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and address of the individual making the sighting so that a questionnaire could be sent. 6) The reliability of the source; were there other observers? 7) Local air traffic. 8) A check with base weather service to determine if weather balloons or any other phenomenon known to them could solve the sighting. 9) Weather conditions, including cloud coverage, light conditions, temperature or dew point inversions.
Most of the above points are contained in the requirements for a, TWX as per AFL 200-5 which was not followed in this instance.
A good feature of the report is the fact that winds aloft are given. The most essential Item is left out, however, and that is the length of observation. If this was a matter of seconds, the sighting was probably a bright meteor.
VIII. SYNOPSIS OF REPORTS
An individual summary of ten characteristic FLYOBRPTS for March, April, and May follows.
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