Arnold reported light formation observation — July 25, 1960

Moved slowly and gradually faded out. [REDACTED], There is no authenticated evidence that any of the numerous unidentified flying objects (UFOs) which have been reported actually represent vehicles or devices of extraterrestrial origin. If an act of Congress, the United States Air Force is charged with the duty of investigating the validity of reports of unidentified flying objects. The sighting occurred on 21 July 1952, as reported by Maj. The pilot fired his jet's afterburners in an effort to close in on the objects, but as he approached them, they suddenly accelerated and disappeared from sight. The pilot reported that he was not able to get a closer look as the objects moved away from him at a very high rate of speed. Since this incident was reported through normal intelligence channels and considered a high priority at the time, it was never brought to the attention of Project Blue Book. FILE: 1955 ROLAND/DJS/73276/JDH 4 AUG 1960 Dear : In response to your letter of 24 June 1960 requesting information on unidentified flying objects, the following information is provided. Article from the working air information service of 16 August 1960, subject: Evaluation of Unidentified Flying Objects Sightings, is attached which covers the policy in this matter. Pertinent details and data which are missing and should be obtained are as follows: "size, shape, color, metallic, luminosity, objects and other details", "flying maneuvers, tops speeds" by "flying sources", "other comments" by "[REDACTED]" Definitive statements are lacking to indicate whether or not the sighting constitutes an astronomical, meteorological or other natural phenomenon and, if not, what possible man-made or other explanation there may be. AIRCRAFT (ECHO I) 16 Lakeland, Florida Insufficient Data 19 Goose Christi, Texas Coast Guard Satellite 19 Fairfield, California ASTRO (METEOR) 19 Nome, Alaska Satellite 20 Concord, California Insufficient Data 20 Littleton, Colorado ASTRO (VSOA) ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES) DATE LOCATION SOURCE EVALUATION 3 March 9 Hills, France News clipping 3 San Francisco, California News clipping 13 Boulder, Colorado News clipping 13 Rocky Point, New Jersey News clipping 13 Cape Canaveral, Florida News clipping The shared image appears to contain a blurry, indistinct photographic image. Kenneth Arnold, a business man of Boise, Idaho, reported that he saw a formation of nine shiny objects flying at a high rate of speed.