Seven Status Reports for Project STORK

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This file contains the text of "seven Status Reports for Project Stork" which are in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration,  (NARA).

It is clear that these (107) pages are not the total paper generated by Project  Stork.  Internal references to other documents exist in this text, including further Status Reports.  None of these is in the custody of the NARA.

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                                                            [ S E C R E T ]                     AUTH:    CO, ATIC
                                                                                                         BY:    E. .J. Ruppelt
                                                                                                                    1st Lt. USAF
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SECTION OPERATIONS
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    Lt. E. J. Ruppelt and Col. Kirkland conferred with members of [                                ] on 26 December 1951 in regard to Project Grudge.  The question of whether or not there was enough material available on unidentified aerial objects to warrant a detailed scientific study was discussed.  It was decided that there was enough material available and [              ] would submit a proposal to furnish consultants in the fields of astronomy, applied psychology, physics, etc.  They will also attempt to make a statistical analysis of the reports in an attempt to obtain some pattern or trend.  It is very reasonable to believe that some type of unusual object or phenomena is being observed as many of the sightings have been made by highly qualified sources. [(Secret)]

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FIRST STATUS REPORT

on

PROJECT STORK
PPS-100

to

AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE

by

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FIRST STATUS REPORT

on

PROJECT STORK
PPS-100

to

AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE

by

[                  ]

April 25, 1952

INTRODUCTION

      This monthly report describes progress on Project Stork PPS-100, from its inception on March 31, 1952 through April 25, 1952. On and after the effective date, PPS-100 authorized us on request to provide assistance in analyzing and evaluating reported sightings of unidentified aerial objects. The requirements are as follows:

          1.  Provide a panel of consultants,

          2.  Assist in improving interrogation forms,

          3.  Analyze existing sighting reports,

          4.  Subscribe to a clipping service, as directed, and

          5.  Apprise the Sponsor monthly of all work done on PPS-100.

SUMMARY

        A panel of consultants has been selected and a series of brief meetings are being held in which typical sighting reports and the present interrogation forms are studied, The objectives are to indoctrinate the panel and at the same

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time to determine all essential and necessary facts which should be disclosed by an ideal completed form. A coding scheme as being devised to record these facts and to facilitate analysis, The project files for 1948 and 1951 were made available recently and this material is used in indoctrination and coding studies.  Upon completion of coding, analysis of the files will begin, probably within one month.

       The clipping service has been initiated and approximately 350 clippings have been received, The Life article is responsible for 90 per cent of the clippings, with the remainder being a few new sightings reported concurrently from several sources, These clippings are reproduced here xerographically and the originals are transmitted to the Sponsor.

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                                  Date:  June 6, 1952

SECOND STATUS REPORT

on

PROJECT STORK
PPS-100

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AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE

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June 6, 1952

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SUMMARY  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1
FUTURE WORK  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    3
SECTION I   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
     Tentative Observer's Data Sheet  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
     Coding Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    4
     Punched Card   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5
     Statistical Studies  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    5
EXHIBIT I.   TENTATIVE OBSERVER'S DATA SHEET . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    7
EXHIBIT II.  CODES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
EXHIBIT III. PUNCHED CARD  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
EXHIBIT IV.  WORKSHEET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18

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PPS-100

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[                       ]

June 6, 1952

          This monthly report describes progress on Project Stork, PPS-100, for the period from April 26, 1952, through June 6, 1952. The original requirements were as follows:

          1. To provide a panel of consultants,
          2. To assist in improving the interrogation forms,
          3. To analyze existing sighting reports,
          4, To subscribe to a newspaper clipping service, and
          5. To apprise the Sponsor monthly of all work done on PPS-100.

          It is now anticipated that these original requirements will supplemented and extended, The formal arrangements have not yet been completed.

SUMMARY

          The panel of consultants has been selected and indoctrinated in a series of meetings.  Members of the panel are now engaged in completing the remaining requirements of PPS-100.

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          A preliminary analysis of the existing report file has been completed.  Information derived from this analysis has been applied in improving the present interrogation form.  A tentative Observer's Data Sheet has been prepared and studied by the consultants' panel.  Pertinent suggestions were incorporated in the tentative form, which is enclosed for review in Section I.  The revised data sheet now includes all technical details thought to be essential.  It is to be evaluated next by an astronomer, a psychologist, and a CAB investigator.  Arrangements for their evaluation are now being made.

           The facts reported in present files or on new sightings are to be entered on the observer's data sheet.  This information will not be coded for direct entry on punched cards.  Instead, the facts will be classified and analyzed before entries are made on the punched cards.  To facilitate this process, a coding scheme has been prepared to serve as an intermediate step between the data sheet and the punched card.  A copy is enclosed in Section I.

         The final element in the data record is the punched card on which the results of coded calculations and analyses are entered.  A copy of a typical card is also enclosed in Section I.

          Newspaper accounts of sightings furnished by the clipping service are being received at approximately a constant rate; however, the Life article is now responsible for only about half of the clippings.  Originally, the clippings were copied at Battelle, and then transmitted to the Sponsor. In the future, the clippings will be sent directly to the Sponsor by Battelle.

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FUTURE WORK

             The available files will be coded and punched cards will be prepared.  When cards for the sighting reports for one year are completed, preliminary statistical studies will begin.  The results of these studies will be used to appraise the adequacy of all the forms and codes which have been devised.  Necessary corrections and additions will be made after this limited study. Then, the remaining sighting reports will be analyzed statistically.

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SECTION I

Tentative Observer's Data Sheet

          A completed copy of the tentative Observer's Data sheet is shown in Exhibit I.  Two uses for this form are anticipated.  First filed sighting reports will be analyzed to extract facts to be entered on this form for coding.  Second, when tests establish the adequacy of the form, it may be used directly by observers in recording sighting reports, This latter use will conserve time now expended in extracting information from the present reports for coding on the punched cards.

Coding Scheme

          The coding scheme is illustrated in Exhibit II, This completed enclosure is to serve as an intermediate between the observer's report and the punched-card abstract or the facts on the sighting.  In most cases, the facts on the sighting are not entered on the punched cards directly.  In same cases, intervening steps require only coding, while in others calculations or analyses also may be involved.  Prior to discussing that uses to which the punched cards will be put, it should be emphasized that the facts represented include:

           1. Those presently on the standard form,

           2. Those suggested by the Sponsor, and

           3. Those suggested by the panel.

As might be expected, many more entries are proposed than have been used previously.

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Punched Card

          A typical completed punched card is included for reference in Exhibit III, This card should be compared with the observer's data" sheet for this sighting, prepared from the original report.  The data sheet is the completed one described previously.

Statistical Studies

          From the information entered on the punched cards, it will be possible to analyze many characteristics of sightings, (See Exhibit IV.)  Some of these may be obvious, others are subtle, but all seem interesting.  The planning of statistical studies is necessarily incomplete.  However, some examples may suggest the possible scope of study.

          Studies have been planned to reveal the variation in sighting activity with time and position.  The time of sightings in conjunction with the geographical location will be used in several ways.  First, time will permit correlation of sightings with astronomical and tidal phenomenon.  Second, sighting times and locations may be correlated with weather conditions.  These studies will assist in determining periods and areas of unusual activity.  In addition, useful data on track and speed may evolve from such analyses.

          Data will be compiled on the lag between sightings and the receipts of reports and supplementary information. This knowledge will aid in evaluating reports and in determining the effectiveness of collection procedures.

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          The geographical location of sightings will be coded to permit extensive manipulation.  For example, it will be possible to extract cards for areas bounded by parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude.  It will also be possible to enter position data for facilities such as ADC, SAC, and others.  Range and bearing from sighting locations to facility locations then can be calculated.  The appearance and performance characteristics of sightings will be coded also.  These codes will assist in classifying sightings, which is the preliminary step of identification.  Where the performance and appearance characteristics check in multiple sightings, the time and location data may be used to determine the track and velocity of objects.

          The interrogation forms are designed to extract information as discrete facts, later to be corroborated by an integrated written description.  There are two aims here.  First, the completion of the form will assist in evaluating the observer.  Second, the discrete facts may be checked against the written story for evaluation.  Some subtle questions cannot be answered readily, if at all.  The related answers will aid in evaluating the observer.

          From these brief comments, it may be clear that the basic coding scheme is brand.  With punched cards, analysis of many facts on each sighting will be rapid and convenient.  However, once the code is fixed, it will be difficult to extract information not incorporated in the code.  For this reason, approximately 10 percent of the space available for entries in the code has been left to provide for expansion.  The desired expansion must be planned before the code is fixed.  This is one item of work planned for the immediate future.  After the code is fixed, necessary extension of the system can be effected with supplementary cards.

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EXHIBIT I.  TENTATIVE OBSERVER'S DATA SHEET

 

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EXHIBIT I.  TENTATIVE OBSERVER'S DATA SHEET
Incident 202

Where Choice is Given, Circle Proper
Answers, or Insert Answer

1. Date of your observation:

    08    

    11    

    48    

 

Day

Month

Year

 

2. Date you reported the observation:

    19    

    11    

    48    

 

Day

Month

Year

 

3. What time was it when you sighted the object:

   6   

   50   

 

Hrs.

Min.

    A.M.  P.M.   Daylight   Standard

    Zone: Eastern,  Central,  Mountain,  Pacific, ________________________
                                                                                     Other

4. Length of time object was observed.  Estimate: 

        

        

    1    

 

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

5.  Where observed:

               Newark Air Force Base            

       Newark      

    N.J.   

    U.S.A.   

Postal Address

City or Town

State

Country

6.  Where were you at time of observation:

         Inside building,  In car,  Outdoors,   ______________________________
                                                                                    Other

7. Were you moving at any time during this sighting:           No          
                                                                                 Yes or No

8. Did you stop at any time during this sighting:  _____________
                                                                          Yes or No
9. If you were moving - give ___________ and _______  miles per hour.
                                                Direction             Speed

10. How was object observed:

Naked eye

 

Eye glasses

 

Other glass (window or Windshield)

 

Binoculars, Telescope, Theodolite

 

Other_____________________________

11. How did you happen to notice the object;        Looked toward moon       

    _____________________________________________________________________

    _____________________________________________________________________

 

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EXHIBIT I.  TENTATIVE OBSERVER'S DATA SHEET

12.  Describe what you saw as briefly as possible in the following spaces:

 

a.  Sound    None                                       

b. Shape    Disc (almost no depth)            

 

c.  Color     Luminous                                 

d. Size             Moon                               

 

e.  Number       1                                        

f. Light brightness    1/3 of Moon              

 

g.  Light color          Grey                            

h. Motion                                                 

 

i. Speed         800 M.P.H.                          

j. Other                                                    

13. How did object disappear from view:     Suddenly or Gradually   
                                                                            Circle One

14. At any time did the object:

      a. Change direction   b. Change speed   c. Move behind something;   Cloud

      House, Tree,_________________       d. Blend with background     e.  Decrease in size
                                Other

      f. Decrease in brightness   g. Move in front of something

      h.  __________________________________________________________________
                                                                      Other

15. When you first looked at the object, what direction were you facing?   N.N.W. 

16. When you last saw the object, what direction were you facing?   S.S.W.  

17. In the following sketch A, draw a line
      from the observer's eye to the circular
      arc to show the apparent elevation of the
      object in the sky, 

 

A. When first seen, label a.

B. When last seen, label b.

 

 

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EXHIBIT I.  TENTATIVE OBSERVER'S DATA SHEET (Continued)

18.   On the following Sketch B, label a at
        the apparent position of the object
        when first seen and b at point last
        seen. Trace the apparent path of 
        the object between points a and b.

 

If possible label 1, 2, 3, etc., along the traced path to show the  successive positions of the object after equal intervals of time during the sighting.

 

19.

In Sketch C please show the
observed features of the object
such as:

 A. Apparent Shape, (were edges
      pointed or rounded), 

B. Apparent direction of motion
     (show by arrow), and

C. (Other details, exhaust, trails,
     tails, surfaces, etc.

 

         

      
        

20.  The sun and the moon are shown below as they appear in their correct      relative size, In this Sketch D, show the apparent size of what you saw.

 

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EXHIBIT I.  TENTATIVE OBSERVER'S DATA SHEET (Continued)

21. In your own words please describe the sighting you observed. Use sketches if desired. All
      observations from the time of first sighting to the time of disappearance are important. Include a
      description of the weather, wind, and cloud conditions at the time of this sighting,

                   At 1850 hours, 8 November, 1948, I was standing just outside hangar No. 7 at the Newark Air Force Base, on the south side of the hangar, It was a perfectly clear night, I looked up toward the moon and noticed a pale luminous object race across the sky. It was about 1/3 the brightness of the moon, round like a disc, with little or no depth (thickness) to it.  It appeared to be about the same relative diameter as the moon. It traveled from north northwest in an arc toward the south southwest in about one second or less passing out of sight over another hangar. I heard no sound from the object.  I estimate the speed of the object at 800 miles per hour, and its altitude at five to six thousand feet. I have seen jet aircraft make tactical approaches at this Field at approximately 600 miles per hour, and judging from them, the speed of the object I sighted was at least 200 miles an hour faster. From where I stood, I could see approximately 75 per cent of the path of the object. The peak of its arc was approximately 45 degrees above the horizon to the west southwest of my position.

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EXHIBIT I.  TENTATIVE OBSERVER'S DATA SHEET (Continued)

22.  Your full name:  Edmund J. Cisek

23.  Your address:  Newark, New Jersey

24.  Your occupation: Civilian Dispatcher

25.  Last school you attended:

26.  Year of last attendance at this school:

27.  Please list the names and addresses or persons who discussed this sighting with you, It is not
       necessary to lift the names of officials or investigators.

 

 

28.  Further comments which you believe are important should be entered here.  Use additional
       sheets of the same size if necessary,  Estimated distance of object from observer, 5000 to 6000
       feet.

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EXHIBIT II. CODES

 

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EXHIBIT II. CODES

CODE 1.  GENERAL

      A.  Every column must have at least one entry.  If no data are available for any column, the X
            should be used.

      b.  If a number in any column is used to enter data, then X qualifies the data as indicated in the
           Code for the specific column.

CODE 25
DURATION UNITS
CODE 28
LATITUDE
CODE 32
LONGITUDE

 

  X X  South latitude X  East longitude
  Y Y Y
  0   Days 0 0
  1   Hours 1 1
  2   Minutes 2 2
  3   Seconds 3 3
  4 4 4
  5 5 5
  6 6 6
  7 7 7
  8 8 8
  9 9 9

 

CODE 41
POSITION
CODE 42
MOVEMENT OF OBSERVER

 

  X  Variable X
  Y Y
  0 0   Wasn't moving
  1  In car 1   Was moving - stopped
  2  Outdoors 2   Was moving - didn't stop
  3  In plane 3
  4  In building 4
  5 5
  6 6
  7 7
  8 8
  9  Other 9

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EXHIBIT II. CODES (Continued)

CODE 43
OBSERVATION METHOD
CODE 44
SOUND

 

  X   Variable X   Variable
  Y Y
  0   Naked eye 0   Motors
  1   Eye glasses 1   Jets or rockets
  2   Window 2   Explosion
  3   Windshield 3   Unlike aircraft
  4   Binocular 4   Hiss, swishing, whining
  5   Telescope 5   Rumbling
  6   Theodolite 6   Humming or buzzing
  7   Radar 7   None
  8   Photographic 8   Not stated
  9   Other 9   Other

 

CODE 45
COLOR
CODE 46
NUMBER
CODE 47
LIGHT-COLOR

 

  X  Variable X X  Variable 
  Y Y Y
  0  Metallic {19.4} 0 - 1 0  White
  1  Light-glow-luminous{15.8} 1 - 2 1  Black
  2  Red 2 - 3 2  Grey
  3  Orange 3 - 4 3  Red
  4  Yellow 4 - 5 4  Orange
  5  Green 5 - 6 5  Yellow
  6  Blue 6 - 7 - 10 6  Green
  7  Violet 7 - 11 - 20 7  Blue
  8  Black 8 - 20 - 30 8  Violet
  9  White 9 - 31 or more 9  Other

 

CODE 48
SPEED
CODE 49
SHAPE

 

  X  Variable X  Variable
  Y Y
  0  Hovering, stationary 0  Ellipse
  1  Less than 100 m.p.h. 1  Rocket
  2  100-400 m.p.h. 2  Conventional aircraft
  3  More than 400 m.p.h. 3  Unconventional aircraft
  4  Meteor like 4  Meteor, comet
  5  Not stated 5  Lenticular
  6 6  Conical
  7 7  Tear drop
  8 8  Flame, tails, fire
  9  Other 9  Other

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EXHIBIT II. CODES (Continued)

CODE 50
SHAPE PARAMETER a/b
CODE 51
SUBTENDED VISUAL ANGLE
(Referred to sun diameter)

 

  X  Variable X - Decreased in size
  Y Y
  0 - 0.0 0 - 0.1
  1 - 0.05 1 - 0.2
  2 - 0.1 2 - 0.5
  3 - 0.2 3 - 0.75
  4 - 0.3 4 - 1.0
  5 - 0.5 5 - 1.5
  6 - 0.75 6 - 2.0
  7 - 0.9 7 - 4.0
  8 - 1.0 8 - 4.0 to 10.0
  9 - Other 9 - Other

 

CODE 52
LIGHT BRIGHTNESS (Intensity)

 

CODE 53
ANGULAR VELOCITY
  X  Decreased X  Variable
  Y Y
  0  Sunlight on mirror 0  Zero
  1  Sunlight on aluminum 1  very slow, 1 deg. per second
  2  Sunlight on plaster 2  Slow, 3 deg. per second
  3  Sunlight on stone 3  Moderate, 6 deg. per second
  4  Sunlight on soil 4  Rapid, 12 deg. per second
  5  Brighter than the moon 5  Very fast, 30 deg. per second
  6  Like moon 6  Extremely fast, 90 deg. per second
  7  Duller than moon 7  More than 90 deg. per second
  8  Barely visible 8
  9  Other 9  Other

 

CODE 54
ANGULAR ACCELERATION
(Change in Angular Velocity)

 

CODE 55
APPEARANCE BEARING
  X  Variable X
  Y Y
  0  Zero, V=constant 0 - N
  1  Increasing slowly 1 - NE
  2  Decreasing slowly 2 - E
  3  Increasing fast 3 - SE
  4  Decreasing fast 4 - S
  5  Increasing very fast 5 - SW
  6  Decreasing very fast 6 - W
  7 7 - NW
  8
  9

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EXHIBIT II. CODES (Continued)

CODE 56
DISAPPEARANCE
BEARING
CODE 57-58
ELEVATION WITH RESPECT
TO GROUND, DEGREES

 

  X - Disappeared suddenly Initial Final
  Y X  Variable X  Variable
  0 - N Y Y
  1 - NE 0  0-9 0  0-9
  2 - E 1  10-19 1  10-19
  3 - SE 2  20-29 2  20-29
  4 - S 3  30-39 3  30-39
  5 - SW 4  40-49 4  40-49
  6 - W 5  50-59 5  50-59
  7 - NW 6  60-69 6  60-69
  8 7  70-79 7  70-79
  9 8  80-90 8  80-90
    9 9

 

CODE 61
OBJECT ORIENTATION
Apparent inclination of principal
axis of object from horizontal

 

CODE 62-63-64
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION
  X  Variable Dictionary of Occupational Titles,
  Y Vol. II, 2nd Edition, pp. XIX-XXVI.
  0  +90 to 60 U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of
  1  +60 to 30 Employment Security, U.S. Government
  2  +30 to 10 Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1949.
  3  +10 to 0 See pp. XIX-XXVI.
  4  0
  5  0 to -10
  6  -10 to -30
  7  -30 to -60
  8  -60 to -90
  9

 

CODE 65 SERVICE CODE 66 DUTY

 

  X X
  Y Y
  0  Army 0  Pilot
  1  Navy 1  Weather Tech.
  2  Marine 2  Radar Tech.
  3  Air Force 3  Tower op.
  4  Coast Guard 4  Balloon obs.
  5  Merchant 5  Tech. spec.
  6  Commercial Air 6  Guards, lookouts
  7  CAA 7  Ground or deck crews
  8  Gov't. Contractor 8  Navig. or bombardier
  9  Other 9  other

 

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