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. ai aty Duos GO OK. 4AOMA CITY AIR MATERIEL ARE, TINKER FIELD OKLAHOMA CITY. OKLAHOMA im REPLY &EFER TO — #372h-1 30 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECURITY OFFICER, OCAMA Subject: DAN NELSON, Attorney-at-Law, 926 Perrine Building, Cklahoma City, Oklahoma. a Re: Flying Saucer Mystery Solved. On 30 July 1947 DAN NELSON was interviewed at his office, 926 Perrine Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, relative to his alleged solving of the "Flying Saucer Mystery. Subject, whose age is 53, is at present engaged in practicing law and - is the agent for the Dual Parking Meter Company. Subject advised he is married and has two sons, ages seven and ten, residing at 2613 N.W. lyth Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Nelson stated he was a sergeant in World War I, being wounded in action while serving with Company L, 58th Infantry, and thet before entering the service he had an eighth grade education. After leaving the service he finished his education and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1929. He advised that since 1929 he has practiced general law in both Horman and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Subject statod he notified the War Department by letter on 19 July 1947, advising them of his discoveriss concerning the Flying Saucer Mystery. He received an answer dated 23 July 1947 advising him his letter had been referred te the Air Forces. NELSON stated he heard no sore fron the War [cl a2Wawea 4 WS owes Wwe 6 aes A HW EA YP 4S Se Department as of 29 July 1947, at which time he released his statement to the "Daily Oklahoman,* Oklahoma City local newspaper. Subject advised the basis for his theory ¢ concerning the Flying Saucer lystery was obtained from simple experiments which hea conducted while driving his automobile. NELSON stated he believed that many people had seen lights or shining objects cast onto their windshields and side ventilator windows of their autoasobile and reflected as a saucer or disc shaped object. He stated that the movement of the automobile, plus the fact that the glass was not a perfect mirror and passing objects could be seen in relation to the objects gave them an appearance of great speed. Subject advised that the vibration of the car gave the objects an appearance of rotating and that the reflections causad then to appear flat or saucer shaped. NELSON stated that any number of objects might be seen - according to the direction that the car is traveling and the number of bright objects being reflected onto the window. He further stated that these objects might be seen in an ordinary window in a house according to the lighting -