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. D.nd that t.hs polloo dcpa.rtr;.,;13nt had many calls t>£ inquiry but that
they all, vi.th the above except.ion,
ro l'Oports of noise D.nd not of
the sighting of any such aircraft.
Officer GAVDl stated that in his
opinion it was hichl-Y wllikely that o.n auto~bile could stop for a
period of three (3) minutes on a Se.T.urday nicbt, as during the time
of the alleged incident, without several othor vohiclea assing by.
l~ gave as his Nasons that Ritchie Dighmy no on arterial hia}nmy
tor several outlying districts or Baltir.loro as
11 ao being a por­
tion or tho north- south route from Baltiooro to tho Poto::iac Bri dgo,
and that traffic ms UBu&lly frequent. at all tim0s, and espocinlly
so during that part or tho evening on
ckonds.
RU.AID
l3e ULIUS LOUIS A ~oss, Col.onel, USA., Retired, reoidin at 6
Cott<lrt\111 Road, Gibson Inls.nd,
ryland,
as interviewed on 11
y
1952 w1t.h reference to his knowledge or above e.J.lcgod s1ghti.n£; or an
unoonvent1.onal aircraft.
He stated 1n substance t.hat bis kno\11.edge
1r.U1 third-hand and the tore he aa not in a posit.ion to giw detailed
intomat1on.
fie adVi.ood that he :nan in!on:x,d ot the above incident
by C RBnJ wo1 i.n add1.tion to tm information set forth abovo1 had
told him thnt e. GEORGE UASON rod his son, JOim •~son, purp;,)rted to
rcsid on Yacht Club Ro d1 Riviera Doach, t!arylaod, o.l.so had 1nf'orr:v1­
tion with rcfc:renco to irwtllnt 1.ncident.
A OSS atat,od thnt the reoidonts or Gibcon Isl.nnd frequent.ly
~rd noinea in tho night.., reported like that produced b)I' a lo.rec,
formation of' convcnt.i.onal nircrc.tt.
Col.. A.YOSS dosc:ribod this noise
as of a
gnit.ude and intensit.7 Dimllar to a. IMjor bombins Group or
at lenst one hundred (100) plams.
He iadviscd that r . nnd
s.
IB'TSO I S'l'I?ICHCOtm { hom he p
viously reported as STRIEKCmU'l'), and
Judee am. l!ra. HEHDBRSOU, Sr •., and
s . SA1..LY H ID RB N SYUIOOT N
had all
ported l.oud noisea or tha above type on tho night of Snturdey.,
19 April 1952, and that he hnd included this in!'o
tion in his letter
to O neral ACKERMh only e.a miscellaneous data.
relatod that t.lte
noinea occun-ed ni&htly but ere particularly intonso on Thursday
night •
Col. A ' ~s informed the writer that he hlld attempted to locate
OE ROE and JOHN • son but had b en unable to contact thom.
stated
that tooro was no stroet cleoignated Yacht Club Road at Riviera Beach,
llaryland,
that
noa.rest. approxination or
nante was
C lllb Road .
and
the
t.hat
He 1'urthor stated that there Wll.8 only one roaidcnce on Club Road and
that. residence ms prooontq occupied by a ' • G ROE REA, whom he
s
unablo to contact.
lb. At.tenpto by the writer to interview individuals n.aood 1n the
preceding paragraph met with neeattVB rcsu1ts.
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