342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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TCM 452

28 July 1949

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

(5) Speed: Much faster than a B-29.

(6) Heading: From east to west.

(7) Maneuverability: Not reported.

(8) Altitude: Estimated fourteen (14) thousand five (5) hundred feet.

(9) Sound: Similar to a formation of jet aircraft.

(10) Exhaust trail or not: Not reported.

g. General remarks: Mr. Miller reported he was in his home and was attracted by a sound similar to a formation of jet aircraft. He went outside his home and the only aircraft in sight was a B-29 heading from east to west. At an estimated one (1) thousand feet above the B-29 Mr. Miller reported he saw a formation of eight (8) dish shaped objects, each larger than a B-29, traveling in the same direction as the B-29 and at a much greater speed. The pilot of the B-29, AF-7742, stated he was at thirteen (13) thousand five (5) hundred feet at the time and had not sighted anything unusual. Mr. Miller stated that he had not been drinking and had good vision.

h. Mr. Miller gave this report to Spokane Radio who forwarded it to Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center who in turn forwarded the report to the McChord Flight Service Center.

EARL J. LIVESAY

Lt. Col., USAF

Commanding

McCHORD FIELD

for S8 3 2° bu N

LIVESTILLED

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