'OV!::MENT Or THE PHENOMENON BETWEEN "A" AHO e. THAT IS. SCHEMATICALLY SHOW \'tHETHER THE MOVEMEIH AP=>EA~E:D T O 3 E STRAIGHT, CURVED OR ZIG-2AG. REFER TO SMALLER SKETCH AS AN EXAMPLE OF H O W TO COMPLETI:. .-.E LARGER SKE TCH. PAGE 2 OF q PAG E S WHERE WERE YOU WHE N YOU SAW T H E PHEN O MENON> (r:ht:ck nppmpriatc blocJ. .... ) OUTDOORS FX I N f:iUSINESS SECTION OF CITY I N BUILDING RESIDEN TIAL SECTION OF C I T Y 0 AS(;RIVER INCA~ 0 AS P A SSENGER IN OPEN COUNTRYSIDE N!::AR AIRFIELD 0 A S PILOT 0 A S PASSENGER FLYIN G OVER CITY F LYIN G OVER OPE N COUtaRY OU WER E I N A V E HICLE, COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING wo.,~-:JI"'ECTION OU MOVING' HOW F AST Wt:RE YOU MOVING> sour WEST DID YOU STOP A NYTI M E WHILE OBSERVING THE PHEN O M E NON> tiORTkEAST SOUTHE AST NOR-r'WEST EXPLAIN WHETHE R SUCH M O V E M E N T A FFECT S YOUR SKETCHES IN ITEMS 5 A N D 6 DESCRIBE -voe: O F VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYPE OF R OAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WA TER YOU TRAVERSED DURING T H E SIGHTING. STATE WHETHE R WINDOWS OR CONVERTIBLE TOP WERE UP OR DOWN . HOW MUCH OTHE R TRAFFIC WAS THERE' DID YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES> 0 Y ES 0 NO. I F ~YES, DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE IN SIGHT RELATIVE T O THE TIM E O F SiGHTING THE PHE N O MENO N AND WHERE THEY WERE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE POSITI O N OF THE PHE~IOMENON. 9 . H O W LONG WAS T H E PHEN O M E NON I N SIG HT, LE'IOTH OF TIM E CERTA I N OF TIME NOT VERY SURE F A IRLY CERTAIN JUST A GUESS h0"" WAS TIM DET ERMI NED> WAS-,_:;: F'-"10MENON IN SIGHT !ONTINUOt ~LYf j;8tYES IF ~No'. l tiDICATE WHETHER T H I IS DUE i'o YOUR MOVE:~E"T Q:> T H E BEHAVIOR O F THE PHEN OMEN O N , AND ~RISE SUCH MOVEMENT OR B EHAVIOR. I NDICATE OISAP PEAR.\NCES )N PREVIOUS SKETGHES. PAGE 3 OF 9 PAGES 10. IF THERE WERE MORE THAN O N E PHENOMENON. HOW MANY WERE THERE> DRAW A PICTURE TO SHOW HOW THEY WERE ARRANGED. DID THIS ARRANGEM ENT CHANCE DURING THE SIGHTING> II. CONDITIONS (Chcrk apprupriale blocks.) A. SKY B. \'lEATHER PARTLY ;:._oUDY COM"'LE-E- Y OVERCA ST CUMULUS CLOUDS (l.oru flulfvl CIRRUS CLOUDS (High fleecy or II erring NIMBUS CLOUDS (Rain) CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS (Thunders t orm,;} HAZE OR SMOG FOG OR MIST HEAVY RAIN LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE SNOW OR SLEET X NONE Of' THE ABOVE C. I F THE SIGnTtNG WAS AT TWILIGHT OR NIGHY. WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE STARS AND MOON> STARSf"Q~l':'-t BRIGHT MOONt!'JGHT MOON WITH HALO MOON HIDDEN SY C LOUDS U'li<NO'tll'l PARTIA L (New or quarter) IF "YES," WHERE WAS THE SUN AS YOU FACED :). IF SJ::;'"'TIN::i WA S IN DAYLIGHT. WAS THE SUN VISIBLE' 0 YES 0 NO. f THE PHENOMENON? IN FRON T OF YOU TO YOUR RIGHT OVERHEAD(Newnoo~ IN SACK OF YOU TO YOUR LEFT E. SPECIFY THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION PRESENT DURING THE SIGHTING, SUCH AS THE SUN, HEADLIGHTS OR ST~:::ET L.lo\1?, E T C . FOR TERRESTRIAL ILLUMINATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LICHT SOURCE. 1:. G IVE..:. 3,:>1<;:" DESCRIPTIO N OF THE PHENOMENON , INDICATING WHETHER I T APPEARED DARK OR LICHT, WHETHER I T RC:FLECT:::> LIGHT OR WAS SELF- LUMINOUS AND WHAT COLORS YOU NOTICED. DESCRIBE YOUR IMPRESSION OF WHETHER I T WAS SCLIO OR TRANSPARENT, WHETHER EDGES WERE SHARP OR FUZZY. DESCRIBE THE SHAPE OR INDICATE I F IT APPEA::t;::: A.S A POINT OF LIGHT. INDICATE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER OBSERVED OBJECTS, LIKE STARS, A LICHT OR OTI-I:::P. oa.ECT IN YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. ~tt 'V.:ll.L ~uli, Gv.~l~x utl!i PAG E 4 OF 9 PAGES PHENOMENON YES MOVE I N A STRAIGHT L INE? S TANO STILL AT ANfTIME> SUDDENLY S:>EE::> u:> AND RUN BREAK UP 11 :>.;=>s A~O EXPLOOEI CHANCE CO-:-= CHANCE HQIG-_;-c::ss-/ f"LJ.SH ,::; OISA?PE .l."' SPIN LIKE .; -o::., MA'<E A NC':SE' FLUTTER Oi=< ~y:>BBLE> 14. WHAT 0.~::. YOUR ATTENTION TO THE P~lENOMENON> HOW 010 IT F'INALLY DfSAPPEAR7 FRONT OF SOMETHING, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE. OR BUILDING AT ANY TIME> ' " "YEs, DESCRI::::. J PAGE 5 OF 9 PAGES 15. DRAW A P ' C T URE THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOMENON. INCLUDe AND LAB E l. ANY D ETAILS THAT MIGHT HAVE APP'::AREO AS WINGS OR PROTRUSIONS, AND INDICATE E-<HAUST O R VAPOR TRAILS. INOICATl'' BY AN ARRO W THE DIRECTION THE PHENOMENON WAS MOVING. \Oir'A-<,Jo.; 7-'E: ANGULAR SIZE ' nOL::l A MATCH AT A RM'S LEN C T H IN FRONT O F A K~IOWN OBJECT, SUCH A S A STR EET LA"'"':::"--.;:: U O O N . NOTE I"O'Ir' ._._,;::...,OF THE OBJECT IS COVERED B Y THE H E A D OF THE MATCH. N O W I F YOU HAD !:E:EI--::-~ i? PER FORM THI S EXP<::P l\!ENT AT THE T I M E O F THE SIGHTING, ESTIMATE WHAT FRACTIO N O F THE <>,_:;:.ou:;: .. c .. 0 U L O HAVE BEE" C O VEREO BY THE MATCH HEAD. P ACE 6 OF 9 PACE S DID YOU OBSERVE THE PHENOMEN O N THROUGH A N Y OF THE FOLLOWING? INCLUDE INFORMATION FILTER, LEN S P RESCRI P TION OR OTHER APPLICABLE DATA. EYEGLASSES CAMERA VIEWER SUNG L ASS!::S BINOCULARS WIND$~1ELD S' OF. ., 1100w OF VEHICLE THEODOLITE DO V")_: ORDINARILY WEAR GLASSES? rZJ YES 0N O B. DO YOU USE READING GLASSES? WI" A-wo\S YOUR I MP RESSION OF THE SPEED.OF! TH'h , 19. WHAT WAS YOUR I MPRESSION OF THE DISTANCE OF THE 1 PHEN O MENON GIVE ESTIMATE OF DISTANCE !){/ Q1 l"f',~-.':l~ENON? G IVE ESTIMATE OF SPEED''\)1 r11 1 IN 0"':R THAT WE MAY OBTAIN AS CLEAR A PICfURE A S POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS A CC"...,.ON OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHEN PLACED I N THE SKY, SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE PHENOMENON, WOU I.!J SEAR SOM E RESEMBLANCE TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SI MILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES OETWE::EN THE COM'o!ON OBJECT A N D WHAT YOU SAW. Ol::l ""::J N OTICE A N Y ODOR, NOISE , OR HC:AT E MANATING FROM THE PHENOMENON OR f,NY EFFECT ON YOURSELF', ANIIo'A-S OR MACHINERY I N THE VICINI1 Y? ~YES 0 NO. I F "YES," DESCRIBE. :;:t c.cJlvtl DISTURB TriE G~OUN D OR LEAVE ANY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. DYES t3J NO. PAGE 7 OF 9 P AGES 22. HAVE YOU EVER !;EEN THIS OR A SIMILAR PHENOMENON BEFORE 0 YES Ys, GIVE DATE AHD 23. WAS A'"IYOME: ''liTH YOU AT THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHEHOMENON7 18) YES 0 NO. I F ye:s.~ DID THEY SE!: IT T007 24. GIVE THE FOLLOWING If~ FORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF ATIOH INCLUDING OCCUPATION AND ANY EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY B E PERTINENT. 2!>. WHf:1'~ .l":; -~ ..,oo.; 010 YO.U REPORT THAT YOU HAD SIGHTED THIS PHEHOMEHON7 2$. 0A7E Y C .-=-''""'"-~TEO THIS QUESTIOI'lNAIRE. YEAR_ ~I .. l PAG E 8 O F 9 PACES