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eee y Office Mem xandum a a, Se i ape ae ie * UNITED + pes GOVERNMENT OT 76 Py uR. DB. ¥. LADD. DATE: December 28, 1948 ie eg a FEOM suBjact: *” FLYING DISCS SEENNSNNNEES i At et00 a.m. today, SAC Willis, Houston, called in and stated = Eats —— that business man in Houston, Texas, had furnished —~ = «ie axy——_ certain pictures taken by a friend of his, a—ibii_p of theo @iiaZ?,. =~ Houston, Texas, and had related that SEMMFhad been flying with a friend in a private plane from California to Houston and that at a point about 30 miles east of Lone Pine, California, some object lying on the ground made a very strong reflection and they made a-check to determine what L Ie : 23 ee, . ‘ Pn oe OS . a) . . # ' soo, 7 . Case eg a ee eae te. one as would cause this bright reflection. They finally landed the plane and found an object which could be described as being 8' in diameter with wings about 4' long. The object is about 1' in thickness and in the center there appears to be some type of gyrescope. The wings apparently are fitted with some type of jet propulsion, An examination was made b; nd his friend and they could find no identifying marks and took photographs of the object they observed. SAC Willis stated he had informed Lieutenant of the AAF, Ellington Meld, and @@ the Army representative in Houston, of this object and that @§j vould be interviewed that. morning in the Houston Ve Office with Lieutenant G9 being present. Iiertenant Mis wanted the statements of @Q@—itaken down by a stenographer and he will furnish the stenographer for that purpose. I instructed SAC Willis to furnish complete details of this matter by air mail special delivery, including a copy of the photograph. I further . instructed that he furnish the same details to the proper field office because unquestionably the Bureau would want to run this thing out. After talking with you, I phoned SAC Willis back and told him to insure the presence of a Bureau Agent at the time this object was examined by the Army Air Forces and that he should make proper arrangements with the office in California to see that an Agent was present. I also told him to advise me : of the developments. ij—- ' : os ‘ ny a ; , x . 4 RETR eer EES CRC ah ig Oe Lie oR Se os cee a AEM 8 Rm, HT OANYG * e ; ee ee are fe Mee beg . * «0S . as -~ as * . * an Ne a ee a a en Ca ane vos Zotee et fe ete hee ee ae —~. fe - woe f om : . e . * as ‘ . tne - a e . eee