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From: Chris Rutkowski <rutkows@cc.UManitoba.CA>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 19:36:33 -0600 (CST)
Fwd Date: Sat, 07 Feb 1998 16:06:57 -0500
Subject: Re: Another old case recently uncovered


Hi all. Since people are getting into typing up old cases from
the archives, I thought I'd contribute a little something along
this line, too. (I think it's a great idea, BTW, because a lot of
classic cases are so far not available in electronic format for
newbies to obtain via the web.)

This one is a bit different, though. This is a previously unknown
case which was apparently reported to Project Blue Book back in
1954, but which was never filed by them. The case is contained in
a letter sent to Ruppelt via TRUE Magazine, but was never
acknowledged.

I received this letter from one of the original witnesses, after
I appeared recently on a radio talk show about UFOs. He still had
his own carbon copy of the original letter to Ruppelt, and felt
that it should be recorded by someone seriously interested in
case data. So, here is the complete text of the letter to
Ruppelt, available to researchers nearly 44 years after it was
written!

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					Selkirk, Manitoba
					August 10, 1954

Capt. E. J. Ruppelt, U.S.A.F.R.,
c/o TRUE Magazine
New York City, N.Y.

Dear Sir:

It was with great interest I read your article 'What Our Air
Force Found Out About Flying Saucers' which appeared in the May
1954 issue of True Magazine. I have read quite a few accounts
concerning these unknown flying objects, but your article was by
far the most interesting. Never having seen such objects, I was
perhaps a little skeptical, but never considered them impossible.
On July 22 however, I did see "something" and was fortunate
enough to have three other people as witnesses.

I understand that you are no longer connected with this research,
but I have taken the liberty of writing you, hoping that you will
pass on the following report to those who may be interested.

On July 22, between 8.15 and 8.30 p.m. C.D.T. I saw what at first
appeared to be five aircraft in the southern skies.   It was a
very clear sunny evening and these aircraft seemed to be
reflecting the sun -- they were a very bright shiny silver in
color. The angle at which they appeared in relation to directly
overhead and the horizon would be, I judge, between 20 to 25
degrees (see sketch). I watched these objects for not less than
three minutes, possibly six or seven -- unfortunately I did not
think to time them -- did not realize what I was viewing.  During
that time they did not increase or decrease in size, all the
while glowing a very bright silver in color. While watching, they
appeared to 'drift', almost imperceptibly in a westerly
direction. Suddenly four of the objects disappeared and the fifth
(No. 1 in the sketch) vanished possibly 30 seconds later. They
did not grow smaller and vanish, but simply disappeared, very
much like a person turning off a light. At no time was any sound
audible. These objects were in formation (see sketch) and as long
as they remained visible, they did not alter their formation.  As
for the shape of these objects, I believe "round" would best
describe them - they were definitely not square, oblong or
cigar-shaped.

Whatever these were, they were also seen by people living in the
Winnipeg area at approximately the same time. As Winnipeg and
Selkirk are roughly 20 miles apart, these unknowns could hardly
have been balloons.  To have been seen from both places at the
same time, it would seem to me that these objects would have to
be at a very high altitude and also very large in size. Some of
the people in Winnipeg who saw these strange objects, reported
such to the two newspapers, The Winnipeg Tribune and the Winnipeg
Free Press.

I am not by any means an expert on aircraft, but during the war I
served with the Royal Canadian Navy and spent a few months with a
British Aircraft Carrier.

The people with me at the time these objects were sighted were my
wife, my sister-in-law and her husband. No doubt you have had
many reports at different times from various people - believe me,
I am not a "crank" looking for publicity, but I actually saw
something which I have seen before and of that I am certain. If
there is anything else, such as any further details concerning
that which I have reported, I sincerely hope that you or someone
will write, as I shall be only too pleased to try and answer. I
am definitely very curious and interested to try and learn what I
actually did see.

				Yours very truly,
				(named deleted by UFOROM)

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--
Chris Rutkowski - rutkows@cc.umanitoba.ca
(and now, also: Chris.Rutkowski@UMAlumni.mb.ca)
University of Manitoba - Winnipeg, Canada