FBI Case File 62-83894

CONFIDENTIAL 62-83894-130 HEADQUARTERS AIR DEFENSE COMMAND MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK 12 September 1947 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object (Interview - Alpheus O. Powell) SUMMARY OF INFORMATION: The following information was received 12 August 1947 from Mr. Alpheus O. Powell, 28 Re…

CONFIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS AIR DEFENSE COMMAND MITCHEL FIELD, NEW YORK 15 September 1947 SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects (Interview - Walter I. White) SUMMARY OF INFORMATION: The following information relative to the sighting of a possible flying disc 4 August 1947, was recei…

CONFIDENTIAL in conjunction with contract flying for the AAF. Mr White states that he has flown with Mr Powell on a number of occasions, and he considers him to be a very stable person; completely reliable, and not given to "flights of fancy". Related Report: See Summary of Infor…

CONFIDENTIAL AGENTS NOTES: Mr. A. O. Powell is a graduate of the Aviation Cadet Flying Training Program, having graduated from Maxwell Field, Alabama, with the Class of 41-C. Since graduation, Mr. Powell has flown for Pan American Airways and, at this date, has over 4,000 command…

RESTRICTED BASIC: Ltr. Hq. BARTD, Birmingham AAF, Birmingham, Ala., dtd 8 July 47, subj: Report on Local "Flying Disc." 1st Ind. D HEADQUARTERS, FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE, Orlando, Florida, JUL 21 1947 TO: Commanding General, Air Defense Command, Mitchel Field, New York, 1. Forwarded…

RESTRICTED HEADQUARTERS BIRMINGHAM AIR RESERVE TRAINING DETACHMENT BIRMINGHAM ARMY AIR FIELD Birmingham, Alabama SUBJECT: Report on Local "Flying Disc" TO: Commanding General Fourteenth Air Force, ADC Orlando, Florida Attn: A-2 A/JCM/ale 8 July 1947 7795 1. Inclosed herewith is a…

RESTRICTED Report on Local "Flying Disc" D333.5 ID (8 Jul 47) 2nd Ind HQ., AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, Mitchel Field, New York, 25 July 1947. TO: Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D. C. ATTN: AC/AS-2 Forwarded for your information. FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: 3 Incls:…

62-83894-130 THE WEA Furnished by the U. S. Weather For Birmingham and Vicinity- Partly cloudy and warm today, to- night and tomorrow with a few scattered showers this afternoon. High today 86, low tonight 70, high tomorrow 90. PRICE: 5 CENTS 'Flying Saucers' Reported From 39 Sta…

5-THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS Mysterious Flying Saucers Reported In Birmingham Skies Continued From Page 1 Although the reports to The Age- Herald last night dwindled off at about 9 p.m., there was a final call from a man at 10, saying he had seen the objects over the south- eastern sect…

MONDAY, JULY 7, 1947 RADIO-GUIDED, SAYS LAD "I'd like to give my opinion about what the flying saucers really are," Michael Eisman, 10, told The News this morn- ing. The grammar school youth, "in the fifth grade and going on to the sixth" at Crestline Heights School, eagerly gave…

Charles F. Bradley, Birmingham weather man, sald he did not believe the spectacle was a weather phe- nomena, "I have instructed my ing of the flying saucers, rushed staff to be on the alert for any in- into his front yard. "I saw the land- formation they might gather on the ing l…

A citizen of Fairfield Highlands said the flying discs came over his residence at a speed of about 1,500 miles an hour. "They would go in Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Arnold, 732 47th opposite directions, stop, and bump Way, South. "Some of them went into each…

RESTRICTED S-T-A-T-M-E-N-T I, Staff Sergeant Ira L. Livingston, RA 14 153 972, Air Corps, have approximately 250 hours flying time as pilot and Armorer Gunner have the following statement to make concerning the appearence of "Flying Discs" in the vicinity of Birmingham, Alabama.…

CONFIDENTIAL HEADQUARTERS, NEWFOUNDLAND BASE COMMAND ATLANTIC DIVISION, AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND RESTRICTED FORT PEPPERRELL, NEWFOUNDLAND APO 862, POSTMASTER, NEW YORK, N. Y. NBC-T-101 313.3 /gdb Classification cancelled or Changed to Restricted authority of CC. AD-ATC (Name) (Rank)…

4 CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED Classification cancelled or Changed to Restricted FINAL REPORT OF SIGHTING 1. Organization: 1388th AAF Base Unit APO 864, c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y. 2. Sighting : Strange intermittent flashes that may tie in with "Flying Discs". 3. Place : Harmon Fie…

RESTRICTED Classification CONFIDENTIAL Changed to Restricted authority of CC. AD-ATC HEADQUARTERS (Name) (Rank) (date) Newfoundland Base Command, ATLD-ATC Fort Pepperrell, Newfoundland ΑΡΟ 862, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. 28 July 1947 SUBJECT: Letter of Transmittal. TO Comman…

4 CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED Classification cancelled or Changed to Restricted. FINAL REPORT OF SIGHTING authority of CC AD-ATC (Name) (Rank) (Date) 1. Org. : 1388th AAF BU, NBC, ATLD, ATC. Harmon Field, Newfoundland. 2. Sighting : Flying Disc or other airborne object. 3. Place : Ap…

RESTRICTED. CONFIDENTIAL Classification cancelled or FINAL REPORT OF SIGHTING Changed to Restricted authority of CC. AD-ATC (Name) (Rank) (Date) 1. Organization: 1388th AAF Base Unit APO 864, c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y. 2. Sighting : Flying Disc or other airborne object. 3. Pl…

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL Final Report of Sighting 4 General cont'd: Albert Samms is a twelve year old boy. He was alone when he saw the flying object, he was very definite that he had never seen anything like it before. His mother, Mrs. Samms, is the Post Mistress of the town, and…

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL FINAL REPORT OF SIGHTING Classification cancelled or Changed to Restricted authority of CC AD-ATC (Name) (Rank) (Date) 1. Organization: 1388th AAF Base Unit APO 864, c/o Postmaster, New York, N.Y. 2. Sighting : Flying Disc or other Airborne Object. 3. Plac…

4 Final Report of Sighting: General cont'd RESTRICTED : SSW. The Captain also told the four gentlemen that he was willing to make a complete report if the information is desired for official purposes. WILLIAM H. SMITH Captain, Air Corps Intelligence Officer. -2- RESTRICTED 14

9 CONFIDENTIAL Classification cancelled or Changed to Restricted INTELLIGENCE OFFICE authority of CC, AD-ATC RESTRICTED HEADQUARTERS 1388TH AAF BASE UNIT NEWFOUNDLAND BASE COMMAND, ATLD-APO (Rank) (Date) APO 864, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. 16 July 1947 Interrogation of JOHN…

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL Interrogation of John E. Woodruff (Cont'd) Q. What kind of a break did it make in the clouds?- A. It cut a straight path right through the cloud. Q. Did it leave a trail? A. Yes, it left a trail dark blueish in color similar to a high power light. The trai…

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL Classification cancelled or Changed to Restricted INTELLIGENCE OFFICE authority of CC. AD-ATC HEADQUARTERS 1388TH AAF BASE UNIT NEWFOUNDLAND BASE COMMAND, ATLD-ATC) (Rank) (Date) APO 864, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. 16 July 1947 Interrogation of JOHN F…

4 CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED Interrogation of John F. Mehrman, Jr Q. Can you describe the trail? A. It was blueish black in color, very easily distinguished from the blue sky. A diesel exhaust would be similar to it. Q. Was the trail fan shaped? A. No it was more or less a band acro…

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL Classification cancelled or Changed to Restricted INTELLIGENCE OFFICE authority of CC. AD-ATC HEADQUARTERS 1388TH AAF BASE UNIT NEWFOUNDLAND BASE COMMAND, ATLD-ATC (Rank) (Date) APO 864, c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. 16 July 1947 Interrogation of ROBERT…

RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL Interrogation of Robert V. Leidy (Cont'd) Q. Did you see the object? A. No. Q. How long do you think the trail was? A. I don't know, sir, but the trail was very long, that is why I think something went through the sky because of the trail and blank space i…

CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED Interrogation of Robert W. Leidy (Cont'd) Q. Are you willing to give the Army a copy of the pictures of the trail? A. Yes. ROBERT V. LEIDY Station Mechanic Pan American Airways Sworn and subscribed to before me this 17 day of July 1947. H. L. HINSON, JR Ca…

RESTRICTED STATEMENT OF MR. JOHN P. LEGGE, CORDROY, NEWFOUNDLAND. TAKEN BY MERCEDES BURKE OF THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE, HARMON FIELD, NEWFOUND- LAND. 17 July 1947. At approximately 10 o'clock in the evening of 10 July 1947 I was standing by my store door; I happened to look up and…

STATEMENT OF MR. WM. EVANS, CORDROY? NEWFOUNDLAND. TAKEN BY MERCEDES BURKE OF THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE? HARMON FIELD, NEWFOUNDLAND. 17 July 1947. At approximately 10 o'clock in the evening of 10 July 1947, I was standing outside Mr. Legge's store talking with him. We both saw thi…

STATEMENT OF ALBERT SAMMS, CORDROY, NEWFOUNDLAND.. TAKEN BY MERCEDES BURKE OF THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE, HARMON FIELD NEWFOUNDLAND. 17 July 1947. Last Thursday night I was out by our house, I happened to look up and saw what I thought was an airoplane. It was flying at the height…

Albert rushed in and told me about this thing he'd just seen. at first he thought it was an airoplane but then he remembered having heared about "FLYING SAUCERS" and he thought that's what it must have been. I questioned him; he said it couldn't have been a plane because a plane…

NEWFOUNDLAND CONSTABULARY STATION Grand Falls, DATE July 13th. 1947. SUBJECT Re:- Strange objects seen flying over Grand Falls on night of July 9th. at approx. 11.15 and 11.40. Sir: I respectfully report for your information that on Wednesday night, the 9th. inst. I arrived ho…

NEWFOUNDLAND CONSTABULARY STATION Grand Falls, DATE July 13th, 1947.. SUBJECT Re:- Strange objects seen flying over Grand Falls on night of July 9th. at approx. 11.15 and 11.40. Sir: I respectfully report for your information that on Wednesday night, the 9th. inst. I arrived h…

From detailed study of reports selected for their impression of veracity and reliability, several conclusions have been formed: (a) This "flying saucer" situation is not all imaginary or seeing too much in some natural phenomenon. Something is really flying around. (b) lack of…

HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 4AFDA 333.5/1208-1 25 August 1947 SUBJECT: Investigation of Flying Disc. TO: Headquarters, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D. C. ATTENTION: AC of AS-2 1. The att…

PORTLAND, OREGON, August 20th 1947 Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer, Assistant Staff Sir. Saw in the portland paper a short time ago in regards to an article in regards to the so called flying disc having any basis of fact. I can say am a prospector and was in the Mt Adams district…

PORTLAND, OREGON 30, July 1947 C-E-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-T-E on 30 July 1947 Mr Richard Rankin, 834 N. E. Simpson Street, Portland, Oregon was interviewed by this agent and stated in substance as follows: My name is Richard Rankin. I am47 years old and have fi own since I was nineteen…

Washington I realized that the articles that I saw were probably the same thing. I was still reluctant to mention this to anyone thinking that they would probably say that I was crazy. After some time I mentioned the ind dent to the editor of the "Oregonian", a Portland, Oregon n…

THE OREGONIAN, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1947

Pilot Recalls Seeing Discs Dick Rankin Tells Of Odd Aircraft More reports of "flying flapjacks" turned up Wednesday, one from no less than Dick Rankin, brother of the late Tex Rankin, and himself an experienced pilot of more than 7000 hours' flying time. Rankin, who is recoveri…

65-480 Director FBI SAC Butte FLYING DISCS August 30, 1947 Refer teletype to the Burem dated August 15, 1947. Enclosed please find the newspaper account carried by the Twin Falls, Idaho "Times News" on August 15, together with a sheet of paper on which A. C. URIE attempted…

As the machine went by the URIF place, the trees over which it almost directly passed (Herman Populars) did not just bend with the wind as if a plane had gone ty, but in URIN's verds, "spun around on top as if they vere in a vacuum. KEITH URIE, eight years of age, said he first…

TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1947

imes New TWIN FALLS Regional Newspaper Serving Nine Irrigated Idaho Cou TWIN FALLS, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1947 Member of Associate Heads Up, Folks! The Discs Are Flying Again SIDE VIEW BOTTOM VIEW END VIEW This is an artist's conception of the flying disc that A. C. Urie saw…

'Saucer' Seen Flying Down Snake Gorge (From Page One) river facing toward the north. The boys saw it coming about half a mile up the canyon, and we all lost sight of it in less than a mile." While the impression was still vivid in their minds, the three got together and made roug…

HEADQUARTERS FLYING DIVISION, AIR TRAINING COMMAND Office of the Commanding General Randolph Field, Texas 10 July 1947 333.5 SUBJECT: Unidentifiable Objects TO: Commanding General Tenth Air Force Brooks Field, Texas Attn: ACofS, A-2 1. The inclosed MOIC is forwarded for your…

UNIDENTIFIABLE OBJECTS Williams Fld, Chandler, Aris. 15 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 1. On 14 July 1947, 1st Lt Eric B. Armstrong, 0-2059709, 170th AAF Base Unit, Ferry Division, Brooks Field, San Antonio, Texas was interviewed and the following information w…

UNIDENTIFIABLE OBJECTS WILLIAMS FIELD, CHANDLER, ARIZONA. 7 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 1. On 1 July 1947, Lt William G. McGinty, USN, 195803, P-80 Student, Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona, was interviewed by this Agent, and stated in substance: That on 3…

Unidentifiable Objects. D 333.5 ID (16 Jul 47) Ist Ind. HQ AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, Mitchel Field, New York, 21 July 1947. TO: Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D. C. ATTN: AC/AS-2. 1. Forwarded for your information and utilization. FOR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: I…

Unidentifiable Objects D333.5 ID (16 Jul 47) -lst Ind. HQ AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, Mitchel Field, New York, 21 July 1947. TO: Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D. C. ATTH: AC/AS-2. 1. Forwarded for your information and utilization. POR THE COMMANDING GENERAL: In…

HEADQUARTERS TENTH AIR FORCE BROOKS FIELD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 IN REPLY REFER TO: DC 333.5 16 July 1947 SUBJECT: Unidentifiable Objects TO: Commanding General Air Defense Command Mitchel Field, New York ATTN: Asst Chief of Staff, A-…

2636 Magnolia Ave., Los Angeles 7, Calif. August 1 1947 Director of Military Intellegence, War Departmant, Washington 25, D.C. Dear Sir: On Sunday afternoon, July the Sixth, I observed something very strange; it is related --- at least in my own mind--- with the phenomena of t…

2 about the color of the semi- precious stone Cornelian: these fragments were sharp and irregular and shing. They were flying about as if flying to a magnet . This was momentary and I looked to see if the "Saucers" were still there. I saw one or two but the same thing happened a…

HQOCAMA FORM NO. 8-506 31 MAY 1948 APN/KDS/eb OKLAHOMA CITY AIR MATERIEL AREA TINKER FIELD OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA IN REPLY REFER TO: #3724-I 30 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECURITY OFFICER, OCAMA Subject: DAN NELSON, Attorney-at-Law, 926 Perrine Building, Oklahoma City, O…

conditions, and that the objects might be either vertical or horizonal. The subject related that any change in speed of the car resulted in a change in speed of the object, and that changes of direction resulted in a change in the angle of travel of the object. NELSON stated he…

FLYING SAUCER MYSTERY SOLVED July 12, 1947. The most impressive reports of the so-called flying saucers or discs were those from aviators who claim they saw disc-shaped objects flying through the air in various formations at high altitudes and at a high rate of speed. The first…

These shiny objects may have wrious forms and there may be more than one, depending on the number of reflections. They may appear to be in the sky when the driver looks through the ventilation wing glass. Their position in the sky depends upon the angle at which the object is ref…

If the ventilation wing window were a perfect mirror the objects causing the reflections would appear therein, as well as all other objects within range, but the ventilation wing being a sort of a semi-mirror, does not reflect the object but only the bright spot, which leaves the…

are reflected from some bright object in or on the car or plane, the up and down motion of the car or plane causes the flying discs to appear to be going through a dipping and rising motion, or, if the reflecting object is stationary and the car moving, the results will be the sa…

These appear best when the approaching car is some distance away, perhaps a quarter or half a mile. The results at night may not be as impressive as those in the late afternoon because at night your ventilation wing window makes a more perfect mirror and the passing landscape is…

you may see as many as three flying discs from one electric light bulb, which may have more or less of a bell shape. These discs many times appear as inverted saucers, and if you will change your position slowly you will see that they change their position also. These are best ob…

5 Some reports stemmed from pure imagination or hysteria, while others were deliberate hoaxes. Any other reports can be ex- plained if all the surrounding facts are known. Most all of the reports and descriptions of the flying saucers coincide so clearly with the findings herein…

3 Code 110A NRL 7 August 1947 MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: "Flying Saucers" TO: Asst Chief of Air Staff-2 Collection Branch, AAF Washington 25, D. C. 1. The inclosure is an excerpt from a letter to Dr. E. Tousey, Micron Waves Section Head, Naval Research Labora- tory, from Mr. John F. Co…

3 COPY Excerpt from letter to Dr. R. Tousey from Mr. John F. Cole South Brooksville, Me, July 28, 1947. Having in mind the ridicule which has been heaped on those innocent or perhaps gullible individuals who have reported disks, I would be a little cautious in interpreting. But…

OFFICE OF THE AIR INSPECTOR 25 JULY 1947 MEMORANDUM TO: AC/AS-2, Counter Intelligence Branch 1. Information contained herein and opinions expressed are based upon conversation with and request by Mr. Butler of your office. All pertain to certain phenonema connected with recent w…

3. I had just turned off the light by my bedside, but sat down on the side of the bed to listed to the end of a radio program before X reclining. In the meantime, my wife and I were having some conversa- tion about the selection of certain furniture for a home we had just purchas…

4. At the time, since my attention was divided and absorbed among the subjects mentioned, my reaction was simply that "a light passed by," and I gave no further thought to the matter until some moments later, when the thought came to me that I had never seen such an object before…

6. Although I could not accurately judge the time, I seem to recall the object or light was visible for a couple of seconds. Taking this figure literally and applying it to the sketch, No. 2, one could roughly compute the speed of the object at 1350 mph; however, I did not sense…

ADDRESS REPLY TO DIRECTOR, NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY WASHINGTON 20, D. C. AND REFER TO: Code 110 ARMY LIAISON OFFICE NAVY DEPARTMENT NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY WASHINGTON 20, D. C. 28 July 1947 SUBJECT: Flying Saucers TO: Asst Chief of Air Staff-2 Collection Branch, AAF Washingto…

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62-83894-130 FLYING DISCS 30 July 1947 For purposes of analysis by AFBIR-CO, eighteen reported sightings of "Flying Discs" were selected for breakdown into detailed particulars. Each report was assigned a number and each number appears in the left-hand column of the data on the…

Report Number Date #Hour Location 1 19 May 1215 Manitou Springs, Colorado 2 22 May Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 3 22 June 1130 Greenfield, Massachusetts 4 24 June Mt. Rainier, Washington 5 28 June 2120 Maxwell Field, Alabama 6 29 June 1330 Nera White Sands, New Mexico 7 1 July Bakersf…

Report Number Observer's Name Occupation Observed From 1 D. A. Houser Railroad Employee Ground F. J. Smith " " L. D. Jamison " " 2 Byron Savage Businessman-Pilot Ground 3 E. L. DeRose *Not stated Ground 4 Kenneth Arnold Business-man Pilot Air 5 Wilson H. Kayko Captain, AAF Ground…

Report Number Deviation from Straight Flight Color Size 1 Climbed, dove, hovered overhead, re- sumed original course Silver Apparently small 2 3 None reported Silver, very bright Small 4 5 Zig zag course "much like a water- bug" Brilliance slightly great- er than a star Not state…

Report Number Shape Sound Trail Weather 1. No definite shape could be determined None None CAVU 2 3 Irregular; round, Dis not appear particularly disc- shaped None None Not stated 4 5 None stated; seemed like a bright light None None Clear moonlight 6 No details other than that s…

Report Number Manner of Disappearance Remarks 1 Climbed very fast and out of sight No definite shape could be determi and even with the aid of 4 to 6 pc er binoculars object could not be brought into focus 2 3 Obscured by a cloud bank From letter this observer wrote, i is obvious…

HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH AIR FORCE Colorado Springs, Colorado 2 July 1947 SUBJECT: Supersonic Platters SUMMARY OF INFORMATION: The following information was related to Counter Intelligence Corps Personnel at Headquarters Fifteenth Air Force, Colorado Sprins, Colorado on 27 June…

HQOCAMA FORM NO. 5-506 31 MAY 1945 OKLAHOMA CITY AIR MATERIEL AREA TINKER FIELD OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA IN REPLY REFER TO: #3724-1 OCAPN/KDS:cp 24 July 1947 MEMORANDUM TO THE SECURITY OFFICER, OCAMA, TINKER FIELD. SUBJECT: BYRON B. SAVAGE, Field Engineer, Radio Corporation of…

Memo to the Security Officer, OCAMA, Tinker Field, dtd 7/24/47, File 3724-1. SAVAGE stated that there were no protrusions on this object and as it went by he listened for a sound of noise, and at one time thought he dis- tinguished a swishing sound like the rushing of air. This…

181 Meridian Street Greenfield, Massachusetts July 10, 1947 Commanding Officer Westover Field Chicopee, Massachusetts Dear Sir: After having read several accounts of eye-witnesses who claim they had seen the so-called "flying discs", it brought to mind a strange exper- ience I…

4AFDA 333.5 ID HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Intelligence Hamilton Field, California 17 July 1947 SUBJECT: Investigation of "Flying Discs" TO: Commanding General, Army Air Forces, Washington 25, D. C. ATTENTION: AC of AS-2 1. Attache…

Incident 4AF 1208 I 16 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 1. On 12 July 1947, a call was made at the newspaper office of the "Idaho Daily Statesman", Boise, Idaho. The aviation editor of the paper, Mr. David N. Johnson, was interviewed in regard to how well he knew…

COPY CONFIDENTIAL Statement of David N. Johnson at Boise, Idaho, July 12, 1947 To Whom It May Concern: On the sixth day of July, 1947, I received from James L. Brown, general manager of the Statesman Newspapers, incorporated in Idaho as The Statesman Printing company, an assign…

CONFIDENTIAL between Boise and the village of Meridian, west of Boise a few miles. During this search, which lasted approximately two and one-half hours, I flew under and around rapidly forming cumulus clouds over that area known as the Camas Prairie, east of Boise. The clouds w…

CONFIDENTIAL I could not see the object because of minuteness of scope introduced by the optical view finder with which the camera, an f.1.9 Eastman, was equipped. Taking the camera away and once again centering my gaze on the object, I observed it to roll so that its edge was p…

CONFIDENTIAL The next search, begun within half an hour after landing from the first one, consumed another two hours, but was negative. I explored thorough- ly the region where I saw the object. Immediately after sighting the object, I asked if there were other aircraft in the a…

CONFIDENTIAL It does not make my eyesight any sharper except again as to the incidental demands upon the eyes of a pilot. At the time of the experience related above, I had flown fourteen and one-half hours on an assignment to find a disc and if possible, to photograph it. In al…

CONFIDENTIAL 241 Battery Street, San Francisco, showed no trace of any object. Stohr says that if it was more than a mile distant from me at the size I described, the object would not have registered sufficiently on the film to be shown. He said it probably was too far away to be…

CONFIDENTIAL Chart to which reference is made on page six, statement of David N. Johnson. This design portrays the movements of the object to which reference is made in the attached statement. At all times the object appeared as black. Positions (1), (2) and (3) show the jerky, r…

Incident LAF 1208 I 16 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 1. On 12 July 1947, Mr. Kenneth Arnold, Box 387, Boise, Idaho, was interviewed in regard to the report by Mr. Arnold that he saw 9 strange objects flying over the Cascade Mountain Range of Washington State on…

Incident LAF 1208 I flying through the air I would never say a word about it", due to the fact that he has been ridiculed by the press to such an extent that he is practically a moron in the eyes of the majority of the population of the United States. 1 Incls Exhibit "A" FRANK M.…

COPY CONFIDENTIAL SOME LIFE DATA ON KENNETH ARNOLD I was born March 29, 1915 in Subeka, Minnesota. My father's name was Edward Erb Arnold; my mother's maiden name was Bertha E. Barden. I was a resident of Minnesota until I was six years old when my family moved to Scobey, Montana…

CONFIDENTIAL established my own fire control supply known as the Great Western Fire Control Supply. I have been working as an independent fire control engineer since, and I handle, distribute, sell and install all types of automatic and manual fire fighting equipment in the rural…

COPY CONFIDENTIAL BY KENNETH ARNOLD The following story of what I observed over the Cascade mountains, as impossible as it may seem, is positively true. I never asked nor wanted any notoriety for just accidently being in the right spot at the right time to observe what I did. I r…

CONFIDENTIAL There was a DC-4 to the left and to the rear of me approximately fifteen miles distance, and I should judge, at 14,000 foot elevation. The sky and air was as clear as crystal. I hadn't flown more than two or three minutes on my course when a bright flash reflected on…

CONFIDENTIAL airplanes flying so close to the mountain tops, flying directly south to southeast down the hog's back of a mountain range. I would estimate their elevation could have varied a thousand feet one way or another up or down, but they were pretty much on the horizon to m…

CONFIDENTIAL and as, the first one was passing the south crest of this ridge the last object was entering the northern crest of the ridge. As I was flying in the direction of this particular ridge, I measured it and found it to be approximately five miles so I could safely assume…

and one-half or three minutes -- although, by the time they reached Mt. Adams they were out of my range of vision as far as determining shape or form. Of course, when the sun reflected from one or two or three of these units, they appeared to be completely round; but, I am making…

CONFIDENTIAL world, principally Sweden, Bermuda, and California. I would have given almost anything that day to have had a movie camera with a telephoto lens and from now on I will never be without one -- but, to continue further with my story. When I landed at the Yakima, Wash.,…

CONFIDENTIAL FBI as to the authenticity of my story or a mental or a physical examination as to my capabilities, I have received no interest from these two important protective forces of our country; I will go so far as to assume that any report I gave to the United and Associate…

RESTRICTED IN REPLY REFER TO: HEADQUARTERS TACTICAL AIR COMMAND LANGLEY FIELD. VIRGINIA 7 July 1947 SUBJECT: Report of Unusual Celestial Phenomena. TO: Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2 Headquarters Tactical Air Command Langley Field, Virginia 1. The following report is submitted con…

ADDRESS REPLY TO: DIRECTOR, NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY WASHINGTON 20, D. C. AND REFER TO: Code 110

ADDRESS REPLY TO: DIRECTOR, NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY WASHINGTON 20, D. C. AND REFER TO: Code 110 ARMY LIAISON OFFICE NAVY DEPARTMENT NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY WASHINGTON 20, D. C. 18 July 1947 SUBJECT: Interview of Person Reporting Unidentified Aerial Object TO: Asst Chief of Ai…

Ltr, ALO, NRL, 18 July 47 to Asst Chief Air Staff-2, Collection Br., AAF, subj: "Interview of Person Reporting Unidentified Aerial Object" 3. This interview was made in the presence of Dr. H. E. Newell, Acting Rocket Sonde Section Head, who said that Mr. Zohn had recently been in…

COPY INTERVIEW REPORT SUBJECT: Interviews with Capt. E. J. SMITH and Ralph Stevens, United Air Lines pilots, who reported seeing flying disks. Captain E. J. SMITH was interviewed at 1500, 9 July 1947, concerning the "flying disks", and stated substantially as follows: "We left Bo…

COPY "In both instances, the co-pilot sighted the objects first and called my attention to them. The weather was clear and unlimited, with not a cloud in the sky. We checked the wind, and it was 230-10, or out of the Southwest at ten miles per hour. The air speed of the ship was…

COPY see nothing, so the objects could have been beyond Ontario, since we had told them that they were between our plane and Ontario. It should also be noted that the personnel at Ontario would be looking at a dark sky and may not be likely to be able to see them anyway. "I can't…

Incident LAF 1208 I 16 July 1947 MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE: 1. On 12 July 1947, Captain Smith, of the United Airlines, was interviewed at the Boise Municipal Airport, Boise, Idaho. Captain Smith was passing through Boise on a schedule flight at the time and had a 20 mi…

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IN REPLY REFER TO: HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR FORCES WASHINGTON 16 July 1947 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I, Major Archie B. Browning, AC, do hereby swear, this date, that the following statements are true to the best of my knowledge: 'On 6 July 1947, while flying from Ogden, Utah, to Kans…

RESTRICTED After having been advised of my rights and privileges under the 24th Article of War, I, JAMES H. BURNISTON, Captain, Air Corps, 0-567517, Second Air Transport Wing (Provisional), Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base, Fairfield, California, do hereby make this voluntary state…

Civil Air Patrol AUXILIARY OF THE U. S. ARMY AIR FORCES WISCONSIN WING HEADQUARTERS 161 W. WISCONSIN AVENUE MILWAUKEE 3, WIS. 7 July 1947 BROADWAY 4128 SUBJECT: Report on Flying Saucers. TO: Commanding General 32d AAF Base Unit Bolling Field Washington, D. C. 1. Following are sta…

WAR DEPARTMENT CLASSIFIED MESSAGE CENTER INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE CONFIDENTIAL IVI PRIORITY PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED, HANDLE AS CONFIDENTIAL COR- RESPONDENCE PER PARAS 511 and 60a (4) AR 380-5 From: CG SBAMA San Bernadino Calif To: CG AAF Wash DC attn AC/AS 2, Counter Intellige…

Archie B. 73857 Maj Browning - A-1 officer's branch NW of Topeka (Clay Center - Kansas) Flying @ 10M' @ 90° B-25 @ 200 mph Disc @ 11M' a little higher apponesome When first seen he thought it was a water tower - atons a mile away it looked liked a flying wing except it was flying…

CONFIDENTIAL FROM: CG ATLD ATC FORT TOTTEN, N.Y. TIME AND DATE FILED: 142323Z JULY 1947 TO: CG ATC ATTN CHIEF OF STAFF MESSAGE FROM NEWFOUNDLAND BASE COMMAND SUBJECT QUOTE FLYING DISCS UNQUOTE GIVES FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF INTERVIEW WITH IRIC KEARSEY CMA NEWFOUNDLAND CONSTABULARY CL…

RESTRICTED INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE C O P Y FROM: STEPHENVILLE, NEWFOUNDLAND PRIORITY TIME AND DATE FILED: 151915Z JULY 1947 TO: CG HQ ATC WASH 25 DC ATTN AC/S INTELLIGENCE INFO CG ATLD ATC FT TOTTEN LI NY CG NBC FT PEPPERREL APO 862 C/O PM NEW YORK FROM CO 1388TH AAF BU IN RE…

MESSAGEFORM MESSAGE CENTER NO. TRANSMITTING MEANS CR-1 CRYPTOGRAPH OR CLEAR TEXT CALLS STA. SER. No. PRECEDENCE TRANSMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ORIGINATOR DATE-TIME GROUP 122148Z July 47 ACTION PRIORITY NR INFORMATION EXEMPT OPERATING SIGNALS GROUP COUNT GR FROM: (Originator) FINYN SPA…

MESSAGEFORM CALLS MESSAGE CENTER NO. TRANSMITTING MEANS CR 97 ROUTINE CRYPTOGRAPH OR CLEAR TEXT STA. SER. No. PRECEDENCE TRANSMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ORIGINATOR DATE-TIME GROUP CONFIDENTIAL 120047Z July 47 ACTION NR INFORMATION EXEMPT OPERATING SIGNALS GROUP COUNT GR SPACE ABOVE FOR…

OWARD A. PLUMMER 39 E. MAIN ST. FROSTBURG, MARYLAND July 21, 1947 Chief of Army Intelligence Washington 5. D.C. Sir: On Sunday, July 20th., I observed an air- craft in flight that was unlike any I have seen to date and may shed some light on the Flying Saucer Mystery. I served fi…

sound that grew steadily in volume until it reached the proportions of a bomber when the craft was over head. This sound was not unlike that of a jet propelled plane except the terrific volume normally loud. Due to the over cast conditions of the sky, I was unable to see the airc…

a- this is an entirely new type of air craft or b- It is a high powered jet propelled unit with a paint job designed to hide the tail assembly and wing tips, since neither were in evidence. A check of aircraft in this area at the time specified should determine and possibly answe…

Package received from Sheriff Merle T. Wilmoth, Watseka, Ill. His letter states the instrument in the package was found by a farmer at Danforth, Ill. It landed in the middle of a section of his farm land and burned weeds 25 feet tall to fine ash an area of 12 feet in diam. around…

STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Mr. Moxom, Regional Office No. 1, N.Y. DATE: 7/16/47 FROM : Mr. Wright, WBAS, Richmond, Va. SUBJECT: "Flying Disks". We hesitate to make this report concerning our pilot balloon observations in regards to a fl…