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COMMENT: Exactly at center in the top of this UFO was a light blinking an estimated three flashes per second, so brilliant that it would have been impossible to look at it continuously if it had not been blinking. The UFO was traveling in a straight line without spinning. TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: August 25, 1952, at 5:35 A.M./locale not given in report, except that object was stated to be 100 yards off a highway. Force report. SHAPE: Like two oval meat platters placed together, with a line of windows extending from top of the mid-section to rear edge of the object; directly above it, mounted on a long bracket, were a series of small closely spaced propellers rotating horizontally at high speed. SOUND: Deep throbbing sound while hovering a wild whirring sound when ascending, similar to "a large covey of quail starting to fly at one time," according to the observer. airplane at about a half-mile distance before it went out of sight to the right. DURATION: Not given. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: One. TYPE OF OBSERVER: Musician who worked for a radio station. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: "Reliability of the observer was considered good," said the U.S. Air DIMENSIONS: 75 feet long, 45 feet wide and 15 feet thick. COLOR: Dull aluminum.