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xxxxxxxx has recently purchased a xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in which to conduct his business to the extent of which is explained in the attached exhibit, It is the personal opinion of the interviewer that xxxxxxxxxxxx actually saw what he stated that he saw. It is difficult to believe that a man of xxxxxxxxxxxx character and apparent integrity would state that he saw objects and write up a report to the extent that he did if he did not see them. To go further, if xxxxxxxxxxxx can write a report of the character that he did while not having seen the objects that he claimed he saw, it is the opinion of the interviewer that xxxxxxxxxxxx is in the wrong business, that he should be writing Buck Rogers fiction. xxxxxxxxxxxx is very outspoken and somewhat bitter in his opinions of the leaders of the U.S. Army Air Forces and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for not having made an investigation of this matter sooner. To put all of the statements made by xxxxxxxxxxxx in this report would make it a voluminous volume. However, after having checked an aeronautical map of the area over which xxxxxxxxxxxx claims that he saw the objects it was determined that all statements made by xxxxxxxxxxxx in regard to the distances involved, speed of the objects, course of the objects and size of the objects, could very possibly be facts. The distances mentioned by xxxxxxxxxxxx in his report are within a short distance of the actual distances on aeronautical charts of this area, although xxxxxxxxxxxx has never consulted aeronautical charts of the type the Army uses. xxxxxxxxxxxx stated that his business had suffered greatly since his report on July 25 due to the fact that at every stop on his business routes, large groups of people were waiting to question him as to just what he had seen. xxxxxxxxxxxx stated further that if he, at any time in the future, he saw anything in the sky; to quote xxxxxxxxxxx directly, "if I saw a ten story building flying through the air I would never say a word about it" due to the fact that he has been ridiculed by the press to such an extent that he is practically a moron in the eyes of the majority of the population of the United States.
Incl: Exhibit "A"
FRANK M. BROWN. SIA. CIC 4th AF
DOCUMENT NO. 4
SOME LIFE DATA xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I was born xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx. My father name was xxxxxxxxxxxx was xxxxxxxxxxxx I was a resident of Minnesota until I was six years old when my family moved to also homesteaded in Scobey, Montana, and became quite prominent in political circles along with xxxxxxxxxxxx, the famous xxxxxxxxxxxx, I went to grade school and high school at Minot, orth Dakota. I entered scouting at twelve years of age and achieved the rank of Eagle scout before I was fourteen. My former scout executive was xxxxxxxxxxxx now a xxxxxxxxxxxx for the Boy Scouts in Kansas City, Kansas.
As a boy, I was interested in athletics and was xxx-xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I entered the U.S. Olympic trials in :xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx I taught swimming and diving at scout camps and the municipal pool in Minot, North Dakota. I went to the University of Minnesota, where I swam and did fancy diving under xxxxxxxxxxxx and also played football under xxxxxxxxxxxx but upon entering college I was unable to continue my football career because of an injured knee. My high school football coach was xxxxxxxxxxxx who is now xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I had little or no finances, and my ambition in furthering my education in college was through my athletics. As a boy in Minot, North Dakota, I did a good deal of dog sledge racing. xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In 1938 I went to work for xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, a manufacturer of automatic fire fighting apparatus. In 1939 I was made xxxxxxxxxxxx for them over a part of the western states, and in 1940 I established my own xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx I have been working as an xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on x.xxxxxxxx.x.xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
My flying experience started as a boy in Minot, North Dakota, where I took my first flying lessons from xxxxxxxxxxxx who was originally from Great Falls, Montana. Due to the high cost at that time, I was unable to continue my flying and did not fly of any great consequence until 1940. I was given my pilot certificate by xxxxxxxxxxxx senior CAA inspector of Portland, Oregon, and for the last xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx covering my entire territory with same and flying from forty to one hundred hours per month since. Due to the fact that I use an airplane entirely in my work, in January of this year I purchased a xxxxxxxxxxxx airplane, which is an airplane designed for high-altitude take-offs and short rough field use.
In the type of flying I do, it takes a great deal of practice and judgement to be able to land in most any cow 'pasture and get out without injuring your airplane; the runways are very limited and the altitude is very high in some of the fields and places I have to go in my work. To date, I have landed on 823 cow pastures in mountain meadows, and in over a thousand hours a flat tire has been my greatest mishap.
The following story of what I observed over the Cascade mountains, impossible as it may seem, is positively true. I never asked nor wanted... notoriety for just accidentally being in the right spot at the right time to observe what I did. I reported something that I know any pilot would have reported. I don't think that in any way my observation was due to any sensitivity of eye sight or judgment than what is considered normal for any pilot.
