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l• 1hia innsti~iil&fi .. waa'•requested by CAPr GORDON To C LLEY, 10v 2A,
Base Security Otticer, ther Air Force Base, Cal rg~ia, and w
upon a report to the ettect that GT Q U J - I El
Wai:ltenance Squadron ther Ai Force Base, California, and
intenanoe ou dron, Mather Air
ornia• had obeerv-ed an unconventional type aircraft in flight i.:l t e Tic ty
ot Lebec, California, on 6 September 1 49. lebeo, California.. i1 approxi te~
leYenteen (17) miles· north or camp Oak F'lat on u.s. l!i h•ay 9, ~a.ndberv ea.ther
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Station, thirteen (13) mil~• to the eoutheast ot lAtbec, forms a rout;h e u l ~r l
triangle with l.ebeo and the ismall hamlet known u Camp Oak Flat, vb ioh ia -,n {10)
mile• aouth eat ot andberg•
2• Special Age!lte LEE B. NOLTON and WiREHCE W. BROU ARD assisted le
writer 1D thie innatigation.
AT Mll'BER AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA

a. ~ 6 September 1949, SGTS I L:id •-• reported to the Office
ot Speoial Investigation.a• Mather Air Force Base, California, that they h d
observed an unoo ventional type ircr rt i!:l £li ht in the vioini.. of Le ' c.
~alitorni • •hile tlyin in a iper ub iroraft oper t d by ST

•• SOT executed the following statement on 6 eptember •
Original aigned, itneaaed statement and carbon copies on fil at 1 tJ1 D strict
Ottioe of Speoial lnveatigationa. irtield-Su.isun AFB, California,

MatJler Air ForoG as e
Mather Field, Cl fo cl
6 September 1949

l• SOT us igned to the 3538 th ?.Iain tenanc•
Squadron. Mather Air Foro• Base, California, voluntarily make t e i'ollowine;
atatemant to BERLE. PENNINGTON• who hu identified hi.:DSelt to me u a pecial
Agent• OSI• USAF.

On 6 September 1949 1 at approximately 1200 hours, while £lying at approxi-
mately 1.000 teet enroute trom Loa Aur•lH to ~or&J:D9nto 1 California, I ai
an objeot oTer Camp Oak Fl t hioh wu aenral thoueand feet below ua oo
with a terrifio ucent h ded approximately due aouth u if to o over Lo
We were just rounding &D a.ooo toot mountain and too him b:r aurpri••• He
oomiug up at about an 85° angle and coming up from aom8 small tooth.la to ,1
right ot th• large mountain. When he reached our altitude he 1eemed to hover r
a time and ohanged oourae u it t;oing out to aea over ta Paula. I foll<r.l d
him With rq eyee until he waa out ot eight. I could not deteot any aign ot
power or controls u the ahadowa underneath prevented it. It l~oked m,tal wi
a oanopy on top •1th approximate~ 5 teet ot apan. There was no way to de or e
apeed but th• rate ot olinab wu territio.

I han read t.hia 1tatement ocmaiating ot one (1) page and han initialed
eaoh page thereot and all oerreotiona thereon. 'Dlia atatement 11 given treely
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