Blue Book file, Rogue River (Brad Sparks)

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## 19D OSI 24-14

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## 8. (cont'd)

balloons approximately 2 feet in diameter when they leave the earth. When these devices reach high enough altitude, the expanding gases cause the balloons to burst and the devices known as "kites" fold and drift earthward. It is possible that one of these devices from one of these radar installations may have been blown as far North as Gold Beach, Oregon on 24 May 1949.

## AT IONE, CALIFORNIA

9. On 26 July 1949 obtained the following statement from Ione, Cali- fornia:

"During the latter part of May 1949, at approximately 1630 in the afternoon, while fishing in a boat on the Rogue River near Gold Beach, Oregon together with my wife, my attention was attracted by a silvery object in the sky, traveling at a height of approximately 5000 feet in a southerly direction. The object, circular in formation as a silver dollar traveled without sound at a speed greater than that 1 of a high speed or jet plane. I used a binocular to view the object which was visible to the naked eye for approximately two minutes. Not using the binoculars I could not make out any irregularities of formation, or whether the object had a motor or motors, landing gear, or other items usually connected with a plane. It had no appearance of the conventional plane but in size would be of the diameter of the fuselage length of the DC-3 plane. I have fished in the general area a number of years and have observed various type planes flying in this area, but have never observed anything of this nature before."

S/A 19th Dist CSE

Ione, Calif.

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