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H.'\2 t\ DEN, 509862, T ~i;.ri DECIDC:D THAr THE LIGHT \t!AS A PLA~:t:T, VENUS, ta. D f\LSO P.E.Tl TiJ THE 5.~SZ. i-30TH J.'IRC~riFT A:<D C?~t~JS ~.RE ASSIGi.r_D TO THE V.f\.. 52 ATT~,CK SQUADRO~J, Fl~ET P.O., SAtJ FP.A1!CI~CO, CALIFO#. ~,IA, f..~i) !'!PETrY TO FALLON NAS, Fl-\LLON, NEVADA. ARZA AT THE TIME Or THE SI'JHTING. I~:FOPtJ.ATION OBTAit:i-..0 rPO~. T HE .~ E R 0 S? " C E R E SEA P. C H 0 F F' ICE, C HI CO , CAL I FOR N I A K. NAJOR oo~;pLD E POST, DIRECTOR OF SAFETY, STEAD AFB, NEVADA. ~:0 OTHEP REPO~TS OF THIS OlJ ECT HAVl:.. 3C:E~ P ECE.I\JED. t~T THE OdSZT THE ORIGINAL t.rrr iESS oro ~.LC.?.T THE PADAR SITES AT TCi!O?AH, FALLON AND tJJIN!'iE~UCCA, NEVADA. 085ERVE.RS AT THESE SiT E S C 0 N r 'l P ~ S ~ T HE E X I ST S: N C E 0 F A L I G Hf I N T HE SKY 0 f\: T H:. EA STEP ~ . HOPIZON .. THI S s:. E LIGHT '.1r.~S REPORTED ON THE FOLLOI;JI~;G THO nr~:rrs At\D '.'~ S .SERVE.D TO RISE I ~TO THE NIGHT .~S A STAR. IT IS T ~{t: OPINION ~? 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