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steady-idlingsupie rumumn?itemsnew an the um Snuthcmillifomia has M intentionat {citingthe Fl

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hndgas and ntlgrr nbstacics, somewhat after the" manner of

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rgorte tut the nem pépermht have received oenosrningFilying clicks in the Ieroed vicinity. | '_ 5 ___ 7 ~stated a oiese friend

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to the Intelligence

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Iros :3 home, iocsteri spprorioately one pile rest of the town of lierced, on the night or April 4, 1949, at approximately 2220. II; attention was

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diverted to a clicking noise of considerable intensity; I stopped on the sidewalk about 20 feet from the front steps and recognised the source of .

this clicking to be in the sIq'in an area about 1,0 degrees from the surface of the earth in 811easterly direction. The sky ceruiiticn was ZGUUIIJ this broken with 12 miles visibility and surface winds were reported as north nine I.P.3. at Castle Air Force weather station. lly hone is approximately 1'. '41? rv J!

sevenni1es__south oi Castle Air ?orce Baseand in an area eonevrhat sheltered ire! s92zz'.i_'eci§rinds,an<;! ho appreciablesurface windwasapparentat the time the aural. observation was made. After about ten seconds of looking

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wneern-=~ -=1.

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Ii copy oi all reports sent

to Air Materiel Command in accordancewith these

tions will be forwarded at the same time to the Director United

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States Air

inst:-or.»

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Force.

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Written reports will be submitted on AF Form 112.

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Commanding General,Air Materiel Command is authorizeddirect contactwith major

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reports direct to the CommandingGeneral, Air Materiel Command,Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,

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PART I1 - REQUIREMENTS General

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Clock position oiobject fromobserve:-'s aircraft.

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Latitude and longitude.

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Proximityto land. Namecity, country,etc.!

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Possible releases oi testing devices in vicinity sent aloft by Urdnaxnco, Navy, Air Force,

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Formation II objects were more than two,

where observed.

Secure signed statement. Qatain tragmenis or physical evidence where possible.

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10. Was any radio antennato be observed, i.e., ably be construed as {such}.

any projections or attentions tint might presum_ »

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C. P. CABELL

Major General, USAF t Director oi intelligence, Omce 0! Deputy Chief of Sta , Operations

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DIS'I'RIBU"I'ION!

Commanding Genera.i§ iuiaiorAir Commands, Z! and Overseas I A11 United Statrw Air Attaches

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A FLASH 0F.LIGHT

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discovered, advisedSpecial Agaoton

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December 2%, 131:8, that

time the object was located on his,

Landing

field near Helendale, California. .e:wise<i that they had taken some L pieces the off object and that subsequently, upon returning to Los Angeles, he had learned that the object was actually a model kite or tow target which _ had been bunt by 1=h or 1-<.->§J~ 1:1 . :stated that e had talkedto bothwmcg and thatthey

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their wishes,

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as a. toy

the inventor,

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against

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they took

after it

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to the

the flight

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stated that

should give the project desert as a

precautionary

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on the

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interviewed and eizhibited the three parts

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three items as part

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for flight

ton target to be used behind airplanes Er.

measure. 13'. stated that

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had developed a much larger model which he had hoped to

since he bad gone that far r

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as a toy. I-Zr. 'ex_ola ioed that

the;-' were primarily in

kite to

and

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Les Angeles. The parts made

available 1:1 ?were by .kite ezmibited Hmto the model tow barge or ' -

tests by

which

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an interview: with H1"|

LZAFTLTFAGTUIIIEG co .-zwunyg

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the target

airiield.

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readily identified the

of a kite her huso-and had built for

the

She advised that she also accompanied her vd1_-3er'L at the time the tests were made. She explained

no the kite had crashed and that the manufacturing company did not put any more cash in it so it was abandoned on the desert-

Tha three partsthe of kite were returned to on

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Your attention isdirected to Bureau Bulletin +51, Se -=8 191+?» 68*-ed in

October 1, 191W,relating to w .-2 an

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matters concerning flying

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For your confidential information, a reliable and corlfi ellt-1&1 5°9211 ¢B flying discs are believed to

te Tm ined that than natural phenomenon.I1; has B150 been dB

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{meDepartment of the Air Forcehas mrnished to

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Aircraft.

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the Bureauthe attached

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dun:ia being furnished to

you in order that

all agents

gggigne to yourofficecanbeintomed oi thetypeof information desired bythe Force

in

this

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memorandum classified"restricted"datedFebruary 15, 1.9-'49, entiiiled"LUnconvention

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disc.

A5 set forth in BureauBulletin #57, referred to

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past tour years the USSR hasbeenengaged in e1Pe1'$-Il1e W 911 T»Bt1°1J 1mk-"1°"n WW

Air -

discs

has advisedthe Bureau that of

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the discontinuance of investigation by this Rnreau

the agigaghg _

in securing data from persons who de ire $0

your office relating to

Very truly yours, John Edgar Hoover

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and investigations

above matter isnon

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concsming such matters havc been given

the name "Project Grudge".

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6-2, Lth Amw, advised on Febmaa?16, 19149,:1 ccr sraics Ta held at L65 .-1J.amos?, New He:::i.cc,to consider the so-called "Green re ball phenomena" uiich began about Decanber5, l9£;.8. Itwas brought out this question has been classified "secret" and that investigation isnor: the primary responsibility of the

U.S.. Air

Force, Air

Lists:-iel Gcsmand,

T-2.

Dr. LINCOLNLA P112 01 the University of New 1IeXiG0, he himself

had made

cribsd the

following characteristics

could not

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be classified

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termed the

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an ini'l'-ial bright light

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about two

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phenomenon

no period of intensity

the duration

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horizontal path. traversed

that the

meteor-its fall,

a.nd constant intensity during

Yellow green color about

discussed cns siting

"Starvation peak

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at sonst.n-at

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"iinidentiiisd

Areial. Phenomena" otherwise imam as "flying discs", "Flying saucers" and "'oal&#3 of fire". It isrepeated that this matter is considered secret by InteJ.].1gance

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It wasbroughtout that since Decsrmsr 5, 191,8 thorn havebeenmorethan

ten incidents analagous to the "green fireball" above described and some twenty others with miner deviations from tho above. It is also pointed out

that the only sitings which hz=.c1 occurred seemedto have been confined to the

Les ,-Llmnos,Las Vegas, and Vest Texas tz-i.é.ng1.s_, s

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G-2 also advised that as of Novemberll, 19:38, ir1i'orm.:».tion had been received

from higher Military

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sitings occur

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authorities that the hir Fox-cahad.advissd that such

periodically

and that another period. of sitings

imminent. Further, on February lh, 191-+9, higher llilitary 8 0

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that it was believed that ultimately it would be in question have e. natuzul szqplanstim,

It is further 1*

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found that the phenomena " A

6, 1918, what 110.3at first

thought to he 2. flare was ssérzapp:-o:c5|.mate'.'@' one-half mile north of !¬iJ-leans

Bose in the area of the Vital

Installation

at CampHood, Texas, and .2. second

flare was noticed at 1:145a.m., Harsh 7, 191+ !, apprmdmatcly three miles from

Killscn Base. It has since been concludod that the flares scan near Kjllccn are probably similar to the phonomonapreviously noted in tho Los Alrmos, Sandie. Bass Area zilthough these are the first sitings of such phenomenanear

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flyirxg disas are believed by the Air Earcs to be marwzzade missiles:

rather than same natural phemxnenunan it was learned that same type of flying discs

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Fualear Sm:-rgyfar the Pr cf pulsion Aircraft Research, idge, i Tennessee, has recently and cmpficianét-ially" advised the Bureau that v .' ¥

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incaiaating the strong pessihility

that they are naming 1 :rumRussia.

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It is 1-1L1 lzncmn th:.i'. tluars 1~..':w-c been during the 11¢-.s inc i: ;'c.:1-s rs_»-arts rm: the various parts of the count:-;;' cf the sighting of unirlcntificd acrirl objccts which have bcc-41ccllcd in ncuqaapcr parlance "flyi.-'15. discs" -Ind "fl;P.':.n;; saucers". The first such sight:i.r1;;s wars rsjwortcd fawn Sweden, and it was thought that the objects, the nature of which was unknown, night. have origin-zted in

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19h8 an unidentified aircraft.

was "seen" by an Eastern .'.5:rlin<.=.s

rilot.-zznd Co-Pilot and one or more passengers of the Ezzstcm Yirlincs Plan:

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It. c.;>pc:_rcdout of athnuulcz-

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cloud narrowly sound or

missing :1 ccllisicn with

air disturbance

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3: at two months various sightings

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.;gc.nr.s of the Office of Spccizzl Invcstigztiong ..irli.nc Pilots; Efilitrry Iilcts, L05 ;'.lz92mas 3¢curity Ins_Jcct.c-rs, and privzztc citizens, 0n . 1 _J-Inn:-.ry 6, 191+ !, ¬ .n0't.h<..1 object. si.11i1:~.r was si;,l1tc.d in the srm; :.rc.:_¢

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ohse ed said ezgiericzents andare nhich co:.:-Jletelydisintegrates upon?,x_>losion,lemring no

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rate of speed eet:L11:*.ted at 6. mini-.92ur.1. of three miles per secondarid :~.n:.1:i:num of twelve exiles per second, or s. B1;- n cillculated speed of seven md one-h.::J.f

miles a seccnd,or 2?,~'3{B silos en hour. Their reported courseindieztes t-hilt they travel

on an Jest - Test line with ;:rob:.bilit;' th;-.t they : ._up1*o:'.el1 from

the Eiorthem -_u:.dr-int, which would be the last stage oi the ;_,re::tcircle route ii they originated in Russir. '..}1en observed they seen to be in level fli§;ht at 1 !"=ei;_,-ht oi six to ten :1il¢5 and thus tr:.:vel_in;,on .1 t.-_n;,entto the earthla suriace. They.occ-?sion::llj dip at the end of the peti 1r.ndon two occ."sions .1.ciciinite verticll changein 3;-_t.h -masindiceted. Those ;a1'.o.'1a;ie.".e have not bu.'..1 imo"-mto h:ve been sighted, hon-ever, at any inter.nedi:~.tepoint between Z'.ussi:-. and Les .'.1:mos, but only at the end oi the flight tormrd the :~.pp:.rent vt:.rget*!, see:-....~";,', Les L "use. In every case but one the shape of

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mzzzaly, t»i"s:.L tha lights ;=.r¢:= mmifsstatians at cnsr1ic r.:;rswhich arc eiirwted t.zm:*.:':1 spscificz:jzainiz. she further thveariaes thatsuch.rays may ixmt-arfcra with the i;_;:itian of ;;1&§1Q»1's may aeaomt and tar vrriaus meaqzlmma aircrashas. ~<. '2 _ Li 3 ¢ I1

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He pointed out that k_g§_J_._§_dge of such a g_ss5._I;ls_air.cra ...isnot_by_arq,,:_u_s_sns _

ne*1_|___§;g3i__th§;_t__fg._g_.W_p5_ss_}gno92_'g1_as_v_sar§l,y_,§s_I9ur.,;ye ago that sometypsol 1'J.,ying £13-§G__Bag_b§iq;¬gXP§}§_iRl*!§_§§;!!ii1¢lL}3§'_IQZgq_l_§§1§§j._sns. In addition he said that gig

recent 1~eQ'o;ts_ha1t0..been.1tncp;we_<i__,§'ram representati1!es__o_f_ _t.hs, Cfsn_tr_a1 _I_n;_ellig,enos&#3

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Agpggr _§|_.11__@__ut_._%_1grz1___1 Sou?-hem_As1a_t-,0 :urg:_p9__a,r:_gi_ the effect that the Russ1ans..92Ie:m expgimtsnungmit of insoniamtypg _§§gQi_qal aircraft _orj_gui-ig<1 miss11e shicb.couldbe dis;gg._t_._<;hs_d,£or great distances out,ov¬r"th'a sea, madeto, tum in .f1ight_e.ndreturn

to the basg;-gmwhichit Ias la_11_{1_c_1i;ed. 2-isrelated that this ir1i'o'r:-natio was

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extremelyworth; of'?15¬1'i:"'s"'i§'s§ii>eriments in this eountryhave so far only developed to the point wherewe are oconcerned. with delivering amtssils to the required point of funpacf-,snd" noconsideration has beamgiven to imparting to that missile the shilitg so retnrn, Ho slso sxlvisedt;gg§_g_t_;sJ§_ k_.r;o1m;_£act that the Russiansare

attemptilg 3'£.§%3'§1op. .soms__t;yp.e. .012 nuclea.r .energy, __that. ._t.he}',receiv§d ha. _nealth_o! h1.T55i'_m'§concerningp3.1ol;ar_ ion _ene:;g5r_at the time nottheir occupation in Germany, fE5.i§iLmeR. sma a..limited supply of fissionabls materials; He pointed out that the R;_1_s_§ians__havs _s_ome_ve;7_ capablescientists in the eld of atonicenergy and that, in

sddoitim thereto, they took

of the mst.-ad*rancsd- and ca]>ab1e-scientists of

Q

into their custody semi

the Gsrman atiou.

.

ststed that speculiar fastconcerning_ these mi:!_gilQ$ 6

is fonn-.4 in rep-:.=ns_h~e_has gg-;>r;si_?!_!F;;?-.1T!!i¢__§f;i_ sJ_lsppsaisnnss t-ho ?o1;.1g nissilss us92§E|I13 n131'>r<$}'ig:h_ _§h_e_1_3nited, 5hate'¬_fr0m_a northerly direction andme beenreported&# 4

as:'£o';"_ El_'¥.§_1 He'g'i*. advised that none have 1.fF@E~_':in&#39 averbeenii iaonn *»°..;*2:-=~_= »!_1,..@=.@>.1;;l==1~?..2;-s1.i=int.=sratn,Q:¢.¢r,r1==!a1"i== =<>.?-1, but it ~=> 1F!"a':3P=~i" tho" cams to

-the United States, cruise around, and go

back aver the' North Polo.

He

_statTéE"[f'_T_h?:¬ 531; ki1ovi1'to i §ofar thsre h_gs_n ever bes;1____ any_g§g§_ q._f_ a__m_;i_ss§ of §his_:typ§_ rocoveredjmm_an_7__st>nrg:e yhstsver in order that an analytical study " o1 its _ naturs i:ould_'bé made. He stated .th§§,,'%1£,,L@PPL@_ h@B_3___§§§I1l,§ _B0§i92f§d* 1 @0115-8 ion .O£.__th§.e==..mis.a i. Le5.r5-$11. r..§z=.¬>!»!1'2?»3-39%;? 1T _&i1.Z<? I79-1'? - Tbo 8

$6 him, *'-P»== §=f~.'-1= _%.'=:= -' ~@ .4?-rosin -r is»,-_=*-r'tw v1-."i<=?i.*='-:=&# :"+..§,~'.% 1%_n

of nuIi2Ez"oi.is discsog_s_r_ _§h,g__j_Jn1tg_d_S_t._at,§g_According toga

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Czechoslorak

tr'5rTs;porf. ' hé& *11'E§5r@ed};92__:;o]_,1__iq9:§_ 1|it.h_ songun§,§,snt1; missils :§oqph_ile,in ,m-5-d~?&#

Mir *5 Qégé "=1liii' , iha the =1ia§_i,.l¢..§J1d._t.,1:§;*.§P2P.__..-.9 "N s>m1.~::-¢al:_.<iL:i.n*!=§x»r.:t

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of guessvoi is -K,nevertheless a sourse of great concern to the mi.1it.sry_estahlishn:|

s:f_§_11?.'_¢_aiI'n¬F,-i." "IE ladvised amt "gz-ea1Q;e::@"r;g'_Ahg_g-5 beensx{>§§id_s;g_i__byMt_t:_ mg»; so ics is?s l¬i§_fnu¢ F-ha 3nature of§

thsssmissiles

. ACTIDN2

,

whether or impetus to

snsrgy for the propulsion of

"'

determi.n.i.h.g,, rlesids

not an adequé.T.'5 éiZ£é'1is*é""¬&11"biféstablishad. He stated that it has given the researchbeing dons by the air force in their om program of nuclear _

ions.

aircraft to

develop guided missiles.

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The above is for your information.

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informationIn 'obtainad;I'h1ch identified the supposedqing disc as a

tar targut and later :

toy kits, no examination was conductedhero.

locordingly,than item are beingratumudwoyou via regiaterad Q

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above ~::a§tiane~dmatter.

Fa he Bureau : informtiun, an 12/ an attorney with offices. oustrm, Texas, telephonically enntacted

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Gffice advise to hethat had afriend,

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aflying diam. stated he was calling£76 in

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on an

object which

up be

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rasponse to Fir. suggestinn and as ameans of determining what authorities wuld have an interesis in this matter. He s-aicl H ~;; _ was amachinist;

.

emplnyed by

the V

object, was

apprvximately eight

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Mac, car

diameter, haé

an

prepulsian. stated He Quad nbserved t-h1a_ob;iec at adesert: lscat-inn near vsé Vegas, Kevada; mrther, than Mr.

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imam ! ta!-can

that this 3

film was

_ in

receipt at

Field, Texavs,

was nmiriea

;§ @

MID mgresentative,

these? referrals,

tu ringys ~.2'2 b hi

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same movis film of

currently in

Imeiiateiy upon

NIH c1a1

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that the

feet in

ta1'1'a.nd and apparwas ntly wings, equipww for Jet 5YC

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calling-1, asiviseé 5 .

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the dim :

the shave

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ixaformatien,

Agent, C .'.S.I.., Ellingtsm

as was tm.:e at

alas I-imzstan.

arrangements were

6,3;-*.:a1n%

As a r sult: af

effected. with

.11:0was done with §iassri-3 .L and Se 1&1 Pt-B , eat £11

and

his pass-evsaiun.

tthe

Haustan Qffiee

M morning;

8 This

of 121/2,8/1&8in or er

educeé ta writing; m1;1n

that his

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for

ashawl

and E ?¢

@133" the 8:0, writerobserving. Arrargementa were then made far A Eta again appear at the Houston Gffiae an the 0.3

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f

infarnxationv might he

making his initial

&pe&I 8n¢:e theat office suLrrend;erg2:1-§h1_s whichmpg 1 ,Q92925;*eons1st.vedL one foot 50 cf 9611, nf ism 8 mov£e5l*¥fi Apprsxim I[m ' fifteen feet of this rel} relates exciusivgly ta the pictures at the flying disc. ' I? {J Y . ' *""z".'1 <-'-""" 92 W i 592¢;~u;':u'.,:* S1CFIT1 £¢.}§§_ >'1"1!3 f3Q*~ - *-B 52" I U . 92 >v P '_ ,__% Y . Em 5%,;_;, iiauw 11>

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Director Re:Flying Disc

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HO 12/28/1+8

While observing cylinder

the obJect,

which had

housing, or

this back could act

fuel tank

the cylinder

Mr. ioted

become detached

tips and he brought cylinder conceivably

of the

initialled

it also. for the

taken from

12/28/118. Two copies of

wing

souvenir. Thi a rocket Ya

attachment.

attached hereto

signed statement

an aluminum from one

with him as a as arudder,

and surrendered

There are

Bureau two

Hr. dated

copies or

a

Houston, Texas,

the Los Ange-lea and Office, one informational isfor being£7 copy

5.

designated for being retained is attached

is

the statement

atenographer for

i - ,or

Mrs.

statement for

0.3.1. use.

Initial information was furnished

obtained concerning telephonicall to Inspector

the Bureau

oi

this flying

l8

be given

asummary

instructed that he did the handling or this matter, should assume an active throughout, cooperating,

$_

of the

disc ruested

in ormation

the iiureau side tracked" in but that FBI representatives interest in the investigation oi course, with 0.3.1. representatives.

v

Flmgheadquarters are

the District

0.3.1. District,

Dayton, Ohio.

wright Field,

or 12/28/1+8 lenient

D Commander Mr

giving

hwan

by teletype,

not want

as -

ageneral

atelegram

summary of

unable to

advise how

Commander, 5th On the

to his

the original

the Rth

District

morning

complaint.

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with interested offices being similarly notified, and that £75 the signed statement oi _be submitted AMSD. He further

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Field, recorded

at the Bureau, .14., 9 2/2%/ll .!92

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original is or the statement FBI Laboratory.

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are attached

the Cincinnati Division. The in the Houston file. One copy to the copy or this letter for the

During the interview with

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§a£"i

could either be handled plane to California or in any

San Bernardino, event it would

w

to first

confers ith

as being disc and

the individual would know

by Wright by having

Field dispatching their District

California handle

ibenecessar

Mr.

énamed

it. He

or .I.0.3

aspecial Commander, 18D,

stated represen ttia *ves

in t hsi, statement

who initially discovered the also its present whereabouts.

flying

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indicated, maintains abusiness aéév Los Angelesi, California, telephone

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To insure

the Bureau'sparticipation

SAC R.B.

Hood, of

telephonioally at

the Loa

inthis

Angeles Office,

approximately 11:30

matter, was contacted

AJI. CST!

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12/28 w 14 th the suggestion he maintaincontact with £7; -

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YAlso gin keeping with Bureau instguctions, rollorJtheI ,,.-Pi Mr.

film received fromof the withalumin portion the fuselage, is together eing forwarded toM/W se ~

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the Bureau,

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laboratory.

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make the following

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statement to

3314?-'o1a1 Agent é8~nd L, of the Office or Special Investigation, nlmgcon osxDetachment, Ellington F 1 Texas, and

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representatives

Special amt» & who75 xmwt, » oQL£wELQLmL @§g3M&wJi*44@himklveatf gdg énfg ._ ___ f . &

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H . OnMonday afternoon Dacem -oer l9#8, 6,at abut

5l1

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nd another

Hr.

and I had dinner

man, name not

at the Old Virginia

Inn,

recalled,

Loo An:-elem,

California. After dinnerI8 went:backto Hr. *

electrical

manufacturing

in Lon Angelou,

he owns and operate:

us about seeing

private

on December 7', 19118. We arrived atthe scene orthe é76 dlao and took leturea of the disc which was still

flying

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lyingaround. Hr.étook

and Hr. ptoolc

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Eamera.

r

e notiood

when the adapter -I

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t-it

lens no

three

closed

Lo

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ihoto

iii-G tiicoo

too much

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d I

at-o92md

j' ~

ro

a%é'iro*.1ld take:':y'1::i1otur£'v1thu Arte ".-'l gy&#

property a road.

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tlvo or nix shots with a SpeedGraphic

that

on his

taking the pictures,

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about 10feetor16m film

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we patched the fence of Hr. h

whore people had been cutting the wire to get We left and then drove back and had dinner at

to

Inn and they took no back home to Hollywood,

{ofcn-vn1n_

' 7I wouldlike to recitethat I left Houston, Texas

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r. Yield,

location orthe duo. ll:-.quotsave until datained at tome air eld ao are did not about 2 PJI.

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company which

a flying out and IO made an appointment to leave early the next morning by car, with our omens, to go to the

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11:30 Ail.

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on Slmday, December 5, 1948, for California

plane and flew to Hollywood, California plane on buoinoao matter-2:. On arriving

Mzualn

on

a

by

commercial

in Hollywood, I

met

mb or 6, 1948, Hollywood onMonday, Deco and

at that time he told me about the flying disc he had located. Ho stated he had gone to._I-as Vegas by his personal plane on so! tho dloo rroo tho olr on his my book, -A "1

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and picked up

South

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' On' December 1,

gear

7 ;-» *5 k

2; 1 .

raaedera

1.1!. We

was.

In making

this

trip, we

proceeded

would estimate 62.5% 1.-seeround

to be

the distance ahaut

could be

the location or the diao.

the diac might have

bean launched

m the

!lr. ,

"

from his airport,

don't immr. Mr. or about 8,999 teat -

4

me diao was located practically Just outside his property and Ia Here going north, no it Iould be cant of his property.

Be has about 900 acres..

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property, Ia ear _

.

diaaortlyinswingwndituaa onthea:ro92u:ud~ina" I .5.5a"-vi»:-¬'1¢e1 poaitim-1; ;ppro§rir3ntely angle," a-iydegr in 7* with the left wing imbedtd in the ground. In looking at

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described

and,oiieourae, he flewlower in some apaced. He didnoté 76

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from

1513 aailea.

mention hi: altitudeat thetime he first sawthedisc.

O

1

ateal

and deaolate.

but whether that was it or not -we raid he usually tie! at an altitude

i

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the

govemuent! right by 1

.3

to an airport

I_would liketoexplain that Ir. W an airport which he purchaa

thought

.

out

and passed one of the Kaiser

in which the disc III round

privatmproperty

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to rhere

The terrain

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drove

and followed a road through "none nountaina and

as f1at,deaert,

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disc

a race track

phonetic!

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through a amall desert. I

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about

vent out in Hr. Q

his wife and left his homein .*'=~ '

work: andtheVirginia Dare Wino Orchard. I 1' Paaadena would say.. 76V .'.............r¢.r..aor1=h¢.a=t r .~ Galirorn .. .9Hm.-§H~env= rou "'E' emw gxrrmrmi -.. . W»-

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the

out by

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Pasadena

1948 we

where his plane was about forty miles from Pasadena irra he iaa havirig the plane repaired. e wanted to be aura the plane was on a truck before we left tor the destination

-¢

where

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the ground, it

appeared that the obJect had hit

considerable force and had slid dented but was generally intact. with aRevere 8 mm camera quite

the earth with

300 to 400 feet. It was I think the pictures I took well ahow the form, shape

and size or the win5. I an 5'7 tall and in standing hoxt to the obJeet when it was in an upright position, it was alightly higher than my height. I would any it was roughly aaven teat in diameter, before crashing.

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arriving

pictures

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roll

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lawyer,

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would

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as nhmn by the phatoetatia

mp; 01' the mwpagar

ipping,

which 1511.150being submitted.harewith ta tho Bureau, the print ma wry indie-V tizwtggtha n-we star: ma mt aoamin my rmmml infcwmtiml; by the public at the time as as3-Qesialo triak.

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mg mg, mqm i to thanstatementsat no mamoapia were a or t1iVstriY:mt-ed. thew atate than j _ had appeared esxizmmly camern

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negatives certain};did not appearto be

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would have removed the emulsion from the face of the film

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the case. It

wast

observation that had the negative been doped with somesort of chemical, it in such

0. way that

thenegative would have been thin st thepoint which is supposedly s ballot £ 7,-

fire, whereas, in fact, both the vapor trail and the corona of fire are dark u I w... on the no tive, indicating that it was rm actual exposure. It was the opinion

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thephotogluphs were, without doubt, snthentioe.

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In accordance with Bureau instructions,noactiveinvestigation of

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thismatter wasmade, butit wasdeemed advisable interview prior

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to submitting the photographs to the Bureau.

rwi

" _ oonoerning them, other than thefactum. they were by believed =1: forcré L intelligence officials to be mn-undo missiles, rather than some natural7 phenomena. It

E

ted his remarks concerning theflying saucer

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was his i urther belief

' compiled concerning these missiles by on the matter was being ertensively

that s. great deal of information

sir force intelligence, done at Hright Field,

expressed the-opinion that information st

1

Force Intelligence

Y-

bod, in all

/"Bureau atWashington, D.C.

A'

pthen

Dayton, Ohio.

the disposal of thlf nited

probability,

had been

uni that research

been made available

150also

States Ax.-my to the

continued vithhisown ideas astowhat might be"

5 i . those knownfacts aln theoretical conjectures of himself and other scientists ' I concerning the nature of flying discs and methods of propulsion for such tyne 1. 1of aerial 1i6C'néfaiuTn. According to¬1"r-'7, flying discs havelongbeen a theoreti E -- ubpossibi-lit; and,in fact, s possibilitywhichwouldindicateoneof the best T ' ;~ means by which to break through the barriers of the supersonic ares. Scientists > . the nstur_e__ofthese discs, which ideas he had formulated through review of

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stated that insofar as is knownto U. *3 :scientists at this time, there is no .

e is the utilisation of atomic emery As further evidence of this possible neens 113-" 3'. _ of pl-cptiln'icon,g calletgattention tothe vapor trail and gaseou ' corona described as s bell of fire, whichhe statesmightgivesome sviden E' _,.

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to the fact that e. radio-active field is present. e explained that the corona, or exhaust, has vhat appears to be layers of intensity which are circular rather than elongated and have no tendency to trail at-the extremities , as would be _

the caseif s norxiail type oi exhaustfroma combustion enginewas being

utilized

in the propulsion of these aircraft.

left by

He continued ths=!-the vapor trail

_'.;-T the missile appearsto beonesingle line or slow in dissipating.

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was pointed out by

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uniformintensity which is extremely

him that in the case oi a normal

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vapor trail

being left

high altitudes, 92_ ¢ 2*

by an aircraft moving

the vapor trail usual];

at extremely

high speeds

or extreme];

will be from the wing tips and/or the

exhaust oi the engines, thus presenting several lines. _But_,.in any event, even though only one line were visible, it would he rather ?1u'ick to dissipate. This indicated to

him that

the vapw

the path of the missile,

type Ofaircraft. Aw He cmtlnund

trail represents

which would

not be the

that information

sane atmospheric

case were it any

323+-£1

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o-

not deemed it advisable

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to advise

1 1

irhether

W not

these E6--<;su.J. ""692 missiles -"1 tore

the United States. First, ¢ n" i I 4 r

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aircraft is

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not by any

ago that some type of

pertaining to

the missile.

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means new, it having

flying disc

and oi

uaug" --or to

knowledge of such apossible

been lmosm as earl;

as four

gears

Southern Asia

effect that

to the

.

was being cexperilnented irith by the Russians.

he stated that more recent reports have been received or the Gentral Intelligence Agency in Southern Europe the Russians

or! radical aircrai'_tguided or missile

were experimenting

which could he dispatched

and

with some

for goat

type

dis-

tances out over the sea, made to turn in flight and return to the base from which it "-as launche-1. 'i his fact cos czt:'e:m'i5' of notice 2-crthg as cxperi.'sente in thi ooimtry have so far only developed to the point where we are concerned with

delivering

amissile

been given

to imparting it is

to the required point aknown

to that

missile the

fact that

oi impact, and no consideration has ability to

the Russians

return. Secondly,

are attempting

he

to develop

some type of nuclear snug, that they received awealth of ini orms.tion concerning nuclear energy at the time of their occupation in Gersneny, and that they too have at their disposal the limited supply of the necessary fissiomible materials.

He stated that insofar as erg opinion sag ?/shethecr or notthey have the ability and scientific Qosledge to create such ' o elled missile is strict]; 16$_ es itate mu statement. amatter of con;-actors, and the. t he woo

Be pointed

the field

ant, houei-ex ,

that the

Russians have

of _atcmi,§j._ energ' and that, in

'onstod,y scene of thimost ~=: -. Y e-1.

authentic, nestle

be pointed out that

In addition thereto, from representatives

stated that

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all information

Ks continued, however, that in his conversation with representatives at Bright Iield and in reading reports returned to this country by foreign agents, he had g iereri together certain information vhich night he of assistance in determining

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him oi

advanced and capable scientists

* -He also etatedithat from reports he has received

all appearances,

acme very capable scientists

addition thereto,

they usually

apeculiar which is

facteoncerning the worthy oi notice, and

approach the United States

in

they took into their of the

German Nation.

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with acme unzlaentiiiad missile

while in n:1d-air

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they were nhaeirvail c~1o~B¢ W

Oak Ridgs, Tennessee. Ha stated that than was perrlaapa,an-Qprcwbeiblqr, anmt-"I:-ear Q»_1

of aoimiaenee

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December 28, 191.8

of December 28, 1948,

Office.

Lt 3:30 p.m., I

called SM} Hood

of the 1'-os Angeles Office

and rial-acted thatheattempt. tolocate H1-._snd Hr.and Hrs

seam from ththe -7e location ofthe described flying disc. I also

__

and guard it

authority.

or

had

from the machine by the Informant

recovered

1;|..un 111 Bnéif

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it

disc,

but an object

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had failed Hr.

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IIILC-B

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work on

had been identified

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is actually

Harmfacturingcompany.A call admit-tedmakings kite along the lines

they explainedthat they had tried to fly it

describedbjrpand

.kl

which

which has a disc center and wings.

made11.1 L08 Ansslssby the h gas mace@ m@ and it

nogeuser

SAC Hood called back and stated that all

was not a flying

as a ton kite,

poaisésslun,

be inmediately discontinued. They had managedto _ he stated that he knewall about this matter;

should

reach Hr. and that

T

it could be properly handled by the appropriate Governmen I also telephoned the Houston Office and told them to send until

in the photographs been

and they had abandoned it. he did

Hood stated

not

have

full

details

at

the

time

of

his

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that he call 111-. its

the Houston Office immediately in order

film and the part. available for

Laboratory

to the Houston Office rill

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not be forwarded

examination.

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and they made a--check to determine what

would cause this

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bright

re ection.

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statementsof Mien

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by 3.1.1mail special delivery, including a copyof the photograph. I

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