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0 VIas Balloon

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Local __________ __ _ N:Ground- Visual 0 GrounJ·Rodar 0 Was Aircraft 0 Pro bob I y Ai rcroft

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Inte rmittent bright light traveling . at a speed estimated at over one thousand (1000) MPH, emitting no sound, except when first sighted a thunder type sound was noted. During the fli ght path from south to north-north-was·t a bright light was observe d about every twenty deg ­l'ees of arc from the observer and no lights be tween these points. O~i ~g to the dark sky no Obj ect was Vl Sl.ble.

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11. coMMEHTsDue to ~ lapsed time of over ~ month between date of - . sighting & data of initiaJ rpt to this hq and improbability of value of further investi gation, none authorized. Possible that observer sighte d n n a/c, possibl ~ jet, crossing s k y at hi g h rate flli speed w/it s I'Unning l ights flashing on and o ff .

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Su j: Unic!entified Flying Objects; r eporting of

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1 June 1955 ' • ------------------------------NAVAL SPEEDLETTER-

Permits dispatch o r info rmal longuag a .

May be sent (l) with enclosu res, (2) in a window envelope (size 8 W' x J;,l'') , if content.s are not classified as confi· dential or higher, (3) to both naval and nonnaval activ!tes.

Is packaged 500 sheets o~ white or of one color: yellow, pink, or green.

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(l) Copy of ltr from CDR Hillirun H. HILANDS, USN dtd 24 £-Iay 1955, same subject

1. Enclosure (1) is fon.·rarded via speedle·tter inasmuch as the observation \•ras made on 20 .Hay 1955 but the information was not received by the District Intelligence Officer, li'ourth Naval District until 31 Nay 1955.

2. COiV.tEASTSEAFIDN I NS'l'RUCTION 3820.2 dated 16 July 1954 refers.

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CDH. lt,r:i 11 iam H. HILANDS, USN lJ:tstric:t Intelligence Officer P. 0. Box 100, U. s . Naval Base Philadelphia 12, Pa.

Subj: Unidentified flying objecto; reporting of

Ref: (a) CO~·i"f'OUR Instruction )820.1A of 19 Nov 1952

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1. In compliance with reference (a) the following is re~orted :

a. Inte1mittent bright li ~.:,ht traveling at a speed estimated at over one thousand miles per hour emittin~ no sound , excE:pt when first sighted a thunder-type s ound -was heard. Approachea from s outh1.e~est,

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ma<i<~ alight turn anti disappearecl in a north-northeas t. di:rection . A bright -light was observed about every t,tienty degrees of a r c from 'the obBerver nnd no lights between these points. The light, when on, seemed to ~row less intense two, three, or four 'times . Time the light was ooserved -. each time was two to five seconds . Owing to the dark sky no object was visible.

b. O'.:>served at 2215 DST, 20 iAay 1955 from thirty seconds to a minute and a half.

c. Obse~:·ved visually from the ground .

d. Observed three niles northwest of ~~lvern, Pa. Object approached from direction of Exton, Pa., at altitude o: approximately 7000 to ~0,000 ft. and passed overhead and then turned slightly towards a. northerly heading and disappeared in a not·th-northeast heading.

e. Observed by CDR W. H. Hilands, USN. Twenty years Naval a11iator • expenence .

f. \•leather -- clear dark s~y ~th stars visible in all areas, ~:x.cept in area pas3ed Exton where a. light low cloud condition existed.

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Intermittent bright light tl-avel.L-,.g at a e~tL.,.a·ted at o one t (1000) r.!PH, Zld t ting no sound, . amopt when first sl. ghtad a th sound vaa noted. During the f1_.ight path f"~·01n south to north-north-west a bright li~t was observed about fnsry twen ( ro) d8 of arc from the o and no l:Lghta between d:hese points. Owing to the clark ::sky no object was "rls:Lble.

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Due to the elapsed ·Mnte of over ;~onth between date or sighting and date of init:Jal to this headquat"~er~, the improbabl.li ty o.r further in~stigaT.. ion uncovering data of 3i.ghif1cant va..-u no investigation authoriz'!Kl by' this headquarters. It is poaai bla tra t ·the observer sighted an m rcrart, possibly jet, crossing the sky at a bight. rate ol speed nth its running lights naahing on and orr.

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