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Project Blue Book Status Report No. 8, issued by the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and dated 31 December 1952, covers June through October 1952, when 886 reports were received, more than in the previous five years combined. It breaks down evaluations by category, summarizes a consultant astronomer's interviews with 44 astronomers, and notes General Samford's 29 July press conference. It also describes the statistical analysis, the new observer questionnaire, Videon diffraction cameras and weather balloon tracking.
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# UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL ## 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 contact you for further details. 1. When did you see the object? 2. Time of day: Hour Minutes(Circle One): A.M. or P.M. Day Month Year 3. Time zone:(Circle One):a. Eastern(Circle One):a. Daylight Savingb. Standardc. Mountaind. Pacifice. Other 4. Where were you when you saw the object?Nearest Postal AddressCity or TownState or CountryAdditional remarks: 5. Estimate how long you saw the object.Hours Minutes Seconds 5.1 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to Question 5.a. Certainc. Not very sureb. Fairly certaind. Just a guess 6. What was the condition of the sky?(Circle One):a. Bright daylightd. Just a trace of daylightb. Dull daylighte. No trace of daylightc. Bright twilightf. Don't remember 7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object?(Circle One):a. In front of youd. To your leftb. In back of youe. Overheadc. To your rightf. Don't remember
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 17 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.