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SS ANDARD FORM NO. 64 f Office Memorandum + UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Or Nr Yeh :ROM DIRECTOR; tF'BI DATE: August 13, 194'7 SUBJECT: LYING DISC REPORTED AT HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY AUGUST 3, 1947 —- MISCELLAN Reference is made to tne teletype from the Newark Division to the Bureau dated August 4, 1947 stating tnat a "Flying Disc" had been reported to h been seen at Hackens , New Jersey on August 3 last by one CHARLESYCASELLA, JR. and MILLIE. CHARLES CASELLA, JK., 287 Euclid Avenue, Hackensack, upon interview by Special Agent ARTHUR F. WILLIAMS of this Division, stated that on August 3 he had been standing with WILLIAM TRUEX, a soldier stationed at Fort Dix, observing a "ham" radio rig atop a two-story house on Simons Avenue, Hackensack. It was approximately 7:45 p.m, and they were in this vicinity for the purpose of meeting TRUEX's girlfriend, one JOYCE Mec FAKLAND. TRUEX commented to CASELIA that a child had apparently lost its balloon. VUASELLA looked and about a block or a halt block away noticed a round, black object moving from south to north and east of the stop wnere he and TRUEX were standing. CASELIA noticed that it was moving too fast to be an ordinary balloon, but he could not discern whether it was globular in form or a disc. He said it was about thirty to forty inches in diameter moving north in a hori- zontal plane about two hundred yards above the top of the hill at Summit Avenue and Simons Avenue. It proceeded at a steady rate, emitted no rays, and was moving fast enougn to require them to turn their heads steadily in order to follow it. ‘MTRUEX's girlfriend came out about fifteen seconds after they first sighted it. They pointed it out to her, and she said that it looked like a bird on tne horizon so small. It faded out of sight shortly thereafter. CASELLA said that a line drawn along its apparent course of flight would go from the vicinity of Bendix, New Jersey to a point west of Westwood, New Jersey. CASELLA also said that a man on the porch across tne street also noticed it and pointed it out to tne women. CASELIA said that this man seemed excited but did nothing about it. CASELLA said tnat he was positive it was no optical illusion. He was not facing into the sun and saw the object clearly. He also said tnat ne would have thought notning of it except for tne speed at which it was traveling, ‘ f EXED AF Ws:EMC j y . -§7 pe 1? COPIES DESTROYED 270 NOV 18 1904