28949820.pdf

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  12 Sep 52 | FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA | ☐  |
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|  3. ENDORSEMENT OF CONTINUING | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐  |
|  ☑ Ground-Visual | ☐ Ground-Radar | ☐  |
|  ☐ Air-Visual | ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | ☐  |
|  ☐ Yes | Naval Aviator (Lt Cadr) | ☐  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE  |
|  3 sec | 1 | ☐  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS | ☐  |
|  Slightly oblong, solid mass with soft incandescent outline, moved horizontally across field of vision of observer, who saw object through his…

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(Unclassified) Material for Project Blue Book
Dept of the Air Force
Hq USAF - AFOIN
Maj Fournet/cmb/71016

Chief, Air Technical
Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson AFB
Ohio

1. Inclosures are for your information and retention.

2. Following receipt of Miss [redacted] memo (Incl. 1) by this office, she was requested to complete a standard questionnaire which was supplied. Completed questionnaire is attached as Incl. 2.

3. Inclosure 3 is questionnaire completed by LCDR [redacted], USN, following his telephonic report of a sighting to this office.

3 Incls:
1. Memo from [redacted] dtd 11 A…

TENTATIVE
OBSERVERS QUESTIONNAIRE

SECTION A

1. When did you see the object:
1.1 Date: 12 Sept. 1952
Day Month Year
1.2 Time of Day: 20 03 A.M. or P.M. (Circle One)
Hrs. Min.
1.3 Time Zone: (Circle One):
a. Eastern Daylight
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: FAIRFAX Via: FAIRFAX
City or Town: State: Country:
A…

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4. How did you happen to notice the object? I was sitting at the dinner table facing the window when the object flashed by the window.

5. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
15 Sept 1952
Day Month Year

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SECTION B

6. What were you doing at the time you saw the object? Sitting at dinner table with 3 other adults.

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.
Normal social conversation with Mr and Mrs. [redacted]. Mr [redacted] is [red…

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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
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: (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? ☐ Ye…

Uncl

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 the…

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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
d. Uncertain
…

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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

Horizon  Horizon
You

24. Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object made. Place an "A" at the beginning of its path and a "B" at the end of its path.

Normal window about 20 inches from floor. I was seated. 40' pine trees, about 20' from me (2 of them)

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 …