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- Mutual UFO Network - MUFONET-BBS Network
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- UFO INVESTIGATION
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- SOURCE TEST
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- Below are natural and man-made sources of mistaken UFO reports (IFOs).
- Two human senses are usually responsible - sight (SI) and hearing (HE).
- Columns for these are on the right. The error may be directly by the
- witness, or an environmental factor may have caused it.
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- Based on the investigation, for each potential IFO factor indicate
- whether a misperception of sight/hearing may be involved by marking:
- L (Likely), P (Possible) or N (not possible).
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- SI HE
- EXAMPLE (from Section B, #1,c - helicopter): (L) (P)
- Comment: Reported beam of light likely from police helicopter in the
- area. Gusty wind may have blocked the sound of the rotors. See comment
- on wind in A, #2.
- SI HE
- A. Natural Sources
- 1. Organic Source, Terrestrial
- a) Animal................................... ( ) ( )
- b) Bird(s), reptile......................... ( ) ( )
- c) Insect(s)................................ ( ) ( )
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- Comment:_________________________________________________
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- _________________________________________________________
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- 2. Inorganic Source Terrestrial
- a) Adverse weather (snow, rain, fog, wind).. ( ) ( )
- b) Atmospheric (aurora, vapor trail, ...... ( ) ( )
- cloudcover)
- c) Lightening (bolt, heat, ball), thunder... ( ) ( )
- d) Other (mirage, fire, smoke, swamp gas)... ( ) ( )
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- Comment:_________________________________________________
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- _________________________________________________________
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- 3. Inorganic Source, Transterrestrial
- a) Bolide................................... ( ) ( )
- b) Common meteor............................ ( ) ( )
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- Comment:_________________________________________________
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- _________________________________________________________
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- 4. Inorganic Source, Extraterrestrial
- a) Planet (Venus, Jupiter, Mars, other)..... ( ) ( )
- b) Star (Sirius, Vega, Arcturus, ....... ( ) ( )
- Capella, other)
- c) Sun (including reflection)............... ( ) ( )
- d) Moon (including reflection).............. ( ) ( )
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- Comment:_________________________________________________
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- _________________________________________________________
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- 5. Other (_________________________________)... ( ) ( )
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- Comment:_________________________________________________
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- _________________________________________________________
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- B. MAN-MADE SOURCE
- 1. Aircraft SI HE
- a) Advertising.............................. ( ) ( )
- b) Commercial, military, Private............ ( ) ( )
- c) Other (helicopter, ultra light, blimp)... ( ) ( )
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- Comment:_________________________________________________
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- _________________________________________________________
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- 2. Balloon
- a) Hot air.................................. ( ) ( )
- b) Weather, Test............................ ( ) ( )
- c) Other (toy, prank)....................... ( ) ( )
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- Comment:_________________________________________________
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- 3. Kite........................................ ( ) ( )
- Comment:_________________________________________________
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- _________________________________________________________
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- 4. Fixed Structure
- a) Building (or lights thereon)............. ( ) ( )
- b) Tower lights (water, radio/TV, ........ ( ) ( )
- microwave, etc.)
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- Comment:_________________________________________________
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- 5. Miscellaneous Lights
- a) Searchlight, Laser beam(s)............... ( ) ( )
- b) Vehicle head/tail/running lights......... ( ) ( )
- c) Fireworks................................ ( ) ( )
- Comments:________________________________________________
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- _________________________________________________________
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- 6. Missile (launch, flight, re-entry, ..... ( ) ( )
- Chemical cloud emitted)
- Comment:_________________________________________________
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- _________________________________________________________
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- 7. Satellite
- a) Orbiting (high altitude)................. ( ) ( )
- b) Re-entry (similar to bolide)............. ( ) ( )
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- 8. Other (____________________________)........ ( ) ( )
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- Comment:_________________________________________________
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