CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Incident # 84
1. Date: 7 July 1947
2. Time: between 1300 and 1400 hours EST
3. Location: 1 mile east of Lakeland, Fla
4. Name of observer: Mr. Hiram William Griffin
5. Occupation of observer: "sign painter" previously cab-driver amateur artist. Also former 2d-class seaman in U. S. Navy
6. Address of observer: 602 N. Tennessee Ave., Lakeland, Fla
7. Place of observation: 1 mile east of Lakeland, Fla - ground
8. Number of objects: 5
9. Distance of object from observer: N/S one mile
10. Time in sight: 15 - 30 seconds
11. Altitude: between 5,000 to 7,500 ft
12. Speed: very fast
13. Direction of flight: N/S - upward
14. Tactics: climbed 2500 feet in just a few seconds
15. Sound: swishing noise that seemed to sing with a more or less shrill whine.
16. Size: N/S
17. Color: "glittery"
18. Shape: N/S - seemed "turtle-backed" from [redacted] photograph submitted
19. Odor detected: N/S
20. Apparent construction: plastic appearance
21. Exhaust trails: N/S
22. Weather conditions: Clear with scattered clouds
23. Effect on clouds: N/S
24. Sketches or photographs: photograph
25. Manner of disappearance: climbed out of sight
26. Remarks: (over)