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A oOTert analytical effort or,ran1ctd l,y Oen. Mning and
Jtr. Jhl.th aot1n« OD \be 41reot ordere of th• PrH1dent, rH-
ul.t.CS 1n a pre11a1nar7 ooaoeaeue (19 Septe■ber, 19,7) that•
th• 41,o waa aoat 11telJ • abort range r,conna1,,ance cnft.
Thi• conoluaion wa• baaed for th• ao,t part on the craft'•
•le• •nd tbe apparent laok of any identifiable prOT1a1on1n••
(S•• ltt.aohaent •»•.) A a1a11ar anal1•1• of th• four dead
ol,oui,an~• waa arrsng•4 bJ J>r. 'Bronk. It wa, the tentative ·.
oonolu■ 1on of thia group c,o loveaber, 1q,7) thAt althour.h
t~••• cr~aturea are tnaan-l1te 1n appearance, the b1olo'.1CA1
and ,volution&JT proo••••• reepon.aibl• for their develo11111Pnt
b4.• aooarently been ,uit• 41tftNnt fro■ tho•• obaened or ·
pdatulated Jn boao-eaplau. Dr. Bronk'• teu ha• au,uteated
'11• tera •11rtra-terr.etr1al -liolo,rtoal lnUU•••• or •inta••
~• adopted aa tb• •t.and&rd ~ra of reference for th•••
cr'9atuna 1mUl •uab tl••· •• a ■ore d•f1n.1t1•• deat,maUon
oan be a,rreed upon.
Sino• it 1• •1rtual17 cer\ain- thAt th••• craft do not origin-
ate tn any oount17 on earth, ooneidtrabla •peculation ha•
cen\erlltd around what their point of or1dn ■lAAt be and how
they ,ret hare. llar• wae and r ...1na a poHtbllttJ, aUhou«h
aoae aoientiete, ■oet not.ably Dr. Men:,1, contider St aor•
likely tb-t ,,. are 4aal1nc wUb be1n«• troa anothu aolar
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lh111troua e,uua1>lH of wtlat appear to be a fora of wrl Un,-
v•r• found In the wreotage. Stforta to decipbAr thHe havt
r•1111lned lar-•11 uneuoo•••tul. (S•• Attecbaent •1•.)
lq1111lly un■ucc•••ful h-•• been effort• to deter■ tn• the
■ethod of. propula1oa or Ui• nature or ••tbod of tr-n■ 111 t1ialo11
of the power aouroe 1nnlY•d• ••••-rch alen« th••• ltn••
ha■ ~••n ooarlicat•d ~ ~• ooaplete abaenoe of 1dent1tl,ble
•1~•• i,rope l•r•• jete; or ottwr cOl'l•enUonel ••tt\oda of
propulelon and -\&idlU\ot, •• well a ■• total luk of aet,lllo
v1r1nr., •-cu1111 tub••• or a1a1lar r,oor,niuhlt ~lectronlc
· co■ponentc. (S•• Attachaent •r•.) It 1• a ■•ua•d that the
propulaton unlt -· oo•pl•t•JJ deatr07td b7 tbt ••PlOliOD
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