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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8227030

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONAkron Ohio

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Dear Mrs ae

This will acknowledze your letter of 12 October addressed
to General Fisher concerning the sighting by you of an unidentified
flying object on 2 September.

Your letter contsined insufficient information for a valid
conclusion. Therefore, ve esk that you ccmolete the attached Air
Force Questisonnsire end forward it to the Comzander, Aercs race
Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force base,
Ssico for their snslysis and evalustion.

Siscerely,
Inclosure LAWRENCE J. TACKER
Lt. Colonel, USA?
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This will acknowledze your letter of 12 October sddressed
to General Fisher concerning the sighting by you of an unidentified
flying object on 2 Septender.

Your letter contained insufficient information for 9 valid
conclusion. Therefore, we ssk thst you comolete the atteched Air
Force Questionnaire and forwerd it to the Commander, Aeroapsce
Technical Intelligence Center, Wrignt-Pstterson Air Force Sase,

Ohio for their analysis and evalustion.

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.. A UFO sighting witnessed by ill lite ata and her two
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n 2 September 1960. The witness made her report Cy letter anc omitted
any essential bits of data which are necessary if a reliable analysis

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This is to acknowledze your letter of 29 September 1960
concerning the sighting of unidentified flying objects by you
your son and your asuchter on 2 September.
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their analysis and evaluation.

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l. A UFO sighting witnessed by Geeta her two
children was reported to ATIC by the witness. ihs sighting occurred
on 2 September 1960. The witness made her report by letter and omitted
many essential bits of data which are necessary if a reliable analysis
is to be made,

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herself and the two children. These forms to be forwarded directly to
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