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SAFO!» IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 20@2 FOLLOWING RPT SUBMITTED IN THO
PARTS. PART I. PARA 14, AC1) ROUND, SIMILAR TO A WHEEL WITHIN

A WHEEL WITH A DOME SHAPED TOP. A (2) APPROXIMATELY FORTY FEET IN
DIAMETER. AC3) SILVER. A (4) ONE. A (5) NOT APPLICABLE. AC6)

THE DOMED TOP WAS LOW IN COMPARISON TO OVERALL WIDTH OF OBJECT.
OBJECT APPEARED TO HAVE A BLUE HALO WITH WHITE STRIPES WITHIN THE
HALO. HALO WAS FLASHING ANO APPEARED TO SPINe THE FOLLOWING

: COLORS WERE NOTED ON THE OBJECT LISTED IN ORDER OF INTENSITY: ORANGE,

RED, AND YELLOW. A C7) NONE» A (8) NONEs A (9) NONE. B (1)
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SAW LIGHTS WHILE DRIVING AND LIGHT APPEARED TO TRAVEL WITH AUTO-
MOBILE. 8 (2) APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON AT 59 FEET
ELEVATION. B (3) DISAPPEARED AT SAME ALTITUDE BEHIND TREES,

B <4) OBJECT FLYING LEVEL IN A SLIGHT LEFT TURN TRAVELING SOUTH, B (5)
BEHIND THREES INSTANTLY. 8B (6) ONE TO ONE AND ONE HALF MINUTES. © ¢1)-
GROUND VISUAL.

C <2) NONE. C (3) NOT APPLICASLE. D CD 272230. D (2) NIGHT. E €1) AT

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308/15, 4B, 29G-310/25, 52, 00G-3 10/30, 8,GOG-NOT AVAILABLE. G (3) UNDETER-
MINED HIGH SIX TENTHS SKY COVERAGE. G (4) 5. G5) SIX TENTHS. G (6) NONE.

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ATLTITUDE WAS VERIFIED IN AREA BY NASHVILLE TOWER AT TIME OF SIGHTING, PART

1}~ Ke CHIEF MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS BRANCH/SR PILOT CODE TWO, CAPT GERALD N.
MARR. INTERVIEWED BERRY FIELD CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR ON DUTY AT TIME OF
SIGHTING. HE WAS IN RADIO CONTACT WITH CESSNA 13 YANKEE CTOWING AN
ELECTRICAL ADVERTISING BANNER IN THE AREA AT THE TIME OF SIGHTING. AIR-
CRAFT ’S POSITION WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA AS THE

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LOCATION OF CBERVERS. AIRCRAFT WAS FURTHER POSITIVELY IN THE AREA OF THE
DESCRIBED OBSERVATION AT THE TIME OF THE OBSERVATION. THE CESSNA 172

TOWED OBJECT WAS MOUNTED BENEATH THE AIRCRAFT AND
CAN BE EXTENDED TO 30 FEET IN LENGTH, EIGHT FEET IN WIDTH AND CONSISTS OF
MANY SMALL LIGHT BULBS. THE ACTION OF THESE BULBS IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE ‘
NEWS FLASHER ON THE TIME SQUARE NEWS BUILDING IN THAT WORDS ARE SPELLED OUT
IN A CONTINUOUS MOVING MOTION, THEREBY GIVING THE ILLUSION TO A DISTANT

' GROUND O8SERVER OF AN OBJECT SPINNING. THE LIGHTS ARE CLEAR ANO THE
AIRCRAFT 1S CREAM AND BURNT ORANGE IN COLOR WITH A ROTATING RED BEACON ON
THE VERTICAL STABILIZER. THESE PHYSICAL FACTS ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENT
COLORS SIGHTED BY THE OBSERVER. THE LOCATION OF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS VERIFIED
BY CORSS CHECK WITH POSITION OF OBSERVERS E*CH TIME OBJECT WAS SIGHTED —

BY SEVERAL OBSERVERS, BY BERRY TOWER AS THE OBSERVERS CALLED IN. TOWER HAD |
CONT!NUOUS RADIO CONTACT WITH AIRCRAFT. VISIBILITY ON THE NIGHT OF OB- ‘
SERVATION WAS FIVE MILES AND HAZE AND CAUSED LIGHTS OF CITY TO REFLECT ON

TOWED OBJECT IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO PRESENT AN OBSERVATION SUCH AS SIGHTED

BY OVERVERS WAS THE OBJECT UNDER TOW BY THIS CESSNA AIRCRAFT AND THAT NO :
FURTHER INVESTIGATION 1S REQUIRED, A LIST OF OTHER OBSERVERS NAMES AND

ADDRESSES FOLLOWS. THEIR SIGHTINGS WERE QUITE SIMILAR IN NATURE BUT NOT

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