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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. LOCATION | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  Middletown, Pennsylvania | 3. CONCLUSIONS  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION  |
|  ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft  |
|  ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE  |
|  ☐ Yes ☐ No | civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  |
|  3 min. | 1  |
|  9. COURSE | 10. COURSE  |
|  11. COMMENTS |   |

12. DRAFT SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
White color. Bright glow - shape.

AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

|  COUNTRY | REPORT NO. | (LEAVE BLANK)  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  United States |  | 9  |

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

## SUBJECT
(UNSLASSIFIED) Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting (Short Title: Plympp)

## AREA REPORTED ON
Middletown Air Material Area

## DATE OF REPORT
18 September 1952

## DATE OF INFORMATION
12 September 1952

## EVALUATION

## EVALUATION
Civilian Observer

## PREPARED BY (Officer)
John L. Spiegel, 2d Lt. USAF

## SOURCE
Air Force Letter No. 200-5, 29 Apr 52

## SUMMARY:
(Enter concise summary of report. Give significan…

ACTION
S. Atica
2. Atica
3. C. file
SEP 12 04 14 PM 1952

RA061
WPG067
YMA029
JEDLS C 029
CPCP JEPHQ JEDWP JEDEN 333
DE JEDLS 74B
OP 120240Z ZNJ
FM FLT OPNS OLMSTED AFB MIDDLETOWN PENN
TO JEPHQ/ DIR OF INTEL HQS USAF WASHDC
JEDWP/AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
INFO JEDWP/CG AMC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEDEN/CG ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLA
ATTN AT1AA-2 MBEBF-9-5 FLYOBRPT RE AFL 200-5
ON 12 SEPT 1952 AT 01077 SIGHTED A STRANGE OBJECT WHILE AT WORK. LOCATION OF SIGHTING 76-42W 40-11N OBJECT MOVING SE TO NW SLOW RATE OF SPEED NO EXHAUST NO SOUND ABOUT THE SIZE OF HEADLIGHT OF AN A…

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TENTATIVE
OBSERVERS QUESTIONNAIRE

SECTION A

1. When did you see the object:
1.1 Date: 19 2.1. 52
Day Month Year
1.2 Time of Day: 03:35
Hrs. Min. A.M. or P.M. (Circle One)
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 were you when you saw the object:
OLMSTEAD AFB Middletown PA. U.S.A.
Postal Address City or Town State Country
A…

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4. How did you happen to notice the object? Sounded Like Heavy
PROJECTILE
ARTILLARY AND SAW BLUE LIGHT in SKY

5. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
Day 14 Month Sept Year 52

SECTION B

6. What were you doing at the time you saw the object? On Dike Patrol

6.1 What had you been doing for the 30 minutes before you saw the object? Try to list the activity or activities and the approximate amount of time spent on each.
Checking Area and Patroling Dike

7. Were you moving at any time while you saw the object? (Circle One):
Yes ☐ or No ☑
IF you answered YES,…

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8.1 What direction were you looking 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 question and preceding question (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 One):
Yes or No

10. How was the object seen?
(Circle One):
a. Through window glass
b. Through windshield
c. Through binoculars
d. Through telescope
e. Through t…

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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 know
14.5 Break up into parts or explode? ☑ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don't know
14.6 Give off smoke? ☑ Yes ☐ No ☐ Don't know
14.7 Change brightness? ☑ Y…

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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 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 19.
a. Certain
b. Fairly certain
c. Not very sure
…