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Incident No. 111 — 1 April 19:7, 0955 Hours, Central Phillipines. An Fel7 pilot leading three other aircraft at 1500 ft saw an object y Ss approximately three miles awav at 1000 ft. Object appeared to be a nl om re ea oe ok aetie | leek: deen dom ££. 4 a2"« oe 4 ae ieee lek . flying wing thirty by twenty feet, silver in color. The pilot turned ety Bk ce ose Doms ee Ale Gites’ 7 ok De op peg ss) A a ls ee ee te eles ei m) i te ia ay ds be fe athe a ~ to ANVLErCept tne Oo ~JECU ana tne oojecv turne Q: Ons) lear lL yy, tne same course i ob ry ana cqisappeared irom Siznt in itive seconas. Object appeared to have a . vu as as) Wi dorsal fin but distance was too preat to note any other features. The report does not reveal whether any of the other pilots saw the object. ‘NC Opinions No definite explanatién. However, every pilot has experiericed the sensation of seeing an aircraft obliquely at nearly the limit of vision and then losing sight at the same range when the air~ craft presented, in ster view, a smaller surface, Declassification Authority: NND 57565