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Subject: Reports of Uni~entified Flyins Objects (U~Os)
l. .i\t ~ri?roxi:nately 0345 EOT, the ;.;;!-f:c c:1lled to i:,~ic~te
t~&y h~~ =eceived several re?o:~s c! ~~c•s in the vicir.i~v
of Tort. &tit.chie. The following ev&nts sur.::.ari2e the :-eports
(times •f• approx.iJT~te).
a. 0130 - Civilian• reported• Ul'O sishti.ng near
Mt. Airy, Md. This infor=ation was ob~ained via a c&il
~~om the Nation~l Aeronautics -Board (?J to the Fort
R!tchi~ Milit~ry Police.
b. 0255 - Two separate patrols :rem Site R reported
si9~tin9 3 oblong objects with a reddish tint., moving ·
east ~o west. Personnel were l~c•~•d ~-: separate loc.tio.n~
on top of the :noun-:ain at Site R .
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. c. · 0300 - Desk Sgt at Site R "''ent to the top o! t.',e
Site R mountain u,d observed a UFO over th• uz:no storage
&~ea at 100~200 yards altitude. ·
d. 0345 An Arny Police S9t , on the way to "10rk at
Site~ reported sighting a vro i.n "the vicinity o! Site R.
2. ;Jo:MCC was rec;uested to have each in~ividual write a
-··• stater.,ent OD the si9htin9s. On• i.ncUvicue.l statecS the o~je-c:t
w&a about the size of a 2 l/2 ton truck.
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3. Bzsed on a ~cs ~e:x>randuna. sub;ect: ~er.:?eratu.re Inversjc~
Ana lys.i.s, dated l.3 Nol•e~er 197 5, the ~MCC c:on"tacte6 "the 1.1r
Torce Clobal Waa~her Ce~tral. The P~ty O!!ic:er, LTC OV!:A5~,
repor~e~ that the Dulles international Air?~rt observeti~~s
s~~~ed t~c te~pera"ture inversions existed at the tiJDe o! the
• • t::Sect a ileports o.f Uni~enti!i·~-= !"l7,•.!n9 O~jec:t_- . (Ui"Os)_,--; ·
/ ;.:le9ed si:l>U~gs. "J'l>e ;J.rst e:,,un••• '"°"' the su,cf~ee to
l, 000 .feet ,bsol.ute and th• seconc!· e~:!s~ed ~•~wean 27,000
' and 30,000 !eet, &~solute. Me e.lso saic! the atr.ios,~•r•
between 12,000 an6 20,00~ feet was ~ee~ ily ••~~=•t~d with
rn~isture. A hard copy messa9e will !ollo~.
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Bri~•dier Cenerel, USMC
Deputy Director ~or·
operations, NMCC
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