Emmett Idaho — May 1967

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD 10. CONCLUSION, Civili: r: Other ( 'io':l.x) IncivVu'lls f'iml1;r h Ltt. d tht th~y Jn<~de the s tocy t. 1 ':'?:OF OS:.EOVATION 7 . C:OURSE J 9. PHYSICAL EV.~ENCE ,{coort ,..-:1.3 initiated 'by a l c t \.cr from the Cffi.ce o!' Lh.-~ I ro.=~cuting At.Lorney, ;ru .. ett., JrJ:ho, to ~cmto.r of the U.:>. In t!1::: le':. t.er it ,;a!> rf:'";u s:.nd th~t t:-.e .KF perform ~n i."'l:esti ~...t.tion. Jn thi.~ l ctLe r it ,_,.,s st.tP.t! th:>.t if the t. t~ll.in:~ the truth t h(.!y ~::10uld be n1nrC:t1'! Lha o:::;c~r fo:: the bcGt ~:ctor9 o~ the ccmtu:-y. Si~htin.~ ;1:s On 1_1_ July the attor-nny c llect to rc~ ort that t\1' ' boys n ckno;.1led~erl th>~ir Dtory vn ~ n..>t t tue, nnri the photo3r.:: ph~1 h;,d bean g iwm to th~rn. rTlJ SEP 63 0-3::~ .TOE) Prevloua ac:::J~r.t o ! t'th forruma y ba u .. d. SAl"OICC lla.jor Radcma.che c /79079 A'lTN: L'.:.' COL BARTA R~ference is ca~a to previou3 correspondenc~ from Senator Jorc3..:1 11no :tnouircd in be'b..ali' of ;.;r. L. Gorrono of Z:7.r:lc:; t , Ido.ho J about UFO:> He fW'nisiled your o:fi'ice an iat~ri-'ll reply on 10 ,July. Attached is pro,osed reply to :~nator JordlL~ wbicb providas additional info atioa. i -~ ,llti n:YG Lt Colonel Barta 1 . Atta.c~d i:l proposed reply to Senator Jordan ~;:"!o inc;.uired in behal.:.f of :.ir . L . Gorrono of Eclmet t Idaho, about UFOs . 2 . Project Of:'icer is Hajor John P.ademad1er , - OI CC I e;rtension 79079 . SrCI<i:l hRY Cl" Ot f OF OE~CUSt.. AIR FORCF: AHY OF 0~1 ~SSIST/\II1 SLCfH TARY OF Qt. f'EI~SC (,;!) A!;SISTM!T SiCRL TARY OF OCFE:IlSE (I'A) b Gt: llr. f!A L CCIUNS(' L ASST TO 1 II<' ~r:CH!::1 AflY OF OCFEN~C (AI-;) ASST ro IHE SECRETARY OF DEFE'NSF' (1./.) A!>ST 10 "II' SrCfli:'TAf~Y OF OCF'E'I$(' O IH, 0~1-:O'ITf!I,C T AUOI r AJE:.NCY ~Jir(, :l~' t:.~: SUP?l.v AG= .cY OIR. u:::r -\oCI\'IC S~<PCAT AG!:t~CY OIR, m.r ::;,~COl.".'!', C4TIOilS .t.G{:~I(. Y ,\1~r. N 't al Cot:,r .. tnlt:lttiGn:s S) .t..;rn 01~<. OtF! ',$[. 11-ITi.Ll.IGEII~F AGENCY INFOfhtl"iONAtiORC'TlNT I O N ~ OATt. ON 'l"l!CH TO CASE A F<EPL.Y C0Mt.'I:!'I1J A~O.'OR rn::Co.tVENOATIO'I 'TillS I S A l AC1 10~1 COJ v r I A~ I>\~C ACTION DUE HOT LAi~R HIMI QUrtofltl II loi:'\U,...,, U. (l.tf G"YLOtrtl ffl 'ON, 'I' Ll r h' rCAtr, ~O '-'Aa.. 0 tto\lf'tt.Lft. Ot.,_L, Jrt.e~Y T ~ -lP ~J.U f. (llfi(CI OU: Honorabl e Robert S . McNamara D e pa rtment o= Dcicnsc Washing L0!1 ear Mr. Secret<1 ry: Attached i s a co9y o f a l etlcr I ha vc r ccC'i vecl from Mr. L. Gorrono of Ei' .. mett I Idaho I a highl y re:.pectcd member of the com'Tlunity concerning an unidentified flying object. shall apprcsiate your advice and comments concerning the prol:lcms presented by this inc i clcr.l. With best vo~i:hcs, I am D!::F'/\R I rn r Of THE AIR FO~CE ':'uET-UFO) '.lrl .. t, . ratterson :ncJ.os~d l'lnd. the ne\-:spc.per a.1t.Lele ,ri th photoGrapL. :.1.:ne p"lot.o.:;raph t'-lac ;vo.c sub,uit i:.ccl uith our rcpo t of Thls is not 3 . ::1closed also is a corxr or r:r. n ol:to::o' G 1 e:; tc t' to Sc:1ator Jordan. c J : or this letter :::::.s been rnrn:i.che'J. to IJt .Col. Da.rnett Young at HILLlA.n C. SA LYEll, l~.J6:::: UF0 ~cportinz O;ficer L I!e~s Cl ipp:ng-22 J~m 6'{ 2 . Lettcr-20 Jul 67 TTOfltiEV 1\ f.MME rT . IEmmett Boys Take Flight 1 In Fepr of Flying Saucer Two Emmett boys a r e certain beyond doubt that . . f lh' they beheld a genuine flying saucer in the f oothills north ;~e in re~ would b e o r ) o.f Boise, complete w i th a littl e man with v ery broad H e said th~y had not pre-r S!1oulders a n d large head. viously told of seeing the Their photographic proof with a small "Swinger'' saucer, except to their parents~ Polaroid camera from a dis l .ance . ney e:. tma e a H e said il is po~nible it wus y~rds ts n ot very ~lear on ?e some A ir Force o r geological tatls, .h.ut ~hen vt~wed. with experiment, but he dis count.- magmftcahon . thetr ptcture ed this o n the theor that the shows somethmg not recog-Y nizable as a t e rrestial object. Carl Hess. 1 5, and Harry and a few friends, because they were so frightened, and because they did not expect people to believe them. The boys' father, Carl Hess, 1 S r ., lives at Emmet t. Hcs;; , 13, are sure it was a fly- ing saucer they came upon about 10 to 1 1 a.m. on Sun- day, May 28, near where they ~ad camped overnight in the hUls above Hilwide school in A n Overnight H:.k The y had set out in t h e morning to see how far they could hike toward the timber in 21h hours, a n d when they topped a low ridge, the object was in a small valley i n f ront of them . They estimated the distance nt 200 yar ds. When Carl and Harry real-1 i.:Nl t ht! t hing was n ot a house with some new-fangled archi- tectur e, they became t errified . They still are. The top of the saucer, which they b elieved was a~>out 00 feet in d iameter and ! , !< .,-d like a flat ur:'lbrella, ' va:. a lig h t blue color. The und er ,c;ide was in shad ow but appe;tred to b e silver :n color . LUU~t Man Rubs o::t O u t n ear the ou:ar rim ' stood the little man, and he FLYII\:G SAUCER? Two Emmett boys are con- :-e:ac!:ed dow n and a;:-peared vinced that this picture, greatly enlarged from a tiny , :c ~ic!-< up some dirt w:;ich he Polaroid photo, s hows u genuine space vehicle and it.s r :::>bed through his ha:1cs. pilot. -/i ,r -:-cv.r o f the ridge a::1c ran all --- ' t .. ~ 1y to their camp, pick t:.-~.-mother's horr.o:: near 3.;:>'-" o d of breath and told r..: .vh:ll they had seen. .3:~e didn't b elie\'e them, Fin d Im:nessions . -::1 their courage r e- ~u:~.:d about two hours after L-~ seeing the saucer, they r , .::-ned to the place and ! o d the sauce r gone. There w e re four indenta- t i vm in the ground about 1 t o 2 mches d Np and a foot in d 1 .,,nler wht:rt' they believed tlw !our legs h d r {!sted. Wh.:re the little man h nd ~toud, a clump o f che3t grass h01d been freshly p ulled from t h e ground and discarded. At no lime did the boys see the object i n the :tir or h ea r nny sou n d 'I'hinlu Space Ship C arl H tss, b l' ill{{ the old e r, t ook t h e lead in lhl'orizing nbout tlw lnl":lning or what lhty saw. He belteved firmly tht: nhj~t wns ;1 space ship cap IJ ll~ o! inlt'rplnnetary ~t t~?ht Boise fo othills would be of :. nOl !itt~e interest. Y broad1 He said they had not pre- nously told of seeing the .\'tr:ger sau!:er , except to their p~rents ond a few friends, because . they w~re so frightened, o:-~d k It :':as because they did not exocct I pc>ople to b<'lie\e them. bCOt unht Tne boys' father. Carl Hess, Lila t c !Sr .. li\"es ot Emmett. COUUTY O T (;[.H. (;lATl (~ IC'At 0 OFFICE. OF TH Pi10$SCUTING ATTORNf.Y EM,..:LTr. 10/,HO Th-2 L:--,:,rablc Len B . Jordan Sen Office Building Washi .Jton , D. C. =.:-.:-loscd herein is<. co:). of c:.n :tr.t~clc in the.: loc.:~l "flyit.., se1ncers" and li:~0 unicbnU :=:i r>d f.lyir J objects. In ti1is =spcct, I have b :1 a true az,lost.ic a1d thougl1t tha t t s ti. s W3re fe 2~ie~ end ltallLtcin~t:ions of peo~lc \:~o er.: incline d co sec SLCh objccLs, but I have: h.:'c! occasion to in;estieatc the p~rticulEr r eport r~entioted in this article. I -.~ interro~ated t~G t::o boys, jo:i.nt:ly ard sep2rately. I c :--.':: -::1in!" that I a-::: c::2.::tly ~ novjcc at it.\~stignt:Lon and i~:c===~ation, and th~s~ b0ys ap?aar to be telling the truth. Tr-.c p= ;<::nt conclLsion i s that they sa.H the object ,.,hich K2 boys, ::-.-:1 others lhc?.t ~.is":-tt h<w~ ini:o::,1.at:i.or: tha