Air Materiel Command Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947-1948

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Bo:a: 227
Dravasburg, Pa
9 July 1948
US War Department
Washington, D.C.
TO WHOl4 IT 1lAY CONCERN:
Dear Sir:
On the Fourth of July (July 4, 1948) ~ wile and I were sitting
on a bench on our lal'fll and we were watching the stars, planes, etc. ,
At 11:15 P.M. D.S.T. we saw something very strange .
We thought we saw a star ]JlOving.
There was a slight in the sky'
the same colo:r and size of a star and it was moving.
We decided it was
a plane but ut made no noise. We soon changed our minds because this
"thing" moved across the sky' then st opped £or about 8 seconds then
changed its course a bit and 1rent straight and stopped again for about
5 seconds, changed its course a bit and went straight for awhile and
stopped again this time for at least 15 seconds then it went across the
sky a little ways and disappeared completely. When this "thing" stopped
in the sky , if you didn' t know where it was at, you could not tell it
.from a star as the resemblqnce was identical to a st ar.
After reading in the paper on July 8, 1948, about two women seeing
"Flying Saucers" in the day light July 8, I believe I saw a "Flying
Saucer" or something 1n the night July 4, because I lmow it was no star
or an airplane because neither can travel and stop in the air like this
"thing" did.
I live about 2½ miles from these women who have seen the
"disc" in the daylight.
Has the War Department any comments 011,,these st range "discs?"
They
are now reported in the heart of the steel industry.
"PI'ITSBURGH DISTRICT".
Yours
/s/ John Jamniclcy-, Jr.
Box 227
Dravasburg, Pa.
2 Incla .
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