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               747SP AT LAT 45 NORTH AND LONG 55 EAST, OVER KAZAKHSTAN . THEY
               FIRST ENCOUNTERED THE OBJECT AS A BRIGHT LIGHT OF ENORMOUS
               INTENSITY, APPROACHING THEM FROM OVER THE HORIZON TO THE EAST AT
               A GREAT RATE OF SPEED AND AT A MUCH HIGHER ALTITUDE THAN THEIR
               OWN . THEY WATCHED THE OBJECT FOR SOME FORTY MINUTES AS IT
               MANEUVERED IN CIRCLES, CORKSCREWS AND MADE 90-DEGREE TURNS AT
               RAPID RATES OF SPEED AND UNDER VERY HIGH G'S. CAPTAIN RHODES
               TOOK SEVERAL PHOTOS WITH A POCKET OLYMPUS CAMERA AND WILL SEND
               COPIES TO THE EMBASSY AND THE TAJIKISTAN DESK (LOWRY TAYLOR) IN
               THE DEPARTMENT, IF THEY COME OUT. AFTER SOME TIME, THE OBJECT
               ADOPTED A HORIZONTAL HIGH-SPEED COURSE AND DISAPPEARED OVER THE
               HORIZON.

               2. AS IT WAS DARK WHEN THE OBJECT WAS OBSERVED, THE CREW WERE
               UNABLE TO DISCERN ITS SHAPE. THEY DESCRIBED THE LIGHT IT EMITTED
               AS HAVING A "BOW WAVE" AND AS RESEMBLING A HIGH-SPEED PHOTO OF A
               BULLET IN FLIGHT, IN WHICH A VERY SMALL OBJECT GIVES OFF A MUCH
               LARGER TRAILING WAVE OF HEAT/LIGHT. SOME FORTY-FIVE MINUTES
               AFTER THE INITIAL SIGHTING, AS THE SUN WAS RISING, THE AIRCRAFT
               FLEW UNDER THE CONTRAILS WHICH THE OBJECT HAD LEFT BEHIND. THE
               PLANE WAS MAKING OVER 500 KNOTS. RHODES ESTIMATED THE ALTITUDE
               OF THE CONTRAILS AT APPROXIMATELY 100,000 FEET, NOTING THAT THERE
               IS TOO LITTLE AIR/MOISTURE AT THAT EXTREME ALTITUDE TO ENABLE THE
               CREATION OF CONTRAILS BY THE PROPULSION MECHANISMS OF ORDINARY
               AIRCRAFT WHICH MIGHT BE ABLE TO REACH THAT HEIGHT. THE PATHS OF
               THE CONTRAILS REFLECTED THE MANEUVERS OF THE OBJECT, I.E.,
               CIRCLES, CORKSCREWS, ETC.

               3. TO OUR SUGGESTION THAT THE OBJECT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A METEOR
               ENTERING AND SKIPPING OFF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, RHODES AND HIS
               CREW WERE ADAMANT THAT THEY HAD SEEN THOUSANDS OF "FALLING STARS"
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               AND OTHER SPACE JUNK ENTERING THE ATMOSPHERE IN THEIR YEARS OF
               FLYING PASSENGER AIRCRAFT FOR PANAM. THIS, THEY INSISTED, WAS
               NOTHING LIKE A METEOR. ON THE BASIS OF ITS SPEED AND
               MANEUVERABILITY, RHODES EXPRESSED THE OPINION, WHICH HIS CREW
               SEEMED TO SUPPORT, THAT THE OBJECT WAS EXTRATERRESTRIAL AND UNDER
               INTELLIGENT CONTROL.

               4. COMMENT: WE HAVE NO OPINION AND REPORT THE ABOVE FOR WHAT IT
               MAY BE WORTH.

               ESCUDERO


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