Interview with [illegible] on the subject of Unidentified Flying Objects

This document is an intelligence report dated July 26, 1957, detailing an interview with an individual who served as an intelligence officer for the 197th Anti-Aircraft Battalion. The subject, whose name is redacted, is described as an average person who claims to possess extrasensory perception and the ability to travel in the fourth dimension. He asserts that space ships are invisible unless the occupants choose to be seen and that they originate from outer space. The subject recounts a personal history of encounters with unidentified flying objects, including a specific incident occurring between May 11 and 12, 1957, while he was flying his own airplane from Oakland, California, to Yucca Valley. During this flight, he reported being harassed by flying saucers on three separate occasions, noting that his airplane's compass acted strangely in their presence. On the night of May 11th, he describes encountering a flying saucer in the desert. He reports feeling a magnetic field and observing an object that changed from an orange light to a white light, estimated to be 20 to 30 feet in diameter at an altitude of approximately 1,500 feet. He spent the remainder of the night walking in the desert, claiming to be directed by a magnetic force and feeling the presence of the saucer's occupants. He estimated he walked about twenty miles and suffered considerable discomfort. The report concludes by stating that no classified information was provided during the interview.