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STANDARD•FORM NO. 64
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Director, FBI
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DATE : September~47
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SAC, Philadelphia
SUBJECT:
FLYING OBJECT REPORTED OVER PHILADELPHIA
AUGUST 6, 1947
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Miss ELEANOR"NADDLE, 2114 Hobart Street, Philadelphia, who is employed
by the GEORGE rt.GREENlfALD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 1524 Chestnut Street, Phila­
delphia, advised as follows:
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Between 10:30 and 10:~-P~• on August 6, 1947, she was sitting on
the steps of her home with CECELl¥FINE. She was facing north and observed
a large white object traveling a~ a very fast rate of speed to the-.south.
There -was a buzzing sound, not too loud but plainly audible, just after this
object passed through the air.
This white object left in its traj.__r a-. thin
streak of smoke, which was grayish in color.
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Miss CECELIA FINE, 5617 Arlington Street, Philadelphia, who is em- Ir
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ployed by the PRESSMAN & GUTMAN COMPANY, INC., Room 1140, P.S.F.S. Building,
Philadelphia, stated she -was sitting on the steps of Miss NADDLE's home on
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the evening of August 6, 1947, around 10:45 p.m. engaging in conversation
with Miss NADDLE, when Miss NADDLE al:ruptly stopped in the· middle of her con­
versation and appeared to be frightened. Miss FINE at that time was sitting
in a position in which she was facing south. She did not see any object in
the sky after noting Miss NADDLE's change of expression, but she did hear a
slight buzzing sound.
JOHN SNYDER, 1440 Vankirk Street, Philadelphia, an insurance agent,
who was a former pilot of B-24' s in the Army Air Corps, advised as follows:
He was sitting on the steps of his home around 10:45 p.m. on August
6, 1947, with his wife; and his neighbors, the KELLY family, were sitting on
their steps next door to the residence of SNYDER.
All of the above parties
were facing east.
SNYDER noticed at this ~ime an object, emitting a bluish­
white flame, passing quickly through the air. The object was traveling from
northeast to southwest. Using his experience in the Army Air Corps as a guide,
SNYDER estimated the above object was between 1000 and 3000 feet in the air
and traveling at a rate of between 400 to 506 miles an hour.
This object d1a
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not lose elevation as it passed through the air and left either smoke or a
condensation trail in its former path, which
sted for about two seconds.
A hissing sound accompanied the pas1~ng
·s object.
This sound was moder-
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ate and not nearly as loud as th~~
a ompanyi.ng the passage of a rocke~t
ship.
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