USAF F-51 fighter pilot of 18th Fighter Bomber Group flying F-51 at 9,000 feet on 180° heading at 240 mph sighted 50 feet diameter silver object at one o'clock position moving to three o'clock at 1,000 mph at about the same altitude, which then started a steep climb, but at the top of the loop the object resumed a horizontal course (heading 360° or N) wavered momentarily, descended and disappeared into the haze which reached an altitude of about 7,000-8,000 feet.

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