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UNITED s BS TR TORCE or AAh.”!CUU TT ee OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS | 24-20 15 fugust 1949 R Report made ih RESORT OF -lchante IGATION ; rena 1 nae at DO. #16, Mt Home AFB Det. Mt Home, Idaho Period 3 3 fugust 19) Office of origin DO Bib, Bild APB, Status : | | ett pione call and Ltr from /viation Hd. "Id Daily Statesman", dtc 2 Investigation predicated upon receipt of telephone call on 31 July 1949 and letter received on 2 dJugust 1949; both from Mr. DAVE JOHNSON, Aviation Editor, Idaho Daily Btatesman, toise, Idaho reference to a strange object a the sky sighted b§ Wf. ALVARD R. KILER, …

oor aleod DETAILS: 1. This investigetion requested by Mountain Home Detachment Commander, 16th OSI District (IG), Mountain Home, Idaho upon receipt of telephone call and letter from Mr. DAV JOHNSON, Aviation Editor, Idaho Daily Statesman, reference to a strange object in the sky sighted by Mr. ALVARD R. KILER. on SOC tuly abitOle, AT BOISE, IDAHO KILER, State Fish and Game Depart- e, Idaho on 3 August 1949 who stated in substance as follows: On he (Mr. KILER) was driving in a westward direction cn United States #30 approximately six (6) miles Eest of Nampa, Idaho. XIUIR stated he was driving a…

@ ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF rvsora Mon (Re Sightings of Unidentified Aerial Objects) PROJECT *STGN" Date of sighting; Time of sighting "Zonal by 2h hr clock" Where sighted as Ground (1) City, towm 77% Lolttn A An is (2) Distance and direction from city or town road, intersections, etc: (3) From building (story), yard, ete: (4) Map coordinates (if feasible) showing latitude and longitude: Air (1) Type aircraft, speed, altitude, direction of flight: (2) Distance & direction from city, town or known landmark: Clock position of object from observers aircraft: (4) Latitude and longitude: Sea (1) Latitu…

Time in sight: Appearance of object: as Color) bi Shape (sketch if possible): ca Apparent construction (translucent): Sizei (1) Estimated size; (2) Size as it appeared from Observers view: (Compared to known object) Direction of flight: Taetics or maneuvers: ai Vertical ascent or descent, horizontal, oscillating, fluttering, evasiye, aggressive, erratic; etc: Beidenes of exhaust: ae Color of smoke: Length and width: Odor (if any): Rate of evaporation: Does tail vary with sound? (Spurts): — Effect on clouds: Opened path thru clouds: Formed cloud or mists; Reflected on cloud Shown thru cloud: Li…

Support} ae Wings: bs Aerodynamic lift of fuselage: ec. Vertical jet; d. Rotating cylinder or cone: e. Aerostatic lift (balloon or dirigible): Propulsion: es Propeller or jet: De Rotor: ce Aerodynamic pou (flapping or oscillating)(Matz-Mayer effect): Control and stability: Bs Finse be Stabilizers (Horizontal or Vertica2): (1) “Sige (2). Shape: (3) Location: ducts: Slots: Duct openings: Speed -,.MPH: Sound: a. Continuous whine or buzz: b. Roar, ,whistle, whoosh: ¢. Intermittent: Was any radio.antenna,to be observed, i.e., (any projections or extensions that might presumably be construed as such…

(2) Other physical evidence: b. Faded frotview: c. Disappeared behind obstacle: . Relative to the Observer Name of observer: (7. Address: Oseupation: “> Place of business; ae Employer or employee: Hobbies: a. Time engaged in hobby (experience) Is observer amateur astronomer, pilot, engineer, eté: Ability to determine: a. Color: b. Speed of moving objects: / Ce Size at distance: Reliability of observer: ae Sources: (1) Neighbors: (2) Folice Dept: (3) FBI records: (4) Employer: ang 8. Notes relative to observer on: ae Sightings in general: be. How attention was drawn to object (s): Sound: Motion…

a. Addresses: Vitnesses: be. Occupation: ce. Reliability: Comments of interrogator re intelligence and character of person interrogated: Relative to Radar Sightings radars operating on ground: Observation of range, speed, altitude and size of target: Does target exeeute any turns? If so, what angle (180) etc., and what radius of turn. If radius of turn is not observable, how long did the target stay in the turn and what was its speed?; L/ tiem Note particularly any separation of distant target iuto several targets upon approach. Track all if possible: If airborne, when object was sighted: ae W…

fr Surrowiditg terrain where object was observed: Place where object contacted eoks (if this happened): Maneuvers : Formation Gf more than two): Secure signed statement: Obtain fragments or physical evidence where possible: Rignature’ of Observer Ft oon, w i? ~~? Sienature of Witness Declassification Authority: NND 923007