65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_130
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The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.
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Source text · mention only_· C O N F I D E N T I A L l t ;t- '9 3 9 1 - / a 11 Au1horily: NND 90986 HEADQUA R TE R S AIR DEFENSE COMMANDIN IUi.PlY REFER T O, MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK 12 Septel.'liber 19iT 'OBJCCT a Unident1f'ie Flying Objoot (Int rvin - Alphew, o. Powell) SUl.nlART O? mamaTIO I The following information ft8 recei'Y&d 12 At1£U1t 1947 fro:i Ur. lpheua O. P01'ell , 28 Redwood Road, New Hyde Park, Loni; hlWld , rel tifl to the sighting of a poaoible flying d1so ~ Augu•t 194T. On 4 Auguet 19•7, r Powell, an Airlinea Captain with P n American Ainni.ye , Jne ., waa the firet pilot or a Con1tollat1on type airoraft on• flight trcm Gander , ewtoundland , to La Guardia Field.. 1ew York . Mr. Powell took oTer the airoratt at Gander , ewfoundla.a.d and departed at approd111atel7 l2SO P. lf., Eo.ateni Dqlight Saving 'Hm ror La Guardia Field , Bow York . At 1600 P • • , at poe1tioa approximately lld.dway between the Enrett ( a) F&n Arker IUld the Bedford Badio Eoooon (ETerott ie 3 mile• ffl7 or Boeton .. Ka•• •• and Bodford 1• 15 ms.1.. or the same oity) both llr Powoll and Mr iv. 1:e, naT16ator on this trip , •i(;bted wrl.dent1.i'ioble flying objeota . fo the be•t ot llr . Povell'• knowledge, the tollonng weatbar oond1t1ons existed at that time , Visib1li't7 wae 6oodJ cloud oo.erage ••• trom. 8- 9/l.Oths # with topn at 10. 000 feeta md the wind at the e.ooo toot level was eati:.atod o.s bcin& 270/25 mlca per hour . The iroratt was at a.ooo teet1 airspeed 266 mphi &!ld the course•• 214 degre•• • magnetic . Ur mute , who wae sitting in the co-pilots seat (the right aide ot the oookpit) fir1t ce.lled 11:r. Powell ' ■ attention to a bright orango objeot ,. -.rhich was on the right ald• ot' the plane , and slightly below the lovol of' the a1rerart . Jlr Powell fflll unable to 1ee the object. a1 he ba.d no visibility to the right nd down. from bla position . Po,rell inmediatoly cl11noed out bi1 eide wiudow and noticed, at a 45° angle to the lort. and unidentified tl:y1ng object . It wu bout one mile nay at an altitude or approx1mate l 7 1 , 800 feet . Irr- Powell banked to obtain a better view or the objeot . The object 'fte under obaervat1on ~or approxtmatoly 50 ••oond1 , and during thie time waa vie,red by Ponll e 1lr Powell dHor1be4 the objeot aa being bout the length ot & P-40 t uaelage , blunt at both end■ , 07llnclrioal in abspe . and hatlng a bright oran,o hue . Kr Powell. stated that the object had• definite sbapo, d that there 1me no aucgeatioa or gaaeoua d1ec1pe.t1on •• there would be lf the orange color wore the •xbauat tro~ • rocket , or a jet airoratt . Mr ~owell eatimato4 the oouree or th• objoot to be 200° magnetic , end that th• object wae tra-relling at approxinatel:, 160 aph . Kr Po,rc,11 loat sight or th• object , when. • oleud oaae between. the aircraft and the object . :rhe pursuit of 'th• object ..._. not oontinud. lnaaJIWOh H it would ha-re neoeaai tated a departur• from the eetabliahed aiJ"'lla1'•• ,/ CONFID~NTIAL
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Source text · mention onlyC b N -F I D E ~~ T I A L HEADQ U ARTERS AIR DEFENSE COMMAND IN REPlY MITCHEL FIELD, NEW 'I/OR~IIEFEII TO: StmJI?C'fz. Unldcntif ied Flying Object, (Interview - alter I. \i'hlto) S0?.!!1\RY OP Ir.FOlll!AHO t 15 Septeaber 194,'7 The follo-.ung informtion rcl~tivo to th8 d htiug or f. possible tlying di~o 6 Auzuat 1947. was received 10 Septo bor 1941 from Mr. Walter I . 'Whito , 19-67 19th Street. Ja.clcaon He1ghta, h• York . On 4 Ausu,t 1947., Hr. 1 te, Pen American Airwa,- Ino. • wao tho navigator or• Comtellation typ• &iroraft 011 & flight :fro O nder., Baw roundlo.nd to La Guardia f iel4 , New York. At 1600; at & po•ition appro~i matel y 10 miles , or Bosto11, l!ua • ., Mr- v::bitc aighted a .tlyin(S object '1hioh h• waa unable to identif'7. At thi• time IL'" lffllit• was oi'ttift6 1n the co pilote sent, and loolc'lns out the right aide tor other uroratt that mlcht be in the, vie111S:t:,. J6r Wb1te •te.ted that when he t1rst i~ted t!te object . it nppou-od to o about S miloa awuy, aud at l•Qat 1. 000 ~eet beloir the leffl or the Conetellation . Mr i:hite beli•~•• tut he etudled th object tor almo■t SO aecond• befcre he called th• pilot'• att:Gntioa to it. White doncr1bed the object•• 'being a deep gold in color. md that its• surfac e rerlected lieht . It appeered to bo bout 113 feet iJl:. length ,. and. f'rOltl 2-:; feet in depthJ elli ptloal in 1h9pe and blanted at th cn4e. Hr te eati ted the speed of the obj1ot as being 176 mi.lea per hour . e.nd that it tra..-ellin& in 11D ee.at- rl y cilreotion~ one eourso ot approxitlately llOQ r,uetia . Mr Wlute then told tho nirore.ft oomm:i.ndor that there wns wi un1dentU'ied object to the r16}\t. and ag~in glanced ..out to observe the objoot , oatoh1ng a me atary gl1111.pce ot it before th9 pilot b11nked the pl ne to the left . ffllen tbt e.1rorntt banltod Ur White lost light of the 0bjsat . At thil potnt . Mr Powell , 'the aircraft C&ptain, exolaime<l that he wa.s &ble to eo a air:d.lar obj9ot on hia o1do. Jir \'ihi t. was unsble to ts o tne objeot on ' Pcrwoll' e •ide . ne •tated the.t he does not bel1en that it wuc tho• • obj~ot that he had Tielffld ift.8.elllUCh aa the on he li&W 1r it ha<t romaiuod on the aa oow- e woud ha.TO beou hidden trom 'View b;y that titie b7 'tho Wii:iGB t1nd tail oectioff! or the Conctella tion . ~ ffld to st tod 1.hat the pilot thoo righted the plo.:a.o. t'he ontb•• iu oident transpired in leoe 'then a min~te ond one-halt . i-'Mr tvhito deacriMa 'tlie ath~, ooniition et the tilne of' si&btinE• •0foll oirs a a'bout 6/lOt aoattered oumul ua, arith top• at 10.000 r et: vidblH.ty 10 miloe, w1rid at t·Ught lowl . 'l'est at a:bout 16 lllph. 1'he !'li ght level of th• airor aft &t this ti ,nq,, a .'000 feet, TAB 270_ and tho cnotlo course was SW. \ AGEB1'S HOfflS, J4r ,c.l ter I . 1:te ha obeon employed by P&n rioan Airway, ' I for -the pa.at t' i "\"O years •• a Tiie.to r. and during the r Y10r1cod with Pil \ co~~FIDE~~TIAL
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Source text · mention onlyco~~FIDE~~TIAL.. in conjunotion Wit h coctraot flying for th• .AlF. Mr TJblt. eta.tea tbat he ho.1 tloWA 'With Mr Ponll on a nmber of' oocaaiona , and h• ooruiclera h1a to be a Tery atabl• pertonJ completely reliable, an4 not t;i ven to •t11ght1 or tu.or" . Reb.te4 Reports So• Swmaa17 or lnfont&t1on , 12 September 194'7• Bq !DC. aubjeot~ •t1u1dentiti•d FlyiAg Objeota• (intemew • AlpbGua O. ?owell) . Prerloua Distri bution, - lone ' 'ftluaticm Diltr1but1on - AAF (S oop1ea) or aowce or 1llt'ormat1oll - ADC (2 oop1e1) C s
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Source text · mention only~ AOE!JTS JIO'l'ES t Mr. A. O. Powell 11 a graduate or the ATiation Cadet Flying Training Program. ha-.1.ng gradua.ted from Marnll l.l'ield , Alabama. With the Class ot ,n. c. Since graduation. . Irr. Powell ha.a flo,m .for Ptll!. AJHrioe.n Airway• and. at thi• date , h&a onr ~, 000 oomm.and pilot houra to hla credit . Mr . Powell appear, to boa cala, intelligent ind1Tidual, ~ot giwu t o flights or tan.oy, or eaeilT •waT•~ by what he hae previoualy r~4 in the ne..,.papere •• reg•rda report• or thi• tn,e . Jtr. Po,rell haa a rear ot publi oity and eeemed h•e1tant to enn tell hia atory leat he beoo'IM tM objoot ot ridicule . llz- Powell was queationed as to the poasibility that what he aighte4 mi6ht have been a tow target , a pilot b&lloon , or a radioaonio device uaed for meteorological purpose• • Kr Powell at&ted that he has aeen aumerou, pilot balloona , radioaonic device• and tc,r targets, while on f l ight•J the object obaer,..d on thi• flight defh i tel7••• •ot on• ot th•• Prerloua Distri butions - Rona of eo Evaluat i on uroe or Wormatio11 C 8 Distribution - AAF (S copies) - ADC (2 copiea) y t 1 CG~~FID E ~T I AL
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Source text · mention onlyReport on Loofl. "'fflPS Diac" 1>333.5 ID (8 Jul 47 2nd In1 HQ., ADl DEP'DSB COIOIARD, Kitchel Field, Bew York, 2S JuJ.r 1947. '1'01 CollaandiA& General, A.NT Air Forces, lfa•hington ~5, D. c. ATflh AC/AS-2 Forwarded tor your intoraation. FCR TH! COIIU.NDING GENERAL: R. S ✓ ti ~ 3 Incle: Colonel, GSC/ n/c Asst Chiet ot St~t-Intell • •
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Source text · mention only• • • • .,.!Ir ...... ~ .. U, · • WHtflw ,ror ■lrml"9hllffl •fk1 Y~~ • fJartfy cloudy end we,m toctayf t. night end tomorro,w wlttt • few scattered shower• this aftMnoon. Hlth today N, low tonltht 70, hlth tomorrow IO. PftlCI: CINTS cers Reported rom y • t~,teS, But· Seem •• I • d Here City Is Baffled By ·-Dazzling Display Of· Spooky Discs • TIM stra111e. th1ap tut haT• been Lil nfaht lkJes naee ..June 25, WeN o-,er Blrmhapam last nlallt. On one thtn1 everyone who bu ...._ Ille mystertoua objects acre• -tbeJ are round, saucer-lib. After that. every ,tory differs. Each ol the hundreds of callers who re-- .A parted wttnetliq the bafflinl UT )delllon1tratlou here last nl1ht hacl a different Yenion of what the7 .... lome 1ald the objects -ro larp, ,ome small. TIiey were mov• , .._ at ll"eat ,peed. Tbe, were 1u. padecl hl the air. Tbere wu aound ,i.. Witll ~Ir movement.. Tbe7 m"8d nolNleulythrQa,h the blaek ~- TIiey were at ,reat diatance from the earth.~ bad fallen tothe ,niaDd. They were la perfect formalloa. Tbq weN collldlDC with Neb other. But wbatever the thm,a are that have aet the nation acot liDce f1nt reported 12 da)'I aco by a man la W'~n State, the7 cleflnltelY were over the Malle City Jut nilbt. It seem., ID fact, that more Bu,. minlbam realdenta aaw the objects tball hl ~ other place. • llEPORTS BEGAN comiq hlto the Aae-B"erald city room atvand I o'doclt Jut Dlabt. For more tball a11 lroour thereafter, the place was bedlam. Tbe switchboard operators were swamped with calla. Repo~ en, office boy1, copy rwaders - evel)'one In the place wu cajled lllto actJon. y Reports came In from Ecqewoocf. Mountain Brook, Avondale, Soutb- 1lde, Palrfleld, Pratt Cll7, Wut End, Central PU$. Beuemer. Tbere wu fear, exclteme!)t. b.or ror, S;!re~•J~.-..,.. ~~ One - • - • tha
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Source text · mention only~ ~· • I / / • S-TIII -•!¥tNWM NM ~Flying Saucers RlpOi1ed ,In ·Birniinaha■ Skies. - . Continued I',_ ,._ I Altlloqll tbe reporta to1l'lle A,._ Benld lat Dilld ........ off at aboal t p.m., tMN ...... llul call ftaa 'a mu at JI, ..,_ .. hd - die ob,lec!ta Oftr. tie IOUthNltern lfftlon. 'fll1I IDOl"lliq, t.bere ,... more reperta, DION quert• eominl Into Tile News. )IIJ. WllltelllaedaJDelllllto Blrmiqbam Nlidnta : "Wa'U do neryWq U.. Ana, Air Forefl I empowered to do,to run down t.be lll1lterJ ol Ult dllca. Thia tblJII ..... to ..... _... be,olld tbe )obit of. IIPft1llatla. Blm!t111~m cu rest u..-ad tbe air bue wW keep - tbe alert uW tbe .,.. t.ry ls aettfed." • ' l=!ajt•iiJ 'ii!ili!jJnsr~i!;i!lijl'iniidt(t!JJ'. ;· i·1J1irtl s !!f'filil l~q 11t1l l5i[:i r 1~1a,,1t at~l~,,, :: ;,il.. rfi1!lst1,• i ..5I fl a.[ l••Ir!1'1:,i i11-!11flffl r, 1! Ji,1;rl1' 11,:11'' JiJ ,i~l il 1a ~f,ar it ,,~i,,,I; t,i st~fi lilli
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Source text · mention only- • • • -............. ...... ,.,.,,. ........... pbe- ~ ...... • ----~ ..,...._ "I ban ~ mr IU - ... IJ!Aa' ......., r- ata!f to be • the alert tw ~ 1a- lDto Ilia tnlll ~ "I aw tlaa lud fonnatl~ ta.lY mlpt 11U1ff OD~ ~ 11.pte ol a DO.a ' and lT II# matter, .. aid; ~ • Jdill bup, 9' lie rnorted. OUAftft DClTUl&NT of ·• i • - , Uae ~eeae wbea a mun- _..... 1amee Bala. 1111 Soutll atll DeN4 IOIM of tba dllCI bad fallft Street, uw tbt'N diael tra....unt la a raYiM MIi' Avoawood: Ar. lrolll •Mt to welt. Two more were IIOrier ud ~apb•r wot b lpotted later, ~ b, a ltp&l• iba ICll9MI UMl folUld IIOtbiq . dlle, u aeta~• 1:ua.rec1. Reeld•ata ol die dlltrW ul4 Ula J . L. Xardua, noo autoa 9tNet. dlles bad PIINd low and appeared Beaemer reportacl ...uaa "atruae to ba~ falll9 lD tlaa Ina. lllhW-- movlq tllrouah Uie 1k1 be- Boben c.aaanc;_ Ap,Renld ~.._.mer aa4'1ted Mouataln. eGP1 ~ ~ Ilia camera -r11e7 ,.... -••• -- ...... ., liewbea tlaa o\aiaeta :,aaed o.er Ilia aald. •- ·-, --. re■lddae oa alll Strea and Blah• • • • laad A..-n-. Bia deftloped flla "'W1alrllu UIIOUI- were nDC)l'ted nvealed two rouacl. wldta •Potl oa aeea - Ifaa . Smhi, 1', lal 10th the black, elole tioaltller, one l•rt- Place, loath. and lllamn Pllaro, 15, er thaa tM otller. lie aald be laff GI 10tb A v • a a a, 8outb. "We Ula plctaN a 15-NeoDd expoaure . weren't loold.al for tum," .tbe bon nva otber penom _,.... with him reported. "We were ataad11 111 tile wbu tlaa plelure wu made. yard wben we uw rouD allver But wltn-■-- aren't needed anr Dathe• clrclllll around. THJ came lCJlllU' to l)e.ar out raporta of UM one at a Ume at flnt, tho die num atralll• demonatratloa. Too~ n., 1lier lDcnlfed . n-, Named to 10 penoU-Cood, aoUd dtbe ave over the moaatalJl. aeen the tblnp. In fact, they're • • • -tblnlrl•I r,t eallblC Ula ahow out at At police beadquuten, Offlcer Jlunpr Bowl tonllbt, "Tba Dlao- E. E. MeNaal aald reporta ol the lllbt Opara. " • dllea MIU at 1:10 p.m. aad CNNd about ao mlDat91 later, Scores Of People Report "Strem of• u;bt t1y1q • • r,. r --;- My-ious Discl, alow" ware reported .. bJ 11n. ~ ""lJ H- u. 11. Sockwell. ueo llu4ow Bnldenta of Eut Lake, uth- Greaa Aent. SIM la1d 1be ~ atde, West &ad, Woodla'WJI and ~ lDto Mr y.,-4 u -,c,a u lbe Marci •mar reported ■eelnl the flylnl the a-.port on the radio. &be ucl cUaca or aaucara tut DiJbt. One dlae ber baabaad and tiff Mil'bbon aaw wu reported IND yesterday after- atx of the ~ ftJinl •~ low... aooe Offr die Warrior River. Th• Bbe utd th-, were tu ala of a aumber _.D at one time varied. "'810 Al TA■LI.I"N1M ol the dlael we.re -n by -i eallad to flDd out if rmCoDnla Murdocb , 512 South 10th cru., ,.. aald·Mn. Gordon MJN,Court- "'1'lley -re 101>1 of lllht at UM Baaemer Super-Hlab=.-.MUld the aky," ahe re- way, wbo telapbened TM •.. "-- tlua ~r:r=H. S. ...,_, Ull '8th Street. aald lie and Mlclabon uw "40 or --=~abeand.- IO" Upt n,ota Ill the ay, apparp~ laaabud aD4 tMlr -- ....tbe ''balll of tin" u tbe7 pre~ 17 over die Central Park A1r(Rlrt pared to 1et lDto ttaelr ear after a vlait with Mr. and Mn.U"8L • • • GordOD Buab at Brtptcm, t. tween t :IO and 10 tut lllCbt. She aa1d the flub u,hta. ,wbleb appeared a■ bellcoll l.lpta ~over a blll, CUM °'1! realdent ol Bllll Lab. be• ' .,~ _.__,..,_u.. ____ ,,..~ Tbe Uptll would ea111e at lllhtninl ,peed and tbea .top dead it1ll and bani la tu U:.,1 the, aald. TbeD t.bay wowa dart off a,alD. eOm• retarDlDI lD tha cUrectloa ol a-mer and eome 1otu on. Som• would e1rde. Othen would pau Neb other ud 1earce1Y avoid eollilloa. "TIiey were alloat a■ taro I u 1D1 dlDlDC room table ," .tie utd. bueball and traftled Ill a "blal curve from aouthWflt to aomlleaaf . The aaucen came at tatervala of about ftn NCODda. . ...
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Source text · mention only• . \ RESTRICTED ., S-T-A-T-M-'E- -T I, Staff Sergeant Irn L. Livi~•t on , RA 1h li:;J 07?, Air ~oros, h..ve a,,,,roxim,.tel;v- 250 """''-="11 fly~ time f\S "Oilot --nd Armorer Ou.nner have the fol loving t~tement to mA'lce {"Onct'!rning the 11.T>nearence of "1'lyin,v; D1 acs" in the Ticini ty of ~irminghrun, Aln.bama. At 204" hours, 6 July 1Cl47 • :hilo ! ·r-,s e"'tiDP' si.,~er ot my reside nce l\t 1354 Meedow Lane, Gre-?n Acres, Birmingham, U/'\bama, rrr::, next door nei.ghbor, 1-lr. 'Herman H. Sookvel 1 • c~llP.d for Me to come to th.e front ~oor the.t there w PrP cooe "J'l.yi~ 'T)iace" outside. Im.~ediPt~ly I went out in thP front y .. r~ to observe the objects. The objec ts ~'One"red to th.e '<l'e11t of 'Birming'·e.m trAv eUng in~ South .,~stern r•r~~t •on . They """'ll)eared to be n~~rorlmntely ?()()() fe~t abovi, the horizon t"t .. lu; d."!gree angle from 'flhere ! w .. s st9ni.,1v "'t n n un eatimated ~istAnce PY~Y~ The objects r'l")ne!'ll"ed to be ~,,nroxtm~tely t vo (?) feet in diameter , roun~ in ehA~e, "!)roduollag A ~im P,low of 11,-,bt rnd trpvnli~ at ~n est1mate1.aneed of five (5) to six (6) h.undr~d miles ner hour . The object• or obj~ct An"Oe· red to be trAveling in P definite ore rather thAn straight ~nd AB soon c~ one WPS out of ~ip,ht /'\nother woul d An~ear be~i d it, but not nlw,va in the s me -oath. ! q p w one th~t SPemed to come atr~i£ht u~ . The view of where it cl'tllle f r o~ w~s obstructed by~ nearby house; ~nd when 1t r"l'IChed the ltl titude of A'!>""'l"oximately 2000feet, it •tarted off in the •~e direction ~a tne oth~ra. I did not Pt any time see ADY more than one at the time and even though there could haTe been on _y o .e, 11\V -•~•n"~! belief 1• that there wore eeven (7) to ten (1~). 'l'he Discs were silent ,ind aTI'?eared to be col!J"Ooaed of e einr,le lir.bt. ~~~ -A.:..-..-ca~ Ir~ L. LiTingaton St ...ff Sergeant, 1lA 14 153 972 Subscribed Pnc'I sworn to b,fore me this 7th ~,r:r of July 1q47. RESTRICTED ••
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Source text · mention only. IDJIDTi Ln\er ot fl'aaad,w.1.. to a a, •➔- cawni. Mlenle 11Yiaioa, ATC, '°"'°''·· Lolw Ial■a4, •• t.(AfflllflOlla IIJ/8, ln•llic ....) POil TD O<IIIAIDDD OIIIIW.t ~e.91,~ IIAllIOS C • MILLIR,. Capkia, .U.- Corpa,, 1 Iaola . IIJ~, Inel.Upaoe.Piaal lpt ot Siclniae, ,23 .1111 41 lat Ind. IA, ATLAN'r.IC DIVISitfi, ATC, FORT TOTrEH, L.I., HE\l YORK 6 Aug 47 TO: Commanding General, A.1r Tre.nsport Canmand, \1aab1ngton 25, D.c. AT'l!h Cbie! ot Start Forw.rded in accordan ce with inst ons outlined in 'fflX Cli-95, your Headquarters. ~ Incl: n/c REST, lCTED • S 8PIP1Dl:NTIA1s -
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Source text · mention onlyGBNPIDErtTliL ..... 9lgbting s Stranp interm:i.Uent i'laehes that , ay tie in w1th •nying Diece•. 3. nae. 1 Hanlon Jlield I Stephemi.lle, tlewfNmdl and. 4. TiM s 034SZ, 23 J~ 1947. s. Alti tude , Approxillatel,7 10,000 ffft high. 6. "8ather s High scattered corniU .onJ 'rlsib1.11ty betti,r than titteen (lS) miles. 7. Heading 1 From South, heading ?n,1E (approxiantely 30° ) 8. Speed : High velocity; stated to be taater th~n a conventional airplane. 9. Description : The observe rs saw a light which at tirot appeared to be a ,hooting star or airplane. It appeared again, and a m1111ber ot intermittant fiashe• were seen tor a period of appro,:imately three (3) mi.nut.a . The nashea were reddish in color. Observers aa14 it was not a tailing star because it did not appear aa such; nor was it an airplane, l>ecause ~s~wee too abrupt and the?"e was no noise ot a motor. 10. Reported by: Miss Patricia .Abbott , (Nffl'foundla'¥! 'National) Ooverme nt &aployee and Lt. Halllllakar, t:S.vigator and Public Relat ions Of'ticer . ll. General The intormants (noted in Par .10) were waltd.ni when they noticed a peculiar reddish light. Both Miss Ahl;\ctt and Lt. Hamaker stated that at first., they thought it was a 1'alli,ng atar, ·but it left no streak. It appeared again; they thought 1i micbt be a plane flying at. n very high altitude . Alter obeerri..'lC i ta am:>9Uffl"a, they concluded, because or the silence (no hum ot mot.er) and abrupt darts ot the U g.lit., it, was defi nately not Ill\ Airplane . Neither Iii•• .Abbot.t nor l,t. Hammaker bwl seen anythlre; like it be!Ol"e. · ~~#?~ -- WILLIAM Ji• 00TH Captain, Air Corps, Intelligence Of'ficer. SBMFfBE~Th~t
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Source text · mention only. , . . l . Ck'g . 2 . Sighting ). Plac e 4. Time 5. Altitude 6 . Weathe r ? • Headin g 8 . Speed OONfU)ENTIAL FINAL REPOOT OF SI GHTING •:- / ,. -~ ( . , s 1388th A.AF' !U, llBC, ATLD', ATC. Harmon Field, Newfoundland . : F1.yi.ng :lisc or othe r ajrborne object . Approx six (6) miles SSW of Harmon Field. 20CI0/7., 1 0 July 1947 : 8- 10,000 ft. : Clear, Scattered CUmulus 8 - 10, 000 ft. : N?lE on horiz ontal course . : Very high velocity. , 9 . Shape & Size: Circular like a 1'8eel, estimated to be same s i ze as a C-54 10 . Color ll. Fhotograp l.s: 12. Reported By: 13. General t as seen f'r on 10, 000 ft. Translucent or Silvery, l eft ~ 1Jl uish Black trail approx 15 miles l ong. ?.r. Robert w. Leidy reporte d that he took two .!2) Kodachrome snap shots of the trail. ~T. John N. !'erhman , TWA. mechanic; '.r. John W • .toodruft, PAA rtechanic; and l.'r. Robert E. Letdy, PAA mechan ic report,'9<1 the above facts to the I ntell igence Offi cer on 15 July 1947. A Flash eport was T.tX ed t o : Action copy Conmandine General, Hq. ATC, Attn. Asst. Chief of Staf f , Intelligence . I nfo copies: Comr-anding Generals Hq. ATLD and Hq. NBC ~ister's t'erh.,nan, Vfoodruff, and Leidy ~e enroute !'ran Stephe nville Crossin g to Harmon Field at the time of the sighting. 1:•r. Vloodruff was the first to sea th!t Disc , it a ppeared t o rent or split the clouds thru which it passed and le.ft a Eluish Black trail approx. fitteen (15 ) miles . l ong behind it. The trail was similar to the afterglmr or a powerful landing light or search light beam after it is suddenly switched off . lhe object maintai ned a straight and horizontal course 11ccording to Mr. Mertunan and~ . Woodrutt, Mr. ·Leidy stated it appeared to be on a great curved course on a horizontal plane. The object disappeared into the Morth Northeast. ~ . Leidy sqs he took two (2 ) Kodachr0ffl9 Photogra phs or the trail. The film has been transmitted to the Asst. Chi ef of Staff, Intelligence, Newhundland BMe Command for processing. I . .. AM • CAPT. A. C. Intelligence Officer ·Rt:.STRiCTED COl'IFIBENml •
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Source text · mention only. . . .. . 1. Organisation: 2. Sighting I ). Place : 4. Ti.Jae : 5. Altitude i 6. Wellther . 1. Headi1'g . a. Speed . 9. ShAre & Stze: 10. Color : 11. Reported by~ 12. General , 1388th AAF RAse Unit AP0 864, ~/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y. Flying Dj sc or other airborne object. Codroy, N~wroundland, 59co3 • W Long.; 1,7o50, N Lat. OOJOZ hours, 11 July 1947. Appro"ld.mately 6.000 feet . Clear; at dusk. From northwes t h eading eastward. Very hieh velocity. Disc shat>eli; was reported as being the she of a barr el-head, ~inner-plate arvt. ~ize of a plane that is flyL~ g high. The trail i a ve t he whole object the appearance of a cone. Flame colo r ed with a trail of a lighter name ~nlor. Mr. John Legge, Mr. lb. Ev&ns and Albert Samm.9 of Codroy, N~wfoundland. Mr. Legge and Mr. Evans were standin g 011tside Mr. Legge 's store when they both sighted the o bj ec+.. Both "len stated t hat the di sc was very bright with an after- r,1.ow which made the object look like a cone. It was a very clear night. In s!)ite of the high velocity of the fiyin g object, they said they ~ould not possibly have mistaken it for a plane or a r ~lling star. Besi de s the two Men, the object ffllS sighted by Al bert Sam:ns; he rP-portert what he had seen t.o his mother. Mrs. Samms stated t ha t Albert was in no way a larmed about it, he w~s alor.e and on hi s way hC1mo when he sighted it, arxl watched it llhile it wae in s i ~t. '-ll)ert was quite convinced fran the color and behaviour of the object th at it was not a plane, but de!'inatel y sa:ie !'lytng objPJct . The inforina nt, Vr. Legce, is believed to be reliable . H'i is ·a man of approxim11.tely .forty; has had considerable experience as f oreman ot B•1chan3 l!ir,e, Newfoundland, where he was in char cc of three hundt-ed m~n. Durin g the war, Mr. Legee was si mamber of a civilian volunteer Air D-,uction Corps. With that >, c kg:round, Vr. Legge stAted that he felt sure thlit the object he had seen was eorne-/ thin g new which he had never seen before . v
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Source text · mention onlyFinal Report of Si(1l t ing General cont'd , ~lbert Sann• 1s a t w~l•~ year old boy . He was alone when he saw the fiying objer.t, he wa::: very denr,1 te il1t1.t ·, e no.ti never seen anything 1 i\r.e it bef r-re. Hi e mot.her, Mre . Semnu,, ia the Pret Mistr ess ot thi- t ~wn, and after hee.rinr; Al bert' :: d•er: ri~tion, felt that it antnrered to the deec ..iption of a •Flyin g Disc" . Ur. Legge reported h i s -.igh t in~ shortl y afterw&rd s to Mrs. S&IT"Tls b .. , . .,, se hP was sure it shoiild be IT'&de known to her in order th11t tt i!- i ncide nt nrl ght be r ep,,rteri ~· t.clegram t!fflle <\:1 at,-,~ . Ther e wa~ one o ther sight ,~ c repo rt.~ from A 11 vqr War den at South Br ancl- . The !!\an ~0•1ld not be con t ,1,c t,,,ct at time or inter view,. with oth er partiea . ~owev~r, a secor,d-hand rlescrlption or his ,nghting WA!' obt'll n811, and it agreed with th e siv}ltings at Codrey . ] I lnU,IAl,I H. Sl!ITH Captain , Air Cor ps , Intelli genr.• 0 ficer .
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Source text · mention onlyeaNFIDENTfAL FitlAL REPcm' OF SIGHTING 1. Organizati on: 1J88th AAF Bass Unit APO 864, c/o Pos t."118ster, N~ York, N.I. 2. Sighting Plying Disc or other Air borne Obj ect. J. Pl&ee s On bo&rd Steamship ltBUROec>" enroute from Sydney, Mova Scotia to Port &CY Basque~, Pfewtomdland, ahout one hour out h-o:n Sydr-~. 4. TiM : OOlSZ 20 July 19u7. s. Alttt,ude • JOO otr t.tte h,.,rbori e.t an est! .,.ated quart, • mile ran ge. 6. Weather s Cl.ear am dark. 7. Heading s lfNB (J(1-) East, ,:,f True Horth) on hor1Mntal plane . a. Speed 1 H!gn nlocit7, stated to be teeter than a tr!lc ~r b ull -,t . 9. Descrip+,ion s OlserYers did. not see u,e o-.,je~t, thf!tY saw 1 te n.ashes am all ~our t'hserver s a gref:li there W1tre rour (h) or fiT"' (S) nash P~ approxi-nately one (1) secon:' apart arrl ~uidistant . 'nle tlAshes were said to be a1lnry to red dish i n eolo~, an~ were described. by two ob~erv- 9rs to he like t.hoee or a F!rs Fly ,:,nl_y larger and at. ,:,q-.tal intervals, an~ did not look like a sh~ot!n ~ star • or airpl&M . 10 . Reported by: lfessrs Maitlluxi, L11.rldn, Do~s and H•ilton ot Hamilton, Metcalfe and Kansas City Brfd g9 Companies wfiich concern i• doing the c-mstructiOD at Haraon '1.eld. 11. General s Tt\e tour gentlemen (noted in Par.lo) and Capta.1.n Gullage, Mae♦,er ot thP "Burgeo•, were standing on the starboard deck, and •• the Captain was tryin g t 'J Jescribe a pt"erloua Bighting, he ■aw the tla ■hes; the other tour gentlemen al.so eaw th• "~ deacrib4td her91n, and believed that it ,ras not a aeteorite or airplane N9C&UH ot its ■peed, color, and ev.,~ spaced discharge, or nashes. Captain Gullage to1d the tour e"lntl.... n that he h'ld Hat t h~ same thing at approxim ately the SUl't time and location (ehlp'• position) on the eTening ot 15 Jlil.y 1947, except at that tt,.,.,, the object or tlallhee were tra•elin ~ tas t er and frequently lhangin ~ e nurae (he ■aid it chan g-1 cour■e ahr uptl7 sevf.rnl times) and was headed generally to the - CUNFIBENI~Al
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Source text · mention onlyCONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED Imterrogation of John Caa yon deeeribo the trafli It wae blneiah black in coLer.Tery eagily distingaished fzom the blue sly.A dlesel ezhaust wonld be simflar to it. Wae the trail fan shepedl To it vas more or less a bead aeross the eky ln a straight peth. Didlt make a noiee Yo neise. What vont on ia the eaP when you sighted the ebjeeei had n oemers and toek a photograph of the trail that tho objees lor. Vhat vae she nene of the man whe toek the photegrephi Bobert Leidy. P T o g s Kodachrome,I believe. Do you knov whether Mr. Leidy eay the Diak or objeet? Idon' bolieTe so. JOMY.XEEA Supervlser and Meehenie Trans Vorld Airvays day orJmly 1947. Captain,'Air Corpe Ajutant PONEDENTA SONIOLNT RESTRICTED
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Source text · mention onlyRi:.~TRIC il ) STATEM."".!iT OF MR. J OHB P. LE'zGE, CORDEOY, NE/,'FOUN.JL.:'JiD. TA}~ BY l4~CEDES BU3.KE OF '"'HE INT~ IGE:lCE "'FiIC E, HARMO;I FI~LD, pw]'OUND LAND. 17 July 1947. At appro ximately 10 o'elook in the e•en ing of 10 July 1947 I was etandin g by my store door; I happeo~ d to l ook up and saw wnat appear ed t~ be a "FLYING SAUC~?.". It defin ate ly was not a ah•oting star: I'd e ~en s e•era l stars shoat before, but ne•er like thial aor was it an a i rop lan e, it was too "lit up" and tra~eling at t•• great a speed . It was n't an air0pla n e on fi re be c ause it would have fallen in the ~ater . It ~as a niee elear night, no e l ouds, it ~as jus t getting dark . I would say it was tra•eling at the rate of a sho oting star but mueh •loser. I'd es:y r ~ugbly at 6, 000 feet. It was visibl e fo r about fifteeD (15 ) seoonds. It •~e from the North West beadin g East~ard . The oirol e looked to be about the s ize of a barrel head, and th~ trail be hind looked to be about f ifteen (16) feet long. ~he trai l behind the dis• made the ~bo l e obje c t look l ike a eone. Another thi ng that makes me feel sure i t wa~n• t a- shooting atar is: a shoot i ng s tar usually lea~e s a tempor ary streak , this objeot I saw left no streak only the one that appear ed to tra vel behind the circle wbieh looke d like an after -glow . The oirele was a bri ght re d , nearest I could des eribe it ~ould be t he e olor o~ a flam e, the after-glow(eone- shaped) waa a £sint er shad e. What I s aw las t Thursday night re sembl e d a shooting star in no way ~hatso e•er. There was only one. ( J JOHN P. '2 Witness: ; . ..,.._,, , , .,...-vv----L Iv--- -- . RES ih :C11-__o
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Source text · mention only•. ,. e ESTF<iCTED • STATEMENT OJ MR. WM. EVANS, CORDROY'' ?fEWP'OUNDLABD. TAKEN BTf- MERCEDES BURKE OF THE INTELLIGEBOE OFFIOEi HARMOB FIELD, •n FOUBDLAND. 17 Jul! 1947 • At approxi■ately 10 •'•look in the eTentnc of 10 July 1947, I was standing eut si de Kr. Legga's store tal king with him. W• both aaw this thine dash aeroae the elq. I oouldn't be aoeurate about the direotio na. If it was a sho oting sta r , I'd neYer seen one as large befor•• and it waa 1112eh brighter than an,thing I'Ye ever aeen i n the sq. It loo ked t o be a r ound object , I eou.ldn't say it was anything else but round; it •had a tail on it wbieh ahowed yellow ish, but not as bright a s the oirele which appeare d and neare s t I could de s oribe it would be sort of red a nd yellow. The streak behind, I would aa7, was little oTer a yard long; the e irele looked t• be about the si&e •fa larce dinne r plate. It went so fast, it was hardly 1o s ight before it di sappear ed. I eoul d nGt giYe any idea of t he height; all I • s.n say is it ~as muo h elo s er than a s hooting st ar. and trav elling at a great spe ed . Wbate~er it was it wa s flying through the air; it wasn 't jus t , a streak aoro s e the sq. To me it wasn't in any way like a shooting star, and I am sure it was n't an airoplan e. I •alled it a "FLYING SAUCER" bee auee it seem e d exaotly lik e what we had been hearing ,eo mueh about on the radi o . Witness: J. ~ ' ,A t-J ~ - Witne oa : t/1/~~----
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Source text · mention only.. STATEME:fT OF ALBERT SA.1111S , CORDhOY, !U...!~Ou!LL A.ND. TAR~ .BY ME.RC.El.lES BURKE OF TRr! INTELL I GElW2 OFF ICE, Hnd1Oll F'I .b:LD NE~ - J'OUDLA.BD. 17 July 1~947. Last Thursday night I was out by our hou s e, I happ ened to look up and saw •hat I thought was an airoplane. It was f l y i ng at the height of a plane t hat is flying high . Then I t hou ght it leok e d s tran ge f or an airopl sn e, be~ aus e it was all lit up ao bright, pla.ne a do hav e a light or t wo. but this thi ng was Ter7 bright - sort of a bright reddish yellow . I saw it only f or a miAute because it was travel l ing at a terif f i• pee d . It shot out of sight so quiokly I thoug ht i t s trang e i f it fia e 8Jl airo p lane. TllU, I remembe r e d "r.hat I'd been hearing abo ut " .r1l,JI ND SAUCERS" I ran in and told my mother. Witness: f: t,..). itnese: ' . ..J , l lb an, I .... , ~ ~ J
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Source text · mention onlyAlbert ruot. ed in and t)l • ce a inu t thie th i :, h,-'d ju Ht ~,.en . at fi r t t:.f" thouri:nt 1 t we on a 1 r fl- t ne hut tr:: en ne ret:',P.~,ber~d bav in ~ hea r ~d a bout " r'LYI NG , AUC~hS " and he thon~nt that's wh,-t i t must haT,- o~ ~n. I 1ue ,tio n~d him: he eoid it c ou ld n't bnT~ been a pl ane betBu ee a PlEn ft ~ou ) on' t shoot down }jv e tn~t did , besid e s it ~as t oo "lit up" Mr. Le~~e rep ~rted tbft ee~e thin g to me in order tbe.t I ~• iht rep n rt same to St. J~h•'a in th~ morh :n g. r RI
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Source text · mention only.... .. NEWFOUNDLAND CONSTABULARY • STATION Grazd Falla t DATE Jw.y l3t.h. 1.947 • , SUBJECT Rea- St.ran.• obJecta aeen tl.,yina over Gram Falla on n16iht. ot July 9t.b. at. approx. u, l§ •94 AetP, Sira I reapect.1'\ll.l.r N vort tor 1our ~oraat.lon that, on ·ednea4a¥ ni&ht.1 the 9t.b. inat.e I UT1Ye4 boae troa du\y at. approx. ll..30. tJS)oD UTiYal at. boa• I Joined my wit•, m¥ mot.her-in-law and Mr. John Jae.Iman a reaident ot s t.. John'• and tr1e;".l ot tJie t•il.r, who were oitt.!nB on the tront. atepa ot U. bouae. I wu a aked b' ,q wit• U I bad aun t.he •t1¥1Da aaua era" I t.boU& t ah• waa Jokina and replied that. I ba4 •••n nothiDt, tlyln£. Jacban and rq aot.ber in-law then told •• that th•1 bad r eally •••n tour obJ eotatl¥1D& 1D an eaaterl,y direction Juat. before l ani•e4• I aaked t.hea to deacriN what. t.h•1 bad •••n• JacblaD aaicl t.bat tour rou.n4 abaped ti&u.r•• bud paaaecl oyerhead at a terrific apeed and nre tl,y~ aide bt •tde. On l.ook~ a)Q'warda qain rq wile, J ackllall 1 and myaelt 1• __ ••• a obJect. which I would deaorille aa bein& a hug• J•'-'-r tlah tlaab acroaa t.he the •Ir¥• It. wollld M '1U.ic.u\. \0 determine it.a helgbt .ind apeed owina \o t.be brief period it waa Yiaible • .1l. 1 a colour alao would be bard \o aa_,1 but. there a...ed t.o be pboapborua ~lo• ,ltou\ it. 9 lt waa round 1D abape and about. th• a1s• of a barrel bea4 1 1t appeare4 to M fl.¥~ 1n a rock~ aot.ion. Thia air 1 ia about. all I can• 1 about. t.he matt.er , .. cont.inued to oaan th• •kt tor about.• halt bcNr but. no •~ of t.hea were •••n ~•in. ~ • ~ ,C'-, 1,,Q~ Conat.abl•• tJ ~ ~
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Source text · mention onlyPr011 detailed atud7 ot report.a aeleowcl tor their iapreaaion ot veracity and reliability, aenral oonoluaiona bave been tormed, . (a) ThJ.s •tlying saucer" a1tuation 1a not all imaginArl or seeing too 11Uch in soae nat~ phellOllenon. Somtbing is really tlyina around. - •(b) lAok ot topside inquiries, when compared to the prompt and deaanding inquiries that have originat.d topside upon toraei- events , give acre than ordinary weight to tbe p6eaibilit7 that this ia a d011teatic project, about which the President, ~to. lmow. (a) Whateftl" the objeota are, this much can be said of their physical appearance, 1. Tbe s'lll"taoe of these object.a 1a •tallio, indicating a metal.lie akin, at least. 2. When a trail 1a obeened, it 1a lightl7 colored, a Blue-Brown base, that 1a aillilar to a rocket engine•a exhaust. Contrary to a rocket ot the solid type, one obeervation i!ldioates that the tuel ~ be throttled. which would i!ldicate a liquid rocket engine. J. As to shape, all obeervationa state thut the object 1a cireular or at leaat elliptical, flat on the bott011 and slightl.7 domed on the top. Tbe a11e estimates place it somewhere near the size ot a C-54 or a Coastellation. 4. Soae reporta describe two tabs, located at the rear and syaet.rical about the Xli:m axis ot flight motion . 5. Plights han been reported, trom three to nine of them, tlying goocl·formation on each other, with speeds alfllya above JOO knot,e. 6. The dis cs oscillate laterill7 while flying along, which could be snaking. ,, ✓
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Source text · mention onlyCONFIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Ottioe or the Ass i stant Chi ef or Start, A- 2 Intd l1genoe "HAnil t on Fiel d, California 4AFDA 25 August 1947 353 .6/120 8- I SUBJECT: I nvea t i iation of Fl ying Disc . TO: Headquarters, Army Air fo rces , as hin(ton 25, D. C. ATTE11TIO.r: AC of AS- 2 1. The attach ed tru e copy of the lett er or • F. " • Johnson of Portland , Ore gon , we.1 r eceived by this off ice r 22 Auf'Ust 1947 . \ 2 . Your attention i s invi ted to t he si milRri ty of st at ement by !:r. Johnson and ·.:r . Arnold. 3 . Thia l otte r is boinr r eferred thi a dat e t o t he Spec i a l Agent I n Char r;o , F~I , San 1-'rancisco , tor any 1nvest1get1on thev may care t o make . ~ , 4- ~ (/ - ~ IDONALD L. SPRIU l Incl : Lt . Colone l, r.sc Cy or ltr f r F. 1. John son AC of S, A- 2 (in du:,) CONFIDENTIAL
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Source text · mention onlyCONFIDENTIAL PORTLAND, OREGON, August 20th 1947 Lt. Col. Donald L. Spring er , Assistant Staff Sir . Saw in the port land pape r a short time ago in r ega r ds to an article in regards to the so cal led flying disc having any basis of tact. I can say am a prospect or and was in the t.!t Adams district on June 24th the day Kennet Arnold or Boise Idaho claims he saw a formation of flyin g disc. Andi saw the same flyin h objects at about the same time. Having a telescope with me at the time 1 can asu r e you they are real and noting like them I eve r saw before they did not oaas verry high over where I was standin g at the the time, pl obl y 1000 ft . they were Round about 30 foot in dimater tapering sharply to a point in the head end in an oval shape. with a bright top surface. I did not hear any noise as you would from a plane. ilut there was an object in the tail end looked like a big hand of a clock shiftin g fro~ side to side li~e a big magenet. 'f,iere speed as far as i know seemed to be gr eater than onythin g I eve r saw. 1's~ veiw I got of the objects t hey were standin g on edge Banki ng in a Cloud . Yours Respectfully /s/ F. H. Johnso n 106 ?:o. \'fest la t Ave Port land, Oregon A TRUE COPY: \ \ CONFIDENTIAL
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Source text · mention onlyCONFIDEN TIAL PORl'LAiID, O'lSOvN .. 30,JuJ.¥ l.947 . un 30 July 19u7 l!.r .tdehnrn ttan.1dn, 83u il. li. Siq)son Str.t, Por.tland , Oregon m s inten ewed by this agent and stated in substance as follow s : • l(y' name is R:1.charo. Rankin . I arn47 yearo ol.d and have !town sin ce I i':'3S nine teen year s old. I t.1.nst soloed in m a1:r cr:t.tt in 1919 . I hlve 1'1.own ove r all the western parts of the United st& es many t.ilm!s 8.lld have capped all or \.ho ,, stern~ of the Unite l State s during the years before the la.to war for the US Forest Service . I m:i .tam.liar with almost every part o! the -r.cstarn United States. During a great part ot re:, life I have dcne stunt flying for air shows a.nd various other type s of aeronautical. e.:ichibit1ons. MY' brothor was 11Tex11 Rankin who was quite well known in both c1V1llan and 1'1.l.1taJ;r f~ng circle s ror maey yea.rs before his death and during the late 11ar ran t housands of nyln.; cadets through primary training school.a ormod and oper aMd by h1r.l. To Jate I lnve acco:upl.i.shed 7000 hours in tho air as pilot of both civilian and !.:il.i.t.aey aircra.rt. I a:i 1'911. acquainted Tri.th most articl es that one -woul d seo in the air o.nd I feel that I an well qua lified to say when I see :irtic les flylng through the air, although I \TOuld not attempt to say that I ac infallable and state thD.t I could definitely identify every , object that might be nying through th:S air. The following 1s . an account of what I sa-., on 1h June 1947 frcc the :,or ~ or my home at 1 -0. SOllth •u• st, Bakersfield , ca.lit ornia . ~t appro:d.motely 1200 no.:in on the lu of June I was ly1.ne in ~he .front yard 0£ rx:J hoce . Ibero '"'3 S a lad ncminc t he la-m at tro tl:::le . I l ooi::c up into t he sky and saw ten art:.cles fiylnc fran tte South to th Hort \ at what I -ould ju~ c to be 6500 rt. ':'l-c obje c ts were fiyins ~ approx:1.rl3toly T1h.._'lt I r.oul::1 jud('.;e to be 350 ;o.l.e,; per hoar . A.S I lu '\l? s tate d b fore , I h.:lve t~one er.ti.te a lot of r:l7ip work for t he OS Forest service . : 4 :;tinctly remember t..'l\ot -it the t~ I sa,.. ho arti cles I mcn~1oncrt !.t to t.ho la l who ~ -::iom.ne the ]ay;n at tho time . I tol l t1•: l.."l< that the object3 were in alt probab:llty some sort of A;J:-rJy or !:avy test plnnc s i'ro., the ne ~°b'J test cantors on tho "'eserts o~ Southern Cal..if'omia . ::aving quito a kncr.vlcdce o! aircraft in :eneral I o.tte:-,pte 1 to c~ lain to the l..a l r:10 11:.n.:; th'? J....;m th.:t. thl obj t s .-:ere irob ab~ on s cne sort of tra.:.n.:.nr: ':'\l ,3.'..o:'l fer either t.he Ar11y or ?!avy. At th~... tw lid not cive the s r;htcst • thoucht to aeyt •lint; but t h:it t he objec ta m?re so,e .,or or te ::;t :hip f or th e ~rrncnt ..ervi ces . ~e ol)';,..ct... reser.m eii the pictures that I haw seen of ,.ho .::F5U-11 t.he o =.;. lle rl 11Fly-.i.nc ?lap). ck Clfjax that Uv- ··.avy : - t cs• .:.J'\S• .\ fte r :..he obj ec t-s di sap e.:irad I proce "'d.. i,to the houst. "'.1\1 ·~, ny noon '"lC'l •••t nr.roxlr-..ntely lLlS ! . nt back into the • ard to .,it .md lie in '..h-.? sh~1e . At t his tim o tho obj ~ t.s ro ap:'IC".U'el .:;o:~ rro-:a S.Jrt h to South, al t'1ou.=·1 t '1is tioc th~ r ~ ~!'o only s even o£. "'.re articles . '\'fh~n I firs t ~'\- the ott.ct nal •,on object s :.he:, , re rJ.yi.J\: in a •vn f'ornation W' t}l one o :)ct s e.c,...inc1y star -..,li"!: in the rear or thr f or: t.:.on. W'-.!?~ t~ ot:e::~.. a ?r-Cr:ied :e secon:i -1.oe ti, ey were t.:.11 ·n thn rtV fa-11n l UCl -ilt''OU:: h there r.as onl:, seven c:! the ject '\..., t · -r ~ • .:me . I re~f'!:'."bc:-± t hi::. t ime that tol1. t 1c ad, U'\ o m s ::;ti ll o r ·.::tn.,. on tlc lar.n , tll8t ~b.'.l',~ ~~.rce of tho objc cts ha1 ce ded b::.ck t,o thfl.i!" b.? o on ~ rt· ff- crcnt course . actual ly • '•"'!U:}.t t'1_-.t, t~ "'l'a:J · " C.:l e, ·"vlt too ot er •.hroe object. ,. hdi3 . ,rob~ly con'! - c'• ~,, hd r b.., -c on the other "iie of tho n~t:l • s !'ro:l 3ake r -!i el ~. .. , :. or o 1 -i..,cr .,.,:, en I read o :...r ·en e ll' .lr.1 0 c ~ -.ln c that ho h.i.l seen artic ,.os fl:,in!: t,hrou,ch t.h a:r o"1Cr t.h.. ~ :. ~·e " 0.1!'\~i tw
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Source text · mention only~I r..U.Md tba.t the aniGJ/N that I saw ~ tr obah=tle .... ,._,•• I •s still r.lllotant. to •ntS. tld.• to ~ Wil#nc that would pib_- ab~ eq t.-t. I was Ol'U7• After eoaltae I llellticmid tm 1act to the edltor d t.bl fl()Ngonian•, a Port~ Ol"egon hWapllpi!I•-• At W.a t.1ae I - in Portland tor tie 1"'a&i.nder of tale .._r. The nnlt s t1 U. oormn,•U. . with the editor ot ·tiae paper i1 p11t. tort.al in t.be ~--~ &rt.iol.e. . I fully' re~• that 11111 1s a broad atateme~ ~1n view ~ Eot; th& there !as been a, aach publioity t t e ,at. forth ln ftrlOll.9 papen or the count.rr. I aa d a,~ ll1nt in eT.-y respect am I a■ t! corm.need tb&t ta U"t4oles I saw aw actually .... sort, ot ~ wbinas al.though I cannot ..,- from wblre tbq came or to 1bere thq wn loinc• I say what. I lan aid with no idea ot publiait)r or J)ff9onal gata. SIG!lED~ Portland. 1 Oregon 30 .,~ 1947
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Source text · mention only' Pilot Recalls-,f-- :-~-r O _ U_ _ A~----'--: -~.,;._'1..:..:..THl _NIA.Jf_,Tit. B&U>_I~":' 14'_~,.:...'. " T'.iE ORBGO: :u.; 11 Por tland , Or et;oc .Seeing Discs • 3 Ju l y H ,,. 7 Diclc Rankin Tells . Of Odd Aircraft More reports ol "flyln& flap, jacka" turned 11p Wedllesday , one -from no le.a than Dick Rankin, brother of the late Tex Rankin, and blmlelf an expe rienced pilot of more than. 7000 boun ' tlyln& time . Rankin, who i.w recovering from an old back injury r~ celved in an automobile acci dffl t, came to PorUand over the week end to apend the 11um mer. He saw the "allve r ca u cers" over Bakerlfie ld, Cal., J une 23, while lying on the lawn run batb lns, he told Th~ Oreg onian. "I hesitated to 1, y much about them," R.lnk l.n ·aald, "un• t1l I noticed all the hulJabaloo in th e papers. I punled over the ir 1tran1e ahape tor a while arid JinaUy concluded~bat they wer e the navy 's new- Xl'SU-1 flying fla pjackl!, wblch Ille thin and ro und , with twin propellers and ,tubby tail." Oaly Oaa XFIU-1 Built 1 (The navy and the manufa c, turer have announ ced off icial• 1 Jy tha t only one such mach ine wu built and that It never left Connecticut . "ThHe planes were fl ying hl&h, maybe 9000 feet, and fair • Jy fut, about 300 or 400 mile• an hour . I first counted ten of them In formation , iolng north . Abou t 2:15 P . M. UM!y r etu rned on the rever,ie course , headed 110uth. But there were only sev• en In the fo rmation. • "They were not weav in.c or bobbln,c tn formaUon I cou Tdn't make out the number or loca• tlon of the ir propellera and couJtln't d btlngulth any w in.«• or ta ll. They appeafed almowt round . They looked like pie- lures of the na~ •• fty lna flap. 1 jack ," Rankin 1ald. R.ankJn, who plan s to ,rpenrt the aummer her, at 8i44 N. E. Simpson stree t, h1 now able to re.um" a little flyin g for fun , bu t not commercially. he 11ald. He n ow operate 1 a 1trln 1 of autG rourta . ,rpendln,c h l1 win• lffl at P•lm Springs . I • , I',
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Source text · mention onlymall imes WINFALLS Regional Newspaper Serving Nine Irrigated Idaho Cou and TWINFALLS,IDAHO,FRIDAY,AUGUST15,1947 spaper Associate Heads Up,Folks! The Discs Are Flying Again 20人 SIDE VIEW BOTTOM VIEW END VIEW This is an artist's conception ot the flying dise that A. C.Urie saw sides,and could well be the inspiration for something new in women's sweeping through Snake river canyon six miles west of Blue Lakes hats,such as a creation. (Drawing by Vic Goertzen- staff cngraving) 吊 ￥ Flying Saucer Reported Flashing Down Canyon At 1,ooo Miles Per Hour; Two Others Are Seen By JOHN BROSNAN the fast-flying objectsthe nation scription ot the flyingdiscs seen by come concerned about what was de- Just as Magic Valley and the has yet produced him and his son,Keith.8.and Billy. laying them,and had walked down nation were starting to let go of The flying saucer Urie saw was 10: toward the river to see i they were lamppostsafter reeling under skimming along through Snake river cbtained aclose-up view of all right. we:erof flying saucer reports,two canyon.ata helghtofabout 7s the flying saucer as it passed by the "I had a side view at a distance more Twin Fails county men re- Ieet at 1 p.m.Wednesday.At 9:30 trout farm at I p.m.Aug.13 going ofabout 300 feet and almost on a vived speculationon the mystery a.m.the same day.L W.Hawk- down Snake river canyon at a height level with thething.Urie con- withy vivid descriptions of discs they ns, Twin Falls county commis- ofabout 75 feet from the canyon tinued.Twootmyboys.Keith saw sloner and former county sheriff floorIwould estimatethe speed From AC.Urie.who operates and Billy. were below me and they from Filer, also saw two circular at about 1.o00 miles per hour. also saw itat about a 43-degree the Auger Falls Trout farm six objects soaring aiong at a great Urie explained that the incident angle. They both got a bottom and mtles west of BlueLakes ranch in height near Salmon dam 40 miles occurred while the two boys were a side view, and we were all look- Snake river canyon,came perhaps southwest of Twin Falls coming across the river from the ing at it from the south side of the the mostdetniled account ofoneof Here is Urie's eye-witness de- north side In a boat. He had be- (Continued en Paze 8.Column )
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Source text · mention only'Saucer' Seen Flying Down Snake Gorge (Ftom Page One) rver tacing toward the north. The boss saw Jt coming about halla mlie up the canyon,and we all lost sight of tt in less than a mlle While the impresslon was still ivid in their minds,the three got together and made rough sketches of what they had seen. These,In turn, were the basis for the artist's conception of the strange affair by Vie Goertzen of Twin Falls for the Times-News. It was all one color-sort ofa light sky biue with a red.tubular flery glow at the side of the top or hood.Urie continued The canyon fioor is rough at that particular point,and it rode up and down over the hills and hol- lows ata speed indicating some type of control faster than the reflexes of man. It Is my opinion that it is guided by instruments and must be powered by atomic energy. as it made very little noise-Just a s-w-i-s-h as it passed by. Urie described the size as about 20 feet long by 10 feet high and 10 feet wide,giving it an oblong shape.It might be described as look- Ing like an inverted pie-plate or broad-brimmed straw hat that had been compressed from two sides. Pressed for his candid opinlon of Just what it was. Urie said that he was convinced that there was some- thing to this fiying saucer situation. " know a number of the people who have also seen them and I know that they're not just imagining something or trying to get thelr names in the paper. Urie com- mented. I do know that it scared the boys and made me feel pretty uneasy. he added. Tracing down a rumor that County Commissioner Hawkins had seen an unusual object in the air on the same day as Urie's experience. the Timcs-News called him at his Filer home. "Yes,I did.he replled without hesitation.“Ill have to admit Ive been skeptical all along until I saw it with my own eyes.I cant say what lt was,but I can say there's something In the afr. Hawkins related that whileat Salmon dam Wednesday morning. asound resembling the echo ofa motor caused him to look upward, and there he saw two circular ob- Jects that reflected light,They were traveling at agreat speedand higher than most alrplanes,accord- Ing to Hawkins Aside from this.he declined to add details.except to say.There's something In the afr." His general description, however. corresponded claselytothoseof hundreds of persons who reported seeing flying saucers after Kenneth Armold, Boise businessman.had touched off the deluge bv telling of coming upon nine dise-like objeets while he was flying In his private plane in Washington. Thereafter. the nation became In- creasinzly flying saucer conscious, creating a state of mind that made it possibie for four teen age Twin Falls boys to cause a mild sensa- tlon when they buila model fying dise and tassed Into a local yard July 1o. This was subseuently re- vealed as a hoax.following investl- gation by the army and FBI. Thereafter the saucerreports tapered off into a few scattered in- cidents until the question was re- vived by this week's occurrenoes. Speculation has rangedfrom mention that the dises could be army or navy guided missile experl- ments.or that they could be similar experiments by some foreign coun- try.to "something out of this worid." Whatever.they are.a lot of people have seen "something.
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Source text · mention onlyM'ADQUAR'l'CRS S:LYIN6 DIVISION, AIR TRAININ& COMMAND Office of the ComMandt,. e-...,.1 Aamlolph Field, T.._ , , 10 "'1T 1511.7 1. The iaal.Olecl ll>IO 1• tOZ"WU'decl tor your intCll'llat!en. 2. In Use ennt that. k. B, B. Al'lllt.raq hM been in~ l11' your IN4qanc-a, reqae•t that. a oopr or the ll>JD N hmiat. to \bu ~. JOit ftl OOlll(U'l)mJ CIIDIAJ.1 l laol H. L. c:aJBID_,IC u. eoia.i.. o.s.c. un.. Chi.et ot awt• ..e lat In4 DC BIAl)QOARTl!RS Tllffll 111 POBCE., OFrIC I OF THI 188T CHIIP 01 STAn'• A-2, M:>OIS FI!LD, S AN ANTONIO, TWS, 16 Jul,y 1947 TOt Cc n41Jta 0antl'al, P'J.¥1.n& Di.Ti.lion, U.:r Training Cc nA, .8andoll)ll '1d., Tex.a ATTlh ·Aeat. Chier or Sta.tr, A-2 lnol.oeed 1• llaaorandaa ror t.he Oftic•r in Charp in refeNIICe \o Lt.. •• B. n.ru\rOQ&, u euggNted in para graph 2, baa i c COIUIWdcat.ton. l Incal lfOIC, cit.cl l~ Ju., It? l Inol wit.hclrawa UOIO, 4t.d 7 Jul.T 47 l.. . ·v _/
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Source text · mention onlyUn1dent.U1aD1- Obzot..a. D 333.5 ID (16 Jui ,.7) .J..•t Ind. HQ ilJl mPBRSE COMIW(D, lti.t.cnel 1iald, New Yor!C , ~ J\l.J..Y 19/+7 . TO: Ccmundi.Qg General, Arwv 1.ir IPorce•, lfaahingt,on 25, D. c. 1'!'TM: >J:.I AS-2. l. Fcrwardea tor your information and utilization. FOR TH! CCIOWIDING Gl".N!RAt: - --c.-7 .)-. )l' . ~~ • H. S)(lffl Y-L- n ,, -In.to c7: Colonel, GSC C//,-; ~ • ""- •CG, AMC, f"vA.Ht Chi.et ot Statt-IA~U.Wright l'ld,~ Da_rton, o. ~ .. , ., I J f f
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Source text · mention only1 HEAD Q UARTERS TENTH AIR F'ORCE BROOKS r' l £L~, SAN ANl"ONIO , TEX AS Cff1ce o f tho Ass is tao.t ..:hief' of Staff , A-2 IN AEP LY A E ,- £ A TO : 16 .Ju l :: 1$47DC 333 •5 SUJJECT: lnid enti fialle Gbjec t s TC : Com1rs.ndin~ Gener a l :, i r Do fv r.s e C oru,"ll nd , ...i tcho l !- ie ld , ::o,·. Yor k AT'rr;: rtSS t Chief of : taff , 1 . Ii.close d he r e·:,it l for yt-ur i nf'o r ri..-ition is icvect io,ti or. re l a t i ve t o Unidentifia '.. lc ( b~octs \\h i c h •uas i.ni tL, ted at !.t:.'l.c!. ua r te r :; , .: lyin c D1Y1- sion , Ai r fri:. inir,{; Conna.r.d , Rand o l rh . ield , Tex.as . 'i'his Offi ce a.c:. isted , ns notod in Inc lost. r e ~, by c or.ir,leti nL a. :emor a.ndum ror the < f fic e r in Chnr;; e • 2 . 1:0 f u_r the r n.ct: or. is c ente r. platC;d b: t i--.i!; :.ee.r' q· ..,, r ~or z c o ncor nine; invest i e;atlon of t r.i s iuc icent . 2 Inc l s : 1. :~CI C dtd 7 Jub 47 2 . ltr, ~ATC , w7 1 I nd a nd 1 I nc 1 , :'( I C , d td l ~ Ju l~· 1':4 7 I ..l JUl ..
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Source text · mention only11-" -.: ~ All if '/ 7 /f~J r .. ·, 7 4 73 203e llagnolia Aw.e. , Loa A!!gelea 7, <Jalif. Auguat ~ 194~ D'i.rect.or of Mi11'tary Intallegeno•, llar ~partma.nt, Waahington. 25, D..C. IJ;ear Sir:.. On SUnday a!tarnoon, July the Sixth, I observed something very strange ; 1 t 1a related. -- at least ill my own min~ w1 th t he phenomena of t he •Fabulow, J':3.ying ~uceraf and I cannot report on thia seco nd phuaomena, without speaking or the first. As I do ~ot wish to be considered the victim ot mass p ■ychology, a crGok,-pot or-visionary, it is rather har d !or me to m....ke thi s report. I am doi ng it beoaus e I oonsider it my duty. A neirap aper article spoke ot the Burea u o f stand ards as •Havi ng a fi nger in the pie• in many experiments so not knowing whore to write or who to write t o l wrote to the Bureau , , -and Ur. Hugh L. Dryd eh has suggested t hat you were the one to r eport to . I had been amused at accounts ot the• !lyi ng saucers•. ~ery one was talking, laughing and jok ing abou t themand I di d not -bel ieve in them~ l)le Hollywood T,arzana BU■ wa s par ked a t the Terzana end of the line and the driver wa s busy making out his .reports preparatory to malti ng th• return trip. / I wa s the o nly one in t he bus and I sat i n the middle or the side next to v~ntu ra . ~o the bus was parked nor t h ~nd south~ As I looked to my rig ht , a •Saucer appear ed out ot nowhere~a ppar ently out ot nowhere and it was followed by several ot hers; they were of uniform size and spaoed a t :tegula r inte rvals and it seemed as 1! they turned a c9rne r from the ~e s t and they rolled along at g reat speedto the Nort hward and parXa.lle l toVentura Boulev ~rd. Tl As soon a s I becameco nvinc ed that what f saw was not an i llusi on but what every one wa s talk i ng about I ~egan to s tudy them and it was right t hen that my eyas seemed to be drawn to this other phe noma in t he air between me and the •~ ucers". ~hat I saw waa milky whit• rays in the sunlight t.hat seemed to aria crosa like the search lights do at bight ; it was nothing like the aun shi ning on some bright ob j ect tor the rays were not spa ced and they were not so c.lose together and t hey eris cros s ed. However, they did seem to converge t owa rd a center but they d.id not ~eet t here. I rr ~hi ■ center -- a rad ioua or abou t eigh~ee n i nches it seemed trom~r eat, t here were spinning objects l! some red substance J ,..,
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Source text · mention only2 - . . a bout t he c ol or or t he semi- ~reci ous stone Oomeli an. t hese fra.gn.ent a ,·:e:-e sha rp and irre gul a r a nd s hi ng . !'hey were flying abou t as if f l yi r.g to a magnet . T~is w~s momentar y a nd I l ooked to s ee i f t r.e • sauc er s• were s ti ll t here. ·I saw one or two but t he s ace thi ng 'hap pened aga i n 3nd 1 s aw t he sec ond phenomena to r a s ec ond. By t his ti me t he "saucer s were ou t or s ight . • ; 11 t r:.e w~y hoipe I wa s tryi rig t o f i nd sooe logical e.xpl ane. t ion fo r the " Sa uc era• bu t my c ind kept reverting to t he second phenomena and a s I dwelt on it I cou l d no t help surmisi ng it perhap s t hese r ays I s aw di d no t come ou t or the red f ragmenta that \,e re spi nni ng i n t he vorte.s. I oou l dnt he l p wonde ri ng i t t his su bs t ance had beeh c : ot from the • sauc or s a s t heyt urned t he cor ner trou t ~e we st on ~he ir way to the ~or th/. As our a r r:.:, ·.o uld not b e s ho ti ::- 1J- dly r ays over t oward :i ve ry croweded hi g ~way ancl. a s t hi s \Thole t hi l'\; s eems fant a stic to say t he l east , I t hought I ho.d bette r t rus t s ome o ,1es Jud.i;eae nt who r ea l ly kno ws wha t is g oi ng onand s o you have my r eport on what 1 reall y saw, and wha t I a 11 very cur ious a bout. T,ha.nks t o Lm. Dryden f or hi s cour tesy i n l e tti :ie oe kno w j ust who to re l a t e t hi s i ncident to, and t ~anks t o you fo r l i ste ning and I hope t ha t i t ;..akes t he right k i nd or i mpres si on . Si ncere l y y our■ , ).{. ~ r.or e <Jorey. /
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Source text · mention onlyconditiona, and that the objec~ 111.gbt be either ffl"tical or bori.sonal. !bl subject rel&t.d that an7 change 1n spNCl ot the car reault.ed 1n a change 1n spNd ot the object, and that cbang•• ot di.Net.ion reaultecl 1n a change 1n th• anclA ot t.ra~l ot the object. I NKLSON atatecl be bu not talked to arq peraou that bad act~ aND ~ aucera or daca but he bell.end tbat thue renect.iou plu the u.oi~t and b,rateria caued b7 other report. bu been tbe buia tor.,., ~ M\ICer report.. Subject aleo •tatecl tbat th1a .... tbeol7 coald be t.ra• 1n relation to~ Mucera •Mn troa aircraft. Attached hereto 18 a detailed atat...nt b7 ~• co~ h18 nnct1np and •xp)a1n1ng h1a aoluUon to the BO-Called Fq1ng Sancer lf;1wter'y'. ~IJ. L.- 1u:Mn D. SDl'.>11 C.I., U.S. AfflT 2
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Source text · mention only.. - JLYDO SAUOBR M!STBRY SOLRD ' Julf 12, 1947. Th• aoat 1apnaa1•• report• ot the ao-oalled fiylng . ,, aauoera or d1aoa wre tho•• tro ■ ariatora llbo clai■ th•J aaw diac-abaped obJ•c~• flying through the air 1n Yarioua toraationa at high altitudes and at a high rate ot apeed . The tirat report waa tro■ an arlator who atated that th••• ao-called flying d1eca had a ao■ewhat ahiny appearance and would fly in formation and change their poa~tion from t1ae to time. Moat report• atated that they appeared in the late afternoon or about dusk. Most all report• were to the effect that theae objects had the appearance of an inverted diac or saucer, and ao• of them reported that they appeared to be rotatin ~ in their flight. The mystery of the flyin g aaucers or dis cs may be sol ved by the. uae of a little applied sci ence along with a few simple experiments. These fiying discs or saucers can be observed by any mot ori st trave lin g along the highways when the aun is shinin g on moat any afternoo n or evening . Durin g the day light moat of these ao-called flyin g discs a re r eflection s from the sun shining upon some bright object in or on the automobile driven by the observer. For instance, if you were drivin g i n a north-wes terly direction with the sun . ahinin J on the handle of the front or rea r door on the l eft side of the car, you may notice a shiny obj ect a ppear in the ventilatio n win g of the window on th~ driver s left , if it is opened to about a 45° angle.
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Source text · mention onlytbeH lhllly objeot ■ ■ay hn• -.rloua tor■■ and th•re ■ay . be aore than one, dependia& on the nuaber ot retlectioa ■• They aay appear to be 1D the aky when th• drinr look• through th• Yent11a,1on wins &la~•• Their poa1t1on in th• ■ky depend ■ upon·the angle at lilllich th• objeot la reflected 1D· th• ftn• ·tilation wing ·and the poaition of the obaer.er. They may baTe yarioua !ol'lla but ••17 frequently they are or a aaucer ahape or a tat ahape when they appear -to be in the aky. Tbe ••ntilation wing durin g day-light ie not ot cour•• a pert•ct ■irror, therefore, it appears to the driver or ob aener that h• ia actually looking thro ugh the glaaa into the aky. Aa h• ao••• along, t he bright obj ect• a ppear to be traTeling at a high rate ot apeed in comparison with the atationary objects on the ground, or the dist ant horison, that he aeea thro ugh the window, or in comparison with the fai ntlf ailbouetted objects on th• landacape which at times are re flected in th• window. Th• fiying saucer a ppeara t o be travelin i.i; in the ea.me general direction aa the automobile but sometimes a little to the right which makea it appear t hat it will eventua l ly croea the driYera path. The a pparent flight direction or the aaucer is due to the angle of the ventilation wing glas s in it.a relation to the direction in which the car ia trav elin g. The number and poaition ot t he saucers reflefted int.he glaaa depend upon ~h• number and contour of object• reflected there in by t.h• aun. Bri:;ht objects on a car a pproa ching from the rear ■ay caat such reflections on your ventil at i on wing in the daytille • . (2)
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Source text · mention onlyIt th• ._,11at1on wing window were a perfect airror th• obJeota oauain& the re£leot1ona would a ppear therein••• well•• all ot.ber object• within range, but th• ventil ation win being a aort ot a aeal-alrrc>r, do•• not Nllect the obj e ct but only th• bright .•pot, which leaves the impre ssion that the obaerver 1a actually looking through the glaaa and that the obj ect act ually a opears to be in the aky, or at timea a lon ~ diet ance away. Th••• Nault• are beat obtained in the late artemoon, or aft er aun down. Tba arlatora who reported seeing fiying di ace or saucers , undoubtedly were seeing th• refl ecti on of bri ght objects in or on their own plane. They nw t.he m aa r efle cted in t hei r canopy or wind ahield, but failed t o recognise the m as retlectiopa. Oth•nd.•• t.hey were retlectione from oth er air craft . As the aviator ·traveled along obaer vin ~ the n,ovement of the disc in coapar i aon with tbe mount ai ns , clouds or station ary object• on the earth, male them appear to be travelin g at a high rat• or speed. Th• slopin g angle or t he avi ators wind -ahield and his position in the plane made it a ppear that the discs were in the sky. The poaition of t he discs al so depend upon the positi on of the observer and the angl e at which they are Nflected in t he gl a sa. Some ot the report• stat ed that where there were more than on• flyin g disc, they appeared to be tastenH ~ogether and frequently performed a dippin g or risi ng motion and when one would dip, they wo~ld all go thro •.igh the same " otion s i m ultaneoualy. The aiaulta neous movemant iu due t v t he ref lect- lona all coming troa the aame object. ror instance, 1! they ())
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Source text · mention onlya re r efle cted tro■ eome ·brigh t o bje ct i n or on the car or plane , th• up and down motion or the car or plane cause• the tlyi ng discs to a ppear to be &oing thro ugh a di pping and riaing motion, or , if the reflectin g object i e atation vry and the car movi ng , th• result s will be the••• • The stateme nt that the die c a a ppeared to be rot at in1 aa they aailod through the atmo ophere ie due to the vibration ot the automobile or plane . Vibrations make thu, a ppear to be rotatin~ at a very high rate ot s peed . Vibration is lfhat ives them a fla t or disc - like. aha pe - also • If you wish to see some fly1n~ di s cs , make a drive a t about dus k or at ni ,ht , open your v entilation win~ window at about a 45° angle from tho Jrivers seat and watch the refl ections o! the ets tionary elec~ric lights t h ,t a ppear on your left , if you are d rivin g , a!t3r you paos th e~ 1 and see how many discs you can obeerYa flyi n~ through the air . It th ere a r e not t oo many l i ghts t o your rea r, you may have a pe rtect formation of beautiful flyi ng discs which may be red, reen or ~i lver a c cordi n~ to the color of the ele ct r ic lights whic h you ha~• passed. They a p ar moat realistic \,he n trave l i n~ a bout fo rty-fiv e or fif t y ail•• per hour. Ir you do not ge t satistact ory r esul ts from your fir st exp erime nts, try a gain . Afier yo 1 have learn ed when and nher• to l ook tor t hoc , your obser vation ~ bec ome more plea oin ~ ..nd intere sting. Evon tho 11 :ht s of an approac hin~ auto mobile f r vm your rear mn.y appear as one flyin g di sc 1n your ventil atio n win ~. The r efl cti ons ot the approachin~ liyit s will a p~ear in your veneilation uinb unless the eide ot your car prot rudes out so f a r as t.o pr e v ..nt tte 11 ~ t beam ""rom shinin , on the ·.:ing.
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Source text · mention only.. . ·.. ) - Th••• appear beat when the approac hin ~ car is some dist an ce away, perhaps a quarter or half a mile. The results at night may not be aa impressive ae tboae in the late afternoon because at night your ventilation wing window makes a more pertect mirror and the passin g landaca~ is not as pronounced, theretore, the reflections therein are more easily detected as reflections. In t he l a te aft ernoon, boweYer, you have a teelin ~ that you are act ua l ly looking thro ugh the glass and th e r eflected objects • ~pear more real. The sun ahinin ~ on a bright ring on your fin ger with your hand resting on the steering wheel may caat disc like reflections in your wind shield. The form or the reflect ion will depend upon the ornamental decorations on your ring. Th• rear door handle on my automobil e reflects nine beau tiful, little, sil ver, flyin g disca in the bri ght sun-light. These appear in the lower part of the ventil a tion wing and when traveling on a level highway, they appear to be racinz along with me at the road side. These nine discs a ppear in a fora ation of two rows ot four each, with the ninth one 1n the lead at the center ot the formation. They appear as whirling pro pe l lers in a vertical position. · These discs also have atreaa era which are due to the curYeture and decorative pattern on the handle. While traveling north in the early aft ernoon under a bright s\Dl, these nine discs appeared tar below to my lert, racing up the Talley at a terr i fic rate. You may be able to ••e flying disc ■ 1n your own home. It you will tum on a aaall electric light 1n the hall-way and then l>olc through the window at the other end ot the hall, // (S)
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Source text · mention onlyyou aay s ee aa many as three flyin g discs from one ele ctric light bulb, w<hich may haTe more or less of a bell shape. Thea• discs many timoa • ppear as inverted aaucera, and it you will change 7our ?()Si tion slo wl y you will see that the y change their position also. Those ara best obserTed in the lat e a fto moon or between sun do..u and dusk, lilen it a ppears to you that you ara merely look1n~ through the window pane at the discs sus pended in the distance. As darkness comes on, the window pane becomes a more perfect mirror nd your discs a ppear as r eflect ions 1n a llirror. To watch the discs, through your vent i lation \·:ine; , Nil along uith you as you drive through the country, becomes Tery rascin at1ng, eapacially if' you use a lit tle imagination. It may absorb your t hought• completely, there fore , I ,ould adaon iah •~0110bil~ driTera watching the flying discs, t o be cautious • and not. run orr the road or into some oth er car. Some or t he reports on tlying aaucera, heretofore not ex plai.D~in this article, such as those re ported seein g bright fl.aahea 1n the aky, were no doubt reflected sun-light fro■ plan es. These light beams chanced to cross t he line of vision of the obaerYer. - They frequently appear Yery brilliant and may aore or l••• blind the obsener for an instant. If the plane 1a Yery high it may not be aeen by the observer, which aa7 be due to iapaired Tia1on or the great height at 'Nhich the plane 1a flying. \le very often get th••• aame blinding flaahea fro■ automobile wind-ahielda, Many ot the repor'ta I around July 4th. were incited by variou• tortDa ot fire worka. I
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Source text · mention onlySOllle report.a ateamed tro■ pure illagination or hysteria. while other• were deliberate hoaxes • .my other re ports can be ex pld.ned it all the surroundin g facts a r e known . Moat all of' th e r e-.iorta and des cri -ptions of the flying aaucera coincide eo clearly with the findings herein. that there could be no doubt bu~ that we baYe the correct aolution. Th• ~oregoing atate ..nt may not be coached in precise ac1ent11"1c t•nu• and may not be acientitically exact. bow eyer, we belieYe it la ao worded that the avera ge l ayman can understand it and that it ii. ~,1fticiently correct to prove the proposition. Persona1ly• I do not belieYe that the so-c alled flyin g aaucers or the solution thereof. are or any military value, unl••• the Govemment wished to retain this inform ation for the psychological effe ct upon any pote ntial enemy nation, auch aa Germany did 1n regard to their so-called secret weapons during the war •.. /
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Source text · mention only.. .. • Co4e llOA DI, 7 Aapat 1947 MIMOWDQM. !'O: Ae ■ t CM,d of Air ltaff-2 Collection Branch, W Vaahin,;ton 25, D. c. 1. IJ'he inclo■uN 1• an excerpt fro• a letter to Dr. E. Tou.e7, Micron Ya•-■ Section Bead. Jra.al Be ■earch La)ora, to17, troa Mr. John 7. Cole, pert&Ulin« to ■oM ,mi dentifiH obJect• which Mr. Cole report ■ to baTe •een •ome ti• prior to the fir•t report• of •tl)'in« ■aucer•• in the Iev England area. 2. Dr. 'l'ouae7 ■tat•• that Mr. Cole 1• a well-mown ..,rono mer and a reliable ob■ ener a■ a reault of hi ■ trainiJI«. 3. The i nclo■ure 1• in a441tion t o intoraation coatainecl i n prenoua letter■ reque•t ·of Lt. Col . 1 A"'ne1. !' hcerpt ! 11 l tr t o Dr. Touae7 2 to 7our office taken fro■ 1nterT1ew• at the G. D. Garrett, Ail A.-3. / r;1 ~ ,, ""'"" WILLIAM P. MP!.t,J.D Major, Air Corpe AMC Liaison Officer )layal Re ■earch Laborator,. ..) -
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Source text · mention only'lxce1•p, troa letter to Dr. B. 'l'ouH7 fro■ ~. John "I. Cole South Brook•Tille, Ne. Jul7. ae, 1947. BaTing in ■ind the ri~cule which ha■ been beape4 . on thoH iuocnt or per-hap• cullible ind.iTidual• who baTe reported dielca, I would be a little oauUoue in lnterpretlq. :But it 1e eat• to ■ay trutbtull7, that ■oMthiDC 'UlU11&1 attracted~ attention, and I vae in a perfectl7 eober . condltioa, 'barrinc the •lld etllnllation, atforded b7 cool ■pring water filterinc throuch llorth BaTen green■ton• craclca. It ahould be eae7 to deteraiu if the •di•k•• were a uv type jet plue, or bomber, or r ocket. '!'he !a.ct t':-t.t it vaa Jul7 3, about 3&30 P. M. ( auaaer tiM) or Greenwich C1T11 t1•e 1830 ■icht wcce•t that the7 were •acace4 in ao• naTal demon■tration from :l&atportl, Bar Harbor or :Belfaat. The group appeared to be at an alt1tu4e of about fiO - I autfer troa a aild cenical arthriti ■--'but rq e7e• are well corrected tor aatigaa ti•• and bn,enNtropia, and I doubt if rq cerebral. cortical Ledon• are euffic lentl7 &chanced to affect rq balance. What firet -.de•• look up vae the un uWLl.17 loud roar and I va• eurprhed not to He a well defined group ot pl&nH quite near. Inetead I had to look rather eharpl7 to••• the bunch -of Te1'7 licht colored obJecta, in a pneral northerl7 direction and tr&TelliDC ro~7 in an (true) direction. Thi• vaa reaeonabl7 correct,•• I vaa on Co:x'• hill, ud looked OTer toward■ :Baclcvood'• Mount, that 1• the conspicuoua flat tep planated hill at llarbor•ide. '!'he group could hardly haTe cOTered aore than lt0 azacular diaaet er in the eq, and bunched rather cloeel y with DO regular toraation. There ■ight haTe been 10, I couldn't ••Y and with 901 ot arc eprea4, would -•iiy be within the limit of Ti ■ibility for di•creet ob ject■• A■ a group they were goin« •o •• to coTer 31J0 of arc, eetimated of coune, in perbap• 10 or 15 eecond• . I f one of the m, ■ay, eubtended 1/10°, with a po•eible wuic apre&4 of 100 feet, 1t would put 1t at a di ■ tance of oTer 10 a1lee, and quite inTieible for a light obj ect. Beeide ■, vlth 30° arc~ traftl at a 10 111. dietance vould be roughly 6 ■ile• in 15 aeconda or 20 111. per ■inute or 1200 mi . per hour! !--rather f&at for a bo■ber--hi. A fiO ft. object at ~ mile■ diet . would be about 600 111. per hr.-alao taet golnc. !'he only concrete e-t·idence of fon apoeared on the left tancent of tbe group-tvo dAlrlc ahaped fora•: ~ tf;J which a&7 h&Te been tail wine•. Doen't tbe DouglaH bomber haTe theae? And llince they were in no regular for■ation, but aee■ed MOD« the■aelTe ■ to be ■oTln« irre«ularl y like a ■var ■ of be••• vb)- ehould.n' t all of the• han ahovn win«-? The loud roar .-a««••h the7 11a7 haft been auch cloaer , and rather amall. 'rbe •lc;y baeqTOtmd vaa bas7 bl111, ad the eun behind ■e. One -plane tovin« a lo• of balloone, I belieTe, vould baTe been e&eily r8Cognised. BaT7 any Meteorite• been re ported? At that ti•• of uy. ha• there be en an7 abrupt cb.all«• of radio field etnDgth? or ionization?
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Source text · mention only.. . . . OFFICE OF THE Alll INSPl!:CTCR 26 JULY li47 MElfORAJlDUK TOa AC/ AS-2, Counter Intelli gence Branch l. Informati on c ontained herein and opini on• expresaed are baaed upon conv ersa t ion with and request by Mr. Butler ot your orfice. All pertain t o certai n phen onema c onnected with recent widespread talk or "fl ying saucer•"• 2. Approxima t ely three weeks ago, on or about 7 Jul y 1947, I prepared to go to bed around 2230 or 2300 EDT. I was livi ng at 2807 North Glebe Road , Arl i ngton, Virginia, with my wife. Illustrati on No. l s hows the ceneral layout or the r ooJ11 we occupied at that time. See Illustra t ion No. l. I ( _J ;r \ \ I \ ) UJ f, /,
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Source text · mention only5. I had juat turned ott th• light by my bedside. but aat down on the aide ot the bed to listed to the end ot a radio proue,m betor. reclizdn g. ID the -,a.ntiae. ay wit• and I ••r• hanng •01111 con-nr••- tion about the seleoti on or certain t'urniture tor a hCIIW we had juat purchaaed. At the tiae or these ewnt•• as I aat t"acinr; the windows. a light appeared at the right•hand edge ot the extreae and window and mo-nd rapidly along to diaappea.r below the tree• or horilon. or to be extin guished in s c.e taahlon at acae place in a general southerly direction. Thi• 1a illustrated on the tollowing page by a very tenta- . tiYe aketch. See Illuatration No. 2. . , / CJ; Al l .t.' ~ "'""~· I__ r ,,,,. ~ / / . . / .... f ' .J / a
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Source text · mention onlyt. At the ti-, 1inoe my attention wa• diTided and ab1orbed among the 1ubjeot1 •ntioned, JI)' reaction wa1 limply that "a light paued b)"," and I gaw no turther thought to th• •tter until •oae moment• later, When th• thought o... to .. that I had nenr aeen 1uo}) an object betore, and that although the tir•t explanation would have been that a meteor had fallen ~rd earth in that direction, it did not han the appearance ot any •t•or or "1hooti~ •tar" I had ever ■-Mn. Tbinlc:1~ ot the then prenlent talk of flying diak:1, I :refleo\ed that probably 1ome auoh thing a• I had just 1een wa■ the aou:roe ot a large &110unt of newapape:r and radio publicity on the 1ubject. The next morning I jeatingly announced in the office that I nw a tlying Hucer the nigtlt betore and thought that it wa1 enroute to Alexand:ria,where •ome ot our o.ffice:r1 liT•• I then went on to aay that I 1uppo1ed it wa ■ a •hooting 1tar, but that it did look: 1011tewhat peculiar. At'ter we had diaou•••d the general topic tor acae t1ae, I dropped the subject, not wiahing to add to the auppoaed nao:r1, which I enviaioned aa a aouro• ot 1eriou1 panic over the country. 6. A cleaoription ot the light, or object 1• almoat impoaaible, aince obaerntion o.f it waa 10 limited. A• ahown in Illustretion Ro. 2, the object appeared top••• in cloaeat proximity to• at the tiJDe it came into view. All o.f my mental calculation• were baaed upon acme impression or oonoeption ot it• diatance at the clo1est point, (AC). I had no way ot judgi~ thil, except in the form o.f ffry crude depth peroeption. Ir this by any chance were correct, ar.d inatead of a di•• tant meteor aome objoot had passed near-by, I would assume tor purpose• of description that the distance AC on the sketch was SOl!le three quarter• ot a mile. OM factor which I could judge quite reliably was the angular elevation. Thi.a Ja1St haTe been approximately 3 or 4 degrees, at any rate, the light was lnte:rmlttently behind the tallest treea forward of ay position a• lt pa1aed, and these treea are or a normal height, perhap• aixty or eighty feet at a diate.no~aeveral blocks . Baaod upon a aild aasuaption aa to distance, and a reaaon.able as•U11ption aa to angular elevation, the object would be at a low altitude, conaiderably bolow 500 feet, and ot a size approximating a ..all airplane, say 30 1'9et aero••• The •h•pe nay have been round. 0...1, discal, or irre&ula:r; at - the •peed with lfhich it travelled, I could only percein it a• a "blob." I do not conaider the distance mentioned to be leas than 3/4 11111•, lNtoauH had 1t been. I tee l sure th• t, late in the even in:; and w1 th all my winf\owa open, I would haw heard aome sound, which I definitely did not in thi• ca•• • It llight be well to poin~ out here the relati.,. siailarity in •ize, altitude and airspeed of~ .firefly at a diatanoe ot 30 feet, au airplane at about 3/4 mile, and a aeteor at senral hundred ail••• Moat of u• are familiar with thi• illuaion.
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Source text · mention only.. . ... . e. Although I oould not aoourately judg• th• ti•, I 1eena to recall the object or light wa■ Ti■ibl• tor a couple ot ■ econd■• Taking thi ■ tigure literally and applying it to the ■ketch, Bo. · 2, on• could roughly compute th• apeed ot the objeot at 1350 aphJ however, I did not ■ enH that it wa■ aorln g with ■ uoh great ■peed a ■ thi•. It rather appeared to acwe with the •pe•d o t a jet-powered airplane. It did not deviate tram a ■traight oour ■e While I ob■ernd it, and did not perceptibly lo•• altitude. 'I• In color, the ■ubjeot had the appearance ot a retlected wh1te light, a oool, bright white light with no red in 1t, like the naoon on a olear night. Th•r• wa■ no train v1■1ble to -• in the torm ot fire, ■-oke, or ■para. The wather at the aaaumed time and date was checked through record■ ot the BollinC Pield weather otf'ioe, and con■iated ot acattered to broken clCNdl with v1a1bilitie■ ot 10 - 12 mil••• 1'h• cloud condition 1• further indication that the object wa■ not nece■■arily a •.teor, ■inoe it aigbt have been impoaalble to ••• a •teor. I do not per■ onally re-lll>er th• ..ather condition, except that I am sure it wa■ not raining. a. At th• ti- ot thia occurrence , I waa not incll.Ded to think ot it ■ -rioualy enough to wake ay wit• and deacribe it to her, nor by a~ reaaoalng to ll&b otticial r4port. Aa tiae paaaed, I thought considerably about the neeting glimp■• I bad ot whatenr I ■aw, and aa ■till aomewhat contuNcl, but teel that it waa acae natural phenomenon which occur■ but rarely. I have tlown appro:d.11m.tely 2500 how-a during th• put ~ ■-nn year• and being 1•nerally tam.liar with a■peota ot a-nation -.n -phati oally atate that (a) •it wa■ no weather balloon, (b) it was not the tla1h or a beacon on th• oloud-b&■-, (c) it could hardly have beon an airplane on tire, ■inc• it would han at least caaahed in thia general area, (d) it wa■ auo not entirely a h tiae in one place. re■ult ot i•gination, and (e) it waa not ■pending Yi- - . ~ -~ // (,/"" JAIIES O. COBB Lt Colonel, Air Corpe I
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Source text · mention only' -Mft.TTO ..-=rolt..NIWAL IIISEAIICH LMORATORY AINT LWICIJ OffICS WASISJlr:a,,a . D. C. NAVY DEPARTMENT --TO: NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY Cou uo WASHINGTON 20, D . C. 38 .Tul7 194'7 stJB.mC'f: ft7bc Saueen 1'0: .laet .Chld O'f Air ftatt-2 Collection Breach, AD ~36, D. C. , hppleaeiatal to tbat coatalne4 ill a letter'° 70v O'fflce, tatecl 18 J11l7 194.,, re lnternw with Mr. c. II. Zohn who purport• to._... .. • 1m14attf1ect flJinc objec t . tbe followtnc &441ttonal ldol'll&UOD ,_. obtatne4 Oil 21 Jul7 froa c. c. llockwoocl. who we Mlltlonecl la lbat letter ae •Tille &leo eeen the object. C. C. Bockwoo4 NpOt"t• the object to han been either a •1ln17 aphere or 41ec, which be W01114 ban tabn to be a •teorolopo&l 'balloon eseept for tbe fact tbat U ,... tranlltnc at a aach higher nloclt7 tllaa the autoao'bll• a4 approxiaatel7 1n tbe .... 41recUoa. !he auto ao'bll• we aoTlnc a1HNt eo aiph. !'bere vaa 11u1e, u 8117, -.daoe wlJMl. 1lba tint .... at • •l•.,.Uoa O'f abo11t 46° 1 t appeancl about of Ille .... •1■- ae t.be .,.. • coul4 bear nothinc abon the nolN of the car. r,..., no ■-,a or contre.Ue. It• aoUoa ,.. appanatl7 &11 horisoatal. It• aspect 414 aot cllMce eo h.l' .. Cftlcl be olNterncl cl1U'1.nc tbe U• O'f obeenat1oa. • thoupt it 41Nppe&N4 'b7 •1apl7 beco■J.llc too -11 to •"• cu,Jt~/?'JJtdL_. YILLUM P. fflJ,P Major . Air Corpe .AMC L1&1eon Officer I
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Source text · mention onlyJOINT CCMmfICATIOIB CITIC! IR IESSJ.GE T.O.Or 080800 Aug. 1947 RIC'Da 1200 IDT 9Ul Aue. FROMa A.l!. LONDON TO: FJ.FDBL AIX 6328 t.ug. 8t.b 1947 Your AIX 14 Jul.7 29tb • During normal nigh~ t1ying praot.ioe at. 2230 b0111'8 OD 16111 J &DUBr)'t 1947, <'ne ot our Moequitoe •• wotcired m to an UD.idenWW o.lrora.ft At 22,000 teet. A long obue en.me! OCl!lll8DOiae OWi' tale .... . Sea about ,:) dlea h-oc the Duteb coaat @nd ending at 2300 houn owr Norfolk. Two trt.et AI cont.r. cta were a:de bat f'aded qu1.oklY,.. !ha mt- 1.dentitied airo."'9.tt appe ared to take etticient controlled •••1• acts.an. No exple.m.tion of thil ind.dent baa been tort.lloOl'dng .,.. h&s it been repeated. ,. l I .•C.II. 1..u. C.I. o. (Action) I a /ec
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Source text · mention onlyP'I.nNG DIXS For purpoaes of ana~is by AFBm~o., eighteen reported sightings ot "ll'lJ'ing Discs" were selected tor bre&kdOllfn into detailed particu:Lars. F.ach report was aaeigned a number and each nuraber appears in the lert-hand colUllll ot the data on the following pages. Qle report, t;umer 7, has not yet been received and therefore no 1n!ormat1on is included other than Date, Na.me or Observer, and Location. The Fourth Air Force is attempting to eecure a stat.eraent trom this observer. Four reports, Numbere 2, 4, 17, and 18, have not been ana.l.yzetl. The subject headings on which thfl) bre&kdol'ln has been made are; Dato Hour (Local standard Time ) Location Chse:rver 'a t: ame Cbserver•s Occupation Observed from Ground or ,Ur Nwii>er of Objects .iighted Altitude Direction of Flight Speed Distanee Covered Length ot Time in Jight Deviation tram J'traight Flight Color 31.ze Jhape Jound Trail Weather Manner or Dis appearance Remarks
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Source text · mention only• • Report Nwm>er D9te Location*.!!2:!!t l 19~ 1215 Manitou .ipringe, Colorado 2 22 May Oklahoma City, Okl.&h0111a J 22 June UJO Greenfield, Massachuaetts 4 24 June Mt• Rainier, ·,18.8hi.ngton 5 28 June 2120 M.a.x,well Field, Alabama 6 29 June lJJO Nera ',1lite Sands; l~ew lilexico 7 1 July Uakerstield, Callfomia 8 4 Ju~ 2015 F;:urnett, Idaho 9 6 J~, 1345 Clq Center, Kansas 10 6 July Fairtietd-Ouisun, C:1lifomia ll 7 July 1145 Koshkonong, ,ii£consin 12 7 July 1430 East Troy, :•1isconsin l J 8 July- 1550 :.it . Baldy, California 11. 9 July 2JJO Grand Falb , liewto undland 15 10 July 1600 Harmon Field, Newfoundland 16 12 JuJv, 11330 Slmendort field, JJ.alika 17 I '6 *Local ..>'tandard Ti.me
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Source text · mention onlyReport flw:iber 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 lJ 14 15 16 Cbserver 's Name D. A. Houser F. J. Smith L. D. Jamison Byron Savage E. L. DeRoee Kenneth Arnold ',1ilson H. .Kayko John H. Cattrell Hedman Theodore Dewe7 c. ll. Zohn J. R. Kauke C. C. Hockwood Nancy Rockwood Richarct Rankin :;. J . Smith Ralph -,'tevens A. B. I3rowning Jas . H. Burni ston ?fot Jtated " " Not Jtated tt II Al.Yin E. lloorman Irie Ke4rsey Mr. Yehrman llr. Woodruff Grahm and several other otticen, • Occupation Railroad .Employee " " !I II Businessman-Pilot ~lot s tated Busine s s-nian Pilot Captain, .v..f II II ti II l l'lt Lieut., ;v.F :)nploJe e, Nl,L II II II II :'lite ot C.C. Rockwood Civilian f ilot Unit ed ;dr Line s Pilot 11 11 " Co-Pilot Uaj or, ~ Captain, .W CAP Instructor CAP 5tudent CAl- Pilot CAP Passeng er 1st Lieut., ACCWG Constable, Newfoundland Constabulary T,'iA Uepresentative }'Ai;_ II uajor, AAY *From letter received, observer is obviously well educated. O:>served from Ground " It GroWld Ground Air Ground ,, " II " II Grol.:lld Air " .Ur Ground iiir II Air II Air Ground Ground II Ground
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Source text · mention onlyReport t-:umber 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 l J 14 15 16 Of!Viation rroc .5t r a1eht :light Clint>ed, dove, hovere d overhead, re sumed orig inal course lione reporte d Zi g zag course "much like a water bue" li 001'! repor t ed Konf" reported None repor t ed None reported Descended edgewise, stopped at 4,000 ' and asewne d horizontal po~itior. . l'r o ceeded ir. horizon t al fl ight f or 15 seconds , stopped Again, then disapp ear ect None reported None reported Noni, reported None reported Followed contours of mountains five miles away from observera 3ilver Silver, very br icht Brilliance sligh tly great er than a s tar J ome s olar spec ula r refle ctio n .ar.tost dus k; could not dis tingui sh Ver:, bright and silver y colored Reflection from sun Not stat ed Not state d or light-reflec ting nature Phosphorous color .'.>ilvery Res embled a grayish balloon Apparently small Not stated Impossible to determine J0-50 ' in di8Jlle-.er Comparable t o a C-54 at 10 , 000 1 Kot state d l~ot s tated Apparent depth of a P - 51 lot stated Jame span as a C-54 at 10 ,000' ,\pprox . 10 ' in diM1eter 5
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Source text · mention onlyReport N\&llber Shepe $0\p'ld D:&11. v:eathe r l . No definite Jhape could be ?lone None CAVU detendned 2 3 Irregular; roWld, Db not None None Not stated appear particular~ disc- shaped 4 5 None stated; seead like a bright lieJit None None Clear aocnllght 6 No details other than that None Poaaible vapor CAVU sh&p-. was unitorna with no trailJI protubarancea 7 8 None definite, but seemed None None CAVU flat on baae with the top •118ht~ rough 1n contour 9 Round, diac-shaped None None CAVU 10 No shape could be dieting- None None .;unny uished 11 Not atated, but report re- ter_a to "sauc8l"" several None None CAVU times l2 .Saae u Report Uo. ll None None CAVU 13 Flat object, ot light-re- None None Not stated tlectin8 nature 'lfhieh appear- ed to be without vertical tin or any viaihle wings 14 Egg-shaped, or like barrel None None CAVU head 15 Circular 1n sh.ape, like l~on-, Bluish black Clear with scat - •aeon wheel trail app rox. t.ered cwnulws 16 Resemble d balloon t.one 15 ad. long None at 8 to 10 , 000 ' ?lot stated
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Source text · mention only1 - Report N\@l?!t 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Manner ot Diaappearm1c• Cllnbed very tast and out ot ei8ht Cbscured by a cloud bank Lost 1n brilliancy ot the moon C.mot explain, except that renec tion angle r111&y have changed abruptly Don 't know whet.her t.hoy put on a tre Menduows burst ot epeed , or disinteg rated. HOlltever, they '1.id disappear into sunset Unexplained Dis appear ed at an anele of about JQ0 above the earth's svface Unexplained Unexplained Pil ot (at J(X)MPH) attempted to keep object in eight , but unable to do so Unexplain ed Une)(J)lained t:ot s tat""1 Remarb No definite shape could be det.erm and ev.-i with the aid ot 4 to 6 pc er binocul.ars object could not be broucht into tocua Froa letter thia observer wrote, i is obvioue he 1s a well-educated person. Seeks no publicity. Cbservera {2 rated, 2 &ir intell.) phoned Field Ops to aacerta:i..n n o scheduled experiment.al a/ c were in vicinit7. Sky chart attached to re Cbserver is Admin . "3st. in the Roe et Jond e .;ect. or t-'RL. Two other "scientist.e", and wife ot one, wee, in p arty and made same observation Cl,eervers were Pi.,,_ot, Co-Pilot, ot scheduled UAL DC-.). ..,'tewarde s s ala 1 S8.)1f objects • .:iuggest reading ot VY. detailed statement.a. When first ei ehting obj ect near ho: izon, observer looked at chart in his lap to check posit.ion. ',/hen he l ooked out windOl't aeain, object wai off his lert wing at 11 0 1 clock Rolled rrom side to side 3 times 1l its path across the sky. Sun retle ed from top side , but never from ui erside , eve n "hen turning None None Cbserver contacted bue s in area w: reported no a/c 1n air at ti.me First. 4 discs flyi.n& line-a-trail Jeemed to cut clouds open es it pass ed thru . Trail wu like be~ s een after a higb-p0111ered landin g li:11 t it. switched orr. Cbj ect was obs erve d paral leling t a course of a C-47 then landing . 7
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Source text · mention onlyH?:AJJ-tL.:-.HTE:'.S f If rEE~TL ., FC..-t..;E Colorado Sprin Ls , Colo :·ado 2 J uly 1947 SUbJ ::CT: Su per son ic Platters SU?a!AkY C.F INFCH!.'.ATICH : The follo win g info nna 1 i on was related to Counte r l ntelli genc~ Cor ps Personnel at iieadqua r te rs Fifte entn Air Force , Color&.ao ..;prir. , s, Col o r ado on 27 Jun e 1 947 o:., Mr D. A , ha.us er , 24 t;o r th t:hesr,u t .:>tr eet , Colorad o .>pr i nb s Color ado, Mr, F, J . .imit:- , 24. r airview, ..lanitou Sprint,s , Colo r ado a.nd Mr. L , D. Jami son, 241b \,es t l\iowa., Col or~do Sprin 8 , Col ora do . All three o f t he men are empo l yees of the PiKes Peak kailv "y , ani tou !:>prin bs , Colo rado. "On or a bou t 19 ...ay 1~~7 d\.4r ing the i r l unch ~e r i..>d ,, 121, -1 3ltJ a me m ber of a t rain crew called a.t~ent ion to a s : l ver obj ec l in ti. e s ky a i pr oachin 1, from t r.e Nor tn Zs.s t . It a;,pear e d t.o we t ravelli 11, a t a i;;reat SFee<! , All thret1 men sta t ed tha t t r.e alt i tude of t.ne object was ver y di1 'ficult to de t er mine because of i t s a ppar e nt sma l l ness. They fur t.r,c:1r s t.a ed that. because of th .:.s it was d iff i c ult to view t he obj t1ct a s bein b l arbe a nd .,avin G hie;h altit ude o r s ma ll and being a t a r elatively l ow al ti t ude. 'i'ne~ did se.y tho uc;h that i t appeared to be higner than the t o p of ~1anitou !,'oun l.ai n wn ich i s over l OUO f e e t hit.her than t ne shops which are situat ed a~ i t& base , ,fo defi 1w.1,e a .. ape of t he object coul d be de t e rmined a nd even wi th t.i.e aid of bin vculars it. t1ti ll c o uld not be b r ough t into f ocus . The IJin ocule rs used wer e of a.bou t 4 t o 6 power. The men s tated that they were cer a j n that Lite cbj -,ct did not nave any of t ne physi c al characteristics of m odern con vention a l aircraft . The da y was di scribed as being clea.r a 11d sunn y wit h no t 11 cloud in the sky and.io g r ound wind . On reacb i nt, t : e area j ust Nor th o f J.ie.r,i t ou I. outs.in t he ob j e ct 1·emaine d io t ne immedia ~e a rea for sev eral min u tes dur ing which time it was s e en to exe c ute ma nuvers s vch as cllmbl.:.g , di1 ·1r, t nd r eve :sal o f direct ion of fli ;:ht . Th i s ha£pened eve r y few second s. The. dist ance and l oc..ltion be we e n vie ws pr ompt ed two 01' t .,e men to t h ink tnat t here .were more of • he unidentified obj ec t s in t he sky . At times tli e obje ct seer,1ed to ho vee r lo t11e ai r w,d the n st.art on a no the r pa t h of fli , ht . When last seen t : e sHve c ob,;o ct was c limo- 1n,, very fat1 t towar ds the ~,est almost d i rect l y in to th e wind , Pr e vious disL rib u t ion : Eva l u to. t.i on None s our c e 01· inJ' ormt\tic,n E 0 Hq !.,AC 3 copit,a
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Source text · mention only.. HOOCAMA l'O•M NO e-eo• JII MAY , ••• O KLAHOMA CITY AIR MATER IEL AREA T INKER FIELD O KLAH O MA CITY , O l<l.AHOMA C.J>t-./KD.S : cp /(J72k - I 21. Jul y 1 947 ME!AO:ut;i)UU 'ro TH::: S~P.I TY CF::-:CC.:R, OCA.MA, 7IKt,..R :-r..:.w . SUBJ.:CT: BTIOI\ :. . :JAVl..G':., field Enginee r, :taaio Cor porat ion of America , Dallas , ':"exas . ( ltesidence: 416 K. :,. 29th Street, Oklahoma City , OklahOl'IIB.. ) RE : Flying Disc. On 23 July 1947, BYRCN c. JAVAGJ was inte rvi ewed at his resi aence, 416 N . W. :;><)t h Street , Okla homa Ci ty, Oklahoma, relating to his alleg ed vie wing of a flying disc over t he vicinit y of Oklahoma Ci ty, Okl ahoma. Subject , whose age i s 38 , adv i sed he is married ar:d nas one chil d, and is pregen t l y the hol de r of a Private Pi l ot ' s License , No . 39101, ( wingle ~ngine , Land) . Subject ave rred he has extens ively studied elect ron ics , sound e ngineer ing and aero nautics , a nd his present occ upation, which is Fiel d enginee r for Radio Corpo r ation of America , of t'ices of whi ch are located i n vallas , Texas, i s tha t of installing thea t er sound equi pmdnt. ~AVAGE stated that bet ween the days 17 May to 21 Uay 1947 , just after dusk, he observed an object which he bel ieved to be a smal l air cr aft i n the south. ~AVA~6 advised t hat the s un had just gone down and t he moon had not a risen on the horizon. s ~VAG~ related that he and his wife had j ust depar t ed thei r r esi dence and had start ed to enter their car in the dri veway at 416 N . ii. 29t h St r ee t, Oklahoma Ci t y . He judged the time to be bet ween 8: 30 p. m. and 9 : 00 p.m., and the l igh t s fran the city of Okl ahoma Ci ty ap~e~red to be shining on this obje ct when he f i r st saw i t. He judge d the obj dct to be about 160° i n the south whe n he f i r st saw it, a nd as it moved t owar d him he r emarked to hi s wi fe that "a big white plan e was coming over." , SAVAGE sta ted that whe n this object was at a 4 5° angle from him., he realized it was not a c onventional. type aircraft, and it appeared elliptica l at fir st a nd a s it moved close r it appeared per fectly rowid and was flat . SAVAGE advi sed the object , which appe ared to him as a disc, had no appearance of beln g spher i cal and had a rati o of diameter to the thickne ss of approxi mately 10 to l, appearin g thick e r in the center, but this could not be positi vely ascertained. SAVAGE judged the object to be at a.n altitude of between 10, 000 and 18, 000 feet, and it left no trailin f effects. SAVAGE related tha t it appea red to be in bulk as big as the bulk of six B-29s at an al titude of approxim ately the same height. SAVAGB advi sad that the obj ect was i n his vision approximately 1 5 to 20 second s and travdl led at a speed whi ch he judg•Jd to be approxima t el y three time s tha t of jet-propelled aircraft. l
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Source text · mention onlyMemo to the Securit7 Officer, OCAMA, Tinker Field, dtd 7/2J+/47, Fil• 372J+-I. SAVAGE stated that there were no protrusions on this object and as it went b7 he l istened tor a sound of noise., and at one time thought he dis tingui s hed a swishing sound like the rushing o! air. This swishing 80und occurred a rew seconds after this object ·had pas sed him. SAVAGE averred this sound wais not verr loud and did not last very long, and it is vecy possible that the sound could have been his imaginati on or expectation, as he was not sure or the sound. SAVA~ related that he cal.l.ed his wife to see this object but it had disappeared before s he could focus her eyes on it. Subject s t ated-that the object appeared to diminish in size and speed as it moved away, and it was moving in a direction of 3500 . to the north. Subject further stated t hat th4' object ap peared to be frosty white in color at all times. SAVAGE advised that he has held a pilot's certifica t e since 1934 and has been flying since 1929. He advised tha t he would be gla d to answer any further inquiries and will cooperate in every way possible . SAVAGE s tated he was sure this object was not a meteor and in his opinion it mus t be radically built and powered, probably atomic. ~~ / JL ~ KAUUN D. SHON C. I . U. S. Army (. 2
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Source text · mention only• 111 ..rUlaa •-... CINelatie14, llueaohuaett• July 10, lM, OoeeneP4lnc Ottloer ......... t.el4 Ohl•epee• ..■a.hullet1,■ Dear llrt Al'Mr ha-ring read ••ffral aooomta ot ey.'""'1tnN••• Who olata the7 bad aNn t llll ao-oall•d • t lying d1101•, 111 brought to a1nd a •trance •xper l•noe I bad .... --- WNU •· !tw reuon I write to JeU fl that radio and -paper repona naw ~• 1sbl air t.roN ba'ft 'been alff'Wd to lnwetlgate the•• 111"1terioua el>jeou. A.H\ad.ng that you an la'Mre1~, I .. aaldn g tlw tollAnring report 1n the bellet that 11' ld.r)lt po■■ ibly be ot )adp to Yl»U• I do DDt 4e11re to haft uq kind ot publiolt7 wbatlo...,.r 1n thll oonnecrtion. Aboub 11,ao All• 8\lllday, ,_,. HIid, I wu worldnc outdoon on a atiep,,, ladder, loolc1ac up, and •udlll•nq t1-re appeared aoroH 11¥ line or nlion a 1pMd.1ng, bl"illlant, -11, round••ba~, •llT•~• object at aD altitude I would jwlp to b• al»out 1,000 rt. or aore. lt waa •Tina .-.ry t'ut 1n a atraight, non11R1wrly dlreotion ,- I 111>uld 19.7 u t'Mt or po11 i bl7 r ut.er thin a 1pNdiJI& pl&M. It wu ao \llluaa_l and •true• a a1ght t hat it arreet • rq attention tor about 8 or 10 ••oonda umsll it wu obeou.ried b7 a oloud banlc. •turall7 rq ourioaU17,.. oonaldienbl7 aromed and I tried to 1;.b1.nk what tb.1• objen llipt haft been. I doli»tled ".-Y awob that it oould haft bffn a wa~r b&loon beoaua• it ,.. DDt at all lib any weatlwr baloom I ~ H8D before. th9 objen I •••• althouch mall, retleowd tbl eunli&ht ftry .trong ly u thou s)l it were ot poli•hN al\llfima or 111.,.r, and 1 oan auure JOU wa• '"l"Y real. It appeared to haw an irngular ro\lnd abape and while it oould ha..-. been U■ o-■ hapecl, it did not partioularly 1apNH - u ■uob. l haTe att..pted to glff you thl• 1nton1&1Jion a• acourately and olearly a■ I know bow, tree t~• &111' 1Jlaglat1on or exag •rat1on. Pw-ther aore, ,-y experienoe took plaoe betore I had any 1.Dklinc tbat •tlJin g di■ oa• wre reported eeen. • Thi• int'oration 1• bei.Dg pueecl on to you tor Whatenr it .,.y be "°"h, purely and daply ln the i nteN1t1 ot niltli.onal 1eounty. and onoe aore N quaet t hat JOU do not publiou• rq naat. llnoer -oly youra, A OIR! Il'IB:D fttJ'I COP'lt /•/ B4ward L. l>eRo•• Edward Le l>eRoN Af.t h , (C "J Ir .
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Source text · mention onlyBllDQUllffl.S POOllTH .UI POICI ott1oe or the uahtan t Chier or St&tt • .l•Z I ntelU genot Bm:dlton Pitl d, Calitornia stJBJICTa 1Dflnlp.'1on of •n,-1ng I>hoa• TOt eo-ncting 0.NNl• M'Wt7 ~ir Poroee, Wa•hinf\ou Z&• De Ce .lrTnTIOl1 .AC ot A.I•! 1. Attaoll•4 ttate•nta a_nd lfOIC• f'ol"'llarct.d to J'O'lP otti•• per ..... n !IX tJ-oa S.adq\l&l"ter• Air DettnH Coaaand. l(Uoh•l Pi•ld • • • T., dated 10 July l~tT. z. Thia ~dquanera 11 unable to looate 11obard lankla. h01NTer, •• aoon •• he it located, atat ...nt and MOIC will be tornrded direot t o your of't1oe. a. Intoraation oop1t• turnia hed Beaclquanera .Air Def'an1e Colmand. DOI.U.D L. 8PRIIOIR , 111•1•• Lt. Colonel, 080 l • liN>IC U Jul/.lrown AC ot s. A-t z. IIOIC 16 hl/.&r-f1ffn a. llllO 16 Jul/BJ-on , • MOIC l& Jul/Brown In1'o eo to ADC
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Source text · mention only• • Ineid ent 4A~ ·1a,8 I 16 Jul.r 1947 l . t.m l2 JulT 1947 , a oall •as aade at the nenpaper otf'ice of t.be "Idaho Oail.7 .:>t at"1Ulll •, C!oiee, I dam . The artation ed.U,or ot t.b.e paptr , :.r. Darld N. J obnaon , •aa inteni ewecl in regard to ho• ,r..U be mew llr. lem etb Arnold ot oiee, Idaho, and u to the credib1.llt7 ot m 7 a t.atnmt aade b7 Ur. 1 mold. Th• purp oH of t his urt.-d .. was u atte.pt to ••it7 atat_.t& • ■ad.• b;r !lr . i ennetb A.mold on 26 J um 1947, t o yaJ"iou • n ational DeQ aerrtoH to tbe etfeot that be, .r. A.mold , bad eeen 9 objeota n71,. in the air abo•e the .:ascade •ount.ain P.mge ot 1as b.1~ton. Thes e object.a •er• aubsequentl.7 referred t.o H f1)"i ng eauoer a or n.,1.nc d.i ■u and will her.-in-af t er be reterr ed to aa s uch. 1n thia report. . r. J ohnso n stated tbat he had known Ur . Arnold f or quite a period ot t1.., ba'f lng bad r elat.iona wi th • Arnol d on T&riou a oocaa i one , "1• to tbe tact th.at botb bl, ar. J ohnaon, and Hr. Arnold were pr1 Yate tU.n and f requently cot t.og•tb.- to tal k abop . Kr . J ohnson atated that u f ar • • b.• •aa concerned aJJTth11'\i Kr• .lrnold said oculd be take " •"f7 ••riouly and tbat be, arr. J obnaon , act.uall,y beli•-nd that • r . Arnold had •••n the ator ..nti ,>Ded f'l.,lnc di.aka. lilr. Johnson stated that aftc- 'lr. 1rnold reported bannc seen th e flY1 n« diaka, that the editor of the paper had a•~icned h ia, r . J ohnson, t he u ,.i gaaeot ot taking t.he airplane beloaging t.o the nnapaper and exha ustine all eff orts \o proTe or duprO't'e t he probabilitT or a71ng di.aka had n, been aeen in the nortb ..s t area. The re.ult• of thia asatg naent t o ~ . Jobneon and what he aubaequentl;r ••• 1a put forth i n a sworn stateant signed b7 llr . Johnson at tached to tbia report ae ~bl.t B. AOPT' S OTIS s wr. Jobna on ia a aan ot approxiaat,el. y- )) to JS 19ars ot ac•• Proa all appearanoea he 1a • ••rr reaerYed t;rpe or person. Irr . John■ 011 baa l.oued 2800 houra ot tlri, ng tiu in Yari.oue ~ pea of airplane• up to and 1nclud1.nc aal.t1-encin• aircraft. . Durin g part. of th• 1'U' 19ara , Vr. John■ on was the r1nt pilot ot a B-29 tn>e airoratt beinc assigned to U. Tw9nt1e\h OSAAF and at.ationed on Tinian t.aund, in the Paoifio . It 1a the per.on.al opinion ot the int.-ne nr t.hat. tr. Jobnaon actu.all.1 sa• what he ■ tat• that be •a• in the attaohed rtipOrt.. It 1a al.ao the opinion ot the int.niewer that Mr. Johnaon woud have •oh aore to los e tun cain and would ha~• _, be nr7 atroncl7 oonTinNd that be act.ll&llT aaw ■oaething W on be woud r.port ■uoh an 1no1den\ a11d open hiuel.t tor the ridioule tbat. would aooo1111pan.J' aich a repor\ • 1 1Hl1 lllhibit •1•
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Source text · mention onlyco Statom ent or Do.vi e. I, . Johnson at Joi s e , Ide.ho , July 1 2 , 1947 To \lhom It ~·~y ~onoern : On the sixth day of Jul y , 1947 , I r e ceived from Je,rtes L . 3r ovm, r,ene r e.l D'\l\naier or the :,tates ~nn Xewspo..pers , i n corpo r ated in Idaho a s T 10 Statesl'l\an Printin g comoany , an assirnoent which vms in substance: " ~onduct nn ee rial sear ch of th" no rt hwest stetes in tin effo r t to see o.ncl rhoto.-rnnh a fl ying- disc . Conduct this Ja trol fo r so lon r; a time o.s you ~e liev o rea ~onab l e , or until you see a flyin• disc ." In accordance to those in~t r uotions , I t.ook the Statosnan ' s nir pla.no , o.n-... ,.it;h tenneth 'rno l d as pu ss en er , f lew c, s J von o.nd one - half hour. r-1ission on tho sevc• 1th do.y of: July , 1S17 . ~hi :ii - ission wa s wlthoul.. r e::.ult . It co•1.or ed n area e•i:..>rncit~r; tho c on_'ir.o::i of tr.o ..nnfo rd :-,1 ,nt. .:.~ ,a.si,ir.i;ton , u.n<l te rritory 'between ant! aroun c 1 't . •r. inier und t . ..demo , wl1er& Arno ld fi rst re ported seein ob,i oct:; honcel'orth described us saucers or discs . On the ei~hth day of July , 1~47 , I took an AT- u of the 190tn Fi r:hte r s quadron , Idaho l ationc l ;uar.:i, of ,,h ich I am a ~mber, and fle·. to r.ortr.ern Iun ho , into nortl'wreste r r 'on tana briefl y , to Spokane , ,ashir.i"ton , nnd back. to 3oise by woy of ••alln .a.Ha , .ashir,.ton , and Penctletor , vrt:1 ·on . rhis searc h al6o was ner,at1ve . On tne ninth ua:, of July , l.'i7 , I cont.inuud thu search , ornin usinl!: o. na tiona l ue r d AT- G, ttis tioo centorin my ef~o r ts over tno Ov,yhe~ ~our.tains west s.~d soutLwoct or 3ois , .. ortion of tb:t ountain .:one dese r t on a tre.ck southeast o!' ";he ountuin f.ol':\G ar:::;, o.i r baso , t ,onco int o t ho ~a'lftooth I our. - tainJ , ar.<l back in tho :ene r t l dir£otion or 3oiso on n lino carryinr no woll to the r.ort ?. or t;he '>hnfe r ":>utte for est serv:.ce look ou~ ... totior. , into tt, o I'o rses hoe Bonu. a.ref' , r>,1u t 1.cmce l.,a.c': ir n soul;:.Hesterl:· :lir ,c .. :.or. t;o &. poin t
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Source text · mention onlybetween Boise and the v illo.r;e o r or idien , west of ,oiso a few 1'liloo . l>urin r, thi s sea r ch , whioh lasted anp r ox i r.lbt..cly tv,o c.nt on<;- ht.1.l!' hours , I flow unde r and e.r ouno r e .,i<lly fo r l"'in r· cumulus c lou ds o v e r t no t area knovm as the Came.3 Pra.i r io , east of' 1oise . The clo ud3 wer , roa r t.ho vill ace of Fni r f.iol<:.. ir: thot va.llo:, , H !cl ?oi rfi r:.lcl is 7'CJ riLn ai r lin'? dis t a.nce oust of 1o i se • ..t that time I saw noth i n ,· ir. i,hc vicinity of thes e c l ouds . At tr.e timo I reac ned the point be tween 3ois .J a.nu e r itli i n , I was f lyin r, at nn altitude of 14 , 000 feet mean sea l eve l , which woulC: be a rntie.n ave r are of 11 , 000 feet above the e r r th in this area , not consi~e r in; e rro r s in tho altim eter induced ol.t, her by bo r oMotric chPnP.;es cin c e m~, taJreoff , or by tho tompcrcturo at thrt.. a l titude . I tur ned tho uir crcft on Pr. cc~stt. r l:1 hcatirw , pointin tov;ar c. ~owen Field , &nd h• d I'l o ,r on tht .. cour~ ( ro r >Grr,llp:; o ;ninuto wi,on '..r,er e sut!aen ly e.ppoared in Lhe l Aft hnnd oortion of::-.:, i'i,L, of.' •1ision r_n object -.:hich was black and r ound . I im' odiatcl:v cer.ter ed !'l"Y ~azo o n ➔,lo obje ct . /.r, t..,.at time , due to ii;G err atic J.CIV~··.ent , I i 110 u · ht I ·:.u:; seei r: a ·.-,ec.t1.er b"lloon . 1 CC'lled the CAA ' s COMMunicnticn :;tnLio"' 1 t oise , c.nc! • :..kou : 'tie ·1cC1.'; .or ::;to.tio?" ho.cl r E.;cer.t l:· r elo'l:;od a bnlloon . - .,e re nl:' fro n co:-t."1'.rn •en to r l r'tsor was 1;,.u t the b\· r~e.u hnJ not . I rlo not re"'er">e r hi ::i •1XEit"t worc.s ; i.n-, r ession he si id " not fer s~ve n 1 hcJrs" o r ·n ve '!'., •, n o:r.t ct tl:r,'3 of t .e ot·evious roloes e , Hhic:. was arountl .)8 : ~O t ..·t day . •:no n '..enrin'" t.ni:; r(;s-,ons , I turn d ;.nc f> ~ rcr at't br c•o.d:side "..o the o!:>.ject , ri•..illed bt>clr hn .,l,nci -1, ss coverin •.o c.void an; , dis~o rtio n . took my ce.r,er!l f r o.., t ho ru::, er s , ,ir.d ex-.osed i. ~ou t 1 0 se co?'lcis ' ...i i rf tio!" o!' e i p-ht 'l'i llime ..e r !"Otion oict•..: re fil:n . .J\lri!'l t.,o "Ci!"F-J the cir e r £ ·.vos t 0"e lev e l,
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Source text · mention onlyI I L cou l d no t s e e the object beccJse of ~inute~ess 01 sco?e introduced ~y the• optical vi ew finder with \':hich the canera , t.n f . 1. 9 East-:an , was equipped . Takin -• the came r a away and once ar;ain cer.torin ~ n;v gaze on tnc ob5€ct , I obse rved i t to r ol l so that its ed~e was nresented to me . At this ti~e it fla shed once i n the sunli";ht . It then appear€d e.s c thin b l ack line . It t hem pe r fo r med a :r.aneu ver which looked as if it had be17.1n e. $low roll , or a ~a rre l r oll , wl,loh instesd of heinf co~?leted , was br oken off at about the 18O- de,: r ee point . ~'he object r olled out of tho t.op o~ the maneuver at thi s p oint , and I lost sibht of it . rhis onti r o )0 r forna:icc was o">sorved asainst u~e ':>eckf;round of clouds p r e vi ous l y f <M"rrinr; over th"" ~ana5 Prairie . !'he o~je ct o.p'.)e&reci to r1'? , r e l ati vely , [1.S the s.izc of a twenty - five cent o ioco . I do not knO\'t i1ow f ar awa~' it ua~ . I <lo not kno,·1 , nor cun I truthfull y os'.;ir.iatc , its soeed . I can or:ly say it was not an airolr.ne , end if it wns at a v ery ·reat dis t an ce from me , its s')oed was ·reat , tokinr; into conside r at ion thnt n::>par.,nt spe ed i s r educe d to the viewer if , n ob.iect is a verv n-reat distance av,ey . I f oreot to l ook ct ~v cl oc~ ~o dete r rine the exact time I sa.w the objo ot . The CAA' s loe; o!: r adio contacts shows my first conta.ct to hnve been maae o.~12 :1 7 hours . 3ut n few seconds elapsed between the tir1e I fi r st saw the obje ct , and the t i me I cn lled the C.-.A' s station . I s ub s equent l y r e lated ove r the r adio fl descrir,tion of wha t I savr , and 0O!Tlr.lun i oato r .:..1bert son may romer ber it . lhe cont r ol towor nay have· a. record in; or the conversa t i on . I 1ave not chocked to dete r r i n~ that . 'J.he purpose o f '"fl.Y ro l e.tin over tho air whnt I s aw wo.s to enable raoid transm i ssion of the r e_)ort to tho uevrspe.pe r, fo r at thut t i me I was on assi r.nment o.n d my ene r ~ies 1hencofo r th we r e dev oted to (1) t r a'1s11ittinL the i nf orn-.at i on o.n cl (2 ) oonductinr, o. fur the r sea rch , which I did aftor l unding for fuel a nd to make some t eleohone ca lls .
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Source text · mention onlyrhe next searc h , b t: un wit:iin :.c.lf :r. :1our nf'te r· l·~ ... :n .fro!'l t he Irr.:nudiatt1lv after ..i ·nt in l" tho object . - • s::cl~ -=--· t . t re "..oro ot~or nircrnf~ in the urea . rio ncvv\;)r: in t. o vi.ci~ it." o ' :·una , u t t. t , .....s H J ir.~ --:.c . • C- 82 ,a ssca over oi se , '>ut I saw t l.t\t tdrc r nft g o b€:-.ea.t :. me. by :ic t.' 2 , 01)) feet . 'Iho ::>- 51 1r: t.r.c v~cir.i t.' of r:un~ or oceedeo to tho a rea. ,-r.,ere I sa.v: t'1e ob,iect , at:"'?' request , a.nd condicted a searer . was ne •tive •Tt .Jurin r the afterroon , ~lig ht s of P- 5ls wer e sent out to cove r the a r e&. and sol'"\e 01' thG"'l flew hir;!-. e.l"titudo :-.issions on oxyren . I'hese st:1srci es were ner,a tiva . I was sul::>soc:uent ly .:.nfor1 , tJd thn t - ,Drsonni:,l on ·,otn thE, t ni.tad Jti r tinos ·sitlo or ~~won fie l a , a~~ on t he catio~ al ~ard side , obso rved o bl ack ob.}o ct n:ar;ouvorir. "' it. f r ont of the so:- c clou<l !'or"'lll..,ior: , ·,:} ici. by 1.ow had f r om a :,eon bnso o~ 13 , Juu or 14 , 000 feet , '"eR:' sea. level • .,'ltr oe of ~hase :-:ton wora r.a.tione.l · unrJ r son.'1 .. 1 t:' ll U :r trl1<cC to t f,cr.1 , ns'::n th~ .. to do::.crilJc ,. he t th-?·• so.. , , ')c "or, t .. llin r them r:ry :;tor" , i n ~,rdcr ~o uvcid su ·•~L-stion o,· inf'e r enoe of n ltlt\.lln r.otu r o . 'i'ha:-,· SE\\', t h o o :<-ot. \from tho r,r ound)' whi l e I wns on "':ly socond search . They ocl i eved ... i,o tirr. o to have been 14.: 00 hou rs . The o':lj.::ot oe r fo r n1od in the sa•:\o? erratic ntnne r , they said , as I obse rved . The abov e ls the exte nt or the sto r y , and ini'o r:rc.ti on con oern jn rn,vself is now in order . I ha ve npproxineto l y 2800 hou r s of f l ~in~ t irne in cquipmtn t r nn ~in~ f r om p r imary t.r fl inors t.o J- 2Js . Of cou r se , thnt does n ot. inc r oase ny powe r s of obse rvation oxoept f'S to those nr ncti ced dnily b~ nn nirut-n .
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Source text · mention only•e COt~fi'IDENTIAII It doo a not 111&ke my eyes i ~ht a ny sharper except again as to the incidental demanda upon t ho oyea of 'a pilot. At t ho. time or· t ho expe~ieno e r e lated a bove . I h ad flown fourteen and o ne- half hou r e o n an a asi ~nmont t o find a di ao and i ~ pos sibl e . to photo grnph it . In all f r ~nknoss , I was t i red. I may have been sufferin g , al tho ugh s11::;htly . f r o:n wnnt of oxygen . Prior to si;htin~ t he object , I had conclu ded tho r o was no po1ot i n pr es sing t he s ear oh . t hat I pr obably ,.ou ld never see tho dis o- liko objcot.s r ef orred to JY Arnol d ~nd by Captoin Sni th of Unitod Air Lines . At nll tinos tluri n· t:1e, soo.r oh , both on that day o.ntl tno b-10 pr eood i ni; days ( pa rt1ouln rly w:1en I was ,nt:1 Arno l d) I had lite r a lly tt.lkod t o· mysel f to keep bee.t i n• into ny head tho.t I would not fnll vioti-i to tile power or sur~e st i on or se l f - hypnos i s ari s i nr, f r on o. nc~u r nlly ver y intent dosi r e to find a disc ond bring succe s s to tho assi nr.ient e;1ven "'• • I the r ero r o do not ?el iove that I was the vioti- or su ;co stion or h~•onosis . I O'II ft'l"i li r with the op ti0 11 l illu ai or. of e fixo d o b,1eot :>e;i n ·ni n • t o oove o.ftar it is v.atch ed a s u!'f\.cient l onr-tl, of time . I know whet t r iolcs -:he e~:os will p;ay as to r:>0vin~ bod ·es , and l ve l ear ned of this :>O.rt iou l nrl:, duri.,.. • n i ht !'c.ir tion :l:,rin ..,. . 1 so.w tho 0:1.-loct n!);>ee.r :;uc.denly . If it hno ,ovod in l ~or k!,r ~a:: i1io n (a3 i t die cit :'irs:.J .'.'or :1e "'ul l l<.in·th o!~ ti::--• I obser vad 1 • : T.ou d ~ot ho ~u'lstior. rer • ~ .. i i C\t,.
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Source text · mention only,. 241 B&~ery Street, San Franeisoo~ ahowed no traee of a117 object. Stohr . . says that if it was more than a nile di~tant ,from ne at tbe •1~• I described, the objeot would not h&ve registered sufficiently on the ftlm to be shown . Ile aaid it probabl7 •• too far away to be apparent eTeathrough croat en largement of the negative, and enlarcement in . that e&J• ia limited beo&uae of the aise of ~he N.lm and the fact"l did not have any teleaoopic equipment on the lena. The expoeure was r.1 6, •to~ set at infinity , at a speed of 16 frame• per aeoond. I h.nve•worr1ed over this matte r a great deal a1noe seeinf it . I "took myself aside" and said, "oome now, Johnson, don't be atupia . • dut I carmot · • brin g myself to the point of thinldn& I di d not see anyth1n&• Tho im~resaion ot the Momont was too vivid, too realistic, and I knew in the air when I saw_ thnt par tia l slow roll or bar r el roll, that I wns not a vic tim of illuaion . I t ruat this mattor will be of hel~ to thos e inveati gatin c t he flying di ao phonomena which hD.vo been r eported. chart is attach ed depicting the Movements of t he obje ct as I saw it . 1his stotens nt io made volunta rily and freely , in response to the request or Ur. 3r own and ~ant ain Davids on, who called on me this ~ornine . /s/ IJo.vid _r . Johnson Suh•cribed end sworn to boto ro ne , a·nota ry oublic, t h i5 12th n y of July, 1947. /a/ Geo . L. Flahert y l,otary ?Ublic for Ada count::, Iaaho . "y ooa.~ission expire3 ~an 2, 1949 . C O P Y
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Source text · mention onlyti}NFID ENTIAL • COPY. SOME LIFE D>.'l'A ON KENNETH ARllOLD I wae born Maroh~, 1916 in Subeka, ~inneeot&. Uy fat her 's name was Edward Erb Arnoldi my mother's maiden name ns i3erth& E. Barden. I was a resident ot Minneeota until I was ·six yea rs old whon my ramily moved to Scobey , vontana , where the y homestea ~ed. My Y, randfather , Roland c. Ar nold also homeste aded in Scobey , 'ontana , and became quite gromlnent in political oirolee alon g with Surton K. Wheeler, the famous Montana senato r. I went t o grad e school and hip;h school at l1inot , Horth JJakota . I ente r ed scoutin g at t we lve years of ago and achieved the r ank ot Be.gle scout before I was fourteen. ..w for mer scout exec uti ve was u . rt. Pres cot t , now a re giona l commis sione r fo r the 10:r Scou ts in l..a.nse.s City , Y.a.nsas . As a boy , I was interested irl athletics and was se l ected as an a ll- ' sto.te ond in 1932 and 1933 in the et ate or 1:orth De.kot a . I ento red tlle U. S. Ol ym9ic t r ial s in ftn cy divine in 1932; I was a Rod Cr oss Life Scvinc Exvmine r dur ing t he yeo r s or 1 ~32 , ' 33 and ' 34 . I ta.u~ht sw1!11J!l1ne; and divint at scout c amps and tho munici pal pool in . inot , l,orth wakot 5. • I went to the Unive r sity or .•i nneiso-t.o., vrl1ere l s wam Pn d did f ancy di vin ~ unde r .,eils 'Ih o l"'pe, and also played footbn ll unde r ae rnie ii e r rAn , but upon enter ing coll ege I was una b l e to continue my footb a ll career because of an in j u red knee . ·y hirh schoo l footbn ll ooec r. was Glenn L. Jarrett, who ia now the read footba ll coo.oh of the Uni ve rsit y of l\orth l.)akota . I had litt le or no fin ances , and my &:1bition in fu r t hor ine r:ry e ducat ion in col leie was throu ~h my a t hl e t ics: As a boy in 'inot , l,or t h ..;c.\-:otr , I did a &ooJ dorl -:,f dor- sled r e. cint;. placed first with rtfJ do i; i n 1930 in tho Lions :;l ul) ;JO I; lierby . Ir. l :.13'3 I wer.t to i!Or'< fo r r.Gd Comet , Inc . of Lit tleton , Col o rado , a nanufact ure r of a •1tocat i c fire f igh t inc; ;pp aratua . In 133!, I v,a s .no.de dist r ict mana ee r f o r ti.er, over c ..,o.r t of the west orn sto.tos , nuci in 1940 I EXHI BI T "A" • ... r •:f
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Source text · mention onlye stab lished my ovm fi r e cont r ol supply known as the '"reat \1ester n F ire Contr ol Supply . I have been wor ki nt as an independ ent fire cont rol en&inee r sin ce , and I han dl e , dist r i bute , sell and ins tall al l types of aut omati c and manual f1 r o fi)lt i nt; equipment in the ru r a l aroas over f ive western . stat es • • l'y flyin r; o.xperi ence starte d a:; c. boy- in 1·1not , liorth De.koto., w .er e I took my f irst rlyin ~ le saon from Earl T. 7anoo , who was or i,i na lly rron Great Pt lla, - onta na . lJua to the hi 0h cost at ·t hat ti~e , I wns unable to cont inue my flyin r, and did not fly of any great consequon co unt il 1943 • . I was given my pi lot certi f i cate by Ed Leach. a senio r CAA inspecto r of Port land. Ore gon. and f or tne l est t hr ee yea r s have owned my own air plane ooverin & my entire territor y with same and f lyin g fro m fo r ty to one h undred hours per month since . Due to t he faot that I use an airplane enti r e l y in ~ wor k , in Janua r y of this yeo.r I purchased a new Cal la i r airp lane , which is an airplane designed for hiuh a l t itude take - offs and short rou&h field use . In the typo of fly ini I do, i t t&kos n great dea l of pract ice and judgment to be ab l e to l a nd in moat any cow pasture and r,ot out witho ut 1njur1 ~ your airplaneJ tho runways a r e vor y li~i ted and t ho altitude i s • very hi gh in some of t he fi e l d s and places I ho.ve to go in my .,ork . To r date . I hove landed in 823 eov, pas tu r es in mounto.in IIM6ado,7a. and in over a thousan d hours a f l at tire has been my greatest mis hap . I co ~,JFIDENTIA L
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Source text · mention onlyC O P Y • The !'ollOTrint; :stor~, or what I o bserved over tne Cascad e C10untaina • a• 1~poaa1ble as lt cay aoe~; ia poa i t iTrly t rue . ! nove r as~ed no r -nted any notorie .ty for Just acc1dently beln ; in t .'16 right 1-,ot at the ri r,ht ti,e to obaer~o r.ho t I d ld . I r epo rted ,omethin t hat I 'mow any ~ilot would haYe r eported . I don ' t t !\inlc tl ,, t ir. ~ny W!'I" ir.:• o"-servation was due to an.v seoaivity or •:·e 1 1 ht e r j uJ g::iont ttui.n hat i s c nn si uered nor-I'l l for any oi lot . On June 24th . Tueada y , 1947 , I }uod finished my ~or k ro r the Central Ji r . SerYi co at Chehalis , ,,a ,hintt;o n. and at obout tl,o o ' oloclc I took off f'ro o Cneh&lia. o.shint~ton . ai r port with tho int.euti on o r ·oi-, · to Yalci u . ,faah . / t r ip wa ~ de l ayed to r an hour to search tor a large rine t rana ro rt that au,poaed l y went down ~•o r or aroun u the sout hwest side of ft . ~.ainie r in the at.ate of ,as hinGton and to date has neve r been round . I flew dirootly towa r d t . Raini er arter reac hln c an a l titude of a.bout 9. 600 !'eet. which ia tho • ?proxi mate e levation o!' the hi :1 :,lntenu fro o which •.t . Hain er rise a . I ilnd na do ono swoop or this hi gh pl a teau to the 'Westward. aoe.ro hing all or the var ious r i dges ror t his marin e ahi? and Clew to t he west down and nea r tho r idge ai de o!' the canyon where Ashfor J , 11ashin gton , 1s located . Unable t o aeo anyt hinr. that looked like the lo st. ship , I made a ~GO degree , turn to t he rir,ht and above the little oi t y o f J'ine ral • ata rtin"; again toward .ft; . Rain ier. I cli mbed back up to an altitude of ~oproximately 9, 200 reet. The air•• 10 Rooth that day that it was a real pleasu r e tlyinr, and , •• most pilota do when the air ia smooth and t hey are flying at a higher altitude, I trimmed out !!ty airplane in the direotion of Yaki.Qll . aahingten . whioh wa1 alJDOat direct l y ea,t or m:, position and si,mply aa\ in m:J plan. ob• aen-in g the •icy and the terrain . (~Al'JPTnP.N'T'TAT.
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Source text · mention onlye•JNFIDENTIA L 9e . The r e was a DC- 4 to the left and to the rear or me approximately i'if tee n miles di stance , nnd I sho uld judge , at 14 , 000 foot ele vo.t i on . 'rhe sky and n1 r w-as as olea r as orystal . I ho.dn 't flown more than two or throo minutes on rny course when a b r i :;ht f lash r of l ooted on my o.irplane . It start l ed me o.s I t hou r,ht I wo.s t oo c lo:se to some other air or a.ft . I loo kod ever y p l aoe in the sky nnd oou l dn ' t rinu where the rorleo tion hau cor:ie l'rom until I looked to tho l ert o.nd the north or t . ..ainie r whe r o I obser ved a cha.in o r nin c1 oo culinr lookin~ niro1·nft flyi nr- ""rom north to south at app r oxi1 ,,ately 9 .soo foot e levation nnd c;oin r: , seemin r l y . in o. definite di rec tion o: a~o ut 170 de~ r oes . They were approo.chin •~ t . 1\Sinier ver~• ra:, idly , and I n erely o.ssumod they were jet planes . Anyhow, I di scovered that t h1 s was wheru thll r e fl e c tion h{ld oorne from , as two or three o r tha in every few :seconds would di:> or chan ;e their course sH c.ht l ;v, just enou ·h for I.he sun l..o str iko t hem at an an g l e that reflected b r i r;ht l y on my pl ane . These objects boin - qu i te rar oway , I was un ab le !'or a f ew seoonds to make out thei r shaoa or thei r Cor mc tion . '!ery s hort ly they aop r oo.ched ••t. ~ainier , and I obse rved the ir ou~ lino s ~r i nst tho sno, QJi.u ~lLinl~ . - thou ht it wo.s very --eculia r t:1r,t I coul:ln ' :.. f in.i t?1eir tails but. assumed "'..hey wer e some ty;,e or jet p lar.o . I was tleternin ou to cloc :: tb:i r s peed . as I had two de!'ini -.e '.')Oints I could cl ock V ·1•JM :>;1 ; t.: r.: l- i r wn:; so clear that it ,;as ve r y oas:• to seo o'1je cts Pnd uet or ....ir. , t toi l" c '''.Jr ox inut.u shape ar.d siz e at a l r,ost fift:· "!il• s tr.at. aa:' • I r enet:1:>er distinctl.v tht t r:lY s'"rooo seco"ld hand on rn:' e i h~ da y clocic , .:hi ch is loco.tad on ~y inst rument ""10.nel , r ead one !nin 1t.o ~o S t> , ' . os tho fi r s t object of this formation oassed t he sout he r n ed~e of t . ticie r . I wyltc hed these objects with ~r eat inte r est r. s I h&d ne ver '> "'or e oo sorv9 d
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Source text · mention onlyf • J I J 1. airplnne~ flyin~ so close to t ho nou ntn1n topo , fly1n r, diroc t ly couth to aoutheo.st d,,vm tho hor, ' s bock of n rnount1in rtinr,e . J s,ou l d es t imate thei r elevation could have vo.ried a thousand feet nne we.:r or another up or dovm , but they l1er e pretty much on t.hti horiz on to mo which woul J indicate they were nea r the s ome e l evation rs I was . They flew liko many ~imee I hove obser v ed geese to f ly 1n a r athe r dia~o nal chei n - like lino ns if tho~ wer e l inkea to rethe r . :h~ v seared to hold a c.lefir.1 te di rec t i on but r ather swerved in end out of the n i ~h mountei n peaks . ! hei r soeed at tho time did not imnress me ~a rticu l arly , b~o au3e I kne w that o ur army and ti i r "or cos had n l~nes thc.t w,. rit ver~ , fast . ,fuot kept botherin~ ,~ us I wo.tc~ed Lhem ~l ip ard fls~h i n tno sun ri ht u lon th1 ir •10.U, w1..s the fe.ct thot I coulcin 't :".like out t.rCJ t,1., il on thom , ana I ur.i suro tht.. t. any r,ilot \,ould justi f':1 r.ore !.ha.n u socor.a look at on P.S clear a uay as ii. was t;nr.1, . uesdc;; . ln !'r c t r CO~")ar ed ft u ,us fas "';;one r or cowlin' tool I hBd ~n ~y ~ocket wi t~ t h~m - holci n• i t up on thcrr ~nd ho l din it U? on the ~~- • - th•t I coulo ob se rve at ouite a di sta~co to ~y lert , und th"V seor:ed snollE:> r t i- 0 n th~ :ic - 4 ; ~ut , I shou l a j.1ci ·e +.h· ir s:,on vtoul d ►, r,ve beon as wide o.s t h.- "ur t ,e r est en~i nes on c. s.ch side o!' the fusole r o o~ the ~c - 4 • •he no re : ob serv oa +,hese ob.i ..3c ts . t .. e •·or e ..1'lse t I be ca'lle, i..s J ar:i accus tomed ari a ff--: ili cr ,,i';h :-.o~t, all objects flyin 1; .:· . .:it.i"'r:;. e:-i close t.o 0,. 1 se c~ ," octs:·oun c. o r nt ,. 'llJ.SSin , r;ot.:1c r ni i:h c:10·.:- r...ne r co rid ·o in '>et•.-:een
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Source text · mention only• • I • I and as , t he firs t one was oassi n~ th~ south cr est of thi s ri d~e t ~e l a st object ~s ent er ing t he nor t he r n or osi of the r i dr,e . As I was rly i n, in the direct ion or this :>ar ti cu la r r ia.::;o, I c.casu r ed it and f ound i t t o be appr oxima te l y f ive miles so ~ couL s fol:, ass Jmo '.hat the oho.i n o f the se s~uca r like obje ct s were at l oas t f iv e mi l e s l on~. coul d quite acc urate l y dete r Mine thei r ~athwc.:• uue t o •..h-, f act t .nt t l1er e wer e sev-., r "\ l hi c;h -:>ePkS t .P t w or e r li ttle t his s i de o!' ti.••:, ns vroll as nis ho r ".>ee.·-cs o n tho 01;!1er si de of thei r -,ath1 •,ay . A s the l r..st unit of' thi s f'orll"Ation r,a. ssed the soutr1e rn :nost hirh s~ow- cove r ed cr est of .!t . Adan s. I looked at my sweep second ha n<l o.nu lt s11owea t hat they had t r avelled the di st&nco in ono mi rut e and .'.'or ty -t ·.,o seconds , : ven at t he time t his timin ~ di d n nt uo set rre as I r el ~ conf i dent afte r I woul d l and t her e woul d be s one e x~l an a tion of wnat I saw , A nu;nbe r of news men and exper t s ~~~r este d thc t r miwht ha ve ~oen seein P' r e fl - ct i ons or e ve n E, 111irar;e . 'rhis I know t o be abs o l utely ~f! lse , a s I ob s erve d ~ he se o bje c ts n o t o nly t h~ou ~h th~ r l r s s o ~ ~y air pla n e b ut tur ned r:ry a irpl ane si deways wher e I c oul d ooen ny wi ndow 1:1nd obse nre the m with e. conpl oto ly unobst r uc t ed v iew . (,1i thout. sun -lns se s ) ~v9n~ hou ,:h t wo minutes seems lika a ver y shor t t i me to ono o.n t he ~r ound, in the ai r in t,,10 minute s ti ~e e. ni lot can ob se r ve a cr oat meny thi nl"S an a anyth i n!' vrithin hi:; s i ht of visio n ">robobl y an ri:any ns !'i f t:r or slx t.y t i ne s . I c onti nue d rrry s~arc h r or the J'l'larine pl ane fo r ano the r fi fteen or twent y minu tes and wnilo s ea r chi ng f or t hi s ma r ine p l a no , wha~ I had ju st observed kept ~ oi n~ t hrou ~h rrry mind . I became mor e di s tu r bed, s o a f t er takin g a l ast look at Tieton Reserv oir 1 hea ded ro r Yaki :na. I mi ght add that my ·compl ete obse rvnt i on of t hose ob_joots , \'ihi oh' I coul d eren foll ow b y the ir !'las he s a s they pass ed 1:1. . Ada ms , was a r ound two
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Source text · mention only•a.:..:." /'_.L"...!..1, J+f ?L...;.-1+-f ..;.+t -:-+' J\.!.d-1 +'l '+l 4'~~---· w . r 1 ti .t.J !V r z=_., world , _, rinc i po.lly Swodon , !3e rmudu , and Cnlifo r nia . I woul J have ~i ven nl most nny t 1 in , that day t o hnvo h ad a ,ovie cn:nor o. wit h a to l t-pho t o l ons and f r orr1 ·now on I \Ii 11 nevor be vri t hout one but , to contin ue f'u r t ho r 1·tith my stor y . \'/hen I lando d a t the Yakima , Wash., a irpo !'t I desc r i '.:>e d what I had seon to ny vo r y ·;ood fri on u , l :Jo.xt e r , v.ho l1s t onod " 8t1ently and \'/as , ve r y c ourt oo u::. ~ut i n e. j okinr wa?·tlidn ' t. belie ve n o . I d j d n ot noournt v ly r.101\sur e t.ho c i st. ,~r: cc b otv1oon t ,o;;o trio ount.11ina un '.il ::;: l anded nt Ponu l oton , Or e :on , t.liu t s l\:--o aa:, w ,o r e I I.ol d a numho r , r 'li lo t f ri, n cls nf -ni •·" ·.v iat I huti oh so rved nnd t ho•· oli <l r.o t s coff or lnu h but s ~.- ~o steJ :.h~ y ~ 1 ·h t b o <'uided "" i ss ilos or somuth in • no ~: . l r, "r..ct so v o rt1.l oir i nto de scr i 0 .'Cd • n..i e. s surod ::so ! :u t l wu:;•1' t 1.. r ~u!, inr; o r I v ir. cr ttt.y . l c:u<'t e 3om,y ,to:, i '!1.;on , , fo r e r ,. r :• .. i r :o r co s ? i l ct • .. o is r,O\, o u r n - t in " us ti r. O"'e r o-.;i on :, n't Pt.11 l &to: . , r o 0:1 , " .• :., ~ ~-ou 0';)3c:r v1..u , ! , • c:on- ovo r nm r.,;. ~ 1· ,, v Lt nvc r nncn t 11 • ' \' (. ' ,L ' • r o• .....o \ :;co . . 1.r: .o •c i e . i g. •,: .::er· a•.1 , 1.·. l: · cti u s r o r n• ,,.,. r ~r.1 ,,. .. r.o t cxisi . ~i o :. l r
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Source text · mention onlyoxor.,ir.e.t i on import~nt or,y on two 111tr r y FBI a s t o t.he authenticit y of my :ito r y or 11 riontc. l or o. physlc,:, l , a b to rny capu.bilitios , l ntve r ,,coi ved no inte r est f r or.- tlirise two prote ct ive f or ces o f o ur country ; I will ,o so f a r ~o -..o a:::sunl'J t n&t r opo r t I r a ve .t.o the 'Jnitod a~.tl Aosociet ,i::a Pr ose end c vor t:ie r adio cllffe r er,t oc oosi ons whictt a :1pe1r1mt ly set tno r,ation bu u in1;, if our Intellit once was nnt nwor <, of ,, u.:t I obse r ved , the:, would be t r.e vvr ? fi r s t I hnv o recei v ed l ot s of reD•iast; s f r om r>oopl e , ;t.o ..old mo to J'l&ke n lot of \ i l d ~osses . I .. , ·Je bu :;-,d \'n,r,t .1. no.vo wri t t <,r t.<.r c in '\.nis ort.j r; l ,. on positi v-" fac t s •,n:.1 on r, r 11n ,wn"i, ;r.uch n r,ys tory Lo "1CJ us ;_ t, i c ~o t; .u r &st. o~ t1w .:o r l c . i . • 1r !... 4 ,:'('lT" i. 1-.., • '"l (.Xtr,:l,. • l"' ',.1. •• cr ."'l)r', r.r-1 • ni h • !t;,i: ..t_..r; ,,; ·• 1·),, •. rt v.t•s 1. • io r,1 } ,_,, r.t;tt ,,~ r.ol d ~O l' £87 o .: so , Idc..:.o • • 111->:, :;,::,e~o1.. lon :e r w••' ..:<..e, eir l.iick:-c. s s •;.rs t.bo ut 1/2u• ~- of -:.,.eir ;,iat:, rj r.t 'I:- \.O t. i r l o r .;• •• ..,ee:-e:.i ir :·x: . ...cc .:.tion ,
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Source text · mention only--- • .., ?11~,..."""~ ~11!""1"7:,Vriu, CAPT • Jom; H. c:,1ll'::L:LL, HEADQUARTERS TACTICAL AJR COMMAND LANGLtrY l'l«l.O . VUIGIN IA 7 Jul:,, 194 7 IN ,._y IIUU TO' StE~CT : Roport of unu::ua.l Cel estial Phcna:io?ll'. TO: .A:;sistnnt Chie!' of Staff , A- 2 Headqu1.r-'; er!" Tacti -~:. .ir Ca:u-..rnd Lo.ne;ley Fiel.! , -✓ir~i:tiA 1 . T'to foll~1inv re ort i:; :;utnitted concorn.i~~ an unu3Wl l occur - re:ice ob::crved b:, :>or::onnnl 1t .E.r.' roll ::olc! , ''ont;;<rlor-J , Ala . on t!10 nic;h 0 - 33841 , ~q. TAC 0-2 5.>1()1., !fq , TAC l:3T LT . TICODORE DE",;zy, 0- 2094 172 , liq , TAC CAPT• .!IBD...A.1, , To.ndolph Field , Tox:1s 2 . At Appro-/.i1.0.to ly 2120 Contra.l time , a li.:; ht , ,r.ith a 'brilliance sliiht ly :-;r aator than a. star , a.pponrod from tho 'lost . It \'l't\G firot noted above the ho ri zon of a clea r 1,1000- li;;ht ni.;ht , tr.i.velinc in a.n ea.A t~.:-ly dir ection nt n hich r e.to of spood . Thora 1,nA no audi b le sounr! :1nd it was impoo niole to c.etorru. ne the n l -';i tuc.o , exoe :-,t thn t, .it a.pr,on rad to be a.t Gr ea-'; heicht . It traveled i nn zic za.G cour30 ,nth f r oquent bw'~t3 of opoe d ,.-.r.1uch liko a v,u tor uuc as it spurts a"'ld ::top:; ncro:Js tho sur.Co.oo of water . I t continued unti l it was directly ovorh~d a.nd cha.l'll;Otl courso :)Qo into tho couth . A.i'tor t ravolill{; in tho a b ove r.nnnor !'or o.pproxinnt e ly fi"Te (5) n i nutoo , it turnod oouthwoot· e.nd ,•,as loot in the b r i l lia.noJ of tho r.1oon. at 2145 Cont r e.l it ,·in.a no loncer posoih lo to oboerve it. 3 . A ca.11 wns pla.cod to lJa.xwel l Fiol<l oparo.tion:i ref orenoo titio phenomom nnd inquirJ made if any oxporiuental a.i r e.raft 1·1oro schodulod for a. flir;ht in the vicinity . Tho reply wan negative . 4 . llo pl a usible exp l amtion is o!'fe.re d for tho unuooo.l o.ction of this cou rco of li:1lt , which n ctod oontr&..ry to o.ny cOl'llnOn a.erodynrunioe.l laws. 'i'hio report is submi tted upon roqueot , in view of Lho many recont ropo r ts referenco \.10.U.::lual a.oria. l objoots obsorvotl throuchout tho u . s . &. Two of the nbovo notod obsorve r o a r e r ated pilots and tho othe r two are air intollic;once offico r o . All oboo rvo r o ·,,ore oold sobor. ( ,1 I~ 1'1 • 6 . Attached hor ewith a skotch ohowi!'lC o.pproximn.to cour:;o r, T ) # f ... T ~-, r, w ✓; ,_ J.1 .I c. / L ,, h ~ ~" ~ . , J ~ ~ ..,_.,, 1IU:OH u. KAYKV - Ca.pta.in , Alr Corpe AD- ... AL.l. COMMUNICATIONe TO I COMM ANOIN O GIMIIIAL TAC TICA L A l lllt COM MAH O
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Source text · mention only- UM"'-TTO •• • DIIIECTI)ft. NAVAi. ~[S[AR<:H 1.MOMTQ•• ABMT LLUSOlf onxo• - eWUMIMOTOII 20, 0. C. • NAVY DEPARTMENT ANO MRJI TO: NAVAL RESEARCH L\BORATORY Colle 110 WMHINQTON l0, D . C , 18 Jul7 1947 SUBJJlC'l': late"1ew ot Penon ReporUn« tllidentitied Aerial Object TO: Aaat Chief d Air S\atf- 3 Collection ~re.nob, AJJ Waahin«ton a~. D. C. 1. .l\ the requeat of Lt. Col . G. D. Oe.rrett, UJ A-2, the un4eraipe4 baa interriewed. thia 4ate Mr. c. JI. Zohn, .ldainiatraUTe Aaai■\aa\ 1A the Jtooke\ Soade Section. lllL, who bad preT1oual7 Nleued Wonatlon to the PNH ftCaZ'dinc an aerial objec\ which he a\a\ed he •w at Vh1te Sallda • Bew Mexico• 29 June. 2. Subatance ot the 1nte"1•w la aa followa : At betYHD. 1:00 and 1:30 p. •• Sunday, 29 June 1947, !Ir. 7.olm, in the colll)NlT of the tollovin,;: Mr. J. R. Bauke, mn. Rocket Son4.• Section teleaetering eupe"1aor; Mr. C. c. Rockwood, llRL Rocket Sonde hip <1tu4e apectrocraph acientiat; an4 Mra. llanoy Rockwood, vite of the latter, wa• proceedinc &lone Bichw&y 17 in a •orth-katerl7 directioa t'ro• Laa Cruce■, Iew Menco to Whit• 8and.e Y-2 tirlnc groUDd• la an au\o110bil• drinn 'b7 Mr. Iauke. At aom• time between tho•• ginn a11d about oae-third ot the diat&Dce fro• Laa Cruea Mr. Baulce, who waa dr1Tinc the car, noticed the aubject ct.Tic• and called attention to the other oco-capenta. Mr. Zohn opened the viJM\ow neanat him and obeernd th• obJect aoTing at • unknown rspid Teloc1t7 at an -cmlalovn altitude, vhioh be e■U•tect at about 10.000 feet. u.4 which Mr. k"aD, vbo alao obael'ftd it thro'QCll • .~ window, Htiaated at betnen 8,000 and 10.000 feet, al.thouch the toner pnta little credence in the ••ti.ate■• When fir■t aighted th• object vaa to the right and forward of the autoaobil• at an ,matated elen.tion and waa • PP•rentl7 aoTin,; horisontally in a •ortherly diNction av.eh a■ to oroH the highway fro■ ript to left. '!'he object vaa obHrnd by &11 peraona in the autoaobile. Mr. 7.olm etate4 that he coul.4 aot obHr..-e &Jl7 detaila of the object other tbaa tbat it ■ ahape va■ ,m1fora, with ao protuberance• mob aa th• w1nc■ of an airplane. It waa too diatant to epable atereo■co oic Ti811&1.isatioa. '!'here vu appareZLtl7 ■olH eolar apecular reflectioa which ••-ed to~ 1A intenaity ae the object receded until it waa loat fro• eight after an eaU-.ted 30 aeconda troa the ti.me tir•t aoUced. Be could aot e,cplain bow it 41aappeared except perbapa that the reflection an«l• 8AT baTe ch.azlce4 abruptly. !'here were app&rently no cloud.a or T1aibillt7 ob■truetiona at the ti••• The aun wa.a to the rear ot the autoaobile. Mr. :taulce tho~ t that at one time be aaw T&por traila.
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Source text · mention onlyLtr, .ALO, NRL, 18 July 47 to M•t Chief Air Statf-2, Collection Br., A>J, •ubj: "Inter,-iew of Per• on Reporting Unidentified Aerial ObjectN 3. Thi• interview va• made in the pre• ence of Dr . H. E. Newell, Act1n& Rocket Sonde Section Head, vho •aid that Mr. Zohn had recently been in the Ba•y and h familiar with the appea .rance of the ma.Jor1ty of aircraft type• and with meteorological ballo on•. Mr. Zohn al•o •tated that none of the occupant• of the car were intoxicated. JI /, t (' }J /ll WILLIAM P . MEI.I.;:Y Major, Air Corp• AMC Liahon Officer 2
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Source text · mention only- ----- '.:: C p y ~t': ..n:~r, I r:t~rvie'r. s ·,r! t~ ~a.:,t . z. J . S ... 4:'J an,:! !.a.. "'>'1 Sto~en• , :_- • t,- J A.:.r Li>1es :--:.1.-.t~, wh:> r PO~ ..-'";.,j .-. c'-h1.:; !'!v :.n;: . • ~1-., . C.r~t,,.i-, E • .; . C.!'.~To was :.nt orvi ~ .--,-! .. ~ 1500 , 0 .:-'lY 1917, concurn!ns t~e • flyi~b Jisks ", ar~ stat<-1 W#~~~1'!"!t: ~llv ~, !'allo ws: """o 16ft .;:iois e , I d,.~1,,,. et 2::i"4 rc.(.i!'ic S:,..., -1 :i.n. :.:.""!• . A~ approx ir: ,itoly 2015 , the co- pilot , Ralph STE'"IE:S, calle~ ,y ott1J'1t 1 ?~ o t he f :rst o~~~ct S'3en . 7ic ..,~r ~ .,hr-n i"l t i'l" •1ici-,i ty of Ot..-"t , ldci. 1>, our altitude we~ c.:,p r?ximet ~ly 6500 , and ~ e wPr J clL-~:.~~ t o o~r ~roposoc cr ~i sin g alt itu i e cf 3000 !'ro~ t h er'3 t o Po 1dlet o-:., C,1·ub,;,-, . ~ -·" .~()9.dinb ? !' tho pl::i...-,e '\t th at t.i.'"l o -..u 300 due;ree o l:c._;netlc ''ortr., as1d t i.13 ..,i.,~._c+ (-,.,,.) --.a... ::.:..;htG:! at- ~ .... .--,,c :!.>r.atJly 2 ~0 r.!.:._,.:-..~s , C. '" t ., -l-.-r-J9S b :, ;: ..:- l 0 !'t . : :,'ffl an otrl,H t ior11l !'-:,.u c~_:!3ct:: q>i) ee:- J1 to .,}"I,, 1" :t er thtJ 11:1....:.., , .:,r . ; ,.s , ':>bjoct. rl1es e !-, .r ob~~~tc appearc.~ ~li0 htly sm~l ler th~n t~~ fi -st c~j~ct _:0 ~tuJ , t~t c._l of t~o o~j'9cts a ppe11:-..,J on t he t '!."'"l- r l ".nc . : .....t l:r.'it ..J ":.h~ Al t !.t...1.!<. ..,. th~ object~ t o bu ti.r-o...t 8500 . r, ...y ...,,..r .. ·-::th::. o_.- ::.liht !'or a:-:,:-"""!.:'l"tc. ly two rr.1~...t~c, -..hM t~"Y ji:::c.:,:9., f'lrt><l . "Shortly aft6r the !'ir at gr c~i) disap ?ear~d , prob ab l y O"le er t w? w:n~t~• later , the oeco~d gro~i> eyp~o.r~J abo...1t 310 d~~i uc~, o~ to the ri~ht of the plime . 7h.,ir i.ltit •.1de was t!le r--;,, > o.s ~ho :'irct 6r o.1,;,. ;:ir o• of the orj~ cta e:,peareJ to b ... on th~ Cant, plen• , lltld one 0¥~0- · 'l!'r "~r<.J ::li 6 htly hi0her Vld to the right o~ t hE: other& . ':'!,13 s ...o-,:,1 6 r oup stpy.,-! T;.:, tt. i n o..r sl.,h~ twel'le to f.:..!'toon :nin.1tc.:o, thon dls app ~nrc.J . ':':<; i.'l ri l E;·tulled off by the t.i.ne tho second gro-.lp d:s~ppeP~ ...J . "~~e v~ j•ots wore nat on th e =~&e, the top s!i~htly r ough i~ conto ur . The dimenaiona appeared the s::imo ~3 a DC- 3 appr o~imately fiv e ~il rJ from ua . IL ?.,er 11':)rds, it coul d have been nl~ety ciles away if it woul d be possible for an obj~ct as larb~::..: t hat ~o~l1 have to bet~ b~ flyin g, but sinco "'"' J.i1n't knO'II' l'lha.t we were look!.ng l\t or !low lart, ~ it was, we de cided that if it were the size of a ·DC- 3 winb s pan (90 :oet) , lt was about r:ve milco c!.:.3tect . Actually , w~ t o.Te no lde~ Just ~ow large it -:,ras since ~e c~ul d ~~t 1etenn 1ne it~ di,tM ce frc~ ~•• l'fhen we first sightad tho objects , we decided they wer o o ither goin~ away fro m ...1a or ootnine towa r dn \.41! . Alter a ahort ,Thil e, l10'Tev~r, we k:nO'l'I' they coulJn' t be oominc; toward:l ~s , bocauae we nev~r approached them . I d?n 't believe th ey could have bee~ 6oing a. groat rate of cp•~d and atill st~ed in si&ht for as long as they did. I wo ...11 Ju~e t hey r.iight t.ave bEson travellin g about 300 miles per hour . "1.::,· pers ~n,u opinions r 8&arding th e object3 are - that their speed varie d, was not conatllilt. ffi'lm first ai&hted, they were going s low o.nd s t ayed within aisht for quite sooe time . However, when we lott ai6ht of them , they seeme1 t o di sap,ear ~rnotically immedia toly. I think they either put on a tran9ndous burst of speed and disappeared from s ight , or else they dissipated. Also, it appeared that only one objeot , th e large one, was cor t rolled , and it in turn con trolled the othe r objects , and I t~ink they wer e gro'1!ld controlled .~---~
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Source text · mention only. C O P Y . -- - - " IL ~oth instancos, the co- pilot s l~hted the obj~cts firs~ end callc1 -ey attention t o them . ';11e weat her 'l'!'aB cl..i~r and unlimited, with not a cl :>ud in the sk'.r. 1:'fe checked the wind, and .it was 230 - 10, or c...t. c: t ho South'1"1est at ten miles per hou r . The ai r spE"P1 o f tht ~hip was abo~t 135 ;JPH. 7he sun was bel ow the hor iion and t he objects wer e silhou eted agains t t he sky, ht!ll'lce w~ cou l d distin~uiah no col or or ref lection . " Ralph GT~!S, co - pilot vf the plane , was intG ~viewed et 2130, 9 J uly 1947 . STE\:::?-1S corroborated the r emarlca cade by St~ITH .;;oncarnin~ the f li&}lt of t he plane , the time the object s were sighted , dir ect ion of th~ f libht of the plane , etc . The r e wer e two discrepancios in thei r stat.m: ents as ~o t he size of the small er objeots an~ the alti t ude gt w;.ioh t hey were flyinb • STEV'JWS atated that the r e was a big differenc ~ in t he si1.e of the larg e obj eota and t he smal ler ones , and that it was ha rd to dis t ing uieh the ah ape of the small e?" ones. STEVE:rn alc o stPtod that the objec t s .,..er o at the aame alt itude s.s their pl ane and eefl'!led to b e cli.mbi n6 with t hem . In addit ion t o confi rmi ng S'~ lT~ ' S stat ~en ts conce r nin g tr9 f l ight, etc . , STb"VENS stated oubstll..~t ially as fo llowsa " I was f l ying t he plan e when I apotted the fir s t object Pt 2012 on t h e 4t h of July, eight minutes after depa r ture from Boise, Idaho . I t hought i t waa an oncoming airc raft similar to ourc (DC- 3) about five mil es awftY. ao t u.me d on our landi ng ligh ts , whio~ is the usua l s i gnal t o anot h er pl ane t o let it know y ou' re in the vicin i ty . I mEll"tioned t.hi s fac t to SY.ITH, and he watohed the objeot also . While we were botr wat ching , fo~ r more objec ts appen r od at t he se.r.o a ltit~do as th e f i rst . They s eemed t o be at the s ftme altitude as our plane , about 6000 fe et. They were headin g about 290 dPgr ess magnet ic North . so I t u rn ed to follow them. Vie watohed them fo r fou r or f i ve minut es, then t h ey all mer ged as on e and d isapp eared . I don ' t lm01'!' t'f.1eth er they mer ged i n 1 i.ne of f l ight or not , nor do I know whethe r thel· went beyond our visio n or w h ethe r they di ss ipated . "Two minut es l ater , the large ob j ect reappeared wit h thr ee smaller ones on i ts l e.ft an d one s mall er one a g reat a1stan ce t o the ri&h t . W~ had t he second &r oup in si ~ht fo r abou t twelve minutes . The last t il'\e seen , they wer e ct i ll in t hat formati on and disappeared into t he s unset. Als o, when we last caw t hem, they e eemed to have cont inued cl imbing aft~r we l ev el led off and wer e a.bout nine or te.n t housand fee t . "At the timo we aaw t he objeot s , t he sun wae below t h e hor i zon, but t her e was qui to a bright r od glow above t he ho r i zon from the sunse t . i couldn't r eal l y •~ what distan ce they wer e from ua , not knowin g what they were or how large they wer e . However , while we wer e watc h i ng t hEllll we radiod ahead to Ontario . Oregon , a bout t hirty mi l es distant , t o th~ weather s tati on there, and t ol d t h em what we wer e s eeing and asked thern t o 60 out aide and cee if t hey coul d aee t hem. They r adio ed back anrl sai a they cou ld - 2 -
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Source text · mention only• • COP Y aee nothing. • o the objects could have been beyon d Ontar io. •lnoo we had told thom that they wer o betwea:i our plane and Ontario . It should alan be •noted that the pera.onnel at Ontario would bo lookin g at a dark alcy and ~ not be l i kely to be o.ble to a eo them anyway . •1 oan' t •a:t whether th-ey are lllan-made diaka or nbt, whether they are radio controlled or not , or onythinb about them, They did not maneuver muoh at al l, except when the first group merged. All I can •a:t 1a that t~ey were going our direotion and were climbing . I don't think they were clouds, aa there hadn't been a oloud in the alcy, end it woul rl ho. ve been qui t o a pha:i • Onlenon a• it was l ike nothing I had ever seen before . There was a big dif rerenoe in the ai&e of th~ objeo ta. The amaller one• were hard to diatinguiah as to ahape; t ney were not shiny. nor did tho •r1 1p• . I couldn't swear on a stand that they were not olouda, but I thin k it impossible. l ad they been cloud s, they wouldn't have appear ed and diaapp,arod s o suddenly, end we would h&ve approached them . "A• we wer o tax i in& out to take off ~ro~ Boise, tho tower oalled us and uked us if we had •~en imy ~i•k • lately . Aa ~ conaequ enoo , we were and had bem talkin g abo~ t the flyi~ di sks when we sight ed th'll'I\. I don't baliove , however, that i t waa a f igment or the imagination, as S11ITH and I were seeing the aa:ne thi~a, even t ho object far off to th o right in the second s roup . 'ffe also called tho st~-.rard~s• , whn bad not ~oen in on th~ co,,versatio~ . and ff'i't hout me!'ltion inb " ~iaka • akaed ~er w~at she saw. She state1 that 1hfl! aaw t 'le s a:no thin.;s we did, which s eC!"lled to prove t o ..lll tha t j t was not. our !.ma;inat ion ." In addition t o the abovo , STCTV.S stato d, off the . e~ord, that h e was rat her disappointed in SMTTa tnd all th~ publicity he r~ R ~ettin g. uo t hol.l{;ht t hat SlJITH was probably "grnnd -atanti.ing " aome, and that as far ~s ~e , STEVEfJS, ws1 ooncerned , he wu not 6 oing t o t~ intorviewf'j by any r t- por~ers, or go on the ~adio, et c . Jo stated that he WAS blad to talk t o a -~-..vy r epr11!S9'\t&t~vo a.bout it, or to any ot~er ~ove'"?Ullent official, M:i hel p ::..n &"'1:Y way he coul.i , b•.1t :.e certainly did.-' t ~.,t t o be b-:>thercd r..t o a lot of interv i ews wlt'l ~"spspers nnd radio stations . ST~li''S :e~ed to the writer to bo e vory level heade1, aena\b l o man, ar.~ not in r~vor or a l ot of }'~blici ty, ltl ereaa s,~ITE, alt., -,:,itt}, a a-,::iai bl o mM and all , e ene..! to • ~ mor ~ in fa·,or of t1.ll t ~e publicity he was i;Ottin& • - end - .. V •
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Source text · mention onlyIncident 4il' 1208 I 16 July 1947 MBKJUNDUtl Fm T1£ OFF'ICER Df CHAROE: l. On 12 J~ 1947, Captain Sini.th, o~ the United Airlines, was interrlaed at the Boise !-lun.icipal Urport, Boiae, Idaho. Captain 5111th wu passing t.hrouah Bot.• on a echedule flight at the time and had a 20 ainute stop-oYer. Captain Smith rei.terat.d the etatements origiDally aade by bi.a to the press as to what he bad •••n in tha late •Y~ of J'l.117 4th, wti.n 8 ainutes out ot Boise on the route to Seattle, Wuhi~ton. It is th• opinion ot tbe intervi•er that due to tha poal tion Captain Saith occupies, that he, Captain Smith , would have to be Te'rT etrongl.7 convinced that he actually saw t1ying disk• be.tore he would open huuelr tar the ridicule attached t.o a report ot this type.
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Source text · mention only16 July 1947 TO ·mou rr •AY ca.:mm1 T, .ijor Archie "1 . Bromin e , ,C , •j o hor eb., m1ear , Usie dete , that t'. .c. follcdnt st.;.te; ..ent s a re t r ue to the best of :'l\i. krionlo d~e : ' On 6 July 191.?, <iile £lyir1g frcm Ocden , Utah, to Yansas C~tJ , 'issou ri, at 1(1()()1) ft 1r. a - 25 , I noticed~ vex-, bris,~t ob.., ct lo,., c.nd to er..; left, epp r oxinatel y lO r.-.Ues away. Tbe was 1 :15 f . • • , and position approY...iJnately 100 m.i.l '.:c ~,es t of l,c.nsas ~.:.t.,. ' 'y fi r st i.mpres3ion ~:as that it ,-:as thd top of a ·,oter tant- . fter checkine r.i; po::;iticn on th~ map ! a..;i in looi:E:d +:.o :- left ( elapsed t:L-:,.e 5 aecond,) . A r ound , disc she.peel object , v1?1-y br i6ht and silver colored , s .. <:. e·t to be fl.,'.in(. on6 to t t10 miles off :r--.;,· left :winz at ll ocl oc . a t D 000 ft . T"le bri ~htness of the objec t which I , ·rould 3st .i.11a te at ;0- 5 ft • .:..1 d~ e"t.;r , m:.s ver;, r eat . It seer.ied t o b e travelin.., •n crune riirlctior. nt sa.1:1e rate of speed ( 210 Pn until I s~rted to t.u n 1 into it, then it. c rlot e l y iisapp r oct. 1,eat her conai tio,1s at that ti::ie \!re CAVU . 1 >\,~:; I:£ . c.Jor , Ai r Corps ./ -~,~·:; - -.-, ,.. CIDM- --_,., ..PIIIICU. --HIN ... • &
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Source text · mention onlyBROADWAY4128 Civil Air Patrol AUXILIARY OF THE U.S.ARMY AIR FORCES WISCONSIN WING HEADQUARTERS 161 W.WISCONBIN AVENUE MILWAUKEE 3,WIS. 7July1947 SUBJECT: Report on Flyin: Saucers. Reuwed AFBiR-CO 1ly47 :OL Comnnnding General 32d AAF Bnse Unit Bolling Field Washington,D.c. l. Folloving are statistics regording renorts by four witnesses while in rli ht in tvo airplanes. 2.Weather CAvu.Visibility exceptionally good. Scat- tered altocumlus 6o0c feet. 3.First reoort:time lil45 hore CsT. Alt.of observers 8o0 feet above the ground.Altitude of saucer looo febt ls. Observed.period - First sighted over Koshlronong, Wiscnnsin. Flight was observed from towm of Koshlonogg to Ellchorn, Wioconsin. which is a speed of six thougend （6ooo) miles per hour. 4.Second report Time l430 hours Csr. Altitude of observers thirty-five hundred feet （35oo) MsL. Altitude of saucer twenty-five hundred feet （25oo).Observation period. Obsorvers at East Troy, Wisconsin, flight observed fron Eagle, Wlsconsin to luskego, Wisconsin This flight covered twenty-two （22）miles in twenty（20 seconds,which is a speed o three thousand nine hudred sixty（396o) miles wer hour. 5.Filght maneuvers: First obgervation-saucer descended verticallt edgewise through altocwmlus clouds,gtopped nt four thousond (4ooo) feet and assumed horizontal position and proceeded in horizontal flight from a horizontal poeition for fifteen (i5) seconds covering twenty- five （25) mileg and agnin stopped nnd disapnenred. S econd observation: Observed in horizontal fight in a horizontal attitude for e eriod of tventy （2o)seconds covering twenty-two （22) milea.Bthe tine the pilot had removed his canera from the clove compartment of his plane, the saucer disappeared and again rean meared anproximately ten （io)miles farther along its couree after aix (6) soconds maling its final dis- appeorance. 6.The first two observers vere an instructor and a student, having just tacen off fron Ellchorn Airport. The second two observers, one Cap't.R.J.Southey， Ren ssenger. 311 j.Air Corns,
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Source text · mention onlyOffice Memorandum . uNITED sTATEs GovERNMENT 947JUL22AM1144 :Mr.Moxom, Regional Office No.l, DATB:7/15/47 Ceetricted FROM :Mr.#right,WBAS,Richnond,Va SUBJECT: "Flying Disks" We hesitate to make this report coneerning our pilot balloon observations in regards to a flying disk because of the considerable national skepticism regarding the subject at present. However,local nowspapers inform us that the U,S. Government admits no authority for suoh a ship or object and for its flights. Then we must assume this strange object to be foreign. Therefore,we submit this report for your drop the balloon and instead make observations on this disk. Mr.Minczewski has observed this strenge metallic disk on three occasions through the theodolite'while making his pibal observation during the last six months. Miss Baron has reported observing it on one occasion. Miss Baron's report agrees with Mr. Minczewski's observations except as to the color-which she reported as a dull metallic luster. Mr.Minczewski last observed this disk in April 1947 at the ll00E Pibal Observation when the balloon was at l5 thousand feet.the disk was followed for l5 seconds,epparently moving on level flight from east to west to the far notth of the station.The object was a metallie like Chrome -shaped something like an ellipse with a flat level bottom and a dome like-round instrument, and shined like silver.It was impossible to estimate the height or speed of the disk except that it appeared to be moving rather rapidly. Miss Baron observed the disk when her balloon was at about 27 thousand feet. Very truly yours, BongA.ulright ACTION INFO R.D. EXEC.ASST. PERS. OPERATIONS TECHASS ADM.ASS HYDRO FISCAL MATEREL SECRETARY FLE
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