Date: Arizona 1955 Blue Book report: Military pilot flying in B-25 a/c as instructor, turned to student & first saw object which he described as largе (120-130feet across) metallic, disc shape, looked like two pie tins placed together at their rims. During time of sighting, object changed its position to both face and observers's a/c with both its edge forward, and w/its curcular surface exposed to view. Object paralleled aircraft and disappeared after approx 7 minutes. Blue Book report Nicap report: 7:55 p.m. Instructor pilot Capt. Delwyn F. Ritzdorf, student pilot aviation cadets Richard B. Short and Frederick W. Miller, Jr., 3500th Pilot Training Wing, Reese AFB, Lubbock, Texas, flying TB-25 bomber/trainer (s/n 44-86894) at 13,000 ft, heading 80°, ground track about 90° [85°?], ground speed 238 (or 240) mph, on Airway Green 5, from Williams AFB, Mesa / Phoenix, Ariz., to Reese AFB. Saw a very bright round object with red-blue-white hues, a metallic disc with aluminum color, shaped like two pie pans face-to-face seen edge-on, 120-130 (or 100-125) ft diameter, pacing the TB-25 off the left wing for 5 mins, about 5° above horizon at about 5 (to 10) mi estimated distance to the N at about 13,500 to 14,000 ft. UFO passed in front of a star as it climbed rapidly on a parallel flight track to disappearance at about 25° above horizon at azimuth 80-85°, in 3 mins dimming “momentarily” as it pulled away at about 600-700 mph. Possible radio interference as Capt Ritzdorf was unable to reach 3 radio stations during sighting, at Tucson and Douglas, Ariz., and Columbus, NM, but reached Columbus radio right after UFO departed, making a CIRVIS report. Nicap report submitted by /u/Shiny-Tie-126 [link] [comments]