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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 ())