Incident #168 Sighting Report — Arnhem, Holland, 20 July 1948

This document details Incident #168, a reported sighting of an unidentified aerial object in Arnhem, Holland, on July 20, 1948, at 1330 hours. The report, associated with Project Grudge, documents the testimony of the Chief of the Court of [illegible] and his daughter, who claimed to have observed an object with two decks and no wings, traveling at a speed comparable to a V-2 rocket, intermittently through clouds on four separate occasions. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and Air Materiel Command (AMC) evaluated the report and concluded that the information provided was insufficient for a definitive explanation. The AMC assessment explicitly notes that because a V-2 rocket is not visible in flight, the object described by the witnesses would not have been visible if it were traveling at such high speeds. The evaluators suggest that the witnesses likely had a subjective impression of an ordinary aircraft or a fireball. The document also includes a broader index of incidents evaluated by Dr. Hynek for the Project Grudge report, categorizing various sightings by probability and type. A notable remark within the document highlights that this specific incident occurred just four days prior to the 'Atana space ship' sighting, with the author facetiously suggesting that visitors from Mars might have been cruising around. The document serves as a record of the military's attempt to categorize and dismiss reports that lacked sufficient evidence or physical corroboration.