DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6996161
DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1952
REPORTED LOCATIONRICHMOND CALIF
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. IF you anawered YES, then tell what it moved behind. .
It went dawe behind distant hills
18.2 1 Move in front of something? (Cirole One) Les N) Don't know
front of.
18.3 E Blend with the baokground? (Circle One) Les D Don't know
19. Which of the following objects is aboutt actual size as the
objeot you saw? ( (Circle One):
. @ Pea (even a lill Automobile
b. Baseball g. Small airplane
Basketball h. Large airplane
d. Bicycle wheel 1. Dirigible
e. Office desk j. Other
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of your ans Question 19.
Certain c. Not very sure
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upproimatily the same thing from ml ee lut
itmas only visible far abaut one minute.
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caused it? Ak
the last pager
28. Give the following yourself:
Ronald Erank
Last Name First Name Middle Name
Rihmord Zon Cahfarnia
Street City State
TELEPHONE NUMBER BEACON 2-7925
What is your present job? .
Age 24 -
Sex male
Lest School Attended
Year of last attendance at this school,
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22. In the following sketch, imagine your eye at the point shown. Place an -
"A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon
when you firat saw it. Place a "B" to show where it was when when you
laet saw it.
Overhead 4
. Horizon
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23. In the following sketch the object was
when you first saw it, and a "B" at its position when you last saw it.
Overhead
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east and north. The objects went into the
tog and vere lost from view at
2053 Pacifie Daylight Tim, 3 August 1952.
1 Meteorolegical activity, 1f100-
tien actiom cea wer as
duty centreller a at the
time of the sightings.
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that the unidentified object aireraft.
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2d Lt., USAP
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1. When did you see the objeots
AUGUST 1952 .
1.1 Date: Month
M3 (Circle One)
1.2 Time of day'
1.3 Time Zone: (Cirole One):
a. Eastern a Pacific DAYL AVING
b. Central Other
o. Mountain
(Cirole D a Daylight Saving
. Standard
1.4 Circle one of the following to indicate how certa.
of your answer to the above question 1.2:
&. Certain Not very sure
Fairly certain d Just a guess
2.Wher vou see the obiect?
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rat saw the object?
. .(Cirol. One): a. North South T
b. Northeast 2: Southwest
0. East g. West
d. Southeast h. Northwest
8.1 What direction were you acing when the object disappeared?
(Cirole One): a. North i: South
a b. Northeast Southwest
C. East go West
d. Southeast h. Northwest
8.2 Circle one of following to indicate how certain
your answer to the • above two questions. (8 and 8.1).
Certain . Not very sure
b. I Fairly certain d. Just a guess
9. Were you wearing eye object?
or No
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l0. How was the object seen?
mth maked eye
(Circle One): a. Through window glass Through theodolite
Through windshield Through sun glasses
Through binoculars g. Through open apace
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object?
airpla in she sky
6.1 What had you been doing for the 30 minutes before you saw the
objeot? Try to list the activity or activities, and the
approximate amount of time spent on each
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and reper duty at :00y.m
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12. Estimate how long you sar object? 20
Hours Minutes Seconds
12.1 Cirole one of the following certain you are of
your answer to Question 12:
. Certain 8. Not very sure
Fairly sure d. Just a guess
13. Did the objeot look: (Cirole One) (Solid) O Transparent?
14. Did bject me
(Circle One for each question)
14.1 Change direction? 88 No Don't know
14.2 Change speed? Yes No Don't know
14.3 Change size? No Don't know
14.4 Change color? es No Don't know
14.5 Break up into
explode? Yes Don't know
14.6 Give off smoke? Don't know
14.7 Change brightness? Don't know
14.8 Flicker, throb, or