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,llemym~ino to you. 10-18-.55 advising that at Executive
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Session of Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAO) on 10-JB-.55,~~0
M.r, pull:es of rJL gtsaussed report. reoetvea from party of
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Senator Rt-chard B./1.
ssell of Geor!lJ-a, travel Ing through Russ a,
that Senator RU,ss.ell
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interviewed.
Attached memos from @.IA received ll~J-.55 adviser'
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member:s of party debriefed and following is s~mmary of t?ieir
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observations: Party was traveling by train from Ba"k:u to Xiflis
and aft.er dark Russell noticed a small greenish-yeilow glowing
ball rtsing quite rapidly in s'ky.
He tnformed other members of
~he pqrty and a Jew mtnutes later they observed another object.
Mr.. Efron saw only 2 ligRts resembling eyes.
Oolonel Hathaway
saw a shad~wy 9bject with stmtlar light in middle at the top and
rotating· light or 1-fg.hts similar to exhausts at the base,
Sen.ator
Russell had impr-ession object could have been as small as a rocket,
Mr. Gros and Ool-onel 'llath.aw,ay considered size comparabl.e to ll. s.
jet fighter, but Hathaway stated object did not resemble any air­
craft, rocket or missile he had ever s~en~
All agree object was
r,otattng during its rtse along its initial steep trajectory. Based
on interviews so far, CIA advises only testimony which would support
existence of flying saucer or radically unconventional a ircraft
i s that of OoJ·onel Hathaway.
All other observati'ons can -probably
be e:tpJain.ed as steep-cl tmbing q.ircraft or missile· or exhaust of
normal Je-t aircraft i<n ,a dive, followed by a sharp puli-up in such
a way nothing could be seen until exhaust vtsi_bJ·e to observers on
tr:ai_n, bu~ pos_s t'ble afrcraft; was tnaeect of t/1.e short or almost
vert""ii:al ta"ke-'off variety..
OIA eflates .further discussion wlll
probably be required to completely resolve matter but indicates
that eviaenoe does not appear sufficiently firm to warrant
conclusion that Soviets have developed a radically new type
aircraft.
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