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This Project Blue Book file, released through The Black Vault, covers the RB-47 encounter of 17 July 1957 over Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. It includes the record card, which lists the sighting as identified as American Airlines flight 655, and Air Defense Command correspondence that carried the sighting as unknown. There is also Major Lewis D. Chase's observer data sheet and an electronic analysis finding it difficult to conclude nothing was present. James McDonald's reconstructed account is included, along with a CAA letter about airliner incidents.
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24. Did the object: (Circle one for each question) a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes No Don't know b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time Yes No Don't know c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No Don't know d. Give off smoke? Yes No Don't know e. Change brightness? Yes No Don't know f. Change shape? Yes No Don't know g. Flicker, throb, or pulsate? Yes No Don't know 25. Did the object move behind something at anytime, particularly a cloud? (Circle one) Yes No Don't know. If you answered YES, then tell what it moved behind. ___ 26. Did the object move in front of something at anytime, particularly a cloud? (Circle one) Yes No Don't know. If you answered YES, then tell what it moved in front of. ___ 27. The edges of the object were: (Circle one) a. Fuzzy or blurred b. Like a bright star c. Sharply outlined d. Don't remember e. Other (Appeared as a Bright Light) 28. Describe in a few words the color of the object. When Passing in Front OF OUR AIRCRAFT IT APPEARED AS A BRIGHT BLUE- WHITE LIGHT. When Above The Object IT APPEARED AS A BRIGHT LIGHT WITH A REDDISH TINGE. 29. IF POSSIBLE, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the object was in its longest dimension. (UNABLE) feet.
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