We fumbled for our flashlights, but it was gone before we could get them. It appeared to be about two to three hundred feet up and disappeared beyond the trees. If it was any higher based on the sheer size of it it could be no known aircraft.
My brother and I have talked about this before but never told anyone with the exception of close friends. We are not sure of what we saw. I just am curious if there have been any other similar descriptions of what we saw. I am hoping someone somewhere saw it and might have a better understanding of what it was.
My father tried saying it was a plane but that doesn't fit unless planes can light up like a glowstick and not make sound passing low over the treeline. In addition, this object, while glowing, did not cast any light on us. We couldn't see around us any better that before it appeared. The shape reminded of a bird gliding. Wings outstretched, head and neck extended fully. Duane
Following my experience, I spoke to another witness from Ukiah, Oregon who said that he had also seen similar objects over the mountains near his home. It seems impossible, but there it is. Kenneth Arnold
EDITOR'S NOTE: In a briefing dated 11/18/1952, an unknown author wrote...
"On 24 June, 1947, a civilian pilot, flying over the Cascade Mountains in the State of Washington observed nine flying disc-shaped aircraft travelling in formation at a high rate of speed.
Although this was not the first known sighting of such objects, it was the first to gain widespread attention in the public media. Hundreds of reports of sightings of similar objects followed. Many of these came from highly credible military and civilian sources.
These reports resulted in independent efforts by several different elements of the military to ascertain the nature and purpose of these objects in the interests of national defense. A number of witnesses were interviewed and there were several unsuccessful attempts to utilize aircraft in efforts to pursue reported discs in flight. Public reaction bordered on near hysteria at times." Anonymous
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