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Code 110A
NRL

7 August 1947

MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT: "Flying Saucers"

TO: Asst Chief of Air Staff-2
Collection Branch, AAF
Washington 25, D. C.

1. The inclosure is an excerpt from a letter to Dr. E. Tousey, Micron Waves Section Head, Naval Research Laboratory, from Mr. John F. Cole, pertaining to some unidentified objects which Mr. Cole reports to have seen some time prior to the first reports of "flying saucers" in the New England area.

2. Dr. Tousey states that Mr. Cole is a well-known astronomer and a reliable observer as a result of his training.

3. The inclosure is in addition to information contained in previous letters to your office taken from interviews at the request of Lt. Col. G. D. Garrett, AAF A-2.

1 Incl.
Excerpt fm ltr to
Dr. Tousey²

WILLIAM P. MELLEN
Major, Air Corps
AMC Liaison Officer
Naval Research Laboratory