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Incident: 217 On 9 December while on flight from Washington, D. C. to Patterson Field, shortly after leaving Pittsburgh range some & to 12 miles southeast of Pittsburgh Capt Mulling asked Col Brown if he were interested in seeing a flying disc} Col Brown removed his flight g@agles, took a quick look and said “Looks like a balloon to me" Capt Malling didn't agree since the object evinced a very definite wovevent and was proceeding in a southwest direction at a pretty fair rate of speed. ol Brown then decided to watch the object again. The object appeared perfectly round and of a chalky white color bat did not shiny. It was whiter than the clouds and was seen against Pg inet sr of strips of blue sky alternating with strips of thin broken stratue, It was mach whiter than the clouds, It appeared to be traveling fairly repidly through or above the clouds disappearing behind them and then reappearing but slays pursuing a straight course. When first sighted it appeared at 60° above horison and seemed from the observer's viewpoint to be about the size of a quarter - thought to be about 4 to 5 miles in front of the C-45 4 horizontal shimmer or jittery motion was noticable at all times. G-l5 wae parm ing a course of 300° and then changed to 270° with the object almost Jel on a course of 290°. The C-5 we cruising at 140 at 6,000 feet. The object avpeared to be 12 to 16,000 feet and was above clouds. Object last sean at sbout 10° above the torizon and wes about the size of a beebee shot.