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TYPE OF OBSERVER: Ex-Navy pilot/flight instructor, guard at George Washington University, and a 26-year-old man who did not identify his profession. TACTICS: Approached from true North on a heading of 275° at an elevation of about 45° above the horizon; did not change course and passed directly overhead; disappeared behind buildings on the horizon at an elevation of about 30°. COMMENT: Object was sharply diamond-shaped with no visible wings, rotors, vanes or any other kind of conventional propelling devices. The brown-orange glow was centered beneath the object in a diamond-shaped area about a third of the total area and was pulsating rapidly. Michigan. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: Three. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Excellent for the Navy pilot; good for the other two. SHAPE; Diamond-shape. DIMENSIONS: About the size of a Piper Cub if it were "squared off." COLOR: Dark Navy Gray with a pulsating orange-brown low underneath. SOUND: None. ALTITUDE: Between 1,200 and 1,500 feet. SPEED: Constant and smooth, but not estimated. TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: July 8, 1961 at 11:00 P.M. local time/five miles east of Beulah,