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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
3 Jan 59 Dodge City, Kansas 100 Probably Balloon
3. 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possialy Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP
Local Ground-Vi sual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aireraft
QX Probably Aircraft
GMT 04/0245Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
D:Mo Civilian PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION JECTS COURSE Other.
000 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unknown
5 mins one East
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Saucer shaped obj, size or baseball, Several inconsistencies betveen
appeared to circle over Dodg City, emitting original letter and Form 164 later
giant sparks. submitted. Probably A/C.
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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 the same curved line to
show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it.
B B
33. In the following larger sketch place an "A" at the position the object was when you first saw it, and a "B" at its
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U. S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET
(SUMMARY DATA)
In order that your information may be filed and coded as accuratoly as possible, please use
the following space to writ short description of ent that you observed. You may re-
peat information that you have already given in the questionnaire, and add any further comments,
statements, or sketches that you beliove a important. Try to presert the details of the observa-
tion in the order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the paper may be attached
if they are neoded.
NAME (Co Not Wite in This Space)
(Please Print)
CODE:
SIGNATURE
DATE Felr. 2N0. , 1959
MOVING OBJECT
DOOgE Cny
ANNOYED.(PERHAPS ANNOYEO.(PERHAPS OBJECT OBJECT gavE gavE OFF SHORT WAVE
AS THOUgH
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LENGTH ENERGY

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3Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? MCRE THAN 60O m.P.h.
object was?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? feot.
Nome
ADDRESS MANHATTAN MANHATTAN KANSAS
City City Zone State
TELEPHONE NUMBER TELEPHONE NUMBER
What i yow proson ob? LE. -MATH SR. STUDENT)
Ago 26 Sox.MALE
Please indicate any speci ducational training that you have had.
a. Grade school _ . . Technical school. II
. High school _ (Type) -
c. Colloge SR. IE - MATH . Other special training-
d. Post graduate
Date you complete is questionnaire: 2 FEB. 1959
Day Month Year
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U. S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET
This questionnaire r has beon prepared so that you can give the U. S. Air Force as much
information as pe unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed.
Please try to ans estions as you possibly can. The information that you give will
be used for r h purposes, and garded as confidential material. Your name will not
bo used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
Wo request this personal information so that, If it is de•med necessar may contact you for
further details.
1. When did you see the object? 2. Time of day: 2000 45
Hour Hour Minutes Minutes
10 10 JAN. JAN. 1959 1959
Day Month Month Yeer Yoer (Circle One): (Circle Ono): A.M A.M or 8 P.M.) P.M.
3. Timo zone: 3. Time 2one:
(Circle One): a. Eastern (Circlo One): a. (Circl One): 9. Daylight Saving Daylight Saving
b. Contral b. Contral b. Standard Standard
C. Mountain
d. Pacific d. Pacific
Other
Where were you when you saw the object?
DODge ITY R.R.2 DODgE CITY KANSAS
rest Postal Address City or Towr State or Country
Additional remarks:!. OF DODgE CITy
. Estimate how long you saw object. 5,00
Hours Minutes Seconds
Ca. Cortaia c. Not very sure
.Fairly certain d. Just a guess
What was the condition of the sky?
(Circle One): (Circle One): a. Bright daylight d. Just a trace of daylight
b. b. Dull daylight e. No trace of daylight . No trace of daylight
c. Bright twilight f. Don't remember
IF you saw the objoct during 7.IF you saw the object during SUN located as you looked at
the object?
(Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
c. To your right f. Don't romember
ATIC FORM NO. 164 (13 OCT 54)

3JANJ9
28 January 1959
Dear
This is to acknowledge your letter of 5 January l959 con-
cerning cerning your umidentified flying your umidentified flying object sighting on 3 January object Ighting January
1959.
The inforuation contained ient
to allow a valid conclusio to allow a valid conclusion.
Therefore, I E28 inclosing our U. S. Air Force U. S. Air Force Technical Technical
Information Sheet Information Sheet to be filled to be filled out and forwarded direct to out and forwarded direct t to
Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Dayton, Caio. They will I notify you of the conclusion.
Sincerely,
Inel LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Major, USAP .
Executive Officer
Public Inforation Division .
Office of Information Services
Manhattan, Kansas
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DALIOEMLO'REVAICER OHLIOE MLO'REVNICER
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NIGHTGHA TAS
8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
. None .Bright moonlight
b. A fow b.Dull moonlight
c. Many c. No moonlight — pitch dark
d. Don't remomber d. Don't remember
Was the object brighter than the background of the sky?
(Circle One): C. Yos b. No c.Don't remember
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(Circle One) a. A mile or more away (a distant car)?
b. Several blocks away?
c. A block away?
d.Saveral yards away? d. Saveral yards away?
. Other . Other
1Did the object: 1.Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes Yes No Don't Know
b. b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes Yes No Don't Know
c. c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? Yos No Don't Know
•. .. Change brightness? 3=9:9 Yos No No Don't Know
f. Change shape? Yes No Don't Know
g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Yos No Don't Know Don't Know
.Did the object move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answere S, then toll what
It moved behind:
. Did the object mov ont of something at anytime, particular ly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, than tell what
it moved in front of: _
Did the object appear: (Circle One): a. Solld? b. Transparent? cDon't Know.
Did you observe the object t through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses Yes e. Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yes 2②2 f. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshield Yes g. Theodolite No
d. Window glass Yes h. Other

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Tell in a fow words the following things about the object.
0. SOUND NONE WHAT SOEVER (VERY STILL NIGHT)
b. COlor BRIGHT yELLOW (COLER DF STARS)
17.
of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and ospeclally exhaust tralls or vapor trails. Place
an arrow beside the drawing to show the direetlon the object was moving.
SSW
BeishT Br
DaRk 1
BrIshT EANe BRIshT BAND
18.The edges of the object were: 18. The edges of the object were: 8 10 70
(Circlo One): a. Fuzzy or blurred e. Other __
b. Like a bright star b. Like a bright star
c. Sharply outlined c. Sharply outlinad .
d. Don'tremember d. Don'tremember
1. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there?
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and at about orm's length?
(Circle One): a. Head of a pin g. Silver dollar
b. Pea h.Baseball
c. Dime 1. Grapefruit
d. Nickel 1. Basketball
. Quarter k. Other_
f. Half dollor
22.1 (Circle One ol Ilowing to indicate
a Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain .Uncertain
HO21Z0N
would it have? Describe in your own words a common object or objecte hon placed up in the sky would give the
same appearance as the obloct which you saw.
DISC SHAPED S
TO SIZE BECAUSE ALTITUDE WAS UNKNOWN.
SIMIEAR TO BAL ON TOO FAST FOR
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25. Where were you located when you saw the object? 26. Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
a. In the business section of a city?
a Inside a building b. In the residential section of a city?
b. In a cap }BOTH c. In open countryside?
C. Outdoors d. Flying near an airfield?
d. In an airplane e. Flying over a city?
e. At sea f. Flying over open country?
f. Other _ g. Other
What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to noticeit?
WINOSHIELD.
28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One) 28.1 What direction were you moving? (C Circle One)
a. North c. East South ai g. West
b. Northeast b. Northeast d. d. Southeast f. Southwest Southwest h. Northwest
20-30 miles per hour. 9
28.2 How fast were you moving?
(Circle One) Yes No
What direction were you you first saw the object? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f.Southwesh h. Northwest
30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One)
a.North c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation). from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation).
31.1 When it first appeared:
a. From true North .From true North 220 degrees.
b. From horizon _ b. From horizon _ 80degrees. 80 ...degrees.
31.2 When it disappeared:
a. From true North _90 a.From true Nor th 90 degrees. degrees.
b. From horizon. b. From horizon 5-12 6-1degrees. degrees.
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3.What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) 34.2 WIND (Circle One)
a. Clear sky a. No wind
b. Hazy b. Slight breeze
c. Scattered clouds c. Strong wind
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Don't remember
. Don't remember
34.3 WEATHER 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One)
a. Dry a. Cold
b. Fog, mist, or light rain b. Cool
c. Moderate or heavy rain c. Warm
d. Snow d. Hot
e. . Don't remember
When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
15 JAN. 1959
Day Month Year
(Circle One) (Circle One) (Yos) Yos No No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too?
(Circle One) (Yes) No
36.2 Please list th KANSAS
MAN
MANHATTAN, KANSAS.
(Circle One) Yes) No
37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, w T r, and under what circumstances did you see other ones?
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In you opinion what do you think the object was and what might have caused it?
NO SENSIBLE NO SENSIBLE E guess gUeSS
RULEO C - BAHLLOON, BALLOON, BECAUSE OBUECT
MOVED TOO FAST
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