Military1947

Army intelligence report judges Kenneth Arnold credible

When: 16 Jul 1947
Where: Boise, ID
Sources: 1 public source

Kenneth Arnold, whose June 1947 sighting an Army intelligence report judged credible Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A Fourth Air Force intelligence memorandum dated July 16, 1947 recorded a July 12 interview with Kenneth Arnold in Boise. The interviewer judged that Arnold saw what he described and found his distances consistent with aeronautical charts; copies went to the FBI.