U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172

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HFJ.DQUARTERS STRATEGIC AIR CO!AUAND
A2B
Andrews Field
Washington 20, D. c.
SAC 3~ (29 Mar L.a)
29 March 1948
SUBJECT:
Report of Unidentified Aerial Sounds.
TO:
Chief of Staff
United States Air Force
Hashington 25, D. C.
Attehtion: • Director of lntelligmce
1.
The follo,ring is quoted from a copy of a l etter, .8a1ti more
Office, FBI, addressed to the Director of Intelli , ence, Second Army:
"On liarch 23, 1948, an individual, who desi red. that her
identity be kept confidential, telephonically communicated With this
office arrl indioated that she is the wife of a former mernber of the
United States military forces, am that s he is presently active in
American legion activities, but was emphatic in sta ting that she was
in no way hysterical or unduly apprehmsive regarding present world
conditions .
She did, however, wish to bring to t he attention of the
proper authorities that during the past six or ei ght weeks, on a
number of occasions between the hours of 3:00 and 5:00 ,L.M., she has
heard peculiar sounding noises in the sky, whi ch npr,ear t o come from
airplanes in the dist ance, but the sound is not the type of airplane
motor drone T1hich i ~generally heard f rom ~merican planes. She has
discussed the matter with he r husban::I, and he belie ves t hat t he sound
is more like that of a foreign type airplare .
J he r ecently discuss ed
this matter ,nth a:q unidentified v,oman who lives in her neighborhood,
which is Hamilton, Baltimore, l>iarylan::t, arrl t his woman stated tha t she,
too, had heard the noise in question, and that her husband is also an
ex-G.I. arrl he has stated that the motors sounded like that of foreign
planes."
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No action is contemplated by t his headquarters.
FOR 'mE CO;IMANDING GENSRAL:
ALAN MARCEAU
CWO, lliAF
Asst udj Gen
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