Project Blue Book documents, New Delhi, 15 March 1951

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## AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

1. On Thursday morning 15 March 1951 an object was sighted by Mr. the chief aerial engineer of the, along with his assistants, Mr. and Mr. Also some twenty other mechanics and helpers professed to have witnessed this object. When interviewed by the reporting officer the stories were all the same. Dr. P. Nilakantan, educated at California Institute of Technology and now Director of the Research and Development Laboratory of the Director General of Civil Aviation agency in India, accompanied the reporting officer while interviewing these people. Dr. Nilakantan recommended Mr. as one of the best aerial engineers in India.

2. The object sighted was shaped like a cigar with no outer visible control surfaces. It was about one hundred feet long and as big around as a C-47 fuselage, bare metal color and only one object sighted. The exhaust was described as white except when its speed was increased; then the exhaust turned black. Mr. estimated the speed to be about three times greater than cruising speed of a British Vampire. The object came over Safdarjang Airdrone, New Delhi (280251N) (77012') from the north at about four to five thousand feet high, made one pass over the field to the south, then came back over the field in a very large loop. At the top of the loop it was out of sight but came into sight again in its dive. Upon recovering straight and level flight it proceeded out of sight travelling in a south-westerly direction at very high speed. The exhaust smoke stayed visible in the sky for over twenty minutes. The object was sighted at 1020 local time and was observed for approximately seven minutes. The observers were on a taxi strip working when the object was sighted. The weather at the time of sighting was clear, sun shining with thirty mile visibility. Surface wind was from 300 degrees at fifteen to twenty knots.

3. Mr. forty years old, has held an Indian pilot and Indian engineer license since 1935. His experience covers twenty years in area engineering; (no formal engineering education). He has worked at Madras Flying Club, Himalayan Airways, as engineer in charge, Area Training Center, Indian National Airways, as engineer in charge, aircraft inspector for Director General Civil Aviation, Hindustan Aircraft, Ltd., Bangalore, India, and chief engineer Delhi Flying Club.

However, it is felt that some object did come over New Delhi and that it was unconventional. The stories of all twenty-five witnesses are the same as Mr.

4. The inclosed statement, signed by was prepared with the assistance of a newspaper reporter for the specific purpose of a newspaper article. However, it is quite descriptive of the type of individual Mr. is.

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