Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 02 1131-02-p215

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sitll COPY ONE OP ONE. On 24 June, 1947, @ civilian pilot flying over the Cascade Mountains in the State of Washington observed nine flying disc-shaped aircraft traveling in formation at a high rate of aveed. Although this was not the first known sighting of such objects, 4t was the first to grain widespread attention in the public media. Hundreds of reports of sightings of similar objects followed. Many of these came from highly credible military and civilian sources. These reports res-— ulted...