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DIRm'fOR, PBI
lovember 9, 1950
SAC, NEW HAVEN
FLIIlG DISCS
AARON L. HITCHENS, INFOBMANT
The following is being brought to the attention or the Bureau so that it
mq be referred to the Department of the Air Foree in connection with
instructions set forth in SA.C letter No. 38, Series 1949, dated March 25,
1949.
Mr. AARON L. HITCHENS, Chemical Engineer in charge of the Chemical am
Ph7sieal. Laboratories ot the Winch~ster Repeating Arms Co., 'Z'/5 Winchester
Avenue, New Haven, was interviewed in connection with other official business
and turniehed the tolloving information:
He advised that on Pridq, October 20, 1950, he alXl his vite and daughter,
who reside at 495 FAgewod Avenue, New Haven, went out or the back door of
their home to the baclc yard at approximatelJ" 6:15 P.H.
His little daughter
called his attent ion to a. star in the sky that was moving am Mr. HITCHENS
not ed a sphere- like object direetlJ" overhead which gave a stead;r golden orange
glow.
He stated that this object vas veey high between ten to twenty thousand
feet, possibly higher.
The glow given ott was very steady and not blinking
and the whole sphere itself glowed 1n about the saae consistency.
He witnessed
this object tor approximately twenty seconds during which time it t raveled in
a westerly direction toward Rev York Cit,- and then wh•n Hr. HITCHENS believed
that µossibl.y' it was near or ovor Rev York City, it then Teered in a souther­
ly direct.ion as if crossing Long Island or possibly in such a direction that it
llight have been traveling over Long Island.
He l ost sight ot this object as
it disappeared behind trees 1n his vicinity-.
He advised that aa to the size
of the object, it was approximately ten times tho diameter of Venus, which
was shining very brightly that ni8}lt. He states it was a very clear night
aIJi that all the stars 1n the sk;yvere twinkling as compared. to the steadi­
ness ot the glow given ott by this object.
He advised that the object
did not appear to dim:\ni ah in size as it traveled torther &lfaT from him but
appeared to maintain about the aallle size as when he first noticed it
directly overhead.
The ean.e steady orange glow persisted during the entire
time that he witnessed it.
Although this object was actually cut from hie
eight b7 nearby trees, Hr. HITCHENS states that it vaa so tar away trom lrllll
aey ,ey that he probably would have lost sight of it ver1 shortly due to
distance had the trees not intervt'ned.
The object made no sound whatsoever
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