The Form Used for Reporting UFO Sightings
1. |
Date, time & duration of sighting | |
2. |
Description of object (No. of objects, size shape, colours, brightness, noise) | |
3. |
Exact Position of Observer (Indoors/Outdoors, stationary/moving) | |
4. |
How Observed (Naked eye, binoculars, other optical device, camera or camcorder | |
5. |
Direction in which object was first seen (A landmark may be more useful than a roughly estimated bearing. | |
6. |
Angle of sight (Estimated heights are unreliable) | |
7. |
Distance (By reference to a known landmark) | |
8. |
Movement (Changes in 5, 6 & 7 may be of more use than estimates of course and speed) | |
9. |
Met: conditions during obseration (Moving clouds, haze, mist, etc) | |
10. |
Nearby Objects (Telephone lines, high-volatage lines; reservoir, lake or dam; swamp or marsh; river; high buildings, tall chimneys, steeples, spires, TV or radio masts; airfields, generating plant, factories; pits or other sights with floodlights or other lighting) | |
11. |
To whom reported (Police, military, press, etc) | |
12. |
Name & address of Informant | |
13. |
Background of informant that may be volunteered | |
14. |
Other witnesses | |
15. |
Date and time of receipt | |
16. |
Any unusual meteorological conditions | |
17. |
Remarks |