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be about one thousand feet from where he was standing. He said the object was about thirty feet in diameter, and appeared to have a tail. It made no noise.
According to xxxxxxxxxxxx he remained in the vicinity of the Cascades for several days and then returned to Portland and noted an article in the local paper which stated in effect that a man in Boise, Idaho, had sighted a similar object but that authorities had disclaimed any knowledge of such an object. He said he communicated with the Army for the sole purpose of attempting to add credence to the story furnished by the man in Boise.
xxxxxxxxxxxx also related that on the occasion of his sighting the objects on June 24, 194 7 he had in his possession a combination compass and watch. He noted particularly that immediately before he sighted the disc the compass acted very peculiar, the hand waving from one side to the other, but that this condition corrected itself immediately after the discs had passed out of sight.
Informant appeared to be a very reliable individual who advised that he had been a prospector in the states of Montana, Washington, and Oregon for the past forty years.
:JS:KA 62-1531
2 cc: San Francisco (62-2938)
DOCUMENT No. 2
Incident 4AF 1208 I
16 July J 94 7
MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE
l. On 12 July 194 7, a call was made at the newspaper office of the "Idaho Daily Statesman", Boise Idaho. The xxxxxxxxxxxx of the paper, xxxxxxxxxxxx, was interviewed in regard to how well he knew xxxxxxxxxxxx of Boise, Idaho, and as to the credibility of any Statement made by xxxxxxxxxxxx. The purpose of this interview was an attempt to verify statements made by xxxxxxxxxxxx on 26 June, 194 7, to various national news services to the effect that he, xxxxxxxxxxxx had seen 9 objects flying in the air above the Cascade Mountain Range of Washington. These objects were subsequently referred to as flying saucers or flying disks and will here-in-after be referred to as such in this report xxxxxxxxxxxx stated that he had known xxxxxxxxxxxx for quite a period of time, having had relations with xxxxxxxxxxxx on various occasions, due to the fact that both he, xxxxxxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxxxx were private fliers and frequently got together to talk shop. xxxxxxxxxxxx stated that as far as he was concerned anything xxxxxxxxxxxx said could be taken very seriously and that he, xxxxxxxxxxxx actually believed that Mr. Arnold had seen the aforementioned flying disks. xxxxxxxxxxxx stated that after xxxxxxxxxxxx reported having seen the flying disks, that the editor of the paper had assigned him, xxxxxxxxxxxx the assignment of taking the airplane belonging to the newspaper and exhausting all efforts to prove or disprove the probability of flying disks having been seen in the north-west area. The results of this assignment to xxxxxxxxxxxx and what he subsequently saw is put forth in a sworn statement signed by xxxxxxxxxxxx attached to this report as Exhibit B.
AGENT'S NOTES; xxxxxxxxxxxx is a man of approximately 33 to 35 years of age. From all appearances he is a very reserved type of person. xxxxxxxxxxxx has logged 2900 hours of flying time in variou types of airplanes up to and including multi-engine aircraft. During part of the war years, xxxxxxxxxxxx as the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. being assigned to the Twentieth USAAF and stationed on Tinian Island, in the Pacific. It is the personal opinion of the interviewer that xxxxxxxxxxxx actually saw what he states that he saw in the attached report. It is also the opinion of the interviewer that xxxxxxxxxxxx would have much more to lose than gain and would have to be very strongly convinced that he actually saw something before he would report such an incident and open himself for the ridicule that would accompany such a report.
1 lncl: Exhibit "B"
FRANK M. BROWN, S/A, CIC 4th AF
DOCUMENT NO. 3
Incident 4AF 1208 I 16 Julv 1947
MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICE IN CHARGE
1. On 12 July 1947, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Boise, Idaho, was interviewed in regard to the report by xxxxxxxxxxxx that he saw 9 strange objects flying over the Cascade Mountain Range of Washington State on July 25th. xxxxxxxxxxxx voluntarily agreed to give the interviewer a written report of exactly what he had seen on the above mentioned date. The written report of xxxxxxxxxxxx is attached to this report as Exhibit A.
AGENT'S NOTES: xxxxxxxxxxxx is a man of 32 years of age, being married and the father of two children. He is well thought of in the community in which he lives, being very much the family man and from all appearances a very good provider for his family. xxxx
