l . S\ltH:C:: 10 . C ONCLUSIOM ~ t. UliME\ER OF 0 JF.CTS ~-LENGTH OF OJSEAVATIOH Ide:l t i ('i.e ri ~3 dt~ h :'~ s fn"'.n-~xn_lorc4:' J.!u 11. SRI E F SU.w.M",.y A riO AM"'L Y ' I.\ JO -~ 0 Second::> 'l'he observ~r w s flying o f Dayton, Oi1io when he satellite d~cay. at J.J,OOO ft h teJ what approx 6.5 ~;I northea.J t he thought w s a t-. TYPE OF 0:\SERV"TIOM Air-Vi.uu!ll 1. COUil\t: 9. PtiYStCAL VIOfHC! lliO TH::. ~,Hr.:N0"4eNON MOVE IN A 5 TR ~IGHT STAND SfiL.L AT \NY TIME' SPC:EO UP AND RUN PAATS AND EX~LODE' GIV!:: OFF SVOKE' = CHANG E BRIGHTN ESS' CHANG:: SHAPE? OIS,PPE:AR A .,.O R EAPPEAR? FLU rTE R OR WO~SL E? ATTENTION TO THE PH ENO~ENON 1 Fl l~ ALLY OISAPPEA-1' .... r: R ONT OF SOMETH lNG, L IKf: A CLOUD, BUILDIN G AT ANY Tl'f1 l 15. 04AW A P IC:TUAf THAT WILL SHOW THE ~HA,E OF TtiE PHEt~O"'F.NO"i. INCLlJO;:. A~D LAU L ,,,.,y Ct.l AI' T A T IIC..H r HAV. A,.:J '=.oAR ' 0 A S Wl-..c;S OR PROTRUSI0 ... 5, AND INO ICATt: F'AHAlJC,T 0~ VAPO~ rRAIL<;. IN:JICAT: OY Atl AHHOit T'H~ OIRf"CTION THL PHEN O M E N O N WAS MOVING 1& WHAI ViA., fll o\t~ . ', )t,!l"t II . ~ .. A ~\,\T' 'I AT AR"i'S L: NGrH I N I HON'r CIF' A t\NOWN O'IJICT, ~liCH AS A STRF ;" LA\-4P OR Th Mj( h TI: Hflo'l V I .t OF r- Ol;;.:rCT I S 0\/t""RFO f) Y THE. Hr-AO OF TH~ M~rCH. N O W If> YOU HAD BH N AIILI TO Pt H )1"'4 lHI~ E.,_ "":Q~cN"" AT THE" riME: OF THE SIGHTING, l :STI"4ArF. WHAT F'R CTIO N OF TI~E PHI.UIO ~foi'IC.l~ Wv'ILU HAJF l"f' :1 t.)-.;c;p.:o ) Y THE t.4ATC H HEAO. 17 llll') "TOU (.)Jjf ~VE rrl~ ~JHt:NO eN('~ n~OUCH AllY OF n :-.1:::. F-ll Tl-' H. Lf:.tiS P H I::SCAIPf ON 0 OTH:.H APPL1::.;8L INCLUDE 11'1~1.) ATIOS ON fYE"'<.,L!\5SES CAME? A VI E. \'fC' H ~UI I C LA <;SE S AINOCU L AHS \-ti N f)CjHIFLD TEL CSCOP 1::: SlnF WINDOW OF V FHIC L E nt.:.ODOLI TI! WINDOWPANE:. [_] YIZS 1 1 NO H. DO You u:;E READING C L A .;5::s1 tl YE'$ l N O A.. DO Y O U OHDI N ARI L Y WE AA GLA SSI:.S? WHAT Wl\S YOIJR IMPRESSION OF THi:. D ISTANCE PH?.N O M E N ON' GIVE FSTIMATE O F DISTANCE . . Hl WHAT WAS YOUR IMPRE SSION OF n11:. SPEED OF THE PHEfoiO M!:::NON, Gl Vf:. ESTIMATE OF S?c E D _!f_..: 20. I N ORDER THAf WC. MAY OBTAIN AS C LC.AR A PICTUA~ A S P O SSIBLE OF WHAr YOU SAW, Dt.S<.:PI~E IN YOUR ONN 'l'f0H'):l A C.0'1.1MO N OBJECT OR OBJECTS WHICH, WHF.N PLACED IN THE SKY, SI'IAILAR ro WH!:.R E YOU NOfED THE P HE.NOM~"JON, WOUL D IJEA,:~ S0'4E RESt:::MBLANCE TO WH~r YOU SAW. D !:..SCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES 8ETWEN rHE COMMO N OUJE.CT AND WHAT YOU S AW. 'II~.-rn s-1-{ltJt=:. A. rJIO TH~ PHf:NOM E N O,_. D I S rURA TC: GROUN D OR LEAVE AI,!Y PHYSICA L LVI D .:!NCE. l] YHS G.l NO. r'Av-. 7 vF 21 H'\Vc YOU t::VER SEEN rttiS OR.\ SIMILAA P H E N O MC:N O N Elc:.FOHC:7 [j Y E ; [1 NO I F yf::S," GIV' O.~Tc! A'lu 2J. WAS ANYONE WITH YOU A T THE Tl YOU '::;A'~ THe PH ENOM~NON 7 [_]YES [l NO. I F "YF S. 010 THF.Y !:i E IT TOO Uvcs 0 NO. G I V E THE FOLLOWING I N FORMATION ABOUT YOU~SEL F LAS T NAME, Fl RST N INO I,...ATE AODIT10NL lf'!;::"QRJiotAriON INCLU DINC OC::::UPATIO~ AND ANY EXPt:.AIC..NCC:: WHICH ~ 1\Y BE PERTINENT . 2>. ~HC:N /\N O 10 -11~0~ DID YuU FIC::PO~ r f lA i YOU HAD ~tCHTElJ THI S Pl-kNU~E'IQN7 26. l>/\TL YO<J C.-ho!?l.ETF O THIS QUESTIO "1AI~C:. M ONTH _ FLIG } 11 CR.C\'/ ~/~E/v\BE~\ ltlf'O:~ f SATE Lll r E RE-ENTRY O R BRIGHT F IRt BALL ' in c o n junctio n w ith Smithsonian As1rophysical Obse rv a tory' s Re-Ent ry and Rcco't~ry Program 1. Flight r/f 1 7. 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