
DIRECTOR AND SAC, CINCINNATI URGENT FLYING DISC, INFORMATION CONCERNING HEADQUARTERS EIGHTH AIR FORCE, TELEPHONICALLY ADVISED THIS OFFICE THAT AN OBJECTPURPORTING TO BE A FLYING DISC WAS RE COVERED NEAR ROSWELL, NEWMEXICO, THIS DATE. THE DISC IS HEXAGONAL IN SHAPE AND WAS SUSPENDED FROM A BALLON BY CABLE, WHICH BALLON WAS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET IN DIAMETER. FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE OBJECTFOUND RESEMBLES A HIGH ALTITUDE WEATHER BALLON WITH A RADAR REFLECTOR, BUT THAT TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION BETWEEN THEIR OFFICEAND WRICHT FIELD HAD NOT BORNE OUT THIS BELIEF. DISC ANDBALLOON BEING TRANSPORTED TO WRIGHT FIELD BY SPECIAL PLANE FOR EXAMINATINFORMATION PROVIDED THIS OFFICE BECAUSE OF NATIONAL INTEREST IN CASE.XXXX AND FACT THAT NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, ASSOCIATED PRESS, ANDOTHERS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK STORY OF LOCATION OF DISC TODAY. ADVISED WOULD REQUEST WRIGHT FIELD TO ADVISE CINCINNATIOFFICE RESULTS OF EXAMINATION, NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED.