Mt Rainer Washington — June 1947

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Keywords: ridge, boise, chain, gkojp, djtion, ndoj1, n1ilc, llviousl, stotcnq, liync, deleved, tjrport, itucic, rprcx, ashfords, arcythir, abnyc, repcrled, maooth, nrnert, pprcx, betcjt, mh1utcs, ntctio, nj11c
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PROJEC1 10~/3 RE"CORD lJI. L ~ -, IMf GkOJP lO. CONCLUSION :L NUtJ.SE R OF OBJECT S 5. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION 6. 1 YPE OF OBSERVATION 7 . COURSE 8 . PHOTOS 9 . PHYSICAL VIDENCE 11. B RIEF SUu.M~RY AND ANALYSIS f TD S E P 6 3 0-329 (T DE) p,..v{oue e dJtion.. o! thi f os"O f!bl1 be u11 d < rl c.lcr of J 00 X 2 000 fe-e~ in sizl' . Jf, W<"' ndoj1 a r Lo.sono lon~;. hen~" ~ bou1 3 ,. <' t w tdc, n t ob.i E-C is nn.:st ha vc bern cJ os u lha n ; n1ilc , c.llviousl: vc. t rary 1o hls stotcnq td of 100 rvrr B . -{'-inrr '1~ dcfl.I""l. 1.C'lv J . P ... llcn liync-k Airport in his pert:.onal "as deleved fo> S:1 hot!r do~n ne~ or ar 1d ttt UFO SIG~7D~G ple.11c and head d fer Ya.k:.ma, ,,rfHt.tint;'Lon,. t:_\ .. , in ,;;~"ll.t-C)t of e. large .nc tro...TJrport tl.; .. t uj...J-10. e nel( direct~ to-~erd H:-.. p !i..; .. et, an a1t:itucic cf t..rprcx:i.m::iA.~:.~T q:50J : i \''Lch ridges for the w:.rlne ship end fJ e\; to the wes ne:ar tlJ<~ ridr.,e: cidr-of tht: CLi ty on "''here Ashfords Washington is lccated. Unab l e to 5ee arcythir.r th~:t looi< ':i lii ~ 'LhrJ lost pJ e.ne, Y.r. oade a 360 deg~e turn to the rig..'1t abnYc t hf' tcr.<1 c: !ldn.eral, starting at;c:ln toward Mt. P..a.nier an.'l cl:!mb:.nE to c.n G.&ti'Ludr of 9:~0C f ct. Hr. repcrled 'L,at the cdr was s o maooth t-hat it "-'a3 a N ::r:.J ~Jlt:ast:rt-fly.i.J.g, and, os ocst pilots do when the air is snoot.h and they u.rl. Rt d. hi '1e r alti~udct h e tri.nrnert out the aircraft a-;d simply se.t in his plane o ~ervin[, Vtf .. ~i~ .. C...!t t.c. :::-:d .... r:. Mr. r eJX>rt d. that there; vas a DC-4 to hi3 l"ft.. and 'J"'(a.r at &pprcx"m:-tc.ly 1.4,000 fest. The sky was r c:rorted to be e.s cl'-~ar ar; cry~tt-J. He~ bEtCJt' L f]o;n 1.re than two or three mh1utcs on his c.:ot:rse when a trJ.gr't n1r!"1 rc:..:lt-r.ttd on Ljr ei:r- plene . He couldn't f1.nd where tl c r c ntctio!'l cc..me fron, h.1t. 1 r-tl.f. J (' f t u.L!. Yi:::.n -J.h of Ht. Ra.nie; he d )ci nl ::,f'rv<> a. c.bu.:i.n of nj11c peculicr l o uld.Jl', chJ~c t.~:~ !..t}i.!.-p. .t':r"'m north to south a t app1oxi..matc:ly <;, 500 feet.. 'rhC'y-WPJo a ppro:-ch:!nf. tii, P .. c-..nic~ V(.ry rapidly, and he as~tw1nd thu.t thc~,r were ,je t aircraft. ~'Vl r: few Ft-conns tvo c:r-~ hr~. c of the o bjects would d:ip or change courf!e slightly, Just fllOll~h Jcr ~tse-~':l. to 3trike th~m at an a.,"1gle anci rcf)ect brir;htly. The objectr bf:lilf' qu.lt.t. far Mt~c"J.r hP r.r1~ U.t'"lablL~ to make out t~eir-ahd]>t:> or forr .. n.tlon. As they arJ..""Toachc d Jlt. h.o.n-' r t,,-1 obB.-r \ ~a tht.ir outline quit.e clearJ.' r Hr..-.d s to.t-=:d that he fou.nrf l1.. VPYJ' rwculjnr thPt he couldn't find tllejJ~ 1 ails hut ass'~ .. (~ t...l1FY were so~1 "LY1w oi jet u rcr._ft & Tbt. otj~"'c1 :~ were ob~erved to pags the southern. edge of 1-~t. Ranie-r fly)n[ djrrct1y . outb t o t:m..!th- east dov:n the !loets bock of a moW1t~jn ranee. '!'he elPvat.jon of t l w rJtject~ \-:3.s estimated to have v arj ed approrim teJ y one thousc:._"ld fE-et o:u~ wc...y c,r another b"l't rem;dned very nar th( horizon, ich vould =-.ndicc...tf! that tb.cy Ht rr 11e ;n: the ~u. n elevation as the ~i..tnf ss~ Y.r.. stated that the ob} .. ctb flc-P l..:Uce gtet.c, il1 c. rather di.agon c..l chain-like line as if they ~re link~d tc.getl,r r . T.tH.ry seem d to rolcl a dcfinit,e direction but s..:ervcd in and out of the high mountain pea.h9. 'Ihc, "-: tne~s est:imted the distc:.ncc between him W1d the objects to be appr-ox.imatel.r 25 x::iJes.. Usir.- R. Zeus fB stener s. or cowling tool,. hP-est ~.ma .. t.ed the :Ji ze of tht object~ to be e..ppro):::.:..- rr.atc.ly two thirds th.:.t of a DC~. He observ-ed the UFO' s p.:;.~!:in.[; a hig~1 sr..c~ co-vcrec! ridge in bet wsen XL . P..c:..nier and Ht. A.C.ems a.;.d reported that. 3s the fir~t ob~cct ,.t,-lC passmg the south c rest of this r~dr,e t h e last cne Wd.s enterinG thf! norther:1 t:.rc c : the ridge. Later mea.suN?Hrent Jf ler.gth of this particu:_ar ridge r evealt:d i:. .:s e.pprox.imately five miles, so it v::.s estimated the chain of cbjects w~s fi"\-r...:..l~.:s .:o:1g . Hr. tirr..ed the objects between K:. .. P...ani.er E..11d Ht. /\daJUs arri dete~e~ the:; crossed this 47 miles in one Idnute a..'1.d fort~ - tv:o second so Th:..s :.s equiy"i Jr:.~t. tc 1656.71 miles per hour. In r.. subsecuent intervie\o~ saucers skipp~!g on ~ater. ne1iSpeper-ncn and resulted deecribed the objects as s description ~cs rhcrtened to in the.. popular use ol' this tPrm. a ppea r:1..r1g ..i...J...r~e Flying s~uce:--s'' b;t It is the Air n:ir-age. r:r rorce conclusion tha t the objects of this sighting wer~ cue t0 c.. r s statement concerning hoH s!lleoth and ccye.t.:!l clc::r 'Ghe c: J 1'\'u s i s eJ'1 in\..L...4..cc.. tio:-1 of very stable cor~G.itions -which are a ~c oc.5 c. tsa r:i th in\er::J cr; 5" t:nd in crea. se the refre.ctio:1 ina~ ... c f thf' c"trn~ ~?~rre ~LI SSJFJ.r=. , o: fi'tct. 0' 1 a lnvestiratio~ o~ ~Lil&ociin: A'l'Ti:.ll\n t ~eneral, Ant~' J.i.r : oroe t , lbc a:ttacheci teler.re..:':" WL~ rt;oeivec_ bv tiel d, ~lifor4iL, 1 5en~em~T 1~4~. 2 . ke rer ~'-" i~. mr.de t o ~u.-unt..r at' l~ton"'ll..t .. or. ~orwt...rc.c u !rc UN cLASS irltD . 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