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

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1653 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, Uinnesota
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Bismarck, N. Dakota
June 18, 19Li8
Col I , . H. Clingerman
u • .::i . Army Air Forces
Wrieht Field
Dayton , Ohio
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Dear Sir: ­
In r eply t o your letter of June 15th in mich there are several questions
which you desire answ red to t he best of my ability - With reference to
t he object which I saw flyi ne throui:;h t he a ir between Plevna am Miles
City Uontana on t he ni&:it of Mey 17tn, .i. will a nswer them and give you a
graphic des~ri:otion again with a little more elaboration than my previous
letter - if that is possible.
Queetion: - Did
the entire object appear to be glowing, or did it give
t he effect of carrying lights.
Answer: This tiling seemed to be a ball of
bri ~ t wr.ite light - and I could not make out if it was being carriedor just
what made it r;o - however, it did disturb me quite a little because after
stoppi ng t o view it at t he Pc:7tvder Ri ver Br id ge I could not hear motors
hnmming such as a n aircraft i n these parts might have, and I therefore tried
to find out just, what it was b;r t he u se of -my f ield glasses .
(b) Quc~,tion: -
.An estimate of t he size of t he object in comparison with
some othe r known object;.
Answer - t h e size of t he light which was very
brilliant would indicate that it was fairly large compared with aircraft ­
and I would say that t his exceedingly bright light which was one light
arp not several vras as brieht as the headlight on a locomotive, only
about three times that bright and vri t hout direction.
By this I mean that
th i s light si mply gl owed very bright a rrl was not a directed light.
( c) Que ti.on: - An esti mate of t1e s P3ed of t he object in comparison with
the jet °tJ'pe or conventional aircraft.
.Answer:
This object flew at about
t\vice t he s peed of any aircraft that Northwe::,t Airlines planes fly - because
it ,vould appear coming t hro w!1ere I v,as traveling \"fest on Highway #212 or #l2.
as we call it out ,ere appearing only faintly f irst and t hen growing larger
as i t approa c hed over the hills north of t he highway - until it seemed to
ha ng there off i n the northwest of me brif),tly and then would turn south
toward the hi ghw.:1::r tmere it became real bright and t hen would start back
·,vest again and fly out of s i r.,ht .
This t ing did this several times - which
actually eot rey- goat - if I may p ut it that way . (d) Que:-:t i on:
Did the
obj ect appear to be circlin g at random or didit follow a definite f light
pattern.
Answer:
As ... have explained before - t he object appea1·ed first when
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