1 00:00:03,830 --> 00:00:01,829 we were flying along in a 20-inch 2 00:00:06,070 --> 00:00:03,840 apartment very much like this one now 3 00:00:07,909 --> 00:00:06,080 we're coming south through florida and 4 00:00:09,190 --> 00:00:07,919 uh we're just about the same altitude 5 00:00:10,390 --> 00:00:09,200 about a thousand feet above the ground 6 00:00:11,830 --> 00:00:10,400 which suddenly one of the men in the 7 00:00:13,990 --> 00:00:11,840 back of the airplane reported that we 8 00:00:16,070 --> 00:00:14,000 had a bright light coming down toward 9 00:00:18,070 --> 00:00:16,080 the aircraft behind us the closer it 10 00:00:19,590 --> 00:00:18,080 came the more it looked like a disc 11 00:00:21,750 --> 00:00:19,600 instead of just a light it was a 12 00:00:24,390 --> 00:00:21,760 disreflecting sunlight and it came from 13 00:00:26,550 --> 00:00:24,400 behind us over here and came rushing up 14 00:00:29,109 --> 00:00:26,560 and then suddenly a dome and passed 15 00:00:31,189 --> 00:00:29,119 beneath the airplane so we're looking 16 00:00:33,110 --> 00:00:31,199 down and there goes this thing along the 17 00:00:35,910 --> 00:00:33,120 ground and we can see the shadow of the 18 00:00:39,590 --> 00:00:35,920 b25 we had a wingspan of about 72 feet 19 00:00:41,350 --> 00:00:39,600 this thing was twice as wide as a b-25 20 00:00:42,950 --> 00:00:41,360 and we could see its shadow clear as it 21 00:00:44,630 --> 00:00:42,960 fell on the ground there we were right 22 00:00:46,389 --> 00:00:44,640 after it 23 00:00:48,229 --> 00:00:46,399 we said let's try and pull up alongside 24 00:00:50,069 --> 00:00:48,239 see what the hell this thing is 25 00:00:52,229 --> 00:00:50,079 the closer we came to it the bar pulled 26 00:00:54,869 --> 00:00:52,239 away from us we called patrick air force 27 00:00:57,270 --> 00:00:54,879 base with the radar tracking he picked 28 00:00:59,029 --> 00:00:57,280 up two targets us and the disc and 29 00:01:00,950 --> 00:00:59,039 finally that sucker just took off at 30 00:01:03,110 --> 00:01:00,960 about four thousand miles an hour and we 31 00:01:05,270 --> 00:01:03,120 were trying to catch it we pulled up 32 00:01:10,870 --> 00:01:05,280 went down went around 33 00:01:15,190 --> 00:01:13,510 what was it i don't know i'd like to 34 00:01:17,830 --> 00:01:15,200 know what it was because i've been 35 00:01:19,990 --> 00:01:17,840 flying for 52 years i'm flying over 36 00:01:21,590 --> 00:01:20,000 oceans deserts mounds seen all kinds of