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Incident # 171 Cont'd About Sunset on 3 Aug 1948, dout 25 kilometers (20miles) northwest of enced American newspaner reporter saw an unidentified attitude. It was long and narrow and proceeded at cessive speed in a generally south-west northeast very Lg geod. ghey 4 from reflected sunlight. i @ seen md no & was heatd, It looked like a rigid ¢ airship and was so identified by a Russian acquaintance who saw it at However, the reporter, in spite of the appearance of object was of the opinion that it was not a rigid airship due Fincipally to its high speed. He had no theory to offer. NA COMMENT: This object might have been anything. Its speed seems insufficient for a guided missile, but it could have been either a jet or a conventioml airplane as umisual light conditions and fore-shortening frequently give aircraft a freakish appearance. The possibility that it wasa dirigible should not be excluded. Reference "4" should not be excluded, REFSRENCE A? The upper winds in Russia are not publided but it ws noted that on the following morning there were high surface winds with storm predictions.