' 1. OAT;; Tl;.o;; GrtOUP ~S. L;;NGTH OF OuS~RVATiON 6. TYPE OF 03S;;RVATION . 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD SEP 6l 0-329 (TOE) PROJECT 10073 RECO~O 2. LOCATION Portsmouth, Virginia 10. CONCLUSION other (CLOUD) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS jects !irst ap;earod as a small white cloud, later opened up taking the rorm or a tulip, then changed to the shape of saucer and short~ thereafter disa;:peared. The foll owing i s an Di.scs -Reo ort of: excerp\l m Info Loc 1U-5C:3 , A? 9F~l0; ?rom: Listrict Intellieence Officer, 11!-'t'(i ~aval ':i s crict To: Dlrector of !ia v~l !'1telligence 1. In accordance with r e fercnce (a), t he f cllovling repor t i!J sub:.i.::. e d f or your ~nforrnation: krs. ( wi dow of Lt. C~l. at telep~,one, renorted obserri_r1e six Qy nz dl_scs or sa~ers bEt,;e e:1 .:t."ld 2200 night of 31 J uly 1?1./) i:1 the Jici!1J t:r of t ! e U . ~. a val ost~it1l mouth1 Vir~na. TiMe interval: rwo appeared ver:r close toret her, t.he r e!::ainder o:;e to one and one-half minute s aoart. All appeare md vanished :rithi n a 1-eriod of ive t o six minutes. rescriotion: rirst anpeare d as a s;,all whit clouo, l ater op e..,ec the forn of a tulir> t nen crnn~ed t o ti:e s ha p e cf a saucer and s :;or t] .? disappe ared. t.hereafte:r Color: Describe d a s dull white, not brilliant. heieht: unable t o estimate. Speed: Unable t o esti te. e s ices in the P.arbor View Ap~rtments, #2 Swi.r.:ming Place, Portsmouth, Virc:.Lni.a. occupying Apartnent stated the saucer s '1ere observed by : .r s . who also resic e at this apartment house. 'L'elephone and ~ r s . formation was tran~itted t o the Cffice o f Special Investig~tion, Lan&leY Fiel Virginia, i~eCiately upon receipt as directed by reference (a). Distribution: Lanbley Fie 1 d, A. U. HURST DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR I~TERV DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEAci t ~ DOD DIR li200.ln. I .,.-v UNCLASSt::-IED