A, rr:r , ft t'ro>!>oll:>; y ;.'\tr-,l"fI!H Ill Coald ro;c:osr.; ~:irt:Cv~on hc~d.o!"l passes ~"ll~d a/c. Ooj~cts ots~rvod on eround ra1~r scor~. Waald nct.on Tw'O pllo\a, in an r-91. aade Ylau~al and racier cont.ac\ with " large, ~ouncl whit'! objnct. lerger than &f\Y known \)'Pe or aircraft.. A. clint reddiah-wh.l\e l\ht can~ traa the objoc\ 1\ hovered, revo~s~d direction almos~ inatan- \llnftouslJ And \hen dieaptJear,cl. The object, appeared to be level w1 \h the 1nt.ereep\lns F-94 a\ ~6,000 to 27 ,ooo teet. Airborne radar and Yiaual contact wore alnal.\aneoua an-1 la1\ed ror 15 inutes. 1~ attempted to contact local GCA but without succoss. Weather waa clear aboYe 3,000 teet. Time ot aight- II. Discussion or Ineid~nt Two additional F-94 wore in the genftral area but at lower altitudes and \bus 4re eliminated na possible cause ror the sighting. The description ot largo, round and white and extremely larce" ia eignitlcanta Upp~r air researoh balloons aro tear-shaped and ~ade or translucent polyethylene and at cruising - altitude expand to as much aa 90 toet in length. The equipment hanging below balloon ia capable of making a retarn to airborne radar. Although ATIC has received no record ot upper oir research balloon tracks tor this date \he dea- oription or the object allows a prel1m1nar,y evaluation or "possible balloon". III. Cor.oluaion Possible balloon. On the ni~ht n ( l>u. 10, I !1"2. nr :.r :111"t hrr :"nmic iII lt:tlla tinn. the p iiN 111\tl t iuf.t r u i.'th-d nf a. p:llr,-,lfin~ 1'~11 11pr)ttcd : li;.!hl \l' hilc ll~in~ a t :?C..uoo kN. r ll< y tlu \a'cl :e111l I wcr< tnlt! tit 1l 1111 plan~ w r t c lnm\'11 1(1 l~e in tltr :11, :t. The~ cl,-,~oc-cl n 1 tht <'jcct :u ul LtW :1 l:11~c. rnuncl \dtitt "thin~" w it h a diw. rrddsh liJ;ht cnmin~ fiHm t wu "" i~t~lnwo;.'' Thq lmt ,.i,tt:tl flm:.u L hut gnt " 1 :ed:11 It knn. Thcr rqmt tccl thai \d:cu tl,' :>!I< 111pt<cl I n dol\(' till it a~;lin. i t \\'lllllol rC'n t M clil!c :ttll :uHI dnp :t\\' '~ C\('n't:tl tinw the p l.llte' aile n l cou r .. t it .. :lf l<c \"~ tniJi~j,.., wcutul i'Hilincll. T hct c w :" a ~nlitl 1 iiHksc.l I .1.u:1". which'''""" el iminate the pmihilit ) ,,f rch:u ri,:l . ~ronnel li~ht:.. Ill' 'I. I . I iu ''llr< t:'l. u( the ~lUI i C''I \ \ ' I'Y( lr.titli'CJ :tirtliCII With cx. <''I !t-nt I t p~tt.ttim'. "I he)' w1rc :.iur t ' IT I)' h.OII h y \dta t thty c 1~ 11. 'llu:y lt:~l '"' rntuc h al,k mnti\'l ln r laJ,iJyiu~ u r l "clh'''i"~ up" ll r i1 rrporu . . In rht otiHr im t.mc c. wilh llw "whiu~ nhjcct with rwn wi n I '''""" , .. c ft~uwl rh.t a ~>l)lmuk. l,:allnon h.ul hccn p!uttcd :~t tlu: c~1rt ' i1r .,r rh c " h.,ulc .. DOWHOJtADED AT 3 ,~ DEC!.ABSfYIEO ~ ~AR lNTEJr : l>OD n~'7F.4R 12 YEAR. Slrlu1 hu 1~ many UFO repot ts. On Da:ember 10, { , at 7:15P.M. P.S.T., -.e pilot and radar observer of an F-94 on rou- tine patrol duty were .over the town of Odena, \Vashlngton, at about 18,ooo feet when t~ aaw a large white light in the east [t). Dim reddish-white lights seemed to he coming from windows, and no tmd or exhaust was visible. The pilot attempted to inter<.<ept but the object performed amazing feats-did a cltnndclle in front of the plane, ntshed away, stopped, and then made straight for the aircraft on a eollision course at incredible speed. The pilot banked to avoid eollisfon, and afterward was not able to locate the objeet. The radar man then got a brl<.of return but soon lost contact. the visual and radar contacts had not coincldoo, both men assumed that they refcned to the same objE'Ct [ ~. p. 65]. Investigaton suggestt.'<l at ftrst that the object might have been one of the Telemulc balloons, bnt this idea had to be discarded and the sighting was listed as Unknown. A review of the evidence by the present authon suggests a highly probable explanation. the low cloud cover at 3000 feet the night was clear and moonless. In the east, Sirius was just rising over the horizon at the exact bearing of the Unknown object. Atmospheric refraction would have produced exactly the phenomenon described. The same at- mospheric conditions that caused the mirage of the star would have caused anomalous radar returns (see Chapter vm) . 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