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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Incident # 4
1. Date: 8 July 1947
2. Time: 11:50
3. Location: Area # 3, Rogers Dry Lake, California.
4. Name of observer: Captain John Paul Strapp
5. Occupation of observer: Flight Test
6. Address of observer: Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, California.
7. Place of observation: Observation Truck, Area #3, Rodgers Dry Lake, Calif.
8. Number of objects: One (1)
9. Distance of object from observer: 20,000 feet
10. Time in sight: 90 seconds
11. Altitude: lower than 20,000
12. Speed: slower than the maximum velocity 50-60 aircraft
13. Direction of flight: Slightly north of due west against prevailing wind
14. Tactics: rotation or oscillation of slow type (suggested by 2 fins or nobs on the upper surface which crossed each other at intervals)
15. Sound: not stated
16. Size: About 50'
17. Color: silvery
18. Shape: resembled a parachute canopy at first then assumed ovular shape
19. Odor detected: not stated
20. Apparent construction: It presented a distinct ovular outline, with two (2) projections on the upper surface which might have been thick fins or nobs. These crossed each other at intervals, suggesting either rotation or oscillation of slow type.
21. Exhaust trails: None
22. Weather conditions: not stated
23. Effect on clouds: not stated
24. Sketches or photographs: none
25. Manner of disappearance: Dropped to a level such that comes into line of vision of the mountain tops.
26. Remarks: (over)
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