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STANDARD FORM NO, 64 Office Men bd UM « ONITED : . GOVERNMENT TO : DIRECTOR, FBI (62-8389);) DATE: March 21, 1952 HQ FROM : SAC, CHICAGO (100-18999) SUBJECT:~ FLYING DISCS yb v4 KARSANYQUIST, INFORMANT : Mr. KARL NYQUIST, an artist living at 2h17 North Burling Street, Chicago, Illinois (telephone LI-9-1)79) advised SA MYRON H. TRETER on March 11, 1952 that he saw a flying disc at 9:00 AM on March 6, 1952. NYQUIST stated that he was looking out of a window at his home which window faces south, when he saw a flying disc at approximately 7,000 feet above Fullerton Ayenue. The angle of elevation of the disc above the horizon was about 45 degrees. The disc came out of a cloud in the east, stopped and mung motionless in mid-air for a split second, then flew due south at great speed. He described the disc as approximately six feet in diameter, circular, white in color with a bluish tinge. The disc, he said, appeared to have been constructed out of a metal similar to aluminum. He also Stated that he saw no exhaust, lights, or heard no sound connected with its movements. i Ns as to how it could maintain its even flight and believed it to have been radio controlled. He said it dis: ared out of sight in approximately three seconds, estimating the speed at 600-700 miles per hour or more. He said it went so fast it appeared to flutter. When the disc disappeared from sight it was about the size of a f ball on the southern horizon. NYQUIST made a sketch of the disc and the sketch and the above information were furnished to the local office of the Office of Special Investigations. MHT :BJB RECORDED - 79 INDEXED - 79).