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» ee Be gilt tir, Ae ML OS AMF Waduesday A, M, 22 Sept 195k THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, MEMPHIS, — Strange Object : May Be Portion | Of Data Balloon Ssecial to The Commercial Appes! SARDIS, Miss., Sent. 21.—Offi- clais of the Air Force and U.S. Engineers opened an = investiza- tion here Tuesday to determine the identity of a mysterious ob- ject whicn diummeted from the “ies into Lake Sardis three montns azo. U.S. Engineer Jack Stewart, mief of dams and reservoirs at sardis, announced that U.s. Engi-- eeers recovered the object Mon- tay when receding waters in the: nuge reservoir left it exposed to …

THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, MEMPHIS, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, ljod SARDIS MYSTERY BOX | TSAR FORGE RADIO, Greenville Base Rhee, tdantifiee It: As Lost Transmitter | iwrom The Commercial Appeal Frcanvil tee Miss., Bureau (CREENVILLE, Miss., Sept. 22 1 «& mysterious object whlch dropped from the sky into Lake} Sa edis three months ago was} ‘identified by Greenville Air Force; | Base officials. Wednesday as a) \Signal Corps radio transmitting! ‘device, ; Dam and Reservoir officials ap - sardie had kept up a wekly sur- veanee of the lake after J. P. Phillips, a Como, Miss., fisher- ‘Man, reporte…

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. ’ en ae o PB ~~ nn Ww Cd $7 L IRPS Laid ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY ADDRESS REPLY TO: F-iICE OF THE ENGINEER IN CHARGE SARDIS DAM ENGINEER IN CHARGE AICSCKSBURG DISTRICT ARKABUTLA DAM ARO!IS GAM FIFLD OFFICE . Fda ae ERCINERRS GREENWOOD AREA ENID DAM Baur ox 17 GAENADA DAM QYOUTE 3, 80% !7l os —_ SAROIS, MISS. 3733, @ 8 | | 8 ee ar alin es a m — . rc 4 1) oe 4 Ned mated J \é ait hy a Ma igs 3 =“. 4 fe > “ore —/ ~t ye =? . — i s% 29 = Lad a wo oP whe ‘ yite Way (> “A. 27" | «Yb 2anMIANnA iPad ; sy “> i : y> 7 ) rj) Yass Lichoew @ — * oe ‘of abl ‘+ Ji ae ok & = tor 1 3 Nast ob Ou oe heal Paw F a eee …

colonel. Thomas Se simp#on ner/er/71092/15 Oct 54 AFOIN=X/Lt Col BY ' oe «a —_ é a = 4 « _ 19 OCT 1954 istrict Ingincer, Jorps of Mmeaineer, USA -icksburg District Wieksburg, Mississiopi Jear Colonel Simpson: Thank you very wuch for your letter of October Sth containing a tanmdiute report. of tne fallen ocoject at scardis Laxs, :iisaissinoi. AS you are probably aware, for the past several years the Air ‘orca haa had a uajor aetive vrorram in this area and reports guch as yours, wrich inveive considerable time on your part, are greatly appreciated. Cor your convenianee I am attaching a eopy of …

[RPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY FeEIC™ OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER sprig ate ants VICKSBURG DISTRICT DISTRICT ENGINEER pe nacce te ees VICKSBURG DISTRICT y= OFFICE AND COURT HOUSE BLOG. CORPS OF ENGINEERS KSBURG. MISSISSIPPI! P.O. dOX 60 VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI - pereR TO FILENO. LMR VE 6 October 1954, SUBJECT: Fallen Object - Sardis Lake, Mississippi. LOR Inteliigence Officer, U. S. Air Force, Washington, D. © is On & June 1954, Mr. (PR @RRR eet. 20 . Miss., Stated that he saw a strange object fall near where he was fishing in Sardis Lake, near Sardis, Miss. Since Sardis Lake is a Department of the…