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Interrogation ~~ > MCIAXO-3 MCTAXO-4 12 duly 48 1. Contacted Captain Dwight I. Boyd, District Intelligence Officer 109 CIC Detachment, Old Post Office Building, Columbus, Ohio, at 0900, 10 July 1948. Read the agents’ report and proceeded with the agent to the home of Mrs. Paul Vittek, 2579 Avelon Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 2. Interviewed Mrs. Vittek and received the same information as contained in the agents' report (WD AGO Form 341) except that the bobbing movement described there was brought out to be a smoothiguitiniatinig: movement “like something going through air currents". 3. The subject stated that the object wes cigar shaped, with a blunt nose and the t&il obecured. “I couldn't make it out plain: It was like a dark blot”. ‘The main thing that had attracted her attention was the sunlight reflected from the shiny center of the object, both ends being indistinct. 4, The sudjects' powers of observation were checked on aircraft flying in the area and were found to be good as far as direction and movement were concerned, but gee for distance and altitude. The binoculars were checked and found to be Type M-3, x , with artillery mil scales imposed. Wo blemishes or defects in the optics were found. The subject had no acurate idea as to the amount of the mil scale the object occupied. 5. A check at Patterson Field Operations showed two F-SO's in the air at the time » of the sighting. Contacted Captain Darnell, MCRFOF, the pilot of one of the F-80's who stated that he was in the Columbus area at the time of sighting. He was flying a loose formation in trail of It. Collins while pacing him on a calibrated speed check. The ~ wo were not equipped with wing tip tanks. 6. In view of the fact that Mrs. Vittek's sight of the objects was from a three quarter rear position it is highly possible they were the two F-80's in the Columbus area - as this position from a distance lends itself to a distortion comparable to what she saw, i.e. blunt nose, obscure tail, and apparent lack of wings. 7. Acheck was made with the Intelligence Officer at the Port Colusbus Naval Air Station with negative results. ; ey Ak ist Lt., USaF ATI Branch, Operations Section Technical Intelligence Div