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