FBI UFO file, part 2

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'fayonnatse jars~p'~
,,'1 by Rehoboth Pilot
on Believes Mystery Discs,
d M Ha"'e Caused Big~, ay v
rash on M einorial Day
pilot. Jl'orre...t Wenyon of 1~3 Rehoboth Avenue,
,00 last. night that in the past 10 months he has
being loosely t\es.c:rlbed as "flying .aucer~" but
mayonnaise jars,"
"'rence between the mYlit.erious objecLz of Mr.
iJose .... hich have now been obsen-ed in some
~ 40 states In that tne form~r. accord.
- --. ing to the pilo\.. held a true course
until they disappeared. from sight,
. This would indicatl a gUl -'" -; .-:-
"Il~t an aimed misslle while the
c rse of the "liaucers" has been
Jd ribed by observers ~ uratic.
r, Wenyon uid last nIght that
h first ~av.'" what loosely resembled
a "flying mayonnaise jar" one after-
~ I noon last September whGp, fly.1ng at
about 1,000 feet. It was late m the
afternoon and the puot "'as fiyingl
north. I
Suddenly, at an esUmateo ~istaneel
of 2,000 feet in front of hLS plane
and traveling from :west to east. ~r'l
JI Wenvon saw the "jar ...~ was gomg
'I at tremendoUs 6peed 1. ~e Pilo~l.n was able to note sever tnmgs.
The most important f thebe ob-
h servations, insofar as ar. xptanation
is possible. is that the "jar" appea.redl
to have &orne sort of rocket com·
bUStiOD. Mr, Wenyon said tha~
5· ~nurts of silver, ~a~e from ~~ tail I
Ki i temed to provlae tne propUlSIon.
lr, Carrying out the de~ription of
. n \ e "flying mayonnaise jar," Mr.
(. ;Venyan said that the taU appeared
II to be a lid ,.,hieh had been per·
fora ted and th,t from these per·
I) foratIons the fiAmes escaped.
lil In a. matter of two, at the most
al three. seconds the object h~d dis-
appeared OYer and past Fort MUes.
I', The pilot did not see it land and,
w, doesn't know whether It did or not. Ia 1 Then on June 2 whIle ftYIDg at
:re: 1.4quTY Discs-
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• I"4ojgNf from the theory that they
I ,\ere r~dio controlled !lyh.l';! missiles
s(.nt aloft by U. S. milltt'ry scien.
! tists to the sugge.;tion that they
might be merely sun light reflected.
on wing tanks of Jet-propelled.
planes.
A. B. Cross of Cba ttanooga, Tenn..
a 34·yearooOld ",'atchmaker. an.
nounced be invented the "Hying I·
saucer" and submit&rtment elabo.
rated on hIs plan. His model was
pOWdered wlth II. rub'.ler band. Cros.s
sald, but. he be1ic"\'oo atomic po\\'er
now is being used.
A Spokane, Wash .• "'oman insisted
the obj~ts she saw '~;('re of 6uch
size tha~ together they would take
U~~he 6pace of .. five·room house
if they landed. but a Clearwater,
Fl.. woman "aid the disks she 00.
foe ed resembled "pie pans."
. Rutland, Vt.. a woman ~_
ported she and her husband ~ t.
ne.c;sed a. brilliant object. in e
night sky "'hich she It.!'$umed to e
&. "fiying saucer" although it v
sta tlonary. . ,
But at Cambridge. Mass.: a house-
wife .said she saw "a group of white,
flying saucers whirlin~ around and
goIng a t a. tremendous speed,"
The Massachusetts and Vermont
;reports brought to 40 the - number
of states in v:bleb the objects have
been observed. I
With New England getUns: Into:
the game. the Harvard University;
astronomIcal ob"prvatory took note'
of the reports hut saJd it. had had,
no luck so far in photographing one I
of t.he discs. ;
~. mysterIous saucers first were..
re ·'ted June 25 in the S1..itc Q"J
Wa mgton, but Charlie T. Han,,!
let, .superintendent of the King:::!
pon~ Tenn .• Times News composit1.'
room. 68.id yesterday he had sef\
the d1sc.s two years ago,
They were "of a. bright, 'Iluminum icolor" and "were going a t terrific h.ispeed," Hamlet nid, explaining he i
kept Quiet about thf"m because c! •• lhk.......,;: .. -.. .. _,
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