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MAXW-PBB4-707
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Page 707 of 1466
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Maxwell Blue Book 4
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MAXW-PBB4-705
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MAXW-PBB4-707
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MAXW-PBB4-709
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1 \ PACE IS THIS PAGE IS UNCLASSIFIED '' \ V /" p \ FINAL GALLEY PROOF Galley ,^-TIIK W O1U.D OF FLYING SAUCERS sunicwli.il llaltcned. some si\ In ci^ht inches \n diameterabout a (|iiyrk-r tin* apparenl i/c ol'' llic full moon When Ik1 beuan tin1 chase tin- I''FO seemed to he al an .illltiicli- nl about 1000 lect. tr.i\"i*lin-j ahonl ^o milt s ,m Iiuiiv. and''was blinking 11T and nn. As hi1 appioachcd. ihi li^hlMunked lu|llic loll (innn.iii dived alter il , bill could mil catch up. The li''Jil (lien hi''nan In i. 1 i t 1111 in aiapid turn. Altiinptiii''j. to turn with il. V-onnan bl.uked out temporal ib from tin1. e\(.evsi\e speed " (.luiitiniiiii''j tin* chase, now at ^ooo--non leel Goiinan notici''d that I In- liujit wa.s no loiinci- 1 ill 1 iK in lz oil and on lul iwas a shad,*'' white It was nu\\ lra\elnm e\lnnnl\ last latter than the F-fti could with his lighter al so he heu.in trv inil to i ut it oil in full power As the objei I cin lild to ll.e lelt. Gmniaii i ut back lo the riuhl loi a In .idmi pass. When collision seemed uieMtable he dived and the li''Jht seemed lo pass over his canopv .il .1 distance nl about 500 leel Gorman tjien made a cliinhinu turn W|ien lie could j.ee the tidht .I''i.iin it suddciilv ivveised due*, lion and headed straight for tin- plane. |u.st heloil1" collision it pulled up and Goiinan. too. pulled up. allenvpliiiLi lo iani.''I he li''^hl went shaikh! up. williGnT- iii.in following until, at ''ij.000 leet his plane went into a power stall while the object unled some jooo leet above him. As he ic- sumed the b.Htle. the''huhll .seemed to retreat. ''Gnrinan i4.ive chase. tr\ invj to cut it Oil iji a sei iik ot lui ns to the Kit. FiualK . w hen these1 ma neu \ 11 s hail taken him smiie twentv -fiv e miles southeast ol larizo. he w.is at ij.000 leel wilh. (lie object below him al 11.000 leel. He tried lo catch il in a diviuii turn. The I''FO turned and started a head on pass, then broke it oil climbed slramht up. and disap- peared. The time was i):2~. Goiman reliirncd to ihe Fa mo aiipoit and landed. convinced that some inlelliueiice had been controlling the actions ol the unknown [ 11. I With lllie memory ol ihe .Mantel] trauedv (p. not and Ihe Chiles- Whitled si<_''h(iiiu, (see Cluniti-r \, p.-ooi still Iresh in mind, olficials from ATK! ai rived al Farnu jn le|s than tweiilv-lour hours to in- vrsli^ale this ncwint ideiil ( 2. [r. (i](l. I. They eauiullv- <|ucslmnccl Liculeiianl Goiin.in and ll;e threeOttur witnesses, bill could find no obvious explanation. No other aircialt had been in the neighbor- hood .It the tiine ol the sj^htini;. Tlie weather had been clear, v isi- ''bililv uiiliiiijU-d. vilh some .uuoral aclivilv in the norllieasl. When tested wilha control'' uroup ol five other F-^is l.li.jl had Ilii''jvJi dliiinu the same pei iod,- Gonn.ni''s plane showed no inou- ladioactjvlty than did the contiol m-oup the slightly higher amount shown by all planes alter lljuht. A lighted weathei balloon had been released I mm the v\ealhcr station, ut Faru<> ;''l S^u, ten minutes before Liculeiianl Gorman''s fii>l ca)l,''As obsi''ivi-d Irom (he station, ihe baJloon had travelcU west and then northwest. Al ij:o''o il, woulil have been near the air- poit about vvherel (he inikini\vii""1 i;j.lil was lust leppiled. However, to suppose that a balloon could have maneuvered in the sccmin^U: piirpo,scliil in.inner shown bv (lie I''I''O did not seem reasonable. The cause ot the inci(|cii( leiiiaiucd limApl.iii|ril and the 1 aSe was added to the lile ni I''iiIjiovmis. J ,1 T H I S P A 1 G E I S U N C L A'' S ! S ''. I F I E D /: ''
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