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On 2• Jun•• 1947. • ciYil111n pilot fl71ng OTer th• CAecade
Rountain■ in tbe Stat• of Wa ■b1ngton ob■ened nin■ tl7in,.
di ■o-ehaped a1roraft tra•elin,r; 1n tonuUon at a h1,:h rate
of apeed. Altbo~h thl■ va■ not th ■ f1rat tnovn •1•ht1n,r;
of ■uch object•• tt va■ the fir■ t to ~1n wid ■■ pread attention
tn th• public aedta. RWldr•d• or report■ of a1,tht1n«• of
a1■ 1lar object• -followed. Kan, of the•• cue froa hi,hl7
crr.d1bl• a111t&J'7 and o1T111an aouro••• Th••• report• r••-
ulted in independent effort■ b7 ••••ral different elemente
of the a1l1 tar,' to a•c■ n.ain the na tlare and purpoH of th•••
objecta 1n th■ 1nt■r■at■ or national def■n••• A nWDber or
v1tnH ■■■ ver• 1nten1■wd and there were ■everal un■ucc•••flll
atte■pt■ to ut111 ■• a1J-oraft 1n effort■ to pur■u• reported
di•o• tn ·tli~ht. hbllo ~•action bordered on near h,1 ■ t■r1a
at tta•••·. •
In •~1te ot th••• effort•• little of aub■ tMce vae leArned
about the object ■ until a local ranche r Nported that one
had ora.oh■d 1n a reaote r•1ion or law Mexico located oprrox-
t■atel7 ■ nenty-f1•• a11H urtbwHt of Roewll A~ Air
IA•• (now Walker Held). ·
On rn July, 1947, • ••or■t operation va■ b•~ to a■■ ure
recOTery of the Wl'eolal.~• of thl• ob3ect tor ■cient1f1c atud7.
l>ur1n• the ooune of th1■ operation, aerial reooMa1 ■■anoe
d1acovered that fo\&I' ■aall h1a&n•llke be1M■ hAd apparently
ejected froa the crart at ■o■e point before lt exploded.
Th••• had fallen to ■artb about two ■ 1 1•• eaet of the wrec~nr.•
e1te. 411 four were dead and badly decoapo■ ed due to action
b7 predator■ and expoeure to tb• •l•■tnt ■ durln~ the approx-
1aate)y on ■ WHk t1a■ p.-lod whlcb had elapeed before their
d1eca.ery. A ■ peclal •o1ent 1f1o teu took char~• of re•ov1n~
th••• bod1•• tor atud7. (S■ • Attacbaent •c•.) Th• wreck•,:•
of the onft wa• alao r•oved to •n~nl different locat1ona-.
(Sae AttllobaeDt •~•.) 01•111■n and ■1litar., witn••••• 1n
th• ar.. were debriefed, and neva reporter■ were ~l••n th•
•ffect1Y■ co••r etory that the ob3■ct had been a ■1•~1d■ d
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