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in 1948 and they were having quite a

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round of UFO uh sightings at that time

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and at the time I was back in North

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Carolina flying in reserve we had uh

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347s there changed the designation now

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to f-47's Fighters uh the old jug as we

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used to call it and we were going out to

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do some flowering one Saturday morning

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and there was really this there's a map

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on this particular flight we were going

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to look over the countryside do a little

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formation uh worked and uh that was

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about it so the boys lined up I was

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number two in takeoff position the other

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ship took off ahead of me

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and this was approximately nine o'clock

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in the morning and uh the chick took off

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and I cleared the deck and uh leader to

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join up somewhere around uh eight to ten

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thousand feet

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I haven't taken off and climbed up to

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approximately five or six thousand

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freedom of the exactly sure right now of

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the hour of dude and they the tower

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called me or not necessarily called me

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called to the Street Fighters just

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clearing the area

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to say saw anything in the air

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at such and such a position from the

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field

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with that I looked up and to my right

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uh at approximately oh I would say by

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the clock probably around one o'clock or

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two o'clock in position on the two

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o'clock position I saw a large ball of

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fire that's what it looked like to me

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anyway as I say I got the call but then

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of course I immediately started looking

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around I looked up to the right saw this

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ball of fire at approximately two

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o'clock and uh with that I shoved the

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throttle to the firewall and

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end up in this direction I wasn't sure

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at the moment I sort of blinked my eyes

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I turned my head for a second they

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couldn't pass me it was the sun

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reflecting off the canopy of the

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aircraft

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that was a normal sunshiny morning

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visibility was unlimited very few

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scattered clouds

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um as the sitting at that time was

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probably somewhere around oh 20 25 000

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feet I say seating any clouds that were

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in the area were approximately that

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altitude

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and I turned up into my light climbing

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up in the direction as I pulled up on

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the nose of the aircraft this object or

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ball of fire as it appeared to me moved

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across in front of me not necessarily at

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any uh rapid rate of speed nor was it

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slow but it moved uh do my eyesight

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anyway moved across in front of me I

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then sort of over on left Wings still

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climbing and uh pulled up toward it and

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with that as I made my turn to the left

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to still climbing uh I was then

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approximately I would say at about 15

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000 feet it's exactly sure the altitude

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right now I know when I cited it I

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believe I was around six or seven

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thousand feet

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and I had climbed almost that much more

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another seven or eight thousand feet as

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I started making my turn to the left was

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that the object in a very rapid rate of

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speed

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directly up straight up and disappeared

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from you I mean it just uh it didn't

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abruptly fade from view it just

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disappeared I mean gradually just show

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them you know something in your line of

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vision just goes out of sight by that

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time I as I pulled up then I know that

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my last altitude check was around I

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believe 16 17 000 feet something were in

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there and of course I didn't have any

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Oxygen I immediately overrun a wing and

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uh down again I called the tower and

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they blow contact with the tower

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whatsoever uh until this point I called

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the tower to tell them that I had seen

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this object uh they themselves

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said that they demand Tower spotted the

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object and called the aircraft in the

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area to see whether anyone was having

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any trouble or just what they might have

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seen I then came down called the other

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aircraft and asked them if they had seen

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them one of the other Pilots said he

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thought he saw something he wasn't sure

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but he did see me uh play with all of my

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aircraft and started climbing and he

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couldn't figure out why we were supposed

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to meet in a certain area and I was

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going in the opposite direction I told

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him what I had seen just briefly is that

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I spotted something and without the

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tower operator cut in and wanted to come

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down and make a report

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so I immediately landed and went into

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operations and filed my report oh I

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imagine it was some two or three weeks

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later so the people from Washington I

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guess they were from Washington where

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they came from came down to talk to me

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as far as any more elaboration on this

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particular UFO sighting

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and I would have to say that it is UFO

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it certainly was unidentified

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I never figure this that I did not see

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any shape whatsoever to this object I

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mean I've heard reports I had heard

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reports prior to this one I've heard

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them since but they said that the people

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saying they found them had actually seen

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a definite shape to the uh object was

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possibly a blurred outline of light uh

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to it but in myocardine there was

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absolutely no shade to it whatsoever

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other than just a ball

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I would have to say it was round the

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round ball of fire not necessarily any

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brighter in the center

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than it was on the Outer Edge it did

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fade off on the Outer Edge the outer

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edge was not clearly defined it was it

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was um Jesus as fire as you know when

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you see uh fire burning it's not that

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clearly outlined flame it's uh Jagged

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edges or fuzzy edges and that's what

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there was to this there was absolutely

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no definite outline to it whatsoever and

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as far as moving when it moved it moved

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in the same shape it did not leave the

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tail behind it in order to change in in

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shape or size or color

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in any manner shape or form and I was I

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was uh fairly sure in my own estimation

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that uh possible was the sun reflecting

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after the canopy I don't know why I've

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had uh in various Maneuvers and aircraft

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with a flexi class uh canopy on it I've

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had the sun glare off of it and uh I

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always wear sunglasses when I fly

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except of course in in a real cloudy

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rainy weather where you naturally

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wouldn't need it but in on one about

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some sunny days I always wear sunglasses

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named pet I have made turns where the

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sun we say is behind me that I would

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make a turn which would cause the sun to

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reflect off of the canopy's aircraft and

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I've had it reflect in a streak or just

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a flash of ball of the sun my sunglasses

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would be diffusing the right erect

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portion of the sunlight and uh I've used

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Polaroid glasses but uh I I don't know

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since I say I'm not going to sit here