Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 03 1131-03-p109

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TOP SECRET / MAJIC oa -ENES..QNLY * TOP SECRET * Prveer ier tees EYES ONLY COPY ONE OP ONE. On 24 June, 1947, a 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 sveed. Although this was not the first known sighting of such objects, it waa the firet to gain widespread attention in the public media. Hundreds of reports of sightings of gimilar objects followed. Many of these came from...