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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 22 Sep 59 | 2. LOCATION South Charleston, West Va. | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 23/0100Z | 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 | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 secs | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE SW  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY …

South Charleston 3,
West Virginia

Department of The Air Force
Washington 25, D.C.

Dear sirs:

I wish to report an Unidentified Flying Object.

Sept. 22, 1959-8:00 PM-EST
About as large as a large star, round heading west. It flew in a
stright line stopping once for about 2 or 3 seconds. A very bright green. It mad no sound. I watched it for about 6 seconds and then it disappeared. The sky was completely clear. It traveled fairly fast.

South Charleston 3,
West Virginia
Age 14
Remarks: - None

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22 SEP 59
SAS J Tacker/mhb/72291

28 September 1959

Dear Mr.

This is to acknowledge your letter of 23 September 1959 concerning an Unidentified Flying Object you sighted on 22 September at South Charleston, West Virginia.

Your letter contained insufficient data to allow a valid conclusion. Therefore request you complete the attached Air Force Questionnaire in regard to this sighting and forward the completed paper to the Air Force Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for analysis and evaluation.

Sincerely,

LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Major, USAF
Public Information …

U. S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET

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, and will be regarded as confidential material. 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 contac…

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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, 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

9. Was the object brighter than the background of the sky?

(Circle One):
a. Yes
b. No
c. Don't remember

10. IF it was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, was the brightness like that of an automobile headlight?:

(Circle One)
a. A mile or more away (a distant car)?
b. ☑ Several blocks away?
c. A block aw…

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16. Tell in a few words the following things about the object.
a. Sound _None_
b. Color _Very Brightgreen_

17. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your sketch any details of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails. Place an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.
→ UFO Burning Brightgreen
Exhaust tail
Bright Yellow

18. The edges of the object were:
(Circle One):
a. Fuzzy or blurred
b. Like a bright star
c. Sharply outlined
d. Don't remember
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20. 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" at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.

A — B

21. IF POSSIBLE, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the object was in its longest dimension. 360 to 300 feet.

22. How large did the object or objects appear as compared with one of the following objects held in the hand and at about arm's length?

(Circle One):
a. Head of a pin
b. Pea
c. Dime
d. Nickel
e. Quarter
f. Half dollar
g. Silver dollar
h. Baseball
i. Grape…

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|  25. Where were you located when you saw the object? (Circle One): a. Inside a building b. In a car ☑ Outdoors d. In an airplane e. At sea f. Other _________________ | 26. Were you (Circle One) a. In the business section of a city? b. In the residential section of a city? ☑ In open countryside? d. Flying near an airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over open country? g. Other _________________  |
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|  27. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it? *hooking at the stars. Observing one which was burning all different color…