POOJECT 10073 ~ECORO 1. D ATE 7;ME C~.CUl 2. LOCATIO N 2'( Sep to C'400 PDT J . :iOU?!Cf 10 . CONCLUSION i. NliMi."E~ OF O!aJECTS ' L ENGTH OF OSSE~VA.riON !t. T fPc Cf oasc~VATION tJ!:'O'md-Visual si~u 1~ tr~ F.ast a. ?l"!OTO~ Proba'b le As t r o ( VEITUS) 11. BRIEF SUWol~RY AMO ~H!\L 'ISI3 Observ~r3 sighted o light in the East that rose into the atr and <.lisappearl!d at dawn. COi'li'-IEtl"rS: Probably the planet. Venus. 17 DID YOU OOSERVC THE PHENOMENON TIIROUGH /1NY OF THE FOLLOWING> INCLUD!:. INFORM/,TIO'l ON MODEL. TYPE, F ILTER, LENS PRESC R IPTION OR OTHER APPLI CABLE DATil. CAME HI\ VII:. VIER BINOCULARS TEL ESCOrE THEODOL.IT 1:: SIDC WINO'-' ., ;:-VEHICLE 11. oo You or<:. "'-!. / ,.:_;,n C:LASsES' O YES FJ NO e. DO You usE rH:ADINt:; GLASsEc;> (\] YE.S []No 19 . WHAT WAS YOUR IIIPRESSION OF THE DISrANCF OF 1H! HI. WHAT..-:..;, '1': -''"'RESSION OF THE SPEEO OF THE PHE>~:>:;:.-.: ::;: ESTIMATE OF SPEED ' PHENOMENON> G IVE ESTIMATE Or Dl5fANCF: -- 20 ltl C :;::--~ _..:;:MAY OBTAI'! AS Cl.Et,, A PICTURE AS POSSIBLE OF WHAT YOU SAW, DESCRIBE IN YOUR OWl WO!IO~ A COY,..,., .: .: ":-;-OR OBJECTS WHICH, W'iEN PLACED IN THE SKY, SIMILA R TO WHERE YOU NOTED THE. PH"'ti011Etl 0N, WOU'-0 J~-"" - ,1! RESEMBLANCE TO Wf-'t,T YOU S AW. DESCRIBE SIMILARITIES AND OIFFEHE NCES BE rwr:Etl THE COl'~'.:/' vZ.:: -~ AN 0 WHAT YOU SAW ~1. 010 y~ ~ ,..::,-. :::: t..NY ODOR, N OISE , OR -:::~T El>l"'IATING FROM THE PHENO:ICilOIJ OR A'IY (;;FfCC'1 ON YOUolSE:Lf, 22. 11,\VC: Y O U E V E R SE':: N THI;; OR A SIMILAR PHciiOI~ENON B E l-ORE' 0 YES L O CATION. 23 WAS .\NYOI-IC: = -"i YOU A T THE TIME YOU SAW THE PHEN O M E NON' 0 YES L I ST 'P<i:IP "~'-'!: AN;) ACIORESS5 f LAST NA'o4!, lJ NO. IF y..:s.~ CIVC OATE AtiO FEMALf' ii I N C LUDING OCCUPATIO N A N D ANY EXPERIE~ICE WniC H I-lAY t:lt:. Pc:..RTI~t.tn. i,' MON T H -----YC.AR -~IS OUCSTIO'" .>.I"E 27. INFORMATIOII WH I C H YOU FEEL 1:; PERTINEN T BUT WHICH I S NOT ADEQ.J,JATELY COVERED IN THIS QUESTION~IAIPI.: . ALTeRNATIVELY PROV10E A NARRATIVE EXPLANATION OF THE SIGHTING. UNI DEHTI Fl ED FL YI HG OBJECT DESCRI PT I OH SHEET "'t::l .... q H'l E P riO 'I f. CIVILIAN I/( MILITARY Cl DESCRIP TION OF OGJECT =' .)RI~A TION FEATURES (/ICtdilv DESCRIP TION OF COURS!: "..,~T CALL!::O ATTEIITION TO OBSERVER? NO MAIIE.UV RS MANNER OBSERVED O?TICAL AIDS . =.,- 1ST TYPE AIRC"liiFT, IOENr, ALTITUUf: . Hi:.ADit~G & S !i(,(Jt...t!o f-Ofi'A OTHER CONOI"rlOHS LIGHT CONDITIO/IS AOC -HAMIL. TON I r l. CAL. I ~"01' 'II A l JUDGr. T IJURF.AU APrflOV .AI. SIGMTIHG OF UHIDEHTIFIED PHEHOMENA QUESTIOH~AIRE TillS QVESTIO N X\IRE HAS BEEN PREPARED SO TIIAl' YOU CAN GIVE TilE U.S. AIR FOI~CE 1\ S r.IUCI! JNFOR\\ATION A'> POSSITJLE CO'\CERNINC THE UNIOENTIFIED PHEN0~1EKON TIIAT YOU HAVE OnSEHVF.D. PLEASE TRY TO ANS'.\' t::R ALL 0 ?' THE QUESTIONS. TilE I~FORI\IATION YOU GIV E WILL BE USED FOr~ RESF.ARCII PUf~POSES YOUR NA:,!l: W:LL NOT l3E U SED IN CO~NECTION \\1TH ANY OF YOUR STATEr.1ENTS OH C O N CLUSIO N S \\1TIIOUT YOUf~ PER\I!S:-:.:.1; RETUI~N TO AIR FORCE BA~E lNVESTIGATOI~ FOR FORWARDl:-.1(; TO FTD (TDr::TR) . WrHGIIT- P ATTERSO' :.f .J, :Y i 0 45433, I AW ArR 80-!1. (IF ADD/TIONA L SllEETS AU NEEDED F OR NARI?A TIVE OR SKF-:TC ffJ-:S ,\1TilCil SFC!... .. '-~ Y TO TillS FORM OR ANNOTATE 11'11'1-1 YOU/~ NAME FOU /fJI~NTIFICATIO:V) FIRST S IGHT THE PHEN O M E N O N ? J ~IHf,T TIMe :J ;:';Y O U LAST SIGHT THE PHE N O M E N ON> ,; riME ZON~ DAYLIGHT SAVINGS [ jSTANOAR D ( j E;\S-:.R'I 0 CENTRAL Ll MOUN TAIN [I OTHE R S WHf'R!:: WERE "OU WHE N YOU SAW THF PH~WOMENON> IF IN CITY. GIVE THE N E AREST !>TR~E r A D DRESS AND IND I C ATE O N A HAND C"H -. ~AP WHERE YOU WE R E S TA'I:JING WI!J;i.BEFERE NCE TO THE ADDRESS. IF IN THE COUNTR Y , IOri~TIF Y THE 'I(.H'',>v Y=: AERE ON I')R N E A R AND TRY TO F fi OI!>TANC N FRO M SO M E RECO GNIZABLE LAI ID'-IARK 1~'->~1'1=. YO.J "-RE AT THE POINT S H OWN I N ?>,E-.~v:.'.':' f/.>S A BOVE THE HORIZO N , OR SKYLINE W 'f,.,-:;;tl H;,~ -,: . ...,ABOVE THE HORI 'ZON THE PHENOME'IO ON THE CURV E D LINE TO SHO W 1-'0 W HIGH T H E PLACE A u ON T H E SAMF CURVED LINE T O OB':.!::HV'fl WHERE WERE Y O U WHEN Y O U SAW THE PHr.NOM:::t-tON 7 (Ciarl: spwpri ,,,. blorks.) IN OUILOI N :; v Ill RESIOZ~ITII\L SECTION OF CITY IN UUSINESS SEC r i O II OF CITY [J o\S DMIV CP. QAS P 0 AS PILOT QAS P A;;SENGET! IN OPIN COUNT~YSIOE =1 ASSEtlGER FLYING OVEH CITY ~ FLYI N G OVER OPEN COUNTR Y IF YOU WEP.-IN A V E H I C LE. COMPLE'rE THG FOLLOWING: H0\1 FAS'r WERE YOU MOVING> ~VU.,.H we::;T 010 YOU STOP 1\NYT IIAE. WIIILE ooc;ERVIriC THC SOU I H'IIES T l E XPLAirl '11!-IE ... .., '::i'l SUCH MOV<::MENT AFFECTS YOUR SKETCHES IN I T E MS 5 /\110 6 . j :>!:SCRIBE ;yp-;)F VEHICLE YOU WERE l'l AND TYPE OF ROAD, TERRAIN OR SODY OF WATER YOU l Tt<!:: SIG'-i-l'ol;:. ;TATE WHETHErt WIN OOIVS 0~ CONVERTIBLE TOP WC::RE UP OR OO.VN. TRA\'CRSEO OUflltiG > '-0/1 V\JC"' OTI-i::R TRAF F I C WAS THERE? : ;, ,ot.. NOT I(;!:: ANY A IRPl.ANEs? n YEs n No. I F "YEs. oEscRIEIE WHEN TH""Y weRE IH-SJGHT 'li.LATIVE To THE :ri~E ' ; -SIC."71NG THE PHEtOMENON AtlOWHERE t~:;:y WC.RE IN THE SKY RELATIVE TO THE PO~ITION ::>'"THE f>HF.NOMEI~ON. . HO''I' LO~IC WAS T H E P HENOMENON I N SIGIIT7 CEHT AIN OF TI"'E tiOT VERY SU FAIRLY CCRTAIN : -.; T.-:: ;:.-"1:'i:'"::'ION IN SIGH'r CONTI'l'_,:):_;._Y1 l:JYES n NO. IF "No.-INDICATE WHETHSR THI!i I S DUE TO YOUR '-~OVEJJZ"7 ':>"1 1-:: 3EH.AVIOR OF THE '"'<:'I:::VE'ION, A~IO DESCRIBE SUCH ,.,.OVE'~ENT OR BEHAVIOR. INOICAT~: DISAP- ; f'cti:;,A l=::s ON .::~!'JIOUS SKETCHES. PAr;r 3 Of <) Pl\r.t::S THEHE WEP.E MO'IE THAN OI'IE PHE N OMENON, THERE> OFIAW A PI CT U ll (:; TO SHOW H OI'/ THEY WI:; HI.: DID THIS ARRANGEM E N T CHANC.r: DURING THE SIGH TING I I I CON Dli 1rHJS {Check c. .., l' r o p r tat f blll('fo; <,) W E ATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS {l.rw flu{{\) TWiLIGI"-;- CIRRUS CLOUDS (IIi ;II flctq nr II rri.t.~ H!..AVY f1AI'l :tt.!r O~Ill.LE -~--~ ~IICi 1-' T ' NIMBUS CLOUDS {Rai11) I CU'AULONIM<lUS lJI':Io;t,O'I/'j H:OZ E O R ~MOG no-- or T i1r:: AcOV!; i C . li' nn:: 3/C-.-,c; W.\S AT TWILIGHT OR tliGHT. WHAT 010 YOU NOTICE~OJUT_!H :TI\RS AIJU --- 8"11GdT MO~NLIC.HT MOON HIDDEI'I BY CL.O tV."'f'J"' uos "A.RTIAL (Nnt or q!t.Ort )I'' aACI< C" YOU TO fOUR LEFT [ U~l':'lOWII j f ST~:.ET LA"':.. ETC. FOR TERRESTRIAL I:...L.UI-411-iATION, SPECIFY DISTANCE TO LIGHT SOURCE . lj ;: i-g..-: ~ :; !SC?IPTIO N OF TH!':. P'-;''iOVENJN, INOIC;\TINC W~F.THER I T AO"PEAH""D D'\P.I< OR l.IGriT, WI-IC:TH -FlIT ' R<:F~:o:-:;: _ '"'TOR WAS SELFLUl-' N:ll.JS ANO WHAT COLORS Y O U N:)TICED. O~SCI~ISE 'fOUR I'~ >RESSI O N OF' V.I"~THep~ 1 r "5 ~:>-'"' ;:..> TPAN SPARENT, WHETf'E:q EOGi':S WERE SI-'AqP 0~ F'UZZY. OESCRict. THE <;H;\"i" OF! IIIOICATC IF 1'r 01'/T OF Llvl-lT. ll:w : ... ;:: C v'4PARISONS .VITH OniEH OBS!.:.RVeO OBJl:.CTS, lll(l;; STA~!i. A LIGHT OR D I D THE PI-IE N O M E NON MOVE I N A S T R AICrlT LlriE' STAN O STILL AT \NYTIM E > SUOOENL'r' SP2:!."0 IJ=' AND RUN IIWAY' BREAK UP IH ~'>A"'-5 .l.N O EXPLODE> CHMIGE rO-:!"' t FLt.JITER 0'1 "-.:~LC? !14. WHAT O?EW V')UR ATTENTION TO THE PHENOMENON 7 A. H.:..t ;)I::! IT F INALLY Ol'iAPPC:AR> d. 0 0 -'":: " -:: :-':""-;:;"MOVE BEHiriC.::;" '" ~qOIIT OF SOMETHI'IG. LIKE A CLOUD, TR!:.C, OR BIIILOING AT AllY TI'.\ C> 15 . DRAW A P ICTUi'!E THAT WILL SHOW THE SHAPE OF THE PHENOME N O N . INCLUDE AND LABEL. ANY DI:TAILS THIIT MIGHT HAV E APPEARE:l A S WINGS OR PROTRU510NS, AND INDICATE EXHAUST OR VAPOR TRAILS. INDICATE UY 1\IJ ARHOW TH!' l DIRECTION TH<:: PHI::NOM~NON WAS MOVING . 'I'P7 ' S -.: .. L .>R SIZE7 HOLC. A ...... -c.; AT ARM'S LENGT"i 1~1 FRON T OF A KNOWN ODJECr. SUCH AS A STRFt:: r L"''"' ~" - - : V~:>.., 'IOTE H O W t~uC~ c :: T";:: OBJECT IS COVC:P<::O SY THE HEAD Or THE MATC~. NO'H IF YOU H A D E:!'I o~.:_: -: -=-~=~""4 THIS EXPER' .:."7 ~-I H E TIME CF Tt-1::. .) IGHTING, ESTIMi \TE WHAT FPACTIO'I OF THE