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wo Saw Pd to the crew and passengers. Just preceding t} ~ : .& 18 ONSSU of a lightning stroke tq an aircraft, pilots havs re- ’ ported observing a streamer of corona dischar up on the nose, propellers or other extremity craft? of the aircraft and depends on the passage of ning stroke nearly or through the aircraft. Co . The movement of the streamer accompan …

… exceed one inch in diameter. (See N.A.C.A. Technical Note 1001). Portions of nonemetellic material im contact with the area struck may be burnt or explosively separated from the metal to which the materiai is attached. When radio antennae are struck or the lightning arrester does not function as f 4 e ’ i 4 1s : " Aaaed pa: rien me a - Ra ATA anwénman atran…

…th a 1 FEE PRS NPM RRL oud re por aver if streamer from leader stroke is rGions that only may conceivably a lightning," but Pd — x : Ci %e Nearby Air. or other Craft Sal es as ~~ — ~ nee - ~- — a aa = = J nv, prea NOR } ee ms . ‘ There ha‘ been numerous cases o on 5 an 4 + = Fae ru | bet 4. Pyare lichtnine. nen the aircraft is as a Faraday cage, and provides…

…used wes 620 Superpan Press, GN .eveloped the negatives at his home. - O° ~ (7) "... odjects he said definitely were (7) an that he did not repor? some type aircraft, a type which he O vie weper they were definitely had never seen before," aircraft, nor that they were banana shaped, He says he did not think of flying "saucers", but thought © they were only p…

…0 Superpan Press, Mr. Maxey developed the negatives at his home, (7) ... objects he said definitely were (7) Mr, Maxey says that he did not report some type aircraft, a type which he to the paper they were definitely had never seen before," aircraft, nor that they were banana shaped, He says he did not think of flying "saucers", but thought they were only pe…

…- 21 April 1959 Pe5 a * Delton snitn ae number, ae previous cine etc., as applicable) ‘i ter, 1 January sudject: "Reporting of Tnformation on Unconventional Aircraft" SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part IL.) Fort Worth Star-Telezr…

…t: began a’ turn ta. apitercept his element leader who was approximately three iles: ahead, ciréling to the left. When the pilot was close enough ‘to the lead: craft’ +o identify it.as.a 7th Fighter: Bomber Squadron aircraft by the colorof ‘the ~ tol a nose, he suddenly noticed. ‘that it seemd to be towing a target. However, he * -. oe that their. squadron w…

… High i | cirrus clouds estimated at more that 20,000 feet altitude were present. The light disappeared from view behind the leading edge of the cloud. No air- craft structure was visible. The light appeared to be elongated and traveling in a horizonal plane. Considering the altitude and arc traversed, the ob- servers estimated the speed to be in excess of 7…

…nds. High cirrus clouds estimated at more that 20,000 feet altitude were present. The light disappeared from view behind the leading edge of the cloud. No air- craft structure was visible. The light appeared to be elongated and traveling in a horizonal plane. Considering the altitude and arc traversed, the ob- servers estimated the speed to be in excess of 7…

…r (4) miles north of Eau Gallie, Florida the east side of US #1, 4 Jan. 53 at approximately 1845 hours sighted an object that resembled the designed "Devis Air Craft Wing". There was not any fuselage (as a B 49 Flying Wing might have appeared). The object was 500 feet or less in altitude flying very fast 500 iiiles per hour or more. MJ se” the object for 2 o…

…ie, Florida, This prop- erty is on US Highway 1, east side and west bank of the Indian River, , QUESTION: What was the distance, direction, and altitude of the craft? ... - ANSWER; I had walked to my car and was facing approximately. south. I glanced to the right and upward, This unidentified ob- ject came into my line of view over my right shoulder. It appe…

…s north of Hau Gallie, Florida the east side of US #1, 4 Jan. 53 at approximately 1845 hours Mr, Black sighted an object that resembled the designed "Davis Air Craft Wing", ‘There was not any fuselage (as .a B 49 Flying Wing might have appeared). The object was 500 feet or less in altitude flying very fast 500 Miles per hour or more. Mr. Black saw the object…

…llie, Florida. This prop- erty is on US Highway 1, east side and west bank of the Indian River, QUESTION; What was the distance, direction, and altitude of the craft? ANSWER ; I had walked to my car and was facing approximately south. I glanced to the right and upward. This unidentified ob- ject came into my line of view over my right shoulder. It appeared t…

… date of the sighting, only that it was in August. They did not report it to any authorities as they were convinced it was a new, secret, experimental military craft from either Edwards AFB or the Navy station at Inyokern. f, Observers seem to be steady, dependable people; claim to be almost teetotallers; tell their story most convincingly. It must be mentio…

… as fire lookouts and were stationed at Delilah Lookout, east of Fresno. They were qualified observers having been lookouts for four summers. (They are also aircraft ohservers and claim complete familiarity with all aircraft found on their aircraft observer charts.) Their sighting of the flying object on that day was through a standard set of Navy binoculars…

…cted the blimp possibility on the basis of hj | aioe tad pier Ee Ld Ot h 3 Z S * ’ braft. de added. y is past experience with the i « eee a WAS with an anti-aircraft unit for 22 months during the war and I was trained ane meses a apcnee tame sight. If the object T saw and shot was a plane or a blim, T purely would have known. I watched the thing for almost 3…

…500 feet long, Immediately thereafter a heavy condensation trail began to form behind it and extended for perhaps a thousand feet or so back, at which point it separated and a double trail extended for perhaps another thousand feet and then ended abruptly. The contrail stayed with the object and did not extend back across the sky as exhaust contrails general…

xy AF FORM Savane’ | APPROVED 1 J COUNTRY -— - REPORT NO. ate SAL EC _ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION - —— ‘SUBJECT FPLYOBRPT | Uy Rea AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Parker Dam Area Se J DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Captain Roderick D, Thompson REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFI-2…

…t Supervisor for that area working under the Atlante Filter Centeer. 2, Object described as a ball of fire was in the opinion of this officer either: a, An air craft approaching the Atlanta airport and circling to land, The airport is approximately 30 miles West of Porterdale tut an aircraft coming in on Green 6 or VFR from the NE could have been mch closer,…

…under the Atlenta Filter Centeer,. SUBJECT -__ PREPARED BY (Officer) 2, Object described as a ball of fire was in the opinion of this officer either: a, An air craft approaching the Atlanta airport and circling to land. The airport is approximately 30 miles West of Porterdale tut an aircraft coming in on Green 6 or VFR from the NE could have been much closer…