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Marines Investigating I Mystery ‘Flying Object’ Lands _ Near Quantico, Say Sentries /One of those mysterious flying;the sky and described it as a) the two sentries, and the spokes- objects reportedly landed near| flying saucer,” according to the}man said the investigation was Quantico on New Year’s Eve but took off again before the Ma- rines could get the situation in hand. A spokesman yesterday con- firmed that a flying object had ‘been reported near the base. Two sentries on duty at Camp arrett, a Marine installation bout 15 miles from Quantico, |freported seeing an object in : They notified the Officer of the Day that it had landed, and the helicopter took off from Quantico. By the time it arrived, the mystery ship had risen and was out of sight. The news spread _ swifty among Quantico personnel. One report had it that two platoons were deployed to capture the thing but this was denied by the official spokesman. Statements were taken from OOOO ara zara 1h 3) (OURAN 64+ awe & now in the hands of “higher authorities.” : The two sentries were re- ported off the base-on pass last night and the Marine spokes- man was not able to supply their description of the objects, or their report of its actions. The spokesman reported the had been summoned to appeaij, before high officers of the Ma rine Base this morning for addi tional statements. 0-19 Tolson / > Ladd v, : Nichol ~~ “Se . Belmbat be» + 0. Clesy Glavin Harbo = Rosen ‘kracy Gearty Mont. = Winterrowd — Tele. Room — Holloman —— Sizoo Miss Gandy — yh Wee ee NOT RECORDED 191 JAN 20 1954 — —_. Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror