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IV. BALLOON DATA

21. WERE BALLOONS RELEASED IN AREA? ☑ Yes ☐ No
22. TIME SINCE SCHEDULED BALLOON RELEASE: 4hrs 50 Minutes
23. POSSIBLE BALLOON LAUNCH SITES DOWNWIND OF SIGHTING:

|  Location | Type | Launching Agency | Lighted? | Describe Lighting  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  a. Oakland | Pitall + Baker + | USOA 100s. Bue |  |   |
|  b. Moffat Field | Pitall | U.S. Navy |  |   |
|  c. Alameda | “ | “ |  |   |
|  d. Santa Rosa | “ | “ |  |   |

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V. EVALUATION

21. EVALUATION OF SOURCE:
☐ Excellent
☐ Good
☐ Fair
☐ Poor
☐ Unreliable
☐ Extremely Doubtful
☐ Hoax
Unknown

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PROJECT 10073 WEATHER DATA SENT

|  1. DATE OF OBSERVATION | 2. TIME OF OBSERVATION | 3. STATION OBSERVING  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  18 Aug 52 | 07052 | 1  |
|  ALTITUDE (feet) | VELOCITY (knots) | DIRECTION (degrees) | ALTITUDE (feet) | VELOCITY (knots) | DIRECTION (degrees)  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  0 |  |  | 25,000 |  |   |
|  1,000 |  |  | 30,000 |  |   |
|  2,000 |  |  | 35,000 |  |   |
|  3,000 |  |  | 40,000 |  |   |
|  4,000 |  |  | 45,000 |  |   |
|  5,000 |  |  | 50,000 |  |   |
|  6,000 |  |  | 55,000 |  |   |
|  7,000 |  |  | 60,000 |  |   |
|  8,000 |  |  | 65,00
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PROJECT 1007B RECORD CARD

|  LOCATION | San Rafael, California  |
| --- | --- |
|  DATE OF BILLED | 2130 PDT  |
|  DATE | 180430  |
|  TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Vessel ☐ Air-Vessel ☐ Ground-Rader ☐ Air-Intercept-Rader  |
|  CONCLUSIONS | ☐ Gas and Boiler ☐ Presidio of Alcohol ☐ Possibly Suitable  |
|  NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 2  |
|  COURSE | Civilian  |
|  TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 10  |
|  NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  COURSE | 2  |
|  COURSE | 3  |
|  TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 11. COMMENTS  |
|  F-54 in area. |   |

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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TENTATIVE
OBSERVERS QUESTIONNAIRE

SECTION A

1. When did you see the object:
1.1 Date: 17th Day 1955 Month August Year
1.2 Time of Day: 9:40 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:
Postal Address: 1540 Bayard City or Town, Calico, State, Maine, Country
Additional
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4. How did you happen to notice the object?
The following were
ATTRACTS by Accounting Office, State Planning
of the Nation
of the Nation

5. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
Day: 17
Month: Aug
Year: Aug

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SECTION B

6. What were you doing at the time you saw the object?
No, happen

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.
Fishing, report in my place

7. Were you moving at any time while you saw the object? (Circle One):
Yes or N
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8.1 What direction were you looking when the object disappeared?
(Circle One): a. North e. South
b. Northeast f. Southwest
c. East g. West
d. Southeast 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 c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain 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 e. Through theodolite
b. Through windshield f. Through sunglasses
c. Through 
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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
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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. Other _Tobacco object appears soft long and apt. high._

19.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 19.
a.

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