PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
14 Dec 59 New York, NY Probably Balloon
4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local_ 1600 AkGround-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
D Probably Aircraft
GMT. 14/2100Z AiVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Y.s D Probably Astronomical
No 0 Possibly Astronomical
Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other.
EX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
2 mins 30 secs one West to SW
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd, silvery obj w/solid appearancy. Insufficient info for a valid conclusion.
Witness did not complete the form sent for
additional info, , leaving many of the
pertinent spaces pertinent spaces blank. blank.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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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?
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?
4.Please give the following information about yourself:
Last Name First Nama
ADDI
State
TELEPHONE NUMBER TELEPHONE NUMBE
What is your present job?. What is your present job? .
Ago Age Sex
Please indicate any special educational training that you have had. Please indicate any special educational training thot you have had.
a. Grade school. a. Grade school. e. e. Technical school _.. e. e. Technical school
b. High school .. b. High school (Type) _ (Type)_
c. College - f.Other special training
d. Post graduate
42. Date you completed this questionnaira: Day Month Year

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U. S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET
(SUMMARY DATA)
In order that your information may be filed and coded as accurately as possible, please use
the following space to
peat information that yo nave already given in the questionnaire, and add any further comments,
staternents, or sketches that you believe are important. Try to presert the details of the observa-
tion in the order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the same size paper may be attached
if they are needed.
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SAFOI-3a/Ma, Tacker/mhb/72291
7 January 1960
Dear Miss
This is to acknowledge your letter of 2 January 1960
regarding the sighting of an uniden Lying objeet in
New York City on l4 December.
Your letter contains insufficient information for a
valid conclusion. Therefore, I am inclosing an Air Force
Questionnaire for you to fill out. When it is completed,
please forvard it direct to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence
Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio fe analysis and analysis and
evaluation. evaluation.
Sincerely, Sincerely,
Inclosure LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Major, USAF
Public Information Division
Office of Information of Information
Miss
Avenue
New York 28, New York
Comeback OI-31
Reader OI-1
101A 75 59

Please try to anawor as many questions as you possibly can. Ths information that you give will
ba used for research purposes, and wi rogarded as confidantial material. Your name will not
ba used in connection with any statoments, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
We roquest this parsonal information so that, if it is deemed necossary, we may contact you for
further dotails.
1. When did you soe the object? 2. Time of day: _
Hour Minutes
14
Doy Month Year (Circle Ona): A.M or P.M.
3. Tima z0ne:
a. Eastern (Circla Ona): a. Daylight Saving
b. Central Central b. Standard b. Standard
c. Mounta in
d. d. Pacific Pacific
e. Other
4. Where were you when you sow tho objecr? 4.Whare wore you when you sow tho objecr?
Nearest Nearast City or Town Stote or Country
Additional remarks: Additional remarks:
Hours Minutas Seconds
5.1
. Cartain c. Not very sure I
b. Fairly certain d. Just a gusss
6. What was the condition of the sky?
(Circle One): a. Bright daylight d.Just a trace of daylight
b. Dull daylight No trace of daylight
c. Bright twilight f. Don't remember
7.IF you saw the object during DAYLI TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located as you looked at
the objact?
(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 romember
ATIC FORM NO. 164 (13 OCT 54)

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8.IF you saw tha object at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning th: STARS and MOON?
8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None a. Bright moonlight
b. A few b. Dull moonlight
c. Many c. No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remomber d. Don't remember
9. Was the object brighter than the background of the sky?
(Circle One): a. Yes b. No c. Don't romember
10. IF it was BRiGHTER THAN the sky background, was tho brightness like that of an outomobile headiight?:
(Circle One) o. A mile or more away (a distant car)?
b. Several blocks away?
c. A block oway?
d. Several yards away?
. Other
11.Did the object: (Circle One for each quastion) (Circle One for each question)
a. Appecr to stand still at any time? a.Appear to stand still at any time? Yes Yes No Don't Know
b. Suddenly spesd up and rush away at any time? Yes No Don't Know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? Yes No Don't Know
. Change brightness? Change brightness? Yes No Don't Know
F. Change shape? (Yes No- Don't Know
g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Yes Yes No No Don't Know
1. Did the object move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. !F you answerad YEs, then tell wha?
it moved behind: 4
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): Solld? b. Transparent? c. Don't Know.
15. Did you observe the objoct through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses o. Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses No f. Talescope Yes
c. Windshield Yes g. Theodolite Yos No
d. Window glass Yos No h. Other

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16. Tell in a few words the following things about the object.
a. Sound
b. Color,
17, Draw a pleture that will show the shape of the abjoct or ebjects. Labal and inelude in your sketch any details
of the objeet that you saw such as wings, protrusione, ele., and oapeclally exhaust frulls or vapor trails, Place
an arrow boslde the drawing to show the direetlon the objeet was moving.
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18. The odges of the objeet wore: 18. Tho odges of the objeet wore:
(Cirela Onu): : a. Fuzzy or blurred a. Fuzzy or blurred o. o. Other
b. Like a bright star
c. Sharply outlined
d. d Don'tremembor Don'ramomha:
19. IF there was MORE THAN ONE objest, then how many wero there?
Draw a pieture of how thay ware arronged, and put an arrow to show the directlon that they were traveling.

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20. Draw a picture shot will show the motlon that the object or objects mude. Place an "A" at the baginnlng
of the poth, a "B" at the end of the path, and show any chonges In direction during the course.
2.IF POssiBLE, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the object was in lts longast dimenslon.
feet.
22. How large did the object or objects appear as compared with
and ot about orm's longth?
(Circle One): a. Head of a pin g. Silver dollar
b. b. Pea Pea h. h. Baseball
c. c. Dime Dime i. Gropofruit
d. d. Nickal i. i. Basketball
e. Quarter Quarter k. Other
f. Half dollor
22.1 (Circle One of tha following to indicate how cartaln you are of your answar to Question 22. 22.1 (Circle One of tha following to indicate how certaln you are of your answer to Questlon 22.
a. Certain c. Not very sire c. Not very sure
. Fairly certain b. Fairly certain d. Uncertain
23. How did the object or objects disappear from view?
24. In order that you can give as cloar a plcturs as possibls of what you saw, wa would like for you to lmogins that you could
construct the object that you sow. Of whot typs matorlal would you maks it? How larga would it bs, and what shup
wou!d it hava? Describe In your own words a common objact or objocts whlch when placad up in the sky would give tha
same appeorance as the obloct which you sow.

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25. Where were you located when you saw the object? 2.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 car c. In open countryside?
c. Outdoors d. Flying near an airfield?
d. In an oirplane e. Flying over a city?
e. At sea f. Flying over open country?
f. Other g.
27. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it?
28 IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions:
28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One) 28.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)
a. North c. East c. East e. e. South g. West
b. Northeast b. Northeast d. Southeast Southeast f. f. Southwest Southwest h. h. Northwest Northwast
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? 28.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
2. What direction were you looking when you first saw the object? (Circle One) 2. What direction were you
a. North c. East e. South G West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest Northwest
30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One)
a. North c. East e. South g. West
. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
31. If you cre 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 appeared:
a.From true North degrees.
b. From horizon... degrees.
31.2 When it disappeared:
a. From true North degrees.
b. From horizon degrees.

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3. 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 object was when you first say 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?
34.1 CLOUDS (Circle One) 34.2 WIND (Circle One)
a. Clear sky a. No wind
b. Hazy b. Slight breaze
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 e. Don't remember
35. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
Day Month Year
36. Wus anyone else with you at the time you saw the object?
(Circle One) (Circle One) Yes No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too? 36.1 1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too?
(Circle One) Yes No No
36.2 Please list their names and addresses:
37. Was this the first time that you had seen an object or objects like this? 37. Was this the first time that vou had seen an obiect or obiects 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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