Wenyon's flying mayonnaise jar, September 1947

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Pilot Wenyon observed an object resembling a flying mayonnaise jar traveling at high speed from west to east while he was flying northward at 1,000 feet. The object appeared to have rocket combustion with silver flames emanating from a perforated tail lid and disappeared over Fort Miles within 2-3 seconds.

“Mr. Wenyon said that he first saw what loosely resembled a "flying mayonnaise jar" one afternoon last September while flying at about 1,000 feet. Suddenly, at an estimated distance of 2,000 feet in front of his plane and traveling from west to east, Mr. Wenyon saw the "jar." It was going at tremendous speed but the pilot was able to note several things. The most important of these observations, insofar as an explanation is possible, is that the "jar" appeared to have some sort of rocket combustion.”

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