U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

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object, sighted at ten o'cl.ock o!t his left wing, aweared
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silver disc.
He immediatel.y completed a sharp bank to t he left ar¥i waa
able to get a better look at the object, and described it as follows:
"Top part of the object approXimately eight !'eet in diameter, eilver
1n color, bad the appearance or a parachute. Attached to the bottom of this
had been a dark cable or shrou:i which appeared to be approximately five feet
long.
Suspended upon the cable had been a large canister or ball (Colonel
Hughes could not discern w\.rl.ch) also silver in color.
This r:anister or
ball had the~pearance of being sli ghtly to the mar of the top part of t he
object.
The overall appearance of theobject lo'oked something similar to
the parac,1Ute and canister containing photographic testing equipment dropped
from a
r ocket."
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At t he t irre he lost sight of the object, 0 ughes' aircraft had been
indicating 310 mil.es per hour air speed, aro the object ha:i appeared to fly
avray from him on a hor izontal plane r ather than a ver tical decline .
A sketch of the object is attached.