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v & Incident: 2 Mr Tom Rush, a pilot with Dixie Air Service, Jackson, Mississippi, and nis wife (private pilot), signted an unidentified serial object 2 miles est of Jackson, Mississippi, at 1700 C, 1 Jan 49 while coming 4n for a landing at the Dixie Airport. Object was first described as being cigar-shaped with short stubby wings resem ng a ro (Second renort states there were no wings) Mr Rush spec in a signed letter “as the object made its turn, it we r the object didn't have winge." Object was first thought to be a le tow target about 0) feet oa end sbout 10 feet in diameter at one end and about 4 ft at the treiling end, The tail even fluttered like wat there was nothing towing it and the object moved at greater spee tow tergets, When the object crossed in front of the plane Rush e the speed to be about 200 } and atuted that the object. crossed sone feet in front of them. After the turn, the object was witnin 1,200 of the plane, Mr Ruch attempted to point out tbe object to i but the pilot did not understand and apparently @id not see t As the object turned to the southwest it accelerated its speed out of sight, Object seen for some 10 tele seconds. © Dlue or Dlack, Speed at first sighting - 200 miles per ho thought to have accelerated to between 400 to 600 mph. Object wee sighted by the above persons who were pesvengers in & civilian airereft. No photogranhe were taken since @ camera wes © ble. The Stinson was flying at about 1,800 feet. Investigati schedules of odjacent airfields could throw no light on the inci