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AIOR BELIEVED THE TARGET MUST HAVE RISEN NEARLY VERTICALLY.
TARGET
FIXED ITS RISE IN EllVAtION AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE OF APPROX. FIFTEEN
HUNDRED MILS, AT WHICH TIME IT PROCEEDED TO MOVE AT AN EXTREMELY RAPID
RATE IN RANGE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION.
ONCE AGAIN THE SPEED OF THE
TARGET EXCEEDED THE AIDED TRACKING ABILITY OF THE SCR FIVE EIGHT ,OUR
SET SO THAT MANUAL TRACKING BECAME NECESSARY.
RADAR TRACKED THE TAR­
GET MAXIMUM RANGE OF THIRTYTWO THOUSAND YARDS AT WHICH TIME TARGET
WAS AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE THREE HUNDRED MILS.
THE OPERATOR DID NOT
ATTEMPT TO JUDGE THE SPEED IN EXCESS OF THE AIDED TRACKING RATE OF SEVEN
HUNDRED MPH.
THE WEATHER WAS FAIR WHEN THE OBSERVATION WAS MADE SEPT­
EMBER TENTH AND CLOUDY FOR THE SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH REPORT.
UNQUOTE.
ABO~VE INCIDENT OBSERVED BY THREE WITNESSES WITH EXCEPTION OF FIRST
INCIDENT ON SEPTEMBER TEN.
ABOVE INFO FURNISHED BY REID AFTER AP­
PROVAL OF G-TWO, GOVERNORS ISLAND, NY, WITH REQUEST THAT INFO BE CO­
ORDINATED WITH AIR FORCE.
REID ALSO ADVISED IN CONFIDENCE THAT ABOVE
I8EPOR.L.R.ECEIVED BY HIM AFTER CONSIDERABLE UNACCOUNTABLE DELAY,
MC KEE
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