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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 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):8.2 MOON(Circle One): a. Nonea. Bright moonlight b. A fewb. Dull moonlight c. Manyc. No moonlight — pitch dark d. Don't rememberd. Don't remember 9. Was the object brighter than the background of the sky? (Circle One):a. Yesb. Noc. 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 awayc. A block awayd. Several yards awaye. Other 11. Did the object:(Circle One for each question) a. Appear to stand still at any time?YesNoDon't Know b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time?YesNoDon't Know c. Break up into parts or explode?YesNoDon't Know d. Give off smoke?YesNoDon't Know e. Change brightness?YesNoDon't Know f. Change shape?YesNoDon't Know j. Flicker, throb, or pulsate?YesNoDon't Know 12. Did the object move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud? (Circle One):YesNoDon't Know.IF you answered YES, then tell what it moved behind: ___ 13. Did the object move in front of something at anytime, particularly a cloud? (Circle One):YesNoDon't Know.IF you answered YES, than tell what it moved in front of: ___ 14. Did the object appear:(Circle One):a. Solid?b. Transparent?c. Don't Know. 15. Did you observe the object through any of the following: a. EyeglassesYesNoe. BinocularsYesNo b. Sun glassesYesNof. TelescopeYesNo c. WindshieldYesNog. TheodoliteYesNo d. Window glassYesNoh. Other___
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.