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It th• ._,11at1on wing window were a perfect airror th•
obJeota oauain& the re£leot1ona would a ppear therein••• well••
all ot.ber object• within range, but th• ventilation win being
a aort ot a aeal-alrrc>r, do•• not Nllect the object but only
th• bright .•pot, which leaves the impression that the obaerver
1a actually looking through the glaaa and that the object act­
ually a opears to be in the aky, or at timea a lon~ diet ance
away.
Th••• Nault• are beat obtained in the late artemoon,
or after aun down.
Tba arlatora who reported seeing fiying diace or saucers,
undoubtedly were seeing th• reflection of bright objects in or
on their own plane.
They nw t.hem aa r eflected in t heir canopy
or wind ahield, but failed t o recognise them as retlectiopa.
Oth•nd.•• t.hey were retlectione from other air craft.
As the aviator ·traveled along obaervin~ the n,ovement of
the disc in coapari aon with tbe mountai ns , clouds or station­
ary object• on the earth, male them appear to be traveling at
a high rat• or speed.
Th• sloping angle or t he avi ators
wind-ahield and his position in the plane made it a ppear that
the discs were in the sky.
The poaition of t he discs also
depend upon the position of the observer and the angle at which
they are Nflected in t he gl a sa.
Some ot the report• stated that where there were more
than on• flying disc, they appeared to be tastenH ~ogether
and frequently performed a dipping or rising motion and when
one would dip, they wo~ld all go thro•.igh the same "otion s i m­
ultaneoualy.
The aiaultaneous movemant iu due t v t he reflect­
lona all coming troa the aame object. ror instance, 1! they
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