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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATE'S AIR O~CE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
OfPICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION____.
TITLE ~~PORT MADE AT
UNCONWNTIONAL TYPE AIRCRAFT
(Si~t•d 6 September 1949 near PERIOD
Camp Oak Flat, California) 5-8 Oot 1949
OFFICE Of ORIGIN
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CHARACTER
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REFERENCE
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SYNOPSIS
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!nnatigaticm requested by CAPT GORDON T. COUEY, Base Seourity Officer, · ther Air
Fero• Ba••• C~lifornia. SGT •••••••• CUJc\ SGT·•••• -~s tated t! t
while flying in a pri•ate aircraft in the Tlcinity ot I.Abee, Californi , ey ha.d
eb1erYed an unoonnntional type ircrafte Aircraft a de10ri ed as oYUlar in a e
and cona truo ted ot a du 11. grey matalio aubat&nce, apprexi:mat• ly thirty-ti Te (35)
t••t in diameter. Objeot rapidly gained altitude t• approximav•ly 1e.-en tJ cuaan
(7 •000) feet, tw-ued in a 1ha.rp left bank, and headed 1n a southernly direction,
oliuabing gradually, and straight out 1n the direction or the ocean, ap rox ately
onr Santa Paula and Ventura,. o aign ot exhaust or n.~or trail, and no aounda
w.re noticeable. Objeot in sight approximately two (2) ini.Dutes before diaappeari.:l
in the di1tanc•• Innat1gation reTealed no ,other witne••e•• ;..rial hoto"raph•
taken ot ar~a diaoleaed unidentifiable objeota on th• ground. A trip ~ae de to
labeo, Calit., to 1nftatigate unidentitiabl• objeota, aa illuatr~ted in aerial
photographa• at Wh1oh time these objeote were determined not t• be oon:ieoted with
unoonTentional roratt. InterTi•• wi. th SUBJECTS indicated them to be truthful
"and dependabl a.nd not addicted to naroetica or alcehol. lAest hyaioal examillationa
ooiapleted on Su"BJECT 1.ndioated no abnormalitie• J no other phyaical examination.a
available. .Reoord and A.geaoy ch•cka reveale,d 110 derogatory int'ormation ccmoeming
SUBJECTS.
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File 2 Dayton. Ohio
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