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TO
L. V. Boardman
DATBt April 13, 1956
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SYLVIA L .
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On April 9, 1956, Miss Richards was interviewed con­
cerning her oighting of an unusual object about dawn April 6,
1956, while driving on
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with her fiance, Joseph L.
orris, Jr., an eml)loyee of the
National Security Agency.
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was interviewed ·for additional
details in this matter on Apr
12, 1956, by Supervisor Mossburg .
Miss Richards reviewed memorandum dated A,pril 10, 1956,
from YI. G. Eame
to Ur. Nichols prior to being questioned or any
other details which might be of aS!istance to the Air Force in this
matter.
She advised she had seen the object for only a few seconds,
that it was still dark when she observed it, although it wa
near
daylight on April 6, 1956.
She stated when daylight came she
observed the sky to be cloudy and it started raining approxi­
mately 30 minutes after she had observed the object.
She
recalled the object had approached their car on the driver 's
side from straight ahead at a height which she thought to be
Jess than 25 feet .
She was unable toe timate the speed of
the object.
She described it as being oval shaped, being very
bright and having a light blue color.
It made no sound that she
could hear.
She advised her fiance would be able to state
exactly where they had observed the object in North Carolina,
inasmuch as he was familiar with that area.
She was unable to
recall any additional pertinent information.
ACTION:
There i
enclosed a letter to the Office of Special
Investigations in this matter.
Enclosure
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