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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 Arrey and the
FBI as to the authenticity of my story or a mental or a physical examination
as to my capabilities, I have received no interest from these two important
protective forces of our country;
I will go so far as to assume that any
report I gave to the United and Associated Press and over the radio on two
differ ent occasions which apparently set the nation buzzing, if our Liilitary
Intell igence was not aware of what I observed, they would be t he very first
people that 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.
My pilot ' s license is 333487.
I fly a Callair airplane; it is a three­
place single engine land ship that is designed and manufactured at Arton,
Wyoming as an extremel y high performance, high altitude airplane that was
made for mountain work.
The national certificate of my plane is 33355.
/s/ Kenneth Arnold
Box 587
Boise, Idaho
They seemed longer than wide , their
thickness vras about l/20th of' their width
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They did not appear to me to whirl or spin but seemed in fixed position.
I have made drawing .
/s/ Kenneth Arnold
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