U.S. Air Force Flying Discs File, 1952

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SUMMARY OF CIRCUMSTANCES: INVESTIGATION OF POSSIBLE
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT - ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

1-2 September 1952

1. At 1600 hours on 3 Sep 52, the Directorate of Intelligence, Hq., USAF received a telephone call from Mr. Walter Storm, 227 18th Street, SE, Washington, D.C. (phone LI 31298) that an unusual circle was found marked on the lawn of his father, Mr. Charles Walter Storm, on the morning of 2 Sep 52 and that he believed it might bear some relation to the USAF investigation of unidentified flying objects.

2. Major Fournet, of the D/I, called on the elder Mr. Storm at his residence (102 North Garfield Street, Arlington, Va., phone: CH 8508) during the evening of 3 Sep 52.

3. The following was found on Mr. Storm's rear lawn (refer to sketch in Incl 2):

a. A circle 18 feet in diameter and nearly perfectly formed was marked on the lawn by a deposit of some unknown gray substance which was adhering to the grass in clusters of five globules.

b. The band of the circle (around the periphery) was an average of approximately 6 inches wide.

c. The deposits in the band were less pronounced and sometimes absent for short distances where depressions or unevenness in the ground surface occurred.

d. A small evergreen bush was located at a point about 40 inches inside the circle and did not appear to have been disturbed in any way nor were any deposits present on or around it.

e. A clothes line frame located on a central pole overhung the circle somewhat and had been in place (approximately as shown in Incl 2) on the night in question.

f. An antenna wire about 40 feet above the ground overhung the circle, exact amount undetermined.

g. No other vegetation in the area contained any deposits or marks (small trees were present, as close as 6 or 8 feet from the circle).

h. Three types of fertilizer were stored in covered drums near the garage about 15 feet away from the circle.

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