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INTELLIGENCE OFFICE : ‘ HRADQUARTERS 136TH AAP BASE UNIT~“4-— WEWFOUNILAND BASE COMMAND, ATLD.avG APO £64, c/o Postmaster, New York, B. Y. 16 July 1947 Interrogation of JOHN 3. MERRMAN, JR,, Supervisor and Mechanic, Trane World Airways, Harmon Field, Bevfoundland, taken at 1430 aT, 16 July 1947, by Captain Willies EH, Smith, Ac, Imtelligence Officer. > @ re re re e How long have you been associated with aircraft and avietion? Since approximately 1936. Were you in the Army during the Var? Yes. What 414 you do in the Arny? Aerial Gunner. Did your job during the war entail you to de able to judge distances and sises of objects and ranges? Yes. On the evening of 10 duly 1947, 444 you see one of the so called "Flying Disks" or an object in the sky? Tes, we were coming up over the mountain between here and Stephen- ville Crossing. The car was going up hill and we could see the sky through the windshield. Mr. Woodruff said "look at the cut in the sky". I looked up end saw a blueish black vapor trail. Did you see the object? “Bo, I just saw the trail as it was left behind. you describe the effect the object hed on the cloud formation? clouds were very scattered and were about from 6000 feet to 000 feet, the object passed through and out the cloud leaving a could see the blue sky, like a knife had out it. The eiges were feathered similar to s weld, as if you cut a weld in half. odject appear to be descending, ascending, or horisontal? was herisontal seemed to remain on atrue course. and imate