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om, DIRECTOR, FSI FLYING DISKS, Report of 8/26/47 wae Th NRE PT ert ie aR, afternoon there were several pieces of burnt paper which flew over the field, and fe did recall a large piece of burnt paper which the vind hed blown across the runway and down the south end of the field. estimated that the paper was approximately three feet in length. stated that uncoubtedly k this was the object in question, end inésmuch as the control tovier hes 3 votes / view of the area in which the engineers hed sighted this object if anything fur- Wa si, ther was noted it would have appeared in the log. 1 Oe pereteeccrecnm —preet was then interviewed regard- bo ee ing his report of a flying object. stated that about 4 p.m. on August 12 Be he hed sighted sn object which he estimated to be about 35,000 feet in the air, ae which was flying over his home in a southwest direction. 4 neighbor, QI OR also saw the object and exemined the same with a pair of binoculars. > According to Ge the object looked like a white dock moving, cylindrical inh ara u $ shape, «nd reflected the lisht of the sun with a sort cf purplish tinge. Other 2 ge witnesses who hed seen the object at this time were a aa of Seattle, and their version of the object correspcended oe with thet o KF * Contact with , of the Seattle Weather Burveu Office ge at coeing Field, revezled that weather balloons are released every six aie oR from his field cownencing at 1:30 a.m. The balloons, according to tr. Eee 2 ery of a white sum color and reflect the light of the sun at e« hizh eltitude. Taf 7C as Although vr, geiee could not understand why a balloon could have been sighted : Le et 4 o.m., he nevertheless was certain thet, from the description of the object seun by these peonle, it must neve been either one of his bélloons or one releesed from some other area in the vicinity. Car “Bader No further investigation is being conducted in this matter Ly tnais office. Jd7:IG 62-