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PH 62-2542
Acting Chief GEORGE KINGTON advised that he had interviewed
MAR.cyJ.ARDT at the time he came to the office since Captain HANNAN was absent
at the time.
He said that he then learned for the first time that the fire
in question had taken pl ace near Scranton, Pennsylvania, ~@ Q£.QllI'rea_
about §j ;x;,.. J.'lQl!tho .Pte..viousl ~ •
This caused the Marshal ' s Office to withdraw
from the caseori a question of jurisdiction and MARQUARDT was advised that
any further action on his part should be referred to the State Police
authorities.
At the same time, KilltTON furnished MARQUARDT with the results
of the analysis which had been ~ade of the ash submitted, and which analysis
had been made by Dr. EDWARD BURKE, City Chemist, Chemical Laboratory, Room
fr'/5, City Hall.
This report reflected that the ash contained Magnesium,
Alumirrum, Iron, and Calcium in the form of silicates, sulphur and carbonates.
FREDERIC iiJ\RQl!ARDT was interviewed at his place of business,
the H. A. KULJIAN COMPANY, Broad Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
At this ti~ he advised that he had received the sample of
ash from a friend, V"O(l)~FER, Lake Ariel, R. n., Wayne County, Pennsyl­
vania, through the mail. He said that Lake Ariel is about one mil e south
of South Canaan, near Scranton, Pennsylvania.
He stated that SHAEFFER' s
house had burned about six months ago, that the fire had occurred at night
during a storm and that a large object had struck the roof and ignited the
house which had burned to the ground in less than an hour.
He said that he had not been present during the fire but that
these details had been furnished by letter fr001 SHAEFFER at the ti.me a sample
of the ash was forwarded for analysis.
He said that he was of the personal
opinion that the ash might be a part of a military flare or a "flying saucer11 •
He pointed out that he has been advised by associates in the
engineering field that one of the characteristics of some types of flares
is the fact that they burn for a considerable period.
He stated that the
mass of the ash residue had remained ignited for a period of twelve hours.
He also stated that he did not think there had been an explosion but that a
loud noise had probably been caused by the vacuum created as the missile
or objects truck the roof.
He added that there remains a quantity of the
ash, amounting to one bushel, at SHAEFFER 1s premises at Lake Ariel.
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