342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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USHER CO 78TH FTR WG HAMILTON AFB HAMILTON CALIF

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AIR MATERIEL COMDG

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

PRIORITY

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CO FLT SV WASH 25 DC

GOVT PREPAID HAM HF HFSC 2 DASH E DASH 8 PD ATTN MIKE CHARLIE ITEM ABLE

XRAY OBOE DASH THREE PD FOL MSG RECD FROM SALT LAKE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL AT 1140

MST TWO MAY FOUR NINE CLN QUOTE MR MARVIN LOVE SMALL CMA A RADIO OPERATOR FROM THE

CHARLIE ABLE ABLE RADIO STA AT ELKO CMA NEV CMA CALLED FROM HIS HOME TO ELKO RADIO AND

ADVISED HE SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE THREE FLYING DISCS IN THE VICINITY OF ELKO GOING

SOUTHWEST PD THEY REMAINED IN THE VICINITY THREE OR FOUR MINUTES PD MR SMALL ENTERED

HOUSE TO GET FIELD GLASSES CMA THRU GLASSES THEY APPEARED TO BE THIRTY FEET IN

DIAMETER AT APPROX FOURTEEN THOUSAND FT PD THEY MADE LEFT TURN AND DEPARTED AHEAD OF

UNITED AIR LINES PLANE DEPARTING ELKO PD SPEED ESTIMATED AT THREE TO FOUR HUNDRED

MILES PER HR PD UNITED AIR LINES PILOT DID NOT SEE THEM PD UNQUOTE PAR ONLY MIL ACFT

IN THE VICINITY AT THAT TIME WAS ONE BAKER DASH TWO SIX PD WEATHER AT ELKO CLEAR CMA

VISIBILITY THREE ZERO MILES OR GREATER PD

PD SGD PEDRAZZINI COMDG HFSC

I CERTIFY THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL THIS MSG BE TRANSMITTED BY ELECTRICAL MEANS AND THAT

ORDINARY OR AIR MAIL WILL NOT SUFFICE IN ITS DELIVERY

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HAROLD O PEDRAZZINI

LT COL USAF COMDG HFSC

2145Z

2 MAY 49

R M KOLBENSCHLAG

CAPT USAF ADJ

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