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PREPARED AND DISSEMINATED BY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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Sighting of Unconventional Aircraft	??????
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4 Oct 55	4 Oct 55
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1.   At 1630, 4 Oct 55, I boarded a train at XXX for XXXXX in the company of 
     XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX one of whom shared a wagon-lit compartment with
     me; the other two occupied the adjoining compartment. The train ran very
     slowly, making every stop; I would estimate its overall speed at 20 mph.
     Exactly two hours and forty minutes out of XXX out of our group in the
     compartment next door entered my compartment and said "Did you see that
     out there? I just saw a flying saucer." I and my compartment companion
     were about to laugh it off when the man from next door pointed out the 
     window again, and there we all saw the following sight.

2.   On the lefthand side of the train, between the train XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
     XXX was a large air field. The evening was dark but clear. A huge
     ???????????? to the field itself. ???? on a triangular object on the
     gound which I would say was probably not more than two miles ??????
     from the railroad.  [collector's comment: Source first estimated that
     the air field was about five miles away but, on further reflection, 
     changed the distance to the object to two miles] The size of the object
     was comparable to that of a XX jet fighter, with a equal shape and in the
     form of an equilateral triangle. There were three lights on the object,
     one on each point of the triangle, previously two wing lights and a tail
     light. As we watched, it was ejected from its launching site, making not
     less than three and not more than seven fast spirals in the air, after
     which it climbed extremely fast at about a 45 degree angle. We watched
     it climb and saw it reach a high altitudel the search ??????? followed
     it all the way.

3.   I wish to emphasize that this was no orfinary take-off but a launching
     proceedure more like a missile ejection, Our companion from next door
     reported that this was the second launching in rapid succession.

4.   I believe that the train at the time of the sighting was between 50 and
     65 miles south of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX While the
     four of us were still watching the object ascending, the steward came
     in and pulled down the blinds. When I began to protest the steward
     pointed toward the rear of the car and shook his head, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
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5.   Our party had wished to make this part of the journey by air, but we
     were informed by XXXXX in XXX that there were no flights between
     XXXX and XXXX  Is XXXX the  XXXXXX people were surprised that
     our party had not flown and said that there were several flights a
     day.
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