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STATEMENT OJ MR. WM. EVANS, CORDROY'' ?fEWP'OUNDLABD. TAKEN BT
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MERCEDES BURKE OF THE INTELLIGEBOE OFFIOEi HARMOB FIELD, •n­
FOUBDLAND.
17 Jul! 1947•
At approxi■ately 10 •'•look in the eTentnc of 10 July 1947,
I was standing eut si de Kr. Legga's store tal king with him.
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both aaw this thine dash aeroae the elq.
I oouldn't be aoeurate
about the direotiona. If it was a shooting star , I'd neYer seen
one as large befor•• and it waa 1112eh brighter than an,thing I'Ye
ever aeen i n the sq. It looked t o be a r ound object , I eou.ldn't
say it was anything else but round; it •had a tail on it wbieh
ahowed yellowish, but not as bright a s the oirele which appeared
and nearest I could desoribe it would be sort of red and yellow.
The streak behind, I would aa7, was little oTer a yard long; the
eirele looked t• be about the si&e •fa larce dinner plate. It
went so fast, it was hardly 1o sight before it disappeared.
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eoul d nGt giYe any idea of t he height; all I • s.n say is it ~as
muoh eloser than a shooting star. and travelling at a great speed .
Wbate~er it was it wa s flying through the air; it wasn 't jus t
, a streak aoros e the sq. To me it wasn't in any way like a
shooting star, and I am sure it wasn't an airoplane.
I •alled it
a "FLYING SAUCER" beeauee it seeme d exaotly like what we had been
hearing ,eo mueh about on the radio .
Witness: J. ~ ' ,A
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