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wasn't any known type of aircraft, with the possible exception of a VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) type. But this is highly unlikely in that mountainous wooded area of the country. The case is still listed as "unexplained." TYPE OF OBSERVER: An employee of the Florida State Highway Department (male) and an employee of a local Ford dealer (female). altitude. TACTICS: Moved straight up; there was no other direction of motion; as it reached an extremely high altitude it looked like a star; it then brightened considerably before it faded slowly and vanished. COMMENT: The Air Force investigator made inquiries in the sighting area and found that the same strange phenomenon had been sighted twice before by other observers, who had not bothered to report it to the 691st Radar Squadron at the nearby Cross City Air Force Station. Case is listed as TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: November 21, 1961, at 7:30 P.M. EST/about seven miles east northeast of Old-town, Florida. DURATION: Three to four minutes. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: Two. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: One. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: "Very reliable," in both cases, according to the Air Force investigator. SHAPE: Round. DIMENSIONS: Size of an auto tire held at arm's length. COLOR: Reddish-orange. SOUND: None. ALTITUDE: First observed just above the tree tops, straight above; then ascended to very high SPEED: Not estimated. "unidentified." TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: September 24, 1961, at 11:40 P.M. local time/1.39 miles south of the