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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 27 June 1963 | 2. LOCATION Rockville, Maryland | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2030 DST GMT 28/0230Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Rodor ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Rodor | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Other ☑ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 30 minutes | 8. NUMBER 
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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL 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 phenomenon that you have observed. Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will be used for research purposes. Your name will not be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.

|  1. When did you see the o
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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?

8.1 STARS (Circle One):
a. None
b. A few
c. Many
d. Don't remember

8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. Bright moonlight
b. Dull moonlight
c. No moonlight – pitch dark
d. Don't remember

HALF-MOON
IN TURBINE
SKY

9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?

CLOUDS (Circle One):
a. Clear sky
b. Hazy
c. Scattered clouds
d. Thick or heavy clouds

WEATHER (Circle One):
a. Dry
b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Moderate or heavy rain
d. Snow
e. Don't remember

10. The object appeared: (Circle On
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14. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how?
NOT WHILE I WAS LOOKING AT IT, BUT AFTER
WATCHING IT AT 5 MIN INTERVALS IT WAS
NO LONGER THERE WHEN I LOOKED UP

15. Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(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 something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes ☐ No ☑ Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
in front of: _______________

17. Tell in a few words the following thing
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20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?
(Circle One) Yes ☐ No ☑
IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? _______________

21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?
(Circle One) Yes ☐ No ☑
IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? _______________

22. Where were you located when you saw the object? (Circle One):
a. Inside a building
b. In a car
c. Outdoors
d. In an airplane (type)
e. At sea
f. Other _______________

23. Were you (Circle One)
a. In the business section of a city?
b. In the residential sec
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27. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an "A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a "B" on the same curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it. Place an "A" on the compass when you first saw it. Place a "B" on the compass where you last saw the object.

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28. Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an "A" at the beginning of the path, a "B
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30. Have you ever seen this, or a similar object before. If so give date or dates and location.
I HAVE SEEN THE CLN. SAFELYING MANY TIMES
WHICH THIS OBJECT RESEMBLED EXCEPT THAT
ITS WHICH WAS INTERCEPTIBLE

31. 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) Yes ☐ No ☑
31.2 Please list their names and addresses:

32. Please give the following information about yourself:
NAME
Last Name First Name Middle Name
ADDRESS
Street ROLKVILLE MARYLAND
City Zone State
TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE 56 SEX MA
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34. Date you completed this questionnaire:
Day 29 Month 1 Year 67

35. Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequately covered in the specific points of the questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting.

When I first spotted this object I thought it might be a rectifier because it was about in the position I had seen this star the night before. But the sky was still light, being twilight, and there were no other stars visible. When I saw it had changed position in relation to the moon in the space of 40 hours I realized it could not be a star on a planet a

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