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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
12. CONCLUS:ONS
1. DATE |2 LOCATION
Was Balloon
Madisonville, Ky 000 Probably Balloon
23 Feb 59 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION X Was Aircraft
Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Probably Aircraft
Local 0 Possibly Aircraft
GMT 24/0117Z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar
0 Was Astronomical
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 000 Probably Astronomical
Ys Possibly Astronomical
Civilian
DXNo OBJECTS COURSE 0 Other.
OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
7. LENGTH 0 Unkno wn
one West
3 min 11. COMMENTS
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING went parallel
Bright, burning white, light
to horizon in a straight path and di Lsappe eared evalu A/C
over horizon to the West.
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What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) 34.2 WIND (Circle One)
o. Clear sky No wind
Hazy b. Slight breeze
c. Scattered clouds c. Strong wind
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Don't remember
e. Don't remember
34.3 WEATHER (Circle One) 34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One)
a. Dry a. Cold
b. Fog, mist, or light rain b. Cool
c. Moderate or heavy rain Warm
d. Snow d. Hot
e. Don't remember .. Don't remember
When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
23 Feb
Day Month Year
3 Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? 36. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object?
(Circle One) (Circle One) Yes Yes No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too?
(Circle One) Yes No
36.2 Please list their names and addresses: names and addresses:
Was this the first time that you had seen an object or objects like this? -
(Circle One) Yes No
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In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might havs caused it?

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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.
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? — foot.
Please give the following information about yourself:
NAME Lest Name First Name Middie Nome
ADDRESS Street Zone State
City
TELEPHONE NUMBER
What is your prosent job?
Ag0 71 A80 71 Sox Sox
Please indicate any specio educational training that you have had.
a. Grade school _ .. Technical school. Technical school_
.High school _ b. High school _ (Typa) - (Type) -
c. College L c. College f. Other special f. Other special training - training
d. Post graduate Nhaiae sckoal
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INFO RJWFAL/ INFO RJWFAL/12 AISS ENT AFB S ENT AFB
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UFO C
A. (19 BRIGHT OBJECT
UNK C
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(5)NA
(6) NONE -
(7)NONE
(8) NONE (
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B. (1) WAS LOOKING UP AND OBSERVED OBJECT
PARALLEL TO HORIZON
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3) OVER HORIZON
(4) OVER STRAIGHT PATH ACROSS SKY (
OVER HORIZON
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(3 MIN
c. (1) GROUND-VISUAL
(2) NONE
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(3) NA
(3) NA
D. (124/01172
NIGHT. (NIGHT. 18632 18632
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E. MADISONVILLE, KY E. MADISON E, KY
F. (1CIVILIAN
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(3) CLEAR
(4) 15 MI PLUS
(5) NONE (
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I. NONE .
J. MEM ARTC ADVZ NEG IFR TRAFFIC IN AREA J. MEM ARTC ADVZ NEG IFR TRAFFIC IN AREA
K. REPORT RECD THRU MEM ARTC QX AT 24/0203Z MR K. REPORT RECD THRU MEN ARTC QX AT 24 2237 M (
D aDDRess LISTED E. K TELEPHONE TELEPHONE
TELEPHONE NO AND ADDRESS TELEPHONE NO AND
DIRECTOR
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be used in connection with any statomel conelusions B, or publications without your permission.
Wo request this rsonal information so that, if it may contact you for
further details.
1. When did you soe the object? 8 12
2. Time of day: - Hour Minules
23 5.
Day Month (Circlo One): A.M. 8 P.M.
3. Time zono: Daylight Saving
(Circle One): a. Eastorn (Cirels One):
Contral b. Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
. Other ...
4. Where were you when you saw the object?
mire-8M! wSW OF MAdiSOHvIllE
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Nearost Postal Address City or Town
Additional romarks:
5. Estimate haw lona vou saw 5--6
a. Certain c. Not very sure
.Fairly certain
6.What was the condition of the sky?
DARK
(Circle One): a. Bright daylight d. Just a trace of daylight
b. Dull daylight . No trace of daylight
c. Bright twilight 3. Don't remember
N 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
c. To your right f. Don't remember
ATIC FORM NO. 164 (13 OCT 54) 9

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8IF 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. None a. Bright moonlight
b. A few b. Dull moonlight
Many c. No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remember
. Was the object brighter than the background of the sky?
(Circle One): .Yes b. No c. Don't remember
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(Circle One) @ A mile or more away (a distant car)?
.Several blocks away?
c. A block away?
dSeveral yards away?
. Other . Other
1Did the object: Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes Yes No No Don't Know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? es as Don't Know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes Yes Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? Give off smoke? Yes 229222 22222 Don't Know
•. Change brightness? Yes Don't Know
f. Change shape? Yes Don't Know
g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Yes Yes Don't Know
1Did 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 No Don't Know. IF you answer , then toll what
it moved behind:.
.Did the object move
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. -
it moved in front of: _
.Did the object appear: (Circle One): . Solld? b. Transparont? c. Don't Know.
15. Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses •. Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yos No f. Telescope TrangM Yes No
c. Windshield Yes No g. Theodolite es No
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other ]
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of the obloet that you saw such as wings, protruslons, ete., and especlally exhaust tralls or vapor tralls. Place
an arrew beslde the drawing to show the direetlen the object wes moving.
Do shape noted. foat sow light
The odges of the objoct were: 18. The edges of the objoet were:
(Circlo One): a. (Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred .Other . Other
b. Like a bright stor Like a bright star
Sharply outlined
d. Don'tremomber
19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many wore there?
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and at about arm's longth?
(Circle One): a. Head of a pin g. Silver dollor
Pea h. Baseball
c. c. Dime Dime I. Gropofruit Gropotruit
d. Nicket Nicket I. i. Basketball
•. •. Quarter k. k. Other
1. Half dollar
Cortaln Cartaln c. Not very sure .Not very sure
b.Fairly certain b. Falrly cortain d.Uncertain d.Uncertain
How did the object or ok s disoppear from viow? OVer HOrI20N HOrI20N
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construct the object that you saw. Of what type meterlal would you make It? How lorge would it be, and whet shepe
would It have? Deseribe In your own werds  tommen objoct or objeete whlch when ploced up in the sky would give the
seme appoarance es the obloet which you sew.
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b. In a car c
Outdoors d. Flying near an airfield?
In an airplane e. Flying over a city?
. At sea f. Flying over open country?
f. Other g. Other -
2.What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it?
WENT oUT TO CAr & GlANCEd TO WEST
ANd SAW LI9KT
28.1 What direction were you mo Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South g. West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
28.2 How fast were you moving? miles per hour.
(Circle One) (Circle One) Yes No
29. What direction were What direction w ing when you first saw the object? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South g West
b. Northeast d. Southeast - Southwest Northwest
a. North c. East e, South West
. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest Northwest
from true North and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation).
31.1 When it first appeared:
.From true North degrees.
b. From horizon_ 1 degrees.
31.2 When it disappeared:
.From true North 269 degrees.
b.From horizon degrees.