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panne ee © C Attempto at intcrecption arc not made ovory tine that un. uentificd inngesa appoar bricfly on an Air Force radar scope. Current Air Force intercoptora ara short-range, short-durution, high-spoecd aircraft and con be cmployed moat offoctively whon it fo poseiblo to track a target by visual or radar means oo that ite position in the air at eomo futuro time my be prodictod with a reasonzblo dogroo of accuracy. Methods of Evnlusting The first ctcp in evaluating sichtings of unugual aerial phcnomenc is ts collect all evcilable deta and check it against imown airborne objccta such es balloons, airercsft, miosiles, motcors, and weathcr phenoncna, If still uncxplained, reports from relicble sources, vith eifficiont details, arc turncd over to epeciclista in various scicntifie fielda for further anclysis,. Futuro Plans for Eyalusting As ateted enriier, therc is 2 nocd for potter reports from trained observers woing adequate equipment. The Air Force intendc to implement its preaent study with instmuwnto wherever pocsible, The recont dovelopmont of special photographic equipment may make it posaible to gether data hitherto wunobtainiblo through ordinary photographic methods. This equipnont consists of a Mffraction grating camera which separatoo licht into ita component parts (spectrum) and registers then on film, The principle involvod is thet usod by astronomcrs in dotermining the conposition of tho stars. In this menner Air Force sciontiots ray be able to determine the chaructoristico of the phononent and subsequently identify the source, Another prop2sal involves the use of a continuously operating Schmict telescope cquipped with 2 camerc. This telcscope has a wide aperture lena ond {se capable of covering a cone of 150 dcgrecs or nearly the whole sky from horizon to horizon. This equipmont will mike it possibic to gct on o serics of photo- graphic platos a completo record of what hoappene in the sky at night. What "Ssucerg" Aro Not The Air Force hza statca in the past, end ronffirme at the present tims, thot theao unidentifiod ucrinrl phenomem: ere not 2 sceret weapon, missilo or aircraft, developed by the United Stctes. None of the three military dcparticnts nor any other ogoncy in the government is conducting experinento, classified wr otherwiso, with flying objccte which could be = boeie for the reported phenomena, As for ss is mown there ic nothing in then thot ic assoctatod with material or vehicica that are dirocted agcinat the United Statce, from anothcr country or froa other plonctc, Your intcrect in thig mettor 1o gproutly apprecioted. Plcasc call upon us if wo my be of further oervicc, Sincerely yours, rae