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L~ er to the Director
11/9/';IJ
and there seemed to be no attachments or projections of any kind, just
a complete circular .ball. He had no idea as to the method of propulsion
but advised that at the time it seemed to change directions, probably over
New York City, that it had seemed to back up and go forward, possibly two
or three times in order to execute a change of direction. There were no
clouds in the sky that interfered with his vision of this object am he
could not comment as to whether or not this object penetrated or circum­
vented clouds. The object left no trail of any kind a.rd Mr. HITCHENS
mathematically calculated its speed at between four hundred am seven
hundred miles per hour, depending on the height which he stated he could
not accurately compute. He advised that he could not recall any odors
and had no idea as to its construction. To his knm1ledge the only other
persons in this area to have witnessed this object were his wife and
daughter. Inmediately upon sighting the object, his wife ran to the door
of neighbors occupying the same house..1.~s the HITCHENS to bring t~ei:. to,
the yard. However, these neighbors-liaa not witnessf)c( the object
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the time they got outside the object had disappeared.
Mr. HITCHENS stated that he is a Chemical Engineer, has fifteen years
of experience in research and developnent.
He is not a pilot but baa
done considerable flying and has also done considerable reading, includ­
ing technical data concerning flying saucers and discs.
He understands
from reading the above matters tmt the star Venus is often mistaken
by observers for flying saucers and he pointed out that he feels that he
is familiar with astronomy not to confuse the object he saw with Venus
as he also recalls Venus in the sky on that particular evening am compared
the size of this object as being ten times Venus• diameter.
He also states
that he computed the speed at which this object was traveling by using
points in his area, such as, roof tops and tree tops together with the dis­
tance he walked on the ground in order to keep the object in sight.
Mr. HITCHENS was advised that the Bureau would turn this information over
to another agency and indicated that this was according to his approval.
He specifically requested that no public announcement or conment be given
to the fact that he bad reported seeing the above object. Mr. HITCHENS
appeared to be a very reliable and sincere individual and evidences con­
siderable technical knowledge and experience in reporting the above inci­
dent.