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Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0 “All the time I was observing the object, after getting visual confirmation from the ground, I was describing what I saw on radio unicom frequency. I was answering questions from the ground both from Utah Central, and Provo. The voice at Provo said that they could not see the object, but at least 8 or 10 people did see it from the ground at Utah Central Airport. “As to seeing it again, I was returning to the field after it had departed when I was asked over radio if I still could see the ob- ject, and I reported that I could not. They said they had it in sight again. I turned back and saw it at much greater distance only for about a second or two when it completely vanished. The guys on the ground said it went straight up as it finally left, but I didn’t see that departure.” On the NICAP report form, Mr. Harris pointed out that the UFO at one time ‘passed below the horizon in front of mountains to the south.” This fact rules out any astronomical explanation. Later that month, an engineer in Pennsylvania saw a formation of four disc-shaped objects, with apparent lights or ports on the rims. HAVE SCIENTISTS REPORTED UFOs? uuKers AMEAMGD vo OE HERE Dooce emcee ey 3] j Ligonier 1538 Canwest Webinpon 68. ©: -HIOKT ON wpunFED FLYING oMsers) fom ncaa mtn ed byt Ud Sts i Frew by te me ace! netting enn, toa gation’ chek Seven mt medal he hl eaten OP EA “er main hsb ly si soca fo ran Pl wil be aid by NICAP inn opti ‘nce aun i eater plcon Pina vy ernest nay geo pues thd yuna eso Se ttn pa Pe pt pen Yo ebomce sg wae dh poeielyepeneneh ek Pe 1 Meme Cart H. 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Astronomers, other scientists, and experienced observers of many types have often made reports [Section v, vi]. One detailed report by trained observers, describing a man- euvering elliptical UFO, hasbeen reportedbriefly in the literature. The full, copyrighted story is here reproduced, with permission of the publisher. [J. Gordon Vaeth, ‘200 Miles Up — The Conquest of the Upper Air,” Second Edition, Revised Printing. Copyright (c) 1956, The Ronald Press Company, N. Y., ppg. 113-116.] The General Mills, Inc., balloon personnel, who launched and tracked most of the large plastic research balloons during the 1940’s and 1950’s took little stock in UFO reports until April 24, 1949, “On that date, a balloon crew was at the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico, together with personnel from the U.S. Navy Special Devices Center for a special Skyhook flight to be undertaken for that Office of Naval Research activity. The author was present as Navy representative in charge of the ground handling and balloon phases of the operation. “As part of this particular project, a balloon launching site had been established three miles north of Arrey, New Mexico. Charles B, Moore, Jr., an aerologist, graduate engineer and balloonist, and four enlisted personnel from the Navy Unit, White Sands Proving Ground, had set up facilities there to ob- serve and record local weather data preparatory to the Special Devices Center Skyhook operation. Instrumentation on hand con- sisted of a stop watch and a ML-47 (David White) theodolite, a tracking instrument consisting of a 25-power telescope so mounted as to provide readings of vertical (elevation) and horizontal (azimuth) bearings. “At 10:20 A.M, on April 24th, this group of five released a small 350-gram weather balloon for observation of upper wind velocities and directions. The balloon was followed by Moore with the theodolite until immediately after the 10:30 reading, when he relinquished the tracking instrument to look up to find the balloon with the naked eye. “Searching the sky for the balloon, he thought he had found it Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP8{ROGBEURUUD TOO UTOUUTEO™ “ee