book ufo files/1950s/1952-05-9613363
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Posaibl)' vaa • u oDG vu reported 1D area. Sc;pne Yiau•l thoupt tbe7 aav a meteor, otbera .ia14 lt wu AOt.
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atatod that upon s discharge, he left Imperial :1.11d the C!1\ t:f ho.d no re,..or<! a.G present \'meresa.boutA •
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5. CD.rl , Oporatinns Offioor, llaval Air Stl"\tior: , El Contr~,
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and 1'\ade awile.hle the offioitl.l U~1vy Loe; covoring tba hl')m·s stated that Yri th t;ho one (l) oxoeut:ton of th~ • •
control t,war oporator reportine tho sighting, nono ol the airoratts aloft could obnorve 1\DY or the reported objoots in ·l;he t'kye COR r;tated that upon ohe<."\,C~~ w1 th the oontro 1 towor aft"r report or a·aid sir)1 infj, ho found tlae eon l.ro 1 tower ~lporo.tor ,.,..,. viewing the Jfl.ornin£; oto.r throu~. a. set of bino ·lulars anJ tr .. -.t at tha.t particular hour of the morning, the rr.ornine; star gives off 1.. pulRating, li(;l1.t that when Tievted throu~ a aot of binoculars appoars t, be rdd, y~llow, oreln~o and and tho pulsating etfoot has a te.adonoy to a?pO!lr t}lrtt the o tar irJ movi"'l.~·
CDR t:t.ted that tho Yuma Tower after liatening to tiLO 'oou\'er5~t.ion on the drop 1 l!tG.id drop ~lire baing o.n inter-to"JTOr COT'l"'\Unication, roporl6d cha.·t a atran~e objeot in about t!1.e same posii#ion lu.d been si~ht6d. CDH stl.tod that he had no knowledge as to what the Yur.la '£o,·;ar Op errttor was viowin£;, but f1·o~ the position 6ivon, st~ted tb1t he was personally s~tisfied that tho Y~na To~~r was Also ''iuwing tha mornint; star •
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6. Lt. (SG) .hir Ofi'ioor of the Do.y-, Uava.l Air Station, El Centro, California, was on duty o.s Air Offic~r of the D!ly lS l~y 1952, :md nlso oheoked the n·trOl Tovrer O'_k1erator1 s sit)ltinG, and stated tho.:t it wo.s tho ~rnin[; etA.r. Lt &tated th~t there were numerou~ airor~:rt up on oarly mo!"l'lin[; flights at ·thiR time, and upon notific~tion, all pilo·ta wore alerted to observe ror D.<:ri~tl pheno1nenen. All reported neg:..·ti ve.
7 • r ~r , CAA. Office, l!J..S, El Centro, C'l.lii'., ,·;a.a internt.~'ed
in lieu of J.Ir. CAA, El Centro, Cs.lif'. llAS, a.."ld stt.ted that thoy "'~r~ unable to oonf'i nn repo of unS d6ntii'ied objeoto over El Centro, Calif., on 13 l :ay 1952. Tho only records in referQnoe to the ab>ve ro1.,0 rt Tlere copios of tho El C cn tro, Calif. Sheriff's Office messsa.ge incorporated in this report. J.ir. stated that cont,.ot t:o.s made i":ith tho 75lst AC!£ii Squadron, l ~ount L~~una, C~lif., vlith
·neg~tive results. Mr. stated thAt the Y\~~ Tow~r had ~cpurtod on tho drop llno the si~'l or I. myst'3rioua ob eot in the oa.storn s!::y, a.nd artor Q. check by and Lt. ot the Oparation3 Office, liAS, El Centro,. Cr.lif., the offioers reported th1t their tovrer oparo.tor ~:3.s view1!.1G t l.e norning star throu&h his binoculars, and it was tboir opinion that t!1o Yu..-.a To1·rer -.:o.s o.l~o sightint": t.he same object. tir. stato:l that no further invu~ti~~tion v•as z:u.de by CAA.
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CHARL~ P. CASSI Personal Cont~ct and Int3rro tions iii
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1. !h1a report oontaiu 1nt01•ation obtained trom personal contact and int9rr0-gat1on or tbe foll::wiq ind1v1dualal
Sheritt 1 El Centro, California ·+-- Sberitt, NUaDd, Calitornia
Patrolman, Imperial, California Sargent, Imperial, Calitorrda
Tov3r Operator, Yuma Municipal Airport, Yuma, Arizona vn.o 1 El Centro MuDloipal Airport , El Centro, California
2. This re~ort 1a the result ot a telephone call receiYed trom Hq, We•tern Air Datenae Poroe, at,ting that unconYentional obj9cts had been sighted at lnma, Arizona and at sweral locationa in· Southern California on the morning ot 13 May 1952. All available vas tirat transaitted maans •
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111• THIS DOCUMENT IHftMtMATIOM AIPKTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE 01 THI UNITID STATU WITHIN THE Of THt tSPIONW ICT,ID U. S.C.-II AND .. AS ITS TRANSMISSION OR THI REVELATION 01' ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANHIR TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PAONIIITtO IY LAW. IT MAY NOT K RIPRODUCI' IN 0A Ul PAIIT. IY UNIT£0 STATtS AIR FORti AGIHCIU. IXCln IY PERMISSION Of THi DIRECTOR OP 110»' !GINCL
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. / At ll38Z, "Contorm• (75lst Ac:!al Sqdn, Ut. Laguna, Calif) called and said 11Panto-, inimen (CAA) had rece1Ye4 reports or five (5) "!lying saucers" in the !;;1 Centro, Calif.
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The following information was received from March ~ir Force Base Flight Service and was contained 1n a report sent to ADCa
Eov~ring over El Centro, five {5) "flying saucers11 as large as D-361 s vrith ~ light underneath disappeared to the Southwest at a terrific rate of speed. .wl Centro ;·leather at OJl;? was clear, 15 miles visability. The7 were reported at 13/1115Z by El. Centro Sheri!f's office.
At 13/1 J l5A an F9F pilot taking ott !'rom ~ Centro Naval Air Station reported \'I hat appeared to be a shooting star diving at an angle or 60°. At 1 142Z a sheriff's car at llilnad, California sightetl a strnnge object resembling a pnraehu.te f'lare over the South end oi' the Salton Sea. At ll50Z 1 a control tower operator at Yuma sighted an orange and blue object 320° and 20 miles froa his position. H:>vering in one position it changed to anoth~r position and began hovering again. Operator said it v1a.s sighted for too long a period to be a falling star. From llOOZ to 1230Z El Centro K\S ho.d a flight of tour (4) F9F1 s airborne on a local flight •
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El Centro, California was interviewed ~~ stated that he &.IV' of the objects reported, nor did he personally know ~
ot the indiYiduaJ s concerned. However, he furnished a copy of the report r ecieved by the Desk Sergeant on the morning of the 13th of M~ 1952, as follows:
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DOWNGRADED AT 12 YF.AR INTERV A l.S; NCYI' A UTOl\IATICALT~Y
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Imperial PD advises that Officers seeing 5 flYL"le saucers, described as i•~<'A& looking as larce as B-36s and having lights on the under 3ide, no noise wa.s heard end the Officers state the.Y \'1atched thern for approx 4 min,.ltes. Notified Layton, CAA, E1 Centro, Vlho will alert the },filitary.
L~erial PD advise that their Ofticers· state the saucers took ort to the south-we3t. CAA notified.
4t42 ~ ••• On check1DI with various departments attempting to conl'ir~ the above rdport, tound that the bad seen the above object, but th()ught it to bs a jet a:l. Doput,T that he haa a strange object in the sky at the ·south-·~est end of the Sal Sea. States object looks like a flare in the sky, moving up and dm7n nt approx ),000. One big light. it might be a weather balloon. Uone or the Ottioers on the El PD sa.w any object9 in the sky. ~Same ot Br is
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C.\.o\ notit1ed of ~bcwe, has ni~rntt chocking. ~ ror:~a All the above Ott!a'llt-S have been on dllt-y npprox 4:! hour., nnd nrd cold :;ohdr.
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CM, advi3ea that th<J 7la.V".f Control 'i,·':1.ter1 .:J. C:! ntt•o r.l_ .. orted o :: u tn~ :1s \Tell as th$ !..r:v Control "l'om'r in i)L.,a ••
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WhA-t nas ~~>.r line of ~ic;ht? Lo~, diotant, appr~ate~ 31000 fe~t.
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Q. ~otl7 what, shape did the objflct app~ar to h.;Lve ox- r~aemble? A. . Onl;r as a bright llr;ilt.1 it moved, oscill~t~ •
Q. . ~:ould j-ou sa;, it m.1.7 h:1v" been n Pnra-Flr~s? A. ll'31 it ~'fould hOYer and th~n .cuve. ·
Q. 7lhat coloor 1'138 thi!l light? J,. ~'hit«! light, lilt~ nn electric bub.
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Q. llov lODI 7CN beeD Oft dut7? A. I reported OD at 2000 how-a.
Q. What vaa the nature ot 7au.r dut7? '· light patrol.
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Q. Have 70U A. Ro.
Q. !Y~r aae ·~ thing like this baf'ore? .l. ODl7 weather balloons.
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Patrolman, Imperial, Cal.if"ornia at ~~~ at Imperial Pollee SMtlon.
Q. Where approx!aatel7 vere Jo.& vh• 7ou tlrst observed the objects? A. I vaa OD 9th end R Streeta in Imperial at 0310 AM 13 Mq 52. Our
r•••on tor beiDa in the area vas to deliver a message. I saw an odd pare dOVD. There are hlp treea in the area and r:q partner 1 Chenq, noticed th• first. There awe three in number and they vere travelinalorth t'l'OII this ·locatlon ot observance, and vare joined b7 tvo more •ad tb.,. all bepn to orbit.
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Q. llbat vaa their sise, and colour! A. I oouldD1 t ldeDtit7 th•, except tor the light which vas underneath the
object shining down, a vhite light, tive in total.
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Q. D14 JOU notice •"\1 particular behavior? A. lODe oth• tba olrcl.lq am over poai tiona. Attar a vhlle
ot tb• disappeared, nnlahed. Th~ir speed vas very ta:Jt.
Q. I.tke a jet! A. hater.
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Q. A'bcMt h011 hip were tb• obj eota I Ae (DO oa.aaat, unable to estt.aate)
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Q. nhat ed· to the other two objects? A. Thq heacled South.
.. Arrr particular area or d:l rection? A. Jlext co. .
Q. How far ia that? A. About 2S miles due South.
Q. i'iere you able to observe them for any time? A. No.
Q. ·;I ere aey ·of our aircraf't airborne? A. llo, not at the time. •
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Q. mtere and who? 1~ The Naval Air Station about 20 minutes later.
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Q. , What time appro;x! mately was this? A. About O)lB.
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Q. You are quite sure about the time? A. Yes, I am positive.
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Q. Do they maintain continuous listening? A. Yes they do.
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Q. What aboat tb• weather? A. Clear.
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Q. IOQ vere to diaoera the shape or a1•• ot tbeae obJ efts? A. lot at all.
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· ' Upon beiDa 1Dtsrrogatecl, stated that he had obaerv9d the same phenomenoD o.D several occasions ovlng the tirst sighting on 13 Mq 52. It
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Un1deat;1t1ed Objeo\e Reported o•er BL OBRTRO, Oalitornia on 13 Kq 1952 IPICDL IB~Y
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Ia.. Attention is in•! ted to paragra~ 71 A.l'R 205-l, dated 14 l9l91 which prohibits the disclosure ot clasaUiec:l intomation
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1. On 28 Ju~ 1952 1 Ct19t.." in s ·r r.!P:rr:l·~ R , Air Ba.se Squadron, Yuna Air Force l\1.so 1 Arizona, \i.lO interv:toHed by the underai~ed. Cantain HAY..:P:2l is o.lso Hing Intelligence Officer and in conjunction with his duties as concorn unidontified objects, ~tatad that he bad received no report as of 28 July 1952, rehtive to ~d3ht.ing of unidentified objects on 13 Hly 195?., 9ertainin3 to subject mattar.
2. On 28 July 1952 , Coumand-ing Officer, 1903-4 Detachmant, AACS Squadron, Yuma Air r'orca Base, produced the tower log which revealeJ the followin~ infornntion:
"13 l·ay 1952 - At 0400 l·f>T El Centro reported seeing fast ~r.oving object. Rs.dio c!llled to have me get a 'look-see ' but never spottecl anything.
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3. stated th~ \-!as the tor on duty and made pre-describei not~tions. Further,
Ywra Air Force Base on the norning or 28 July 1952 on statua. His rasidence. io at land Apts. #2, l1internaven,
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1. Retereooe is made to letter, this office, dated 14 August 1~52, •~bjeot and tile as above.
. . 2. Transnd.tted herewith are two copies or Report ot Invastigation,
ot Special Agent THOti\S B. CASEY, Jr., DO #17, dated 9 September 19521 l'ile No. 24-8-31, subJect as above. ·
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4• Your attention io invited to Paragraph 7, AFR 205-1, widch prohibita dissemination ot classified information to unauthorized personnel.
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Upon interview stated tha·t, he was on duty alcme in the control tower at Air Force Base on 1) lday 1952, and at 0400 hours 1he FJ.. Centro to•er reported seeing six (6) bright ob ects moving tD the southeast and asked tey to spot, them. ed that he scanned the alq with 7 x binoculars and at· hours sighted two (2) bright or&n~e objeota at 300 degrees true. ised further that these objects could not be seen with the na ,~e and that they appeared to be about one (1) foot in diameter and appearea to be round. further advised that objects appeared to . be at an altitude o! from 2500 to SOOO feet. stated that, he watched the objects for about thirty (JO) minutes and they were moving back and forth acro3s tho sky trom 290 degrees to about )05 degrees, as indicated on the crash map, and appeared to be tting further away all the tim Wltil finally they disappeared. ised that a beam or light similar to that of a aearoh light c trom one of the objects and that the beam or light kept going on and ott in different directions from the object. o advised that, very short but trails or what appeared to !lane cane out ot both objects. ther adviaed that 1 t was dark when he tlrat sighted the objects weather was very clear.
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CALIF FIVE FLYil:G SAUCERS AS L.\RG:! AS B-)6 \-liTH LIGHT UlJDBIU~!.:A"iH
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EL Cl!Zl'l'RO lU.S Rl!PORTED WHAT AP?f..ARED TO BE A SIIOOTIUG ST.A1'1 AT A DI~ • •
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DIPARTMENT OF THI AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE •
hi IN.,lC;JOit UNUIIL. USAr
llll lllflt1'::1 OFFICE OJ l;t[CIU IIIYUnOATIOII I .. IOIIf·P'AYfUSON Alii r OIICI lA OHIO
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1. Reterenoe is •de to Dl.apoai tion Form, ,our Headq narters 1 elated 21 llq 1952, concerning the abow captioned matter.
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2. In coapl1ance 171th Paragraph Ro. 21 transmitted herewith are two copies ot Report ot Investigation b7 Speoial Agent THOUAS J. loARDI.E1 18th OSI District, dated 27 Jnne 1952, File No. 24-176, IUbJeot aa above.
). ..rbia investigation ia continniug in another OSI District and 1ubaequent reports will be turniabtd rour office upon receipt.
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4• Attention ia invited to the tact tba t the information contained herein baa been derived tro11 sources other than USAF. In accordance with Paraaraph Sb, AFR 205-1, dissemination ot tbe information contained berein t not be made outside ot U~ oh•nnela.
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in.;3, :.\:ld el"va.tio:.as at b'lzinnine; 1ncl ond of fligh t. !.W.d ti.'!'.~ in !; '\. :jh~. Bnnio infor·u.tion ro~eiv~d from El :; c ntr•) , ~~lit'., ~hdri!f•:: :}ff i n.;,. El \;P!'.~;ro
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Sheriff'e orrice ct>ut~ct~1 ~nd ct~t1J r0port~ raceivc d from Offi~,;rn end • Imperial, Ca.lif., ":'olice Dcp::.rtrnunt, ;Ht'i Dc:_.> uty Sh eriff
El rentro Gaunt:~ ;.h'3riff' s O:ffi ·J f} • ctotionod l• 'G ~liltAnJ. Coli f., &ll!n ilaval J.ir Station C<'•·L";rol Tow\)r, t:;J. Centro, ~olif. G..i.1J Ar:ny Cou l rol Towur, Yun~, Ariz,r...n ... Int.orvhm ,.;1 th Po 11" d Chief Po J icu Dopartment, lntpod ;1.l Calif. ·. ruvo:).l dcn:i.os soain~ o.ny unl1cu-
fied ~b O.Jt::J. L1~e disohSA.rce'.l ru' uurdliable. Dei' uty ~:horiff bulio-vus f:ubj~ct s it;)1tt~d to be Navy flt.rtt on \'.e:>.ther h~ 1l~on.
0t'erat1ons Offieor, Naval A 1 r Control ro,;er, El G entro, ~ :-\lif. • 3t:\ t~n atranso objoot sighted by ~onta-ol op ')ritl')r to l::o morning sttt.r. Ynrt.l Contro 1 TO\Yer loc-.tt:Jd in Dis trlct Office 1~:17.
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1. Lf,·cf.rt"' trom Distri ut Office · ~~.'j, dated 27 iiay l9n2, ?'ile l~o. t,!) ... 24-21 tre:!::·!:d tted two ( 2) oopif ·~ of a. wire reoe:l",~td by Air i'eohnical Intolligonc t c(~ntcr, ~1-rlzht-?atterson A!t'B tro.r. Readqu~rtera, USAF, Wt'.sld:J.Gton, D. C. l'O~ardlng thu ait;htings of unidentified aerial objects ov"r L'l ~entro, !; ~\lifornin, r~qul)sted namo and add.roaa or sources, Clnd a deaorip tion o'£ incidout in.Jluding (.ha,?o, bollrinp, and elevations at beginning and ending of si{;htin~s, time in 3ight, and any other pertinent information. The abo-:ro information was reportod by ~lEI El Centre, Calif., Sheritt•e Office •
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a. n1lable the oo~lete !:..1 Centro, CM.l if • , Sh tn"i i'f' s O:ffi o e tr .. l.de
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4•17 A.l,{. 1952, lJD2erlal Po lioe D~t., I !r.parial, Ctllii'., odvi.sos that o'l'rr ..... ···- ort seeing five ( 5) · !'10-ltt-; siuc;)rs- doscri bod Q.G
looldnc as aa B-36' s aud ~aving lie)'1ts on tho undoroi d.e. Ho noise wnA h eard ~nd tho o1'fioers a tate they wo.tched them for appro-.cinately four ( 4) mi.nutus. Slleritf'w Offioe, El Centro notified C.'\.1 El Centro, Calif., wbo will alert military. Imperial Police Dept., Imp13rial, Calif., e.dvis~s thoir officers state the SaUcers took off to the SOU~TNeRte
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'8a (2 A.}.!. Dep 1Jty Sheriff at lliland, Calif., advises end or Sa.lton Sea, and sta.tos ol>joot down at e.pprorlma.toly three thou::;and balloon.
El Centro County Shcriff1 3 Offioo, at~tioned o. stro.ngo object in l;he sky n.t the soubhoae ·~
looks liko a flare in ·tho sky movin~ up n.nd (Z,OOO) feot. inks it to b~ a we~thcr
None of the officers at the El Centro ?ol i.oe D~partrl~nt so.vr any objeots in the sky.
CAA notified and lla.val Air craft i:J chccl;in&•
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CAA, c;.dvisea that llavy Control To:>wer, El Ce:ttro, reports eot, as v1ell as the Army Coatrol Tower at Yu.-n.:a.
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a. Deputy Sheri ntervit."Wed £md stated that he beliuves the object sic;htad to ha.ve or a .v;cP.t'\er ·call st&tcd tho ohj~ct was not a so-called flying so.uoor, and '\'JO.S :t;tationtt.ry ir: e 6ky . liko Lhs flal•es dropp~J. by }fav~l planos in pra.otioing gur.nory and naw.l bornbinz or t."lo usuu.l woathcr l.'alloon.
4. Chief of Police EU .. O 3il!!:R..tAN • I erial Police Departmen t , !!1tperinl, Calif. 1
was intcr·viewed o.nd stated that Officer ha.s been di E»charged fro~ the ?olico Departr.\en~ as unreliablo. Off'iour una'7ft.ila.ble for intorvio"'N. Chief
stated that ho had thoro interroL~tod the two {2) officers tho morn-int; after the so-os.llod ing e.nd fou..'ld h1,-d suppo~edly oeen objoots in the sky. aooo.rtpa.ni but sta. ted tl o was un~ble to &t!e tho said objects r a.t they existed.
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