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INTERVIEW # 2

SUNDAY

APRIL 27, 1952

"PROJECT EYEFUL"

NAME: MR. George S. Tyler

ADDRESS: 122 East Montgomery St. Baltimore,

TELEPHONE NUMBER: BLaza 2119

AGE: 17

EMPLOYMENT: Southern Highschool --- Third Year.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: March 29, 1952

PLACE: Ritchie Highway --- Harness Track

TIME OF OBSERVATION: 10:45 P.M.

WEATHER: Clear

APPROXIMATE LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: A Minute or so!

ESTIMATED ALTITUDE: Maybe a hundred feet or so

DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT:

(THIS WAS A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW --- THE YOUNG MAN WAS REQUIRED TO REMAIN AT HOME TO WATCH HIS SISTER. HE WAS UNABLE TO COME TO STUDIO AS PLANNED EARLIER.)

Attention was first attracted while driving north along Ritchie highway toward Baltimore. In company with Mr. Donald Stewart, a friend, a slowly-moving object was observed just ahead of the automobile. It was approximately 10:45 P.M. The engine in the car seemed to die and car drifted to a stop, the driver pulling slightly off the road. The object was approximately over the car and had no forward motion. It seemed to be tilted slightly and was giving off a yellowish-greenish light which faded and then grew intense and then fade again. The outer edges of this object which seemed to be round with a thickness toward the center, seemed to have what Mr. Tyler described as St. Elmos fire. He said that he could not say for sure whether he had observed anything that looked like a port hole. He stated he wasn't sure either whether there was another car in the exact location, but there might