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i esl ey Sie . , «| af f A ae * “ x io a STANGARD FORM HO, 6¢ & JD r Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT T Director : DATE; oeptember 5, 1947 S4C, Portland suBJECT: ~ FLYING DISCS 7 SECURITY WATTS: - X , _———- Reference is made to my teletype dated August 15, 1947 advising that a Mr. QQWEEP of Acate Beach, Oregon had reported on August (giuume 1947 that he sighted vinat he believed to be a disc. a eT ot of a , now Ag residing in Newport, Oregon was interviewed by Special scent See Mr, QM stated that on August 7, 1947 he was residing at Agate Beach, Uregon and that his house was very near the ocean beach; that at about 12:30 A. Le he was awakened by his son coming in and that while auake he noticed a bright glow cof light across the sky out over the ocean, te stated that ne imrediately thousht of flying discs and thousht this might be one of the discs. ure ES ent on to say that he had no idea as to the shape or sizes of this object but that it appeared to be about five miles out over the ocean and se that he was able to see it for about 15 to 30 seconds, He further stated that due to the darkness he could tell nothing about the speed of this object but thought it was traveling a great deal faster than any airplane he had ever seen. He informed that this glow of light was somewhat similar to "The Worthern Light" whic 1 sometimes appears in the sky but of course not nearly as large and that it appeared to be going up and down, that is fluctuating in altitude as it traveled along. He stated it disappeared in the west, either falling into the ocean or disappearing over the horizon. He could give no other information concernin.: this object of light reported by him as possibly being a flying disc. hr. and shop in Newport. 7 . ' a ras . ¢ RuP/es ° boM : ; ; eke Ga- 93.94 bg 4 ft i, pnt i T 7 4 ds .