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3+ “atersated in ‘atureal Jtery, “ro had ‘een in ‘AC@MARLA, rundo f, since
jsse 4 adgalbtion to fis oriswsry voration 01 (onlovy, ae. 1 loess

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mrespentative of vorions . .» “enecarms, © wich ' Lientitiads the a*ianal)
Looe (overtnge (omany of Atianta, -corria. oe erro! 1t& Se wane vekle

own'na \steala os \—i EN ok 5 he oa ives fat beaded
-" the .¢ J. -moaasy7 and milltary attacnes, ee .. ‘atrnai =o ihe ited
ates o> ald “ta cother veo ms Ll. | letter o droetse! (> oro, ee.
—aT .. heerved on the vritte tadlea 9 Som 25)3 2 56130 Yea ——
rose trem im thet roaa vita -he initials “os, ang ta Pore the wetter — sab

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his room 2514 oa the one occuyle oF his motner,
qe en Surnishei the writer ich « sketch of Che ineleent, spich

» had drown averosimataly 30 minit—3 after opsersing the “Lytne object and vith
his otee ecopeervins tala onlan'o Lixewise ‘ecormic! al trat tiles OTroOx#sLaAb.s
coolvw oY bo sretenh ars attache? “ire as Oiosure vile was yr) vise}

notes and SeetcaA are retained ia Lhe files of Laisa ocsiltca, cape ay asnem

» road nan of Jsaterenta on hich Ss Liontified bis cegition at the tine he oh
horveed toe ineldent asa Sealing on ‘outa 4, aroroxinataly “<1L0 oo Lometers ooithd4ate
jarc foem Uoateala City. orominataly (9 32° gest Lonettida and 1.2 30° sorth
Lathtuce, gga: that tire 1555 bourg Sentral. cawiard Tine or 21551 .2onre
nv, Li »yoary 1953 “8 on ward the 330 ‘ya Sec tatemalacity to cnatsitian,

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sad NAG Tiss ontered the ra> fageanding cortion of Conta 3 unich yaa “ee
innine to >a vor sincing. yneerved the Clying o4+4ect Garow,n on cen
rintow of the bus, silhoustted a-ainst tra side of Yolcaro uno, socreslbmoteLly
99? <99 "est Longitude and 14° 25! north Latitude. Gy. cat he, in
navy parlance, was at that tine just coming “ahaam™ of oleano Purgoe. - 12 orjoct
a catinated to he at a distanes of adont 19 "lometera, ani at the astinated
aLtLltnede of 5,70 faet = ardont 2,000 feat above his alstituca, <3 a pares (‘Lrece
ion of Sliecht vas northedastonly, \ orotestatic cooy or 2hid wap with the two
locationa Léentif£ied is attached hereto aa Inclosnre 2. ‘ha oriminal om ‘2 re
tined in this orfles, as Tarnisned the following cesertiosion of ©. Clytne
> font.

SHAPER ie It wes considersd chlate, witht ita vortical «cis
Oyweehalf the Loneth of the hertronal axis, ha outline of the
9) }fve® vas >lantly cnrzad and no Clattened surfacess tare ob
+d, @RBMEes abet chat Loe ood ret amomeeree sosolately
Symuctriecal rad reminded him comewhat of 2 co'y2er OL.

Lchont the ah elerators or o.liom, QB econ & ary could

2t nrvise LF the omfuct bad ‘eoth, since frw the jlatance
5% vhnies be opservod She onject 5 seenat to hava sarely ovo

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‘wate orpen a fLald oxpwilent,withiaich (9 as  horocushly
conveartant, of obserring tha object shroveh 4 “ome cpurae
ture ootaimd Sy clenching Ala rizht Aand into + loose Fist,

“hen showed *he «writer toils fteld oxmsdions oni “+e
re’ ter observ) the avuerture formed ov ae Liutla
‘liwer to be nvorsxinataly of an ioeh in ltanetear,

Oe - Se ODjact sas colors! a orilliant crmenisa
roid of which the golven color vas orrcomlocate, sossinly cue,
cetormtias (o Qa ©o the oricht snitch.

MER & NL¥Y one onjacs 194 ONBervert oY .

£ CE YWRATIC! SATIIIS,s Vons other than Seo ep tte
vation that the ooject miinded hia of 2 (cocquar bloom.

, SLT, (9 OMMST — hom observed a thats
~ “as Yaniller with “con” trails and wins tin strea-ars, ous
had net ongerve? avyt ing with reliatio to “nis cliytor object.

PROPULSION SYaTih ~ lions observed

EPID ~ plates raed asbinated | y (ge »

A oeoxizcately (09 silos cer hour, A>onut tvies the 5n- oi of
at C=j orp Tora SRP 3. sek chat. > hed at other Sloss
“gerved a Ca} alrermsfs in that vicintty and lraveailing tn
the save Jirestion so tat he utilised "hat atroragt's
ccarseteristics 93 a cristerlone .

JD = (ona certinent to flying object heard, possibly
bona se of oxtresealy nolsy ius tha tie as ricing in.

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wolla 1t was breve liing horigontally a% avorexinately

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Sy ) Poet altitude, traveiin Ben n ti Maat tarly ‘irae tion,
PTtep 19 oy 43 tecends observation the tlyine object came to
faimost an aAvrinmsy 3hon ena *% ip ‘ay tant arr Ly rose yertieally
&; proximately 1,009 foete At this »~eint the “Ly ing wires
ansed and ancarent.ly Sakae stationary for aporexinately

2 oaeomia.g ‘tha (lying chbject then almost instantaneously

csanmead ita orizinal speed avi direction of flirht at *his
new @ltLtude of 7,000 font anproxi-etely. ‘owt che

vriter his vrist vaten woich vas of a 1/5 “Hcort step uatch
tyne ond oadviset that oe lad inanmedlately tine? the Lenzth of
19 .osarvation by Lhat wateh,

R4ERE OF OTSA? MA CANOE - Se: Mermtion of
ha Plivytag oygeet dua to the olevattion of a rarra of om
terrening aountalns ani alan oye ce Sis Ceseant’ inthe ous
on route J foo bls ortscimal obgervztion altitads of ie 00
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tbat the usual dally olbme of stewa rising oroy volcan
terg ome rot cran-sed Sy the acpaara:ce of ‘tha fiyines onjoct,
2ois plume of cteam neeording toa SAT ls sketeh and ohe
servation aneacently rigea in about a 45% Goevroe slope in
2 Sortheasteriy dtmection.

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