Page 2 THE CHICAGO SUN, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1947

In These United States

Supersonic Flying Saucers
Sighted by Idaho Pilot

Speed Estimated at 1,200 Miles an Hour
When Seen 10,000 Feet Up Near Mt Rainier

PENDLETON, Ore., June 25 – (AP)


Nine bright, saucer-like objects flying at “incredible” speed at 10,000 feet altitude were reported here today by Kenneth Arnold, Boise, Idaho, pilot who said could not hazard a guess as to what they were.

Arnold, a U.S. Former Service employee engaged in searching for a missing plane, said he sighted the mysterious objects yesterday at 3 p.m. They were flying between Mount Rainier and Mount Adams in Washington state, he said, and appeared to weave in and out of formation. Arnold said he clocked and them and estimated their speed at 1,2000 miles an hour.

Inquiries at Yakima last night brought only blank stares, he said, but he added he talked today with an unidentified man from Utah, south of here, who said he had seen similar objects over the mountains near Ukiah yesterday.

“It seems impossible”, Arnold said, “but there it is.”