PROJECT 10073 RECOr~J 1 L n 'l C i ;ML. GF<OUP ~. Ni.lr,J.BE R OF OSJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OSSE~VATION 6. lYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 . PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSiot~ 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND A LYSIS FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TOE) p,...,,ioua diUon of thh form me)' b' Ulit.d, U.IJd n1~cGCc t0 b, thut:; f..:c t . in dla~ctcr 'l'hc; t v-ldc no 1 OJ..!.)C. WL.ilu tnc ob,cct:: ~rt ' '"ii:.h" ! ~.:ir;!.~.tjl t l c ob:,~ritu:::-~, CcY..lpa!.::J fluctUD'Lcd Y .:..ldly. He st~tos t!:at he ... ut.x.~ .1.cG. !J.i~; .. t..i crt . olclv-t o add crt-r:cnce t. o t.llc 1x.r~;o:1 v.i10 l.'J'c \r:.C:c.J ~.!l.')t story ',\!u lc t.!tCl't.' ~ .. J>r ars to be 'l.Yl ~ t. :,~c1pt on t!lC !"lal"'t 0 r ihc OUSC.:I'V~r tr) iJ~ .. tlwt these object~ ~lad tails, and 'Lnat the inferred si !, as dctcrnin c d fro!:l t.he E.!stiuatcd d.it;t~ncc, i~ quite different. Dr. V.:1llcy (App D) h o.s p.;intcd o~.rL a.Hcl Dr. Hpck concur:r0u that it. i:J C:ifficult t o t a :c scriou:.;ly t!H~ p:c:lia.r acti')!1 of 'L!H~ co:npaGs for this 1.rould in ply fan~ticalJ y lart;c m(Jlcti c fields . JJ Opinion: F'r<n the J ird.ted evidence sul:clit"..,cd, it i~ inposnibl to rco.ch "c. deiini tc" conclu:Jion. i{o;rover, two possible psycllolo:.;ical factors ~ read~.ly apparent; one, the o~>scrv~r s~tcd he C'l.!hili ttcd this rcj)Ort sc.,l eJy because h e had read sev-1.-!ral d2..ys follo-;.in~ his obscrv2.tion o f' D-'1othcr si ~tin G. Thcttfo!~c: he very lil:el:; ei thcr corwci.Jusl~,. or ina.dv~rtc:ttl:r m:,,.. h.a:vc at tc.o;'tcd to confo:'tl his report to 7.1L.:::L recounted in the nenspa~r; and t.7o he colore:<. his reJ.)Ort \tith inference of h ut'-'"' L?ta[]lctic field~, as to '!:he in~lica'Li on:; of Hhic~ h e was o bvi ~u.s l:r lli!inf orr.tc d . JNE 24, 1947 CASCADE MOUNTAINS WASHINGTON CKEYHOE-1950 P 24) 1 WITN~SS 00 A POQTLAND_ P_RO_SPEC_TOP HA~ED t WHO \I.! AS WORK I N('; Uf' l h! THE _ SCADE 0 1 )UNTAIN~, REPORTED llVL OR SIX DISK- SHAPED OB~ECTS BANKit.JG JN THC SUN. ~E 02 ~TCHCD THEM THROUG H HI~ l CLESCOPE SEVERAL SECONDS. THCN H E S UDDI: NLY NOTJCED 0- 1 A T T HE C 0 i...; P A S S HAND 0 I -J I I I S SPEC 1 A L ll.! AT C H 1!1 A S \J E A V I N G W I L D L Y F R () t s S 1 DE T 0 0 4 IDE . <.JOHNSON TNSISTl[J HE HAD NOT HEARD OF T~E FA OUS REPORT Ot-J THIS S~fVtE 0~ "Y OY co. v . > tJH ! C H \IJAS NOT BROADCAST UNTIL EARLY CVE.NING.) Cu 'l' htH o i G 1,0 c.~"..ronor.ica.l ox;;lo.nllt i o n f r thi~ i nc:idont dent is t "no ir1f urre d s iz.o of tl't<J o..~jaots t:i 5 ~eter . i no d fl'C ' t!l<! est ii:;ts. ted a } s t u nc c.) fie ld::;. fa.ntu~t~cul1:, D1r o~ u o of Eu.rth'::; ~t ~ tio Fiold. p - nd.:c..a d obaerv a r fou11d t Ln.t tho object sub-tended an c.n~l~ 0 at his ;;>ouition. th6n the e..oper~turne or t!,e required 6 lectro~u:et lli l i on by wher~ R is the rang e of t he ob jeot. For itstnr;co . if R io ono kilorneter a:rl th& object i s '10 r.1eters in die{!)6ts,. ... then ni~ l bilJlon eopere-turno 1\0\': if the o bject ~orcA a.ctuolly only 10 metora u.v1a.y 11nl w~rtt corr oond- int;ly t:::ID.llf~r. n moJy 10 em in dicmeter, it "au l d st1 11 r e quire 1 0 mtlli')n ampere-turns. These f'i!l;Urbs e.ro a littl e in oxceos of w~ u t can b~ o o r.ven1e11tly dor:o on the grou.r.d. Tncy m.ko it e e o m u nlil:sly that tho effe c t ?;U-t:..c.tuo.lly obe~n--ed No~ the E.: a rth s mae:m t io fiel d -would re~ct on r;uoh u ~ r;ne1, to p rodueo not only e. torque but ~lso a. foree. This force d~pends not dlrfjctly on the Earth's field intoncity but on its irregularjty or b-i~dient. Th~s force is obvioucly min~ta since the oh~n~e ir. field ove r ~ dista~oe o f 10 msters (assumed diamet e r of the objsot) is eoa~oaly me ureble -mo~- over the eradient is not prediot&ble but ohan~s due to loeal ore d~po~its. Thus even if' the effec t wer~ lnrf_,"fl onou h to U!!e i t ..-ould ~till b e un- .; relie.ble and unpredictable. Or. n. E. v~lloy of Unid~ntified Flyin~ Objeota c t i r:v:. i.r;