1. D~.l F T IM[ GROUP OCA T lOt~ ~ Jw"'l 47 L ~rcfil.ld, Cc.li.:'orniP.. lO. CONCLUSION Other ( r.IRDS) -1. NUf.PrR OF OBJ CCTS .,, LENGT H OF OBSERV/, TIOH 11. ARIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 1~ot rcpcrted f ll'PE Or OBSERVATION Gr m.1nd Visual ?. PhYSICAL EVIDENCE Uuscrver first sit;.t'lted tcu C>L.J( cts flyinr in V icr:::.c_i.ic~1 fl;ying in a. V. 1 i l Yor, Previous ~dltionB o f thiw form mny bo Ulltod . fJrJ 1 0 'l:.ly 1947,. c. check wa~ n.aae at tLe fcllovd.n~, loGe.~-cr::. Spr ..t.ngs!l Jc.lif cmia :for t he purpose of trylr{" to lo:c..t :: ~ Fa.lm Sprmgs Pol ice Depor'klent., 1-alru Sp rin{;S l. "Th= Desert Sun n, Pc.:.lrr. Spring s :. ate:' Co:npany, ~outhern Calif orn::.e: Go.:..: Company r alm Spring~ 'l'clephone Company , Falm Sprior s Employna.en. t O:'fic.( , Palm Sprinrs Chan.IJr of Corn.merce , n.oycl Falms liott.l, S PE..lrr. Spr:: . .n;-t re:c..l estc:.te cffices , and. the City Offices of Fcln: 8-;J:--ing~ inclu<linl ,.,.c-.. l- disposcl., wete.:-rit;h'!.s, tax records a::d etc. : o rt:cc:-d of J.:.:. e:A..;sted in a :> of thE. c.bove. mentioned offices.. Cal;fcn::i? 1nr i..Lc pe:.f'L lh years r.c.s irlte.!'vle,~cd. .:r .. L:c:rllc...: ~ ;._.:,...Lo::d ~t.. he ha"' )_j '"t--d ir; Pc...ll4 ~nri.r.r-r-f o r tb( Past 2L Yt- ..,..~ c...r"Jct tnC)i J1e v ;.: uuc.-.:~e i:' Cl perf;o.a 111:1mc~d l!c.C.: eYer liY&d in 1-'dl.rr Sp:-inr . Go:::-ham st a t.ed t.hat aue t o the :f'a~t. tr.!Lt faln-:...vr~nrs if b. res(.,... c...:--t. e:..:-1c. due to the fae t that in tJ1e surrrner morJ.ths only 3 t o S thou::,c..nci p~op1r r~eic.> d in F-alm SpriuL's, ~ne:'~c.s in the v:inter months 1 0 to 12 i..llol:~ c.r J ::>:. '!ed. in Pal m ~;:,n.nre'". it v:a.s vers possible t!lat t.r .........,. ~u.ld llf"' :::.,~cs. J .. r ?~ln: Sprinrc n nrc or less on a. non- perrrca.ient s'!..atu5 c;;.nd h.=, 1'.:'. ~ ~0::--r::: -:-.rr.t be i.rJt; av: arE: t.l l t A ch C'.k vf. G ene-re:.l D~live"""y reco rds reveAle a d lEt t.er .:.6C.rcss~C::. iJc ~ , l: c= lT!l Spr l.:-gs, :~.z.iled. from Ci cere, IrJdiaJ.Ia, pc S"'-r; -1:cC: en\"elo;>e rc. listed c:.s the Gospel Tr2~t 'ncrkcr, ncutc i., Cicc.tl', L .. c_Lar.:c . ;Lr. Gc:-hem pc r,r.iti.ec! tL.t:: CJntent=.. of the envelcrc to be exaL.in--d .:.r.c.~::r..;--2. a s t..~e co::.teni..c v.c.s 3rd ~lc:.ss n:ateri c.1 c.nd the e.nvelo-::>e r,ot. f-f::., lee~ ~d; r-ecor-ds v;ere oi a rel1gi.ous nature coDce.rninrr tl1e sc.d plight c f J....rs::"'ic.:-"'! non-ch1.:;-ch goer s , the s econc c orr:i ng of Christ and E. tc a .Sl!pcr ~r. i..E.cde . . ~ c: Jc...ils was ccnte1c ted bv ::r. 2-orha:::t &.~ stated that there vrc..: a ~';- .. wbo h6d rece.~ved mc..il throut'h tbe general de-livery of:j CE. of t..! r:., clr::. .3p!'inf!S ~ost Cf:icc, but ttc..t the last ma.i..l, vther 'Lr.a.r. t:-.e }ct~cr me:1.tiored c.bo.-e, c a'!le thrm.:bh tlt.e ?ost (.,ffice a;J;Jro:::~matcly twc :,"~:,;~: s C.EJ' Tt:..e Supe-:-inte""lcien~ of r~'ails seem tD have a VC""Y t:Lcar_r.y me:oorj-c..::i. -e..;c-~1 C. Vi:1e:- the m:=:i.l cor..L..~ in :'or had. ~oee..'1 c.~C.rested to. 'l!d s :;~c.i=. v ... 2 aC.c~resss:l w ~T. in ca.re of 2. treiler ca~o locc. tE::i lr: !-c..l'U1 Springs~ 0:! c~ilinb tbe tra.:l~?.r c2..i:,p office, it f.c:.s found t hat 1::~< hc.d. lived in t~e camp bJ.t de:_)c.rted C.;Jpr-o..ti.mc..te.ly t-vro ye 2-..... s c.~; t:r:C.. lef~ r.o fcr,.aTc.:.nG aderess. In;-cstic;;tion i s cr)nti~u:..'.~ i r. a n cf1 ::~t . s lo~a"!..c: .:r a!rl obtain a staterne!1t from h:..::lo J '' r C T"l f-ILLO. C~ I IF OkNI/', Conunc. nC.i n [ ATT;:;[TlOl : LC oi' L'i- 2 Lt t~c~ed stt.n;ex:ler.t e.nd ne\'\spaper clippi n g forwurded your rcc;t.C~'t. c .lA ron !1..6a.aque.rlle!'s _ ... ~r J.Jc ~use o!Il!1l..nu~ .. ..l~.~c::c , dtu so J ul. (C:t!~) ) i ot eca s "eeing DisCs THt OREGONIAN, nrutiSOAY, rut Y ~. 1947 Dick Rankin Tells .. I .. Of Odd Aircraft .. More reports of ".(lying "flap jacks'' turned up Wednesday, ! one f r om no less than Dick Rankin , brother o f the late Tex 'Rankin, and him~elf an expe. l: ienced pilot of m01e than 7000 [ h ours' flying time. g !iankin, who is :e~overing '1 from an old back m~ury l'e-. cehed in a n automobiJe ac~i dent came to Portland over the week end to spend lhe su m - mer. H e saw the "~il\'er cau- , cer~ over Raker~{Jeld, Ca l., une 23, whil e l~mg o n the lawn sun b athmg. he told The 1 Oretonian. I -''I hesitated io ~?Y m uch about them," R ankm said, Hu n- til l noticed all the hullabaloo in t h e papers . I puzzled over thetr strang e shape for a '\vhile and fmally concluded that they were the navy :s n e w XF!1U-1 fly in~ flapjacks, w{?.ich are 1 hin ..tnd round, '"ith tv."ln propellers a n d stubby tail." Oul r One XFSU-1 Built , (The na\-y and the manufa~ turer have announced offic ia l- 1ly that only one suc h machine W.\S built and that it never left f Coa.n ecti cut. "'r nese planes w ere fl~i..J:lg h i~h. maybe 9000 fel. and fatr- ]v f:t-::t, about 300 or 4()0 mtle s an h our. I f irst counted ten of them m formation. eoin~ n orth . ' Abot.Jt 2 : 15 P.M. they returned on t11e TE' \ ers e cour~t'. headed ~(luth. But there wer e onl) ~v er. Jn the form;nton . 3 July 1S(7 " 'l!tey were not-weav!D.f ~OI bobbin~ i n formation 1 cowTdn't make out the number or. loca- "'tlon o f their propellers a n d c oule":n' f distinguish any wing s l c.il. They appeared almo~t r ound. They lo oked like p ic:- ture~ of t h e na\T)~ flymg f la p- ~ack ' Rankm sajd. Ranktn, who plans t o spenci the ::;ummer h f're at 8;)4 N . E. 1 S tmnson :-:1 rcPl, io;; now ahlr. 1o 1 r~::;um<' 1-1 li ttle fl~J.n~ for fur. ' b u t not c nmmcr c1allv. h e saH.: : h~ now operates a strmg of l autn rour~. ~endin~ his win-I tt=-r~ a t Pal m Sprint;~. : Two D es.cr l p hons Chec:l: I Ran kU1's descnption of the m v slenous aerial ob]ecl~ agre5 w~th thd t or Kenneth Arn old. I Boi~c. Idaho. busme~s man, whc 1 ftr~f reoorted them over : h e statf of Washm;;ton. except :hr;~ Arnolri docked them at an e.~- Other r e p orts came ' \"ednes d;n from A stori a . ! ) ;:;ck Hayes. patient. in St. Marys h Mintal there, said be ! s;n \ two oi the du~cs Monday j fly m;r ~ .. n.r.v~.,..t at a. rapia spPed a n d t~at ,, ,.., vanished beninc1 iht=-h ll 1s . , J\!l r. . 'Ea r l Seado, Fon ~'' ' '&rJc. !'atd s h e ~aw a di~c trav - 1 e1ir..J! nn:t h O\' r r Fort SieYen~ Tue~da' noon a n d t h a t oth e!' . ob:-ervPrs ~aw t.he same object, 1 The army at F ori Ste\. er.s ana thE" coa~t J?.Uiird at nearb~-P oint Adams dia not see the> d iscs .. Tl')e report of a Centr;; l~a. I Wa~h.. man Wedneo~day coln - ctaec m matfH of time w Hh the ori;::mal repon made by Arncld. SidneY B. Galla~her of Cent r a-1 lia ~a)c be ~aw nine a luf!lmurr!: hued n oiects flym~ nortn _at .:> P . M .Junr. 24 . He wa-:-v.0rKlll~ 1 1 mu e c ~outhwe~t of M.mera l. I wa~h .. ct the lime. 'JClllfl nlt~t' d tl' Pl fo:n the pound. w 1'11 c: (li) h o u r .. 1 llrstl~'.t';r ~.'J(~tl.t: !\mthv.ts, te~Jdc~ns. l t rcl JO o them m formauon 1\\c 1< and M rs.j n"l 1:1 U1e rever~e c:ou!~r'"C1H.t : ''r UH. stoy' when ed HH.ltl. b u t there were o n y tlle~ 1 t ttd 1t 1n tl'> news pi:ipers n tn the formation ... 1 repo rtC'd .t he-y saw a t least 10 of in t m~he o u t the number or them fl,.vm s; nolsele~sl~r ove r Lhe of thE:ir p r o p eller s <md Columbl?. 1 1' c r a 'lout noon today. Jn t ctistln:::uis h an~ w in g s orl Shu ,tl , aftrr 1\!tr... R. A. H u n t. mm. tnc.r 'iiiPI 110\A .. ~ il' Ai r . I':.JC J h" ~n<' muc , _or hRtf'd m Yf-,u: rl1~h hu~h n' c.:: hhi<CTF- Tnc~r \\er e 10 1n fonm.ijon fl~ ms:. rwr1 h . he told a nportel' , bu~ WJten ''t her returned on thr. Te\'eT~C COUT8C heaoed f. OUth .th<r e were only til?' r ; " l couldn't make out w e ltu m- , be:r or location of t hc1r pr o- pellers. and couldn't distin~uish an3 w1ngs o:r tail. They ap- pear ed almost r ound," he f;<tid. !coast. nlJOi v:; ... co lO'.: t saucer& C H' .t \ -m Drt> than 'l.vJ(' !.oL p , t n ~1d he saw t. rr.ucnO( e., m vstenous GlSk~> ore hb.ker~fl ' r Cc.li!., .and;coinr 'rnc~bc 3mj I o miles :an ~o ~ :.~There w.ere t.en m i orm a l ~in~ J.l~, be t ole. a report , but:~l:'l~-.-.tbey returned 011 t :1 headed sout!1, the r nd coUld.n.-.~ The' apoeare~ alm?S\. round. wifP n f the .l~tft.:r:-'JH <.:n~nty a?en,: ' ioo"e d JUSt hke plctllrec: 0 1 at. }.lacta . Ore .. Jon tmlc~ $OUt~\ na' ~ s F ly i n g 1-'lapj).i\:k,'' R a n - r ast of Fo.r t land. Seslcl she saw s t' told a 1epor w. ......_, of them p1gh overhead. , .:, Rankin. s a id he ,;aw them J une 2 3, b1t h esitated LO descr ib e whet h e s a w until h e not.ed ot~ers were rep orting the 1\ame f 'Fl}ring Saucer' Witnesses ::~ortlc~nr', O:c. J u ly 2-<AP)- e 't:iJO I of :l long-time vVesl l~t piln ' 'a!'. adcitd tCiday t o the 1\ lll~ cl'I'OUlltS Ol "f]\.mg ~H har l hanldn. veteran of more: n 7.00 J hourf in the air, s a id he \' tnf> muc:h-dC'bai Pd myst.<?ry ~ hieh O\ 'r B<i ker--freld. Cali!., :! goi!lS: "mnbe 300 or ~00 mile~ r ner c wet p ten i n ! ormation Clv- : nortr. he to ld a reporte r , hut e:t "ilev rPturn~d on !he r e- s cnurP'. heade d .sout..h, there : c nuld n't make out thr numbe r .OCC!~ nn o~ lhcir pro pellers and ld; t d,s~mgui!'h a n y w ings or . r"hey appeared almost roun d ," ~a' ,., , c;aid !1~ ~?w t hem from g.ounci o n .lunc 23. but hes~ ~ 1n dec;cnhe what h e sa w unt1l ctea nthe s w ere reporti ng t h e 1P. thin .. .... t ft~ t, h~ conUnu e d. he as- neci. he had ~P~n the X F - SU l , the )Cr .nPn:al !'.fl,-r "!lyi n g fJap .. k.~ The ='a,y s ince has c:n - Jn ... cd it h a<; o n ly one XF -5\.:-1, :i i r.;! ... not l Pft Connecticut. 'ie.~ repo:-ts, m eanwhtie. came tro:n U rPe O regon citie s. Astoria, td r a!' a.nd Portland. The Portland~ ; mak1n::: th~ rep ort. Mr . and Mrs . rbPrt Balliet , said they d isbelievf'd >rie s about the "sa u cers" u ntil ey .-aw at ) Past 1en o! the m vtin g . -n o "Pl sly h!gh over the Co- mb1a R,cr ~ e~teroay. Pl in1e' e . eports~seeing 7' . t Den r PO s:r i ~ P ORTLA n. Ore ., Jul~ 2.-<AP>-b~>lie,ed stories ab out the "~au T h e r~"rort o f R lo ng -lime west cer);"'4 u ntil they c:aw .at lt-nc:t f"n tcOBs't p il o t ''a s ndded \Vednesday of t hem wingi n g noic:elec:!'Jy hlhh t o the growm~ accounts o! ' 'fl y ing O\'e r the Col umbia r iYer TueHL y . aaucers o ,er the w est. Still another suc h ac,.runt r:.r.~" R icharn R lmkin, vete ran of m ore from four_ stat e! a w ay. At Alh'\ than 7,000 h ours in the a ir, s a id h e q uerq uf!. :\. M., Max l-i<~Cid Ch .. n ssw the much-debatE-d my~tery ber_ o f C~mm~rce e xecutn -. 1ol(~ o~ ~.dLo::k~ h i g h o,e r Bak e rsfield , Calif., l l'eem g. a dl5~-l!xe blut~.;h . ob 't..:/' t:ar.d ~omg "mavbe 300 or 400 m il e s I follo wmg a Zlgzag p r.t h. In 1 .... north\,,.,.~tern skY" onlv fut'"'':JV . . n ight . l t disappeart>d in nhr ... t I all There wE>re t e a m f ormat ton fly-a minute, h e ~aid. ln~ n o rt h , he 1C'Ilrl a reporter, b u t There hav e been l'imll~tr Tl ,, .1'- "when "they returned o n the r ev er se the p al't !'eYeral d a\'s f r(lm ,. t.'OUr~e. hende d Jaelh the~;~re point~ in 1\ew Me>.ico, WP'-1 1 r-..;,;; o n l y sev<>n ... ~ 'r f a n d Oklah(Jma. ALMOST ROUNO: ' .. I coul d n't make ouL the n um he l t.rn-loca tiOn of their propellerc: Rlirl ~.couldn't distm~uish aryy wing~ M ~L They a ppea red a lmost rounr:, rJte f;ald. l' R.llnkin said h e ,.;aw them .luu~ b.':t, but hesitated to cie);cr ib e whC'\t ~ t:aw until h e not ed -other s Wf"l'J nportin~ t h e sa m e 1ht ns::. A t first. he continued, he r.~ ume d he h a d ~een t h e X F'5t:-1. n e experimental n a \ y fJym~ laJ>j a ck ." The navy sin ce ha~ foll- nounc e d It has onl~ on e XF:'it: -1. nd it has not l eft Connecticut. f Rankin, e x- Portlander w h o nn" Jh es in Palm Spnng!:, Calif., Rnd a broth e r a ( the lat e .lohn G. (TE''' tiank.in, p ionee r ~tutlt flier, ~ald h,. rot,sen ed the ' plan es" from 1 T O il.I J d . H E REPORTS. ' Nev reports mt'anwhile cRmE:> i 1 l om thre e Oregon cities, A"tr.:Hl. a dras and Portland. ThP Fnrl- ance.tsmaklnt the report/'Mr. a n d s. BerbertB&llie~ 'aid they dis- Mr. Rankin s aid he saw t~.L. 1 June 23, 'but heslt6ted to desc;1. whet he saw until h e noted oL'1(.. ~ J.n;g. li.ne sfl.me thi ng. et~rts .nieanwhlle came m tbr~te O r e gon e&t.ies,lt~J-01 :, ~id they\r{a~ !tlea.s M ' !.saucers .. 9tm&in g nd!Ulenis 1 h ()ver the Columbia R ive r ~es - JUL 3 lS-< 't A}".:hoat")l t:u ... o:IJucts wc:rc. . .ih ..t..\l'Clli:.lj ~t, a CO'l~idc:ai.Jlc u::..:;:,t ..:l'.;c, th-~ :r.~f'O.~Gr ti~.:tt h e O'L~Ched n o f~l"ticul1.r i.J l:~o:--t.ancc 1,0 t..!tis Si(;lt~ H0 until he 1' ~ll ui ... \.:.~ Casca~..le i:ourrt:lia ~i!;!rlil'l c, (Incident lfo. 1 7). Eu t.hrn recalled th:i s in- i s n u i!lfv:r..l~L::..on Cv!:t.:;._ne~\ in tn.i:J r~port to rc_,:t.c objects .:vrc u_ -Ji:L<.l.r;r airc:"'a.:.'t b0y.Jnd the r a.nc;c of t:ut n u c.l{; cl~e i n fu;~e~:sl il!l tl re!Jvr i..ud t; .. x;e:rvil.t.{; tcntl!J to ~u\x:tu.ntiatc ~1i5 co!'!cl'.l::>ion. l noiC.ent -- the otjuct.~ ou~orv ed \'!u r c o f' o..strc:lo.lic a l rcln.tivol .; U..'1..Y _t>O s :.i ib lo c.otro~1ot: . .ic~l i!1to.:. i'l ot!.t. t ion. o f i.ltorost to po35ibly-sir.il non-o.r.t ro::o:::ic o l