FBI UFO file, part 2

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Incident
4AF 12CS I
16 July 1947
1. On 12 .Iuly 1947, Boise, Idaho.
11'''.5 interviewed 1 n reGard to 1;110 r"po he saw 9
str811~e objects fl:ri nl; over the ea ~oRdo of ;ia.hlng1;on
State on July 25t.h • ..-.vol'mtarily a~read to r;ivo the interviewer
a written report of ~t he had sean on the above mentioned date.
The written report of.-w" attllchod to thi. report as Exhibit A,
Ar,EET t 3 N0TB3: i~ a mnn or 32 years of p-Lo. boi~G narried and
t!m f~ther of :"[0 ~!:ildr"". "0 is ";011 tlw"rht of in the co,,",,unity in
which hfJ livc3, bf"i;J':' v(\r~' T'J1Jch the re.'1il~r r.ten Bud .fror1 all appearances
B verv £:00,1 nrovid,""r ror hi~ fFlr:Jil ..:. ha.s reoent}y purcPAsed e.
, , re~c"tly "urel.a.ad a -"""in
w;,ich to ccnduct hb business to th, extent of which ~ the
a+.t!lch"d exhi'>it. It is the persont,l opinion of the interviewer that"
41••~"ct'l"lly s"'" whet he stated thAt he sa\'l. It is difficult to bel;'ve'
th"t A nen of i character nnd apparent inteGrity nould atate
t;,nt h" s~'v (lbject" ond .;rite up e TI'!,ort to the extent that he did if he
did not S6e t.hem. 10 FO furthe", if ~"n writo " report of the
chBrecter tLrt h" d; d ,..1111·' net heviv "e~n the obi~ct' thAt he claimed he;
~e-\Yi it i8 tho opini.on of the !ntervi~Yler thp,t ,; ~ in the 'WTong
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business, t.h~t he 51,nulJ be writin/', lin('k :?oprs Ciction. ~s
v'Jrr out.spohm nnn ',)MewhRt 1,i tter in hi s opinions or the lenders of the
U.S. I\r'":\' Air Force" "nd tho FoderAI 'ureeu of Inv<)stil'"tion for not havin~
mAcI~ An ~~1I of this ,.,atter S00ner. To !,ut all of the statements
",,,de by _i~ this report would make it " voluminous volume. However,
After h~vinr, ('hcc},ed nn aeronauticAl mAp of the area over ..hlch 7 IF
chi'n' t"nt he sa'" tl'c objects it .... 5 Jet<lrmincd thAt "II 8t~t"ments made by
.....in rel'.!lrJ to the distAnces l~v"lvcd, Bpood of' the objocts, courae
n1' ths ObjGct5 end Si".B of thG otjaets, eould ver,'f possibly be is.cts. The
distnnccc mentionAd C." in Ill" rcpol't are within e. short distance I (
0" tk) 8ct,'JRl disl".n''':; on pcr'JTl"uticol ch~rts .,f this al'eA, .. lthough'- It1 jo
n",v('r conc'lltod aeronnuticel chnrts of' the type th .. Army uses. •
.1I!~t,.tod tho\. hi s business h.<I ~ufforotl ~ren tly "inc" his report
011 Jul~r 2:: clue to the fnct tJI"lt At evcr;.~ stop On his 1-,ugi~nss routes, large
,..rOI1r'~ t'#' nAo~ln worn l"ai.ti;1r; to rplc:;\;if''l hi:n 1"S to ju~t whnt ho had seeu.
~f:.o,t:~'l fur ...... 'J'1r t:r.,t; if he, nt. nn!." tiMO in th9 future, sr:r. nn:rthing
i • 1-b· sl:;;, to quote ,ire ctl". "i r ISM, .. ten story build! nr;
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