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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2 LOCATION

Dayton, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP

04.30

Local

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4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
UE Ground- Vi sual
D Air Visuol

QO Ground-Redor

D Air-Intercept Rodar

5. PHOTOS
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6. SOURCE

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

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8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

9. COURSE

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Probobly Aircraft
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Possibly Astronomical

Other

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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

ASTRONOMY

Science News Lerrex for November 25, 1961

Impressive Stellar Display

Brilliant winter constellations shining on December
evenings include Orion, Canis Major and Taurus. The planets

Jupiter and Saturn are visible

> WITH THE ARRIVAL of December
the brilliant constellations of the winter eve-
ning are now in full view. Orion and his
neighbors, which occupy a region of the
sky that hus more bright stars than any
ceher area of similar size, shine in the south-
east, as shown on the accompanying maps.

These depict the heavens as they look
about 10 p.m., your own kind of sidered
time. at the first of December, an hour
earlier at the middle of the month and
two hours earlier at the end.

A good place to start is with the three
stars in a row (now nearly vertical) that
form the belie of the warrior, which is the
w way that Orion was pictured on the old star

maps. These stars are high in the southeast.
To the lefr, and a little higher, is Betelgeuse,
while brilliant Rigel is to the right and
below the belt.

Directly below Orion is Lepus, the hare,
z a relatively faint group, but to the left of
his creature is Canis Major, the great dog,

3th the star called Sirius. It is also known

the dog star, and is the brightest star
= hat we can see in the nighttime sky. Even

Sough its present low altitude causes con-

Sderable reduction in its light on account
£ absorption in the atmosphere, Sirius still
chines with great splendor.

Canis Minor Stands in the East

Over toward the cast, a little higher than
Sinus, is Procyon in Canis Minor, the little
Seg. And above this group is the constella-
ton of Gemini, the rwins, in which are two
bright stars, Castor and Pollux. (These ap-
pear on the map of the northern sky.)
Above Orion is Taurus, the bull, with the
Sright star Aldebaran (redin color) marking
the animal's eye. To the left of Taurus (also
om the sil sky map) is Auriga, the
charioteer, with Capella as the brightest star.
Low in the northwest is Vega, about all
that is now visible of the constellation of
Lyra, the Ivre. Vega is of the first magni-
tede—the brightest—burt its low altimude
couses a diminution of its light, as with
Sirius. Similarly dimmed is Deneb, in Cyg-
nus, the swan, which is above Vega.
Directly north, about half way from the
hecizon to the zenith, is Polaris, the pole
eur, which is part of Ursa Minor, the little
‘ear. Ursa Major, the big bear, is a little
lower and to the right, in a poor position,
ss it always is at this time of year. But
higher than Polaris, and toward the lefr,
ver can see Cassiopeia, the queen, whose
/¢ main stars now form a letter M.
“And romeda, who was Cassiopeia’s daugh-
ter according to mythology, is above her
mother. Directly overhead stands Perseus,
‘he champion, who rescued the princess

early, James Stokley reports.

when she was chained to a rock and a sea
monster was about to devour her. The star
marked Algol is not notable for its bright-
ness, but because it is a famous variable star.
Every 2 days 21 hours, approximately, it
fades to about a third of its normal bright.
ness, taking about five hours to dim and
about five more to return to its original
state. Actually, there are two stars, one dark,
which regularly passes in front of its bright
companion and partially eclipses it.

No planet is visible in December at the
times for which the maps are drawn, but
earlier in the evening—until about three
hours after sunsct—Jupiter shines brightly in
the southwestern sky. It is in the constella-
tion of Capricornus, the horned goat. This
is next to Aquarius, the water carrier, which
does appear, low in the west, Saturn, con-
siderably fainter, is lower and farther to
the right. It sets about half an hour earlier.

On Thursday, Dec. 21, at 9:20 pan. EST
(8:20 CST, 7:20 MST and 6:20 PST), the
sun reaches its farthest south for the year.
At this moment it will be directly over the
Tropic of Capricorn, above a point near the
city of Rockharnpton, on the northeast coast
of Australia. In the Northern Hemisphere
this is the winter solstice, marking the gen-
erally recognized beginning of winter. But
in Australia and other countries of the

DECEMBER,
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Southern Hemisphere it is the beginning of
surmmer.

On Dec. 21, as seen from the U.S., the
sun rises far to the south of the castern
point of the horizon. Similarly, it sets well
to the south of due west. Its noon-day height
is the lowest of the year. Consequently it
has only a short path above the horizon,
and a long one below, which means that this
is the shortest day of the year, and the
longest night.

Knowing this, you might suppose that on
the 21st the sun would rise later than any
other day, and set earlier. But it does not!
The earliest sunset comes from Nov. 30 to
Dec. 13, Then, at 40 degrees north latitude,
it sets at 4:35 p.m. if you are on the central
meridian of your time zone. (That is, at 75
degrees west longitude for Eastern time, 90
degrees for Central, 105 degrees for Moun-
tain and 120 degrees for Pacific.) To the
west of these meridians, by your watch, it
would be later; to the east, earlier. On Dec.
21, the sun sets at 4:38 p.m., and rises at
7:18 a.m.

The latest rising, at 7:22 a.m., comes from
Dec. 30 to Jan. 11, when the sun sets from
4:43 p.m. to 4:55 p.m. In other words, the
carliest sunsets come several days before
the sol Kyi while the latest sunrises come

several days later. Why?

The reason lies in the fact that the sun
is not entirely satisfactory as a clock. Cen-
turies ago, the sundial was the most com-
mon timepiece. Noon came when the sun
was directly south, with the shadow of the
gnomon aimed due north. But the sundial

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& ® 9° ® SYMBOLS FOR STARS IN ORDER OF BRIGHTNESS

stietitnes runs: fast, sometimes slow, be-
cause of the way the earth revolves around
the sun. It indicates what is called apparent
time. As clocks came into use, “mean” time
was introduced, which is based on an aver-
age, or mean sun, that does run at the same
rate throughout the year.

At the beginning of November, mean time
is about 15 minutes slow compared to appar-
ent time; that is, the sun is 15 minutes early.
After that—during December—the clock
gains rapidly on the sundial. In mid-Febru-
ary, the sun will be almost 15 minutes late.
The difference between mean and apparent
time is called the “equation of time”; it is
the number of minutes and seconds that
you must add to or subtract from the mean
time indicated by the clock to get the cor-
responding apparent or sundial time.

On Dec. 6, approximately midway in the
earliest sunset period, the equation of time
is plus 9 minutes 11 seconds; on Dec. 21,
plus 2 minutes 10 seconds, and on Jan. 5,
approximately midway in the latest sunrise
period, minus 5 minutes 6 seconds. Now let
us alter the times of sunrise and sunset on
these dates to give it in apparent time, and
we have:

Sunset Sunrise

Dec. 6 4:44 p.m. 7:16 a.m.
21 4:40 p.m. 7:20 a.m.

Jan. 5 4:44 p.m. 7:17 a.m.

Now the latest sunrise and the earliest
sunset do occur on the shortest day—the
day with the least time between the sun’s
rising and setting.

In other words, the sun performs accord-
ing to its own kind of time, not the arbi-
trary and artificial kind of time that man
has found most convenient to regulate his
activities.

Celestial Time Table for December

Dec. EST

5 2:02 a.m. Algol (variable star in Perseus)
at minimum brightness
7 6:52 p.m. New moon
10:51 p.m. Algol at minimum
10 7:00 p.m. Moon passes Saturn
7:40 p.m. Algol at minimum
It 9:00 a.m. Moon passes Jupiter
7:00 p.m. Moon nearest; 228,900 miles
from earth
13 carly a.m. Meteors seen radiating from con. |
stellation of Gemini
14 1:00 p.m. Mars behind sun
3:06 p.m. Moon in first quarter
16 3:00 a.m. Mercury behind sun
21 7:42 p.m. Full moon
9:20 p.m. Sun farthest south; winter com-
mences in Northern Hemisphere
25 3:46 a.m. Algol at minimum
27 12:00 p.m: Moon farthest; 251,500 miles
from earth
28 12:35 a.m. Algol at minimum
29 10:57 p.m. Moon in last quarter
30 «69:24 p.m. Algol at minimum
Subtract one hour for CST, two hours for
MST, and three hours for PST.
MST, and three hours for PST.

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December 2 Spread Oe ESC
16:45 xm. Carol ’S, Bannen and “

mother observed a reddish object
secross the sky. After the UFO
hivh overhead, Miss Bennett observed ft |
with a 1l5-power wlescope. Although
still appearing. red tw the unaided
ibe UFO looked like a steel gray
through the telescope: one side was

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NO CASE (INFORMATION ONLY)

SOURCE: SAUCER NEWS, Mar 62

Here’s an unusual) item froa
A Mather Air Po Base jet.
meteorite, over northern Cal
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acramento, Calif

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» Califerniz, dated Dicenver Bik, 1961:
a. "dlinding flash,” believed te be @ large
on the night of ¢ 3rd¢. The flauing |
Sacramento area 1

inte the. Pacifico Oc

‘No Case (Information Only) 6 December 196]
Southwestern U.S.A,

THE A. P, R. O. BULLETIN

ie MARCH, 1963 :

Missile, Contrail or UFO? No

From Weatherville, and Eureka, Cali-
fornia, from Burns, Oregon and Reno,
Nevada came reports on 6 December
1961, of the observation of a westeriy
moving craft with a “tail” twice as long
as itself. The object was officially ex-
plained as (1) a Thor missile launched
from Vandenburg and (2) a vapor trail
from a high altitude, high performance
craft known to be flying in the area.
Take your pick,

1 = 31 JAWUARY 1962 SIGHTINGS

DaTt LOCATION OBSERVER EVALUATICH
~ Jan-Feb Morgantown, west Virginia =e tro (METEOR)

* Jan Santurce, Puerto Rico _ Ji BALLOON

a West Germany biilitary. INSUSFICIENT DATA
3 Ohio - Indiena Area *# Multiple tro (ETEOR)
~k Xenia, Ohio Mo mension, Astro (METECR)
ae 47.30N I72.30W (Pacific) Military SATELLITE

~5 33.21N 171.42 (Pacific) Military SATELLITE

6 Adak, Alaska Militery SATELLITE

é Humboldt, Kansas (Se. Astro (iETEOR)

g | 33.35% 176.40W (Pacific) Military SATELLITE

“9 4S &5W (ESE Pacific) Military Astro METEOR) Sh
~14 MF jlN 171.52E (Pacific) Military SATELLITE

<15 Monroe, Louisiana oe, Astro (STARS)

-15 38.30N 74.20W (Atlantic) Milita AIRCRAFT

“15 Las Craces, New Mexico ane Astro (METEGR)

16 Vandalia, Ohio AIRCHAPT

“17 Lynn, ‘assachusetts eS Other (UNRELIABLE REPORT
22 Kirksville, Missouri Multiple (RADAR) 3ALLCON

~26 Miami, Florida Multiple (PHOTO) AIRCRATT

§ 13.42% 1454.2CE (Pacific) Military Astre (METEOR)
22 Bethel, Alaska rs. AIPCRAS

28 Morehead, Kentucky wel Cther (SIRDS)

-29 South Carclirna = Fuerto Rico — Multiple Other (.cISSILE)
25 Jan- 1 Mar Ganadc, Arizona. Maltiple Other (MIRACE)
-30 St. Paul, Minnesota sir st (..ETEOR }
31 Z4ii 176. (Pacific) Military ATELLITE

ADDITICNAL REFCRTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES)

DATE LOCATICc:. SCURCE EVALUJATICN

Jan Universe Science tlews Ltr —T

1962 Fresque Isle, xkisconsin ae (itr)

5 Jan Columbus, Ohio News Clipping

5 Jan ‘*consocket, RF. iI. News Clipping

7 Jan Auburn, California News Clipping

9 Jan Buenos Aires News Cliprins

15 Jan Jamaica . News Clivping

15 Jan. Beverly, “assachusetts - News Clipping moon

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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET

This questionnaire has been prepored so thot you con give the U.S. Air Force os much
information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed.
Please try to answer as many questions.os you possibly can. The information that you give will
be used for research purposes, and will be regarded os confidential material. Your name will not
be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission.
We request this personal information so that, if it 1s deemed necessary, we may contact you for

further details.

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1. When did yousee the object? 2. Time of day: —— 7 =
Hour Minutes
2 | FI + Pat / J
Day Month Yeor (Circle One): A.M. or P.M,
. Time Zone: ——
iz = (Circle One): a. Eastern (Circle Orel a Daylight Soving
b>~Gentrol— - Cb. Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific ’
e. Other

4. Where were ‘you when you sow the object?

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ecrest Poste ress r City or aw Sate or ons

Additional remarks: ~

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5. How long wos object in sight? 45

Hours Minutes Seconds

5.1 How was time in sight determined?

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o. Certain c. Not very sure
\b._Foirly certain> d. Just o guess

6. What wes the condition of the sky?

DAY | _NIGH
eo. Bright
b. Cloudy Gu_BH a

7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where wos the SUN located as you leked ot the abhect?

(Circle One): o. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
c. To your right f. Don’t remember

ATI C FEB 50 164 This form 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):
oa. None o. Bright moonlight
b. A few b. Dull moonlight =
Ce. Many €,_ No moonlight — pitch dark >
d. Don't remember d. Don't remember Sera
9. The object appeared:
(Circle One): (@. Asa light) b. Shiny c. Dark d. Don’t remember
10. If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stors?
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11. Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
co. Appear to stand still at any time? ( Yes No Don't Know
b. Suddenly speed up ond rush away at any time? Yes Ne, Don't Know
c. Break up into ports or explode? Yes No’ Don't Know
d. Give off smoke? Yes No’ Don't Know
e. Change brightness? ‘Yes No Don't Know
f. Change shape? Yes (No Don’t Know
g. Flash or flicker? Yes” No Don't Know
h. Disappear and reappear ? Yes “No> Don’t Know
12. Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly o cloud?
(Circle One): Yes a No } Don’t Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind: ni
13. Did the object move in front of something at ony time, particulorly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes / No} Don’t Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
in front of: Peed -
14. Did the object appear: (Circle One): a. Solid b. Traonsporent c. Vapor .d. Don’t Know
15. Did you observe the object through any of the following?

co. Eyeglasses Yes No e. Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yes No f. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshield Nes No g- Theodolite Yes No
d. Window glass Yes) No h. Other

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16. Tell in o few words the following things about the object,
a. Sound

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b. Color _ | Se ras ‘a a Cam Vie all at) ad fs

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17. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label.and include in your sketch any details

of the object that you.saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhoust trails or vapor trails.
Place on orrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object wos.moving.

18. The edges of the object. were:

(Circle on a. Fuzzy or blurred
Ch. b. Like. a bright stor»
c. . Sharply outlined
d. Don't remember

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19. IF there wos MORE THAN ONE object, then how mony were there? __ Ae Be

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Draw o picture of how they were arranged, ond put an arrow to show the direction that they were traveling. |

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20. Draw a picture thot will show the motion that the object or objects mode. Place on ‘*A’’ at the beginning of
the path, a “‘B”’ at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.

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21. How large did the object appeor to you as compared to an object with which you are familiar?

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22. We wish to know the angular size. ‘Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object.ond note
how much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you hod performed this experiment at the time
of the sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head?

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23. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how?

fees Passed behin o/ Bi ff

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24. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a

common object or objects which, when ploced 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? 26. Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
one a, In the business section of a city?
\e._Inside a building) Cb. “In the residential section of a city?—>
a €. In fan Countryside?
c. Outdoors d. Near an airfield?
d. In on airplane (type) e. Flying over a city?
e. At seo f, Flying over open country?
f. Other a g- Other seabeneits

27. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it?

Mee 7 Be 2a thew p ath OD firs Ys tbe / 5 hte?

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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)

o. North c. East e. South g- West
b. Northeast d. Southeost 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 c. East e. South h. Northwest
b. Northeast d. Southeast CE.” Southwest) i. Overheed
30. What direction were you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One)
g- West —
o. North c. East e. South h. Northwest
b. Northecst d. Southeast \ f. west. i. Overhead

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31. If you ore 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 appeored:
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c. From true North_<__—_ —~_degrees.

b. From horizon“ _~ degrees.
31.2 When it disappeored:

a. From true North degrees.

b. From horizon a @ degrees.

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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 lost saw it.

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33. In the following larger sketch place an “A” at the position the object was when you first saw it, and a “B” ot its
position when you /ast 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?

CLOUDS (Circle One) WEATHER (Circle One)

Ce. Clear sky > Ca. Dry
b. Hazy Bb. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scattered clouds c. Moderate or heovy rain
d.

Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow
' e. Don't remember

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35. When and to whom did you report that you had seen the object?
EW, zg G/

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Dey Month Yeor

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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 Please list their names ond oddresses:
/)\, ilee..ceaas.

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

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(Circle One) Yes No

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

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38. In your opinion what do you think the object was and what might have coused 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?

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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 wos?

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41, Please give the following information about yourself:

NAME Piiewce,.
ast Nome

gehen. Middle Nome

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Cig Zone ay Sicie 4

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TELEPHONE wer
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Age_~ — Sex__/*

Indicate any additional information obout yourself, including any education, which might: be pertinent.

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42. Date you completed this questionnaire: =, lA EL re