full r.IOO:l IU C:I:O'IP 2 'l\:lii><.n.nr y l:CIAXS/Q';Tj amo EuoutiYe SeoJ"Otary 9US J:A1n !itreet Peeakill, Jew York Reoelpt ot 70ur letter. da'-cl 25 J\aq 1949, tnowlectgod by this H~d-iuurt&ra. 1s reapeottully ao lour .-.portecl ei~ht1n!; baa been acle a -.ttttr ot reoorcl aau 1a be1c! inoorpc)!"ated into our preaent atucl or un1dont1t1ed ur1al ob- A.lthou!:h the lntorstion aubasitted does not contain autfioieDt 4-'all to er.able poeitive ident1tioat1on, there ~ppoare to be a similarity between the appearanas ot theae objeota and that or plaatio rese.arch balloons 1n t11ght. Under ohan";ing li~ht and ~tier oonditiona, t11eeo ob.)eata haw bee ia.on w appear aa cl1aoa and behaft 1D the -.zmer cleMr1becl 1D )'O&&r letter Ila ...S. ot ~ &bo'N it 1a belle'twcl bJ"eak:down exparianceci b7 tM radio atat1cm probabq du. to teahn1oal uittiaultiea aJKl that the a ppe&ranca or theae objects at th1a ti=s waa purelr co1D- oldental. Ywr aotton 1D 1a appreoi&tecl. me thia .. tter llaoerwl~ roura. W R. Cl.ll-~G:. W.JAN Colonel, USAF Chief. Analysis UiYisioa IDt.ll!cenoe Uepsrtaaot .. Preelcl ' HouMkeeper VIce Pneldet erwood Huacut E. Doyle ft Freem_, loee Loehlo ldJ' DLca CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 888 MAIN STREET PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK Cornmandins Officer Teclmlcal In~elli.ence ~ivisiorl All'' j,iateriel Cor:unand neadquart~rs '.Jric;nt- rattersou Air r'orce oase Dayton, Ohio On Friday evening , July 22nd at about B:_45 p . m., 1ny wife and thlrteen year old dau~hter, in company ~i th a younz; I11an, were walking on a cLun~ry r oad immediately in the r o a r o f our home on the out skirts of .t'eer:skill, J.'-ew York. They saw two f l y _n g discs. I aid not see them myself , but nav~ been watching with I'4Y crunera in hana, hoping t ."ley might appear a gain. I called each one lndividually in~o a r oom and asked tr1ern to describe what tney saw. ,t;acn o n e seemed to have seen exactly the same the ground it wa s not ~uite dark but tuere were no star s vis- ible in t h a sky as yet. Howe v er, the sun had set beyond the horizon. There was n o red sun-se t in the sky. '.L'he sky was blue with a few scattered clouds. These objects came whirling out of t11e soutneast and tra veled n 0rth we st. ~oth discs followed one ano ~..~.er i n exactly the s9.I!le track across the sky. 'fhe t:1ree saw t nern were looking i n a souLnerly uirection. ':'hey des- cribed t n em as follows: The discs appeared t;O t 1 em to be slightly larger t11an a full moon. They were pure wni t ~ and gave tne appearance of ha vin."; cone a v e d depth. They were whlrli!lf;, o r spinning , in i;h~ s ame direct;_on in which they were traveling , and a~ a terrific speed as i f being rolled across the sz<y. 'rne uiscs being sno w whit~ stood out a gainst a very blue sky. The outer-rounaed e dge seemed solid but not sharp, due to t;he whirling motion. The fir s t disc ~eemed to have a bluish snadow in the cente r or was tra.1.1sparent, but tne second one was solia white. They sped across tne sky and dis- appeared behind. a white cloud . The folks waited to see t n em c ome out ot the cloud bank uut t hey did not reappear. Either they dissolved in the cloud, or turned in such a direction tnat they were obscure d by tne cloua. They had a rather eerie and awesome effect on the thre e W.t1 0 witnessed the spectacle. The young man is t h e son of our t!inister, Reverend Ernest ortchester, New York, and is a concert pianist of considerable reputation. \Jhen you know him, you would not doubt his veracity. He was the first to see t h em and he attracted the attention of my wife and daughter. Most certainly, my wife and thirteen year old aaughter would have no reason to prevaricate. All t hrE..e were out walking a new d o g which we recently purchased for our uaughter. These thre e are r' el Ca =ne ol tile U..._. Sta._ lrM zl lanar lan ...._ .. a... ouHk .. per Preelclet ,. S.cntat'7 oocl Hu&ct , I. Me,er CHAMBER OF COMMERCE aaa MAIN STREET PEEKSKILL, NEW YORK Technical Intelll,Je nee Vi vis ion illing to t;ive an oath to wna t t i1ey saw. Another strang e thing that has happened: ~1. L . N. A. , our local radio station, is located on the hil l opposite to wn13ra our home is located. They leave -cne air at 8 :00 p . m, every ev~nin ls about 45 minutes oefore t h e d.:.scs were seen. Tht; cloud lnto which they disap::>eared was almo s t a::>ove t11e svation' s antenn a . The station has n o t been functioning properly. Hm1ever, it ':1 as supposed to be OK on Saturday morning following tne appearauce of the d~s cs. Yesterday, I had two pro g r ams on .,{. L . 1~. A. Ordinarily the station is wonoerful; but Sunday sotlleth.Lne was tne rnatter and the trouble could not be located. This morning (:;lon,J.ay), they still have not lo~a-ced the dll.ficulty. One of my broadcasts was transcri .Jed on a ~ush tape. VIe made the recording Friday afte r - noon and when we irn::1ediately played it back, it was perfectly all right. But when it went on the Air Sund it was distorted. Later, at 6 :45 p .rn. (Sunaay), I had o n tne Air in a personal studio appearance. Again the reproauction was bad on our home radio; according to those wh o ~Jere listeninfj. At the station, I had asked the engineer to make a tape of our broadcast and we played it back afterwards ana i ~ was also badly distorted. My thought in telling you t his; could it be possible tnat tnese discs were electrical phenoMenon of some sort t nat has magret ized the station's equipment and tapes, or is it some s ort of atoMic energy that is loose and loading thing s with radio active 'iJaves, or sanetHing designed to block radar? This is just a wild guess. If t his same pattern has ha.:-pened elsewnere, then it might aad up to sometlll.ng. rr you want further information, contact us. Executive Secretary _. ol Crn=eree of &I.e U..._. Sla ... ,'t{r. Den Hiu 1.> s 'l'he ~atwaa:t ~vl.l lnt; ! 'a:; t !Udt:l pt:HH.Hh!C8 J({ .lA.l"'O Ph1lo.uelpllia o !'t.uu.:.a:tlvunia r arn oond.iilf.-;; ;:tuu a copy ol~ r.1y ~ott,or to tl.ac Go. nand- in6 Off i~ur, '.l.'ocl.uh .11 Iut.t; J.l1. ,<;n e e Vi v 1 ~ lo n, Air Ma t ~rit) 1 co:mn:mu Hvn<.i<. :.tnrtura, Wri{~.Lt-i>n t t~raon J\lr 0rce iSu~e ot AJa:.t t.o a Oulo. 1'l.oao al'u f uc t s. 1 iayoe wevu sturnblou on t o ~ol.let;ll.n.;. Hov,~vor, fot safety sake, .I su ,t;)est ;you t..vutact the ai.>ove bol'ore U!:illl.-; any of this ma t<Jrial. Puolic 1 ty woula tJe bad i f tilt:) tie discu are a secret. I H.ade thduo photuo to lt~t ~oa .,&e 'tl1fJ tJ.Jt~ of ptlopld who savJ tllo ulscs. I s.~i~od uy i'olits lf tl .. ey rv. OL'll>-c.:red wli.ut tno ~ ;.s c a looltod liko well fHlOUt~h to uraw t 1. e1n or make a C.iky !Ttvuul. 'l'1;ey said "y~s". I am a Pust a.~dlct anu reud your art:.c.lt.~s on thti a1~cs. It you want more inlol--r~ation, I ,yill bn :;lad t.o supj>ly Inclde!ltally t.he ruu!o s 1,ntlon 1s back opuratln!; OK. When .[ su..(c;u3~Q that tne <11.-i~S mi~ht h!lVd ca.~!i u tht:tir dlt'flculty, tho ~tatlon Uanut;ur wantt..u to Know if I Dli~.;llt be sur for ln_; from a "3atw-d!i:f l4RU{:-ovor". Howev~r' he cuu.Lunt tu.J.l me wl,at knocKbd tne stat:on out Cordiall)' yours, out1ve Saorotary