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SHAPE: Varied, appeared ball-shaped at first, then saucer-shaped: when ball-shaped, it resembled the planet Saturn with the round "planet" and its main ring appearing brighter than the band in between; when maneuvering it seemed to be shaped like a fried egg in a pan with a blister on the disc (or pan). sky. TACTICS: The object was motionless for the first full five minutes, then it moved toward the north northeast, flipped over and sped toward the west southwest, where it disappeared within 30 seconds. The UFO faded very rapidly without any noticeable reduction in size; it disappeared as if it had vaporized. COMMENT: The observer was using military-type Japanese field glasses with 30-millimeter- diameter objective lenses giving a magnification of eight times. There was a reticle with metric readings behind one lens to aid in artillery spotting. Visibility was good. Sighting was made early on a summer evening and it was still daylight. TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: August 17, 1958 at 7:05 P.M. local time/Warren, Michigan. DURATION: Seven to 10 minutes. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: One. TYPE OF OBSERVER: Business-machine mechanic. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Not given, but probably fair to good. DIMENSIONS: Size of a pea or smaller at an estimated distance of 600 miles; gave impression of huge size at an extreme range. COLOR: Extremely bright white, brighter than the planet Venus, which is the brightest "star" in the SOUND: None. ALTITUDE: Estimated at about 70° above the horizon. SPEED: Motionless at first, then moved away very fast. TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: October 26, 1958 at 10:30 P.M. EST/a bridge near Loch Raven Dam, north of Baltimore, Maryland.