1 . NllM~c H OF 0 JECTS ? ROJECT 10073 RECO~O l. LOCATIO~ ~llincia, Io~a, issouri, ~rea 10. CONCLUSION Astro (t:ETEOR) I.,, L.E~CTH OF 03.SE~VATJOH , l O -.o :J~cor.ds TY~"E OF 03SERVATIOH 1. cou.snE o. PHY SIC.lL fVIOtHCl Stimulus identifieu by the Smithsonian Astroph:rsical Obser?atory as a meteor. CIVE OFF S'-'O'<E7 CH ~1-<vE 8HI CHTNE'lS FLASH O R FLICKER' -I DI,;,AP0EAR AND REAPPEAR' SPIN LIKE A TOP? MAKE A N OISE? FLUTTER O R 'NOBBLE7 14. WH\T OR~! YOUR A TTENTION TO THE:. PHE""0 MC:NON1 A . HOt't DID IT FINALLY DISAPPEAR7 B. 01:) THE PHENOMI!NO N MOVE BEHIND O R I N FRONT O F 50'-f E THINC, LIKE A CLOUD, TREE, OR BUILDIN G AT ANY LJ YES ~o. IF .. vEs.'" oe:scRiaE . IS. \'IHA T ''lAS T'"iE ANGUL~R SIZE' HOLD A MATCH AT AR ... ' S LENGTH I N =-~ONT OF A KNO W"'' OBJECT , SUCH .~SA STREET L AMI= OR THE MOON. NOTe HOW ~UCH OF THE 0 8 J :~T IS COVERED 9" THE H EAO 0 F Tl-' ~ MAT=H. N O 'It I F YOU H o 0 PH~NO ... ENON WOULD HAVE Bt::.EN COVERED BY T H E '-lATCH HEAO. PAGE 6 o : '3 PAv?S iJ'~ l' ~ rt r' 'NI N03HIF L D SlUE WI NDO'N OF V2"4 1CLE THEODO' I T 1::: ~. CO YOU O~DI'l ~RIL Y 1 1~ WH A T WA S YOUR IMPRESSION oc: T H E 5P!': ED OF THE 1a .YHAT WAS YO IR IM~'-'RESSION OF Trl::. D ISTANCE ?F 1 H=: PHEN O MENON' (tVE ESTIMATe OF l'li!.TAN CE -) /r: lt/t!<" PHEN~..-MENON' GIVE ESTIMATE OF SPE D _ ::!:> IN ORDER T H A T ',41':. M A Y OBTAI N A S C L E A R A P I CTURE A:; POSSI3LE OF WHAl YOU S A W, D~5CRIBE I N YOUR O WN WORDS A COM '-I O N O BJECT OR OBJECTS WHIC H , WHEN P LACED IN TuE:. <iKY , SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU NOTED T HE. PHENO M!::N?N . OULD BEAR SOM E R t:.S!::M 9 LANC E TO WHAT YOU SAW. DESCRIBE SIMIL A RIT.r:S 1\ND DIF F E R E NCCS arT H EE.N IHE C OMMO N O BJECT A~ D WHA T YOU S~'N. 2 1 DID YOU N OTIC E A 'll v 0:)0R N O ISE, OR HEAT EMAN~T!!4~q0'1o4 THE PH ENOMt~ON O R A N Y E FFECT ANI'-!ALS O R M ACHIN!::R Y I N T H E V ICINITY' n YES ~NO. I~ "YES, DESCRI~JC. 0"1 YOURSELF. DID THE ?HENOIIoiE~O~ DISTU R B T H E G POUN D O R L E AVE A N Y ?'"IY S I C A L EVIDENCE IF "Yf:5,-DESCR I BE. 0 YES :J NO. P GE70' 9P;GES :\ ;'-,WI.R :'\LL OF T:IF QlJESrON'l llE 1NH)HMA1LO~ iot' <~lVE hTLL llr. USf:.D lOR l'l:sr-:.\RC"tl PURlJ(>Sr:..; YOUR N ,\~.It. \Iii.!,.. '"OT HE US f~D I~ CO'\ i; ECl'IO:". WI Til A'\ Y Oi-YOt'R ST ,\ T .\1 t':~n S OR CO~C'Ll'~IONS \,lTdPl T \Ol'R PJ'P,\th 1chs Pt:::Ttn~'i To, :R iOi<C' d\t;t-t~.,r-~rrc; no!~ Fo:~ Iut~WAHt>I~<~ To Frn (TP, .. r.!, v...' n t' ,\ J'T.llll 'FCUR_'-.Ll' f() 1'fJLS f"OI~\t <Ji-? AiVi'vOJ'ATI~ HfT!I rOUE'\ 1\f r f'OJ~ II'/ tvJ'IJ IC1'1'/()N.) 2 WHO." 11\,E 01:) YOIJ FIR::.T SIC"1T THE t-'HE'NO'A~NON? Houo MINurEs~.=-I [-lA -... llP.~. C)~ DAYLICIT !:.AVINvS I ]'' A N O ARD L.J F: A S T t:RN [ ] CEN-RAL LJ MOUNT A I '-I [)PA C f IC [1 OTHr.P S lfH Pi. w;;:~E YOU WH~N Y':>U $ ,),. THi:. P"1E-N0"":.NON1 IF IN CITY CVE THt:. NE:.AR ,T STR f T AuOFH:.5S AND 11'-fOICA r'-) If Hltrl h Y,),Y YOU WC:RE O"'l 0R N E_.R A'IO TRY TO FIX A OISTA ....,CE ANO OIREC110N FROM SOM E R ECOC....,IlA3LE LAN D MARK o t .:.GI'oiF YOU AR:. AT THE ::lQIN T S H OHN 11'-f T H F S KETCH, P_AC~ A..., .A O N THE CUPVc:-0 I"' TO SHOo\' HOW HIGH T'-lE PHc.!-4"''-AE"'O N '!AS ABOVE fHE .iCRt:C~ 0~ SKYLIN'-W"iC.~ rlrtST SEEN PLACE A J O N THE S A V f -...URVED LI~E TO s .. ,:, V HOW HIG H A80JE: THE HORt .. O N THe PHEN 01ol!EN0'4 IIA5 NHE"" L AST SE'EN 0 a SERVE t:) "A l '~ TrlE CCJ ~PJ\S; T I ~OICA r l.:. I N THE J'<'::TCH BELOW, j:)LACE AN "A AT TH: POSITION OF T H E P H E N O M E N O N 'NHE N c:'IRST SEEN , ANO A a A T THE POSITIO'I OF THE PH!:N0114~NON WH E N LAST SEEN . CONN ECT THC.:: "A ANO a WITH A LINE T O APPROXIMATE THE \IOV:.,.~'I-OF' T H E PHE N O M E'Iv N BET'IWE!~ AND " a . THA I IS, SCHEMAIICA L L Y S'"i O W -,.~ TH'!::R THF ~OVE~.:.'IT A?Pc:- :::'J r o BE ST~AIGHT, CURVED 0~ ZIC-:AG. REFER T O S LL::R SK E TCH AS A N EXA~PLE OF HOW TO COMPLETE THE LAPG::R 51(ETCH. PACE 2 OF 9 P A G ;::S W H.;:rt.::. WenE Y OU WHE N OU SAW T H E P H E N O ME-N ON ? ((It .. cit I PfJWprt'1L.: hlock,.) I N AUILDING IN CAR fj A 'i 0 _,I V E R [J AS PASSE NGER IN O P F N COUN T:l"'SI D E N EAR AIRFI ~LD AIR?LAN E 0 AS PILOT 0 A S P A SS ENGER FLYING OVF.~ CIT Y FLYING OVEP O P E N COUNTRY O T HC::r.t .A.. IF= YOU Wr:::RC:IN A VEHIC LE, C O o"1P L ET E TYE F OLLOWING WHA T OIR!::CTION WE~E Y OU MOVINC HOW F A S T WE R E Y O U MOVING? SOUTH WEST DID YOU STOP /\NYT11o4E WHILE OBSE~VING T H E PHENOMENON? N OnTHEAST S OUTHEAST N ORTHWEST E XPLAIN WHETHER SUCH MOVEMENT A FFECTS YOUA S~ETCHeS IN ITEMSSAND6 D ESCRIBE TYP'E 0~ VEHICLE YOU WERE IN AND TYP'E OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR BODY OF WATER Y O U TRAVERSE D DURING THE SIGHTING. STATe! WHETHER WIND OWS O R CONVERTIBLE T O P W ERE UP O R DOWN. H O W MUCH OTHER TRAFFIC WAS THERE1 010 YOU NOTICE ANY AIRPLANES? W'NO. IF yEs. DESCRIBE WHEN THEY WERE I N SICH1 R EL~TIVE TO THE Tl~ OF SIGr4TING THE PHENOMENON AND WHERE rHEV WERE I N THE :>~Y RELATIVE T O THE POSITIO~ O F THE r HENOMENON . H O W L ONG WAS THE PHENOMENON I N S I GHT' l.ENGTH OF TIM'!: C E R T A I N O F T l-.,.E VERY SURE: F AIRL 'f CER rAIN JUST A GUESS HOW WAS TIME O!:TERMIN ED' WAS THE PHENOMENON IN SIGHT CONTI"4UOUSLV' ~ES 0 N O . IF NO , " INDICATE WHE":"HER THI~ IS DUE T O YOU R '40VEMENT OA THE BEHAVIOR O F THE PHENOMENO AND O ESCR 19E SUCH MOVFV E.,.T O R 8EH.tVIOfl. '~DIC.PTE O ISA.P - P~ARANCES ON PREVIOUS SKETCHES . PA G E 3 OF q PAGf' . SKY 8 . W EATHEd CU',JUL'.JS CLOUDS (!.ow J u{f.,.) FOC O R MIST ~EAVY RAIN CIRRUS ...:L'JU D S (High fi,..,.cy r>r f!.,rrtn~- I N IG4T h o nt-) LICHT RAIN 0~ DRIZZLr... ?ARTLY CLOU!JY C U ... ULO~II'-4~US CLOUDS S N O H OR SLEET i CO"'P L ~TEL Y OVE RC~ST (ThunJns:orrn.s) BRIGHT MOONLIGH T OON WITH H ALO N O "400NL ICHT UNKN O -'tN ~YES [_]NO. ! 0. IF SICHTI '4 G WAS l l'f D~YLIGHT, WAS Tri P>;NO~ENON7 ~ liN FRON T Q;: YOU T O YOUP RIGHT OVE.R1'4EAD ('v~>ar rwnn) THE SUN VISIBLE~ I ;: .. YES, WHERE WA3 THE SUN AS YOU F AC :::D E . !-P.:::CtFY rH'=: MAJOR SOURCE OF 1LLUM INATI0"4 P~ES"'1T DUR I N G T"iE <;IGHTING, SUCr-1 /l':, TH:-SUN , HEADLIGH~f:O o q :ir ET LA'-4~, E i'C. FOR TERq~"lTRIAL ILL U'-11t-4ATION SP:..CIFY DIS7A~CE TO LIGH r S:::JJ'~C" G I V E A BRIE;:-DESCRIPTIO N O F THE P1'4ENOMENON , INDICATING N HETHER IT APPEJolRED DArt;c; OR LIGHT. WI'4ETHER IT 'lEFLECTED LIGHT O A WAS SELF-LUM I NOUS AND AT COLOR S YOU NOTICED. DESCP18E YOUR I MPqE3SION OF WHETHER IT AS SOLID OR TRANSPARENT, 'NHETHER EDG~S NERE SHARP 0~ FUZZY. DESCRI B E THi:: SHAPE OR INDICATE' IF' IT APPEARED AS A 01N T OF LICHT I N DICATE. COMPAQISONS WITH 0 rHER OBSERVE D OSJ~ C1S, LIKE STARS, A I IG -, OF< OTHER 09JECT I N YOUR FIELD OF VIEW. DID T-P::. PH~NOM -NON .!OV~ IN A 'iT'~AIGH T LINE.' SUDD!ZNLY SPeED U P AND RUN AWAY 1'""8~1::,\K UP IN PA~TS AND EXPLODE? ~---,..-vr---- CHANGE COLOR' CH ~NGE ARIGHTNL!:SS" I ,V .--- FLASH OR FLICKER, _ >-.~ l DISAP?EAR AND R EAPPEAR' ):' SPIN LIKE A T OP? I / -- U. WHl\T DREW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHEN0'4::NON? A . HO'N OlD IT FINALLY D I SAPPEAR? B. DID THE PHENOMENON MOVE BEHIND O R I~ FRONT OF SOMETHING. LII(E A C LOUD. TREE, O R B UILDING AT ANY TIME? 0 YES 0 NO. IF y ES, DESCRIBE . OlRECTION Ttl~ PH-NO~r-'I )N 'It".:; MOVING. f ill i ito t ":. J !6. N~AT YI~S T!.iF.: ANGULA--Sl!~' HOLD A MATCH AT APM'S LENGTH IN FqONT O F A KNOt~ 09JECT. SUCH A3..), STR::ET LA~P oq Tl-'e '-'DON. NOTE HOW "4UCH OF THE OBJECT I S COVEP;:"Q 8" TH~ HEAD o~ THr rCH. l O W IF vo' H~O Pt-I:;NO""'E NOI'I WOULD HAV~ Be'="~ COVE'qEo BY T~-1:: ~ATCH H'='AO .