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- For 22 years,
starting officially in 1948,

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the United States Air
Force was responsible

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for investigating reports of
unidentified flying objects.

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The United States Air
Force was responsible

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That investigation began with
a serious high-priority status

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to search for answers.

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About a year later,
those involved created

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to search for answers.

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An estimate of the situation.

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That was an
intelligence analysis

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of the events that
had taken place.

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The conclusion was
that the flying saucers

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were interplanetary craft.

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The Air Force Chief of Staff,
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg,

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were interplanetary craft.

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Rejected the analysis and
nearly everyone involved

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in its creation found
themselves reassigned.

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Rejected the analysis and
nearly everyone involved

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The UFO project, then known
as Sign, fell into disarray.

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After a series of officers
had been put in charge

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and the name changed first
to Grudge, then Blue Book,

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investigations
became a priority.

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They didn't last very long

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and eventually Blue
Book became little more

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than a public
relations operation

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designed to convince the public

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that the Air Force
was doing its job,

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that there was no threat
to national security,

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and that there was nothing to
the tales of flying saucers.

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That there was no threat
to national security,

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During the Second World War,
they were called foo fighters,

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and in 1946 as they
flew over Scandinavia,

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they were known
as ghost rockets.

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It wasn't until Boise, Idaho
businessman Kenneth Arnold

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saw them near Mount
Rainier, Washington,

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that they became flying saucers.

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Saw them near Mount
Rainier, Washington,

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Although the official
investigation

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wouldn't be launched
for another six months,

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the Arnold sighting
was the first one

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to receive major coverage
in the United States.

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Army Air Forces
investigations working

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out of the Fourth Air
Force Headquarters

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became deeply involved
in the Arnold sighting.

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Out of the Fourth Air
Force Headquarters

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Arnold made his sighting
of these strange objects

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flying one behind the
other at about 9,500 feet

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at a speed he estimated to be
more than 1,500 miles an hour.

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Flying one behind the
other at about 9,500 feet

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This was something that
clearly wasn't made

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in secret projects hidden in
the mountains of New Mexico

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This was something that
clearly wasn't made

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and it wasn't something that
was made by the Soviet Union

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as they began to press
for world domination.

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This was something strange
that had no ready explanation

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other than it was strange and
almost impossible to believe.

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This was something strange
that had no ready explanation

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When Arnold landed
later in the afternoon

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on June 24th in
Yakima, Washington,

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When Arnold landed
later in the afternoon

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he told the assembled
reporters what he had seen.

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In the course of
describing the objects,

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he said they moved with a motion

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like that of saucers
skipping across the water.

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He said they moved with a motion

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The shape, however,
according to drawings

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that Arnold completed
for the Army,

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showed objects that were
keel-shaped with a blunt nose.

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In later drawings,
Arnold had elaborated,

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showing objects that
were crescent-shaped

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In later drawings,
Arnold had elaborated,

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with a scalloped trailing edge

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and even a clear canopy
over the cockpit.

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With a scalloped trailing edge

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Later, Arnold would
provide the military

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with a written
description of the events

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in a document that was
originally classified

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but that has long
since been released.

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Arnold wrote...

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But that has long
since been released.

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- On June 24th,
I'd finished my work.

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At about two o'clock,

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I took off for Chehalis
Washington Airport

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with the intention of going
to Yakima, Washington.

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I flew directly
toward Mount Rainier

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after reaching an altitude
of about 9,500 feet

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I flew directly
toward Mount Rainier

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which is the
approximate elevation

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of the high plateau from
which Mount Rainier rises.

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Which is the
approximate elevation

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There was a DC-4 to the
left and to the rear of me

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approximately 15
miles' distance,

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and I should judge a
14,000 foot elevation.

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Approximately 15
miles' distance,

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I hadn't flown more than
two or three minutes

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on my course when a bright
flash reflected on my airplane.

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It startled me as I
thought I was too close

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on my course when a bright
flash reflected on my airplane.

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To some other aircraft.

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I looked every place in the sky

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and couldn't find where the
reflection had come from

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I looked every place in the sky

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until I looked to the left
and the north of Mount Rainier

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where I observed a chain of
nine peculiar-looking aircraft

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flying from north to the south

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at approximately
9,500 foot elevation

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and going seemingly in
a definite direction

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of about 170 degrees.

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And going seemingly in
a definite direction

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They, the objects,

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were approaching Mount
Rainier very rapidly

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They, the objects,

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and I merely assumed
they were jet planes.

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Anyhow, I discovered that this

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was where the
reflection had come from

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as two or three of them
every few seconds would dip

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or change their course
slightly just enough

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for the sun to strike
them at an angle

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that reflected
brightly on my plane.

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For the sun to strike
them at an angle

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I thought it was very peculiar
that I couldn't their tails

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but assumed they were
some type of jet plane.

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I thought it was very peculiar
that I couldn't their tails

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I was determined to
clock their speed

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as I had two definite points
I could clock them by.

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I was determined to
clock their speed

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I watched these objects
with great interest

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as I had never before
observed airplanes

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flying so close to
the mountaintops.

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I would estimate their elevation
could've varied 1,000 feet

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one way or another, up or down.

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I would estimate their elevation
could've varied 1,000 feet

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They flew like many times I
have observed geese to fly

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in a rather diagonal
chain-like line

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as if they were linked together.

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Their speed at the time did
not impress me particularly

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as if they were linked together.

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Because I knew that our Army
and Air Forces had planes

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that went very fast.

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Because I knew that our Army
and Air Forces had planes

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A number of newsmen
and experts suggested

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that I might've been
seeing reflections

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or even a mirage.

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This I know to be
absolutely false

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as I observed these objects
not only through the glass

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This I know to be
absolutely false

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of my airplane, but turned
my airplane sideways

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where I could open my
window and observe them

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with a completely
unobstructed view.

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Where I could open my
window and observe them

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When these objects were
flying approximately straight

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and level, they were
just a black thin line,

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and when they flipped
was the only time

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I could get a judgment
as to their size.

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And when they flipped
was the only time

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- Arnold's sightings didn't gain

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front-page status immediately.

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Stories about it appeared in
newspapers a day or two later,

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usually on page eight or
nine, and then with a comment

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about strange objects
in fast flight.

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It was, at that time,
the story of an oddity.

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Arnold claimed later that
he thought he had seen

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It was, at that time,
the story of an oddity.

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Some sort of new jet aircraft
and he was a little concerned

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about breaking the
security around it.

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Some sort of new jet aircraft
and he was a little concerned

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In the Project Blue
Book files is a note

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about the Arnold case

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which labeled it as
incident number 37.

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About the Arnold case

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The Air Force officers who
reviewed the case wrote,

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"The report cannot bear even
superficial examination,

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"therefore, must be disregarded.

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"There are strong
indications that this report

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"and its attendant publicity
is largely responsible

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"There are strong
indications that this report

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"for subsequent reports."

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Note content with a
negative note in the file.

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The unidentified
officer also wrote,

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"It is to be noted that
the observer has profited

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"from his story by selling
it to 'FATE Magazine'."

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"It is to be noted that
the observer has profited

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Here for the first time
were two accusations

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that would be made
about many UFO cases,

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that is, the witnesses
were in it for the money

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and a suggestion that UFO
reports were the result

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that is, the witnesses
were in it for the money

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of the snowball effect.

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It seems to suggest that
Arnold invented his tale

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with an eye to writing a
story about it for "FATE".

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There is no evidence
to support this

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and Arnold had not
written any articles

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There is no evidence
to support this

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for any magazines
prior to this sighting.

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The editors of "FATE", and
Ray Palmer specifically,

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who would become
one of the first

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and most vocal proponents
of the flying saucers,

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induced Arnold into writing
about what he had seen.

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The point then
becomes irrelevant.

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The article doesn't seem to
have been a motive for Arnold

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but more of a
serendipitous reward

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for seeing and reporting the
objects in the first place.

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But more of a
serendipitous reward

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It seems that those
investigating the flying saucers

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didn't see a link between his
sighting and photographs taken

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on July 7th, 1947,
in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Didn't see a link between his
sighting and photographs taken

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William A. Rhodes, a
self-employed scientist

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living in Phoenix,
claimed he had taken

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what might be considered
the first good photographs

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living in Phoenix,
claimed he had taken

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of one of the flying saucers.

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Initially puzzled by the case,

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the military did take
the report seriously.

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Initially puzzled by the case,

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The investigation
that included the FBI,

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whose agent asked not to be
identified as an FBI agent,

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accompanied the Army
Air Force's officer

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whose agent asked not to be
identified as an FBI agent,

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to interview Rhodes.

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Rhodes would first
tell reporters

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and then various
government investigators,

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Rhodes would first
tell reporters

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including those from the FBI

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and the Army's Counter
Intelligence Corps

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that he had been on
his way to his workshop

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at the rear of his house when
he heard a distinctive whoosh

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that he had been on
his way to his workshop

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that he believed to be from a
P-80 Shooting Star fighter jet

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which was the fastest airplane
at that particular moment.

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That he believed to be from a
P-80 Shooting Star fighter jet

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Overhead he saw something
that didn't have the shape

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of a conventional aircraft.

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He hurried to his lab, grabbed
his camera from his workbench

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and hurried outside to a
small mound in his backyard.

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He hurried to his lab, grabbed
his camera from his workbench

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Rhodes sighted along
the side of his camera

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and it took the
first photograph.

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He estimated that the object
was circling in the east.

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He advanced the film
and then hesitated,

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He estimated that the object
was circling in the east.

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Thinking that he would wait
for the object to get closer.

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Worried that it would disappear
without coming closer,

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he snapped the second picture,
finished the film roll,

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and his ability to
record the event further.

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He snapped the second picture,
finished the film roll,

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Rhodes' story, along with
the pictures, appeared

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in the Phoenix newspaper "The
Arizona Republic" on July 9th.

249
00:11:46,719 --> 00:11:48,553
Rhodes' story, along with
the pictures, appeared

250
00:11:48,577 --> 00:11:51,858
In that article,
men long experienced

251
00:11:51,882 --> 00:11:55,294
in aircraft recognition
studied both the print

252
00:11:55,318 --> 00:11:57,363
and the negative from
which they were made

253
00:11:57,387 --> 00:11:59,665
and declined to make a guess

254
00:11:59,689 --> 00:12:01,333
on what the flying
object might be.

255
00:12:01,357 --> 00:12:02,477
And declined to make a guess

256
00:12:05,727 --> 00:12:08,552
Rhodes said that the object
appeared to be elliptical

257
00:12:08,576 --> 00:12:12,177
in shape and to have a
diameter of 20 to 30 feet.

258
00:12:12,201 --> 00:12:13,210
Rhodes said that the object
appeared to be elliptical

259
00:12:13,234 --> 00:12:16,413
It appeared to be at
5,000 feet when first seen

260
00:12:16,437 --> 00:12:18,749
and was traveling
according to Rhodes

261
00:12:18,773 --> 00:12:21,518
at 400 to 600 miles per hour.

262
00:12:21,542 --> 00:12:21,640
And was traveling
according to Rhodes

263
00:12:22,376 --> 00:12:24,520
It was gray, which
tended to blend

264
00:12:24,544 --> 00:12:26,522
with the gray overcast
background of the sky.

265
00:12:26,546 --> 00:12:27,866
It was gray, which
tended to blend

266
00:12:28,513 --> 00:12:31,294
The object had,
according to Rhodes

267
00:12:31,318 --> 00:12:34,588
and a confidential report from
the Project Blue Book files,

268
00:12:34,612 --> 00:12:38,682
what appeared to be a
cockpit canopy in the center

269
00:12:38,706 --> 00:12:42,751
which extended toward the
back and beneath the object.

270
00:12:42,775 --> 00:12:45,498
The cockpit did not
protrude from the surface

271
00:12:45,522 --> 00:12:47,333
but was clearly visible
with the naked eye.

272
00:12:47,357 --> 00:12:49,117
The cockpit did not
protrude from the surface

273
00:12:51,561 --> 00:12:55,174
Then on August 29th,
according to a memorandum

274
00:12:55,198 --> 00:12:58,135
from the office in
charge, George Fugate, Jr,

275
00:12:58,159 --> 00:12:58,257
Then on August 29th,
according to a memorandum

276
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a special agent of
the CIC and stationed

277
00:13:01,703 --> 00:13:03,748
at Fourth Air
Force Headquarters,

278
00:13:03,772 --> 00:13:06,217
interviewed Rhodes in person.

279
00:13:06,241 --> 00:13:09,561
Fugate was accompanied
by Special Agent Brower

280
00:13:09,585 --> 00:13:13,011
of the Phoenix FBI Office.

281
00:13:13,035 --> 00:13:16,223
This interview is important
because of some of the confusion

282
00:13:16,247 --> 00:13:19,121
about location of the
negatives and prints

283
00:13:19,145 --> 00:13:20,823
of the photograph that
would develop later.

284
00:13:20,847 --> 00:13:22,487
About location of the
negatives and prints

285
00:13:23,448 --> 00:13:25,891
During the interview,
Rhodes again told the story,

286
00:13:26,802 --> 00:13:29,372
suggesting that he
thought at first

287
00:13:29,396 --> 00:13:31,771
it might have been the
Navy's Flying Flapjack

288
00:13:31,795 --> 00:13:32,901
suggesting that he
thought at first

289
00:13:32,925 --> 00:13:36,253
which had been featured
on the May 1947 cover

290
00:13:36,277 --> 00:13:37,651
of "Mechanix Illustrated".

291
00:13:37,675 --> 00:13:39,435
Which had been featured
on the May 1947 cover

292
00:13:40,863 --> 00:13:43,978
He rejected the idea
because he saw no propellors

293
00:13:44,002 --> 00:13:46,138
or landing gear, though
the overall shape

294
00:13:46,162 --> 00:13:46,260
He rejected the idea
because he saw no propellors

295
00:13:47,005 --> 00:13:50,213
of the craft matched
that of the Flapjack.

296
00:13:50,237 --> 00:13:53,386
Later, research by
various investigators,

297
00:13:53,410 --> 00:13:56,314
both military and civilian,
showed that the Navy built

298
00:13:56,338 --> 00:13:56,436
Later, research by
various investigators,

299
00:13:57,205 --> 00:14:00,118
two Flapjacks but
neither had flown

300
00:14:00,142 --> 00:14:02,850
outside the Bridgeport,
Connecticut area.

301
00:14:02,874 --> 00:14:06,040
The project was canceled in 1947

302
00:14:06,064 --> 00:14:08,325
as the Navy moved to
jet-powered aircraft.

303
00:14:08,349 --> 00:14:09,629
The project was canceled in 1947

304
00:14:15,622 --> 00:14:19,135
While Rhodes was
being interviewed in
his home in Phoenix,

305
00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:21,971
Arnold, because he
lived in the Northwest,

306
00:14:21,995 --> 00:14:25,373
Lieutenant Frank Brown with
Captain William Davidson

307
00:14:25,397 --> 00:14:28,774
took a B-25 and flew up
to Tacoma, Washington,

308
00:14:28,798 --> 00:14:31,867
where Arnold was
investigating Maury Island.

309
00:14:31,891 --> 00:14:31,989
Took a B-25 and flew up
to Tacoma, Washington,

310
00:14:32,808 --> 00:14:35,583
They all got together
in Arnold's hotel room

311
00:14:35,607 --> 00:14:38,566
late in the evening where
Arnold showed them the debris

312
00:14:38,590 --> 00:14:41,638
that had been recovered
on Maury Island

313
00:14:41,662 --> 00:14:44,649
that Dahl and Crisman
had given him.

314
00:14:44,673 --> 00:14:46,193
That had been recovered
on Maury Island

315
00:14:46,867 --> 00:14:49,353
Both Army officers, Brown
and Davidson, believed

316
00:14:49,377 --> 00:14:52,623
that the material was nothing
more than smelter slag.

317
00:14:52,647 --> 00:14:55,826
They were unimpressed but
both man respected Arnold.

318
00:14:55,850 --> 00:14:56,827
They didn't tell
him they believed

319
00:14:56,851 --> 00:14:56,949
They were unimpressed but
both man respected Arnold.

320
00:14:57,760 --> 00:14:59,559
The Maury Island
tale to be a hoax.

321
00:15:02,389 --> 00:15:05,235
All of this takes
us back to Rhodes.

322
00:15:05,259 --> 00:15:08,336
According to Early, Arnold
asked the two officers

323
00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:10,744
what Army intelligence
had learned

324
00:15:10,768 --> 00:15:14,865
about UFOs in the days
after his sighting.

325
00:15:14,889 --> 00:15:18,410
Davidson sat down and then
drew a picture of an object.

326
00:15:18,434 --> 00:15:21,274
He told Arnold, "This
is a drawing of one

327
00:15:21,298 --> 00:15:24,664
"of several photographs we
consider to be authentic."

328
00:15:24,688 --> 00:15:24,786
He told Arnold, "This
is a drawing of one

329
00:15:25,677 --> 00:15:27,546
Brown then added the information

330
00:15:27,570 --> 00:15:30,215
that tied it to the
Rhodes photograph.

331
00:15:30,239 --> 00:15:33,718
He said, "It came from Phoenix,
Arizona, the other day.

332
00:15:33,742 --> 00:15:36,944
"We have prints of
it at Hamilton Field

333
00:15:36,968 --> 00:15:39,490
"but the original negatives
were flown to Washington, D.C."

334
00:15:39,514 --> 00:15:41,034
"We have prints of
it at Hamilton Field

335
00:15:41,474 --> 00:15:43,234
It is clear that those
pictures were the ones

336
00:15:43,618 --> 00:15:44,618
that Rhodes had taken

337
00:15:45,545 --> 00:15:48,865
since there were no other
UFO photographs taken

338
00:15:48,889 --> 00:15:51,459
in July, 1947, in
Phoenix, Arizona.

339
00:15:51,483 --> 00:15:53,323
Since there were no other
UFO photographs taken

340
00:15:53,858 --> 00:15:57,290
It's interesting that Brown
mentioned Hamilton Field

341
00:15:57,314 --> 00:15:59,903
because Rhodes does
the same thing,

342
00:15:59,927 --> 00:16:01,843
and Hamilton Field was part
of the Fourth Air Force

343
00:16:01,867 --> 00:16:03,053
because Rhodes does
the same thing,

344
00:16:03,077 --> 00:16:07,783
in 1947, and Rhodes had
communications with officers

345
00:16:07,807 --> 00:16:10,338
at Fourth Air Force about
his photograph as well.

346
00:16:10,362 --> 00:16:12,402
In 1947, and Rhodes had
communications with officers

347
00:16:14,254 --> 00:16:16,515
In the end, the
Air Force decided

348
00:16:16,539 --> 00:16:19,668
that Arnold had been
fooled by mirages created

349
00:16:19,692 --> 00:16:21,523
as the wind whipped up the snow

350
00:16:21,547 --> 00:16:24,332
at the highest levels
of the mountain.

351
00:16:24,356 --> 00:16:27,656
Rhodes had created a hoax,
no real evidence of that,

352
00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,817
but when they had no
other explanation,

353
00:16:29,841 --> 00:16:29,939
Rhodes had created a hoax,
no real evidence of that,

354
00:16:30,650 --> 00:16:33,788
they claimed the
sighting was a hoax.

355
00:16:33,812 --> 00:16:36,590
What they couldn't
explain, and didn't try,

356
00:16:36,614 --> 00:16:39,436
was how Rhodes could
photograph an object

357
00:16:39,460 --> 00:16:41,338
that looked like that
reported by Arnold

358
00:16:41,362 --> 00:16:42,372
was how Rhodes could
photograph an object

359
00:16:42,396 --> 00:16:44,988
without having seen the
Arnold illustrations.

360
00:16:48,510 --> 00:16:51,639
The belief at the beginning
of the official investigation

361
00:16:51,663 --> 00:16:54,475
was that trained
military personnel

362
00:16:54,499 --> 00:16:56,143
and law enforcement
officers made the best,

363
00:16:56,167 --> 00:16:56,265
was that trained
military personnel

364
00:16:56,801 --> 00:16:59,513
most credible witnesses.

365
00:16:59,537 --> 00:17:03,083
Using this criteria, they
selected a number of reports

366
00:17:03,107 --> 00:17:04,568
that seemed inexplicable to them

367
00:17:04,592 --> 00:17:05,669
Using this criteria, they
selected a number of reports

368
00:17:05,693 --> 00:17:08,510
and that seemed to suggest
that the observed craft

369
00:17:09,379 --> 00:17:11,540
were beyond the
technical capability

370
00:17:11,564 --> 00:17:13,517
of any nation on Earth.

371
00:17:16,852 --> 00:17:17,852
Of any nation on Earth.

372
00:17:37,054 --> 00:17:40,667
On July 4th, 1947, there
were a series of sightings

373
00:17:40,691 --> 00:17:43,424
over several Northwest states

374
00:17:43,448 --> 00:17:46,147
that Air Force officers labeled
as either insufficient data

375
00:17:46,171 --> 00:17:47,181
over several Northwest states

376
00:17:47,205 --> 00:17:51,748
for a scientific analysis
or as unidentified.

377
00:17:51,772 --> 00:17:54,856
These involved police officers
and airline flight crews

378
00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,591
as well as local civilians.

379
00:17:57,615 --> 00:18:00,206
Many of the reports were
independent of one another

380
00:18:00,230 --> 00:18:02,526
but can be linked by location,

381
00:18:02,550 --> 00:18:05,265
time of day, and other factors.

382
00:18:05,289 --> 00:18:07,125
Combined rather than separated,

383
00:18:07,149 --> 00:18:07,247
time of day, and other factors.

384
00:18:07,883 --> 00:18:09,893
They make a powerful statement

385
00:18:09,917 --> 00:18:11,786
about the nature of
the flying saucers.

386
00:18:11,810 --> 00:18:13,010
They make a powerful statement

387
00:18:14,568 --> 00:18:17,734
Although the first reports
were made by civilians,

388
00:18:17,758 --> 00:18:20,668
it was just a few
minutes after one p.m.

389
00:18:20,692 --> 00:18:23,823
that police officer
Kenneth A. McDowell,

390
00:18:23,847 --> 00:18:26,826
who was near the
Portland Police Station,

391
00:18:26,850 --> 00:18:30,381
noticed that the pigeons began
fluttering as if frightened.

392
00:18:30,405 --> 00:18:34,774
Overhead he saw five large
disks east of the city.

393
00:18:34,798 --> 00:18:37,686
According to the report he
gave to military officers,

394
00:18:37,710 --> 00:18:39,946
three disks were flying east

395
00:18:39,970 --> 00:18:42,380
and two were headed
to the south.

396
00:18:42,404 --> 00:18:43,815
All were flying at high speed

397
00:18:43,839 --> 00:18:43,937
and two were headed
to the south.

398
00:18:44,613 --> 00:18:48,096
And all appeared
to be oscillating.

399
00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:52,323
McDowell alerted other police
officers in an all-car alert

400
00:18:52,347 --> 00:18:54,085
and they immediately
broadcast the information

401
00:18:54,109 --> 00:18:54,207
McDowell alerted other police
officers in an all-car alert

402
00:18:54,574 --> 00:18:55,774
over the police radio.

403
00:18:58,673 --> 00:19:01,833
Two other police
officers, Walter A. Lissy

404
00:19:01,857 --> 00:19:04,868
and Robert Ellis, after
hearing the broadcast,

405
00:19:04,892 --> 00:19:07,095
stopped near a park.

406
00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,099
Overhead they saw three
disks moving at high speed.

407
00:19:10,123 --> 00:19:10,221
Stopped near a park.

408
00:19:10,704 --> 00:19:12,877
Neither heard any sound,

409
00:19:12,901 --> 00:19:14,978
but both did see
flashes of brightness

410
00:19:15,002 --> 00:19:15,100
Neither heard any sound,

411
00:19:15,903 --> 00:19:17,447
that could've been
sunlight reflecting

412
00:19:17,471 --> 00:19:20,217
from a metallic surface.

413
00:19:20,241 --> 00:19:22,485
According to them, the
objects moved erratically

414
00:19:22,509 --> 00:19:22,607
from a metallic surface.

415
00:19:23,410 --> 00:19:26,004
And changed their
direction of flight.

416
00:19:26,028 --> 00:19:29,316
They were in sight
for about 30 seconds.

417
00:19:29,340 --> 00:19:31,619
Both men were veterans
of the Second World War

418
00:19:31,643 --> 00:19:31,741
They were in sight
for about 30 seconds.

419
00:19:32,365 --> 00:19:35,055
And both were civilian pilots,

420
00:19:35,079 --> 00:19:37,824
which suggested they
had some experience

421
00:19:37,848 --> 00:19:41,391
around aviation and
aviation assets.

422
00:19:41,415 --> 00:19:42,975
Which suggested they
had some experience

423
00:19:45,355 --> 00:19:48,664
Patrolman Earl Patterson,
after hearing the broadcast,

424
00:19:48,688 --> 00:19:51,970
stopped to search
for any of the disks.

425
00:19:51,994 --> 00:19:54,294
The broadcast had
suggested that the saucers

426
00:19:54,318 --> 00:19:57,001
were coming out of the sun

427
00:19:57,025 --> 00:20:00,501
which meant they were coming
from the direction of the sun.

428
00:20:00,525 --> 00:20:02,613
At first, Patterson
noticed nothing,

429
00:20:02,637 --> 00:20:03,314
but a few seconds later,

430
00:20:03,338 --> 00:20:03,436
At first, Patterson
noticed nothing,

431
00:20:04,239 --> 00:20:06,817
he saw one object
coming out the west

432
00:20:06,841 --> 00:20:08,985
and heading towards
the southwest.

433
00:20:09,009 --> 00:20:10,086
He saw one object
coming out the west

434
00:20:10,110 --> 00:20:13,147
He said that the craft
seemed to be either aluminum

435
00:20:13,171 --> 00:20:16,116
or eggshell white and didn't
flash or reflect the sun.

436
00:20:16,140 --> 00:20:18,140
He said that the craft
seemed to be either aluminum

437
00:20:18,530 --> 00:20:20,728
He also said that he didn't
think they were airplanes

438
00:20:20,752 --> 00:20:22,778
like so many of the others.

439
00:20:22,802 --> 00:20:26,946
Their flight path was
erratic, wobbling and weaving.

440
00:20:26,970 --> 00:20:28,587
Patterson thought they
were radio-controlled

441
00:20:28,611 --> 00:20:28,709
Their flight path was
erratic, wobbling and weaving.

442
00:20:29,579 --> 00:20:31,779
Rather than having a
living pilot onboard.

443
00:20:35,339 --> 00:20:37,685
On the far side of
the Columbia River

444
00:20:37,709 --> 00:20:39,236
in nearby Vancouver, Washington,

445
00:20:39,260 --> 00:20:40,490
On the far side of
the Columbia River

446
00:20:40,514 --> 00:20:44,260
sheriff's deputies Sergeant
John Sullivan, Clarence McKay,

447
00:20:44,284 --> 00:20:48,005
and Fred Krives also
heard the alert broadcast

448
00:20:48,029 --> 00:20:50,149
and ran outside to
look for themselves.

449
00:20:50,173 --> 00:20:51,973
And Fred Krives also
heard the alert broadcast

450
00:20:52,201 --> 00:20:54,445
Over Portland three
to five miles away,

451
00:20:54,469 --> 00:20:57,675
they saw 20 to 30 disks
that looked to them

452
00:20:57,699 --> 00:20:59,808
like a flight of geese.

453
00:20:59,832 --> 00:21:01,927
They heard a low humming sound

454
00:21:01,951 --> 00:21:04,830
which might or might not have
been related to the objects.

455
00:21:04,854 --> 00:21:06,054
They heard a low humming sound

456
00:21:09,316 --> 00:21:12,822
Not long after that,
three Harvard patrolmen

457
00:21:12,846 --> 00:21:15,990
who had also been monitoring
the police radio band

458
00:21:16,014 --> 00:21:20,136
stepped outside, Captain
K.A. Prehn, A.T. Austad,

459
00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:21,270
who had also been monitoring
the police radio band

460
00:21:21,294 --> 00:21:23,672
and Patrolman K.C. Hoff,

461
00:21:23,696 --> 00:21:27,642
saw three to six disks
traveling at high speed.

462
00:21:27,666 --> 00:21:29,144
They couldn't get a
good count on the number

463
00:21:29,168 --> 00:21:30,211
saw three to six disks
traveling at high speed.

464
00:21:30,235 --> 00:21:33,156
Because of the bright
flashes surrounding them.

465
00:21:33,180 --> 00:21:34,898
According to witnesses,

466
00:21:34,922 --> 00:21:37,192
the objects looked like
huge chrome hubcaps

467
00:21:37,216 --> 00:21:37,314
According to witnesses,

468
00:21:37,917 --> 00:21:40,228
and oscillated as they flew.

469
00:21:40,252 --> 00:21:43,207
Sometimes the witnesses
could see a full disk,

470
00:21:43,231 --> 00:21:46,490
then a half-moon, and
then nothing at all.

471
00:21:46,514 --> 00:21:48,213
They did see a plane
overhead as well,

472
00:21:48,237 --> 00:21:48,335
then a half-moon, and
then nothing at all.

473
00:21:48,810 --> 00:21:50,759
But all the witnesses said

474
00:21:50,783 --> 00:21:53,124
that what they were
watching was not aircraft.

475
00:21:53,148 --> 00:21:54,188
But all the witnesses said

476
00:21:55,500 --> 00:21:58,337
This would cause Air Force
investigations to wonder

477
00:21:58,361 --> 00:22:02,367
if aircraft might be a
plausible explanation

478
00:22:02,391 --> 00:22:04,770
for the sightings, despite
the suggestion by the witness.

479
00:22:04,794 --> 00:22:06,514
If aircraft might be a
plausible explanation

480
00:22:07,094 --> 00:22:10,131
They thought that something
the plane's pilot did,

481
00:22:10,155 --> 00:22:13,090
such as tossing shiny
disks from the cockpit,

482
00:22:13,114 --> 00:22:15,157
might have caused the confusion.

483
00:22:15,181 --> 00:22:17,439
And later in the day,
there was another report

484
00:22:17,463 --> 00:22:17,561
might have caused the confusion.

485
00:22:18,128 --> 00:22:19,128
With a similar claim.

486
00:22:22,201 --> 00:22:25,145
The Air Force files
contained a report

487
00:22:25,169 --> 00:22:29,714
that a former Air Corps
veteran said the object he saw

488
00:22:29,738 --> 00:22:33,311
was unlike any plane
he had ever seen.

489
00:22:33,335 --> 00:22:35,939
He thought it appeared
radio-controlled

490
00:22:35,963 --> 00:22:38,196
because the disk
could change direction

491
00:22:38,220 --> 00:22:40,407
at a 90-degree angle
without difficulty.

492
00:22:40,431 --> 00:22:41,951
Because the disk
could change direction

493
00:22:43,386 --> 00:22:46,490
Another witness suggested
that he had seen three objects

494
00:22:46,514 --> 00:22:50,102
fly east across the
Willamette River.

495
00:22:50,126 --> 00:22:52,568
The objects did not
appear to be very high

496
00:22:52,592 --> 00:22:55,140
but they were
traveling very fast.

497
00:22:55,164 --> 00:22:56,974
He said that they looked
like a metallic disk

498
00:22:56,998 --> 00:22:57,096
but they were
traveling very fast.

499
00:22:57,565 --> 00:22:59,469
Glinting in the sun.

500
00:22:59,493 --> 00:23:01,870
He also said that
he and a neighbor

501
00:23:01,894 --> 00:23:04,064
saw a single disk
later that afternoon.

502
00:23:04,088 --> 00:23:05,448
He also said that
he and a neighbor

503
00:23:07,767 --> 00:23:12,180
About four p.m., more
civilians reported more disks.

504
00:23:12,204 --> 00:23:14,048
A woman called the
police telling them

505
00:23:14,072 --> 00:23:15,282
she had watched a single object

506
00:23:15,306 --> 00:23:15,404
A woman called the
police telling them

507
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:20,287
as shiny as a new
dime flipping around.

508
00:23:20,311 --> 00:23:21,538
An unidentified
man called to say

509
00:23:21,562 --> 00:23:21,660
as shiny as a new
dime flipping around.

510
00:23:22,296 --> 00:23:24,743
That he had seen three disks,

511
00:23:24,767 --> 00:23:28,227
one flying to the east
and the two heading north.

512
00:23:28,251 --> 00:23:31,097
They were shining, shaped
like flattened saucers,

513
00:23:31,121 --> 00:23:32,465
and were traveling
at high speed.

514
00:23:32,489 --> 00:23:34,409
They were shining, shaped
like flattened saucers,

515
00:23:35,424 --> 00:23:37,636
About an hour later, a man said

516
00:23:37,660 --> 00:23:39,867
that he spotted two
white or silver objects

517
00:23:39,891 --> 00:23:39,989
About an hour later, a man said

518
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,620
flying southeast over Portland.

519
00:23:43,623 --> 00:23:46,332
Half an hour later, he
sighted a single disk

520
00:23:46,356 --> 00:23:47,436
headed to the northeast.

521
00:23:47,460 --> 00:23:49,180
Half an hour later, he
sighted a single disk

522
00:23:49,963 --> 00:23:53,275
In Milwaukee, Oregon,
not far from Portland,

523
00:23:53,299 --> 00:23:55,443
Sergeant Claude Cross
reported three objects

524
00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:55,565
In Milwaukee, Oregon,
not far from Portland,

525
00:23:56,034 --> 00:23:57,134
flying to the north.

526
00:23:58,271 --> 00:24:01,439
All were disk-shaped, all
were moving at high speed.

527
00:24:04,075 --> 00:24:08,189
But disks overhead weren't the
only things being reported.

528
00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:10,958
There were objects falling
from the sky as well.

529
00:24:10,982 --> 00:24:13,960
Near Eugene, Oregon, a
railroad cashier said

530
00:24:13,984 --> 00:24:17,263
he saw silver
disks being dropped

531
00:24:17,287 --> 00:24:19,090
out of a white plane
flying over the city.

532
00:24:19,114 --> 00:24:20,394
He saw silver
disks being dropped

533
00:24:21,383 --> 00:24:23,628
A man in Portland recovered
a large piece of paper

534
00:24:23,652 --> 00:24:25,512
he had seen fall
from a great height.

535
00:24:25,536 --> 00:24:26,813
A man in Portland recovered
a large piece of paper

536
00:24:26,837 --> 00:24:30,289
According to reports, the time
that the paper fell coincided

537
00:24:31,225 --> 00:24:33,436
with some of the
flying saucer sightings

538
00:24:33,460 --> 00:24:34,938
which might explain
some of them.

539
00:24:34,962 --> 00:24:36,522
With some of the
flying saucer sightings

540
00:24:44,045 --> 00:24:46,815
The best of the sightings,
and the one that was labeled

541
00:24:46,839 --> 00:24:50,586
as unidentified,
occurred about dusk

542
00:24:50,610 --> 00:24:54,080
as a United Airlines flight
crew saw a single disk.

543
00:24:54,104 --> 00:24:55,156
As unidentified,
occurred about dusk

544
00:24:55,180 --> 00:24:58,158
Minutes later, they
spotted several others.

545
00:24:58,182 --> 00:25:01,228
Captain E.J. Smith, the
captain of the flight,

546
00:25:01,252 --> 00:25:04,223
explained it this way.

547
00:25:04,247 --> 00:25:06,581
- As our flight
number 105 took off

548
00:25:06,605 --> 00:25:09,827
from Boise, Idaho at
four p.m. Pacific time,

549
00:25:09,851 --> 00:25:11,862
the tower joshingly warned us

550
00:25:11,886 --> 00:25:14,888
to be on the lookout
for flying saucers.

551
00:25:14,912 --> 00:25:17,726
My co-pilot, Ralph
Stevens, was in control

552
00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:19,728
shortly after we
got into the air.

553
00:25:19,752 --> 00:25:21,553
Suddenly, he switched
on the landing lights.

554
00:25:21,577 --> 00:25:21,675
Shortly after we
got into the air.

555
00:25:22,385 --> 00:25:24,338
He said he thought
he saw an aircraft

556
00:25:24,362 --> 00:25:26,309
approaching us head-on.

557
00:25:26,333 --> 00:25:29,211
I noticed the objects
then for the first time.

558
00:25:29,235 --> 00:25:31,878
We saw four or five somethings.

559
00:25:31,902 --> 00:25:33,240
I noticed the objects
then for the first time.

560
00:25:33,264 --> 00:25:36,485
One was larger than the
rest, and for the most part,

561
00:25:36,509 --> 00:25:39,120
kept off the right of the
other three or four similar

562
00:25:39,144 --> 00:25:39,242
One was larger than the
rest, and for the most part,

563
00:25:39,711 --> 00:25:41,103
but smaller objects.

564
00:25:42,339 --> 00:25:44,773
Since we were flying northwest,
roughly into the sunset,

565
00:25:45,910 --> 00:25:48,487
we saw whatever they were
in at least partial light.

566
00:25:48,511 --> 00:25:49,849
We saw them clearly.

567
00:25:49,873 --> 00:25:50,914
We saw whatever they were
in at least partial light.

568
00:25:50,938 --> 00:25:52,657
We followed them in a
northwesterly direction

569
00:25:52,681 --> 00:25:54,259
for about 45 miles.

570
00:25:54,283 --> 00:25:55,628
We followed them in a
northwesterly direction

571
00:25:55,652 --> 00:25:56,732
Then I called the attendant

572
00:25:57,153 --> 00:26:00,031
at the Ontario,
Oregon radio tower,

573
00:26:00,055 --> 00:26:03,868
giving an approximate location
and course for the objects.

574
00:26:03,892 --> 00:26:05,874
The attendant acknowledged our
call, went outside to look,

575
00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:07,130
giving an approximate location
and course for the objects.

576
00:26:07,154 --> 00:26:09,587
But was unable to see anything
like what we'd described.

577
00:26:10,565 --> 00:26:13,710
Finally the object disappeared
in a burst of speed.

578
00:26:13,734 --> 00:26:15,211
We were unable to tell

579
00:26:15,235 --> 00:26:17,750
whether they outsped
us or disintegrated.

580
00:26:17,774 --> 00:26:18,774
We were unable to tell

581
00:26:20,413 --> 00:26:23,353
We were never able to
catch them in our DC-3.

582
00:26:23,377 --> 00:26:27,798
Our airspeed at the time
was 185 miles per hour.

583
00:26:27,822 --> 00:26:31,101
Through the Boise air tower,
we radioed another United plane

584
00:26:31,125 --> 00:26:33,460
to see if it had seen anything.

585
00:26:33,484 --> 00:26:36,210
That plane flying
eastbound into the night

586
00:26:36,234 --> 00:26:38,158
had not sighted them.

587
00:26:38,182 --> 00:26:39,826
Because we were
following the objects

588
00:26:39,850 --> 00:26:41,944
at roughly the same altitude,

589
00:26:41,968 --> 00:26:43,147
we can't say anything
about their shape

590
00:26:43,171 --> 00:26:44,314
at roughly the same altitude,

591
00:26:44,338 --> 00:26:47,699
except they were thin and
were smooth on the bottom

592
00:26:47,723 --> 00:26:49,268
and rough-appearing on the top.

593
00:26:49,292 --> 00:26:51,292
Except they were thin and
were smooth on the bottom

594
00:27:01,203 --> 00:27:03,043
- Smith called
the flight attendant,

595
00:27:03,404 --> 00:27:07,117
Marty Morrow, to the cockpit
to, in Smith's words,

596
00:27:07,141 --> 00:27:10,512
verify they were actually
seeing the disks.

597
00:27:10,536 --> 00:27:13,515
He saw four or more disks,
three clustered together

598
00:27:13,539 --> 00:27:15,847
and a fourth flying off
in the distance by itself.

599
00:27:15,871 --> 00:27:17,109
He saw four or more disks,
three clustered together

600
00:27:17,133 --> 00:27:20,521
The objects were in sight
for 10 to 15 minutes

601
00:27:20,545 --> 00:27:22,965
which means that she was able
to get a good look at them.

602
00:27:22,989 --> 00:27:24,789
The objects were in sight
for 10 to 15 minutes

603
00:27:25,689 --> 00:27:27,819
Not everyone was convinced

604
00:27:27,843 --> 00:27:30,496
that the sightings were of
unconventional aircraft.

605
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,629
Colonel G.R. Dodson,

606
00:27:32,653 --> 00:27:35,918
a commander in the
Oregon National Guard,

607
00:27:35,942 --> 00:27:39,471
told reporters that he had
made an inspection of the area

608
00:27:39,495 --> 00:27:42,441
from the air but that he had
found nothing suspicious.

609
00:27:42,465 --> 00:27:44,705
Told reporters that he had
made an inspection of the area

610
00:27:44,927 --> 00:27:47,047
Solutions were offered by
some of the local residents.

611
00:27:47,794 --> 00:27:49,594
One thought that the
sightings were the result

612
00:27:49,944 --> 00:27:53,640
of cottonwood blossoms
drifting on the wind.

613
00:27:53,664 --> 00:27:55,810
Another complained
about the news coverage,

614
00:27:55,834 --> 00:27:57,736
believing it all to be a hoax.

615
00:27:57,760 --> 00:27:57,858
Another complained
about the news coverage,

616
00:27:58,701 --> 00:28:01,441
He said that he had seen
an airplane fly over

617
00:28:01,465 --> 00:28:03,042
and about a minute later
he saw what he believed

618
00:28:03,066 --> 00:28:03,164
He said that he had seen
an airplane fly over

619
00:28:03,926 --> 00:28:06,176
to be bits of aluminum foil

620
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:07,797
that might have been
cigarette wrappers.

621
00:28:07,821 --> 00:28:08,901
To be bits of aluminum foil

622
00:28:10,465 --> 00:28:12,785
Air Force officers mentioned
that radar chaff had been seen

623
00:28:13,518 --> 00:28:15,806
in the area but offered no
evidence to back up the claim.

624
00:28:17,656 --> 00:28:19,579
The idea that a
private plane pilot

625
00:28:20,882 --> 00:28:24,098
was dropping small silver disks
took on greater importance.

626
00:28:29,524 --> 00:28:33,270
In the only news story that
might have been of importance,

627
00:28:33,294 --> 00:28:36,073
the Oregon Journal noted
that the only known airplanes

628
00:28:36,097 --> 00:28:36,195
In the only news story that
might have been of importance,

629
00:28:36,998 --> 00:28:39,826
in the area at the
time of the reports

630
00:28:39,850 --> 00:28:43,412
were 23 B-29 bombers
near Astoria.

631
00:28:43,436 --> 00:28:44,916
In the area at the
time of the reports

632
00:28:45,505 --> 00:28:48,084
A formation of that size
would've been difficult

633
00:28:48,108 --> 00:28:49,741
to misidentify, not to
mention that the roar

634
00:28:49,765 --> 00:28:49,863
A formation of that size
would've been difficult

635
00:28:50,507 --> 00:28:51,787
that the engines
would've caused.

636
00:28:54,446 --> 00:28:57,281
Dr. James McDonald, an
atmospheric scientist,

637
00:28:58,316 --> 00:29:00,450
interviewed Smith, the
United Airlines captain,

638
00:29:01,019 --> 00:29:03,010
about his sighting.

639
00:29:03,034 --> 00:29:05,537
In a prepared statement
to United States

640
00:29:05,561 --> 00:29:07,760
House of Representatives
Committee

641
00:29:07,784 --> 00:29:10,729
on Science and
Astronomics' Symposium

642
00:29:10,753 --> 00:29:13,065
of the Unidentified
Flying Objects

643
00:29:13,089 --> 00:29:17,386
in July, 1968,
McDonald reported...

644
00:29:17,410 --> 00:29:19,270
- Smith emphasized to me

645
00:29:19,294 --> 00:29:20,551
that there were no cloud
phenomena to confuse them here

646
00:29:20,575 --> 00:29:21,598
- Smith emphasized to me

647
00:29:21,622 --> 00:29:23,687
and that they observed
these objects long enough

648
00:29:23,711 --> 00:29:26,694
to be quite certain that they
were no conventional aircraft.

649
00:29:26,718 --> 00:29:28,662
They appeared flat on the
bottom, rounded on the top,

650
00:29:28,686 --> 00:29:29,696
to be quite certain that they
were no conventional aircraft.

651
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,822
He told me, and he added
that there seems to be

652
00:29:31,846 --> 00:29:35,064
a perceptible roughness
of some sort on top,

653
00:29:35,088 --> 00:29:37,511
though he could not
refine the description.

654
00:29:37,535 --> 00:29:38,922
Almost immediately after they
lost sight of the first five,

655
00:29:38,946 --> 00:29:39,044
though he could not
refine the description.

656
00:29:39,626 --> 00:29:41,112
A second formation of four,

657
00:29:42,148 --> 00:29:44,176
three in a line and a
fourth off to the side,

658
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,279
moved in ahead of
their position,

659
00:29:46,303 --> 00:29:48,631
again traveling westward but
at a somewhat higher altitude

660
00:29:48,655 --> 00:29:51,813
than the DC-3's 8,000 feet.

661
00:29:51,837 --> 00:29:53,952
These passed quickly out of
sight to the west at speeds

662
00:29:53,976 --> 00:29:57,096
which they felt were far
beyond then known speeds.

663
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,377
Smith emphasized that they
were never certain of sizes

664
00:29:58,401 --> 00:29:59,557
which they felt were far
beyond then known speeds.

665
00:29:59,581 --> 00:30:02,057
And distances but that they
had the general impression

666
00:30:02,081 --> 00:30:04,069
that these disk-like craft
were appreciably larger

667
00:30:04,093 --> 00:30:04,191
and distances but that they
had the general impression

668
00:30:04,727 --> 00:30:06,733
than ordinary aircraft.

669
00:30:06,757 --> 00:30:09,074
Smith emphasized that he
had not taken seriously

670
00:30:09,098 --> 00:30:10,033
the previous week's
news accounts

671
00:30:10,057 --> 00:30:11,233
Smith emphasized that he
had not taken seriously

672
00:30:11,257 --> 00:30:14,154
that coined the since
persistent term flying saucer

673
00:30:14,178 --> 00:30:15,929
but after seeing this total

674
00:30:15,953 --> 00:30:17,665
of nine unconventional
high-speed wingless craft

675
00:30:17,689 --> 00:30:17,787
but after seeing this total

676
00:30:18,492 --> 00:30:20,565
on the evening of
July 4th, 1947,

677
00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:23,510
he became much more
interested in the matter.

678
00:30:23,662 --> 00:30:24,942
Nevertheless, in
talking with me,

679
00:30:25,519 --> 00:30:26,774
he stressed that he
would not speculate

680
00:30:26,798 --> 00:30:27,856
on their real nature or origin.

681
00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,400
He stressed that he
would not speculate

682
00:30:32,745 --> 00:30:34,664
- These
reports were investigated

683
00:30:34,688 --> 00:30:37,526
by Army officers at the time,

684
00:30:37,550 --> 00:30:40,618
though the reports seemed
to be fairly superficial.

685
00:30:40,642 --> 00:30:42,730
That is, there were objects
seen high in the sky

686
00:30:42,754 --> 00:30:42,852
though the reports seemed
to be fairly superficial.

687
00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:45,992
For seconds or a minute or two.

688
00:30:46,016 --> 00:30:48,069
As part of the Project
Grudge final report

689
00:30:48,093 --> 00:30:48,191
for seconds or a minute or two.

690
00:30:49,060 --> 00:30:52,608
Written in 1949, one
of the officers wrote,

691
00:30:53,797 --> 00:30:58,345
"This investigation can offer
no definitive hypothesis

692
00:30:58,369 --> 00:31:01,446
"but in passing, would like
to note the incidents occurred

693
00:31:01,470 --> 00:31:05,250
"on the 4th of July and that
if relatively small pieces

694
00:31:05,274 --> 00:31:06,669
"of aluminum foil
had been dropped

695
00:31:06,693 --> 00:31:06,791
"on the 4th of July and that
if relatively small pieces

696
00:31:07,393 --> 00:31:09,455
"from a plane over the area,

697
00:31:09,479 --> 00:31:11,089
"then any one object
would be visible

698
00:31:11,113 --> 00:31:11,211
"from a plane over the area,

699
00:31:11,880 --> 00:31:14,625
"at a relatively short distance.

700
00:31:14,649 --> 00:31:17,678
"Even moderate wind velocities
would give the illusion

701
00:31:17,702 --> 00:31:20,490
"that fluttering gyrating
disks had gone by

702
00:31:20,514 --> 00:31:22,814
"at great velocities.

703
00:31:22,838 --> 00:31:25,560
"Various observers
would not, of course,

704
00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:27,959
"in this case, have
seen the same objects."

705
00:31:27,983 --> 00:31:29,543
"Various observers
would not, of course,

706
00:31:30,535 --> 00:31:34,094
The officer also noted that
the above is not to be regarded

707
00:31:34,118 --> 00:31:38,031
as a very likely explanation,
but only as a possibility.

708
00:31:38,055 --> 00:31:39,940
The officer also noted that
the above is not to be regarded

709
00:31:39,964 --> 00:31:41,776
The occurrence on these
incidents on July 4th

710
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,536
may have been more
than coincidence.

711
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,579
Some prankster might
have tossed such objects

712
00:31:46,603 --> 00:31:46,701
may have been more
than coincidence.

713
00:31:47,270 --> 00:31:49,082
Out of an airplane as part

714
00:31:49,106 --> 00:31:50,750
of an Independence
Day celebration.

715
00:31:50,774 --> 00:31:51,814
Out of an airplane as part

716
00:31:53,352 --> 00:31:55,488
The thing that the
Air Force did here

717
00:31:55,512 --> 00:31:58,880
was link the case
by date and location

718
00:31:58,904 --> 00:32:03,017
but didn't think of them as a
continuation of one sighting.

719
00:32:03,041 --> 00:32:06,190
Once a police officer had
alerted his fellow officers

720
00:32:06,214 --> 00:32:09,659
to the object, they,
in different locations

721
00:32:09,683 --> 00:32:12,762
and at different times,
went outside or looked up

722
00:32:12,786 --> 00:32:15,120
and were able to spot them.

723
00:32:15,144 --> 00:32:18,124
The descriptions are
of a similar type,

724
00:32:18,148 --> 00:32:22,535
dish-shaped object flying
alone or in formations.

725
00:32:22,559 --> 00:32:24,906
That they were
seeing the same thing

726
00:32:24,930 --> 00:32:27,033
from different locations
suggested something

727
00:32:27,057 --> 00:32:28,118
That they were
seeing the same thing

728
00:32:28,142 --> 00:32:30,409
that was very high or
that there was more

729
00:32:30,433 --> 00:32:31,510
than one formation.

730
00:32:31,534 --> 00:32:33,134
That was very high or
that there was more

731
00:32:35,406 --> 00:32:38,419
The thing to be remembered that
even if the police officers

732
00:32:38,443 --> 00:32:41,656
in the one location were
fooled by something,

733
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,750
those officers observing it
from a different perspective

734
00:32:44,774 --> 00:32:47,285
might have been
able to identify it

735
00:32:47,309 --> 00:32:50,509
if there was a
terrestrial explanation.

736
00:32:50,533 --> 00:32:54,191
Since that didn't
happen, it would seem

737
00:32:54,215 --> 00:32:58,866
that there was something
very strange going on here.

738
00:32:58,890 --> 00:33:02,684
Add to this the sighting by
Smith and his airline crew

739
00:33:02,708 --> 00:33:05,593
which we can do because
they observed the craft

740
00:33:05,617 --> 00:33:09,189
on the same day and in
the same general location.

741
00:33:09,213 --> 00:33:12,341
We have a new
dimension to the case.

742
00:33:12,365 --> 00:33:15,561
Smith's report was
labeled unidentified,

743
00:33:15,585 --> 00:33:18,527
meaning that he and
his crew were able

744
00:33:18,551 --> 00:33:20,554
to give a detailed description
of what they had seen.

745
00:33:20,578 --> 00:33:22,058
Meaning that he and
his crew were able

746
00:33:23,034 --> 00:33:25,078
We have to wonder if that
was because they were met

747
00:33:25,102 --> 00:33:26,713
by reporters when he landed.

748
00:33:26,737 --> 00:33:27,781
We have to wonder if that
was because they were met

749
00:33:27,805 --> 00:33:31,017
Had his report not received
the attention it did

750
00:33:31,041 --> 00:33:34,420
and had he not provided
the detail he did,

751
00:33:34,444 --> 00:33:37,056
might it have ended up with
only a little information

752
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:38,324
and had he not provided
the detail he did,

753
00:33:38,348 --> 00:33:41,581
and a label of insufficient
data for scientific analysis?

754
00:33:43,819 --> 00:33:46,816
Army Air Force's investigation

755
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:51,001
which took the report
seriously in the summer of 1947

756
00:33:51,025 --> 00:33:53,970
failed to find a
satisfactory explanation

757
00:33:53,994 --> 00:33:55,406
for these sightings.

758
00:33:55,430 --> 00:33:55,528
Failed to find a
satisfactory explanation

759
00:33:56,397 --> 00:33:58,976
It should be remembered
that in this case,

760
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,244
there was nothing other
than witness testimony,

761
00:34:01,268 --> 00:34:01,366
It should be remembered
that in this case,

762
00:34:02,202 --> 00:34:04,060
witnesses who were
separated by distance

763
00:34:04,932 --> 00:34:08,042
but who, in some
cases, had been warned

764
00:34:08,066 --> 00:34:11,978
about the flying saucers
by the police radio

765
00:34:12,002 --> 00:34:16,007
and who had claimed to have
seen basically the same thing.

766
00:34:16,031 --> 00:34:17,316
About the flying saucers
by the police radio

767
00:34:17,340 --> 00:34:19,252
These sightings are interesting

768
00:34:19,276 --> 00:34:22,221
and we have to wonder what
more might have been learned

769
00:34:22,245 --> 00:34:24,623
had a little more
effort been made

770
00:34:24,647 --> 00:34:25,558
in the investigation of them.

771
00:34:25,582 --> 00:34:26,902
Had a little more
effort been made

772
00:34:31,810 --> 00:34:35,099
Although it has been said
there is a single case

773
00:34:35,123 --> 00:34:37,746
in the Blue Book files
in which alien creatures

774
00:34:37,770 --> 00:34:37,868
Although it has been said
there is a single case

775
00:34:38,477 --> 00:34:40,847
were reported that
wasn't labeled

776
00:34:40,871 --> 00:34:43,835
as some sort of
psychological program,

777
00:34:43,859 --> 00:34:47,594
there are several good
cases hidden in there.

778
00:34:47,618 --> 00:34:50,872
Skeptics, disbelievers,
and debunkers like to say

779
00:34:50,896 --> 00:34:52,874
that there is no evidence

780
00:34:52,898 --> 00:34:56,210
that alien creatures
have visited the planet.

781
00:34:56,234 --> 00:35:00,381
They ignore, reject,
or are unaware

782
00:35:00,405 --> 00:35:04,009
that the Blue Book files
do contain examples

783
00:35:04,033 --> 00:35:07,587
of physical evidence
that has been recovered.

784
00:35:07,611 --> 00:35:11,263
The best of those cases came
from Socorro, New Mexico,

785
00:35:11,287 --> 00:35:14,060
on April 24th, 1964.

786
00:35:14,084 --> 00:35:16,204
The best of those cases came
from Socorro, New Mexico,

787
00:35:16,820 --> 00:35:20,122
Lonnie Zamora, then a
police officer in Socorro,

788
00:35:20,146 --> 00:35:22,451
saw a landed object

789
00:35:22,475 --> 00:35:25,758
and two small humanoids
standing near it.

790
00:35:25,782 --> 00:35:26,782
Saw a landed object

791
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,889
According to Project Blue Book,
Zamora was chasing a speeder

792
00:35:31,066 --> 00:35:33,684
when he heard a loud roar
and saw a flash of light

793
00:35:34,215 --> 00:35:35,825
in the southwestern sky.

794
00:35:37,123 --> 00:35:39,909
Fearing that a dynamite
shed on the edge of town

795
00:35:39,933 --> 00:35:43,258
might have exploded,
Zamora broke off the chase

796
00:35:43,282 --> 00:35:45,318
and headed in that direction.

797
00:35:45,342 --> 00:35:46,574
Might have exploded,
Zamora broke off the chase

798
00:35:46,598 --> 00:35:50,685
Captain Hector Quintanilla
added more detail to the story

799
00:35:50,709 --> 00:35:54,931
as it was told by Zamora during
the official investigation.

800
00:35:54,955 --> 00:35:57,404
Quintanilla later wrote...

801
00:35:57,428 --> 00:35:59,519
- It was off the road
to the left in the arroyo,

802
00:35:59,543 --> 00:36:00,583
Quintanilla later wrote...

803
00:36:00,743 --> 00:36:03,956
And at first glance it looked
like a car turned over,

804
00:36:03,980 --> 00:36:07,714
but when he drove closer it
appeared to be aluminum clay,

805
00:36:07,738 --> 00:36:11,764
not chrome, and oval-shaped
like a football.

806
00:36:11,788 --> 00:36:15,183
Zamora drove about 50
feet along the hill crest,

807
00:36:15,207 --> 00:36:17,461
radioing back to the
sheriff's office,

808
00:36:17,485 --> 00:36:21,940
"10-44," meaning
accident, "I'll be 10-6,"

809
00:36:21,964 --> 00:36:24,300
meaning busy, out of the car,

810
00:36:24,324 --> 00:36:27,961
"Checking a wreck down in
the arroyo," Zamora said.

811
00:36:27,985 --> 00:36:30,511
From this point,
seated in the car,

812
00:36:30,535 --> 00:36:34,485
he could not see the object
over the edge of the hill.

813
00:36:34,509 --> 00:36:37,620
As he stopped the car, he was
still talking on the radio,

814
00:36:37,644 --> 00:36:40,419
and while he was getting
out he dropped his mic.

815
00:36:40,443 --> 00:36:42,384
He picked it up and put it back

816
00:36:42,408 --> 00:36:44,414
and started down
towards the object.

817
00:36:44,438 --> 00:36:45,678
He picked it up and put it back

818
00:36:45,802 --> 00:36:49,504
Zamora then said, "As soon as
I saw flames and heard roar,

819
00:36:51,950 --> 00:36:54,628
"ran away from object but did
turn, head towards object.

820
00:36:54,652 --> 00:36:56,720
"Object was in shape.

821
00:36:56,744 --> 00:36:59,887
"It was smooth, no
windows or doors.

822
00:36:59,911 --> 00:37:02,494
"As roar started, it
was still on the ground.

823
00:37:02,518 --> 00:37:03,918
"It was smooth, no
windows or doors.

824
00:37:07,131 --> 00:37:09,276
- Quintanilla said,
"I was determined

825
00:37:09,300 --> 00:37:11,210
"to solve the case, and
come hell or high water,

826
00:37:11,234 --> 00:37:12,278
- Quintanilla said,
"I was determined

827
00:37:12,302 --> 00:37:16,073
"I was going to find the
vehicle or the stimulus.

828
00:37:16,097 --> 00:37:18,640
"I decided that it was
imperative for me to talk

829
00:37:18,664 --> 00:37:21,486
"to the base commander at
Holloman Air Force Base.

830
00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:23,221
"I wanted to interview the
base commander at length

831
00:37:23,245 --> 00:37:23,343
"to the base commander at
Holloman Air Force Base.

832
00:37:24,179 --> 00:37:27,158
"about special
activities from his base.

833
00:37:27,182 --> 00:37:29,760
"I needed help to pull this off

834
00:37:29,784 --> 00:37:33,188
"so I called Lieutenant
Colonel Maston Jacks at SAFOI.

835
00:37:33,212 --> 00:37:34,452
"I needed help to pull this off

836
00:37:35,381 --> 00:37:38,227
"I told him what I
wanted to do and he asks,

837
00:37:38,251 --> 00:37:40,652
"'Do you think it
will do any good?'

838
00:37:40,676 --> 00:37:44,257
"I replied, 'Goddammit
Maston, if there is an answer

839
00:37:44,281 --> 00:37:48,936
"'to this case, it has to be
in some hanger at Holloman.'"

840
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,622
He went to work with his
position at the Pentagon

841
00:37:51,646 --> 00:37:54,796
and the approval for
his visit came through.

842
00:37:54,820 --> 00:37:57,669
Colonel Garman was the base
commander during his visit.

843
00:37:57,693 --> 00:37:58,695
And the approval for
his visit came through.

844
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,187
"He was most
cooperative and told me

845
00:38:01,211 --> 00:38:03,424
"that I could go anywhere
and visit any activity

846
00:38:03,448 --> 00:38:03,546
"He was most
cooperative and told me

847
00:38:04,028 --> 00:38:05,028
"which interested me.

848
00:38:06,143 --> 00:38:07,943
"I went from one end of
the base to the other.

849
00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:11,790
"I spent four days talking
to everybody I could

850
00:38:11,814 --> 00:38:13,992
"and spent almost a whole day

851
00:38:14,016 --> 00:38:16,102
"with the down-range controllers

852
00:38:16,126 --> 00:38:18,808
"at the White Sands
Missile Range.

853
00:38:18,832 --> 00:38:22,451
"I left Holloman dejected
and convinced that the answer

854
00:38:22,475 --> 00:38:25,655
"to Zamora's experience
did not originate

855
00:38:25,679 --> 00:38:27,613
"and terminate at this base.

856
00:38:27,637 --> 00:38:29,237
"to Zamora's experience
did not originate

857
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:34,211
"On my way back to
Wright-Patterson,
I hit upon an idea.

858
00:38:34,235 --> 00:38:37,422
"Why not a lunar
landing vehicle?

859
00:38:37,446 --> 00:38:40,574
"I knew that some research had
been done at Wright-Patterson

860
00:38:40,598 --> 00:38:44,220
"so as soon as I got back
I asked for some briefings.

861
00:38:44,244 --> 00:38:46,503
"The briefings were
extremely informative,

862
00:38:46,527 --> 00:38:49,583
"but the Lunar Landers
were not operational

863
00:38:49,607 --> 00:38:51,718
"in April of 1964.

864
00:38:51,742 --> 00:38:52,880
"but the Lunar Landers
were not operational

865
00:38:52,904 --> 00:38:55,472
"I got the names of
the companies that
were doing research

866
00:38:55,496 --> 00:38:57,662
"in this field and I
started writing letters.

867
00:38:57,686 --> 00:38:57,784
"I got the names of
the companies that
were doing research

868
00:38:58,503 --> 00:39:00,029
"The companies were
most cooperative,

869
00:39:00,881 --> 00:39:02,824
"but their answers
were all negative.

870
00:39:04,948 --> 00:39:08,567
"I labeled the case
unidentified and the UFO buffs

871
00:39:08,591 --> 00:39:11,938
"and hobby clubs had
themselves a field day.

872
00:39:11,962 --> 00:39:14,488
"According to them,
there was proof

873
00:39:14,512 --> 00:39:16,956
"that our beloved
planet had been visited

874
00:39:16,980 --> 00:39:19,753
"by an extraterrestrial vehicle.

875
00:39:19,777 --> 00:39:22,662
"Although I labeled
the case unidentified,

876
00:39:22,686 --> 00:39:26,000
"I've never been satisfied
with that classification."

877
00:39:26,024 --> 00:39:27,664
"Although I labeled
the case unidentified,

878
00:39:36,975 --> 00:39:38,455
It has been claimed
that the only case

879
00:39:39,302 --> 00:39:42,427
involving occupants,
creatures associated

880
00:39:42,451 --> 00:39:46,403
with a landed UFO that was
labeled as unidentified,

881
00:39:46,427 --> 00:39:48,603
was that from
Socorro, New Mexico.

882
00:39:48,627 --> 00:39:49,838
With a landed UFO that was
labeled as unidentified,

883
00:39:49,862 --> 00:39:52,170
Although somewhat hidden in
the Project Blue Book files,

884
00:39:53,261 --> 00:39:56,017
there is another that took
place almost two years later.

885
00:39:58,579 --> 00:40:01,053
Hynek mentioned it in his
book, "The Hynek UFO Report",

886
00:40:01,789 --> 00:40:03,800
but he doesn't give a location

887
00:40:03,824 --> 00:40:06,219
and he dates it with
a newspaper clipping

888
00:40:06,243 --> 00:40:08,204
from the "Dallas Times Herald".

889
00:40:08,228 --> 00:40:08,326
And he dates it with
a newspaper clipping

890
00:40:08,995 --> 00:40:10,275
Although Hynek suggests the case

891
00:40:10,964 --> 00:40:14,299
is from the Wichita
Falls, Texas, area

892
00:40:14,323 --> 00:40:17,818
and the witness, W.E. Laxson,
was a civilian employee

893
00:40:17,842 --> 00:40:18,998
is from the Wichita
Falls, Texas, area

894
00:40:19,022 --> 00:40:22,295
at Sheppard Air Force
Base in Wichita Falls,

895
00:40:22,319 --> 00:40:26,086
the government files list
the case as Temple, Oklahoma.

896
00:40:26,110 --> 00:40:26,208
At Sheppard Air Force
Base in Wichita Falls,

897
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,266
The newspaper clipping
cited by Hynek

898
00:40:29,290 --> 00:40:33,720
is dated March 27th, 1966,

899
00:40:33,744 --> 00:40:37,991
but the sighting occurred
on March 23rd, 1966.

900
00:40:38,015 --> 00:40:40,193
With the misdirection from
Hynek probably as a result

901
00:40:40,217 --> 00:40:41,493
but the sighting occurred
on March 23rd, 1966.

902
00:40:41,517 --> 00:40:44,386
Of the classified nature of the
case when he wrote his book,

903
00:40:44,410 --> 00:40:46,364
it took a while to
deduce the facts.

904
00:40:46,388 --> 00:40:48,356
Of the classified nature of the
case when he wrote his book,

905
00:40:48,380 --> 00:40:49,848
Hynek, using the
newspaper account,

906
00:40:50,985 --> 00:40:52,545
said there was nothing
in it that varied

907
00:40:53,262 --> 00:40:55,395
from what was in
the government file.

908
00:40:56,398 --> 00:41:01,101
That file said, "Observer
W.E. Eddie Laxson

909
00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:03,906
"was driving his car
along the highway

910
00:41:03,930 --> 00:41:07,773
"at approximately 5:05 a.m.
on the 23rd of March, 1966,

911
00:41:07,797 --> 00:41:09,277
"was driving his car
along the highway

912
00:41:09,501 --> 00:41:11,079
"when he noticed
an object parked

913
00:41:11,103 --> 00:41:12,780
"on the road in front of him.

914
00:41:12,804 --> 00:41:14,546
"He stopped the car and got out

915
00:41:14,570 --> 00:41:17,669
"so to get a better
view of the object.

916
00:41:17,693 --> 00:41:20,418
"The object was so parked
that it blocked out a portion

917
00:41:20,442 --> 00:41:22,946
"of the road curb sign.

918
00:41:22,970 --> 00:41:25,192
"There were no sharp edges
noticed by the observer.

919
00:41:25,216 --> 00:41:26,216
"of the road curb sign.

920
00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:29,029
"The object had the appearance
of a conventional aircraft,

921
00:41:29,053 --> 00:41:32,389
"a C-124, without
wings or motors.

922
00:41:32,413 --> 00:41:34,534
"There was a Plexiglas
bubble on top

923
00:41:34,558 --> 00:41:36,869
"similar to a B-26 canopy.

924
00:41:36,893 --> 00:41:38,293
"There was a Plexiglas
bubble on top

925
00:41:38,595 --> 00:41:40,827
"As the observer approached,

926
00:41:40,851 --> 00:41:43,865
"he noticed a man wearing a
baseball cap enter the object

927
00:41:43,889 --> 00:41:46,065
"by steps from the bottom.

928
00:41:46,089 --> 00:41:47,893
"After the man
entered the object,

929
00:41:47,917 --> 00:41:49,961
"it began to rise
from the pavement

930
00:41:49,985 --> 00:41:52,742
"and headed on a
southeasterly direction

931
00:41:52,766 --> 00:41:56,746
"at approximately
720 miles per hour.

932
00:41:56,770 --> 00:41:58,648
"The object had
forward and aft lights

933
00:41:58,672 --> 00:41:59,599
"that were very bright.

934
00:41:59,623 --> 00:42:01,103
"The object had
forward and aft lights

935
00:42:01,408 --> 00:42:03,852
"As the object rose
from the ground,

936
00:42:03,876 --> 00:42:07,456
"a high-speed drill
type of sound was heard

937
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,252
"plus a sound like
that of a welding rod

938
00:42:10,276 --> 00:42:11,290
"when an arc is struck.

939
00:42:11,314 --> 00:42:12,874
"plus a sound like
that of a welding rod

940
00:42:13,119 --> 00:42:15,530
"The object was 75 feet long,

941
00:42:15,554 --> 00:42:18,082
"about eight feet from
the top to the bottom,

942
00:42:18,106 --> 00:42:20,634
"and about 12 feet wide.

943
00:42:20,658 --> 00:42:22,363
"There was some type of supports

944
00:42:22,387 --> 00:42:24,261
"on the bottom of the object.

945
00:42:24,285 --> 00:42:26,039
"After the object disappeared,

946
00:42:26,063 --> 00:42:28,590
"the witness got
back into his car

947
00:42:28,614 --> 00:42:32,460
"and drove approximately
15 miles down the highway.

948
00:42:32,484 --> 00:42:34,005
"At this time, the
original witness stopped

949
00:42:34,029 --> 00:42:34,127
"and drove approximately
15 miles down the highway.

950
00:42:34,862 --> 00:42:36,940
"and talked with
another individual

951
00:42:36,964 --> 00:42:38,843
"who had also stopped
along the roadway

952
00:42:38,867 --> 00:42:38,965
"and talked with
another individual

953
00:42:39,735 --> 00:42:42,769
"to watch some
lights over Red River

954
00:42:42,793 --> 00:42:45,672
"which is approximately five
or six miles to the southeast.

955
00:42:45,696 --> 00:42:47,096
"to watch some
lights over Red River

956
00:42:47,575 --> 00:42:50,144
"Various organizations
were contacted

957
00:42:50,168 --> 00:42:52,711
"around the Temple,
Oklahoma area

958
00:42:52,735 --> 00:42:56,926
"for a possible experimental
or conventional aircraft.

959
00:42:56,950 --> 00:42:58,360
"The observer stated that
he thought the object

960
00:42:58,384 --> 00:42:59,561
"for a possible experimental
or conventional aircraft.

961
00:42:59,585 --> 00:43:02,442
"was some type of Army or
Air Force research aircraft.

962
00:43:04,784 --> 00:43:08,094
"All attempts at such an
explanation proved fruitless

963
00:43:08,118 --> 00:43:10,062
"since there were no
aircraft in the area

964
00:43:10,086 --> 00:43:12,098
"at the time of the sightings.

965
00:43:12,122 --> 00:43:14,325
"Although there are
numerous helicopter

966
00:43:14,349 --> 00:43:16,335
"and other experimentals
in the area,

967
00:43:16,359 --> 00:43:16,457
"Although there are
numerous helicopter

968
00:43:17,292 --> 00:43:20,439
"none could be put
in the area of Temple

969
00:43:20,463 --> 00:43:24,342
"at approximately five o'clock
on the 23rd of March, 1966.

970
00:43:24,366 --> 00:43:25,926
"none could be put
in the area of Temple

971
00:43:26,252 --> 00:43:28,367
"Because of this factor,
the case is listed

972
00:43:28,391 --> 00:43:30,671
"as unidentified
by the Air Force."

973
00:43:30,695 --> 00:43:32,375
"Because of this factor,
the case is listed

974
00:43:35,143 --> 00:43:37,463
The second witness who was not
interviewed by the Air Force

975
00:43:38,512 --> 00:43:41,758
and who, according
to the government
file, did not fill out

976
00:43:41,782 --> 00:43:46,385
their long and involved
form, was C.W. Anderson.

977
00:43:46,409 --> 00:43:47,988
Anderson confirmed
for the newspaper

978
00:43:48,012 --> 00:43:48,110
their long and involved
form, was C.W. Anderson.

979
00:43:48,846 --> 00:43:51,800
That he had seen
the craft as well.

980
00:43:51,824 --> 00:43:55,362
He told the reporter, "I
know that people will say

981
00:43:55,386 --> 00:43:57,654
"that Laxson is durned crazy,
but that's what I say."

982
00:43:57,678 --> 00:43:59,398
He told the reporter, "I
know that people will say

983
00:43:59,422 --> 00:44:00,582
Anderson said that he thought

984
00:44:01,258 --> 00:44:04,303
the object had been
following him down the road.

985
00:44:04,327 --> 00:44:07,822
He had watched it in his rear
view mirror for several miles.

986
00:44:07,846 --> 00:44:09,874
The problem for the Air Force

987
00:44:09,898 --> 00:44:12,978
was that Anderson did
not complete their form.

988
00:44:13,002 --> 00:44:14,846
He didn't see the pilot
or crewmen either.

989
00:44:14,870 --> 00:44:16,670
Was that Anderson did
not complete their form.

990
00:44:17,203 --> 00:44:20,568
The drawing of the object
made by Laxson resembled that

991
00:44:20,592 --> 00:44:24,130
which Lonnie Zamora had made
of the craft he had saw,

992
00:44:24,154 --> 00:44:27,333
which means it was
sort of egg-shaped.

993
00:44:27,357 --> 00:44:30,194
It was certainly longer
and was lying on its side.

994
00:44:30,218 --> 00:44:31,696
Which means it was
sort of egg-shaped.

995
00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:35,390
Like Zamora, Laxson said that
he saw symbols on the object,

996
00:44:35,414 --> 00:44:37,756
but unlike Zamora,
he recognized them.

997
00:44:37,780 --> 00:44:38,919
Like Zamora, Laxson said that
he saw symbols on the object,

998
00:44:38,943 --> 00:44:42,013
He told the reporter
that, "On the side,

999
00:44:42,037 --> 00:44:46,000
"I made out T-L-A, with
the last two figures 38."

1000
00:44:46,024 --> 00:44:47,584
He told the reporter
that, "On the side,

1001
00:44:48,225 --> 00:44:51,605
In what might be described
as a fit of honesty,

1002
00:44:51,629 --> 00:44:54,674
the Air Force admitted they
had no solution for the case.

1003
00:44:54,698 --> 00:44:55,909
In what might be described
as a fit of honesty,

1004
00:44:55,933 --> 00:45:00,546
The description of the alien
was more human than humanoid

1005
00:45:00,570 --> 00:45:02,515
and he seemed to be dressed
in conventional clothing,

1006
00:45:02,539 --> 00:45:02,637
The description of the alien
was more human than humanoid

1007
00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:04,705
right to the mechanic's hat.

1008
00:45:06,569 --> 00:45:08,375
Investigations revealed
a second witness

1009
00:45:09,411 --> 00:45:11,771
and that might have
influenced the Air Force,

1010
00:45:11,795 --> 00:45:14,376
especially since the
men had never met

1011
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:15,694
prior to the sighting.

1012
00:45:15,718 --> 00:45:16,890
Especially since the
men had never met

1013
00:45:16,914 --> 00:45:19,970
In the end, they labeled
the case as unidentified.

1014
00:45:34,652 --> 00:45:37,372
In a review of
government records,

1015
00:45:37,396 --> 00:45:41,343
another case, also labeled
as unidentified, was found.

1016
00:45:41,367 --> 00:45:42,687
In a review of
government records,

1017
00:45:43,252 --> 00:45:45,342
This one took place
in Pittsburg, Kansas.

1018
00:45:45,366 --> 00:45:49,289
The case is a single witness
and has gone nearly unreported

1019
00:45:49,313 --> 00:45:50,685
for more than 60 years.

1020
00:45:50,709 --> 00:45:53,029
The case is a single witness
and has gone nearly unreported

1021
00:45:53,445 --> 00:45:55,169
William Squires was
on his way to work

1022
00:45:56,272 --> 00:46:00,052
along Highway 160 about
eight miles from Pittsburg

1023
00:46:00,076 --> 00:46:04,481
when he sighted an unknown
object hovering over a field.

1024
00:46:04,505 --> 00:46:07,951
It was about 27 feet in
length at about 12 feet high.

1025
00:46:07,975 --> 00:46:09,044
When he sighted an unknown
object hovering over a field.

1026
00:46:09,068 --> 00:46:12,513
Squires thought it had the
appearance of an airfoil.

1027
00:46:12,537 --> 00:46:14,728
He said that he saw small
propellors around the perimeter.

1028
00:46:14,752 --> 00:46:14,850
Squires thought it had the
appearance of an airfoil.

1029
00:46:15,715 --> 00:46:17,075
They were about a
foot in diameter.

1030
00:46:17,989 --> 00:46:19,869
There were also a number
of windows in the craft

1031
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:23,419
and through one of them,
Squires could see a man

1032
00:46:23,443 --> 00:46:26,118
who seemed to be
controlling the object.

1033
00:46:26,142 --> 00:46:29,429
He was facing forward to
the edge of the object.

1034
00:46:29,453 --> 00:46:31,698
The windows were
described as blue,

1035
00:46:31,722 --> 00:46:33,933
becoming darker as time passed.

1036
00:46:33,957 --> 00:46:34,055
The windows were
described as blue,

1037
00:46:34,900 --> 00:46:36,983
This seems to be
the type of sighting

1038
00:46:37,007 --> 00:46:40,347
the Air Force would
dismiss as psychological,

1039
00:46:40,371 --> 00:46:42,316
which would be a nice way
of saying that it was a hoax

1040
00:46:42,340 --> 00:46:43,384
the Air Force would
dismiss as psychological,

1041
00:46:43,408 --> 00:46:46,033
and there was something
wrong with the witness.

1042
00:46:46,057 --> 00:46:49,122
However, there was some
physical evidence left behind

1043
00:46:49,146 --> 00:46:50,156
according to the
government file.

1044
00:46:50,180 --> 00:46:52,260
However, there was some
physical evidence left behind

1045
00:46:52,449 --> 00:46:54,724
The object reported as
hovering over an open field

1046
00:46:55,435 --> 00:46:57,697
used for cattle grazing,

1047
00:46:57,721 --> 00:46:59,998
general area under the exact
location was pressed down

1048
00:47:00,022 --> 00:47:01,022
used for cattle grazing,

1049
00:47:01,056 --> 00:47:04,626
and formed a round
60-foot-diameter impression

1050
00:47:04,650 --> 00:47:08,491
with the grass in a
recognizable concentric pattern.

1051
00:47:08,515 --> 00:47:11,175
Loose grass lay on
top of the impression

1052
00:47:11,199 --> 00:47:13,978
as if drawn in by suction

1053
00:47:14,002 --> 00:47:17,489
when the object ascended
vertically at a high speed.

1054
00:47:17,513 --> 00:47:19,792
Vegetation and grass
approximately three

1055
00:47:19,816 --> 00:47:20,739
to four inches high.

1056
00:47:20,763 --> 00:47:20,861
Vegetation and grass
approximately three

1057
00:47:21,783 --> 00:47:23,695
Area was extremely
dry at present.

1058
00:47:24,741 --> 00:47:27,115
Grass showed where
Squires had walked in

1059
00:47:27,139 --> 00:47:29,785
to a fence and stopped.

1060
00:47:29,809 --> 00:47:33,947
L.V. Baxter and D. Whitener,
local employees of KOMA,

1061
00:47:33,971 --> 00:47:34,971
to a fence and stopped.

1062
00:47:35,847 --> 00:47:39,060
Went to the place of
the sighting, 11:35 CST,

1063
00:47:39,084 --> 00:47:43,363
with Squires and confirmed
his path to the fence

1064
00:47:43,387 --> 00:47:46,499
and the 60-foot-diameter
impression in the tall grass.

1065
00:47:46,523 --> 00:47:46,621
With Squires and confirmed
his path to the fence

1066
00:47:47,457 --> 00:47:50,025
Robert E. Greens
visited the site at 1600

1067
00:47:50,761 --> 00:47:54,406
on the 25th of August of 1952,

1068
00:47:54,430 --> 00:47:57,176
with source and reports that
the vegetation was laid down

1069
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:58,400
on the 25th of August of 1952,

1070
00:47:58,467 --> 00:48:02,436
in concentric circles but with
the impression less distinct

1071
00:48:02,460 --> 00:48:05,308
than reported by
Whitener and Baxter.

1072
00:48:05,332 --> 00:48:05,430
In concentric circles but with
the impression less distinct

1073
00:48:06,199 --> 00:48:08,945
Green obtained grass
and soil samples

1074
00:48:08,969 --> 00:48:11,647
at the immediate area where
the impression was made

1075
00:48:11,671 --> 00:48:14,082
and also gathered
control samples

1076
00:48:14,106 --> 00:48:17,758
200 yards removed from the site.

1077
00:48:17,782 --> 00:48:20,488
He is sending some to the Air
Technical Intelligence Center,

1078
00:48:20,512 --> 00:48:21,990
airmail, special delivery.

1079
00:48:22,014 --> 00:48:24,374
He is sending some to the Air
Technical Intelligence Center,

1080
00:48:24,433 --> 00:48:27,062
What is strange about
this case is the fact

1081
00:48:27,086 --> 00:48:28,969
that there seemed to
be little interest

1082
00:48:28,993 --> 00:48:32,024
in the pilot of the craft.

1083
00:48:32,048 --> 00:48:34,835
Although there is another
point where he was discussed,

1084
00:48:34,859 --> 00:48:38,339
there's no real addition
to the information.

1085
00:48:38,363 --> 00:48:42,719
Clearly, based on
these descriptions,
that alien was human,

1086
00:48:42,743 --> 00:48:47,155
or human enough to be
indistinguishable from a human.

1087
00:48:47,179 --> 00:48:49,390
Squires did suggest that the
occupant seemed to be frenzied

1088
00:48:49,414 --> 00:48:49,512
or human enough to be
indistinguishable from a human.

1089
00:48:50,282 --> 00:48:51,873
In his activities
inside the craft.

1090
00:48:54,116 --> 00:48:57,581
Although this case is
essentially single-witness,

1091
00:48:57,605 --> 00:49:01,284
there was the physical
evidence left by the craft.

1092
00:49:01,308 --> 00:49:04,695
Others, Baxter, Whitener, and
Green, did see the impressions

1093
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:04,817
there was the physical
evidence left by the craft.

1094
00:49:05,340 --> 00:49:07,595
In the ground left by the craft.

1095
00:49:08,807 --> 00:49:11,009
Eventually this sort of
evidence would become known

1096
00:49:11,033 --> 00:49:14,564
as a saucer nest, meaning simply

1097
00:49:14,588 --> 00:49:19,467
that the crushed vegetation
left by a UFO on the ground

1098
00:49:19,491 --> 00:49:22,503
had somewhat similar features
to other parts of the country

1099
00:49:22,527 --> 00:49:22,625
that the crushed vegetation
left by a UFO on the ground

1100
00:49:23,336 --> 00:49:25,669
and other parts of the world.

1101
00:49:25,693 --> 00:49:28,301
The ultimate description
would be of a crop circle.

1102
00:49:28,325 --> 00:49:29,485
And other parts of the world.

1103
00:49:30,226 --> 00:49:33,171
Here, rather than
an elaborate design,

1104
00:49:33,195 --> 00:49:36,267
it was a simple circle of
crushed or flattened grass.

1105
00:49:36,291 --> 00:49:36,389
Here, rather than
an elaborate design,

1106
00:49:37,057 --> 00:49:38,827
The soil samples taken by Green

1107
00:49:38,851 --> 00:49:40,228
were analyzed by the Air Force.

1108
00:49:40,252 --> 00:49:40,350
The soil samples taken by Green

1109
00:49:41,186 --> 00:49:44,194
In a short report of
a single paragraph,

1110
00:49:44,218 --> 00:49:47,001
the technician said they
had found no radiation,

1111
00:49:47,025 --> 00:49:50,360
burning, or stress of any kind.

1112
00:49:50,384 --> 00:49:52,890
In other words, there
was nothing to the sample

1113
00:49:52,914 --> 00:49:55,943
to distinguish those taken
from the landing area

1114
00:49:55,967 --> 00:49:58,050
or from those taken
200 yards away.

1115
00:49:58,074 --> 00:49:59,954
To distinguish those taken
from the landing area

1116
00:50:00,179 --> 00:50:01,676
There's one final
aspect to the case

1117
00:50:02,320 --> 00:50:05,094
that is mildly interesting.

1118
00:50:05,118 --> 00:50:07,995
In a couple of the letters
from the government files,

1119
00:50:08,019 --> 00:50:11,424
there is a notation that
reminds all of paragraph seven

1120
00:50:11,448 --> 00:50:11,546
In a couple of the letters
from the government files,

1121
00:50:12,348 --> 00:50:14,803
which is a paragraph
in the regulations

1122
00:50:14,827 --> 00:50:18,695
that requires unidentified
cases be classified.

1123
00:50:18,719 --> 00:50:19,774
Which is a paragraph
in the regulations

1124
00:50:19,798 --> 00:50:21,992
Those who have
information about the case

1125
00:50:22,016 --> 00:50:23,435
are not allowed to
discuss it with those

1126
00:50:23,459 --> 00:50:23,557
Those who have
information about the case

1127
00:50:24,435 --> 00:50:26,961
who do not have the
proper clearances.

1128
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:31,771
J. Allen Hynek, writing
in "The Hynek UFO Report",

1129
00:50:32,869 --> 00:50:35,122
provides a glimpse
into the thinking

1130
00:50:35,146 --> 00:50:38,299
at Blue Book at the
time of this sighting.

1131
00:50:38,323 --> 00:50:42,627
He wrote, "My skepticism
was so great at that time

1132
00:50:42,651 --> 00:50:45,643
"that I was quite willing to
dismiss it as a hallucination."

1133
00:50:45,667 --> 00:50:47,627
He wrote, "My skepticism
was so great at that time

1134
00:50:48,609 --> 00:50:51,775
Even with that admitted
bias against the case

1135
00:50:52,811 --> 00:50:55,323
which never received
wide exposure,

1136
00:50:55,347 --> 00:50:57,566
there's another which
the witness said

1137
00:50:57,590 --> 00:51:00,636
that he had seen the pilot
of an unidentified craft

1138
00:51:00,660 --> 00:51:01,737
there's another which
the witness said

1139
00:51:01,761 --> 00:51:05,540
and that was left as
unidentified by the Air Force.

1140
00:51:05,564 --> 00:51:07,632
In their zeal to label cases,

1141
00:51:07,656 --> 00:51:07,754
and that was left as
unidentified by the Air Force.

1142
00:51:08,565 --> 00:51:11,546
This seems to be another
that they missed.

1143
00:51:11,570 --> 00:51:14,715
They could've easily
labeled it as psychological,

1144
00:51:14,739 --> 00:51:16,984
if not for the darned
landing traces.

1145
00:51:17,008 --> 00:51:18,928
They could've easily
labeled it as psychological,

1146
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:25,626
Keeping with their
tradition of labeling cases

1147
00:51:25,650 --> 00:51:29,303
but not solving them, the
Air Force officers decided

1148
00:51:29,327 --> 00:51:32,690
that witnesses had
psychological problems

1149
00:51:32,714 --> 00:51:34,926
if they claimed to
have seen the beings

1150
00:51:34,950 --> 00:51:37,644
outside of their craft.

1151
00:51:37,668 --> 00:51:40,997
There's no need to investigate
if the witness is unreliable

1152
00:51:41,021 --> 00:51:43,384
or under the influence of
some kind of mental problem.

1153
00:51:43,408 --> 00:51:45,728
There's no need to investigate
if the witness is unreliable

1154
00:51:46,019 --> 00:51:48,993
In the Pittsburg, Kansas case,
there is the same problem.

1155
00:51:50,029 --> 00:51:52,095
Here was a case in which
the object interacted

1156
00:51:52,119 --> 00:51:53,876
with the environment.

1157
00:51:53,900 --> 00:51:54,810
True, it was a single witness,

1158
00:51:54,834 --> 00:51:54,932
with the environment.

1159
00:51:55,601 --> 00:51:58,280
But it left marks on the ground.

1160
00:51:58,304 --> 00:52:01,533
Rather than send in someone
to review it carefully,

1161
00:52:01,557 --> 00:52:05,676
the Air Force allowed samples
to be gathered by a civilian.

1162
00:52:05,700 --> 00:52:08,746
They may have provided
some guidance,

1163
00:52:08,770 --> 00:52:12,217
but it would seem that an
expert with the proper training

1164
00:52:12,241 --> 00:52:15,620
should have been sent if
the Air Force was serious

1165
00:52:15,644 --> 00:52:17,612
about investigating UFOs.

1166
00:52:17,636 --> 00:52:19,596
Should have been sent if
the Air Force was serious

1167
00:52:20,641 --> 00:52:22,399
There is another
aspect to this case

1168
00:52:23,225 --> 00:52:25,219
and that is that
a military officer

1169
00:52:25,243 --> 00:52:27,857
did gather some of the data.

1170
00:52:27,881 --> 00:52:30,127
Green was apparently
a second lieutenant

1171
00:52:30,151 --> 00:52:31,860
in the Army Reserve.

1172
00:52:31,884 --> 00:52:34,138
He is the man who
collected the samples.

1173
00:52:34,162 --> 00:52:34,260
In the Army Reserve.

1174
00:52:34,828 --> 00:52:36,525
But this is not to suggest

1175
00:52:36,549 --> 00:52:39,759
that his military
training had covered that,

1176
00:52:39,783 --> 00:52:43,521
but his membership in the
Reserve caused one problem.

1177
00:52:43,545 --> 00:52:46,783
The report he filed with
his chain of command

1178
00:52:46,807 --> 00:52:50,511
made its way eventually
to the Air Force,

1179
00:52:50,535 --> 00:52:51,111
but they delayed it.

1180
00:52:51,135 --> 00:52:52,735
Made its way eventually
to the Air Force,

1181
00:52:54,255 --> 00:52:55,971
Zamora seemed to
be a single witness

1182
00:52:56,974 --> 00:52:59,352
but there was physical
evidence left behind.

1183
00:52:59,376 --> 00:53:01,854
Here, the Air Force
responded quickly,

1184
00:53:01,878 --> 00:53:05,057
gathering evidence, and
analyzed the situation.

1185
00:53:05,081 --> 00:53:06,792
They found no answer
that satisfied them.

1186
00:53:06,816 --> 00:53:08,656
Gathering evidence, and
analyzed the situation.

1187
00:53:09,219 --> 00:53:12,497
There is the possibility that
there were two witnesses.

1188
00:53:12,521 --> 00:53:14,632
They appeared after the fact

1189
00:53:14,656 --> 00:53:16,834
but are not from
the Socorro area,

1190
00:53:16,858 --> 00:53:19,537
and their stories seem
to have been embellished

1191
00:53:19,561 --> 00:53:22,236
with facts from news reports.

1192
00:53:22,260 --> 00:53:24,531
In fact, in all the cases,

1193
00:53:24,555 --> 00:53:27,210
there was some physical
evidence to be examined.

1194
00:53:27,234 --> 00:53:29,646
The cases did not rest solely

1195
00:53:29,670 --> 00:53:31,314
on the testimony
of the witnesses.

1196
00:53:31,338 --> 00:53:32,382
The cases did not rest solely

1197
00:53:32,406 --> 00:53:35,142
If there wasn't some kind
of physical evidence,

1198
00:53:35,166 --> 00:53:37,487
there was another witness to
corroborate the sightings.

1199
00:53:37,511 --> 00:53:39,351
If there wasn't some kind
of physical evidence,

1200
00:53:41,456 --> 00:53:45,118
The Cisco Grove occupant
report is just one more example

1201
00:53:45,142 --> 00:53:47,120
of an opportunity
that was missed,

1202
00:53:47,144 --> 00:53:47,242
The Cisco Grove occupant
report is just one more example

1203
00:53:48,168 --> 00:53:51,524
or rather, one that seems
to have been missed.

1204
00:53:51,548 --> 00:53:53,259
There was some
corroborative testimony

1205
00:53:53,283 --> 00:53:54,294
from the other hunters.

1206
00:53:54,318 --> 00:53:54,416
There was some
corroborative testimony

1207
00:53:55,152 --> 00:53:56,987
There was the
damage to the arrows

1208
00:53:57,011 --> 00:53:59,064
and then there was the report

1209
00:53:59,088 --> 00:54:00,695
that the area had been cleaned.

1210
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:01,879
And then there was the report

1211
00:54:02,725 --> 00:54:04,569
What we don't know
is who had been out

1212
00:54:04,593 --> 00:54:07,071
in the forest cleaning the areas

1213
00:54:07,095 --> 00:54:10,875
in which the witness claimed
to have seen the alien beings.

1214
00:54:10,899 --> 00:54:12,310
Just who could have done that?

1215
00:54:12,334 --> 00:54:14,654
In which the witness claimed
to have seen the alien beings.

1216
00:54:15,134 --> 00:54:17,640
There is evidence
that not all sightings

1217
00:54:17,664 --> 00:54:18,941
made it to Project Blue Book

1218
00:54:18,965 --> 00:54:20,075
There is evidence
that not all sightings

1219
00:54:20,099 --> 00:54:24,079
even though the regulations
seemed to require that.

1220
00:54:24,103 --> 00:54:27,199
Dr. J. Allen Hynek, who
was a scientific consultant

1221
00:54:27,223 --> 00:54:27,321
even though the regulations
seemed to require that.

1222
00:54:28,091 --> 00:54:29,932
To Project Blue
Book for many years,

1223
00:54:31,143 --> 00:54:34,143
often said that the really
good cases didn't make it

1224
00:54:34,812 --> 00:54:37,440
into the Blue Book files.

1225
00:54:37,464 --> 00:54:40,928
He suspected another
reporting system

1226
00:54:40,952 --> 00:54:42,400
but he couldn't prove
that there was one.

1227
00:54:42,424 --> 00:54:43,864
He suspected another
reporting system

1228
00:54:48,150 --> 00:54:51,571
Hints about this
other investigation

1229
00:54:51,595 --> 00:54:53,973
came from Brigadier
General Arthur Exon

1230
00:54:53,997 --> 00:54:54,095
Hints about this
other investigation

1231
00:54:54,664 --> 00:54:56,620
who was the base commander

1232
00:54:56,644 --> 00:55:00,738
at Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base in the mid 1960s.

1233
00:55:00,762 --> 00:55:03,974
Exon said that while
he was base commander,

1234
00:55:03,998 --> 00:55:07,293
he would periodically
receive telephone calls

1235
00:55:07,317 --> 00:55:10,563
which ordered him to
prepare an aircraft

1236
00:55:10,587 --> 00:55:13,950
for a mission outside the
local Wright-Patterson area.

1237
00:55:13,974 --> 00:55:15,534
Which ordered him to
prepare an aircraft

1238
00:55:16,100 --> 00:55:19,977
Exon himself described
this in May 19 of 1991

1239
00:55:20,613 --> 00:55:21,728
in a recorded interview.

1240
00:55:22,740 --> 00:55:25,861
He said, "I know that
while I was there,

1241
00:55:25,885 --> 00:55:29,063
"I had charge of all the
administrative airplanes

1242
00:55:29,087 --> 00:55:32,655
"and had to sign priority
airplanes to the members

1243
00:55:32,679 --> 00:55:36,336
"who would go out and
investigate reported sightings.

1244
00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:39,530
"I remember several out
in Wyoming and Montana

1245
00:55:39,554 --> 00:55:43,589
"and that area in the
'60s, '64 and '65.

1246
00:55:43,613 --> 00:55:47,071
"I knew there were
certain teams of people,

1247
00:55:47,095 --> 00:55:49,682
"they're representing
headquarters United
States Air Force

1248
00:55:49,706 --> 00:55:51,525
"as well as the
organizations there

1249
00:55:51,549 --> 00:55:55,546
"at Wright-pat, and so on.

1250
00:55:55,570 --> 00:55:58,275
"When a crew came back,
it was their own business.

1251
00:55:58,299 --> 00:56:00,116
"Nobody asked any questions."

1252
00:56:00,140 --> 00:56:00,238
"When a crew came back,
it was their own business.

1253
00:56:00,831 --> 00:56:02,223
He expanded on this, saying,

1254
00:56:03,405 --> 00:56:06,339
"The way this happened to me
is that I would get a call

1255
00:56:06,363 --> 00:56:09,592
"and say that the crew
or team was leaving.

1256
00:56:09,616 --> 00:56:11,617
"There was such and such a time
and they wanted an airplane

1257
00:56:11,641 --> 00:56:12,658
"and say that the crew
or team was leaving.

1258
00:56:12,682 --> 00:56:15,750
"and pilots to take X number
of people to wherever.

1259
00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:18,967
"They might be gone
two or three days

1260
00:56:18,991 --> 00:56:21,703
"or might be gone a week.

1261
00:56:21,727 --> 00:56:23,693
"They would come back and
that would be the end of it."

1262
00:56:23,717 --> 00:56:24,717
"or might be gone a week.

1263
00:56:25,179 --> 00:56:27,719
Asked about the overall control
of the teams, Exon said,

1264
00:56:29,083 --> 00:56:32,403
"I always thought they were
part of that unholy crew

1265
00:56:32,427 --> 00:56:35,440
"in Washington that started
keeping the lid on this thing."

1266
00:56:35,464 --> 00:56:37,300
"I always thought they were
part of that unholy crew

1267
00:56:37,324 --> 00:56:40,644
Everything said to
this point suggests

1268
00:56:40,668 --> 00:56:44,515
that the operation
was run from FTD,

1269
00:56:44,539 --> 00:56:47,450
the parent organization to
Blue Book at Wright-Patterson,

1270
00:56:47,474 --> 00:56:48,541
that the operation
was run from FTD,

1271
00:56:48,565 --> 00:56:51,387
but in an interview
conducted about a month later

1272
00:56:51,411 --> 00:56:55,291
on June the 18th of 1991, Exon
clarified what he had meant.

1273
00:56:55,315 --> 00:56:57,235
But in an interview
conducted about a month later

1274
00:56:57,958 --> 00:57:00,929
Asked if these teams of eight
to 15 people were stationed

1275
00:57:00,953 --> 00:57:03,824
at Wright-Patterson,
he said, "They were."

1276
00:57:03,848 --> 00:57:06,259
"They would come
from Washington, D.C.

1277
00:57:06,283 --> 00:57:07,927
"They'd ask for an
airplane tomorrow morning

1278
00:57:07,951 --> 00:57:09,062
"They would come
from Washington, D.C.

1279
00:57:09,086 --> 00:57:11,564
"and that would give the
guys a chance to get there,

1280
00:57:11,588 --> 00:57:14,463
"Wright-Patterson, by
commercial airline.

1281
00:57:14,487 --> 00:57:16,434
"Sometimes they'd be
gone for three days

1282
00:57:16,458 --> 00:57:16,556
"Wright-Patterson, by
commercial airline.

1283
00:57:17,426 --> 00:57:20,361
"and sometimes they'd
be gone for a week.

1284
00:57:20,385 --> 00:57:23,074
"I know they went to
Montana and Wyoming

1285
00:57:23,098 --> 00:57:25,377
"and the northwest
states a number of times

1286
00:57:25,401 --> 00:57:27,511
"in a year and a half.

1287
00:57:27,535 --> 00:57:30,734
"They went to Arizona
once or twice."

1288
00:57:30,758 --> 00:57:34,902
He also said, "Our contact
was a man, a telephone number.

1289
00:57:34,926 --> 00:57:37,361
"He'd call, he'd
set the airplane up.

1290
00:57:37,385 --> 00:57:40,623
"I just knew there was
an investigative team."

1291
00:57:40,647 --> 00:57:42,087
"He'd call, he'd
set the airplane up.

1292
00:57:42,866 --> 00:57:45,066
What all this boils
down to is an attempt

1293
00:57:45,658 --> 00:57:48,322
to cover the activity.

1294
00:57:48,346 --> 00:57:52,441
The team, whoever they were,
would fly into Dayton, Ohio,

1295
00:57:52,465 --> 00:57:56,212
on commercial air and then
drive out to the base.

1296
00:57:56,236 --> 00:57:58,087
If a reporter attempted
to trace the movements

1297
00:57:58,111 --> 00:57:58,209
on commercial air and then
drive out to the base.

1298
00:57:58,994 --> 00:58:01,417
Of the team after it
had been deployed,

1299
00:58:01,441 --> 00:58:03,994
the trail led back
to Wright-Patterson.

1300
00:58:04,018 --> 00:58:06,000
After that, it just disappeared.

1301
00:58:06,024 --> 00:58:07,544
The trail led back
to Wright-Patterson.

1302
00:58:08,420 --> 00:58:11,810
This team, or those
teams, was made up

1303
00:58:11,834 --> 00:58:14,813
of eight to 15
individuals at a time

1304
00:58:14,837 --> 00:58:17,382
when Project Blue
Book was composed

1305
00:58:17,406 --> 00:58:22,219
of two Air Force officers,
an NCO, and a secretary.

1306
00:58:22,243 --> 00:58:24,533
They were stationed
at Wright-Patterson

1307
00:58:24,557 --> 00:58:28,016
but these other teams were
assigned somewhere else

1308
00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:30,675
and there is no reason to assume

1309
00:58:30,699 --> 00:58:35,123
that all members of a team
were assigned at the same base.

1310
00:58:35,147 --> 00:58:36,424
They would come
together as needed.

1311
00:58:36,448 --> 00:58:38,729
That all members of a team
were assigned at the same base.

1312
00:58:43,294 --> 00:58:45,746
On October 20th, 1969,

1313
00:58:47,090 --> 00:58:51,627
Brigadier General C.H. Bolender
provided the documentation

1314
00:58:51,651 --> 00:58:55,441
to prove that there was
another investigation.

1315
00:58:55,465 --> 00:58:55,563
Brigadier General C.H. Bolender
provided the documentation

1316
00:58:56,489 --> 00:59:00,533
In paragraph four of his
memo, Bolender wrote,

1317
00:59:00,557 --> 00:59:04,617
"As early as 1953, the
Robertson Panel concluded

1318
00:59:04,641 --> 00:59:06,441
In paragraph four of his
memo, Bolender wrote,

1319
00:59:07,200 --> 00:59:09,520
"that the evidence presented
on unidentified flying objects

1320
00:59:10,036 --> 00:59:13,516
"shows no indication
that these phenomena

1321
00:59:13,540 --> 00:59:16,627
"constitute a direct physical
threat to national security.

1322
00:59:16,651 --> 00:59:17,803
"shows no indication
that these phenomena

1323
00:59:17,827 --> 00:59:21,356
"In spite of this finding,
the Air Force continued

1324
00:59:21,380 --> 00:59:25,294
"to maintain a special
reporting system.

1325
00:59:25,318 --> 00:59:27,695
"There is still,
however, no evidence

1326
00:59:27,719 --> 00:59:29,997
"that Project Blue Book reports

1327
00:59:30,021 --> 00:59:32,600
"have served any
intelligence function.

1328
00:59:32,624 --> 00:59:33,701
"that Project Blue Book reports

1329
00:59:33,725 --> 00:59:37,137
"Moreover, reports of
unidentified flying objects

1330
00:59:37,161 --> 00:59:40,673
"which could affect
national security are made

1331
00:59:40,697 --> 00:59:44,277
"in accordance with JANAP 146,

1332
00:59:44,301 --> 00:59:47,480
"the Joint Army, Navy,
Air Force Publication,

1333
00:59:47,504 --> 00:59:51,208
"or Air Force Manual 55-11,

1334
00:59:51,232 --> 00:59:53,869
"and are not part of
the Blue Book system."

1335
00:59:53,893 --> 00:59:54,973
"or Air Force Manual 55-11,

1336
00:59:56,004 --> 00:59:58,937
In other words, the
suspicions of Hynek and Exon

1337
01:00:00,207 --> 01:00:03,108
were confirmed by this document
from the government files.

1338
01:00:04,345 --> 01:00:07,990
This organization dealt with
matters of national security

1339
01:00:08,014 --> 01:00:10,289
and the sightings at Malmstrom

1340
01:00:10,313 --> 01:00:12,488
because of the missile shutdown

1341
01:00:12,512 --> 01:00:14,054
and it was a matter
of national security.

1342
01:00:14,078 --> 01:00:15,318
Because of the missile shutdown

1343
01:00:16,418 --> 01:00:19,033
Those sightings and the
information collected about them

1344
01:00:19,057 --> 01:00:22,359
would not be part of
the Blue Book system

1345
01:00:22,383 --> 01:00:25,764
and therefore would
not be in the files.

1346
01:00:25,788 --> 01:00:29,277
That they are missing is
the significant point.

1347
01:00:29,301 --> 01:00:30,861
And therefore would
not be in the files.

1348
01:00:34,237 --> 01:00:38,109
In the beginning, in
the summer of 1947,

1349
01:00:38,133 --> 01:00:40,445
the military was concerned
about the sightings

1350
01:00:40,469 --> 01:00:42,513
of flying saucers.

1351
01:00:42,537 --> 01:00:44,272
They didn't know what they were.

1352
01:00:44,296 --> 01:00:45,916
But the reports from
military pilots,

1353
01:00:45,940 --> 01:00:47,051
They didn't know what they were.

1354
01:00:47,075 --> 01:00:50,812
Civilian pilots, and police
officers concerned them.

1355
01:00:50,836 --> 01:00:53,779
They believed the
reports to be accurate

1356
01:00:53,803 --> 01:00:56,563
and thought they
represented an advancement

1357
01:00:56,587 --> 01:00:59,513
in technology by our
competitors in the world.

1358
01:00:59,537 --> 01:00:59,635
And thought they
represented an advancement

1359
01:01:00,521 --> 01:01:02,799
Alien visitation,
though discussed,

1360
01:01:02,823 --> 01:01:04,100
was not the top explanation.

1361
01:01:04,124 --> 01:01:05,484
Alien visitation,
though discussed,

1362
01:01:06,517 --> 01:01:08,737
When the official investigation,

1363
01:01:08,761 --> 01:01:11,743
known officially
as Project Sign,

1364
01:01:11,767 --> 01:01:14,818
the officers assigned
were motivated to
find an explanation.

1365
01:01:14,842 --> 01:01:16,122
Known officially
as Project Sign,

1366
01:01:16,818 --> 01:01:19,943
In July, 1948, they
produced a document

1367
01:01:19,967 --> 01:01:23,125
known as the estimate
of the situation.

1368
01:01:23,149 --> 01:01:25,236
According to Ed Ruppelt,

1369
01:01:25,260 --> 01:01:27,744
one-time chief of
Project Blue Book,

1370
01:01:27,768 --> 01:01:30,040
that situation
was flying saucers

1371
01:01:30,064 --> 01:01:31,308
one-time chief of
Project Blue Book,

1372
01:01:31,332 --> 01:01:34,484
and the conclusion was that
they were from another world.

1373
01:01:37,380 --> 01:01:41,032
The Air Force chief of staff,
General Hoyt S. Vandenberg,

1374
01:01:42,343 --> 01:01:45,696
rejected the estimate and
those who had been responsible

1375
01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:48,667
found themselves with new jobs.

1376
01:01:48,691 --> 01:01:51,552
The fire went out of
the investigation.

1377
01:01:51,576 --> 01:01:55,363
No longer did they worry
about the explanation.

1378
01:01:55,387 --> 01:01:57,858
They just worried about
providing solutions
for the cases.

1379
01:01:57,882 --> 01:01:59,722
No longer did they worry
about the explanation.

1380
01:01:59,959 --> 01:02:02,938
Sign eventually
evolved into Grudge

1381
01:02:02,962 --> 01:02:04,739
and then Project Blue Book.

1382
01:02:04,763 --> 01:02:05,807
Sign eventually
evolved into Grudge

1383
01:02:05,831 --> 01:02:09,279
For a brief period, Blue
Book was more interested

1384
01:02:09,303 --> 01:02:11,913
in the truth than
in explaining cases

1385
01:02:11,937 --> 01:02:12,035
For a brief period, Blue
Book was more interested

1386
01:02:12,571 --> 01:02:15,128
regardless of the facts.

1387
01:02:15,152 --> 01:02:18,068
An explanation of
the Blue Book files,

1388
01:02:18,092 --> 01:02:20,232
a reinvestigation of
many of the cases,

1389
01:02:20,256 --> 01:02:20,354
An explanation of
the Blue Book files,

1390
01:02:21,062 --> 01:02:23,894
reveals the flaws in them.

1391
01:02:23,918 --> 01:02:27,316
There are radar cases,
physical evidence cases,

1392
01:02:27,340 --> 01:02:29,151
photographic cases,
landing cases,

1393
01:02:29,175 --> 01:02:30,180
There are radar cases,
physical evidence cases,

1394
01:02:30,204 --> 01:02:32,264
and reports of
humanoid creatures

1395
01:02:32,288 --> 01:02:36,060
that have no solid
terrestrial explanations.

1396
01:02:36,084 --> 01:02:36,182
And reports of
humanoid creatures

1397
01:02:37,085 --> 01:02:39,637
The truth is that for
most of its existence,

1398
01:02:40,513 --> 01:02:43,433
Blue Book was a public
relations operation

1399
01:02:43,457 --> 01:02:46,053
designed to convince people

1400
01:02:46,077 --> 01:02:49,697
that there were no flying
saucers, no alien visitation,

1401
01:02:49,721 --> 01:02:50,801
designed to convince people

1402
01:02:50,956 --> 01:02:54,237
and finally, no reason
for continued research.

1403
01:02:55,985 --> 01:02:59,114
Blue Book ended in 1969

1404
01:02:59,138 --> 01:03:02,463
after the University of
Colorado accepted more

1405
01:03:02,487 --> 01:03:05,461
than a half million dollars
to investigate UFOs.

1406
01:03:05,485 --> 01:03:07,285
After the University of
Colorado accepted more

1407
01:03:08,046 --> 01:03:10,591
They must say something positive

1408
01:03:10,615 --> 01:03:12,093
about the Air Force
investigation,

1409
01:03:12,117 --> 01:03:12,215
They must say something positive

1410
01:03:13,018 --> 01:03:14,498
they must conclude
their investigation

1411
01:03:15,509 --> 01:03:19,548
the way the Air Force
wanted, and then must show

1412
01:03:19,572 --> 01:03:22,158
that there was no
national security threat.

1413
01:03:22,182 --> 01:03:24,062
The way the Air Force
wanted, and then must show

1414
01:03:24,953 --> 01:03:29,300
With these three goals
accomplished, the Air Force said

1415
01:03:29,324 --> 01:03:32,523
they were through
investigating flying saucers.

1416
01:03:32,547 --> 01:03:36,574
Like so much else, that
statement was also untrue.

1417
01:03:36,598 --> 01:03:38,438
They were through
investigating flying saucers.

1418
01:04:03,438 --> 01:04:06,434
- 10, nine,
ignition sequence start,

1419
01:04:06,966 --> 01:04:10,001
six, five, four, three,

1420
01:04:10,579 --> 01:04:11,579
two, one, zero.

1421
01:04:11,603 --> 01:04:14,603
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