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Project Blue Book case file: Kenneth Arnold
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This US Air Force Project Blue Book case file on Kenneth Arnold's sighting of nine objects near Mount Rainier, Washington, on 24 June 1947 was released through The Black Vault. It contains the Project 10073 record card, which concludes the objects were a mirage, plus Arnold's telegram, questionnaire data and interview notes. It also includes J. Allen Hynek's analysis arguing the objects were closer and slower than Arnold estimated. Other items are David Johnson's sworn statement on a Boise sighting, a Tacoma investigation telegram and news clippings.
“The Times”27 pages
- p. 2 …times as long as wide, estimating them as 40-50 feet long.
He also estimated the…
- p. 5 …The two noted sightings occurred at various times of day and year.
## APPEIDEX I
In the…
- p. 6 …timed the objects between Mt. Ranier and Mt. Adams and determined they crossed this 47 miles…
- p. 14 …Remarks: (Over)
seemed to go below the horizon with the rotation of the earth.
- p. 17 …of time, having had relations with Mr. Arnold on various occasions, due to the fact that…
- p. 18 …the search, again using a national guard AT-6, this time centering my efforts over the…
- p. 19 …At that time I saw nothing in the vicinity of these clouds.
At the time I…
- p. 20 …But a few seconds elapsed between the time I first saw the object, and the time…
- p. 21 …They believed the time to have been 14:00 hours. The object performed in the same…
- p. 22 …At the time of the experience related above, I had flown fourteen and one-half hours…
- p. 24 …timed the objects between Nt. Henier and Mt. Adano and determined they crossed this 47 miles…
- p. 25 …At all times the object appeared as black. Positions (1), (2) and (5) show the jerky…
- p. 26 …stated further that if he, at any time in the future, saw anything in the sky…
- p. 29 …Due to the high cost at that time, I was unable to continue my flying and…
- p. 30 …just accidently being in the right spot at the right time to observe what I did…
- p. 32 …Their speed at the time did not impress me particularly, because I knew that our army…
- p. 33 …Even at the time this timing did not upset me as I felt confident after I…
- p. 34 and one-half or three minutes although, by the time they reached it. Adams they were…
- p. 35 …If the estimated size is more nearly correct, then to have been seen as described, the…
- p. 40 …long a time. The objects may have been a mirage (see Figure 3) in which the
- p. 41 …On the afternoon of December 29, 1956, a photographer for the Seattle Times was on top…
- p. 44 …aircraft; in the magazine version he added that, even at the time, the objects had given…
- p. 47 …know for certain, the implication that the Times photographer and viewed essentially the same phenomenon seems…
- p. 50 …Hamlet, superintendent of the Kingsport, Tenn., Times News composing room, said yesterday he had seen the…
- p. 51 …By his plane's clock he timed them at 1:42 minutes for the 47 miles…
- p. 54 …plane's clock he timed them at 1:42 minutes for the 47 miles from Mt…
- p. 57 …that the objects seemed about 20 times as long as wide. Let us assume that the…
PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE-TIME GROUP
24 Jun 47 2. LOCATION
Mt. Rainer, Washington
3. SOURCE
Civilian 10. CONCLUSION
Other (KIRAGE)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Nine
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
2 1/2-3 minutes 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Observer sighted a large circular objects heading west.
They appeared as mirror-like reflections which dipped and twisted at a very high rate of speed. Skerrick were made.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Air-Visual
7. COURSE
West
8. PHOTOS
Yes
No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes
No
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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