IN REPLY ADDRESS BOTH
23 September 1947
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(2) Absence of trail, except in a few instances where the
object apparently was operating under high perfor-
mance conditions.(3) Circular or elliptical in shape, flat on bottom and
domed on top.(4) Several reports of well kept formation flights varying
from three to nine objects.(5) Normally no associated sound, except in three instances
a substantial rumbling roar was noted.(6) Level flight speeds normally above 300 knots are esti-
mated.
piloted aircraft which has the general description of the object in sub- paragraph (e) above which would be capable of an approximate range of 7000 miles at subsonic speeds.
pense of current projects and therefore, if directed, should be set up in- dependently of existing projects.
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(1) The possibillity that these objects are of domestic origin - the product of some high security project not known to AC/AS-2 or this Command.
(2) The lack of physical evidence in the shape of crash
(3) The possibility that some foreign nation has a form
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this matter to include the preparation of complete sets of all available and pertinent data which will then be made available to the Army, Navy, Atomic Energy Commission, JRDB, the Air Force Scientific Advisory Group, NACA, and the RAND and NEPA projects for comments and recommendations, with a preliminary report to be forwarded within 15 days of receipt of the data and a detailed report thereafter every 30 days as the investi-
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