U.S. Air Force Flying Discs File, 1952

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RDJIRAI, BURElU OF IBTESTIGATIOB
September 3, 1962
Directorate of Special lnTestiga.tiona
!'he Inspector General
Department of the Air Jore•
Attenti on:
Mr. Gilbert R. Le'f)'
!he Pentagon
Ohief, Counter Intelligence
Washington, D. O.
D1Tia1on
J'ollowing is the report of the DI Laborato17 girlng the results ot
examinations conducted on eTidence reeeiTed from 7our office.
ll: Unidentified 1ly1ng Object Al.leged.17
a/3. F.d.gar BooTer
Sighted b7 Mr. D.S. DeSVDGERS,
JOBD BDG.All ROOTER, Director
Yest Palm Beach, J'lorida
Your Jile No.
24-186
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Emmination requested by: Addressee
Lab. Bo.
PC-33720 DE
Reference:
Letter dated 8-26- 52
Eramination requested:
Chemical Analyses
Specimens:
Q1
Cap which Mr. DesTerger1 was wearing at the time of the alleged
incident.
::USULTS Oli' EXAMINATIQ!t
In answer to your specific inqui17, you are ad.need that the areas
surrounding the three barned hole• in the cap were eDJDlned for m17 residue•
which :m.igb.t indicate tho nature of the incendiary material causing the bu.ms,
but no such residue• were found.
Teat• conducted on the sweatband of Q1
indicate that the residue trom a gloving ember used to burn a hole in the cloth
was easily dislodged and removed b7 handling and "roughing" the burned area.
Some observations made during the examination of Q,1. ma7 be of interest
to you. The major portion of the top aide of the cap bill as well as the area
surrounding the yellow and black emblem or insigne and the insigne itself have
been subjected to the singeing action of a flame. It ia of interest to note
that the singeing on these areas is not at all uniform aa might be expected
if the cap had been subjected to a single shot of a •red blob" of a tire of
some kind. The fact that the front edge of the cap bill 1a more seTerel7
scorched or singed than other portions of the cap auggesta that the singeing
could not have taken place when Mr. D. S. Desvergera vas fired upon trom a
poeition almost Teriioall7 above him.
When the cap is obeerTed from the front
and left edge ot the 1nsigne and the fold in the blue cloth in the surrounding
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