{ "slug": "dow-uap-d093", "title": "DOW-UAP-D093 Analysis-of-Flying-Object-Incidents-in-the-US 1948", "agency": "DoW", "year": "1948", "page_count": 67, "source_page": "https://wearenotalone.space/document/dow-uap-d093/", "original_file": "https://wearenotalone.space/Season 04/release_04_documents/Documents/DOW-UAP-D093_Analysis-of-Flying-Object-Incidents-in-the-US_1948.pdf", "license": "U.S. Government work — public domain. Text is machine OCR from the original scan; the page image is authoritative.", "pages": [ { "n": 1, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p01.jpg", "text": "DEClASSIFIED\nJ YSIS OF FLYING 0BJJ£CT INCi\nIN THE UNITED STATES\n203 ~ ·--= -\n­\n-- -- - ·~-\n--\n-\n~" }, { "n": 2, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p02.jpg", "text": "•" }, { "n": 3, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p03.jpg", "text": "MEMO ROUTING SLIP\nNEVE., -E~PROVALS, DISAPPROVALS,\n-CONCURRENCES, OR SIMILAR ACTIONS\n1 NAME OR TITLE\nINITIALS\nORGANIZATION AND LOCATION\nDATE\n2\n3\n4\nREMARKS\nCIRCULATE\nCOORDINATION\nFILE\nINFORMATION\nNECESSARY\nACTION\nNOTE AND\nRETURN\nSEE ME\nSIGNATURE\n/4·~6r-F7\nr/~·~\n.\n.~£k._\nw,·~ ~~~~----,;;,--.....pre,//\"'-A.\n~\n~- 7.7Y/\n.Q~GANJZATIGN AND L8CATION\nTELEPHONE\n5 ReplacesDAAGOFortn895,1Apr48,andAFRQ\n. D\nFf.GERM~,.,. 9__ -_\n16-48487\"\"' GPO\nD\n1\nvu\n_\nForm 12, 10 Nov 47, whibb may be used.\n--." }, { "n": 4, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p04.jpg", "text": "t..trasucm nr1JIS10:1 srurn:\nOI/USAF-'Ol-0:} ••\n,\n!ll!¾1S:: or,, rtm•o oa.Bar nicnr~:ij;s n1 THE u.s.\n20)\n10 nccembc,r 1948\nJ:1T.Sr~IµUl'IC l\nAir r.ntel eq Ulv\nland 3\nAir E1tio3~B\nODI\n2\n•\n4\nA1r Intel DiV\n. 3-" }, { "n": 5, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p05.jpg", "text": "•\n.\n•\n' ot fl.TI:na l)\nt\nct1da" }, { "n": 6, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p06.jpg", "text": "mrra\n1. To e:P:uune\nttom or tnctico or ~Flying SAucnr:.U (ht'1'Gimftar\nroforre;l to oo .tl.ylnJ objeota) and to devolop oonclum,ona aa to thi\nJX)Cllib1.llty of eximnca.\nJU,crs A~\nDISCUSSIO.i\n2 .. . A dotnUed di:ccwmion of inforoatio:l f.)~ on 'the F,Oblc\na.c =t forth above 10 otttiched. WJ Ap::, nJD resoarch p.rojcsctc and techhid.nn• emplo d by ~oiol nir­\nl1ne••\n4• Th• po■s1b1l1ty t •t reported ob nation ot flJ1ng object■\novert e u.s.\nr~ 1nn,umced by previcma lli(l21t1ne or lOidentut d\nin nurop ,\nrt1culnrl7 over \"caDllinavia :1n 1946, and tl t\nt.\noblervara raoortit'lJl ~\nin'.!ldents\nbavc,\nint rafted in b­\nnin\n1 _tXlbl.1.eity t.!J.V\nCl C\n•\n-\n1-\", t.ho\npOS•lb'i 11 ti.ea\nitlprobabl.e\nlecttd\nreport• CWl\nII t\nC\nfrom u.5.\nex­\nadl.n\n' strmtion• or\nt ~\nba.llooo■\nu.,\n•\n11\ntMd\n\"1'Vttr\n• ai Ud stran\n.-,o • a: cl ano\n11\"\n,arver\n1 11\ntt1\n1Llilil.sr o ;j ct ~ ne" }, { "n": 7, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p07.jpg", "text": "ocoolicm. \\'bD laat obi,a~tion at \\oidcnt1tiod ol>,,1eot,s wao 1n Al)rl.l..\n. 194?• 0\\ all tour ocoaaiono too\ntbcJi'\nUoon and tl uninantifi-1\nobjcota wen !rt v1'n thr-l,I objc,o~ f/JAY hDv\nbOcn ob1orvad rtt.t.lier tl1IJ\\ thr\nd.1.tt:•ront.\n~a. Thia ~bility 11 f\"llrtbcr nbatlntiate.d by tho taot that in\ntM\n'Wbo1'W auah ob,3eota bt&fl been obeetrvod U- t4nt1o ot tho three\nem oaor~t1on1 io •P~tol-1 tm\n'tm S.dtnt1ttcatlon of that obj a\\ ®rlnot bet raadU¥ acccul)llebed on tb\nbii11 of inl'ormation l'epottod 01:1 oacb incidtnt. tt, 11 po1otbla tha\\\nobj.ct, or objoot1,\n7\nbetm do!lorltica~ 1&111chad dm.cCNI web\nwetmr ballo=a, rook.9t.~\nMr\nntal n.,,ttl(! ffinC aircratt, or' cele\nttal phenanana, It la n•o1N11&.\\'7 to obtain tnto\naoti\"fity to ~firm or deny t.~11 p1>anib1Uty.\npendJ.na upon.\nWith whtoh thie\n7\naetha P60A, Junkers EF 1~ long-range, high-speed j~t bomber and the\nHorten 229 twin-jet fighter, -whioh p-:irticularly reaablea ooe ot the\ndescr1pt1ona of unidentified flying objects (See Appendix 11011). As\nearly aa 1924 Tncheran01rt1k7 devoloped a \"Parabola\" airorart, an all\nwing de&ilJl, which wno the outcoms of oonm.darabls Soviet experimentation\nwith gliderD or the oame general. form. SOYiet aircraft baf!led on ouch\ndeaigna m.1.ght bave speeds approaching trnnsonio •peeda attributsd to aome\nflying object ■ or greater overall performance assuming the succ&as.ful\ndevelopxnent at eome unueual propulaion d~ce aaeh aa atomic energy\nengine.\n9. That tb9 Soviet■ have a current interest 1n flyinc•'Wing type\n•iroraft 1• auggeated by their utilization of nr. OuS1ther BOolc who, at\nthe end ot world rrar n, •• 1n charge ot the nyJ.ng-wtng progru in\nGermany' (see Appendix ttA\", ~•graph 3, page 4). Aobievementa aat1•­\ntaotory to tbs u.s.s.R. are indirectly indicated by the pereooal recog­\nnition h• 1• report.ed to be NoetTing in the u.s.s.n. Recently it ha11\nbeen repoi-ted tt»t the u.s.s.R. 1• planning to build a n ..t of 1,800\n-\nHorten flying-Wing aircraft. Informati(m of low evaluation baa baon\nreoeind etatintr t!nt a regl.lns.nt ot jet m.ght .tishtere, Hod•l Ilorten\nXIII, 11 at Kumm:f kha, an air base two miles t1outl'Pfea\\ of Iiokutak." }, { "n": 9, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p09.jpg", "text": "Kurm;ti kha. is identified as one of a number of airfields for the pro­\n-\ntection ot an atomic energy plant at Irkutsk. The Horten XllI as\ndeveloped by Oermny ,ms o. glider.\n10. Assu.idng that the objects might t,ventually be identifiod as\nforei~ or foreign-sponsored dev-lces, the possible reason for their\nappe,arance over the u.s. requires consideration. Several posoible ex­\nplanations appsnr noteworthy,, v.i.zi\na. To ne~te u.s. confidence in the a.tom bomb as tho moot\nadvanced ond decisive weapon in warfare.\nb. To perform photographic reconnaissance missions.\nc.\nTo test u.s. air defenoeo.\nd.\nTo conduct :f'ami.liari~ation £lights over u.s. territoey.\nOONCLUSIe aircraft; (a) Dal.le Qf fire ot Tnrlous colore and\nlntenei\\101; (3) Ott r or p noil-shaped object, atmtl~r i~ apponronce\n\\o V-2 type rockets in horliontal flight. ihe numbere of configurations\n1" }, { "n": 11, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p11.jpg", "text": ">\nmight be further roduced wi\nthe follow~ conoideratione i n mind:\nSilver disks or balls have, or the greater part, been observed in\ndaylight nnd a number under lear weather conditions with visibility\nunlit1i~edt\nIn aost instanc a. balla of fire have been oboerved at\nnight.\nOie;ar. or pencil-sh od objects have been aig~tod in fe\\fer\nnwnbers but ~,ith about equa distribution in daylight and at nieht.\nA few accounts toll of\n·eks havil'.l,f; u rough eigar- ahapo whon\nviewed vh1lo maneuvering.\nme of the dioka are described no having\nlw:ninoa1t7 in daylight.\nhereforo is poseible that e sin&lo type\nof object J11a1 be involved i\ncightinga. and diffo~onceo in dee­\ncription n1A7 reault from vi\nng tho objects at variouo ~lee and\nunder diftoring conditiona\nvieib1lit1.\nTho n.boTo\nindicate that some type object h:l.e been oeen\nand tho poseibil ity\nt tho object or obJecta aeen aro conven­\ntional domestic deviceG, ru\ne.a we&thor balloons, test rockets, or Jet­\nequ.ipped aircraft with pane\nor flyi~ will£ oonfigur~tiona.\nThe nos1ibility e\nate that the reportiJ:I& of f~ill8 objects\nmay have\nrliar reports on similar inoidente in\nSoondino.via. and OllXltral Ilur\nThe publication in newaq>npera of de­\ntails on auch incidents. bo\nforeign and dom~atic. 1187 hove induced\neo~o of the description pro ded in reported domeatic inoidenta. However,\none of the enrlieot reporte 1ightiD4t~ in thou.a. wae the one obaencd\nby U.S. Weather Dureau per1\nel in April 1947, at lliobmon,, \\irginia.\nand on \\hG baei• ot\nreport lt appears that the diek• are not\nbulloonn. It vould aeem \\\nthin aighttng w•• not lnflueno~d by the re­\nport• of forGt n 1nc1dontm,\nbe nev~Bfer aooou.nte of domoetic lnoidente,\n-\nnor by mieldentiflcation of\nconTcntional object.\nAltho~h reported\nmestie 1noidonte are l.1id.oly aoetterod through­\nout the u.s., fregy.ency of\n,;htl:ng a.nd n'U.lllber of obeervors per sighUue;" }, { "n": 12, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p12.jpg", "text": ". '\n'asouoes a definable pattern.\" There is a large concentration of aight­\ninga along the ~stern Seaboard. another large concentration throU(;h­\nout the 1t'ostern Coast states, and a . few sightiru?s\n-\n'-n the Mi ddle ,1est.\nDistribution of incidonts by configuration of object snd description\nof maneuverability is approximately equal in each of theoo araaa and\nthis i o believed to further 'substanti ate the possibility tbet one type\nof object mieht have been observed in different asneots of fli€ht.\nIf sightings are induced by rumor, it seeca unusU£>1 t.lult more\nincidenta have not been reported from tho vreas with hi€h concentra­\nt 1on of population.\nReports from such areas would also hnve creater\nfacility in channel1IJG either to newspapers or official reporting ngon­\nclee. For the most part, _o1ght1J1€;s have b~en made 1n fairly onen country\nwhere there are few ro,trictione to vhibilit7, .·~-hich may indicate that .\nobstructod vision hn.o reduced oightingo in bu11,-up aroas.\nIt thorofore Geems th.at aome type of flying objoct has been ob­\nserved; tho identification of ita origin requires tho co~!pletion of other\n3. Eoaa1blo Or1«1~ of UnuoU4l J'lrlns Objnpt1& Provided, upon the\ncompletion of annlyaeB, it 1c inrlicated that nome or nll of the reported\nflyill8 objects over the U.S. nro of foreign or1&in, the objectc could\nfrom a logical viewpoint, be couaidered Soviet. It is evident from the\nperforaance character1et1oe attributed to the un1dnntified objectn at\nthiu time that 1f they are foreign, the1 involve efficiencies of por­\nformanoe which hnve not been ro&liz•d in nn~ op~rat1ollt\\l airborne de­\nvice in thie country. It would, therefo•e, be o. rnietake to analyae the\ntechnical n,weets of the situation within th• limtt, of our cwn knowl­\nedge of p~actinnl dcvelopmentn.\nIt is more deeirable to consider then\nthe 0\\1ter llmiti, of poealble Soviet develop11entfl and objecti1.ve11 in nt•\ntEJmptlng to !c,rmul&.te aom\nidea of the tectic\" whioh might be involved." }, { "n": 13, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p13.jpg", "text": "of all, the\nobjectiveG of ihe u.s.s.R. ha.ve\n-\nbeen st tod many times and indicatod in many f orms,\nThe most clear­\ncut statement of this obJoctive is prob bl7 the one contained in the\nprea ble to the ourth five-year Plan (1946-1950) which states that\nthe objective of Soviet science ie to overt ke and surp an the seienti­\n.fio and technical development ,of the ca 1tali t nat1ona~ It appar ntly\n.would be· n imnosoible tosk for the Goviet Union to ocoopliah such an\n.objoctive by proce ding st~- by- atep lone; the same lines of develop­\nment already achieved in the capitalist\ntione. This would menn that\nit would b-e ne oossary to rapidly proceed through en.ch phase of aero­\nn utic I development that bae lr aa,- been accomplished in thia country, and\nthis ~robably would never have any pro pecto of ace ler ti\nSoviet dev lop­\nment b yond any point re ched by the U. S.\nTh\nobviou an wer to coom­\nplioh their objoct1v of not onl7 overt kin , but surpassing the capitalist\noountrioa would b a sci nt1f1c shortcut.\nThi poe 1b1lity 1 not so r ­\nmote when examined on the b aio of our knowl dge of th curr nt ituation\nin th U. S. S.R. Provi~ d Soviot eophasis was ·iven to the mot promieing\nand\ndvaneed idea ncquir d fro\nGe\nny in 1945 and th work aided by\nGerm n aoientiote, the po e1b111t7 of catchi\n~ and pooaibly\nUl'p ssin\nother n tion int ohnic 1 dev lopment, b comes mor\nre 11at1c.\nIt be­\ncomes ev n oor re 11 tio if th Soviet hav\nshown\nt ndency to ooncen­\ntr te on cort in d8velopm nte whioh have still not reoe1v d\nllaltimum of\npriority in our own progr\n•\nIt is know that the u~ .s.R. hae sine 1946 enli ted the Ir-\nvie\nof Vr .\nnther oc,\nGerman who head d all develop nt of low\nUo (flyin wi\n) t\naircraft in Ge\nY'•\nDr.\nook: 111 bulteved\nto b\nth\nop\nci ntie in cl re t\n!' I.AM whio\nre\n\"1r\nh\n7urth r, 1\n1•\noc\ne fr fly­\n1\nt\nairer f\n0\nhe\nvi t •\n• co\nld rd\n4" }, { "n": 14, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p14.jpg", "text": "• .\nthe Germans o.nd possibly\n-\nflyi ng wing ty-pa aircraft w se confi[;Uration would be sinilor to des~\ncr1r tions of cortain\nr eported flyinc ovor the U. S.\nThe eati­\nmated q,eeds of such\nrange of the lower limits of\n-\nspeed attributed to flyin,e o jecta over the U. S. It ia not 1I!Jposs1ble\n~\n.\nthat emphaois on surpas~ll'lo oroii;n developments haa led to unuoual pro­\ngres& in fucloandpropulaio by the u.s.s.R.\nIn connection with pos­\na1ble advancemento in the fi ld of fuelo and propuloion. 1t:shou.ld be\nobserved that tho Russian o\noituation (regardless of eotimated oil\nreaorvor,) io quite differont from t~t in the U. s.\ni\"or e~le, u.s.\noil industry is preparod to urn out tremendous qunntit1ea of hi~hly\nfractionotod petroleum pro\ntq, while the u.~.s.R. cannot reasonebly\napproach ouch c~pab111tiee.\nThie consideration dictates d1f!orent solu­\ntions on fuel~ for propuls1o 1n the two countrieo and 1n turn, dictnte1\n-\nthe direction taken in dev~~ omont of jat motors or the U88 of other pro­\npuloiv& dovicoa.\nWe must tl rcfora. arrive .at the concluoion that any-\nSoviet aevice which mar have made ite s~penranoe over the u.s. as des­\ncribed, would possaeo unusUR performance charaot~ristioa ~hioli, in all\nprobability, would include\nrenge. The poo1ibilit7 th~t they could\n' unconventional aircraft moy ~ve been flown ov~r tho U.S. tor ono, all, or\na oombinntion of the followi g reasons:\nha•• b~eu used in• propB&&nda eonao. it\nwould be r easonable to assum thnt the Goviete would mooee ttret to\nfri«hten pro-Aoler:l.oan no.tton in .filu.rope with the ap_p•aranoe of a rnd.1.ooll;y\n5" }, { "n": 15, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p15.jpg", "text": "aligru:ient of these nations\nbe observod at an increaoine rote over the u. s.\npean nations and the u.s. b~ tho appearance of a new\nfoilure to i dentify such a\n. S. dovelopm\nto characterize the&e incid tn entirely_\n. ,\nnev we~pon to counteract\nabilit~ of the U. S. t o obtain full propaganda\neffectivenees with the atom\nIt will be remeI!l'berad t hat strange\nobjects first appeared over he Scandinavian coUhtriee in 1946.\nThe ob­\njects observed there had unu ual range and unusual performance oharacteris­\ntics. As this demonstration over tho Scandinavian countries occurred\ntho U. S. was making a v1goro s campaign for t he economic and political\nth other pro~merican ieatern ~uropean na­\ntions.\n\\?hen\nsubsidod, strange flyine; objPcts bocan to\nThe conclusion on this\npoint is that flyill(; object may h~ve been used to frighten both Euro-\ndevice, and thnt\nobject would give them invaluable in­\ndication that U\ni s far behind that of tho Soviets.\nExcept for thi1J\ni e believed that the uce of tho objects\nto promoto fear\nhleaa 1n that the U. S. public has tended\nan ho.llucinationE1 by ''crack pote11 ,\nmisldentific~t1on of convent onal objecta, or that they repres~nt a secret\nAmerican project\nnot be publici~ed. Any fear that micht re­\nault from Soviet\ne only b~ a discovery that the objects h4ve\nbeen Soviet aircraft and t\nthey involve radical developmanta which\nore 1n advance of our\nobjeot~ for the cellecticn\n~hotograph1o intGlligence or the mappil'IB\nof certain aren1 in the U.S\nThe evaaive action emplo7ed by all objocta\n•16hted\nan attempt to avoid bei!l€ aightod. na an\n~ttcmpt to prevent d11clo1u\nof the ex&ct t;vpe of fl1ing crmtt and it•\nmiaeion.\n!rhe ~l~ht1nc of o eets over the U.S. ru o ~een most intense 1A\n•\nEaetorn and Westorn Coa~t\nln addition, Jightitl&• of flying ooJeote\n6" }, { "n": 16, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p16.jpg", "text": "J\nhave been made near Oak Ridge, Tenn.; :Uo.s Cruces. n, H. , and in the\n·-\ngeneral area of the Hanford Works in' Orogon_.\nGonernlly, aightinis have\nnot been made over what we consider strategic industrial arooe.\nThe\nreason for thia mi~ht be either thnt the flying_objecto have boen ob­\nserved only enroute to or from misoiono over tbeGe.oore concentrated\nstrategic arena, or that the Soviets obtained sufficient information\n.\nduring thoir World War II liaioon with u.s. industry to natiafy tho1r\nintelligence reQuirements and have a more active requir~~ent for in~oroa­\ntion on industrioe and area~ which were not available to the~ during\nWorld Uar It contacts. This 12 of inter~st in connection with the\nsightinca near Oak Ridge, LaG Cruces, and in tha general area of the Hanford\nWorks nince theee eetabliohmnnts wrenot, end ara not, acocsaibl~ to Soviet\ncollectoro of photo~raphic intelli -~onco.\nlt is poffolblo thnt the use of 5oviot f1Yill6 objects over\nthe U. S. io int~ndcd oni,- to dotormine the ability of the U.3. defenses\nto npot ioreign aircraft.\nThie would be of extreme laportanoe to the\nU.G.S.R. in tho event that a one-way all-out attack of Soviet atre.te­\ng1o bombers 1o plcnned. Ability to operQto oYer the U.S. unin'W.bitod\nat a time when the u.s. is suppoced.17 ro-a1'1i21ng and puttin« greBt atrea1\non defenaee would provide yaluable informatiott on which to base e1tlmate1\nfor probnbilit7 of suocftoe in bombing stratoeic obJectiTe1 1n the U. S.\nd. Ew;l1l111rbetiop Zl,ittht1....2If'I£ U.8. T0n:1to;a.\nThis poaolbl~ reacon le ptrbnp$ the mott improbable. lt\nie aooumod thnt, ohould thie 1;1urpooo bo involved, other purposori are\nprob bl1 nl~o ccoolllpllahed ln ite execution.\nFrov1dcd the u.n.s.n. het\n-\nunUoutilly hlsh pl!rformnnee a1rcreft they ~1{:ht find it ~dv.ontaeeoue to\nfamllit1rhe the11eo).Toe '11th the tol)o,;ro.pbf of the C'.8. in anticipation\not futuro combat mi~aione to ~tratee1o tarcote•\n..," }, { "n": 17, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p17.jpg", "text": "•\nI\n•\n5. Concluaioa. !he conclusion thot some tYPe of flying object\nhas been observed ovor the U.S. seems to be substantiated. It is not\nknown at this time whether these obae:r\"V'at1ono are mioidontifieations\nof do~estically launched devices, natural phenomenn, or foreien un­\nconventional aircraft. It is, therefore, impossible to noke any re­\nliable oxplanation for their ar,pearanco over the U~S• or the tact1cB\nwhich they may- employ 1f the objects oboerved includo any foreign\ndevelopmente in aeronautical fields. It is likewise i.Jp.possible at\nthis time to contain diecuesiona of posoi~le perfornance charaotoristice\nor tactics within limits of practical reason, if for no other reason\nthan the faot that proof of the existence of a foreign development of ,.. i.\nthis tn>e would neoesearily introduce considerations of new principals\nD.nd means not ¥et conoidercd practical poeaibilitiee in our own re­\neeorch and devol0pment.\n8" }, { "n": 18, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p18.jpg", "text": "•\n..........._....\n•\nr iol's\n-\n''Oll ·h •~::ur sh19e\n♦ '1.111 o\" Fir.,\n41 nO\"'· n: '•'it'\"\nCo\"l~i~:1ti\n2. Descriptions ot Bifi'}liticant :inoidente, arranged ohronologically,\n,\nfollow.a\na. During April 1947, two employeea ot tbs wentber Bureau\nStatioa at Richmond, Virginia reported aee1ng a stranee metallic diak\ncm three ooc&aion• through the \"tbeodolite while_. making PIBAL observa­\nt.ion•• One observation was at 15,000 feet when a disk waa followed for\n15 seconds. The diak appeared metallic, ■baped 10tt10thing liko an ellip1e\nwith a flat bottaa and a ro\\ll'ld top. It appeared balcnY the balloon and\nwaa much larger in Bise. The di ■k appeared to be moving rather rapidly,\naltboue)l it waa impouaible to eatimate its apsed. The otb!tr obaervationa\n\"\"'\"' Jllllda at 27,000 t eet :in like manner.\nb. The tollorin1 lit0Xlth, Byron B. Savage, a f ield engl.noer f or\n:\"\"Hiii!\\rt1.n\n, iWl>oned a diak tlying near hiu homo in\neot no thought to be at an alt itude\neet, and waa novinR toward t he north\nfeet on a courM of ))0 d•~os,\n, Nevada, an .ill' force lieutenant r~\noiroular object , in cloea tormat1on auia_.\nt\nYelin at an\netimated •P d of 28S mil•• pol' hour. Thi• ei6ht1ng\noccurred on~ June 1947." }, { "n": 21, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p21.jpg", "text": "d. Tll\nday a party of thi-ee, t,To of' tliem soicmtinta,\nre motJiAg a\nllllr\"l!ll~\n.... ~-•\"• Sand, Ile l!exico,' V-2\nlC\n•\n9#\n•\n.~_,.-:~\n!ir_Jng gr!>undo a.,\nropor ~ s\nor sphere moVin8 horJ.­\n12;anto~a\nQ! o\nan\nor 10,000 f\nt\n\"\n~\n.... ¥ ..\nr mis ot uni:for::i aQ!ipc Md hld no protru • G o\ncoo such as mngo. Th~\nobject r.ns in sight tor about 60 tieconds ooforo it dis.a.ppJared to the\nnortbe.:icrt. Tho tbro observe1·a acreod on tho dotl1lo of the uightini.;\nexcept that cne thought bO hld aoan vapor trails.\ne.\nOn 7 July 1947, five Portland, Orecc,n police o.fficerc re­\nport d vnryinc n\\lmb::1•0 o.r dioka flying over dif£cr&nt port:;; o! tho city.\nAll obs8rvations \\T.lre m.,.dc '1ithin a mnute or trro of 1305 houra.\nt . on the Oam!) da1, William Rhonda or Pho nix., Arizona al­\nltJgedly enw a diok ctrolinn his locality .during ounoet\nform. Tl»ec photoc;rapho\n- mv been • cx1io:trietf'\niJ:llf'!lS nnd do not op~nr to be io rtect,1on in the\n:ul.oion or irl~­\n.feotiono in the lenc.\n(SaG F1go. 1, 2, 3, and 4.)\nootar AL 'rll\">TJMAPHS DY m. ntl )(\\n~" }, { "n": 22, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p22.jpg", "text": "n.c. 4\nn.'\n0\\ 10 Ju1:r 1947, r. OOC'.lrutt. a Fllll\"\"ft'JIID oan iltr'llaJa •ohlnle\nr.pc,rted • ot:roular 6bj4tc\\ tl11n1 a, hi\nwlooi\\7, pu-alltlln1 t.be tlllr'th'•\n.urn.ca\nd 1e&nn1 at-nil\n1oh appeaftd •• a \"tiarnln up\" ot \\be •load\nbal!'llll'Nd. nlff \"8.rianrl Fltld~ MtfCDldlan4. NO\nO\\tiv pwam• alao NW\nob ~••n!nel s.n bl •kJ' ~ r allau\\ an\n\\o&ftpbl4 bJat \\bal' A~• flw N,\\11.\\inl\nlo-­\nOf.i'lbl ana~r\\\n• oodfutr•• obelM'lt.1.on u tar •• '111 •kr eliaft\nll\naerao..-n-4. ( •\n1sa., 81\\d •>" }, { "n": 23, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p23.jpg", "text": ". _;::.,-­\n. . G\n.\n. ..\n,.,\n. . .\nI\n... .\n/\n/\n." }, { "n": 24, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p24.jpg", "text": "" }, { "n": 25, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p25.jpg", "text": "" }, { "n": 26, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p26.jpg", "text": "" }, { "n": 27, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p27.jpg", "text": "" }, { "n": 28, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p28.jpg", "text": "" }, { "n": 29, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p29.jpg", "text": "'\nJ..\n4 A\nt l9A7a\ntt tlltlr .uc,-tt,. Thi• 4Ui\nCr, I\n111d thn7 turned to fJlTe clmae. The '00-3\n• tl)1ng at; 170 IIPll,\nt\nd1a 11.ew GU\\ ot cd.{tll in .!tour as.rm: ••\nl• Cb 12 '~ 191.1,\nt1y1nrz dl•a \\rolling 3•t;..lln\n-~.-u of 'fire • -re np0rtea_1J n lto4 frClll\nbrld or h ~r\nTtconduor,a, aoaonU.na to tht no«td orttcor. f\n1'10 _clffO\nWlllJ\n20 mtleo otf t.lw\ntdeb:t; 4S IJDCCXlWI, ~B a\\ • ·~ ..ur:atcd at '700-900\nt; cm-vins\nin a la, , low uo.\n~ 01 \"I d&l'Nf1'1 l9J.81 •\n;aUo:uil GdlU'd pUot\nI ldllad Jdiile\nat,ttlqp11.inG to ohan an Qi1denW'~4\"1 objoct ~ to ~,ooo :en. 'ffld.l.• it\nia Pl'Oiln4 tbat thi1 pilot slittcm anO;d.a1 NIU,ltlJlu in h1e Cl'llih, ht.a\nlaat lle8Glllfl to th• tower' wao, ntt •P9.t!U'8 to bo ~ta.W.o ob.1,octefl•• f4\n~doua nae.... d1notl,f ahead and lll.1~i,- •'bow••.... I e::i t1;ty1pg\nto oloae ~or • bettor l~.,.\n,\n,\n.\n~ca laboratory Sect.ion,. atson J.ibaratol\"5.eo. r.. J., ~\n.\n.\n~\nA r'OWld, !nd1otinct object 1n -ttn .,,_m.nS.ty o.t Hollmn Air ~\n.\nl)la,ro\nco. I\\ WU VtJ%7 hi~ .and t'aat1 and •~ to uooute\n.\n.\nvioltnt llllll'USUYOX'~ at b1r;b ~-\nfbe object ... under- Obllll'V't\\tlon tor\n•and ~m,eal\"Od." }, { "n": 30, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p30.jpg", "text": "•• A~\n\"' t,\nLt.\nt\n-\n•\n•\n~\n1 a a speed ot p\nAlt.l,tudo ot\n4SOf> t• ,. lltbw\nn\nI\n•\n1'H' 1an\nn,111 1n exoea or an eatJJaltea 500 •• na110t11d1n& .tNII\nao\n~..t1nn-, r7 r, p.'1413 mtd.1 out ot at~.\no.\n17 -~ 1943, • ropon ~\nltinland AU-\nore•\n1~ ot\n20, '\nfeet abcm,\nvaried ~\nbJlt to \"L\" to\neu-oi. att.ar\n~B\n.\npor trill. It t.~ repo~d alUtws. 1• oon-eot, th• ~\nted a, l,00 a1le1s po,. hour, aocaniins to th• ZoOpOrt.\nP.• othar aichWi\noI lisbt. apd tr.u., Mnor thRo d1~\n2a\nl)\nNpor\\ctd, ViJst\n(l.) n112 a~l»r l.947, tm pilot and ~ot or a\nPei Atmrican aircraft., en. rout9 fro. US.dway o\nncnolulu, u:11' a bl~to li~i; ll);>rcCf,Oblrifb\ncllrlntJ.nB to tw.l.n ted.d.11b fil.t1WS upon mthdmtial.\n,\ntlte ~ed ot i~ l.ki,.ij at about\n1,000 ~ots.\n\\Ct1 25 Juno l\ney.·\n•ear\n'for tm ~. r.\nlX\\.:'JY·\nar«ktioh\n.\n•\nunt in\n•\na" }, { "n": 31, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p31.jpg", "text": "z\nClt7. Mont ••\n'1h11 glovtnc ll&bt 1118.do o •ouna,\ntrav•l•4 abou\\ tvloo,\noped of n oonventloJ:ld\nalroreft o.nd tlev troa nortll to eouth no•eral tltl •\ntn a v1de arc, finallT d.i ■ app•ai-1-ng o-.or th• horlson.\nCl•\nnu-1.ng th• earl7110rnln& of 25 lul11948, \\vo\natern\n.Ui-111101 pt.lot• roporte4 ba'flng ••cm a huBe fl71Dtt craft ■ 11atlu to •\nY-a ~••s their alrornft in fll~ht. (S•e Jtge.? an4 8.) fho a,te.cho4\n4ra\"tn&a made b7 thee• two ob1enor■ Tel''f olo•el.7 reauble ~ tl71n,r ob­\nJect !'OJ)Orto4 to ha•o bocn uacn ou 20Jul71948• b7 A. D. Ottor, chiot\ninToati$ator of Oourt ot ~• lnquir7, and h1• dauahter v.t Arnhall,\nHeth~rlanla. !bl• obJec~ npp••red \\o bft a v1nclo•• a1rcrat\\ haT1JtC tvo\ndecks.\nTh• craft, oSChted four Umea throuah •ca\\tered cloud,:' and tm­\n11■ 1ted -Ylalb1Ut1. vaa tro\"folin6 at .htch\noed at a high altitude, J.\naound. elmilar to that m:i.cta b7 a. V- 2 waa reported.\nr. M object, ■ ltlil11r in t'!htq:,• to tile one in tho proced1Jl8\nincident v11• rCJ.Poned 01 an expnrleneed .American novlJ)B.yer reporter\nabout 25 Jd.lometers northeaet ot Koccov on 3 Augutt 1948.\n/.. &ca1an\n-\nacquaintanoo identified 1t ae a rigid airahip btlt th~ reporter dtaagr•o•\nbecauae lt tlev at a high, but not exce11lve speed.\n: .\nOil l October 1948 nt o:;,:prox1mte11 2030 hours tho :pilot\not a r-51 aircraf't, 2nd '.Lt. George F. C-orman (Worth lalcota Air DaUonal\nOuard), tlY1D4 near nr401 Uorth Dakota. a1pted on 1ntemltteDt vh1to\nlipt about 3,000 taet below hie 4600 1'eot eruloint; o.ltUude. 'l'he\n, pilot ruroued the 11€ht which aFpoared to then tako evaaive tActlcs.\n!he objoet or light out-tu.rned; out-apoeded, and out-climbed the J'-51\nin e-.cr7 inatonce cluring the attempt to intercept. 'l'he pilot loot;·\ncontect i!f/ ninutes aft er the initial e~hting.\nThe Mme l1«bt waa\nobserved by three other witnosces tro~ the ground, Kr. L. D. Jensen,\n41r iraf!ic Oontrollor~ Mr. ~nnuel ~- Jo~110n. Aenista.o.t ~r~fflc Con­\ntroller. and _'Dr. t . n. Cannon •. Oceuliet.\n: A coJl!)ari1on of all testlt!ol\\1'\n.\n9" }, { "n": 32, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p32.jpg", "text": "NYealed that one obJeot wa• •lgbt•d and t~t lt on1l1ted onl7 ot •\nal'l round ball of clep vbttc, lltbt vlth :no ttp\n•nt ehap• attach• •\n11 vaD abQut 8 to B inch•• in dill!le\\er. At ttae 1t trawled foator\nthan the -61 and pertomod tilll8U'Ver■ ln nn eTnd \" mannor. tillon flr11'\n1ighted the ball of llght ns traveltn« •' ,Ill\nftt mated 250 atloaper\nhour.\nder thie eontlitton, the light val uo\\\ntlnuous ut blinked\no:tt and on. At h~h p•~to!'IIQDee the whUo li(!ht\n• contluuoua. itub­\n••4'16nt tnYegt1gatlon •lbtln~ted the ,o ai~llity h~t \\ht• illclden,\nIDA7 hsv been l!llother aircraft or n mot•oroloalcr b:Slloon.\n, • . On 18 Xoftllbor 1948 ct 03>Proximatftl ~145 houri. throe ff•\nne\"e pilot ■, 21:1.d Lt. Xouwocl u. Jnok11on, 2D.d Lt. Glen L. Stalker. and\n2nd Lt. Henrr o. Comba, flrin« noar .Anu.rm11 Flel\n,,~r,rltllld, encountered.\naa untdentlf1able n11~ obJect.\n\\'!hen\nod, it 11ppoared to be\nltr,hte4 and flyi~ 3.t About 1700 fe•t.\n!l'hroe or our pAuea verc, med•\n1D au cttc:ipt to tdentt~T tt. 9he pilot ot tho\nrcratt Dtatnd th.Qt\nvh11• dlvln~ h1• aircr4ft at u_pproxillt\\tol7 240 ai co per hour, tho\nobject vould cU·r:tb Tftrtice.117 end then \"°ul4 dro below tho .aircraft\nfrom behind and continue to circle.\nOn tho lo.nt ~~a. tho l!lnclhls lit;ht\nvae ,witched on and momontnr117 ~ dull srA7 clov rom tho object wan ob­\n•!erved. Lt. Comb1 •tate4 ho Daint~inod eont~et £ r a'bout ten minut•~\n-vith tne o~ject flying between the lls}lte of ~es naton, D. C. and hi«\naircraft.\nAll that could. be obr.orved wa1 nn obl o r; l:l~l with one light,\nno vine• and no e.xhauat nlJl'!te.\nIt finall7 madt, .a vor-j tight turn and\nheaded toaard tho eae~ coa1t ~t Oll 'oatimatwd 500\no 600 mile~ per hour.\nA~ tho 11ane t1110 Sta.t't Sorceant John J . lunbner o •encd from tho\ng~o'lllld an unusual oojeot in tho ir ovC!r :Andr\"8t1t1\nield. H\" ctatea that\nit van not v~r, high arul th~t it d1d not look 11\n&n,aircra:.ft.\n3. Rcl_?orts of r~d31\" 1ntorcopt# _point\nvhic~ 1:1.~7 08 rclnted .to tl7ing ~bjeeta.\n,\n'" }, { "n": 33, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p33.jpg", "text": ";..\n'-,\n....\n....\nA\n.~ ~\nlrY-ft~.\n~Yl. I\n~\nI\nI\n'(I\n-~~=···#~:\n,,.\n<{\n'tl" }, { "n": 34, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p34.jpg", "text": "• 0!JENTIAl" }, { "n": 35, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p35.jpg", "text": "" }, { "n": 36, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p36.jpg", "text": ", .\n..,\n',\n,. .\n.\n'-\\.\" •'\n.. ·\" ..\n.:\n• I\nIf\n!S\n- 'I ·\" ...\n<\n.... .\n.•..\n..\n.\n..\n.\n.\n~~ ? ~\n,:..-:\n•\nI\n•\n:.\n.,\nt" }, { "n": 37, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p37.jpg", "text": "~q':IENTIAl" }, { "n": 38, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p38.jpg", "text": "1l" }, { "n": 39, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p39.jpg", "text": "•• en l lul-7 1,g47, a O A !'ad.Ar al\nkkaido. I\n&11 piclted\nui, en\nti.entttle4 tarcet a\\ 1G llilH, vUh a\n••d 1n excoaa ot tol\nll.\nThie tarp\\ swllt Into two tar~t•• ach eatlmat d to\nt an a l?-01.\nb.\n0J.1 1.G Bepteaber lfM?. on MDf radar at i'ukuolra. lapllll,\nplclmd up a tar •t nt 89 11lle• and trallod it to 19 ml••• wo~ :lt\n.\ntadou.\neod va• 840-900 ~b.\niho wpoed ,monaur~en\\, ot1de 1>1\nauod\ncrcv thrQ\\IGh n 70-milo tr~ek, is believed o.cClll'ate.\n4.\nInToaU at1ou, conducted b7 Hea4qunrtoro. Air Mc~~riol Com­\nman4. havo tlotinitel7 e1tablinhe4 the \\dont1fioat1on ot 18 ot cpprorl­\nmatei, .a10 cs-o-callecl fl.Jlng aoucc:ir• which ?ui.-vo been reported. ~rozl­\nmatel.7 nine por cent of the total ~Wlbcr ot 1no1dentu •re, ther•fo:re,\nelbainatad fro~ turth•r opeci!ic cona1derntton.\nAaona thooo incldenta\npoa1t1v•l1 axplnlned, \\hNo were houea, tvo 1oro trom wirol1~blo ~1t­\nne1ne1. In \\he roJDaining 1~ cl1mlnato4 1neldenti, objcetc yore actually\n11een lnit il1TeeUgut1on ha• oho-.,n that tl1G7 were cele1tial bol11eo or\nphonomona. moteorologlcal and eamiTal balloon•• and airborne c:oamic rq\nexpei-luental equipment.\nTho following etxallple!> arc preaent$d for eom­\npariaon of the inforr.w.tion re_porbed b7 vitncneeo and truo idantifieation\nof tha obJect 1nvolvod:\n. o.\nOn 22 .Tuly 1918• Cai>ta1n Roney Olovor {01•dnanco .lloaarvo)\na.nd his ~ifo oboer:v•d at fan Ifuira, Colifomia 1 an object vhi~ the7\nvere unnble to pooit1vel7 1dent1t7: ObJect nt first appeared to be\nround and looked like\n~~nthor balloon ~t.~~out 2 ,000 foet but there\n' •\n\"' vao no ehnracter1stic bobbing.\n'?ho wind vaa blowi~ on the crounrl bu.t\n.\n'\nthe object \\f:ln quite ctea'1,y.\n0\\11\"in.; the time it vaa under ob~~rvat1ont\nabout an hour, it tr~velod throoah ·a vertical arc of ~bout t~ent7-f1To·\n.\n.\nTho observor conelud~d that it vus not a celectiol\n.\n.\n•\n.\n.\n...\n.\nduok and ceased to be illuminated ,\n.. '\nbo~. - It had e b1uio.h lUDine~ccru,o and aa tho sun ~et, the objeot•e\n.\n.\n.\n.\ncolor groduall7 ohtui~ed to" }, { "n": 40, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p40.jpg", "text": "al a\\ i ,tant eou•l7.\noutline va ■ clear and the l r wa■ clear\nwl\\h 'Yl ■ lbtllty 'Wllla1ted. fhe obJ•c\\ tru 1•4 from t e • st to he\n!his o J•ot ~o• deteraalu4 07 inYo■ tt,:ation to hav beano\nlloon\nb. Ob 19 Aucuet 1948. al approx1aat•l1 1050 houra an un1den.t1­\nfted t~ obJect was vletble fro• the croun6 nt Co~n. Air tore•\n,e.\nItentuelq.\nlo object va1 e1tiaat~d to be al about 30,000 to 40.ooo\n~o•t nltl\\u •• ~erlcnl in ahnpa, brl~ht ■ilYer color and eaY• a brlCh\\\nre~lcct1on fro• the eun.\nAn F-51 wae d119pa,ched frog St•ndlford Atr\n7orce Daoe. Ientuo)q, to obtervo tho obJect. llw-1.na ob1enation from\ntho cro'AD4, thero v~s no chr::wa• ln the elevation of tho obJect and it\naeccd to be 11ovlgg aoutbweot fror:i Oodman Alr t\"orce llaae.\n~o Ji'-51\nvhleh a• fiying ov~r Oodlrlen AiB nt an elt1tu.4e ot 30,000 to 35.oon\n-\nte•t reported that lt we wiable to locate tho obJcot nltho~h 1, ~a•\notlll viaiblo from tho ,:round with the naked •1•• l111luth and eleva­\ntion rco.d1v.1t wero taken. bf theodolite ever¥ ,nnut• end tho path of the\nobJoct vai chartod.\nfhe object was dt:lterminod to· be the planot Yonus bf Kr. Mooro.\nthe head astronom~r at tho Un1TGr•it7 0£ Louisvillo, t.ouinille. Ken­\n.\ntucq.\nIt i D belic,ved that earlier incident:, at God.man :iiold (reference\nparas.mph 2k, pnp 6, :PPendix C)\n~\n,:i:q also have oeen ob ■ er-rotloD.c of -th8\n;plmlet Ventto.\n5. Aaong tboee inciden.tn '1till not po_aitivel.7 explained, reported\nobeel\"'fat1ons differ to eome extent. but three--general categories ot\n.\n.\nctehtin,ge emerae -- the fl71J18 diek.• the 'ball of fire ®d the _larce. Jet\nroekot.\nIntere~ttntt obs~not1ona that were notod are:\na.\nMoat of the obJooti ,11re a t~in diok. round on top end fl«t ~\non the bottom. · The f~ont halt ot the diek ie often circular, Clteeptnc\na squore tail across the full wldtb~" }, { "n": 41, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p41.jpg", "text": "• .l bl\nrte f liab • w11 ••\narent ab111,, to\ntl lea• or ho••r fore on•ld•rable 1\nOated.\no.\noned al1e1\nye Yarle4 fro• Iba\\ of• 25-cent pleoe\nto 260 foet ln dlaa ter. n:nd f:roa tho s11e or a pur ut, pl e to tho\nbulk ot •lx\n29 alrpl\n••\na.\nSpeeds hnY boon et1tl tod thro~out the en\\1r r\ntro •or7 nlov or hovorlng to• ereon1c.\ne.\nundo c.ind 'Yieual trail• are not nora 117 aaao010t•d with\nthe\n1 ti • •\n14" }, { "n": 42, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p42.jpg", "text": "AFl?l9DlX •121t\nlJ,TlUG WING TJPD AtaOllAff.\n1. Ae~onautlolll engineere in ceyeral. oountrtoe h~vo beon •ncaced\ntor ,omft tiae in tho design, construction. and flight of ~lyip,e wing\nt7Pe aircraft. 'l'he ,tudy of flTin& objecto require,. at leaat. a brief\nexamination of propo1ed and exieting unconventional aircraft whole con•\nfi~rnttons. when seen b7 the uninitiated. could lead to report• of\n1trange flying devices.\nA deacription of aome of the more significant\ntypeo b~ country followe.\n2•\nllnrmnn:y:\nAt the end of World War II. German aircraft deeicn.ere had\nn'Ulllerous projects under we.7 concerning taille11 aircraft which con­\nceivl.lbly could be mistaken for \"Flying Bauoors\" or disc-like objoote.\nIt is not clear Just what the Soviets are lane driven 'by- two\npusher propellors with the engines contrall1 located in the win~s on.\n. each side of the stubby rounded fuselage.\n,\nSpan\n56 feet\nLength\n•\n25.4 feet\n!tax. Spaed\n455-465 miles per hour\nPower Plant\n2 Dl3 603 reciprocating enginee\ng. Horten Wing\n. '\n~he closest resemblance to the~estimatod configuration\nof \"Flying D!ek-s 11 1e represented by the Horte?! Wing aircraft.\nWork on" }, { "n": 44, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p44.jpg", "text": "\\b.e ler\\ea aao. • \\wla J•' tlght•r• had pncr•u•t to •b.• tlaal •~•\na\\ the ead of orld Var U. lt11 prototne, a a.nea cltuw, nooe11­\ntully •oar•d ... an altitude •f 1•,aoo teet •• ••i-17 •• 1938, pNTIJl&' the\n,owuln••• of thl1 de1lcu. (~le•• l, 2, and 3)\n:rtg. l" }, { "n": 45, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p45.jpg", "text": "I\n•1,\n'\nI I\n'\nFig. 2" }, { "n": 46, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p46.jpg", "text": "•\n•\n•\nd:!:?:I~ r·mm:\nS~~St ~ i'J~j.7L~_s\nt~\"i:::~::.:;~g ~]~·:;;.\nf i,~...i d.1i!\".(;\n~\"; ·::lt.:i ;j::fi\nt:t·J\nr;ilo't of thi3\nc~:i:t :t.: ta::, :no-sa ,1\nths t\"t.-o J;)'t, un.:lt.s ,.,\n...\nt!:.io tlesign ~7:.6 !JZ'·Ovcd OS ce.:rly B.S\n..~··.:.::s e~.. 1~·:i,_JI: !} ~~o·t~t~:~-~ 01-:\n..t-tt}\n.... 1\na.-.\n1-1\\-9200\nC:T( C:\n--·o,.,_.o" }, { "n": 47, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p47.jpg", "text": "..\nFig. 2\n4" }, { "n": 48, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p48.jpg", "text": "-.. _-----\n-\nC\"\\\ntlO•\nt\n..:: ­\n....\n......\n-•" }, { "n": 49, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p49.jpg", "text": "• •\n33567 A.\nw,....+.,..fl ~9, fqina\n-wing\n1\nfinichillg\nOtatr.)\nt\n... this\na1rp\nJet un1\nt)\n•\nTh,\noorl7\n1938\n229.,\nto\nCRED\n:\n. .c. tt\n•\n•" }, { "n": 50, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p50.jpg", "text": "..\n.,\n5" }, { "n": 51, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p51.jpg", "text": "jifififl!iluiRE\na. Wat metron,c Whityortb\nThe AW 52 G, s glider, ud the AW 53, a twin-Jet ain>lane.\nare ~rtti1h dee1gna of tailles ■ a1raraft. !he Tertical stabilizer■ aN\nlooated at the tlp• of the ■wept -back vine• (rte,. 4 ana 5) Data on the\nAW 52 appear below.\nSpan\n90 f'..t\nlieat h\n37 feet\nMax. ~eed (1ea leY•l)\n436 mot ■\nMax. Speed (20,000 feet)\n436 knot ■\nMax. Speed (36,000 feet)\n417 knota\nRaJl&e\n1300 nautical mil••\nPov•r Plant\n2 5ene II turbo Jet unit ■\nARMSTRONG\nWHITWORTH\nA.W.52\nExperime ntal\nFlying-wing\nAircraft\n(cl. No. I ◄031\n6\nf[?JIJ." }, { "n": 52, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p52.jpg", "text": "-\n.\n.\n..­\n•\nl\n•\n. ....\n~\n~\n-,\n.\n." }, { "n": 53, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p53.jpg", "text": "" }, { "n": 54, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p54.jpg", "text": "•\nA<327l4 A.C.\nPro\nIT: \"U\no\n.," }, { "n": 55, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p55.jpg", "text": "•\n•" }, { "n": 56, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p56.jpg", "text": "" }, { "n": 57, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p57.jpg", "text": "..\n., D..C.. \"\n•" }, { "n": 58, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p58.jpg", "text": "•\n()\n-'• llaUt!l ltett•\n8 •\nl'Qvbron, »-i55\nIble ia a fl71ne ving trpo aircraf, powered by four re­\no1prooat1ng engine1 and hat a wing epan ot 172 ft t nnd a lencth ot\nonly 53 :feet. (Dee Ftg.6)" }, { "n": 59, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p59.jpg", "text": "' '\n•" }, { "n": 60, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p60.jpg", "text": "I\nl'l': \"US.\n\" .c." }, { "n": 61, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p61.jpg", "text": "ce-VnUP,h' Airer f\\, this radical de­\n■ ign promic~s the reality o h~b ond low ~eedpAr!ormance. Powered\n07 two ll'- 2000-.?. enginc11, th airplane will havo a apeud ranee of from\n40 to 425 miles per hour,\nf\n'\n.." }, { "n": 62, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p62.jpg", "text": "" }, { "n": 63, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p63.jpg", "text": "•\n•\nI\n'\nj\n•" }, { "n": 64, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p64.jpg", "text": "'b,. llgrtlu:Rn ID 49\n0\nPowered by eight turbo•Jftt ~nginon, thio nirplo.ne 1a the\nJat..ipropelled veroion of th• Northrop Fl)'i.D(; Willg {! ~6).\n(Bee Big. 7)" }, { "n": 65, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p65.jpg", "text": "••\n♦NIP ta111111 leaoplant\n\\hle drplaa• •• Ma \\wo-,eat ■aolune with a 70 h.p. Le~lead •aa,;1u•.••\nln nao•lle•••• 1\nIa plaa fora, the vine it alaoat eemi-olrcular.\nAll Air force fila, 1.A.eronautlcal Oddlt1e11 , 1.bow1 thi1\nairplane in flight a\\ South Jead, Indiana and in eoae attitude ■ appears\nldenttoal to the photograph included hi ~p•adlx \"0\" a1 llgure 4. Al­\n--·\nthou«h it h belieYed th.at the JJmP Muutacturinc Oo. le no longer in\nexl1tenoe 1 lt le poealble thilt later mod•l• of thie or 11allar U. B. ciril\nalroraft lllAJ' ~Te boen obeened.\nSpan\n22 toe\\\nL•mcth\n19 feet\n•\nPower Plsat\nMax. l_peed\nl J.eBl ond ea«lne\n88 Iii.le, pei- hour\nThree views of an Experimental Arup tailless Monoplane .\n•" }, { "n": 66, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p66.jpg", "text": "---\n-\nI\n•\n•" }, { "n": 67, "image": "https://wearenotalone.space/transcripts/dow-uap-d093/p67.jpg", "text": ".1/:~\n• ~ >...\n•\n- . . . --\n-. -\nr---.~,------o..~J(:}t; ;e:n~iAe.$:~ .th.l-~ a.t~lan_e'- .i.$. • th~­\nJ·tit-pt()jelle4·:Y~·ts'i:t:>n ·:of ·tP.e •J;i(iir~·ht~p:·tiftng·. wtn.g ..(~.3$.) c1\n(~ee -_1'ig. 7)\n\\\nI\n•\n,J\n• , ·,\n.' ''\n£'11Bftt1At\n____ _,. __, .. __________\n:,_____\nNW 91410\nOocld:347~097;8 Page 46i\nI" } ] }