28931603.pdf

Fall 1948

before dawn
place
"Head of Reichsstr"
"B"

MCIAIS/GWT/amw
17

MCIAIS

Mr.
Vineyard Haven, Mass.

Dear Mr.

Receipt of your letter dated 6 May 1949, is acknowledged.

Your action in reporting this matter to the proper authorities is appreciated.

Sincerely yours,

W. R. CLINGERMAN
Colonel, USAF
Chief, Analysis Division
Intelligence Department

VAN RYPER
VINEYARD HAVEN, MASS.
6 May 1949

Technical Intelligence Division,
Air Materiel Command,
Wright-Patterson Field,
Dayton, Ohio.

Gentlemen - This is a report of an observation made at Vineyard Haven, Island of Martha's Vineyard, before dawn on a day last Fall. I did not make a note of the date but it co-incided closely with the arrival of a squadron of jet planes at Otis Air Base, Camp Edwards, Cape Cod.

The observation was made from a large second floor window facing northeast toward the Cape about 8 miles distant. The weather was stormy.

I went into the room with the northeast win…

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swept up, glided and dived, interweaving as they traced their paths. Movement was co-ordinated and there was no feeling that the chains would collide.

The chains did not have the appearance of strung beads, but gave the impression that the discs over-lapped slightly, like fish scales, as if the discs were set obliquely to the axis. It was this positioning which produced the effect of the elements of the chains being discs with the flat surface presented to the observer rather than spheres.

I thought at first that what I was seeing had something to do with the jet planes which I knew were…

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One statement I believe should be added is that, having often seen the Northern Lights, the display that I witnessed had nothing to do with that phenomenon unless in a black storm it was trying out a new performance.

I hope this information may be of use to you.

Yours truly,