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oman ¥ fA avis. a a an = ae oe , Se VNEPLESULON, iis Vie - & res 2 ye * September > 1949. ake tre ne Federal Bureau of Investigation ; Dogan. rd OS A q Washington D.C. . , Sa tg ges a“ ae * ; ’ * “y * a An incident happened this afternoon which after’ sonsideration® -*E felt I should report. I most certainly do not want :this incident. disclosed, as I do not want any publicity concerning. ‘it.:If. you:: Bg er wv GLECLOSEdg - “ pegard it of no special: ‘interest to the F.B.I. Please: disregard =, ange orre spondence « ° om ne was flying from (Clark Fie1a) to Parkersburg,’ W<iVa."this” ee a ot» afternvon end about four’ miles dirline, southwest of Parkersburg, ¢; _ ‘I suddenly noticed arbright yellow object coming directly towards’ ss me. It came at mo with such speed,added to my 100 m.p.h. forward: Rene Speed that it startled me and had passed by in a matter of a’ ‘couple. of seconds, But it passed by about 100 feet under my ship ane about: 50 feet to my right, ‘and because of the dark green background of. the forests below I was able to get a very clear outline of ‘the: eae ony - ae th phe oA at Loa —s ae a “objects and whht I believe is a very accurate description, t oo ‘: Color = bright cahary yellow 2 ts ee ae yl 4 « Length- about 15 to 18 inches | wee Fy «te on ‘ _ rt at “ae Diameter- About k"-in the larcest part a re it resembled a rocket, in fact was about the same shape ena’ ‘e wi proportions as the fuselage of a Lockheed Air Force’ X~+90 ;-*** <2 oe ik a: ~*~ No wings but vertical end horizontal fins on rear. 3/3’ ofthe 23 “ee aed 3 ‘Ho visable means’ of propulsion such 8s ‘prepeller,’ vapor’ ‘trai1,* “'amoke or exhaust. Ee es The front of the rocket. ‘was very sharp with a needle nose, 6 needle looked about 6" long and was the size of a lead pencils: —P The rear end was blunt similar to the rea end of. a Jot fusela@.. a rene @ast AE he tee I was flying my ship, {8 tuscombe BA, NC 2yhox)and ws was traveking ae about 100 mp.ehe at the t - "t= Iwas at. 3450 ft above sea level at the timo. - ‘i ' Twas flying a compass course of 60 derreas, and the rocket: care Was traveling elmost west at 20 degreos. oR A way a ” Ee we ae .x-'. It happened about 2:45 P.M. on the above date. ity g a Tp “.i-The visability was exceptionally good, about 30 miles. Og pA ae, 4M PRS “The yellow object looked very sharp and clearly outlined * rs et ‘ becausguog’ the dark green background, < - SL saat ‘ _ ‘if you will refer to the Huntington sectional: aerial’ map* as oar thal @bject was sighted overa very emall town named Tubecks! shiop et. 3 " . 4s vhout l. miles direct west of South Parkersburge ©. -'¢ SP : it appeared te have apent it's force and seemed to. be a rk Sarl '. érobpinguslightiy as it passed by, or had been fired or iaunched ~*~ ate from a higher altitude than the altitude I-was flying. fot a My wife was with me but she did not ses the object, and I aia f a i not wort or of [She incident aaa Ms had randy a SERGE “a oF a4 Vaoy v tru Gabip 87 ¥ ’ lv mutt mt a ts curt SOY itgye ing gic