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

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silent on the desert that afternoon and that no atdible noiee was heard
trom the object.
Neither wae any signal nor atmospheric noise heard on
the 400~ter receiver to wr ich he was l istening at the time.
He further
stated that the wind at high altitude that day was very calm being only
10 to 15 miles an hour from the wost at 65,000 feet.
The statements of other witnesses to t his i ncident are conuained in
reports 112 am 112b.
All witnesses agreed that the object was very high, moved faster than
any knonn aircraft, possessed a r ounded, indistinct form, and disappeared
su::idenly r ather than fading away in the distance. It was under observation
1/2 minutes or slightly less. lt was definitely not a balloon, and
apparently not tIBnned, ju:ieing f rom the violent maneuvers which were
performed at a hi~ rate of speed.