Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects)

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Surface appeared dirty
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Case X (Serial 1119. 00}
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An employee in the supersonic laboratory of an aeronautical lab­
oratory and some other employees of this lab, were by a river, 2- 1/2
miles from its mouth, yvhen they saw an object.
The time was about 1700
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hours on May 24, 1949. The object was reflecting sunlight when observed
by naked eye. However, he then looked at it with 8-power binoculars, at
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which time there was no glare. (Did glasses have filter?} It was of
metallic construction and was seen with good enough resolution to show
that the skin was dirty. It moved off in horizontal flight at a gradually in­
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creasing rate of speed, until it seemed to approach the speed of a jet
before it disappeared. No propulsion was apparent. Time of observation
was 2- 1/2 to 3 minutes.
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in rear
Something equivalent
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