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UNCLASSIFIED

DATE OF INFO 29 June 47

ACTION Clarion, Iowa
SOURCE Civilian
DATE IN TO ATIC ---
COLOR dirty white
SPEED 300 mph
ALTITUDE 1200
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED several minutes
TYPE OF OBSERVATION ground
MANEUVERS in single file

UNCLASSIFIED

ATIC NO. ---
AF NO. / ---
REPORT NO. ---
DATE OF REPORT ---
TIME OF SIGHTING 1645 cst
SHAPE inverted saucer
SIZE 175'-250' dia.
COURSE SSE-NWE
NO. IN GROUP 5 in first-13 in second
WOULD like electric motor
PHOTOS --- SKETCHES --- UNCLASSIFIED

Temporary ATIC Form 309
(2 Jan 52)

Incident No. 21 — 29 June 1947, 1645, Des Moines, Iowa.

The observer, a bus driver, reported observing thirteen objects at 1800 ft altitude, traveling in a straight line in file at 300 MPH. The objects were elliptical in form "inverted saucer", 12 ft thick, 175-250 ft in diameter, dirty white, and made a sound like an electric motor or dynamo. There was no further information supplied except that the observer stated they looked like dots in the sky.

AMC Opinion: These objects were seen just outside Des Moines, and were flying toward Des Moines. If they were not ordinary objects mistaken for …

Incident #21 -- Des Moines, Iowa -- 29 June 1947

There is no obvious astronomical explanation for this incident.

If the estimate of size can be given any credence at all, the objects could not have been farther than five miles away; this is an absolute upper limit, and objects probably were very much closer.

Incident #43 -- Clarion, Iowa -- 29 June 1947

This incident refers to the same sighting by the same observer as that summarized in incident #21. See that report for conclusions.

Incident #21

1. Date 29 Aug 47
2. Time 1645
3. Smoking Information None
4. Personal observer
5. Occupation of observer Agent of Amusing Stories Magazine
6. Address of observer Box 12, Crocker, Pa.
7. Place of observation Not stated
8. Number of objects at first 5, then 13
9. Distance of object from observer Not stated
10. Time in sight Not stated
11. Altitude 1200 ft.
12. Speed 300 mph
13. Direction of flight NNE
14. Tactics single file
15. Speed Like an electric motor or dynamic
16. Size About 12 ft. thick & 175 to 250 ft. in diameter
17. Color Dirty while
18. Shape Between circle and ov…

CHECK-LIST -- UNIDENTIFIED FLYING DROPPERS
Incident # 43

1. Date 29 June 1947
2. Time 1045 - 4:45 P.M.
3. Location 7 miles out of Clarion town in direction of Mason City, Iowa
4. Name of observer
5. Occupation of observer Had been bus driver
6. Address of observer Box 12, Crocker, Mo.
7. Place of observation 7 miles out of Clarion - 42° 43' N - 55° 44' W
8. Number of objects 5 in first group; 13 in second
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight several minutes
11. Altitude 1200 ft
12. Speed 300 MPH
13. Direction of flight South by Southeast and North Northwest
14. Tactics Ob…

About 7 miles out on Clarina, Iowa, observer saw an object about across the sky in front of the bus he was driving. It was followed by four more, the height appeared about 1200 feet. Observed stepped out of the bus which was facing east and noticed some doin in the sky approaching from the opposite direction. They were flying about the same altitude at a speed of about 300 MPH. These 13 objects flew in a single file. Roughly, the objects were between a pixels and an oval in shape. In appearance they looked like an inverted camera flying thru the air. The thickest part seemed to be about 12 fee…

With 194 incidents thus eliminated, there remain thirty-four
which contain some evidence but have no apparent ready explanation.
This statement is true only under the assumption that the evidence is
escorted as reliable and accurate. When psychological and physio-
- and factors are taken into consideration, all of these incidents
are explained rationally, as pointed out by Rand Corporation
for State of Air Material Command Aero-Medical Laboratory (see A
and 80).

Air Material Command Aero-Medical Laboratory (Dr. Paul
212 Incidents considered)

There are sufficient psychological explanations fo…