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SUBJECT: COMPLETE FIELD INVESTIGATORS EXAM.                  FILE: UFO1572                
                
                
                
                
                MUFON Mutual UFO Network, Inc.
                      103 Oldtowne Road
                  Seguin, Texas 78155 U.S.A.
Walter H. Andrus, Jr.   --------------         Telephone:
International Director                     (512) 379-9216
                A Texas Non-Profit Corporation

Field Investigator Trainee:

The MUFON Board of Directors has adopted the attached Field
Investigator's Examination for ongoing use.  Together with UFO
case experience and related organizational involvement, the exam
constitutes a primary means to evaluate the trainee's potential
for advancement to field investigator status.

The exam comprises one hundred questions in twelve specific
areas:  light and optics, sound, electrical/magnetic properties,
physical traces, photography, radio and radar, celestial
objects, atmosphere and weather, conventional vehicles, witness
reactions, and the UFO experience.

In total there are sixty multiple-choice questions, thirty-one
true/false items, and nine to fill in the blank.  In completing
the answer sheet on the reverse side, note the eleven spaces
amrked "see below".  For efficiency of space, these multiple
response and fill in the balnk items are at the bottom of the
page.

This is a so-called "take home" exam.  You may take as long as
necessary to complete it, and you may use any resource
available.  The majority of answers can be readily found in a
dictionary or encyclopedia.  The remainder are major findings of
one or more basic texts on the subject or are otherwise obtained
through direct observations.  There is no minimum score.
Rather, your strengths as well as areas in need of improvement
will be taken into consideration along with the number correct.
In this manner, you state director will gain further insight
concerning your own and the organization's training needs.

When completed, please return the answer sheet for correction
and followup to

                Mrs. Shirley A. Coyne
                73 Borman
                Flushing, MI 48433-9239

Thank you for taking part in this assessment of MUFON
investigative abilities, and good fortune in completing the
exam.


                      MUFON UFO JOURNAL
     The Monthly Magazine of the Mutual UFO Network
DEDICATED TO THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS






              FIELD INVESTIGATOR'S EXAMINATION

Light and Optics:

1. All radiant energy is expressed within the visible color
spectrum                True            False

2. An object with a highly reflective metallic surface is NOT
properly described as:
 (a) shining,  (b) glowing, (c) gleaming, (d) glinting.

3. With the unaided eye, the greatest distance toward the
horizon that prominent objects can be identified is the:
(a) bearing, (b) nadir, (c) visibility (d) amplitude.

4. With uncorrected 20:60 vision, images are in clear focus at a
distance of:            (a) 1,200 feet, (b) three times normal,
(c) one-third of normal, (d) none of these.

5. Uncorrected by prescription lenses, which eye condition
would least affect the person's ability to identify a distant
object?         (a) near sightedness, (b) far sightedness,
(c) astigmatism, (d) cataracts

6. Older binocular lenses that are not color corrected may eliminate
the apparent coloration of stars and planets.    True  False

7. Through 7x50 binoculars, an image appears:   (a) fifty times
closer, (b) 350 feet away, (d) 7/50 of the original distance.

Sound:

8. The velocity, pitch, and intensity of sound waves cal all be
affected by changing weather conditions.        True  False

9. When the source of a constant sound moves away from the observer,
the pitch is perceived as:      (a) rising, (b) falling,
(c) wavering, (d) unchanged.

10. Decibel is a measurement of:        (a) wave frequency,
(b) pitch, (c) megahertz, (d) wave intensity.

11. A decibel level of:  (a) 13, (b) 130, (c) 1,300, (d) 13,000
...is painful to humans.

12. A sound resembling an explosion, produced when a shock wave is
formed at the nose of an aircraft exceeding the speed of sound, is
called a:       _______________   _______________.

13. The human ear can detect sound waves beyond the upper and lower
ranges of all:  (a) household pets, (b) birds, (c) insects, (d)
radio equipment. (e) none of these.

14. Sound associated with nearly all UFO events may be classified as
two types.      True    False

15. The angular distance east or west along the equator, from
Greenwich, England to a particular site, is the:
(a) latitude, (b) wavelength, (c) longitude, (d) elevation.

16. In relation to Coordinated Universal Time (Greenwich, England),
Eastern Standard Time is:       (a) 2 hours behind, (b) 4 hours
behind, (c) 5 hours behind, (d) 8 hours behind.

17. The point directly overhead in the sky, measured as 90 degrees
from the horizon, is the:       (a) parallax, (b) heliostat,
(c) zenith, (d) nadir, (e) none of these.

18. To determine the azimuth of an object relative to the witness,
one would use:  (a) dead reckoning, (b) a calculator, (c)a compass,
(e) calligraphy.

19. With two fixed observation points a known distance apart, this
trigonometric procedure can determine the distance of a remote
object:    (a) tangent, (b) triaxial, (c) triskelion, (d)
triangulation.

20. Most witnesses understate the actual distance to a claimed UFO.
        True    False

21. At arm's length (about 2 feet), the full moon overhead is about
the same apparent size as:   (a) an aspirin, (b) a nickel, (c) a
quarter, (d) a golf ball.

22. A concave surface bulges outward.   True   False

23.

Electrical/Magnetic Effects:

24. The magnetic field at a particular site is constant.  True False

25. In determining compass readings during an investigation, shifts
of the magnetic north pole from the geographic north pole have only
a negligible effect.   True False

26. Gamma rays, infra-red rays and microwaves are all
electromagnetic.   True   False

27. The highest frequencies of electromagnetic waves, contributing
to the radioactivity of a substance, are:  (a) very long radio
waves, (b) gamma rays, (c) strobes, (d) ultra-violet.

28. Roentgen is a measurement of: (a) radience (b) radio frequency
(c) radiation (d) radar (e) none of these.

29. Which of the following could not be affected by a nearby magnetic
anomaly?  (a) wind-up watch, (b) electronic watch, (c) battery,
(d) TV signal, (e) none of these.

Physical Traces:

30. At some alleged UFO landing sites, loose material such as sand
has been fused and vitrified from intense heat. The resulting
substance most closely resembles:  (a) glass, (b) barium,
(c) granite, (d) vermilion, (e) triplite.

31. Ground vegetation at a verified UFO landing site is generally:
(a) stimulated, (b) scorched or swirled, (c) reddish, (d) oily or
greasy, (e) unaffected.

32. In a landing trace case, the chemical composition of the
vaporized matter can be detected by a:  (a) spectrograph,
(b) cathode ray, (c) fish-eye lens, (d) radiograph.

33.______________   _______________  is a white, cobweb-like
substance seen in the air following reported sightings of
cylindrical or spherical objects.

34. Decaying vegetable matter in a marshy area is thought to
produce a gaseous methane mixture which can ignite into small flames
that hug the ground. This is known as:  (a) ignis fatuus,
(b) jack-o-lantern, (c) swamp gas, (d) will-o-the-wisp,
(e) all of these.

35. Often mistaken as a UFO landing trace, the distinctive feature
of a _______________  ________________ is a roughly circular
configuration of a fungi growth.

Photography:

36. Camera film with an ASA/ISO of under 200 has a color balance
more readily suited to daylight use.     True  False

37. The area in a scene in which objects are in focus is the:
(a) lens barrel, (b) depth of field, (c) filter, (d) diffused
lighting, (e) latent image.

38. A telephoto lens:  (a) narrows the viewing area, (b) increases
magnification, (c) admits less light, (d) has a longer focal length,
(e) all of these.

39. A camera's ________________ speed determines the timespan that
the film is exposed to light.  If adjustable, it may range from a
thousandth of a second (shown as 1000) for a bright sky to one-half
second (shown as 2) or longer for approaching darkness.

40. Infinity on a camera's focusing ring is for distant objects.
        True   False

41. If the photographer is panning a moving object when the picture
is snapped, the background is more likely to be in focus than the
object.  True  False

42. Use of a lens shade reduces the chance of a flare on the film.
        True  False

43. Edging enhancement, color contouring and density averaging are
used to examine:  (a) latent UFO auras, (b) radar plots, (c) UFO
photographs, (d) camera lenses.

Radio and Radar:

44. Radio waves continue through outerspace at the speed of light.
        True  False

45. Sunspots and solar flares greatly increase in number every:
(a) 11 days, (b) 11 months, (c) 11 years, (d) 11 decades.  At such
times, radio and television signals are affected.

46. All of the following vary from one radar facility to another.
Which one would _not_ be a factor in radar detection? (a) lobe
pattern, (b) elevation angle, (c) beam width, (d) latitude,
(e) radar horizon.

47. An airport's radar antenna both radiates and receives
microwaves.    True  False

48. The maximum range of any radar facility is limited to the visual
horizon.    True  False

49. Which of the following would _not_ be expected to interfere with
radar detection? (a) ground clutter, (b) a transponder, (c) a
thunderstorm, (d) flocks of birds

Celestial Objects:

50. Other than the moon, this is generally the brightest celestial
object in the night sky when it is visible: (a) Saturn, (b) ITT's
satellite, (c) Mercury, (d) Venus, (e) Vega.

51. In the northern hemisphere, the brightest star in the night sky
is: (a) Sirius, (b) Vega, (c) Arcturus, (d) Capella.

52. Meteor showers comprise minute debris along the paths of comets.
        True  False

53. Most of the prominent meteor showers occur from mid-August to
early January.  True  False

54. During a meteor shower, the frequency of visible meteors is
usually greatest immediately after sunset.      True  False

55. These uncommon, longer burning meteors originate from the
Asteriod Belt between Mars and Jupiter. Witnesses variously abserve
a vapor trail, sparkling, coloration and explosive fragmenting:
(a) moondog, (b) bogey, (c) bolide, (d) subsun.

56. To the unaided eye, a comet has the same apparent motion as
constellations.   True  False

57. Nocturnal lights described as red and white may in actuality be:
(a) an advertising plane, (b) a helicopter, (c) Mars, (d) a TV
tower, (e) all of these.

Atmosphere and Weather:

58. The light of celestial objects near the horizon is distorted and
magnified by atmospheric turbulence. This effect is: (a) a sundog,
(b) a reflection, (c) scintillation, (d) a fireball, (e) none of
these.

59. An atmospheric lens effect that occurs most prominently over
sun-heated ground or water is a __________, which is usually
reported as several hundred yards to a few miles away.

60. This luminosity in northern latitudes results from electrical
discharges of solar wind in the upper atmosphere. It is usually
reported as a shimmering curtain or wavy bands of light: (a) St.
Elmo's Fire, (b) aurora borealis, (c) a neutrino, (d) a nebula.

61.That portion of the Earth's atmosphere, from about 50 to 250
miles altitude, whose charged particles propagate ham radio waves
great distances, is the:  _____________________________.

62. The distance from the ground to the lowest layer of cloud cover,
when over half the sky is obscured, is termed the:  (a) ground
cover, (b) ceiling, (c) vista, (d) bearing.

63. On the ______________ scale, water freezes at zero degrees and
boils at 100 degrees.

64. Thin, high-altitude ice clouds that may appear to glow at
sunrise or sunset are:  (a) cumulus, (b) alto-cumulus, (c) cirrus,
(d) cumulo-nimbus, (e) nimbo-stratus.

65. A temperature ______________, in which a layer of warm air
overlies a cooler air mass, can cause an uncorrelated radar target.

66. Wind direction is substantially related to the incidence of UFO
reports.  True  False

67. In a majority of UFO reports, the weather is: (a) subfreezing,
(b) changed immediately after the incident, (c) cloudy and humid,
(d) clear or mostly clear, (e) unseasonably warm.

68. This luminous discharge, usually occurring after a bolt of
lightning, may hover, roll, along a fence or telephone wire, or
explode with a loud report:  (a) fission, (b) a nebula, (c) a light
trap, (d) ball lightning, (e) a magnetic flux

69.The glowing appearance of some UFOs, it is theorized, results
from a field of ionized air known in physics as: (a) molecular
weight, (b) plasma, (c) tachlyte, (d) a magnetron.

Conventional Vehicles:

70. All airplanes must have, as a minimum, tree nonflashing running
lights - one on each wingtip and one at the rear.  The arrangement
is:  (a) right-green, left-red, rear white,  (b) right-green,
left-green, rear-red,  (c) right-red, left-white, rear-green,
(d)none of these.

71. No commercial/private aircraft may have more than one green
running light.   True  False

72. Helicopters have the same basic configuration of running lights
as small airplanes.  True  False

73. A weather or research balloon can appear self-luminous: (a)
before dawn, (b) at high altitude, (c) on a sunny day, (d) after
sunset, (e) all of these.

74. All man-made satellites visible from the ground travel west to
east.  True  False

75. The flights and reentries of satellite vehicles and sizable
debris are tracked by:  (a) NICAP, (b) NORAD, (c) CUFOS, (d) FAA,
(e) none of these.

76. Rocket launch debris or an obsolete satelitte, when reentering
the atmosphere, may show:  (a) sparkling, (b) fragmenting, (c) capor
trail(s), (d) coloration, (e) all of these.

Witness Reactions:

77. Typically, witnesses to a UFO event overestimate its duration.
        True  False

78. After a few moments of watching a star or planet, the observer's
eye may spasm slightly, causing an apparent darting movement.  This
is called:  (a) bioluminescense, (b) autokinesis, (c) the blind
spot, (d) a nebula, (e) none of these.

79. An orbiting satellite may appear to halt momentarily on its
path.  This is an example of:  (a) autostatis, (b) telekinesis, (c)
auxesis, (d) a visitant, (e) ultra-high frequency.

80.Companions may support the misidentification of a conventional
aircraft as being animalous.  This is an example of:  (a)
psychotronics, (b) paraufology, (c) fortean phenomena, (d) group
reinforcement.

81. Heart pounding, inability to concentrate, confusion, faintness,
memory lapse and nausea may _all_ be symptoms of: (a) euphoria, (b)
cognition, (c) fear, (d) precognition.

82. Most children show less acceptance of a UFO observation than
adults.    True  False

83. An alleged UFO witness under hypnosis may substitute past
fantasies for reality.  True  False

84. A tape recorded voice, it is claimed, can be verified as
truthful via:  (a) polygraph, (b) interrogation, (c) hypnosis, (d)
psychological stress evaluator, (e) sodium pentathol.

The UFO Experience:

85. The term "flying saucer" is attributed to this private pilot
who, in 1947, observed a formation of unconventional objects neat Mt
Tainier, Washington:  (a) Arthur Godfrey, (b) Kennoth Arnold, (c)
James MsDivitt, (d) Gordon Cooper.

86. In January 1953, this group of scientists convened by the CIA
recommended that intelligence agencies "strip the Unidentified
Flying Objects of the special status they have been given and the
aura of mystery they have unfortunately acquired: (a) Roberson
Panel, (b) Project Sign, (c) SETI, (d) Condon Committee, (e) none of
these.

87. What former president claims to have had a UFO sighting?  (a)
Theodore Roosevelt, (b) Dwight Eisenhower, (c) Gerald Ford, (d)
Jimmy Carter

88. Of the 12,618 UFO reports by the USAF Project Bluebook, only 1.7
percent were concluded to be:  (a) IFOs, (b) other-dimensional, (c)
extra-terrestrial, (d) hoaxes.

89. This came to be known as the "year of the humanoid" because of
the high incidence of UFO occupants reportedly seen: (a)1948, (b)
1955, (c) 1961, (d) 1973, (e) 1980.

90. Which of the following responses would be unlikely from nearby
animals during a UFO incident?  (a) indifference, (b)drowsiness,
(c) agitation, (d) cowering.

91. Thousands of classified government UFO documentshave been
released to the public by means of this federal law, abbreviated as
FOIA:  _______________  _____  __________________.

92. The term debunker refers to an individual who claims multiple
contacts with an alien intelligence.   True  False

93. It is safe to assume that most UFO witnesses have no opinion on
the subject prior to their own experience.  True  False

94. A marked increase in UFO sightings within a localized area or
definite time span is referred to as a:  (a) rush or cresendo,
(b) assembly or climax, (c) flap or wave, (d) bogey or specter.

95. As defined by Hnek, the terms nocturnal light, daylight disc,
and radar-visual describe:  (a) close encounters, (b) atmospheric
phenomena, (c) distant encounters, (d) magnetic fluxes.

96. The terms huminoid, entity, and extra-terrestrial are
interchangeable.     True  False

97. A claimed form of nonverbal communication, reported as a result
of some close-encounter cases, is called:  (a) telemarking,
(b) telepathy, (c) telecommunication, (d) telekinesis.

98. "Was the UFO disc-shaped or cylindrical?" is an example of:
(a) an omission, (b) an open-ended question, (c) a leading question,
(d) a rebuttal.

99. Anonymity forbids the investigator from identifying the UFO
witness publicly, while confidentiality further forbids public
mention of the incident itself.  True  False

100. Researchers estimate that the following percentage of all UFO
incidents is never reported:  (a) 30 percent (b) 50 percent
(c) 70 percent (d) 90 percent.


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                FIELD INVESTIGATOR`S EXAMINATION
                          ANSWER SHEET


1. _________ 21._________  41. ________ 61.see below  81. ______

2. ____      22. _______   42. ________ 62. ___       82. ______

3. ____      23.see below  43. ____     63.see below  83. ______

4. ____      24. ________  44. ________ 64. ____      84. ___

5. ___       25. ________  45. ___      65.see below  85. ___

6. ________  26. ________  46. ___      66. ________  86. ___

7. ___       27. ___       47. _______  67. ___       87. ___

8. _______   28. ___       48. _______  68. ___       88. ___

9. ___       29. ___       49. ___      69. ___       89. ___

10. ___      30. ___       50. ___      70. ___       90. ___

11. ___      31. ___       51. ___      71. _________ 91.see below

12.see below 32. ___       52. ________ 72. _________ 92. ________

13. ___      33.see below  53. ________ 73. ___       93. ________

14. ________ 34.___        54. ________ 74. _________ 94. ___

15. ___      35.see below  55. ___      75. ___       95. ___

16.___       36. ________  56. ________ 76. ___       96. ________

17. ___      37. ___       57. ___      77. _________ 97. ___

18. ___      38. ___       58. ___      78. ___       98. ___

19. ___      39.see below  59.see below 79. ___       99. ________

20._________ 40. ________  60. ___      80. ___      100. ___


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12. ___________ _______  35. ___________ _______   63. ___________

23. i ___ ii ___ iii ___ 39. ____________      65. _______________

   iv ___ v ___   iv ___ 59. __________    91. ____________ ______

33. ___________ ______   61. ______________ ______________________



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