Ten minutes before this several other officers and airmen had seen
three objects. They were similar except they had more of a silver
color. They were also heading in a westerly direction.

Two hours later a crew of technicians on Rogers Dry Lake, adjacent
to Muroc Air Base, observed another UFO. Their report went as follows:

On the 8 July 1947 at 11:50 we were sitting in an observation truck
located in Area #3, Rogers Dry Lake. We were gazing upward toward a
formation of two P-82's and an A-26 aircraft flying at 20,000 feet.
They were preparing to carry out a seat-ejection experiment. We
observed a round object, white aluminum color, which at first
resembled a parachute canopy. Our first impression was that a
premature ejection of the seat and dummy had occurred but this was
not the case. The object was lower than 20,000 feet, and was falling
at three times the rate observed for the test parachute, which
ejected thirty seconds after we first saw the object. As the object
fell it drifted slightly north of due west against the prevailing
wind. The speed, horizontal motion, could not be determined, but it
appeared to be slower than the maximum velocity F-80 aircraft.

As this object descended through a low enough level to permit
observation of its lateral silhouette, it presented a distinct oval-
shaped outline, with two 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.

No smoke, flames, propeller arcs, engine noise, or other plausible
or visible means of propulsion were noted. The color was silver,