I was testing a P-51 fighter in Minneapolis when I spotted this object. I was at about 10,000 feet on a nice, bright, sunny afternoon. I thought the object was a kite, then I realized that no kite is gonna… — Deke Slayton Copy Share Image
About the same time, I realized that it was suddenly going away from me and there I was, running at about 300 miles per hour. I tracked it for a little way, and then all of a sudden the damn… — Deke Slayton Copy Share Image
I feel that I'm in on the ground floor of something that human beings will be concentrating on for the next 1,000 years-if we… — Deke Slayton Copy Share Image
I was testing a P-51 fighter in Minneapolis when I spotted this object. I was at about 10,000 feet on a nice, bright, sunny… — Deke Slayton Copy Share Image
As I got closer it looked like a weather balloon, gray and about three feet in diameter. But as soon as I got behind… — Deke Slayton Copy Share Image
About the same time, I realized that it was suddenly going away from me and there I was, running at about 300 miles per… — Deke Slayton Copy Share Image
