Information Regarding Rouen, France Incident

This document consists of a memorandum dated February 13, 1948, from the Intelligence Department regarding an incident in Rouen, France. The office received a United Press newspaper clipping reporting that local police were investigating peasant reports of mysterious white balls of light, airplane flights, and parachute descents in the vicinity of Rouen. The memorandum notes that this information is required for use in conjunction with Project No. HT-304. The author, A. C. Loedding, requests that if the authenticity of the incident can be established, specific details be provided. These include the purpose of the parachute descents, the number of personnel and equipment involved, the type of parachutes and aircraft used, and whether there is any connection to 'flying discs.' The request also asks for information regarding the exact location, date, time, weather, number, shape, color, and size of the objects, as well as any photographs, sketches, or information regarding sound, exhaust trails, or effects on clouds. The document also contains a separate, unrelated report dated February 1, 1948, from Circleville, Ohio, describing a witness account of a saucer-shaped object hovering over a farm, which appears to be a separate case file included in the same document set.