Project Blue Book case file: Kenneth Arnold

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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.

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p. 12 …found it to be approximately 150 MPE. Never before had he observed planes flying so close…
p. 22 …pressing the search, that I probably would never see the disc-like objects referred to by…
p. 26 …has never consulted aeronautical charts of the type the Army uses. Mr. stated that his business…
p. 27 Incident LAF 1208 I flying through the air I would never say a word about it…
p. 30 …I never asked nor wanted any notoriety for just accidently being in the right spot at…
p. 31 …I watched these objects with great interest as I had never before observed
p. 36 …John Lee on the street corner or Pete Andrews on the ranch has never heard about…
p. 45 …Arnold had never been much of a reader and was not a science fiction fan, but…
p. 47 …SAUCERS Reed concludes that, although we can never know for certain, the implication that the Times…
p. 51 …hour," he admitted. "but I know I never saw any thing, so fast." He said at…
p. 54 …hour," he admitted, "but I know I never saw anything so fast." By his plane's…

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B019E IDAHO AUG 31

UNCLASSIFIED

COLONEL SPRINGER

A-2 OFFICE HAMILTON FIELD CALIF

I HAVE OFFER TO SELL MY DETAILED ACCOUNT OF AN INVESTIGATION OF FLYING DISC THAT TOOK PLACE IN TACOMA WASHINGTON JULY 29 THRU AUGUST 3RD INCLUDING MY MOVIE FILM OF FACTS PERSONS PLACE9 AND FRAGMENTS INVOLVED UNLESS I RECEIVE DEFINITE WORD TO THE CONTARY FROM A-2 WITHIN FIVE DAYS THIS STORY WILL NO DOUBT BE PUBLISHED

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The Kenneth Arnold Sighting 1947

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The Maury Island Incident 1947
investigation of flying disc that took place in Tacoma Washington July 9 thru August 3rd
United Air Lines Flight 105 Sighting, Emmett, Idaho 1947
co-pilot Stevens of United Air Lines and myself have compared our observations
The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave 1947
aerial search of the northwest states in an effort to see and photograph a flying disc

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