28959762.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  Early Oct 54 | Mojave Desert, California  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  MILITARY | CHAFF  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  MULTIPLE |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  - - - | Man 15 mi SW of Edwards found strips ofsilvery colored metal which could be crumbled in the hand. Most of the objs were about 1/2 long and 1/16th inch wide. Believed them to be new type of radar chaff.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |   |
|  GROUND VISUAL |   |
|  7. COURSE | COMMENTS:  |
|  FOUND ON G ROUND | Descripti…

7 November 1954

Dear Sirs,

A few weeks ago I read in the papers here of an object that was sighted over an Ohio town that left trailings that turned the hands of people green when these objects were touched. Perhaps you know of the incident to which I refer.

I had been rabbit hunting about five weeks ago on the edge of the Mojave desert with a friend of mine when we came across many tiny objects scattered about on top of the sand. They had silvery color and could be crumbled in the hand. When crumbled, the things lost their silvery color and then appeared to resemble asbestos fiber. These o…