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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ’
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31. BDATE-TiIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
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Local BWGround-Vi sua! O Ground-Radaor Q BP edy Aisa
GMT 30/00152, OD Air Visuol D Air-Intercept Radar CO Possibly Aircraft
'S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wes Astronomical
O Yes 2) Probably pede fiee
ID No Civilian O Possibly Astronomica
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE O Other
Cl Inswfficient Data for Evaluction
0 Unknown ’
__3 Secs eight Ny

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Hight eveAaly spaced objs in view for 3 secs
‘WDWirection NNW. Emerged in front of obezrver
om the horizon & went up into the clouds at
great speed. Objs ghowed' red. At first
believed to be reflections fm red tower
Lights, however upon retracing the same course
this was not apparent. Objs were assumed to be
elliptical about 30 ft long.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

11. COMMENTS

Indications are that a reflection of
some sort was observed, however there

is not conslusive

evidence to support

this analysis & the case is listed as

innufficient data.

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32. 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.

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33, In the following larger sketch place an “A” at the position the abject 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 complete the larger sketch.

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34, What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?

24,1 CLOUDS (Circle One)
a. Clear sky

b. Hazy

c. Scattered clouds

‘d) Thick or heavy clouds
e. Don’t remember

34.3 WEATHER (Circle One)

34.2 WIND (Circle One)

a. No wind
b. Slight breaze

c. Strong wind
(d) Don’t remember

34.4 TEMPERATURE (Circle One)

Car Dry fay Cold
b. Fog, mist, or light rain b, Cool
c. Moderate orheavy rain c. Warm
d. Snow d. Hot
e. Don’t remember e. Don't remember

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35. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?

Day i ¥ Month Yeor

36. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object?

(Circle One) Yes) No
36.1 IF you answered: YES, did they see the object too?
(Circle One) Yes No

36.2 Plecse list their names and addresses:

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37. Was this the first time that you had seen an object or objects like this?

(Circle One) Yes No

37.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and under what circumstances did you see other ones?

38. 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? am m.p.h.

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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 for away would you say it was? fis fret.

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41, Please give the following information about yourself:

NAME . TT,
ast Name rs ame

tree? Zone

TELEPHONE NUM3 Sagoo

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Whot is your present job? 4 2 aw at

| ADDRESS Drs ea a FP PAL PAX 3 ALES DB:
¥ City State

Age Pod Sex 2224

Please indicate any special educctional training that you hava had.

a. Grade school i e.@. Technical school
b. High school Z wi (Type) wails
= c. College f. Other special training
d. Post graduate .
42, Date you completed this questionnaire: ve oa Like s
Day Month Yeoor

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VANDENBELG AIR FORCE BASH, cain’ Nov.

(UPI) — The “weatherproof” Discoverer | VII satellite,

carefully groomed for a significant U.S. scientific, by edi

through, roared into orbit today,
The goal of the shot is to re+
cover a. 310-pound capsule from |
the 19-fool ‘jong satellite, after
the salellite has made 17 passes | Success.
over the earth’s poles. | It would be the first recovery
The recover¢ attempt, a 700-10-1 | of a man-made object from orbit
—''the mos! signilic ant achieve-
ment to date jn space,” Atr
Force officers said.

Distoverer VIL achieved a pre-

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fact the satellite entered orb is

shot at best, will be made tomor-
afternoon. by. planes and
ships inva massive “ballpark” in
the Pacific ocean, southwest of!

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Hawenil, ong #35) < ite orbit se ss use abe
the recove v owe e Ne
Thee néar-fant astie. 3 recapture | r ry, Uy ould be ia
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hatter mt will be m: acler. OY hours ay nex eet delagaesc s
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specialequipment, including |*
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The Air Foree said “ncelinl.

* Unlike, previous satellites in
fia program, the Discoverer Vil)
has been ‘ weatherproofed with |

nary data”. obt ained: bY’ tvacking
stations in Hawaii and Alaska
showed the satellite to be in orbits 4
| with radio signals’ coming? itt!
“loud ,and -clear.”’ “The orbital’
tiny mercury batteries warm, | Period for thé Satollite Will be 95
The batteries, which should cause | Minutes, It> will he 550_ miles’
the parachute to pop open atiftom the earth at its ftithest

40.000 fect, ‘apparently did not. point, and 10% when “it: drawe

operate *in two previous dis- closest lo the earth, the — Air

coverer shols because-it was too | | For ce said. Seg Yee 34
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* *« * ' * THE LAST Disedverer launely |
THE AM. FORCE announced \ing was Aug, 19, and“since that

orhit <hiad been achieved | lime project engineers have |
-jthree hotit’s after the tor-boested worked dedicatedly.to “insure as} °

Discoverer VIE arched into the
)y TNC much a chane ;
Sky, at 12:28 (3:28 HST), poesible 2 t cigs aries’ a

insulation and absorba-

Me ° £ee overy _altem ) ee : a :
| Param vate in U, S oeiahs wee “When We ilo entch this thing:
oT roe . ba! x PA <hn!} tat Be Shobled i! very well could he tiyic

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"This achievement is the next |
step in getting man into space
where he can do us some good,” |.
the ‘officer added, “Its more sit:
nifieant Hut less spectacular (han);
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in long time before we're ready
to send a man out there.”

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U.S. Fires:
Research

Roeket

‘S-Stage Missile
Goes 1,050 Miles
{nto Atmosphere

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 10—(UPD
--A five stage Army research
rocket dubbed “‘The Strongarm"
was successfully fired 1,050 miles
into the upper atmosphere today,
the highest. ever recorded for
the launching station at Wallops
Island, Va.

The vehicie was launched by
the Army in cooperation with the
National Aeronautics and Space
hacdiagsircteiclg: to measure elec-

on densities, “The Army said the
ee would be’ valuable in=the
intercontinental bailistic missile
and  anti-missile _ missile pro-
crams. -

The rocket’ assembly stood
tailer than a five-story~ building,
hut considerably shorter than the
missiles used for satellite launch-
ings and military shots of inter-
continental range,

It was. fired.at 7 a.m. and
finally plunged’ into the Atlantic;
ocean about 800 miles away from
the NASA launching pad about)
20 minutes*later. The rocket was)
designed to reach a ‘speed of!
17.000 feet. a second at burnout.

Scientists from the Army bal-
listic research laboratories at
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.,
aided by a University of Michi-
fan team, used an Army Honest
John rocket, two Nike-Ajax
boosters, a modified,Recruit and
a scaled down Sergeant to ram
the nose cone into- the upper’

atmosohere,
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IN ANNOUNCING the shoot,
the Defense department said
that it was one of a number
planned by various agencies im
connection with the U.S. program,
from International Geophysical |
cooperation in 1959.

Information on the experiment!
will be made available to all na-;
lions participating in the inrer-!
nat! ‘onal geophysical year pro-}
gram

WV arren Berning, project chief!
for the ballistic research labora-,
tories, sajd Army. experts and/
NASA primarily are interested in}
how ionization decreases with al-
titudes“ above 167° miles, and
measurements . ‘will be taken to
furnish a profile throushout. the
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MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF. NOVe 17 e-(UPI)--A MYSTERIOUS ObJECT
SERVED BY A NUMBERS CF P= SONS: PLOATED OUT OFe THE SKY YESTERDAY
-j AND *WHITIS H* PARAC HULSE AND SARK If THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
» WHAT. WAS IT. AMD bs le 4d IT COME FROM? ts NOBODY SEEMS EVEN AGL?
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LIFEGUARD bUD STEVEREON SAID THE OBJECT DANGLING AT THE END OF A
: ARGE™ PARACHUTE WAS ABOUT TWO TO. THREE FELT LONG g APPEAKEL TO pk
-TALLIC ANB YAS SQUARE! AT THE TOP AND CYLINDRICAL? AT THE BOTTOM.

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AN AMERICAN AIRLINES, TRAINING PLANE FOLLOWED THE PARACHUTE ANL CTS
,TERIOuS. OBJECT DON FROM pias FEET IN THE ALR. . THERE APPEAHED IC

\" OTHER PLANES IN THE AREA A THE TIME, SALUD THE .CREWe.
A NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION HELICOPTER GOT TO THE SCENE ABOUT A
[Le AND A HALF OFFSHORE AND HOVEXED OVEX THE FLOATING PARACHUTE SO
4 SUO¥ COULD SE PLACED (BY LIPEGUAKDS GEFCKE THE WEIGHT OF THE Ob Jicl
ULLED THE CHUTE UNDER e
THE COAST GUARD CoN UCTED A SEVERAL KOUgS? LONG SEARCH. COAST
JAXB SHLPSE DRAGGED 4 ATLE@SQUARE AKEA IN ABOUT 46 FEET OF WATER
oT WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE ANYTHING. A COAST SUARD SPOKESMAN SALI
| HHENTS Li THE AREA MIGHT HAVE SWEPT IT Gul TO SEA OR SUNLLEb- Up
4 ZAG HUT & AND OBJECT INTO A SMALL, COMPALT MASS WHICH WOULD) oF

THE NAVY'S MISSILE STATION AT pont MUSU, NORTH GF THIS S

ALT PORNT A. COASTAL’ raLLA WAS QUESTIONED. A! “0G WLTH SURROUNDING ALK
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Se i Pues { Visthle For’ Miles.” .
pat en n.Clou Residents’. of Richmond, Ya.,!
shout 100° mites~ west of the

= || iaunehing site, said the cloud)

s Light: ) )

b not 19 ts “as not nedrly as brightor large :
S] as thac touched off by a similar ,

4 experiment in August. «
Vast’s cy | | ‘The U. S. weather bureau atl
; ,uchmond said it received ‘doz-
' Space Agency Rocket ens and dozens’ of telephone
ealls from excited persons when
the first cloud was seen: but had
reeeived only one inquiry: about

Hjeets Vapors Seen
Hundreds Of Miles
: m2nes shot.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18— | Lon Backman, a newsman for
(UP!)—A man-made sodium | adio station WRVA whd- stood |
cloud, visible several hundred on the roof of a Richmond hotel, }

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miles away, was ejected into cloud was visible fer bo oe
the upper atmosphere at dusk i REA

half hour.
srlates Fr i '
today from a rocket fired 150 “It appeared perhaps a little |

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iniles into the air above the bigger than. a star but did not.
Wallops Island, Va., govern- ow as hright,"’ Backman said. |
ment test center. ‘As it faded, into the: darkness. |
The national aeronautics and, 2% smoky’ glow,’ violet in” colox,
space agency (NASA), which, became Barely: discernible:'*? }

eonduected the test, said it wasy =
cesiened to obtain information i
oout the action of the winds at
high altitudes. It was the first
of three pianned: for this week
part of. International Rocket !

Week, ;

Within “minutes after its” firing | )
at S:17 p.m., the rosy-hued cloud ||
vas sighted. over a. wide area }
of the Atlantic seaboard as it}
vtwht the rays ofthe setting |
“) already below the horizon at |
sea level,

Clond Is Spotted i

Several points in Connecticut }
reported spotting the luminous |
vapor. Residents in Schenectady |
in upper New York state said|
it looked like a simple red cloud }

ei with a little tail on it.

Residents in Springfield, N. H.,
and Quiney and Springfield, !
Mass., also reported seeing the!
vapor. > ;

NASA conducted its first so-":
‘ium cloud experiment Aug. 17. |
fr also was seen over a wide’
AVeAa, |
_ NASA said the experiment was't
designed “to obtain geophysical /
informarion on upper wind ac- }
tivitv,” ineiuding its velocity and,
firection and to test the rate of,
sp jit vapors at high alti-
tlirtes.

(he cloud was. ejected into the |
oer atmosphere. by a. two-
ige Nike-ASP launching rocket. |
quipped with<a) timing” device, !
‘ho rocket. began pouring out the
vapor at amvaltitude of 50 miles, |
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continuing until it'-reached its
peak of 150 miles. }

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At Ready
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Hove 1  Sitag
Discoverer VIII
Capsule From Sky

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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE
BASE, Cablf., Nov. 21—-(UPD—A
(iotiia of naval ships and Air
Foree C119 “Flying Boxcars”’
stood ready today to snatch a
Discoverer VIII satellite capsule
out of the sky or sea.

Joint sea-air forces were based
somewhere: in the mid-Pacific
year Hawaii in an area ‘called
“the ballpark'’* to% capture» the
‘parachutesrigged capsule from
the satellite soaring as-far away}
as 1,000 miles from. earth.

Discoverer VII, 78 feet long
‘and weighing 1,700 pounds,
roared successfully into oebit
over a polac route yesterday. It
‘was boosted into space by a Thor
hatlistic missile and thrust into
an orbital velocity of 13,000 miles
an hour by a second $tage rocket.

WITH THE LAUNCHING went
Anverica’s hopes to become the
fest nation to capture a man;
made object from space. Neither
ihe U.S. nor the Soviet Union, as
far as is known, has made such\
@ recovery.

Four earlier attempts were
made by the Air Force but
failed when the capsules were
never sighted after their ejection.
One plunged prematurely - into}
the Arctic.

A capsule linxed to Discoverer
VIt failed to eieet because of an
electrical system malfunction but
selentisis* were more optimistic
about the present attemont. |

‘hey said they have weather- |
proofed the satellite. to Withstand
cold temperatures in space thar
caused inv mercury. batteries to)
fieeze before activating the. cap-
sule. The capsule weighs. 310
p unds aul ineasures, 27 inc!
j: feneth and: 33-inches in dian®
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ODDS: WERE quoted at 700-1.
against ‘recovery. The feat if:
successful would be. ‘‘the# most
significant achievement to date
in space,” the Air Force said.
It is ‘a necessary step:on the
path toward apes a pumen
into space. -

“Discoverer VTIT Was, acheduled:
'o unleash the ecapsule*somie 27
hours after yesterday's launching

at 2:25 p.m. EST and ij passes

Aireralt planned to snag the:
object from the sky as it para-
chutes back to earth while ships
prepared. to pluck it out of the
sea... The’ capsule is designed to
float after it strikes the-water,

Before the radio-controlled
ejection..can be accomplished,
however, the vsatellitet must be
in position: and. pewiees Brop-
erly in-orbit.

23 November 1959
Papua, New Guinea

No Case (Information Only)

Nomlay, Ord Novembder 1959, Observed |
yu Uae Rev, Albert M. Rurika, of the Ang- i
can Ylussiwn, Menmapi, Prouan Priesi.
tien by Sachet Mirakar, Misston teacher
ind Ceell Kaibea, 2 Native Medics! As."
slam (Admuatstration). |
lime. First seen by Cect]l shout 7.30

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yan, Observed by Father Albert and
japhet at about 8.30 p.m.
Mie sky was cloudy to the north amd | |

, st. Hut comparatively clear to the
‘ast (ore Loe sea and Geodenuuzh Bay} |
fie observers were on ine Slission Sta- |
on at Koyavagara, one of the Ont-
at.ons of Menavi aad about i5 mies
S.W. from there. The station iy right oa
tne shore with a clear view to the east

am? southeast actoss Goodenough ley f :
to the rconges of Botanai and Oxuxzura. °
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Bojatal is 2nproximaiely 20 miles acrusa
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tie Doy (or a bo tess), They saw a fH@ A. P. 2.5, SULLETIN
brilliant Ulormimated dise ior xsohere?) LL A LT a ee a

tn the sky in the direction of Boianat.

‘ . its LB 2 9) . , t! 7 i “? . ; }
It was above the level of the mountains 3 ight, or that it had passed into the |

hiack obfect, which must then have been |

bot net at a hign elevanon, I was ap-
Joowmulay Gadi tae size of the full moon,
ut oydeh “brighter. The light was pure
hice, and ald not’ change. Beneath the
Leignt opject (which he deser:ded as
[ ‘tke a plate’) was a dark “Deat--naper .
sjeet, like a black cloud. They watched
‘sy round object slowly descend until it
slowly disappeared “into” (or behind?)
the biack “cloud” being 4raduaily
ecliosed unwl it went out, The omvht

Yyjeet did nol reappear, Sut the dlack §

ohteect was atill visible in the same poste
tion an hour tater. Fr. Albert estimated
ye time from his sighting of the >rignt

Sect until its’ passing into ne dark
Sseet 9 de about ten minutes, But
soil the NNA said it bad been there
nee 7:20.

Tyere ore a sumber of cumons points
shout ime seating.

a solid object, not a cloud.

Third: The biack object never moved
during the whole sightiny, nor did it
change its boatlixe siape {pointed at
both ends) or its size. It waz in the
same position an hour later. Surely. had
t been a cloud, if would have moved
or changed its shape in a fraction of
ihis time. [ have never known a cloud
to remain stationary and the same shape
for more than tive minutes, let alone an
hour, This suggests that the object was
a solid craft of some «cert, probably a
Mother Ship. Japhet (the teavher) is
sure that tt was a craft, as his school
children claim several times to have
seen ‘things like boats in the sky’ pa3s-
ing over Koyandariga at night, { remem.
Der hearing chis in July, when the sight
ings were of their Deizht.

Cipar: The detght object could not bave These witnesses are absolutely relia.
hoon the sien, which does not cise until bia, Fr. Albert particularly so. He is
out cnidmight or later, and in any case ee eyeing ateadly, unimaginative and
comoretely truthful person.
now oniy 3 smail creseent Slmmed) Witness M. Rirtka |
Second: Although at first the ‘‘dise’’ Japhet irakas

, : rilliant ligrat co that
rs giving out a Orilltant orgnt % Recorder: Norman &. G. Gruttwei!

ne black “elond’? stood out agaiost ihe More: Potanai !s 72 m fapo.) from Kova-

ow in the sky. when the “‘dise’’ passed bagira. The thing annpe2red over Poiana
. Ay . , re . . -
ind the ‘cloud’ the glow disaoneared, ut inust realy have been much segrer

to Kovabagira.

‘sesting either ‘Nat it haa extinkuisted :
N.E.G.C.

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No Case (Information Only) 29 November 1959
Miami, Florida

, On Yov.29 Ui. Jevy Pharasceutical Aviasicn|

Techniciaa Joseph John Renill phososzapned a ‘sudden flash¥, which
Showed 5 whita oojects in the Sry ,,\one which was follomed by a

Jaint streak ever liiasi, Florida,

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oS. NAYY MAN:
PHOTOGRAPHS UAO |

Miarni, ©la., 29 Nov. 1353Joseoh Joan
Rents 39, U.S. Navy pbharmaceuticai-
falion technician, was focusing tus
camera at in empty parking lot. Cates.
ing 2 @impse of a “sudden tasb,” ba
nial sped the shutter, When the irgnsnpar-
‘cy Was deveiooeil, it schuwed live white
so0ts in the sky—one of them followed
by a faint streak.
f; terrogated by N. S&S. Gariety of
5.P.A.C.S. (287 Alhambra, Coral Gables,
Sa.) Mehul was pot loo cooperative. Te
admitted nat be bad had a session wiih
ir Forte inteliigence otticers, They bad
exaauned Dis Argus C3 camera as weil
as the comobijeta cet of transparencies
from that particuiar roil of Atm and had
found oo evidence of fakery, he said.
+ And yet this man oith 19 years of navai
aviagd on vervice Says De did not scan *he |
sy after tnking the picture to see li the - ,

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DECEMBER 1959 SIGHTINGS-
DATE LOCATION OBSERVER . EVALUATION
1 Kalispell, Montana aleaigaialiaies Aircraft (REFUEL OFR)
2 Greeaville, Mississivpi ' Military Insufficient Data
3 Alpha, Ohio hljenate Aircraft’
8 Riviera Beach, Florida Multi Other (MISSILE)
11 N Pacific (E of Hawaii) Military Astro (METEOR)
14 New York, New York RSET Insufficieat Data |
18 Victoria Island, Canada Military (RADAR) Insufficieat Data a 4
19 Burz20u, Ohio s aa Insufficieat Data
21 Berliia, Germaay Bae ah ia Astro (METEOR) |
23 _ W of Albuquerque, New Mexico Military (RADAR) Balloon |
4 . ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES)
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DATS LOCATION SOURCE EVALUATION
Dec Universe Scieace News Ltr 1
Dec Cheshire, Ohio Newsclipoing 5 :
ie Foatana, Califorzia Newsclippiug ae
1 Oakland-Fremoat Ares, California levsclippius
~10 Caaaan, Connecticut Newsclipping
EO ox Willoughby, Ohio liewsclipoiag |
16 Junction, Texas Newselipping |
16 Rapid City, Seuth Dazota Newsclippiag
A fi Lion, Mississippi NewscLippiag
22 Oakdale, California Newsclipping
29 Boston, Massacause sts Newselipping -

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21 uss i*} BEG o59 |

This is to acknowledge your undated letter regarding the
sishting of an unidentified flying ovjJect on Sunday, 29 November,
south of West Branch, Michigan.

Your letter contains insufficient information for a valid
conclusion. Therefore, reauest you and your friend complete the
attached Air Force queationnaire in regard to this sighting and ;
forward the completed paper to the Aerospace Technical Intelliszence
Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, ohio, for analysis and
evaluation.

Sincerely,

Inclosure LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Ma jor, USAF
Public Information Division
Office of Information

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U.S AIR FORCE FECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET

This questionnaire has bean propared so that you can giva the U. S, Air Force as much
infeymation as possible concarning the unidentified avrial phenomenon that you have observed,

Pinasy try 10 answer a8 many questions os you possibly can, Ths information that you give will
bo used for roscarch purposes, end will ba rogardad as confidential material, Your nate will not

be used in connaction with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
We request this paraonal information so that, If it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for

further detsils.

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1, Whan did you see the object? 2. Tima of day:
Hour Minvies
~~ Day ~ Month ; Yoar (Circle One): A.M. or P.M,
3. Time zone:
(Circle One): a. Eastern (Circle Ona): a, Daylight Saving
b, Centra} b, Standard
¢. Mountain
d. Pacific
e, Other
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4, Whore were vou whan you sow the object?
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5. Estimate how long you saw the object, }
oe Hours Minutes Seconds
5.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5,

c, No? very sure

a. Certain
d. Justa guess

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“>, Fairly certain

6, What was the condition of tha sky?

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d, Justa trace of daylight
(ey No trace of daylight
Don't remember

(Circle Ons). oa, Sright daylight
b, Dull daylight
c. Bright twilight f,

7. \F you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located os 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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B, FF you saw the object. ot NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notices concerning the STARS and MOON?
8,1 STARS {Cirele Ono): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
“a,) hone a. Bright moontight
b, A few b. Dull moonlight
) c. Many “ce. No moonlight — pitch dark
¢d. Don't remembor d. Don't romember
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9, Wes the object brightar than the background of the sky?
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| (Circls One): (a. Yes b. No c. Don't remember

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t 610, IF it wes BRIGHTER THAN tha sky background, was the brightnass Hike that of an outomobile headlight?:

(Circle One) a, A mile or mora away (a distont car)?

b, Several blocks away?

ce, Ablock away?

d, Severo! yards away?

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11, Did the obiect: (Circle One for each question)
co. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes No Don't Know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush cway at any time? Yes No} Don’t Know
¢. Break up into parts or explode? Yos No? Don’t Know
d. Give off smoke? Yes No. Don't Know
@, Chenge brightness? Yes No. Don't Know
f, Chenge shape? Yos No™ Don’t Know
gq. Flicker, throb, or pulsote? Yos No Don’t iKnow

42. Did the object move bahind something at anytime, particularly o cloud?

(Circle One): (Yeo , No _ Don't Know. jae / \F you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind: TA tnt aesdear tl “SP nese h Lhe Of pe tt FS

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13. Did the object mova in front of something ot anytime, porticulerly a cloud?

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(Circle One): Yos {No} Don’t Know. IF you answered YES, than tel! wha?
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14, Did the object oppear: (Circle Ona): a.) Soild? b. Transparent? c. Don’t Know,
15, Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses Yes No 2, Binoculars Yos No
b, Sun glasses Yes Ne f. Telescope Yes No
c, Windshield Yes. No qg. Theodolite Yos Ho
d. Window glass Yos No n. Other ee ek

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18. Tell in a fow words the following things about the object,

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17. Drow @ pleture that will show the shape of the objact or objects, Lobel ond Ineluds In your sketch ony dotalls
* of tha oblect thet you saw such os wings, protrusions, etc., end especially oxhaust tralia or vapor trails, Place
on urrow beside the drawing to show the direction the objec? was moving,

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J8, The edges of the object wora:
{(Circly Ona}: a, Fuzzy of blurred @. Other
b. Like a bright stor |
c.) Sharply outlined
| d. Don’t remember
99, !F thers wos MORE THAN ONE cbiect, than how many ware there? —— Seen tw ;
Drow o pleturs of how thay ware crrenged, and pu? an arrow to show the direction that they wera traval ing.
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20. Draw @ picture shat will show the motion thal the object or objects made, Place an “A” at the beglaning

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24. IF POSS!S3LE, iry to guess or astimote what the real alze of the object was In its longast dimension.
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22, How large did the object or oblects appear as compored with one of the following objects held in the hond
and at cbour arm's length?

(Cire!s One): ao. Hood of o pin gq. Silver dollar
‘b.) Pea h. Baseball
c, Dime i. Grapafrult
d. Nickel j- Basketball
©, Quorter k, Other RS SRA
| f. ‘Half dollor
22,3 (Cirels One of the following to indicata how cartain you ara of your answer to Question 22,
a, Certoin ‘c) Not very sure
b, Fairly cartala d, Uncortain
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| 23, How did the object or objects disoppace. from view? 24 oe sam Fh...

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| 24, In order tha? you con give aa clear o picture oa posalble of what you sow, wa would Iike for you ta Imagine that you could

construct the object thet you saw, OF what type material would you make It? How lorge would It be, ond whet shope
would It hove? Describe in your own words a tommon object or objects which whan placed up In the aky would give the
acme oppecranee aa the objec? which you sow,

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‘| 25. Where were you lucated when you saw the object? 26. Were you (Circle One)

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a. In the business section of a city?
a, Inside o building b, In the residential section of a city?
(b> In acer - ‘Cc: In open countryside?
c. Outdoors d. Flying near an airfield?
d. Inanairplane e. Flying over a city?
e. At ses f, Flying over open country?
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27. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it?

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28. !F you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions:

28.1 Whet direction were you moving? (Circle One)

| a. North c. East e. South A West
b, Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h! Northwest

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28,2 How fast were you moving? miles per hour.

28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One) Yes ‘No’

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29. What direction were you looking when you first saw the object? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South g. West
b, Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest fh} Northwest

39, 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 ch} Northwest

31. If you are for!'ior 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 appeared:

a. From true North ane degrees.

b. From horizon 5 = degrees.

31,2 When it disappeared: |

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a. From true North - ments degrees.
b, From horizon". degrees.

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