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38 143685 Box7 Incident Summaries 173 233

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Incident 176 « On 23 Set 1948 Mr Sylvester Bentham was talking to Col Bakine when the Colmel called Benthan's attention to a single object im the sky. Object firct appeared in the northeast and was moving faster than any airplane that Benthem had ever seen. Object aypeured very high. Both Zekins and Bentham watched it for at lest 3 minutes, It move toward the northwest in a straight line at a constant speed finally turning to the North and faded from view. To Bentham the object appe.red to have a reguler rectangular outline with sharp corners. It was buff or gray in oolor with several darker vertical lines like ribs. (See drawing attached.) Object eppeared like a "vegetable crate” fl; ing thru the air and seemed to ve covere! with a translucent material. It mede no noive and left no exhaust or trail. Apparent sire was approximately ? inches by 1 inch by } inch. Mr Benthem's description az to the shape, direction and over- sll apnerance of tais object & in direct contr, diction with statements mide by Col liornce Eakins, Mr Bentham further stated that neither he nor col “aking wre weoring gl es at the tine and that he weare glnveca only for reading. Mr. Bentham is 70 years of age. He a retired butcher,
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