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STATEM."".!iT OF MR. J OHB P. LE'zGE, CORDEOY, NE/,'FOUN.JL.:'JiD.
TA}~ BY
l4~CEDES BU3.KE OF '"'HE INT~ IGE:lCE "'FiICE, HARMO;I FI~LD, pw]'OUND­
LAND.
17 July 1947.
At approximately 10 o'elook in the e•ening of 10 July 1947
I was etanding by my store door; I happeo~d to l ook up and saw
wnat appeared t~ be a "FLYING SAUC~?.". It definately was not a
ah•oting star: I'd e~en se•eral stars shoat before, but ne•er like
thial aor was it an a i roplane, it was too "lit up" and tra~eling
at t•• great a speed.
It wasn't an air0plane on fire because it
would have fallen in the ~ater.
It ~as a niee elear night, no
e l ouds, it ~as jus t getting dark.
I would say it was tra•eling at
the rate of a shooting star but mueh •loser. I'd es:y r ~ugbly at
6, 000 feet. It was visible fo r about fifteeD (15 ) seoonds.
It
•~e from the North West beading East~ard.
The oirole looked to
be about the s ize of a barrel head, and th~ trail behind looked
to be about f ifteen (16) feet long.
~he trail behind the dis•
made the ~bol e object look l ike a eone.
Another thing that makes
me feel sure i t wa~n• t a- shooting atar is: a shooti ng s tar usually
lea~es a temporary streak , this objeot I saw left no streak only
the one that appeared to travel behind the circle wbieh looked like
an after-glow .
The oirele was a bright red , nearest I could des­
eribe it ~ould be t he eolor o~ a flame, the after-glow(eone-shaped)
waa a £sinter shade.
What I s aw las t Thursday night resemble d a
shooting star in no way ~hatsoe•er.
There was only one.
( J
JOHN P.
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Witness: ; . ..,.._,, ,
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