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

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the Weat - then turning a lightl.7 South and turning in a big •win& and
t en heading Weat again - !lying out of eight into the dark black
clowl bank out or eight - then reappean.nc, and it did this aeTeral tiaes.
(e) Queatioru - Ia it poe~ible that its duappearance into a "heavy cl.om
banJcn mi.tit hne been caused b7 clouds obscuring r eflected moonli~ht.
from a hig 17 polished aartaoe.
Answer 1 -
No - I have seen aircraft
IIMlJV times on moonlight nights - but this wu not anything like that ­
this thing glowed bri&tJtly white liaht such u any real white brillimt
light llight. The moon was not bright eno
to reflect poli.shed liftlt
lrlleaa the craft might have been South of me in the direct light ot the
moon - which showed (the moan) fraa time to ti.ma through the clouds.
'l'hia
objedt wu in thoblack eection or tJ)e eky owr to the l4orth ot me m
slightly west, and •s a steady onooaing light growing brighter as it
care, am had the appearance of scmathing corryinc this light in the air­
but w1thout sound, and i t. certainly was close enounh to ae to have heard
motors.
I thought it might have been sone kind of a jot aircraft that I perhaps had
no r seen - beoauae we u d.Tilians knOl'r ...-ery little as to ~ at ni&M, be
ping on in detense or experinantal moc.~anics howevor J.. ! Celt it l'I\Y duty to
report the t 'dng reg rdlesa as to what it migr,t ave been.
~ is was
somewhat difficult for me to do because of the crackpot stories makine
the rounds in soae sections about fiying 4!&\lcera etc., · ut for t ho lite
ot mo tlia had all the ear marks or j wst thnt kind of a deal.
I have traveled t hi.s r oad abO Jt which I have roloa ted this sichtinc many
many tines and at night inter and .;>ummer - an:f haw n ver before in 1
life soen anythine like this - so naturally I was ~1 omowh11t nlorl'll'!d about
it., :nid have steadfastly- kep+: 1.he wl--ole t dnc to
self . I Trill certainly­
be on the lookout !or the damed thing tho next trip I make t hrou;, this
sane area which is generall.7 after dark - because os• of the ti
I " rk
from Lemmon Sou t h Dakota or Hottinger North Dakota along this highway to
Miles City which is about one days ffl:>rk 1th 111..Y DealorJ. In t_r.,ee li,e
those I !eel as bofore stated ony-thing of this n..1ture which ,1e are not
tni11ar with we are duty bound o r · ~ rt to our Defenee 1-'orces
o may
be better equipped to understa11d t he unfam.1.liar tha.n we are.
Yours wry truly,
1 . A. 001 UEVJ LLE - Territory ~gr
for the B.
.i.: • Gooctrich Company