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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  7 Aug 52 | DAYTON, OHIO | ☐ Was Balloon ☑ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 07/1900 SGT GMT 07/2400 Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian Woman | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2 | 9. COURSE ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for
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# REPORT OF "UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA"

At 20:25 a woman called to report the sighting of "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" Advised her that while she did not have to identify herself, it would help us if she would do so. She then gave her name as "Mrs. [redacted], address [redacted], Dayton.

She stated that at approximately 19:00 she heard her son, who was playing in the yard, call telling her to come look at something in the air. She went out in the yard, her father-in-law also going out. At first she saw nothing, but then in the southeast she noted two "disc shaped" objects. Objects
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Arial shaped

TENTATIVE
OBSERVERS QUESTIONNAIRE

SECTION A Mrs

1. When did you see the object:
1.1 Date: 7 August 1952
Day Month Year
1.2 Time of day: 19:00 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 Dayton Ohio USA
City or Town State Country

3. Where were 
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4. How did you happen to notice the object? You called her from yard.

5. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
Day: 7
Month: ______
Year: ______

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? Try to list the activity or activities, and the approximate amount of time spent on each.
See me & were bright. (strikethrough) (circled) (strikethrough) (strikethrough) (circled)
(handwritten) seemed to be very light & were bright. (strikethrough) (strikethrou
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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 One):
Yes or 
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SECTION C

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

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

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

14. Did the object at any time:
a few (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 Gi
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Did not attempt to by phone. She stated it will please Horie
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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)
Horizon
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)
Horizon
Your eye

24. Draw a picture that will show th

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