l. D~ lE TIME C::tOU? 2. LOCA"iiO~ J. NUMaE~ OF ";8J!CTS 5. L E NGTH OF J3S!RVAiiON 6. TYPE OF 03SE~VATION Grou: .d- -"-i sua.l 9. PHYSICAL E'ilOENCf 11). CONCLUSION Secon:l h1.nd r port ~nade cv-jr O!'\ ~ yr.-.rJ. .,. aft~.:r r~ ~yo.cted ob .. >8rv;.tion Duration urJ.l oti.er es::ienti a l da(ja o .. Q.,~t~d fLr .:.r:lluation. Ins\!: ~icicnt rla ta fo-:-ana 1-s i s 11. 8~1 Efl SUMM..\~Y ANO ANALYSIS Ccj ~c i:, passed about 1/3 l!ti l e above obserr3rs v..n:i abul~t J OO y a;:-o s in front of tr~e-:-t. No SC>Un d . It c..p_:roa.c1Led cl-:e ob~erv) ""s .... ~ th the Hil1[~s p:trall e l i...o earth .facing up;.ra rds. I t a pre 1red to b~ flyin~ parJ.ll~::l to the CUI'Vd.tur8 o.f t r~e ea.cth. Ob3erver3 rr.ade n o eati:rate of tiL".e it. took for the object to pass from h ori -:on t o hor:i.zon. Obs erv3r s \lr~re Gtand.lng on t or:, of a .tain e.pproxirrt.at ely 2)00 feet ntov~ ~3e::t lc~vel. f TO SE P 6 3 0329 (TOE) P .. !o\n cUdol\1 ol thh fo.,. t:uy be uucS ensJ Dap~rtmant U. 3 . ~ir Forc e D~oq=tmenc on ULOs J'-t~ing a co!lve.:-s~tlon with H8.l eigh, N. c. , a stude~t R~ ~T. C. St~te, he rel~ted ~n incident in Tihich he ~nd hi..3 cousin saw 8.n object(see enclosed drawing) r;rh ich they c o:.tld not identi::Y. SA.i d that he could not remember t:-:~ ex::.ct dq,te, c.._,_t dicl say th~.t it ,/,~s sometime during tte first t:1o :;e~ks of Septembe-r, 1903 . St~tcl!le!lts(para- phrased and conJ9~sed) m~da ~bout the sighting r:t::' a P..S follo,rs: 1. The object was flying HE to s.t. and his cousi~ s the objec t while aton a mount~in ~bout fifteen miles e 3.st of Hendersonville, N. C. 3. Lha ~ountqin t op i s ~pproxim~tely 2500 faet ~bova sea level~ L~. The o~j~ct passad about o~e-third or a :Lront of us 5. 7he obj:~ct m .. l.cl.~3 no Gound in its p~1s.J'"'.L;G from horizon to horizon, nor .IP-3 t!'lel~ RnY sound, such ~s a s onic boon, qfter it hnd dissappear a u from 6. The object :ppro:tche d us .1i th its p"'rqlle l to the e"'r~h-nnd vri th tha oval :.ts , :..-~ rotqted ~rou~1.d its central :1,-;(is s o th~ t :. oval vras perpendicul~r to our line ~f sight. ~fter the obj3ct h~d passed, it ro~::tted bacl~ i nto its p:rev:ious !lttitud~. ~ppB~red to be flying p~r~llel t o t:--~.3 curv:lture of t~e e~.rth. 8 . There ."ir:t.S no evid~nce of :.ny type of op~:;:-"'~ting pro;ralsion unit. 9. The out3id9 section( forw~d b y the division o f each wing by tha curved lina) o f e~ch '.'ling movsd 8-S the object e;cec ut9d its t~'ro rotations. :J.8.da no estim-:ttc of tha time th~.t the ob.ject t oo:t to p~ss fr0:n hori zon to horizon, but did st~t3 ~h~t the object I h~ve rorW:1rde d t his information t o yo u bec~uso o f you:-interest in UFOs . and I hops t h qt you will be ~ole to determine vrh~t the object nqs. Si11cer ly,