ll),.,O 1 24-o.:l57
........
3 Jul.f 1952, STlNfl nn4 00.SH 'ltcre aeparatol_y intvnettod by Spooial
,igent JUUUS o. roP.?lNGA. Tim.01 locot1on_, :!ICthod ot eigbtlna, wea.tbff
eondiUona, db-eotion ot flight, and dli~pellranee JR)Jte iden't1cel t.o
that, ~rt.Gd b,- W!rCAl.P. Several dllterencea ~m be noted, howcwor,
r•lo.t.ive w tho desaript..ton or ~hfJ object.
j. S'l'lN.&n de,croibed tho obJeet at1 1"0t.1embliile a omall bl.imp,
hav1ng & blunt. trontt, cigar-eh&~, Md a:ledl&l" to an "aiJlplAn• m.tbout
winge or tail nasombl.r." STlHm notioed no oxbaust or noise~ and M
change~ of alt.1.tutle or coarae. Lm,t.b ot the object•• oatiml:&ted u
two tQ three hlindrod fNt.1 and no ta.it teAt.uroo, mnti, or ~O
f~tllf.W of an, kind,._.. obtened, fitI.NEll aatimted the altitude of
th• object to be about 20,ooo teGt.. Be doaor1bod itu rornard aotion to
be irregular, til'at ba~ imrrlrltl, 4n4 then p;rt>aNdif.la o.t "about th•
apeod of a.~?."
k. OOSH advieed that ml ,could not eat:iutlt.e the BUO or the
object., but deeoribed it ae o,al--ahat>$41 and bel10YOd that it wu
tr»ile4 b1 t,'IJO dlft-1.not ft}>Or tr.-.ile I ojmilar to that uaociated :dt.h f o.ge, and nae eorved 19 ,oara with the l;l'OWld forces and
4 yecu,s "'1th the Ail' Force. Ile lae nO'Nl' been on an air crew, and ol.Aima
m apociel MO"lllodge pertaining t,o iu.raratt.1 but adTisi!kl that he ?iaa
~ cbeer\'ed en airplane 1n £light, nt. ~ anglo > Naemblins the object.
deaerJ.bod, and.,., li.itsre ot no known obJoct :which aigbt Qllt'a to bo o veritioation a.tad on$ o.nd the
eue u eigl\ting Obscn'ed by ~rJIN • N!WON 'bctlfOon O'!Jl and 0734 flour•
wr on l Jul.J' 19'2 arid re~ in lat Ui:ttrict. 051 tUe 44....Q..2'6 on
3 Jul¥ 19'2. •
DOWNGRADED AT 3 y ,gAR ,JN}'~-,Y~•
' DECLASSIFIED AFTER lll Y"EJ\l-1S.
non· DIR 6200.1.U
DECLASSIFIED Authority NND 923007