[BLANK] reported close encounter — April 1952

To come back at least a little closer to earth, we will discuss for a moment some of the other lines of inquiry that have been followed. It has wings, and, moreover, is designed to carry a pilot and to be recoverable, that is, landed, at the end of its mission. At the end of ATIC - 1 April 1952 12 **OCR Text:** the climb the rocket motor is turned off and the aircraft, because of its kinetic and potential energy, continues on its path in a sort of oscillating gliding flight with steadily decreasing amplitude of oscillation. Convair is carrying on an active project (F-92) to determine the flying characteristics of a pure delta-wing aircraft. The DM-1 was to be used to test the flying qualities of the delta-wing planform, in preparation for construction of a supersonic fighter of that planform. The Soviets have apparently followed much the same trend. OCR text extraction: Leaving our hypothetical airbase sighting case now, suppose the incident was reported not by a military person or organization but by a private citizen. The problem is passed around, so to speak, within the entire ATIC organization for everybody to have a crack at it. No differentiation is made as to types of objects sighted, final evaluations, or any other consideration. S., it seems, saw something similar. Ordinarily we lump all unidentified aerial phenomena together, especially necessary since there are so many variations in the size and shape and color of the objects reported seen. This job was turned over to the AF Cambridge Research Laboratories, then an activity of the Air Materiel Command and now under the Air Research and Development Command.