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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. CATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  23 April 49 05/0100Z | Sarasota, Florida  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  60 seconds | Observer sighted a frosty white light in the sky which vanished after a few seconds.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  Ground-Visual |   |
|  7. COURSE |   |
|  Not Reported |   |
|  8. PHOTOS |   |
|  ☐ Yes |   |
|  ☑ No |   |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |   |
|  ☐ Yes |   |
|  ☑ No |   |

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TENTATIVE OBSERVERS QUESTIONNAIRE

# SECTION A

1. When did you see the object:
1.1 Date: 28 1949
Day Month Year
1.2 Time of day: 10 10 A.M. or P.M. (Circle One)
Hrs. Min.

1.3 Time Zone: (Circle One):
a. Eastern
b. Central
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other

(Circle One):
a. Daylight Saving
b. Standard

1.4 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to the above question 1.2:
a. Certain
b. Fairly certain
c. Not very sure
d. Just a guess

2. Where did you see the object?
Postal Address
City or Town
State
Country

3. Where were you located when you sa…

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4. How did you happen to notice the object? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
Day 05 Month April Year 1949

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SECTION B

6. What were you doing at the time you saw the object? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6.1 What had you been doing for the 30 minutes before you saw the object…

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8. What direction were you facing when you first saw the object?
(Circle One):
a. North
b. Northeast
c. East
d. Southeast
e. South
f. Southwest
g. West
h. Northwest

8.1 What direction were you facing when the object disappeared?
(Circle One):
a. North
b. Northeast
c. East
d. Southeast
e. South
f. Southwest
g. West
h. Northwest

8.2 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to the above two questions. (8 and 8.1).
a. Certain
b. Fairly certain
c. Not very sure
d. Just a guess

9. Were you wearing eye glasses when you saw the object? (Circle …

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# SECTION C

12. Estimate how long you saw the object?
Hours Minutes Seconds

12.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 12:
a. Certain
c. Not very sure
b. Fairly sure
d. Just a guess

13. Did the object look: (Circle One) Solid or Transparent?

14. Did the object at any time: (Circle One for each question)

|  14.1 Change direction? | Yes | No | Don't know  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  14.2 Change speed? | Yes | No | Don't know  |
|  14.3 Change size? | Yes | No | Don't know  |
|  14.4 Change color? | Yes | No | Don't kno…

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18. Did the object at any time:
18.1 Move behind something? (Circle One) Yes No Don't know
IF you answered YES, then tell what it moved behind.
18.2 Move in front of something? (Circle One) Yes No Don't know
IF you answered YES, then tell what it moved in front of.
18.3 Blend with the background? (Circle One) Yes No Don't know

19. Which of the following objects is about the same actual size as the
object you saw? (Circle One):
a. Pea
b. Baseball
c. Basketball
d. Bicycle wheel
e. Office desk
f. Automobile
g. Small airplane
h. Large airplane
i. Dirigible
j. Other

19.1 Circ…

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SECTION D

22. In the following sketch, imagine your eye at the point shown. Place an "A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon when you first saw it. Place a "B" to show where it was when when you last saw it.

Overhead
![img-0.jpeg](img-0.jpeg)
Your eye

23. In the following sketch place an "A" at the position the object was when you first saw it, and a "B" at its position when you last saw it.

Overhead
![img-1.jpeg](img-1.jpeg)
Your eye

24. Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object made. Place an "A" at the beginning of it…

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25. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object. Label and include in your sketch any details of the object that you saw, and place an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.

LIGHT ENADATING FROM OBJECT WAS SHAPED SIMILAR TO THIS APPEARER FROM 5W AT 50° ANGLE, SAILED TO BE THEN FANISHED

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SECTION E

26. Was this the first time that you have seen an object like this?
(Circle One): Yes  No

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

27. In your opinion what do you think the object…