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DEPAlrfMENT OF DEFENSE 

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MESSAG,E CENTER ,. 

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TO SECSTATE WASHoe 2489 

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. SUBJECT: SPACE MATERIAL COLLECTION 

REF: OEPTEL 245378' \ 

1. REFERENCE OBJECT ',vAS VIEWED ~Y EMBOFFICER ON OCT01BBER 2 IN 

ffiLICE OFFICE AT PORT NPL~OJH. iCCORDING TO POLICE, bBJECT WAS FIRST 

SEEN BY A GOATHEARD"ABOuT JANUARY 1967 RPT 1967 BUT HE DID NOT 

REPORT IT AS THOUGHT IT PART OF'AN OLD .~UTOMOBILE. OBJECT WAS FOUND 

AT APPROXIMATE COORDINATES 17 DEGREES 15 MINUTES EAST, 29 DEGREES 

23 MINUTES SOUTH. OBJECT IS ROUGHL Y OBLONG WITH DIMENTIONS OF 45 

INCHES BY 43 INCHES BY 39 112 INCHES BY' 35 INCHES. THICKNESS VARIES 

FROM ABOUT 1/2 INCH TO ABOUT 3 INCHES, ALL EDGES BADLY SHREDDED. 

ffiJECT HAS AN ODO-SH,~PED FRAME APERTURE NEARL Y IN CENTER ~'EASURING 

APPROXIMATELY 17 1/2 INCHES BY 20 INCHES BY 21 INCHES BY 23 INCHES. 

THE OVERALL OBJECT H.4S A SLIGHT CONCAVE APPERANCE AND WEIGHS APPROXlMATEL Y 46 1/2 POUNDS. OBJECT IS MADE UP PRIMARILY OF THIN Lt>.YERS OF 

B...ACK SILVERISH CANV.~S-LIKE MA.TERIAL. INSIDE THIS IN MAY PLACES IS 

CNE INCH T HICK HONEYCOMB MATER IAL WIT H SIDES OF HONEYCOMB BEING MADE 

Cf SAME BLACK SILVER MATERIAL. HONEYCOMB FILLED BY APPARENTLY BLACK 

FIBERGLASS TYPE MATERIAL. MOST METAL PARTS ARE OF "POT METAL" APPEAR! 

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SUBSTANCE. ONE PLATE WHICH IS BOLTED TO OBJECT IN,A CORNER GIVES 

A.PPEARANCE OF STEEL. BOLT HEADS APPEAR BE OF METAL WITH SOME BRASS 

CONTENT. T HIS PLATE IS OBLONG IN SHAPE MEASURING APPROXIMATEL Y 8 A~D 

9'16 INCHES BY 5 AND 15/16 INCHES. FOUR OF BGLT HEADS ON THIS PLATE 

CARRY FOLLOWING MARKING, NAS 1005-4 WITH WHAT APPEARS BE TWO-LETTEB 

DIEMARK COMPOSED OF SCRIPT LETTER "B" AND WHAT CAN ONL Y BE DESCRIBED 

AS LOPSIDED LETTER "M .... NEXT FOuR BOLT HEADS ARE MARKED NAS 1004-17 

wITH DIEMARK. NEXT FOUR CARRY MARK "SPL" WITHOUT DIEMARK. NEXT 

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FOUR CARRY NAS 11211215-28 WITH DIEMARK. NEXT TWO CARRY NAS 112105-24. 

ANOTHER PLATE OF DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION ON OPPOSITE CORNER HAVE BOLT 

I-EADS WITH MARKINGS NAS 11211214-26 AND LETTERS "CPP" MOST MARKINGS 

OJ BOLT HEADS ON THIS PLATE WERE UNREADABLE. 

~ TWENTY COLO~ PHciTS OF OBJECT, FROM VARIOUS ANGLES, WERE TAKEN. 

POUCHING FULL REPORT WITH ACCOMPANYING MAP AND UNPROCESSED FILM. 

3. S.4 POL ICE PORT NOLLOTH PREPARED HOLD OBJECT, WHICH SECURED IN 

LOCKED STOREROOM, PENDING FURTHER WORD FROM US. EMBASSY AWAITS 

DEPARTMENT'S INSTRUCT IONS. 

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