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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 14 June 1956 | 2. LOCATION Arlington, Virginia | 13. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 15/0430Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☑ Was Astronomical Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 seconds | 8. NUMBER O…

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

15 June 1956

Mr.
Arlington, Virginia

Dear Mr.

In response to your telephone conversation with this office, I am enclosing a copy of the USAF Technical Information Sheet which we desire that you complete as best you can on the aerial phenomenon which you have observed.

It is requested that you forward the completed form to the following address:

Commander
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTENTION: AFOIN-4E

Your prompt action is greatly appreciat…

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 — didn't seem to dark.

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 …

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16. Tell in a few words the following things about the object.
a. Sound: None - dead silence
b. Color: Golden Yellow - subdued sparicle -

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.
Unable to outline this other than it seems similar to a roman-tandle shot before it explodes, but larger and with constant speed and level flight

18. …

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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.

S first observed by wife
A or
Tree about here
in
distant = 300
↓
A
↓
Trees
↓
Fines & plight
↓
N
↓
B

X
[Handwritten note: "It of observation in gage"]

21. IF POSSIBLE, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the object was in its longest dimension.
feet. Seemed no larger than a bowl and round.

22. How large did the object or objects appear as compared with one of the foll…

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|  25. 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 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? c. 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? Exciting when my wife in front yard, as we often do at night before bed …

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32. 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.

It approached the horizon as it went away but flight seemed to be level and parallel to the earth surface.

A first near to us

B last farther from us

33. In the following larger sketch place an "A" at the position the object was when you first saw it, and a "B" at its position when you…