FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 5

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DIO-11ND Serial 38-49

Subject: Unidentified Flying Objects - Report of.

The valley through which source flew north, and the objects flew south, is roughly 12 miles wide. The floor of the valley is between 4000 to 5000 in elevation. The east side of the valley is dominated by Hart Mountain (8020 in elevation). Hart Mountain stands on an elongated bluff, which has an almost sheer drop of around 1000'. The bluff, and all the terrain, against which source saw the objects is quite dark in color. The objects stood out in contrast to the dark color. The objects appeared to be unpainted metal.

The rim of the bluff on the east side of the valley is about 7000 in elevation. From where source saw the objects (at 9000° elevation) they were roughly in line with the rim of the bluff (7000°). Assuming the objects were 1 to 3 miles away from the bluff-rim, they were probably flying at about 3000° UTL, and about 3500° above the valley floor.

The valley where sources sighted the objects is sparsely populated; however, there are a number of ranches there - more than are indicated on the Boise (V-2) Aeronautical Chart. Source believes that if persons living in the valley were questioned, chances are several might be found who saw the objects from the ground. Source has flowed through this valley many times in going between California and Oregon and does not recall ever having seen another airplane in the valley where he sighted the objects. The valley is not a commercial airway route, and is saloon used by private planes. Source does not recall ever seeing any automobiles on the dirt roads in the valley, shown as such on the Boise (V-2) section of Aeronautical Chart.

Number and formation of objects: At the beginning of observation, when the objects were a few degrees to the starboard of dead ahead, sources could not distinguish separate objects - all he saw were reflections; however, as he came closer and passed them by 5½ to 7½ miles he definitely saw 6 or 7 separate objects. To be on the safe side sourced states with positiveness that there were no less than 5 objects and no more than 8.

The objects were always in file formation (one behind the other) and there appeared to be no change in altitude of the formations. The space between the lead object and the next one was three or four times the length of one of the objects. The distance between the second and the following objects was between one-half and two-thirds the length of the objects. Accordingly, if the objects were 20' in length, the distance between #1 and #2 was 60 to 80 feet, and the distance between #2 and the others was between 10 and 17 feet. The distance between the objects appeared very constant. The objects were no close and appeared to keep their formation spacing in a manner which indicated they might have been under ten by the leading object. At the distance of sighting, no connection, if there was any, could possibly have been observed. Source is positive that the objects were separate objects because he was able to see terrain between them. The formation did not fluctuate in flight; the objects flow very evenly and steadily. Then, sources indicate that objects they were going out of visual range on the horizon.

exceptionally good. Sources could see Kerney Lake, 60 miles east of sea smoke rising from the sand mills at Burns, Oregon, 75 miles north of were a few scattered clouds at between 16,000 and 18,000%. The weather report at the time indicated "scattered clouds at 18,000". The air was very present. Normally the air in the area is light to mildly turbulent. The sun was heat of course that is, source's plane was between the sun and the objects.