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NARA Blue Book Roll 1
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T1206-1
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^ ..) THE BAYTGN BIEY NEW SECOND SECTION THURSDAY, JUNE. 26, 1947 PAGE 11 ; PENDLETQN, Ore., June-''''''''26. .,WPU^Army - and GAA -spokes- men expressed skepticism today over a report of nine mysterious objectsrbig as airplanes-whiz- zing over western Washington at 1200 miles an hour. / . Kenneth Arnold, . a flying Boise, Idaho, businessman who reported seeing'''''''' them, clung, however, to his story of the shiny, flat objects; each as big as a DC-4 passenger plane, rac- ing over Washington''''''''s Cascade mountains with a peculiar weav- ing motion "like the tail of a'''''''' kite." . An Army spokesman in Washington, D. C, commented, *''''''''As far as we know, nothing flies that fast except a V-2 rocket,'''''''' which travels at about 3500 .miles an hourand that''''''''s too fast to be seen." The spokesman added that the V-2 -rockets would not resemble the objects, reported by Arnold, and that no high-speed experi- mental tests were being made in the area wnere Arnold said the objects were. - - - A Civil Aeronautics Adminis- tration inspector in Portland, Ore., added, "I rather doubt that anything would be traveling that fast." Arnold described the objects as "flat like a pie pan," and so shiny that they reflected the sun like a mirror. He said he was flying east at 2:59 p m. two days ago toward Mt. Rainier when they appeared directly in front of him 25-30 mile''''''''s away at 10,000 feet alti- tude. By his plane''''''''s clock he timed them at It42 minutes for the 41 miles from Mt. Rainier to Mt. Adams, Arnold said, adding that he later figured by triangula- tion that their speed was 1200 miles an hour. "I could be wrong by 200 or 300 miles an hour," he admit- ted, "but I know I never saw anything so fast." He said at first he thought they were geese, but quickly saw they were too bigas big as a DC-4 which was about 20 miles away, he said. The DC-4 pilot reported noth- ing unusual sighted. Then Arnold said he thought of jet planes and started to clock them, "But their motion was wrong for Jet jobs." "I guess I don''''''''t know what they wereunless they were guided missile?," said Arnold, who continued here on a business trip. y .1
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