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UstTanpana , £...0 No. 84 can “ar C: Office Memo- ew + UNITED STs... }OVERNMENT * ees yet td - pe r To : Direotor / RB v(U\ ah DATE: 7-29-47 : 2 FROM : SAC, Boston{’ 4] wt a | fh 7 as, Ua Te + ee SUBJECT: METAL. FRAGMENTS ORSERVED AT WEST RINDGE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, JULY 7, 1947 ge SECURITY MATTER (X| Bs i Be Reference is made to Boston teletype to the Bureau dated July 18, 1947, ; os Dean the original informant, has advised that a spoctographio tote examination has been oompleted of the metal particlas referred to, They were i Ne determined to be of ordinary cast iron which had been subjected to a very Z ée high degree of heat, The heat caused scales to be formed on the cast iron AT : a which were originally thought to be of soma metallic alloy. bE : The scientist examining the partioles concluded that if they had come throuch 2 “ee the air from any great altitude in as small pieces as they were found then rs most of the heat would have been taken from them by the time they reached E, s the ground and fires would not have resulted, It is noted they landed approximately 700 feet from a railroad track and inquiries were conducted by MIT to determine whether or not the particles could have been originally a part of a liner in a smoka stack or some other part of the steam engine, These inquiries resulted in positive information that the particles did not oome from a train or locomotive. Measurements of the four pieces examined revealed that they had most likely been originally all part of one hollow oylinder, eight inches in diameter and three sixteenths of an inch in thickness, It was felt that one piece falling from 4 great height would have still retained a good part of its heat and probably would have smashed when it hit the ground, A scientist, whon Gomis, :i: not identify by name, recalled that cast Fl aaa i i Lee ~ iron oylinders of similar measurements had been used in New Mexico on ra . research work on a guided missile project. However, this unidentified sciehtist Fo did not so conclude to the exclusion of all other possibilities, os f. Wyk a? oe - Ifis interesting to note that the examination at MIT was aotually conducted who furnished the Boston Office with an informal report similarfy 7} \ in all major details to that supplied by SEER, 2>0v0. The men at HIT oe are gathering through friends all additional pisces of the original oylindey” availabldé, These will be turnod over to the Yoston Office, No further.” examination is being conducted by MIT and no effort is being nade, to- reconstruct the original cylinder, SAMITAD. ee Unless advised to the contrary by August 15, 1947 the’ Boston Office will destroy these specimens, In the interim they will be transmitted to the Fureau on specific Bureau instructions, a 4 aw iM ‘ . . . Saree i rf v ° fo 3 aw an - " pat La [Dp . ° ¥ ea uit LS ivus Cy. - Po i + gree ers ee - -: FO ew tet gh an . _ / . PAL me ow me