APPENDIX A: EXAMPLE OF CASE OUTLINE

The following is an example from an Oregon MUFON case. We highly recommend that you create a summary in outline form for all your cases. You might be surprised how easily you forget details, especially when you are working on multiple cases. If you have one outline file with all the pertinent data about all your cases in one place, it will be a lot easier for you to keep track of them all. Note the “Next Action” item. This will let you know what to do next on the case. Again, this is especially useful if you have multiple cases you are working on. The “Case #1” is there because you may occasionally have mutiple cases for one person!

▼ Bonham, Tom ▼ Case #1 "North Plains Glowing UFOs" • Last updated: 3-21-07. • Origination: CMS. • MUFON CMS Status: Assigned. • Next Action: Waiting for contact from Tom's parents. • Preliminary Evaluation: Probable UFO. • Final Evaluation: Pending. • Date: 3/17/2007 • Time: 5:30 PM PST. • Place: North Plains, Oregon, on farm. • Duration: About 10 minutes. • Evidence: 12 digital photos of the UFO (UFOs?). • Other Witnesses: None. • Case Type: Daylight Disc (DD). • Summary: The witness was doing farm chores when he noticed an odd, helicopter-like sound. He looked up in the sky and saw a fuzzy, glowing, orangish, ovoid object. He ran to get his digital camera and began taking photos. He lost the object in the distance. • Important Characteristics: Low-level daylight sighting of glowing ovoid UFO with photos. • Communications: CMS report only so far. • Notes: None.