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and 1• the truth to the beet ot rq lmowledg• or bel1et.

Sgt.,
3635th Bomb l'rng. ling
Mather Air Foroe Base
\fl1'NESSEDt S/ Gordon 1'. Colley• Mather Field• California
GORDOH 1'. COLIEY• Capt., USAF
s/ Berl E. Pennin..:,ton.
B1RL E. P~NNI?nTOB, S/A OSI

6. SG1' PAUIER exeouted the tollowing 1tatement on 6 S•ptember
19'9• Or1g1.Dal aigned. witne sed atatenwnt and carbon oopies on fib at
19th District Oftioe or Special Innatigationa, Fairtield•Sui1un AFB,
California a

Mather Air Force Base
Mather Field~ California
6 September 19,9

I• SG1'~,-- uaigned to th• 3538th M&intecano•
Squadron, ~ Air Force Base, CaU£ornia. Tolunt.lrily make the following
atatement to BERL B. PENNiml'ON, who haa identified hiuelt to m u a
Special Agent, OSI, USAF•

en 6 September 1949, Sgt ••IIPa.nd I left San Fernand• at approximately
1200 hour•, headed in a nortpernly direction straight o~r Graperl.n• Pas,.
Just betor• we reached the highest point of the pa.sa, with an s.ooo toot
mountain to our lett and on the right other lower mountain.a• we si hted an
objeot uoending from the ~oothill1 at about an 80 or 85° angle. It wa.a
about 3•000 teet below us when•• spotted it and came ri&ht up approximately
enn with u•• about 1.000 teet oft our right wing tipo Ow- eleTat1on at thi
time wu approximately s.soo feet aboft sea lenl. It seemed to rise from
the tloor or tbtt hill• but we didn •t actually ••• 1 t lean the ground. mlon
it reached our altitude• it •••med to honr for a moment and then it ehot o!
al.moat directly south. It was traveling at a t.rritio speed. eli htly ascen -
1ng at about a 5° angle. It headed south onr the ocean diaappearing from
our riewe lhia object appeared. to be like a aphere • slightly on.l in s ap •
appearing a little longer than wid•• 1hia objeot did not appear to haw any
support ot any kind, no exh&ul1; or oontrol aurtaoea •hata o.vor, and was o
a dull metalio aubst.uio•• similar to aluminum. It appeared to be about BO
er as feet in diamater.

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