DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8723857
DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1965
REPORTED LOCATIONAlexandria Va
FRAMES9

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1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
15 Feb 65 15/2000Z Alexandria, Va
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION Possible
Civilian
OTHER: BIRDS Comments: Birds such Gulls.
NUMBER OF OBJECTS
multiple
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
four minutes Looking East, bright behind observer. Clear sky. Obj could
have been reflecting sun. Erratic motion. Obj appeared as a soldd
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ki or light. Sharply outlined. Portions observation included
ground visual stationary flight. Obj flashed or flickered, no sound, color
7. COURSE silver, no exhaust, obj descended from nearly overhead to
about 30 deg elev. Maybe ten objs, just bright balls, objs
random random small, much smaller than an a/c. Random motion, departed the
8. PHOTOS area in a area Westerly heading. Westerly heading.
Y.s Y.s
XNo OXNo
9. 9. PHYSICAL PHYSICAL EVIDENCE EVIDENCE
Y.s 0 Yos √
No
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) evious ditiene evious ditie e used, used.
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15 Fers.
ALEXANDRI, VA-
THomASoN
U.S. AIR FORCE INFORMATION
This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much
information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phencinenon that you have observei.
Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will
ba used for research purposes. Your name will not be used in connection with any statenienis,
conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information sc
that if it is deemed necessary, ,we may contact you for further details.
.When did you see the object? 2. Time of day.3 _oclock ?
Hour Minurea
15 Febuary 1965 (Circle One): A.M. or P.M.
Day Month Your
3. Time Zone: . Time Zone:
a. Eastorn (Circle One): (Circle One): a.Doylight Soving
b. Contral b. Standard b. Standard
C. C. Mountain
d. d. Pacific Pacific
o. o. Other
object?
Road Alexandrias Alexandria Virginia
Neareat Postai Address Nearest Postai Address City or Town City or Town Stata or County Srate or County
5.How long wa (Total Duration) 0 4 ?
Hours Minutes Soconds
a. Certain c. Not very suro
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
5.1 How was time in sight determined? by a guess.
5.2 Was objsct in sight continuously? Yas NoL
6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT
a. Bright a. Bright
b. Cloudy
7.IF you sow the object during DAYLIGHT, whars was the SUN loccted as you locked at the objest?
(Circle Ons) g. In front of wou d. To your left
b. In bock of you 3, Ovarheod
c. To your righr f. Don't remember
FORM
FTD OCT 62 164 Thia form superaedes FTD i64, Jul 61, which ia obsolete.
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.What wers the weather conditions at the time you saw object?
CLOUDS (Circla One): WEATHER (Circla One):
a. Clear sky .Dry
b. Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scattered clouds Modarate or heavy rain
d. Thick or hoavy clouds Snow
o. Don't remember
10. The object appeared: (Circle One):
a.Solid d.A{ alight
b. Transparent o. Don t remember
c. Vapor
I1. If it appeared as a light, was it ighter than the brightest stars? (Circle One):
a. Brighter c. About the same PS-The object could- PS-The object could
b. Dimmar b. Dimmar . Don't know 7
11.1 Compare brightness to some common abject: oTbeen bighened oy
2 the Sid 1
(Cirale One): a. Fuzzy or blurred e. Other
b. Like a bright stor
cSharply outlined
d. Don't remember
13.Did the abjvet: (Cirale One for soch question)
a. Appaar to stand still at any time? (Yos) No Don't know
b. Suddenly speed 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 ofi smoko? Yos No Don't know
0. Changs brightness? Yos No Den'know
5, Change shape? Y03 No Don' know
Flash or flickar? Y No Don't know
h. Disappeer and reappear? Yas No Don't know
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(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
16. Did the object move in front of spmething at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then te!! what
in front of: _
17.  Tell in a fow words the following things about the object:
o. Sound I heard no sound at all.
b. Color The color looked silver.
18. Wo wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object and nat, hox
much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of gt -
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This object left no exhaust trail.
The object looked round.
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that the object gave off t's own light.These objects
were directly a oye me.I h
these objects
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when you first saw it. Place a "B" on the compass where you last saw the object.
AisUrkiowd
NW
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30
-13 30.
28.. Draw a picture thot will show the motion that the object or objects mado. Placo an "A at the beginning of the
path, a "B" ot the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.
there? Sep 35
Draw a picture of hov y wors arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they wore traveling.
I dont remember
how they were araiged
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30. Have you over seen this, or a similar object before. If so give date or dates and location. -
3. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) Yes No
31.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too? (Circle One) No
31.2 Please list their names and addresses:
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Alexandria_Virginia Alexandria Virginia
32. Plaase giv Plaase givs the following Information about yoursalf: Jnfomati yoursalf:
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NAME
Last Nome First Nama Middlo Name Middl Name
ADDRESS ROAD ALEXANDRIA VIRGINIA //
Stroot City Zone Stono Stoto
TELEPH TELEPHC NUMBER AGE 11 11 SEX MALE.. MALE
Indicate any additional information about your lence, which migh? be partinent.
I am a school boy in the sixth grade.
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3.When and to whom did you report that you had seen the object?
15 Fobuary 1965
Dey Month Yoar
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21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the objoct was?
(Circle One) Yos No
Seé number 32
22. Where were you located when you saw the objact? Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
a. in the business section of a city?
o. Inside a building b. (In. the residential suction or a city?
b. In a car c. . In open countryside?
c. Outdoors d. Near an airfield?
d. In an airplane (type) e. Flying over a city?
e. At sea f. Flying over opan country?
. Other g. Othar_.
IF you were MOViNG IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at th: time, then complete the following questions:
24.1 What direction were you moving? Circle One)
a. North c. East . South $y{$ West
b. Northeas! d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fast were you moving? miles per hour.
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other-
a common
(A metal ball
(and bright in the center.)