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PROJECT 10075 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 11 Aug 52 | LOCATION | Hampton, Virginia  |
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|  2. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 11/2130 EWT CMT. | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Vessel ☐ Air-Vessel ☐ Ground-Reder ☐ Air-Intercept Reder  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | AF officer and wife  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 30 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 7  |
|  9. COURSE | SW | 10. COMMENTS | 7 objects could be sky train balloons. Objects travelling in same direction as wind. Source seems reliable.  |

12. CONCLUSIONS
☐ Was Balloon
☐ Probably Balloon
☑ Possibly Balloo…

TENTATIVE
OBSERVERS QUESTIONNAIRE - 4702.00

SECTION A

1. When did you see the object:
1.1 Date: 13 Day 20 Month Aug 1952 Year
1.2 Time of day: 2:00 Hrs. 40 Min. A.M. or P.M. (Circle One) I am
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: Pilton Village, Va. City or Town: Warwick State: County

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4. How did you happen to notice the object? My children called my attention to it.

5. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
Day 12 Month Aug Year 1952

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SECTION B

6. What were you doing at the time you saw the object? Standing in my yard.

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.
Cleaning up table and washing dishes

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

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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 30 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: (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 N…

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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.
Dropped down below the horizon

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 air…

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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)
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)
Your eye

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

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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 to show the direction the object was moving.

It looked really like a plane light would look at that distance except the course it took and the change of the color.

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SECTION E

26. Was this the first time that you have seen an object like this?
(Circle One): ☑ Yes ☐ No

26.1 IF you answered NO, then when, where, and under what conditions did you see other ones?
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