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Summary of Sightings of Unknown Aerial Phenomena, 17th District OSI (cont)

Number | Date | Time | Number of Observers | Reliability of Observers | General Area of Occurrence | Apparent Direction of Flight | Apparent Altitude | Course Horizontal to Vertical | Color | Train or Trail | Duration of Observation | Sound | Shape | Apparent Size | Apparent Speed | Manner of Disappearance
105 | 1949
12 Aug | 0445 | 1 | Unk | Killeen
Base, Texas | SE to NW | 30°
above
horizon
headed
down | Headed down | Reddish | Yes | 2 - 3
secs | Yes | Trail
of
flame | Fairly long
streak of
flame |  | Faded away
106 | 14 Aug | 2135 | 1 | R | Alamogordo,
New Mexico |  | Appeared
25° Dis-
appeared
at 12° | 10 - 15°
off
vertical | Reddish
orange | Yes | 2 secs | None | Round | Larger than
Venus |  | Disappeared (3)
107 | 20 Aug | 2130 | 2 | Unk | Douglas,
Arizona | N to S | 8,000' -
10,000' | Flat
trajectory |  | None | 6 - 10
secs | None | Round
to ob-
long
like
in-
verted
saucer | About size
of single
engine
airplane | 3500 to
4500 mph | Disappeared
in distance (2)
108 | 21 Aug | 2115
2150 | 5 | Unk | Nogales,
Arizona |  | 45° at
low level
90° at
high
level | Horizontal
to earth's
surface | Dull
orange | None | 10
secs | None | Wafer | App size
of volley
ball | 10 times
speed of
jet planes | Disappeared
in space (1/3)
109 | 26 Aug | 1345 | 1 | R | Davis-
Monthan AFB,
Arizona | SE to NW | App.
50,000 | Horizontal
at 50,000' | Brown-
ish
hazy
color | None | 60
secs |  | Simi-
lar to
tri-
angle
with
round
edges | Est. to be
app 1/4 of
inch when
observed
at 3 ft. | Terrific
rate of
speed | Faded from
view (2)

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