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CONFIDENTIAL 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 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) CONFIDENTIAL