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The three observers were William John Meyer, Jr., the ex-Navy pilot; Gerald E. Weber of Arlington, Va., and a guard at George Washington University, who directed Mr. Weber's attention to the UFO as he was crossing the University parking lot to his car. All three saw a noiseless, dark gray, diamond- shaped object about the size of a Piper Cub, or roughly 20 feet long. Mr. Weber described the UFO as: "Dark gray with a light at the bottom of it." Mr. Meyer, the most observant of the three, was more detailed: "Dark navy gray with pulsating orange-brown glow in approximately one-third of the center area." In Mr. Meyer's case, the object had flown directly overhead as he was watching it. In his own words: "The object approached me head-on - passed directly overhead - and did not change course while in sight." He had been sitting in his car, parked for a traffic light to change, at the intersection of Virginia Avenue and "E" Street, North West, when he sighted the strange shape in the sky. He stepped out of his car for a better look and had it in sight for one minute. (The two other observers watched it for three minutes.) But I'll let the ex-Navy pilot tell his own story: "In the meantime, the traffic light had changed to 'Go' and the automobiles behind me were so busy blowing horns and trying to get around me that no one took the time to look up. As the object approached, I could see no wings, protrusions of any type, or vapor or exhaust trail. As the object passed directly over my head I saw that it was diamond-shaped - absolutely no noise could be heard above the traffic noise. I estimated the object to be between 1200 and 1500 feet above me. As the object passed over me I turned to watch it - it appeared to have thickness in proportion to its size, which I judged would be approximately the size of Piper Cub aircraft if it were 'squared off.' I watched the object until it disappeared behind the building-horizon, approximately 30°. The object was very clear against the sky at all times-darker than the sky, which was cloudless. Edges were sharp. "At no time while I had the object in view did it change course or altitude, or move behind or in front of something and reappear, or change in color. The motion was smooth and speed seemed constant. I saw no portholes or other openings. The orange-brown glow in the center portion seemed to pulse at rather a rapid rate. I have stopped at the same place several times since the sighting and moved my hand across the same flight path, at what I estimated the speed to be, and I end up with just about one "I am convinced that the object I saw was as I have described it and could not have been any conventional heavier- or lighter-than-air craft, any phenomenon caused by temperature-inversion "T think that the object was exactly what it appeared to be: a type of aircraft capable of moving through the air without the use of conventional wings, rotors, vanes, propelling devices, or noise. I have not been able to reconcile what I saw with any known object which would give any similar To this day, nobody working in Project Blue Book has been able to find a reasonable explanation for the strange diamond-shaped UFO. And it certainly can be classed as a "good unknown." - minute for time in sight. mirage, or sun reflection. likeness if put in the air."