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Le As 105-L15 ob ee ae <venuc, 24 the time tne OD: ject was kon December 24, Ll. ‘&, that South Pasadena, Carat ornia, who was W discoveret, advised Special Agent qa cember tha he was present at the time the object was located on his, landing fiele near Helendale, California. vised that they had taxen sone h pieces off the object and that subsequently, upon returning to Los Angeles, i he had learned that the object was actually a model kite or tow target which had been built by th of Los Angeles. ..- Ur. QB stated that he had talked to bothAqggy™ ancy and that they had admitted to him having experimented with the object over his, sirficid. Kr. Q@illpead: available three of the parts of the target which he hed secured while at the airfield. The information furnished by ir. qi... ; verified by Coecial Agent QR in an interview with Hr. KATUPACTUTIEG COMPANY, Los Angeles. , a . ve ‘ SE a ce The parts made available by ir. wera exhibited to bir. aap and he advised that the model tow target or kite had been taken_to the airfield for flight tests by himself and Los Angeles 43, California. stated that is the inventor of the object and @ had originally avreed to finance hin 4 to develop the tow tarset or xite as a toy» Er. WEP explained that Wika they were orimarily interested in developing the contraction as a toy kite to be sold in a much smaller model; however, the inventor, against their wishes, had develoned a much larger model which he had hoped to sell as a tow target to be used behind airplanes. Mr. @jjstated that oh a OT ee, ie Salim teyh iebspety ' since he had gone that far they felt that they shoulc give the project a test and thereusxon they took it out to the desert as a precautionary measure. Er. @iifpstated that the flight test was a failure; the model crashed soon after it was airborne and was thereafter abandoned on tie field. tn the absence of her husband, ¥rs. was interviewed and exhibited the three parts of the nite wace available oy rr. QR She readily identified the three itens as pert of a kite her husoand had built for th She advised that she also accompanied her A7¢ hustund to the dusert at the time the tests were made. She exnlained that. the kite had crashed and that the manufacturing company did not want to put any more cash in it so it was oLandoned on the desert. The three parts of the kite were returned ER = January 7, 199. The Sub-District Office, I. G. (USAF), Santee Te Streot, Terminal Annex, Los Angeles, “alifornia, was avprised of tie information contained herein imnediately upon its receipt. Pe ee ee i ee. ee ee ei oe i ae oi eer cre ee eee ce CT s ay Pe “ ae * ny tia, ye tt ate tee ge Oy, = oe er) ¢ - ~ 7 am feo. o . . * - oy * r . ie « s ' se . . FE REFERRED UPON COMPLETION TO THE OFFICE OF ORIGIN a TN STE TEV Se St Te eR ee ke an’ ‘ = ot & Jig Gate op ae wee 2 r a ith 'e