Plus j'observais ces objets, plus j'étais dérangé, étant accoûtumé et familier avec la plupart des objets volants que je sois près du sol ou à des altitudes plus élevées. J'observais la chaîne de ces objets passer un autre high snow-covered ridge in between Mt. Rainier and Mt. Adams, and as the first one was passing the south crest of this ridge the last object was entering the northern crest of the ridge.

As I was flying in the direction of this particular ridge, I measured it and found it to be approximately 5 miles, so I could safely assume that the chain of these saucer-like objects was at least 5 miles long. I could quite accurately determine their pathway due to the fact that there were several of them as well as higher peaks on the other side of their pathway.

As the last unit of this formation passed the northernmost high snow-covered crest of Mt. Adams, I looked at my sweep-second hand and it showed that they had traveled the distance en 1 mn 42 s. Even at the time this timing did not upset me as I felt confident that after I landed there would be some explanation of what I had seen.

A number of news men and experts suggested that I might have been seeing reflections or even a mirage. This I know to be absolutely false, as I observed these objects not only through the glass of my airplane but turned my airplane sideways where I could open my window and observe them with a completely unobstructed view.

Even though 2 mn seems like a very short time to one on the ground, in the air in 2 mn time a pilot can observe a great many things and anything within his field of vision probably as many as 50 ou 60 fois.

I continued my search for the Marine plane, for another fifteen or 20 mn, and while searching for this Marine plane the things I had just observed kept going through my mind. I became more disturbed, so after taking a last look at Teton Reservoir I headed for Yakima.

I might add that my complete observation of these objects, which I could even follow by their flashes as they passed Mt. Adams, was around two and one-half or three minutes - although by the time they reached Mt. Adams they were out of my range of vision as far as determining shape or form. Of course, when the sun reflected from 1 ou 2 ou 3 of these units, they appeared to be completely round; but, I am making a drawing to the best of my ability, which I am including, as to the shape I observed these objects to be as they passed the snow-covered ridges at Mt. Rainier.

When these objects were flying approximately straight and level, they were just a thin black line and the only time I could get a judgment as to their size was when they flipped.

These objects were holding an almost constant elevation; they did not seem to be going up or to be coming down, such as would be the case of rockets or artillery shells. I am convinced in my own mind that they were some type of airplane, even though they did not conform with the many aspects of the conventional type of planes that I know.

Bien que ces objets aient été signalés par de nombreux autres observateurs à travers tous les Etats-Unis, il y a eu 6 ou 7 autres récits écrits par certains de ces observateurs dont je peux sincèrement dire qu'ils doivent avoir observé la même chose que moi ; en particulier, les descriptions des 3 employés des Western Air Lines de Cedar City, en Utah, le pilote de Oklahoma City, l'ingénieur de locomotive en Illinois, John Corlett, un correspondant de United Press à Boise, Idaho. Dave Johnson, rédacteur d'actualités au Boise Daily Statesman, le capitaine Smith, un co-pilote Stevens et Marty Morrow de United Air Lines, et le capitaine Charles F. Gebian et Jack Harvey de United Air Lines tous 2 ayant fait le 28 juillet 1947 leur observation sur le vol 105 de United Air Lines westbound out of Boise.

It is my opinion that descriptions could not be very accurate taken from the ground unless these saucer-like discs were at quite a great height and there is a possibility that all of the people who observed peculiar objects could have seen the same thing I did; but, it would have been very difficult from the ground to observe these for more than 4 ou 5 s, and there is always the possibility of atmospheric moisture and dust near the ground which could distort one’s vision while air observers I would judge to be much more accurate.

I have in my possession letters from all over the United States and Europe from people who profess that these objects have been observed over other portions of the world, principally Sweden, Bermuda, and California.

J'aurais pratiquement tout donné ce jour-là pour avoir une caméra avec un téléobjectif et à partir de maintenant j'en aurais toujours une.

When I landed at Yakima, Washington airport I described what I had seen to my very good friend, Al Baxter, who is the General Manager of Central Aircraft Company. He listened patiently and was very courteous but in a joking way didn’t believe me.

I did not accurately measure the distance between these two mountains until I landed at Pendleton, Oregon, that same day where I told a number of pilot friends of mine what I had observed and they did not scoff or laugh, but suggested they might be guided missiles or something new. In fact, several former Army pilots informed me that they had been briefed before going into combat overseas that they might see objects of similar shape and design that I described and assured me that I wasn’t dreaming or going crazy.

Je cite Sonny Robinson, un ancien pilote de l'Army Air Force qui is now operating dusting operations à Pendleton, dans l'Oregon : Ce que vous avez observé, j'en suis convaincu, est un type de jet or rocket-propelled ship that is in the process of being tested by our government or it could even be by some foreign government.

Anyhow, the news that I had observed these spread very rapidly and before the night was over I was receiving telephone calls from all parts of the world; and to date I have not received one telephone call or one letter of scoffing or disbelief. The only disbelief that I know of was what was printed in the papers.

I look at this whole affair as not something funny as some people have made it out to be. To me it is mighty serious and since I evidently did observe something that at least Mr. John Doe on the street corner or Pete Andrews on the ranch has never heard about, is no reason that it does not exist. Even though I openly invited an investigation by the Army and the FBI as to the authenticity of my story or a mental and physical examination as to my capabilities, I received no interest from these two important protective forces of our country until two weeks after my observation. I will go so far as to assume that if our Military Intelligence was not aware of what I observed and reported to the United and Associated Press and over the radio on two different occasions which apparently set the nation buzzing, they would be the very first people I could expect as visitors.

I have received lots of requests from people who told me to make a lot of wild guesses. I have based what I have written here in this article on positive facts and as far as guessing what it was I observed, it is just as much a mystery to me as it is to the rest of the world. I saw them and I know they are real.

Ma licence de pilote est 33489. Je pilote un avion Callair, qui est un 3 places à moteur unique land ship that is conçu et fabriqué à Afton, Wyoming, as an extremely high-performance, high-altitude airplane that was made for mountain work. Le certificat national de mon avion est NC-33355.


Ils semblaient plus longs que larges - Mirror Bright - They did not appear to me to whirl or spin but seemed in fixed position traveling as I have made drawing. Ils semblaient plus longs que larges


Leur épaisseur était d'environ 1/20_me de leur largeur Leur épaisseur était d'environ 1/20_me de leur largeur

/s/ Kenneth Arnold Box 587
Boise, Idaho

 
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