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This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1949 Army intelligence reports of unidentified aerial objects seen around Camp Hood, Texas, forwarded by the San Antonio office, which told the Director it was reviewing and destroying such reports unless they held FBI interest. It also has 1957 FBI liaison memoranda on a radar-tracked object near Montauk Point and Benton, Pennsylvania, judged unlikely to be a Soviet operation. The file also includes a civilian Flying Saucer Researchers release arguing that saucers probably come from Mars.
“Cooper”7 pages
# RESIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL
16. Sound and odor:
17. Trail (color, length, width, persistonce, oto.）
Long yellow trail - similar to that left by falling star.
18. Luminosity (visible by reflection, incandescence, other - dogrose of brilliance);
Some brilliances average star.
19. Projections (fins, wings, rods, antennae, canopies, etc.):
20. Monouvers (turns, climbs, dives, etc. - skotch of flight path): Almost level flight, possible alight are.
21. Manner of disappearance: Faded out.
22. Effect on clouds:
23. Additional information concerning object: Observer did not see any falling stars during the period of observation.
24. Weather conditions and light at time of sighting: Clear - Large - Wood.
Name and address of observer: LA Florian L Takisovics
$ ^{D^{a}}$ Co - 66th Mod Tx An
24 Armored Division, Cp Hood, Texas
Occupation and hobbies: Officer.
Comments of Interrogator relative to intelligence and character of observer (Chock neighbors, police dept., FBI records, employer, etc.):
Observer had difficulty explaining in detail what he saw.
Did observer wear glasses, especially polariod glasses at time of sighting, or was object viewed through canopy, window, or other transparent material? None.
Pages 3 & 4 of this form not applicable to this incident.
CONFIDENTIAL
Interviewed by
GEORGE M. SIDMAN
Captain, Inf
No 2d Arm Div
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