The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space AgeMenzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard)
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The World of Flying Saucers: A Scientific Examination of a Major Myth of the Space Age
Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard)
Unidentified flying objects
The assistant traffic controller then walked to the south window of
the tower and looked out. He could see the Cub in the air and, a
little above it, a clear white light. The light was moving swiftly to
the north, then shifted and continued in a straight line toward the
northwest. After watching it for several seconds, he returned to his
post. A few minutes later Gorman called the tower for the third time to
say that he was going to try to close in on the unknown. The traffic
controller then stepped to the south window of the tower. Through his
binoculars he could see a light moving rapidly over the field in a
straight line toward the northwest. It had no particular shape and was
merely a clear white light about the size of a plane’s tail lamp. After
a few seconds he returned and resumed communication with Gorman.
The pilot of the Cub glimpsed the light briefly as he was landing his
plane. He supposed it to be the tail light of another ship going very
fast in a straight line in a westerly direction, and was puzzled by
the fact that an army plane seemed to be pursuing it. After landing
he delivered some bottles of Coca-Cola to the tower operators and,
overhearing the conversation between them and Gorman, stepped to the
balcony at the southeast corner of the tower to see what was happening.
From there he could see the light going west, with the army plane after
it. The light shifted briefly to the southeast but almost immediately
resumed its northwest course and disappeared after a few seconds.
Lieutenant Gorman, meanwhile, had begun a weird “dogfight.” The UFO
seemed to be at an altitude of about 1000 feet, was traveling about 250
miles an hour, and was blinking off and on. As he approached, the light
banked to the left. Gorman dived after it but could not catch up. The
light then began to climb in a rapid turn. Attempting to turn with it,
Gorman blacked out temporarily from the excessive speed.
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