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Incident
4AF 1208I
16 July 1947
MEMORANDUM FOR THE OFFICER IN CHARGE
1. On 12 July 1947, [...], Boise, Idaho, was interviewed in regard to the report by [...] that he saw 9 strange objects flying over the Cascade Mountain Range of Washington State on July 25th [sic]. [...] voluntarily agreed to give the interviewer a written report of exactly what he had seen on the above mentioned date. The written report of [...] is attached to this report as Exhibit A.
AGENT'S NOTE: [...] is a man 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. [...] has recently purchased a [...] in which to conduct his business to the extent of which he explained in the attached exhibit. I is the personal opinion of the interviewer that [...] actually saw what he stated that he saw. It is difficult to believe that a man of [...] character and apparent integrity would state that he saw objects and would write a report to the extent that he did while not having seen the objects. To go further, if [...] 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 [...] is in the wrong business, that he should be writing Buck Rogers fiction. [...] 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 [...] in this report would make it a voluminous volume. However, after having checked an aeronautical map of the area over which [...] claims that he saw the objects it was determined that all statements made by [...] 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 [...] in his report are within a short distance of the actual distances on aeronautical charts of this area, although [...] has never consulted aeronautical charts of the type the Army uses. [...] stated that his business has 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. [...] stated further that if he, at any time in the future, saw anything in the sky, to quote [...] 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.
1 Incl: Exhibit "A"
FRANK M. BROWN, S/A, CIC 4th AF
Photostat of Document 3 (FBI Report 01 July 16, 1947, on Kenneth Arnold sighting)
