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» STANDARD Foti NO. 64 G » O t Office Menorandum + UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT _—ae TO —«:_— DIRECTUR, ILI DATE: August 13, 1Y4‘7 } oe ‘ ~Yetom : SAC, NEWwRK SUBJECT: FLYING DISO REPORTED AT HACKENSACK, ad JarsokY . AUGUST 3, 1947 = WISCELLANEGUS : -_ Reference is made to tne teletype from tne Newark Division to tne Bureau dated August 4, 1947 stating tnat a "Fiyang Disc" had wt a7 HH, oeen reported to have bee Now Jersey on August 3 2p it last by one , Taevancs Ha Cwensa Jackensack, upon interview by Special Agent of this Division, stated that. on August 3 he had been standing with @ a solcier stationed at Fort Lix, observing a "han" radio rig atop a two-story b VC house on Simons Avenue, Hackensack. It was approxinately 7:45 vem, and they were ln this vicinity for the purpose of meeting - girlfriend, one mented to @@MMMBethat a child naa apparently lost its balloon. GIBB 00ke5 and about a olock or a nalt block away noticed a round, black object moving from south to nortn and east of the stop wnere he and Qygeemesvero standing. Gaegpncticed . tnat it was moving too fast to be an ordinary balloon, but he could not discern whether it was plobular in form or a disc. He said it vas about thirty to forty inches in diameter moving north in a hori- zontal plane about two hundred yards above the top of the nill at a Cummit Avenue and Simons Avenue. It proceeded at a steacy rave, db / nitted no rays, and was moving fast enougn to requare tnem to turn tneir heads steadily in order to roLlow it, pirlfriend came out about fifteen seconds after they first simted it. They pointed it out to her, ana she said that it looked tike a bird on tne horizon so small. It faded out of sight shortly thereafter. g@MMMM sarc that a line dram along its apparent course of fiirpht would go from the vicinity of Bendix, New Jersey to a point west of Vestviood, New Jersey. Se Oe Re eee OL Coco se 4 f a. eal OOS - SAMIR ERARAINN eM SAe oe elgg 6 geet a yiake cava ele oe et Oe tT en eS le 2 ee es QQ 23:0 said that a man on the porch across tne street also noticed at and pointea at out to tne women. GREP sarc that 7) Cc this man seemed excited but did nothing about it. sald tnat he was positive it was no optical itlusion. He was not tacing into the sun and saw tne object clearly. Je aiso b c said tnat ne would have thought notning of it except for tne speed at whicn it was traveling. CAME aoa) ayo woe aera fi iconpEp GK) } AF WV: ENC , : . V4 62- oy ge | ay . pois on oy COPIES NES TRAT ___B7U NOWVE Ste