PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE TIME GROUP LOCATION
22 Oct 54 MARYSVILLE,
22/2010Z
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 7
- - OTHER: OTHER: SPIDER GOSSAMER SPIDER GOSSAMER
4. 4. NUMBER NUMBER OF OBJECTS
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multiple
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
45 minutes Air filled with soft white tufts that looked like
cotton.Silvery. cotton. Silvery. Landed in schoolyard and
6TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION surrounding area. surrounding area.
ground visual
7. COURSE COURSE
falling
3. PHOTOS
Yes
No
9. PHYSICA DENCE
XYes
No
FORM -
FTD SEP.63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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18.The adges of the object ware: 18. The adges of the object ware:
(Circle Ona): a. Fuzzy or blurred 0. o. Other
b. Like a bright star
Sharply outlined
d. Don't remember d. Don'tremember
19. IF there Was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there?

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24. In order that you can give as clear a picture os possibl of what you saw, wa would like for you to lmagine that you co 24. In order that you can give as cloar a picture as possibl- of what you saw, wa would like for you to lmagine that you co.
construct the ebiect that you saw. Of whot type matoriol would you moke it? How lorge would it bs, and what shape construct the abject that you saw. Of whot typa motorial would you moke it? How lorge would it ba, and what shapo
would it have? Describe in your own words a common object or objncts which when placad up in the sky would glve tho would it have? Describe in your own words a common obiect or objncts which when placad up in the sky would glve tho
soinn oppearance as tha object which you sow. sninn oppearance as th object which you sow.
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What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice It?
IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then completa the following quastiers:
28.1 What directlon were you moving? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southenst f. Southwest h. Northwast
N/A miles per hour.
28.3 Did you stop at any time while you ware looking at the object?
(Circle One) Yes Yes No
29. What direction ware you looking when you firsi saw the object? (Circle One)
North c. East e. South g. West
a. Southwest h. Northwest
b. Northeast d. Southeast f.
30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One)
North 6. East e. South g. West
a. f. Southwest h. Northwast
b. Northeast d. Southeast
31. If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the objact was
from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevatien).
31.1 When it first oppeared: S C7
a. From true North dogrees.
b. From horizon... degrees.
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31.2 When it disappeored:
a. From trus Nerth degrees.
b. From horizon. 20 dogrees.

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32, in the following sketch, inagine that you gre ot the ooiat shoan. Plae. . "A" on the corved tiee to show los
high the object wos above the harizon (akyline) whea yeu first snw it. Piea "S" on the atang cuved it
.how how high the sbieet wes obove the horkon (skyline) when you foat saw I.
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33. In the following larger sketch place an "A" ot the posilion tho object was when you firsi saw it, and a "B" ot its
position when you last saw it. Refer to smaller sketch as on example of how to complete the larger sketch.
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36. Was anyone alse with you at the tline you saw the objoct?
(Circlo Ona)(Yas) No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object tou?
(Cirele One) (Yas No
36.2 Please list their names and oddrasses: the selitchilen sd saw the
37. Was this the first time that you had seen an object or objects like this?
(Cirele One)Yes) No
37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, ond under what clrcumstancas did you sae other onas?
38. In your opinion what do you think the objact wos and what might have caused it?
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39. Do you thiak you con ostimate the speed of the object?
(Cirele Ona) Yes No
IF you answered YES, thon whal spead would you estimote? //00m.p.h.
40. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YEs, then how far away would you say it was? If
41. Ploase give the following information about yourself:
MAME
ADDRESS CIty Zona Zona State Stare
TELEPHONE NUMBE
What is your prese
A0o 39 Sex
Please indicate any special Please indicate any special educational training thot you havs had. educational training thot you hava had.
a. Grade school_ o. e. Technical school
b. High school (Typa)_
c. College - 4Fry Brutin9r f. Other speclal training
d. Post graduate.
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4.Date you completed this questionnaire: Month Year
Day

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U. S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET
This quastionnaire s been prepared so that you can give tha U. S. Air Forco as much
infarmation as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phanomenon that you have observed.
Pleasa try to answar as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you givs will
ba used for research purposes, and will be regarded as confidential material. Your nama will not
be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
We request this parsonal information so that, if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for
further details.
1. When did you see the object? 2.Time of day:
Hour Minutes
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Day Month Year (Circle One): A.M. or P.M.
. Time zone:
(Circle One); Eastern (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving
b. Central Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other
4. Whare were you when you saw the object?
Nearest City or Town Stata or Country
Additional reinarks:
a. Certain c. Not very sure
d. Just a guess
(Circle One):a Bright daylight d. Just a trace of daylight
b. Dull daylight e. No trace of daylight
c. Bright twilight f. Don't remember
N, where was the e SUN located as you looked at
the object?
(Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b In back of you e. Overhead
To your right f. Don't remember

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IF you saw the ouject, at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?
8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. Nona a. Bright moonlight
b. A few .Dull moonlight
c. Many c. No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remamber d. Don't remember
9.Was the object brighter than the background of the sky?
(Circle One): Yes b. No c. Don't remember
10, IF it was BRiGHTER THAN the sky background, was the brightness like that of an automobila headlight?:
(Circle One) a. A mile or more away (a distant car)?
b. Saveral blocks away?
c. A block away?
d. Saveral yards away?
e. Other
.Did the object: 1. Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Appear to stand still at any time? Yos Yos No No Don't Know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes Yes No Don't Know Don't Know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yos No Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? Give off smoke? Yes No Don't Know
o. e. Change brightness? Yes Yes No Don't Know
f. Change shape? Yes No- Don't Know
g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Yes No Don't Know
12. Did the object move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud? 12. Did the object move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
( Circle One):. Yes Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
1. Did the abject move in front of something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, than tell what
it moved in front of:
14. Did the object appear: (Circle One): a. Solid? b. Transparent? c. Don't Know.
1.Did you observe the object through any of the following?
Eyeglasses o. Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses f. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshield Yes No g. Theodolite Yes
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other

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16. Tell in a few words the following things about the object.
a. Sound Cn
17. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your sketch any details
of tha object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails. Place
an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction tha object was moving.
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18. The edges of the object were:
(Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred e. Other
. Like a bright star b. Like a bright star
c. Sharply outlined c.Sharply outlined
d. Don't remember
. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there?
Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they ware traveling.
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the same period, the substance more probably was gossamer. As in the saine peiiod, te substane : more probably was gossaier. As in
the French incidents, the time was late October and the weather the French incidents, the time was late October and the weather
was perfect, a warm autumn day with a sumn was perfect, a warm autumn day with a sun , cloudless sky. Both cloudless sky. Both
the time and the weather were ideal for migrating spiders to take
to the air, float down to carth on their fluffy parachutes, and then to the air, float down to carth on their fluffy parachutes, and then
discard the no longer necessary fils de la Vierge.
Many falls of angel hair that occur in the warm days of Indian Indian
summer are probably abandoned gossamer. It is significant that of
fourteen such incidents reported in Europe and the United States,
all but three took place in October and November, the season of
spider migration [6].
Layton Gomral Heral
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webbed strands of the substance
were strung over trees, bushes and
lines along the road away from the
"Angel's Hair" school. Warrick said:
"It looked to be like asbestos
Seen In Ohio and felt like asbestos."
Both reported they pulled a
strand into a long thread, "so
MARYSVILLE, O., NOV. 1- tough," according to Warrick,
(AP) Two school teachers and "that it could hardly be broken."
some 60 children here have re- They said the stuff would dis-
ported a cigar-shaped "flying sau- appear within a minute after be-
cer" which first hovered over the ing touched and that when one end
Jerome elementary school then of a strand was handled it would
flashed off, leaving a three-mile curl into a ball before disintegrat-
trail of "angel's hair." ing.
The teachers-Rodney. Warrick Mrs. Dittmar said her hands
and Mrs. George Dittmar--told a turned green after touching the
story similar to reports made in substance, but the color was
California, France and Ne w rinsed off without soap. Warrick
Guinea in the past two years. said the green disapeared from his
Waurick and Mrs. Dittmar said hands without rinsing in about a
half hour.
Warrick added: "No one was
frightened and the children con-
sidered it quite a lark."

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20. Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects mode. Place an "A" oi the beginning
of the path, a "B" ot the end of the path, and show ony changes in direction during the course.
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21. IF PossiBLE, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the object was in its longest dimension.
.feet.
22. How large did the object or objects appeur as compared with one of the following objects held in the hand
and at about arm's length?
(Circle One): a. Head of a pin g. Silver dollar
b. Pea h. Baseball
c. Dime i. Gropefruit
d. Nickel i. Basketball
Quarter k. Other
Half dollar
Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Uncertain
construct the object that you saw. Of what typa material would you make it? How large would it bn, and what shape
would ir have? Describe in your own words a common object or objects which when placed up in the sky would givn the
same appearanes as the object which you saw.
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e. At sea f. Flying over open country?
f. Other g. Other
What ware you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it?
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a. North East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
28.2 How fast were you moving? N/A miles per hour.
28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One) Yes No No
29. What direction were yo 29. What direction were you n you first saw object? (Circle One)
a. North a. North c. Fast East e. South g. West West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest Northwest
30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One)
a. North East e. South g. Wost
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was
from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation).
31.1 When it first appearad:
a.From true North H5 degrees.
b. From horizon .. 45degrees.
31.2 When it disappeared:
a. From true Nor th degrees.
b. From horizon.. degrees.

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. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an "'A" on the curved line to show how
high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a "B" on tha same curved line to
show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it.
3. In the following larger sketch place an "A" at the position the object was when you first saw it, and a "B" at its
position when you last saw it. Refer to smaller sketch as an example of how to complate the larger skatch.
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(Circle One)Yes) No
36.2 Please list their names and addresses:
Albrojimate ge fim 1atolty
Was this the first time that you had seen an object or objects like this?
(Circle One) Yos No what circumstances did you sae othar ones? what circumstances did you sae othar ones?
37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, whera, and under 37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, whera, and under
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In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might have caused it?
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39. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? m.p.h.
40. Do you think you can estimate how for away from you the object was?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YEs, then how far away would you say it was? foot.
NAME First Nams Middl Noms
ADDRE
Strest City Zone State
What is your pr What is your p
Ago 3 Ago 39 Sex Sex
Please indicate any special educational training that you have had.
a. Grade school e. e. Tachnical school _
b. High school_ (Type) _
c. College _ f. Other special training
d. Post graduate .
1954
42. Date you completed this questionnaire: Month Yeor
Day

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to our analysts Co to our analysts for 2urther svaluation..
the MU, B. Mr Force
Domory of Duomary of Drents and Information Concerning tha Unidentiried Fying Information Concerning tha Unidentiried Flying
Coject Program," which compilas the latast facts established by the Coject Program," which compilas the latest facts established by the
Alr Force in its progran in this area. Alr Force in its progren in this area.
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Signed Bisned
1. Inel JOSEPH A. ELOOER
U3AP Sumry on It Colonal, USAF
UFO Prgm, undtd Directorate of Imtelligence
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This questionnairo has been prepared so that you can give the U. S. Air Force ns much
Information os possible concerning the unidentified derial phenomenon thal you hova observed.
Pleass try to anawor as many quastions as you possibly can. The information that you give wili
be used for research purposes, and will be regurded as confidential material. Your noms will not
ba used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
We request this parsonal information so that, if it is deemed necessary, we moy contact you for
further details.
1. When did you sea the object? 2.Tima of day: _ 315 10
Hour Minutea
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Day Month Year (Circle Ona): A.M. or P.M.
3. Time zona: (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving
(Circle Ona):(a. Eastern
b. Central b. Standard
c, Mountain
d. Pacific
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4. Whare ware you when you sOW the object?
Jecome 2hio
Neareat Postal Address City or Town City or Town Stats or Country
Additional remarks: - Additional romarks:
5. Estimate how long you saw the object. 5. Estimate how long you sow the objact. Houra Minutes Seconds Seconds
5.1 5.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how cartain you are of your answer to Quastion 5. Circle one of the following to indicate how cartain you are of your answer to Quastion 5.
Certoin c. Not very sure c. Not very sure
Fairly certain Fairly certain d. Just a guess
What was the conditicn of the sky?
(Circle One): Bright daylight d. Just a trace of daylight
b. Dull daylight e. No trace of daylight
C. Bright twilight f. Don't remember
the object?
(Circle One): o. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you 8. Overhead
C. To your right f. Don't remember

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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notics cencerning the STARS and MOON?
8.1 STARS (Circlo One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. Mone . Brighi moonlight
b. A fow . Dull moonlight
c. Many c.No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remamber d. Don't remember
9. Was the object brighter than the background of the sky?
(Circle One): a.(Yes b. No c. Don't remnember
1.is it was BRilGHTER THAN the sky background, was the brightness like that of an automobile headlight?:
(Circle One) a. A mile or more away (a distant car)?
b. Several blocks away?
c. A block away?
d. Several yards away? d. Saveral yards away?
e. Other
11. Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. Appeer to stand still at any time? a. Appeer to stand still at any time? Yes No Don't Know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes No Don't Know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Breok up into parts or explode? Yos No Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? Yes No Don't Know Don't Know
0. Change brightness? Change brightness? Yes No Don't Know
f. Change shape? Yes No- Don't Know
g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Yes Yes No Don't Know
12. Did tha object move behind something_at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
1. Did the object move in front of something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, than tell what
it moved in front of:
14. Did the object appear: (Circle One): a. Solid? b. Transparent? c. Don't Know.
15. Did you observe the object through any of the following?
d. Eyeglasses Yos No. o. Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yos No. f. Teles.ops Yes No
c. Windshield Yes No. g. Theodolite Yos No
d. Window glass Yos No h. Other