DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6979997
DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1953
REPORTED LOCATIONSwitzerland
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DATE: September 13, 1963, 2 AM (2:30 AM)

TOS GF SIGHTING: 2 AM
SIZE: It was four times as long as the wing of a passenger plane
SHAPE: Rectanzular, see attached sketch
COMPOSITION: Six rows with fifteen dark windows per wing section
SPEED: Within four () seconds sped through 45°, about 150 kn/sec.
ALTITILEs At least 1,200 im according to static drawing
DIRECTION CF TRAVEL: The spaceship flew from north to south

“ANSUYER PATTORN: ‘The entire view is drawn four times actual size

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COLOR: Oneehalr is “aluminum bronze", the other half dark

SOU"D: Soundless; ‘he spaceship had no visible engines

LENGTH CF TIME OPSTPVED: The flight of 5° lasted only four (4) seconds
SKY OONDITIONS: ‘the stars were clearly visible

VISIBILITY: The sun illuminated the spaceship from the east

GROUND DIRECTICN OF WIND: No wird

NAME, AGE, MAILING ADDRESS OF CBSERYVER: Cee
CEE. , viecenstetten (Aargau), Switzerland,

REMARKS: (General description of what you saw - use back if necessary)
When it disappeared on the horizon, it required a tenth of
a second from front to end. At the last moment one conld
sse, lightning-like, the upper edge slip onto the lower edge;
about one-eighth the width at the back. In spite of the
emormous speed, it was still 2,000 times less than that of

light, that is, only interplanetary. ‘it ‘he astronautical

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