NUMBER OF OBJECTS LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVA Tl Ot-t 8. PHOT OS PHYStCAL !:=VIDENCE 10. CO~CLUSION BRIEF SUMA.4ARY AND A~ALYSIS FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) f;rcvloua dltJon of th!a fonn ~l' b. Ut.P d , I tni'O'V'.J. officials devel~ th~ rouov:Jn'Soocer' Seer1 !:iy Rocket'fxp~ ,. . ~ ~.lf"ories 1\bou t the s1;1;.1ming o~ "" la.r ~!_o the sea. serpents otten ri o. \ 0. C. Navy Research Worker Says Flying D1< por~A:d spotted from s e a c o & a .\ . to~ns. A Navy guided missiles~,; Was Unlike Any Guided Missile He Has Sef r-pert recalled a. sky phenomen~q r ;;--. reported during the air war tq, An eve-""1t~ess tccount of a spoke..c;man ~a.id the AAF' blL'"' Naval ~lal) .&pert u.:-:-~ -: u American pilots said they savJ today from 8. NB "al Research completely mystified ~to jw;t ~ i !loa.ting balls o! !ire" which dis; Laboratory .rockets expert here Dr. Zohn 6ald h e had ~or ... ' '{ f - ntegrated pla.nes in a flash Ne w Mexico for a V-2 tesL., 1 a S 0 JSeeing Craft.:~. puf!~r smoke. A thorough tnv~ a~ airera.tt were alerted fllong h! emphasized that he .6a'(l.' l. tlg&ti.on uncovered no b a f the Wes t Coa.&t in the hope of ''fh1.ng 1\BUcer'' four day-6 b,..~ r B y 'l"UJ:.IAM ~. BRADY .. _ the. ':reports. as )locating .one of t~e discs and th~ test R.nd thet it had nothm~ Naval Research labo;a; ~. 2.,:The flying saucers are opUca. solving the myst.ery. do w1t.h any NaYy experiment~ d d ~IlUSions, the result of tricks th T n e rockets expert, Dr. C. J Zohn. He 6Bid he wa.s crw.c::im; thE" d"' illl e mlSSil:~ e.>.-pert yesterday t!Ye& play upon the brain. Sam who d_b;cl06ed tey that he h a d with three oth~'Tiien, h'~of H'' described a. flymg sauce~' he autnorJt.ies said the discs m.tgh spotteo one o! the E"J'Ieedlng disC! sclenttE;ts. on Junf 29 wbE'l" 1 i and two fellow-scientists had -ob beJ reflections from near-by a.1r on 11 Tecent Na"y m11SE.ion t.o New spotted the 'Oblect. t.ra,,e~ r~. 1 !served June 29 near wt t.e Pl,.nes or the sun mirrored by M~xico, ,.a1d lt l~ed like no guided et Kn Rltit.uoe of ebo~e.ooo f u clouds. IDJ&fitlE h e had tver ~;tudled. Dr. Zoh~ oe~cnoeo i t &~ 'r Sanae:;, New Mex., but a dm1tted On the other hand, U>.st.er Barlow. brigh; end Foilvcr~ .,,th n o pro. c his unofficial report to Army Doubt Alien Missile inte..--nationallv 'knms;n exolC)I:JV'~ twn~. Smcc hf ~ s}: nor r:u-e-i1 " c)~ftr . t-s there drew only f ishy- ~ tnvent.or. ad,sncPd the tht"o~ s t I ~"olvm~ finO h il' ''If'~ o f j~ \': ar as is known, n o guided Sta.rn.ford, Conn . th~t the "!lying t wo dlmenf;lonr..l. Dr. Zohn H.lo Y ' e : t.nlsaf.Je ha.s been developed which sa.ucPrs'' w~re probRbl,. rRdlo-con-far a.c; hP. couJd t,ll it ~fl~t c lllt>' r Gla r e in the Sky cau travel more than ~00 mlles trolJf'd finn~ ml~ile." bein~ t.f'sted 1n 6hRpe and ~nt.-~ ' under its own power. F'or this' in 1he west. by m1litary s ut.hor ltJes. "lt. v.as tra"elmg-t--o:ay-f : r. D1. C. J. Zohn, 400 block.'l-fel ~easotn. Army and Nnvy officers' The inventor f'atd he fttlt. certain at B unlfonn ratE' of EDeed." he rr Io n st SE was in N e w Mexico aoub ed the objects, if they dd t ba.t "quite a number" or 1\Uch fiy-porl.ed. "It 'Q,a.c: clesrb visib1t ;: . -exist, were l&tu"lched 1rom ~ ing missiles h11d be-en p roduced and 'then t>udd cnly, 1\. ~e~n 't t.l'err-. to observe a V2 launch10g test fareijrn country. ' were in earl y st.agf'..s o! perfecuon." l dJdn't. J!O oehmd ,. mountain :r;.~ for t.he Navy. Four days before Dr. F. Zwick y, .astrophYSics' He said the:v werf' cHpRblE' o! flvinp-It simpl y dlsappeared.'' 11 t.he test, he and Curtis c. Rock Professo r Rt California Institute{ in ~uadron." and bem~ <'Ont.:-olled Dr. Zohn AAJd thf' I'Un "0:~!= b,..r I 'ol.ood, also a ttached to the re ot 'Xecnnology, ""rlting in ~ "!rom remott> pomts.' 1 h i;rt ~hen he. s~ w th~ ob1ect r. ~,. current 1 s sue of Ordnance a Oo,ernment. ,.ource hAn denied l :30 p.m. ana h e hr.C4 a cle~r ,. s:arch labo~atory, and John _R . publlcation . of. the Army Ord-11.by t.~ts are bem r.onciur t.f'd t hr.t I o! 1l. ~ . Kauke, stat1oned at ~he Whltcf'nanr.P assoc1ation, a seml-o!ficia}\ rrtlght oe the an~wer t.(l the myt;tery 1 -.:'H& t ~ne ~.h.e .. sel, Sands testing area, were driving .groupof in~ust.Iiali.stsalid~ero!\ t..tlaJ. ha-s b affied thf' Nflt.ion smce t l1;fl,t,. -,as noi. a meteor .. Wlille a short; distance !rom the launch 1ntet:e ed -m .mllltary . \Veapon.s) June An Army Air P'orces <~ Fl.tYING .sAUCERS,.~ . .A-. plorc the .secrets of the ~kin~. , .; . . {Turn t o Page i, Col. 6) I These mock mc-~.eo ..... , hmH, er, 'Contmueur'ro:n 'F1.:sf Pa;c '-- . . would be la.uncned 1rom rockets dtci not d1~count completelv t he:, - "~r. rn the sty," Zoh n ' sdd.l 1.o escape the g-ra,ity of the I ~lbtlity o: n. ~maecl nus~llc : .1.:-e \.ll looked up &nd c.-aw a ~ath. &nd nevc1 retur~. Stirn -t, po.meC: o~r th hr .had "\t.'Crl:r:i ~nn:: dis~ v.-h!.r'.J.ng through th I vlSts e.xplamed W.le:'-cowd L t t 't.h"' '\' .... TOCki." s nc that i nl (. ncl"' ,.._..l ~. e be m..ista.ken tor "flying sRucers '' 1 v:ac: un'.kP anY b'..:Ja e:i mis.~ t .:\ WJ\t.c-He h~ tilitlf! for tlPRT' I Dr . .Zohn 1s sta--'or>o c.t th~ !'\~' Re-.search Laborator y here s n d ll 'at 440 Mellon t: :-ret S.E. AP?t:r.DIX F ;610th Bleotror:ios Station 1. 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