342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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At the request ot ebiet ot Intelligence, the wder eigned wish a
t o describe as accurately' aa poaaible his impree ico• of the briet ap-­
pearance ot an unknown illuminated object which ppear dover F irti ld­
Sui un AFB at 201$ PST on 3 December 1948.
The object fir t ehot into
view about 2 miles north of the control tower, tlyiqJ at a low altibude
between 500 and 1000 teet, cl.1 bing on a low trajectory, with
sped
estimat d at something in excess of 400 mile per hour.
edi&tei,
after sighting, this observer ru bed to the east 1id• of the to er.
thi tire the object as estimated to have not ore than 1500 feet of
altitude aad ite epeed had slowed for seT ral eoonde to perha s two­
hundred (200) m.11•• per hour.
The observer can recall that L this
sta¥e the object had a Try slight undulating or bouncing .motion.
en its position oriented with a line betw en the tower
the air
freight terminal, but
light di tance est ot the te ............, the ob­
ject took an al.meet vertical rise or climb
d lev ll d ott again at
an est ated thr• thousand feet. At that t·
the other control
tower operator on duty continu d watching the object wh11 thi ob­
server telenhoned the AACS operations otficer residing on tb ba e in
hop•• h
t be able to get a look tit. Th other tower operator
reported the object al.moat
ediatly afterwards tarted a tast climb
toward the ooth-southeast ard r ached about twenty thousand r et, t
which point he loat sight ot it. The urders1 ed never a · the o jot
again att r
ing tor the telephon .
Pertinent intor.mation 1 that the light was clearl7 seen 111.th the
naked eye, brilliant but by no means blinding.
In eiae it wa
c p­
ar ble to one or Fairfield-Sui n AFB'a high-inten•ity runway lights.
The obeerver 1a convinced it was not an aircraft navigation ]jght.
The
night was cle r,
d the wind was indicati
outhweet at 10 miles per
hour on tower inst
ent.
I c rtity and attirm that the Wormation her in is true and ac­
curate to the be t of 11J7 knowledge am abillt7.
Bruce Earlln McFarland
Bruse Earlin McFarland
PFC, usa
1901 AACS Squadrco
az~-fA
RTHUI! COIIRADI JR
Fairtield-Sui n AFB, Cal.it.
ajor, USAF
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Chiet ot Intelligeno