NAVY OFFICER TELLS TT i k TRACKED wWaMoce SAUCER by Commander Robert B. McLaughlin, USN ee Cm Re RC em Eee ee an eC a eR ORC eR Pee eu Came Pee eee ra eee Me co Co aa azine’s investigation. He reveals how a Peg CCC ead a flying disk with a precision instrument, COCR St Oe Dr RCRA Coot The author, now on active naval duty. na bright, Sunday morning in April, 1949, P edie ae a Rest r udings, One brded them, and the fourth man held an tracking the missil‘Commander Robert Bright McLaugh- Teenie em cid Perens ee a ena oar of the Navy unit assisting in classi Ce ee Leg eect ae Cn om od Pree ae years after his graduation’from the er terrae Wer Brrr ea ee an eer nr mc reece ere ern a aa Pe eee Roatan ecceseL ee Pere Re cue Peete eae high-altitude aircraft targets eee ace og officer aboard the aircraft carrier ee ee etd ee eee en era Pera ee eC ec eee Ee ue Pee eee Peers ve ce) POR es CO At man with curly brown heir, blue SC ee ua pre eC orn Ee Pm aC mt Peer aed Peace GONTROL SECTION Ano CABINS BOTTOM VIEW REAR ENO VIEW Schematic views of space ship driven by radiation pressure, RS Sieeetai (hee 6e cin ces olka aiecsesieves bispe ection. yet clipe in ae 2, I was about 105 feet in diameter Sit was fying at an altitude of approxinmtely 56° tales, (Th ‘ardsei by a Balle

4 <( e Light from motor, shown top and side, gives “rocket” thrust. 1. Its speed was about 5 miles per second 5. At the end of its trajectory, it swerved abruptly upward, altering’ its angle of elevation by 5 degreescor responding to an increase in altitude of about 25 miles—in a period of 10 seconds. A rough calculation indicates that_a ‘ce of more than 20 G's (20 times the pull of gravity) would. be required 10 produce this elevation in this time 6. The object was visible lor 60. sec ond, 7. It disap: (Continued on page 96] When #t a ae od Pee eee Pena em nee Pe incidents. of “unidentified flying Ser ec Pee a greed been explained to the Air Force's Peres Dna Rg eee eC Peeve cor ee Me Sora ee er eat Bena C err ees ee ae reece PRC ne uae Ser Re Men Cheer oe tia Tg reece rene tame Seer reer ern et ta emer est ei ker rs eer meng that any individual did not see a space ship, an enemy missile or other flying objects. All that it is Pee ee ee cee) eer ee eae Ce een eet ra See ore eee Petes ee tee cree ee ae ee eer ee eer eae ae explained incidents” indicates that the announced discontinuance of Project Saucer was premature. TRU! era eee ee ees Pore et ae os Cece ee ee cis Oe a ee Cet Se ee nar eater Cae ak a Scere ae eee ee eee eee a eae ne ert rere Re er Cee fashion other than by the interplane- ee ee ae vat ee ee cee aety ee oe een erry fa