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Project Blue Book case file: Kenneth Arnold

The Black Vault (USAF records) · 62 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This US Air Force Project Blue Book case file on Kenneth Arnold's sighting of nine objects near Mount Rainier, Washington, on 24 June 1947 was released through The Black Vault. It contains the Project 10073 record card, which concludes the objects were a mirage, plus Arnold's telegram, questionnaire data and interview notes. It also includes J. Allen Hynek's analysis arguing the objects were closer and slower than Arnold estimated. Other items are David Johnson's sworn statement on a Boise sighting, a Tacoma investigation telegram and news clippings.

  • p. 9 …CLASS: Box 387 Boise, Idaho WILLIAM C. ANDERSON 1st Lt., Air Corps NAME, RANK AND TITLE…

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WJARS 166/165 6 EXTRA GOVT DL COLLECT

PENDLETON ORG JUL. 12 1253A

COMMANDING GENERAL VRIGHT FIELD DAYTON OHIO

DEAR SIR: YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO QUOTE GIVE OUT OR

REPRINT MY WRITTEN ACCOUNT AND REPORT OF NINE STRANGE

AIRCRAFT I OBSERVED ON JUNE 24TH IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS

IN THE STATE OF VASKINGTON. THIS REPORT VAS SENT TO YOU

AT REQUEST SOME DAYS AGO. IT IS WITH CONSIDERABLE

DISAPPOINTMENT YOU CANNOT GIVE THE EXPLANATION OF THESE

AIRCRAFT AS I FELT CERTAIN THEY BELOVENED TO OUR GOVERNMENT.

THEY HAVE APPARENTLY WAIT NO HARM BUT LISTED AS AN INSTRUMENT

OF DESTRUCTION IN CONDIMIATION WITH OUR ATOMIC BOND THE

EFFECTS COULD DESTROY LIFE ON OUR PLANET. CAPT

CO-PILOT STEVENS OF UNITED AIR LINES AND MYSELF HAVE COMPARED

OUR OBSERVATIONS IN AS KUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE AND AGREED

WE HAD OBSERVED THE SAVE TYPE OF AIRCRAFT AS TO SIZE SNAPE

AND FOR1. WE HAVE NOT TAKEN THIS LIGHTLY IT IS TO US OF

VERY SERIOUS CONVENN AS WE ARE AS INTERESTED IN THE WELFARE

OF OUR COUNTRY AS YOU ARE

BOISE IDAHO PILOTS LICENSE

4238P

UNCLASSIFIED

24. 333457.

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