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Incident: 217 On 9 December while on flight from Washington, D. C. to Patterson Field, shortly after leaving Pittsburgh range some & to 12 miles southeast of Pittsburgh Capt Mulling asked Gol Brow if he were interested in seeing a flying disc} (ol Brow removed his flight g-agles, took a quick look and said “Looks like a balloon to me" Capt Mulling didm't agree since the object evinced a very definite movenent and was proceeding in a southwest direction at a pretty fair rate of speed. ol Brown than decided to watch the object again. The object appeared perfectly round and of a chalky white color bat did not shiny. It was whiter than the clouds and was seen against Pig oer of strips of blue sky alternating with stripes of thin broken stratus, It was much whiter than the clouds, It appeared to be traveling fairly rapidly through or above the clouds disappearing Dehind them and then reappearing tut _— pursuing a straight course. When first sighted it appeared at 60° above horison ami seemed from the observer's viewpoint to be about the size of a quarter - thought to be about 4 to 5 miles in front of the 0-5 4 borirontal shimeer or jittery motion was noticable at all times. The wae pura ing a course of 300° and then changed to 270° with the object ay on a course of 290°. The C-i5 we at cruising at 140 6,000 feet. The object appeared to be 12 to 16,000 feet and was above clouds. Object last sean at sbout 10° above the corison and was about the size of a beebee shot.