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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9733607

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONHendersconville N C

FRAMES5

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DATE - TIME GROUP LOCATION 7
September 1963 Hendersconville, N.C.
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian INSUFFICIENT DATA FCR EVALUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Second hand report made ver
Duration and I other essential data for evaluation.
One Insufficient data for analysis.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
"ot Reported "ot Reported Object passed about 1/3 mile above observers and about 300 mile above observers and about 300
TYPE OF OBSERVATION yards in front of them. No sound. No sound. It aporoached the It approached the observers
s. with the wings parallel to ear facing upwards. It appeared to
Ground-Visual be flying parallel to the curvature of the earth. Observers
7. 7. COURSE COURSE made no estimate of time it took for the object to pass from
horizon to horizon. Observers were standing on top of a
SW mountain approximately 25e0 feet above sea level. mountain approximately 25eo feet above sea level.
8. PHOTOS
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FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Provious editiona of this form may bo used.
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December 11, 1964
Raleigh, N. C.
Defense Department
U. S. Air Force
Department on UrOs
Dear Sirs: Dear Sirs:
During a conversation with During a conversation witht , a student , a student
could not identify said i that he could not remember
phrased and condensed) about the sighting
are as follows:
1. The object was flying NE to SW.
2. Wo and his cousin] saw the object
while atop a mountain about fifteen miles
east of Hendersonville, N. C.
3. The mountain top is approximately 2500 3. The mountain top is approximately 2500
feet above sea level.
4 The object passed about one-third of a
mile above us and about
front of us. front of us.

FRAME 003 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi

December 11,1964
5. The object made no sound in its passage
6. The object approached us with its wings
line of sight. After the object had i passed,
to the curvature of the earth.
operating
propulsion unit.
. The outside section( formed by the division
of each wing by the curved line) of each
wing moved as the object executed two
rotations.
made no estimate of the time that the object took to
seemed to be moving seemed be moving at an unusually fast speed.)
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FRAME 004 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi

I have forwarded this information to you because of
- you will
Sincerely,

FRAME 005 / 005paddle-gpu-200dpi

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