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This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1947 to 1949 correspondence, memoranda and newspaper clippings about flying disc reports. It includes Hoover's replies to citizens, a Maine woman's account of a drifting object judged probably a weather balloon, a Richmond memo on a cigar-shaped object seen over Radford, Virginia on May 12, 1949, clippings on the Chiles and Whitted sighting near Montgomery, a Flyin' Saucer toy promotion, and agent interviews with witnesses in Vermont and a pilot near Bethel, Alaska.
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## 0 Mr. Pasadena, California, who was with the time the object was discovered, advised Special Agent on December 28, 1948, that he was present at the time the object was located on his, landing field near Helendale, California. He advised that they had taken some pieces off the object and that subsequently, upon returning to Los Angeles, he had learned that the object was actually a model kite or tow target which had been built by the of Los Angeles. Mr. stated that he had talked to both and and that they had admitted to him having experimented with the object over his, airfield. Mr. made available three of the parts of the target which he had secured while at the airfield. The information furnished by Mr. was verified by Special Agent in an interview with Mr. Manufacturing Company, Los Angeles. The parts made available by Mr. were exhibited to Mr. and he advised that the model tow target or kite had been taken to the airfield for flight tests by himself and Los Angeles 43, California. Mr. stated that is the inventor of the object and had originally agreed to finance him to develop the tow target or kite as a toy. Mr. explained that they were primarily interested in developing the contraption as a toy kite to be sold in a much smaller model; however, the inventor, against their wishes, had developed a much larger model which he had hoped to sell as a tow target to be used behind airplanes. Mr. stated that since he had gone that far they felt that they should give the project a test and thereupon they took it out to the desert as a precautionary measure. Mr. stated that the flight test was a failure; the model crashed soon after it was airborne and was thereafter abandoned on the field. In the absence of her husband, Mrs. was interviewed and exhibited the three parts of the kite made available by Mr. She readily identified the three items as part of a kite her husoand had built for the She advised that she also accompanied her husband to the desert at the time the tests were made. She explained that the kite had crashed and that the manufacturing company did not want to put any more cash in it so it was abandoned on the desert. The three parts of the kite were returned to the Sub-District Office, I. G. (USAF), 1206 Santee Street, Terminal Annex, Los Angeles, California, was apprised of the information contained herein immediately upon its receipt. REFERRED UPON COMPLETION TO THE OFFICE OF ORIGIN
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