U.S. Air Force Flying Discs File, 1952

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4 . Kr. and Mrs.Storm were interviewed and ottered the !'ollovina
information:
a: Mr. Storm cut the grass in the area in question around
18oo-1.900 bo'IU"s ou l Sep 52.
'fhe cllppin&a vere l.eft vl'l,ere they tell.
b .
At 2300 hours on 1 Sep 521 Mr. Stol'm put his doa 1n the
basement tor the niiht.
(Wotei
the dog barks at aIJ;yone who comes into
the yard, and, until. that time had not sounded ott) •
c. (As rell.ted to Kr. Storm later by Mrs. Vhitehurat, a neia)ibor
iimnediatel.3' in the rear or the Storm reeidence .nd. ad,Jacent t6 the l.aWJl in
question. )
Mrs . lihitehurst vu awakened at about o4oo houre on 2 Sep 52
by bark.ins ot do& "which seemed to be in 4iatress" .
She l.ooked out o~ a
vindov in the rear other house but tailed to see ~na (it wae a rather
dark ni&bt) .
d.
Upon &oins out to his car at 0730 boure 2 Sep 52, Jlr. Storm
noticed ;the circl.e and walked onr to f'JCM11De it.
He describes it as
bavini at that time a brown, oily• sl&ll.dy appearance with ~t seemed to
be a Tery fine cranuJ.ar structure (as tho~ a fine HD4 mued vith li&b,t
oil. bad been spread to torm this rina) .
He rubbed some of the substance
between his f'in&ere and tound it ta:1n1ll;r gritty and detinitel.y oi~.
Jira.
Storm corroborates thl.e description.
e. Du.rina mid- afternoon ot 2 8ep 52 Mrs. Storm reexamined the rill&
Gd found that the color bad ch@.&ed to o-qis\-bl.ue, and 1t no lon&er
appeared to be oily.
Hovewr it still tel.t oi.cy but .no lon&er f'e1t aritty.
She detected DO odor \\POn amellina it.
t .
Upon retamina from vork at 1.700 houra 2 Sep 52, Mr. Storm
a.pin ~xemined it with his wife.
Be describe-a the eolor u purpllsh• &r~;
Nrs. Storm describes tbe col.or aa bluiab•~• Both ap-ee that the
substance had besun, to f'om small., cloaely•packed &].ObUlea on the blades
ot ;rue and that it had beiWl to •cryatallize•. Mr. Storm atatea that it
then telt slick (like araiphite) vb.en rubbed betveen the fingen; Mrs. Storm.
describes it as a pcilrdery teel.
(JO'Ss
!l'here bad been oo raiil eince bef"ore the eftnina ot
l. Sep 52, ind there waa a bot aun all day on 2 Sep 52.
Bovever, there vaa a bea'f'7 rainfall durin& the niibt or
2,/3 Sep 52) .
a.
Dur1na the morn:l.na ot 3 Sep 52, .Mr. Storm reeumined it Q.no.
"lN,8 SUJ'l)r1sed to t1nd it there after eo mucb. rain" .
lie describea its
~ as darker (a slate ara.,y) and still formed ill ~ obulee on the
~s bl.ad.ea. It still f'e1t about like graphite., perhaps a bit •t..'linner•
/ than the precediq evenina.
(Mrs. Storm remoYed ~
l.e I: that mornina).
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