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This is a US Air Force Project Blue Book fact sheet dated 1 February 1966. It explains the program's history as Projects Sign and Grudge, its two objectives, its three-phase investigation process, and how reports are classed as identified, insufficient data or unidentified. It concludes that no UFO has threatened national security or shown technology beyond current science, and that nothing indicates extraterrestrial vehicles. It also includes sighting statistics for 1947 to 1965 and an American Meteor Society fireball report form.
(1) Give your name and address.
(2) Where were you when you saw the meteor? (If the town is small please give county as well.)
{3) Give the date, hour and minute when the meteor appeared; also kind of time used.
(4) In what direction did it appear for in what direction was it first seen)? This is not askin_g in what
direction it was going!
{5) In what direction did it disappear (or in what direction was it last seen)? For questions 4 and 5,
simply N, E, S, or W is not accurate enough, unless these were the exact directions. If compass
is used, state it; also if magnetic correction has been applied to compass reading.
(6) At what height did it appear? (Use degrees in answering.)
(7) At what height did it disappear? (Use dt!grees ln answering.)
(8) Did it pass directly overhead (i.e., through the zenith)?
(9) If not, to which side of the zenith did it go, and how far from it? (Use degrees in answering.)
(1 0) Did it appear to reach the horizon? What sort of a horizon have you?
( 11) What angle did the path of the meteor make with the horizon and in which direction was it then
going?
{12) If you are familiar with constellations describe the path of the meteor through the sky with
reference to stars.
(13) Did the meteor appear to explode?
l14) What was the duration of its flight in seconds?
{15) Describe the train if one was left. If it lasted long enough to show drift, most carefully tell in
what direction train drifted. Give sketch, if possible, showing this with regard to horizon.
{ 16) What was the duration of the train in seconds?
{17) Did you hear any sound? How long after seeing the meteor was it before you heard this
sound?
Did you hear an actual explosion? How long after seeing the explosion was it before you heard it?
{18) Of what color was the meteor?
(19) What was the size of tht! meteor? (Compare it with the Moon or with a planet or star.)
(20) Was more than one body seen before the explosion (if any)?
{21) \Vhat was condition of sky at time?
{22) Give names ~~d addresses of others who saw the meteor.
(23) Please mJ.il this reply to
Charles P. Oliver
.U1ERICAN METEOR SOCIETY
521 N. WyMewood Ave
Narberth, Pennsylvania 19072 Not linked to a story yet.
FOIA release, from the osd collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 12 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.