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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION
12. CONCLUSIONS
30 Jul 61 & 1 Aug 61 Brooklyn, New York Brooklyn, New York 00 Was Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. D 000 Prabably Balloon Prabably Balloon
2135 EDT TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Ballioon Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Was Aircraft Was Aireraft
3101352 Ground-Radar
GMT. AirVisual 00 Probably Alrcraft Probobly Alrcraft
5. PHOTOS 6. Air-Intercapt Radar Air-Intercapt Radar Possibly Alrcraft Possibly Alrcraft
Yas SOURCE
000 Was Astronomical
XONo Civilian Probobly Astronamical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Possibly Astronomieal
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE X Y Other. Other- Echo Echo.
5-10 min 000 Insuificient Data for Evaluation
1 NE Unknown
labout same size and speed as Echo I. Stroight
Iflight path. Beldeved to be satellite by ob- characteristic of a satellite. A check
servers. 1 Aug sighting same exoept for time indicates that satellite Echo I vas at
lend direction differed by 2o to N on flight position reported at time of sighting.
paib.is therefore concluded that objt
observed vas probably Echo I.
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34. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
CLOUDS (Circle One) WEATHER(Circle One)
Clear sky Dry
b. Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scattered clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow
e. Don't remember
35. When and to whom did you report that y.u had seen the object? to you & parents
30 Joly 1461
Day Month Yoar
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 Ye No
36.1 IF you answered YES, did they sea the object too? 36.1 IF you answered YE ES, did they sea the object too?
(Circle One) Yes No
36.2 Please list their names and addresses:
We are the only one Who saw it
ORLYNAS
37. Was this the first time that you had seen an object or objects like this?
(Circle One) Yes (No
37.1 1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and under what circumstances did you see other ones?
sty We Hahe Sern the iehe sutalite whis
this
In Augest 1, tpsicdays a fter we spotted the unknewn
Flying objest we saw d anather obyest at leafturle R.M.
33. In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might have caused it?
wt wit think it wag a satalite think it was a Satalite For we Have Seen one befora

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39. Do you think you can estimate the spead of the object?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then what spead would you estimate?
(Circle One) Yes (No)
IF you answered YEs, then how far away would you say it was?_
.Please give the following information about yourself: 41. Please give the following information about yourself:
NAME Lost Nama Lost Nama First Nam First Name Middls Noma
ADDRESS. ADDRESS eclelye No N
TELEPHONE NUMBER
A_g_13 sex male
Indicate any additional information about yourself, including any education, which might be pertinent.
42. Date you completed this questionnaire: 10 011961
Doy Doy lonth Glonth Your Your

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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET
(SUMMARY DATA)
In order that your information may be filed and coded as uccurately as possible, please use
the following space to write out a short description of the event that you observed. You may re-
statements, or sketches that you believe are important. Try to present the details of the observa-
tion in the order in which they occurred. Additional pages of the same size papar may be attached
if they are needed.
NAME (Do Not Write in This Space)
(Please Print) CODE:
SIGNATURE
DATEAUGUST
upoited a
on 8y 26,1461.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
8 August 1961
Dea:
Thank you for your letter of July 3lst reporting an unidentified
flying object.
Unfortunately, our experts at the Aerospace Technical Intelligence
Center will need additional information before they will be able
to tell you what it was you saw. If you will fill out the attached to tell you what it was you saw. If you will fill out the attached
form as best you can and send it in the addressed enveloped to
Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, perhaps we will be able to Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, perhaps we will be able to
give you an answer.
Sincerely, Sincerely,
GLADYS E. WISE
Operations Branch
Public Information Division
Office of Information
Brooklyn, New York
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July 31,1961
United States Air Force
Air Intelligence Center
Weshington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
On Sunday, July 30, l9sl, my friend and I
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a northeasterly direction. We have already seen the
some sort. The satelli appr ximately
9:35 P.M.
Would you please tell us which satellite we
saw?
sbout it.
Very truly yours,
=
Brooklyn 25, New York
Brooklyn 25, N.Y. Brooklyn 25, N.Y.
We are enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope for your convenience.

U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET
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This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.s. Air Force as much
information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed.
Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will
be used for research purposes, and will be regarded as confidential material. Your name will not
be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
Wae request this personal information so that, if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for
further details. further details.
1. When did you see the object? 1. When did yousee the object? Time of day: 9 35 35
Hour Minutes
30 30 July July 1961
Day Day Month Yoar Yoar (Circle One): A.M. or P.M
3. Time Zone: . Time Zone:
(Circle One): a.(Eastern) (Circle One): a. ( Daylight Saving)
b. Central b. Standord
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other
4. Where ware you when you saw the object?
Brocklyn New York U.S.A
Necrest Postal Address City or Town State or Country
Addiionalremarks Sighted ohject again on Augest iat  after
1P
How long was object in sight? 5t010
Hours Minutes Seconds
5.1 How was time in sight determined? Wotch
a. Certain c. Not very sure
Fairly certain Fairly certain d. Just a guess
.What was the condition of the sky? 6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT
a. Bright G Bright
b. Cloudy b. b. Cloudy
IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, whare was the SUN located as you looked at the object? 7.IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, whare was the 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
c. To your right f. Don't remember
ATIC FER  164 FORM This fotm supersedes ATIC 164, 13 Oct 54.

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8.IF you saw the object at NIGHT, 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 .Dull moonlight
© Many c. No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remember
.The object appeared:
(Circle One): Circle One): As a light light b. Shiny b. Shiny c. Dark Dark d. Don't remember
. If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? 0. If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? No.
1. Did the object: (Circle One for each quastion)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes Don't Know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes Don't Know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? Yes 9999399 Don't Know
e. Change brightness? Yes Don't Know
f. Change shape? Yes Don't Know
g. Flash or flicker? Yes Don't Know
h. Disappear and reappear? Yes Don't Know
1. Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes N$ Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
.Did the object mova in front of something at any time, particularly.a cloud? msorury.d.cloud?
(Cirele One): (Circle One): Yes (No) Don't Know. Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
in front oft
14. Did the object appear: (Circie One): (a. a Solid b. Transparent c. C. Vapor d. Don't Know
15. Did you observe the object through any of the following? 1.Did you observe the object through any of the following?
a. Eyeglasses Yes e. Binoculars Yes
b. Sun glasses Yes F. Telescope Yes ②2②
c. Windshield Yes ②999 Theodolite Yes
g.
d. Window glass Yes h. Other EXES

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16. Tell in a few words the following things about the object.
a. SoundAan
b. Color Like a dull sh
ject that y sa such as wings protrusins  ndspecially exoust trail
Place an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction ths object was moving.
y
18. The edges of the object were: .
(Circle One): a. Fuzzy or.blurred e. Other
Like a bright star
c. Sharply outlined
d. Don't rernember
1. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there?
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Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an Aat the beginning of
the path, a "B"' at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.
B
How large did the object appear to you as compared to an object with which you are familiar? 2. How large did the object appear to you as compared to an objact with which you are familiar?
THE SAME SIZE AS THE ECHO SATILITE ACFEARDTOBE
We wish to know the angular size.Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object.and note We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object.and note
uc  s  ha  thmat I a prfo th expent at howmuch of the obct is coverd ythe head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the tim
of the sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head? of the sighting, how much of the object would have baen covered by the match head?
23. Did the object disappear:while you were watching it? If so, how?
YES. BEHIND BUILDINGS OTHERWISE NO.
2. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, dascribe in your own words a
common object or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the object
which you saw.
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25. Where were you located when you saw the object? 2.Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
ct. In the businass section of a city?
a. Inside a building (63 In the residential section of a city?
b. In a car c. In open countryside?
Outdoors d. Near an airfield?
d. In an airplane (type) e. Flying over a city?
e. At sea f.F Flying over open country?
f. Other 9. Other
27. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it?
Wie were observing tie sky Talking ahot satalilvs and
we heth happen to notiss it wa heth happen to notiss it
28IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete. the following questions: 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) 28i What
c. North c. East e. South g. West
. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
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
29. What direction were you looking when you first saw the object? (Circle One)
g. West
a. North East e. South Northwest
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest i. Overhead
30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One)
g. West
a. North c. East East e. South h. h. . Northwest Northwest
p. Northeast d. Southeast Southeast f. Southwest i. Overhead i. Overhead
If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was .If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction), try to estimate the number of degrees the object was
from true North (thru east) and also the number of degrees it was upward from the horizon (elevation).
31.1 When it first appeared: 31.1 When it first appeared:
a.From true Northdegrees
b. From horizon b. From horizon... 5degrees.
31.2 When it disappeared:
a.From true North75degrees.
b. From horizon_. .EQdegrees.
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show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it.
33. In the following larger sketch place an "A" at the position the object was when you first saw it, and a "3*
position when you last saw it. Refer to smaller sketch as an example of how to complete the larger skatch.
B
T'0
(x)
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