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RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date 14 Aug 47 Incident # 67 2. Time 1600 hours 3. Location 5 miles southwest of Placerville, Calif. 4. Name of observer Mr Ray A. Switzer and wife 5. Occupation of observer Switzer is an Insurance Executive with the firm of McGuire & Wallis and a graduate of the Univ of Calif. 6. Address of observer Box 43, Aukum, Eldorado County, Calif. 7. Place of observation Between 4 and 5 miles southwest from Placerville on Cedar Ravine Road. 38° 42' 45" N. Lat x 120° 47' 15" W. Long. 8. Number of objects 1 9. Distance of object from observer Estimated distance seemed about 750 ft 10. Time in sight short period 11. Altitude 500 to 1,000 ft 12. Speed high rate of speed 13. Direction of flight north to south 14. Tactics in a very shallow dive 15. Sound N/S 16. Size Seemed to be about 5 feet long by some 12 to 14 inches in depth 17. Color polished chromium 18. Shape Seemed rectangular except for a short period when it appeared to have a slightly curved top surface. Seemed tilted in semi-circle. 19. Color detected N/S 20. Apparent construction metallic 21. Exhaust trails N/S - a white smoke trail was first observed - later object was enveloped in puff of dark gray smoke 22. Weather conditions fair with sunshine 23. Effect on clouds N/S 24. Sketches or photographs None 25. Manner of disappearance disappeared in puff of dark gray smoke 26. Remarks: (over) RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL 142