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; TAS “ee VIVF eA oA ~“ fo are om rom ns 04 ‘ e ww Office Mem, indi * UNITED SYALuS GOVERNMENT _— . \ ia ania al suse UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJEC | yf —<___ ALLEGEDLY CITED BY MR. year WEST PALM BEACH, FLORID pater, Auguat #9, 1952 By letter of August 26, 1952, the Air Force requested that we eramine the cap of Mr. Giggiiemm, a scouteaster sete, Reon at West Palm Beach, Florida, who claims that he observed oR unidentified flying object in a desolate area, He reportey te that upon his investigation, a MBB object 30 feet tn dian 1 hovered over hts head and shot a "red blob” which caused hin to |: aes dose consciousness. The cap haa some holes burned in it and it tes reported that the hair on Desvergers' arms was singed. Th Air Force requested that we determine, tf possible, from ” residues left the nature of the residual material. The Air Force desires an oral report on this tonight. oa Pintrahed the eromination and are Preparing to aduiasae the A feewireGS ls SFiS SOL ee ee eS Pt Sper sis sy Seyveoe We have rece as follows: Air Fo r sd i. There ia no residue which. would permit a determinction _@s to the nature’ of the material which caused the burns in the Boe ae aeeeaue cap. in addition to the obvtous burns, there 33 one minute burned area which ts probably too small to have been caused intentionally but more likely by a amall hot ember, 2. The bill and a large part of the edges of the cap are singed but the singeing is not uniform as would be expected if it had been caused at one time by a single flash of flame. The front edge of the cap bill is more severely singed than otker. portions of the cap. This condition would not be expected tf the ©" Boures of the Plame we directly overhead, ; 7 A we 7 - _ fl a gource of the flame ectly overhead 3. When the cap is observed from the front, the left edge of the insignia and the fold in the blue cloth, there ts an absence of singeing noted under the fold suggesting the possibility that the cap was not being worn when the singeing took place. It is noted that this fold “enooths out" when the cap ts. Placed on the head. RECOMMENDATION: That tn response to the request, of Colonel] Gimme of the Air Force, it ta recommended that he be oe [at G ore r ay Pac eons CE above. (Ga. £3. eat 310 / Re / ek a2x20Ni SEP Th 1902 . Sof Gidofr Krev ty |; om ory Ee Fie piloritn BE pee et a galt a TE OS Re ‘ . .¥ an = a |