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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. OATE ~
2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 8 Sen 6 D O Was Balloon
| Sep 63 hastern Kansas O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GB Pesky Seieen
Local _1<00 O Ground- Vi sual OG Ground-Rodar 5 a ng
wit 7
ow __00/ 29002 D Air Visuol O Air-intercept Radar |% Possibly Aircraft
5 PHOTOS O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
© Ne etyvilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENOTM OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other .
10 mins one Btraight flight - saga Data for Evaluation
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS in
Bright obj broke in two by dark horizontal A/C. Double line caused by reflection
line. From a/c at high altitude. Bright sun. between double panes of window. Actual
Obj appeared to be pacing plane at lower two reflections. Reflection dimmed
| atlitidue. Silver body, brillian without wings. | gradually until outlineof wings could
be seen.
(Sighting by DH Menzel)
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Sy A MESS gre sicntina/ BY DHM |
September 8, 1963
From a jet plane flying at an altitude of about 30,000 feet over
eastern Kansas, Septernber 8, 1963, I saw a remarkable and rexlistic
UFO, quite unlike any that [ had previcusiy noted, | was seated on the
northern side of the plane. The time was around neon, local time, and the
aun was skining very brightly at that altitude. I sudderty became aware of
a bright object, broken in two by 2 horizontal dark iine, [t closely resem-
sled the Saturn-shaped saucera {requentiy reported. It seemed to te pacing
our plane at a distance of several miles and at an appreciably lower altitude.
‘I almost immediately recognized it for what it later proved to be, though its
physical appearance was certainly very different. It was indeed a Jet plana,
the silver body brilliantly illuminated, There was no trace of wings,
The double line was a reflection effect between the double windows
and I was actually seeing two reflections, themselves very bright, separated
by a region in between that seemed dark by comparison, It did give the effect
of a single Saturu-shaped ship following along. While I waa trying to confirm
this by detectian of the plane itself, ta my amazement a second similar apps-
‘vition came flying by at an encrmous speed in the opposite direction. It wag,
of course, a jet and the relativs speeds cf the plane were about mile in three
seconds, Another jet, of course. The saucerrshaped Ulusion continued for
at least ten minutes, Andthen, with gradual changing Ulurnination or something,
the brightness of the reflection which must have been concentrated rather
sharply toward our plane, diminished and I could then see the form cf the plane
itself, You will recali that these windows are truly double with a considerable
air spacing between them, This gives rise to the multiple effect. I coaid not
helm but think of the Cheszpeake Bay Cass inthis connecticn and sgsin keoy
wondering if you could not build up a reflection from outside in some such
fashion by repeated reflection between the coubie windows, I do not know,
however, whether there are actual double wimicwes in the DC4 and if the spacing
of them would give rise to such reflections,
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