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there were radar reports of unidentified

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flying objects over the nation's capital

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we had three reports one came from

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andrews air force base radar control

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room and two from the radar controls at

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washington national airport

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the first sightings consisted of a

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number

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of unidentified targets picked up on

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radar

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then a call was placed from national

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to the andrews air force base flight

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controllers they were apparently

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tracking the same targets

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then andrews reported a visual

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observation of three objects

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that were apparently in the same

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position as those indicated by our radar

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sets

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the targets stayed on radar until about

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12 30 a.m

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they move slowly at first about 100 to

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200 miles per hour

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then one of the targets

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sped away at a fantastic rate of speed

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it moved west

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from andrews toward riverdale

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the estimated speed was 7

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300 miles per hour 7

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300 miles per hour

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in the summer of 1952 on the dates july

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19th 20th 26th and 27th

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washington dc

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was for a lack of a better word invaded

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by unidentified flying objects

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now most of you know that the end result

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the whole episode was blamed on

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temperature inversions

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and that's why the radar malfunctioned i

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am here to discuss the so-called flying

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saucers

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the air force interest in this problem

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has been due to our feeling of an

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obligation to

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identify

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and analyze to the best of our ability

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anything in the air

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that may have the possibility of threat

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or menace to the united states

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we have as a date come to only one firm

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that is that

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it does not contain

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any pattern of purpose

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or of consistency

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that we can relate with any to any

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something about that time

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stayed with me it still stays with me

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it was a big case

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probably the biggest case that our

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country has seen

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and this is why i say that as well as

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radar pickups at two different

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facilities a washington tower and the

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air route traffic control at washington

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airport

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there were also radar pickups at andrews

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and at andrews

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there were two radars

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and the radar controllers reported

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strong signals

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andrew's tower to washington control

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they're back just as they just left our

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scope they drop back in again out of

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nowhere you got them over

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those blips are solid they're good and

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solid and later testified that

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they were familiar with what temperature

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and they even showed up during this

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event

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but they disregarded them because they

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the visual sightings were also

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discounted

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due to the temperature inversion you

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make out what type of craft it is over

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flight 639 torsion control

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we can just see a light

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a blue green light over here later said

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that

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also had their visual sightings

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around 4 000

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altitude

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where the temperature inversion would

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take place now nobody seemed to question

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that in the press

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which was jam-packed in the press room

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listening to general samford did not

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question this

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but if you go through the documents

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the visual sightings were not

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at 4 000

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feet altitude

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some were in upwards of 19 000 feet

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altitude the best report that i've heard

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came from

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caa

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in the pilot with capital airlines

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about a transport plane

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as the huge capital liner trim and

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graceful turns toward the loading raft

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to end its trip none of the beauty of

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it should also be noted that some of the

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sightings were observed with the low

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power telescope we don't have to go by

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testimony alone that we know some people

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read the transcripts

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the dispatch transcripts

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from the capital airlines pilot

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that goes from unknown and unidentified

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objects received on radar most of the

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objects cited by the plane t-807

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national airlines 610 between

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herndon and washington cruising objects

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over vicinity for several hours

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none ground sighted that we know of here

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however ground sighted at harrisburg in

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york pennsylvania

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t807 cited three at level flight moving

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and it was later reported that

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one reaching upwards of 7 000 miles per

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hour

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reported several flying objects with

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bright lights

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the tower had numerous unidentified

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blips on the radar screen

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and they asked him to check dave pratt

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was able to successfully observe the

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blitz

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on airways radar

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about seven blips were in the area even

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more perplexing was their occasional

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disappearance from the screen

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for one and sometimes two sweeps

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blipping

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after which they reappeared moving

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rapidly

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all trips

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interesting part was the first

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notification to colonel power and

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captain rupa which was

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actually on the 22nd of july 1952.

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uh they had been at andrews air force

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base the previous day and they didn't

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even captain rupa was quoted as saying

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before the day is over

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i have a feeling this is a hot incident

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it's also within these incidences

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that we learned that major fournette

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would no longer be the contact man in

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washington for unidentified object

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reports a new agency

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handling this coordination

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is under the topical intelligence

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and the current intelligence interesting

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um actually read in uh rupell's book

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he tried to visit the different

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establishments that you know took up the

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radar observations and had the

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eyewitnesses

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couldn't get

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he would have to pay for it himself he

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did not have a car and bus routes

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unfortunately were too slow for him to

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get to

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in a fast enough way

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a colonel thomas wound up calling

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captain rupaul at his home and stated

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the radar at washington national airport

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tower has been picking up objects

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lieutenant holcomb and major fournette

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at washington national tower and

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observing the objects f-94s have been

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scrambled with no luck

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something else was going to be tried and

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what's that something else was colonel

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thomas stated that several press

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representatives were at the tower and

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photos have been taken in the

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disposition form attention captain

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from captain james

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the radar pings were generally described

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as sporadic intermittent capable of

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dropping out

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of the pattern at will creeping

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just disappearing from scope

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and solid and

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unidentified targets were

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all throughout the past few months but

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none were as strong as

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they were consistent

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on the dates of the 19th 20th 26th

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witnessed our air defense in action

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the results of a warning that an

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unidentified flying object was

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approaching our ever alert outposts of

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defense

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radar systems made up of installations

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such as this one are constantly

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searching the heavens for signs of

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without them there would be no warning

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such an installation there would be no

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warning either

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it's called a klystron tube um the

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capital airlines pilot of flight 807

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veteran of 17 years service with the

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company and he spotted the objects and

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they were like falling stars without

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falling or shooting stars whatever you

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call them

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but these were much faster than anything

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they couldn't have been aircraft they

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were moving too fast for that

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they were about the same size as bright

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stars and were much higher than our 6

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000 foot altitude shortly thereafter

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officials said pierman reported back to

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dispatch tower and he spotted a group of

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pyramid then flying at normal cruising

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speed of 180 to 200 miles per hour

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reported that three of the objects which

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had the appearance of bright lights

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were seen traveling with tremendous

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speeds later three bright lights were

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observed pierman reported airport

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traffic control center said another

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airliner capital national airlines plate

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reported observing a light

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following it

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to within four miles of the national

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major keyhole as author of the book

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flying saucers are real what is your

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opinion of these new sightings of

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unidentified objects with all due

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respect to the air force i believe that

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some of them will prove to be of

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interplanetary origin during a

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three-year investigation i found that

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many pilots have described objects of

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substance

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and high speed one case polish reported

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their plane was buffeted by an object

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which passed them at 500 miles an hour

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obviously this was a solid object that i

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believe was from outer space

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washington national airport just 10

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minutes from the capitals business

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section on u s highway one has the

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distinction of being the only commercial

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airport owned by the united states

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through its recently enlarged and

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redesigned terminal building some of the

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most important people in the world

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prime ministers potentates and just

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plain people thousands of them every day

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deplaned at washington national airport

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most of the visitors like this

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i guess it means something

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that you get upset and start running

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i'll take your advice to the cleaners

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and i'll accidentally leave it there on

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i got ufos on my mind

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is it even raining on me so bright above

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[Music]

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is it even raining

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[Music]

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sometimes it's only nothing