FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 7

FED 1. Di.R O I ._ 1..
U. S DEPAIUMUIT OF JUSTICE
COMMUNICATIONS SECTIO~
1953
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FB~ANTA 7- 8- 53
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FLYLJC SAUCERS, MR . TOM MCRAE , - ATLANTA COMSTITUTION - REPOHTER,
COMPLAINANT . THREE FORTYFIVE AM THIS DATE MCRAE TELEFHONICALLY FURNISiIFJ
FOLLO\-J!NG - FANTASTIC TALE - JI.SSURI NC THAT NEITHER HE NOR ANY Mt ·IBE'R
OF -lcoNSTITUTI ON- STAFF HAD BEEN DRINKI NC BUT HAD UI TNESSED TEIS
STORY. r1CRAE STATED EDWARD E. WJ\TERS , ONE EIC-l!T FIV.E FIVE PEACHTREE
RD , NE, TELE ELGI N NINE FIV[ SIX TDO , CALLED ON HI M AT NEWSPAPER OFF I C[
STATING HE ANDTW O OTHER COMPA~IrnJS WHILE TRAVELING I N CAR rn: BJ\NK-
HE./1.D 'HGHUAY ABOUT MABLETm~, C'A . EMCOUNTERED THREE SMALL MlIMALS UIIC:{
THEY BELI EVED HAD LANDED FRO~j sor1£ PL/\CL HJ FLYHIC SAUCER . 1·.AT£l.S
-INFORMED r1CftJ\E THAT AS THEY APPROACH.'.:D THE THREE OBJ ECTS SSTARTING
.!/'\KING THEIR WAY b/\CK TO WHA T HE BELIEVED A FLYINC SAUCER, THAT TtJO
OF THE 1\NI MAL S ESCAPED HJ SAUC.r::l, BUT THIRD ~-JAS KI LLED 1:JHEN HIT BY THEIR
AUTOMOBI L E . UA TERS DI SPL J\YED OBJECT OR ANIMA L TO MCRt'\E AT NE\JSPAPER
OFFI CE . MCRAE STATE D Af!IMA L DID NOT RESEfrBLE ANYT1U NG HE HAD EVER
SEI:N BEFORE BUT L OOKED AS IF IT BELONGED TO '10tlKEY FAMILY . ANirlAL
I1EASURED AND FOUMD TO DE APPROXHJATi:: LY TWENTYONE I IJCHES LONG, HAD
RATHER POINTt.D HEAD, LARGE EARS AND SK I N tJAS PINK I SH . DUE TO
EARLY MORN I NG HOUR :icf\AC UNABLE TO L OCt TE SC I LNTIST TO EXAM I NE
A:HMAL BUT DI D HAVE ONE OF LEADIJG VETERINARIANS THIS CITY EXAM I NE IT .-