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CONFIDENTIAL

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INTELLIGENCE OFFICE

HEADQUARTERS 138TH AAF BASE UNITS

NEWFOUNDLAND BASE COMMAND, ATLD-ATC

APO 564, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y.

(Rank)

(Date)

16 July 1947

Interrogation of JOHN E. WOODHUFF, Chief Mechanic, Pan American Airways, Harnon Field, Newfoundland, taken at 1415 HST, 16 July 1947, by Captain William E. Smith, AC, Intelligence Officer.

Q. Did you see one of the so called "Flying Disks" or other object on the 10th July?

A. Yes, I did.

Q. Can you give the approximate time?

A. Approximately 1700.

Q. Tell me the circumstances under which you saw this object.

A. We were coming back from a fishing trip, and coming over the hill between here and Stephenville Crossing you can see the cloud formation ahead, I saw the object break out where the clouds opened and it left its trail behind it.

Q. Had you been drinking?

A. No.

Q. You were riding in a car at the time you saw it?

A. Yes, in the front seat of the Pan American car.

Q. What was the weather like that day?

A. It was very clear and the clouds were very scattered.

Q. What was the approximate altitude of the clouds?

A. I'd say from 5000 feet to 10,000 feet.

Q. Did you see the Disk itself?

A. Yes, what it appeared to be was a translucent disk like a wheel travelling at a terrific rate of speed and opened the clouds as it went through the air.

Q. How was this Disk travelling, horizontal, descending or ascending?

A. It was horizontal.

Q. About how big did it appear to you?

A. From the height of it, I'd say it was about the size of a 5th or a Constellation.

Q. About how far apart did it break the cloud?

A. It spread the clouds out about half mile.

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