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ANDARD F'ORM NO. 64
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Q_ffice Memorandum • uN1TEn sTATEs GovERNMENT
DIRECTOR, FBI
DATE:
November 9, l.950
SAC, NEW HAVEN
SUBJECT:
FLYIW DIS_;g
AARON VHITCHENS, INFORMANT
The following is being brought to the attention ot the Bureau so that it
ma;y be referred to the Department of the Air Force in connection with
instructions set forth in SAC I.etter No. 38, Series 1949, dated March 25,
1949.
Mr. AARON L. HITCP..ENS, Chemical Engineer in charge of the Chemical. am
Physical. Laboratories of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Z75 Winchester
Avenue, New Haven) was interviewed in connection with other official. business
and furnished the f'ollowing information:
He advised~t on Friday, October 20, 1950, he alXi his wife and daughter,
who reside at 495 F.dgewood Avenue, New Haven, went out of the back door of
their home to the back yard at approximately 6:15 P.M.
His little daughter
called his attention to a star in the sky that was moving and Kr. HITC~
noted a sphere-like object directly overhead which gave a steady golden orange
glow.
He stated that this object was very high between ten to twenty thousand
feet, possibly higher.
The glow given off was very steady and not blinking
and the whole sphere itsel.t glowed in about the same consistency.
He witnessed
this object for approximately° twenty seconds during which time it traveled in
a westerly direction toward New York City and then when Mr. HITCHENS believed
that possibly it was near or over New York City, it then veered in a souther­
ly direction as if crossing Long Island or possibly in such a direction that it
mi8ht have been traTeli.ng over Long Island.
He lost sight ot this object as
it disappeared behini trees 1n his vicinity.y He advised that as to the size
of the object, it was approximately ten times the diameter of Venus, which
was shining veey brightly that night. He states it was a very clear night
aml that all the stars in the sky were twinkling as compared to the steadi­
ne·ss or the glow given off by this object.
He advised. that the object
did not appear to diminish 1n size as it traveled farther away from him but
appeared to maintain about the same size as when he first noticed it
directly overhead. The same steady orange glow persisted during the entire
time that he witnessed it. Although this object was actually cut from his
sight by nearby trees, Mr. HITCHENS states that it was so far away from him
any way that he probably would have lost sight of it very shortly due to
distance had the trees not intervened.
The object made no sound whatsoever
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