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65 HS1 834228961 62 HQ 83894 Serial 130

126 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Aug 4, 1947 · Broad topic: General · Topic: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_130 · 126 pages OCR'd
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¥ = += a) FINAL REPORT OF 123i ie Or gani zation: Sighting Place Time Altitude Weather : Heading 2 Speed 3 Shape *« Size: 10, Color 3 11. Reported by : 1388th AAF Base Unit APO 86), c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y. Flying ise or other airborne object. Codroy, Newroundland, 59°03' Ww Long.; 1:7°50' N Lat. 00302 hours, 11 July 1947. Approximately 6,000 feet. Clear; at dusk. From northwest heading eastward, Very high velocity. Dise shaped; was reported as being the size of a barrel-head, dinner-plate and size of a plane that is flying high. The trail gave the whole object the appearance of a cone. Flame colored with a trail of a lighter flame color. Mr. John Legge, Mr. Wm. Evans and Albert Samms of Codroy, NewfoundJand. Mr. Legge and Mr. Evans were standing outside Mr. Legge's store when they both sighted the object. Both men stated that the disc was very bright with an after-rlow which made the object look like a cone. It was a very clear night. In spite of the high velocity of the flying object, they said thev could not possibly heve mistaken it for a plane or a falling star. Besides the two men, the object was sighted by Albert Samms; he reported what he had seen to his mother. Mrs. Samms stated that Albert was in no way alarmed about it, he was alone and on his way home when he sighted it, and watched it while it was in sight. Albert was quite convinced from the color and behaviour of the object that it was not a plane, but definately some flying object. The informant, Mr. Legge, is believed to be reliable. He is a man of approximately forty; has had considerable experience as foreman of Buchans Mine, Newfoundland, where he was in charge of three hundred men. During the war, Mr. Legge was a mamber of a civilian volunteer Air Detection Corps. With that » cCkground, Wr. Legge stated that. he felt sure that the object he had seen was some— thing new which he had never seen before.
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