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Incident Now 17 — 2; June 197, afternoon, Mt. Rainier, Washington. One witness viewed nine “saucer-like discs" from the air calculated to be 20 to 25 miles distant, and 5-50 feet in length, (about 20 times as long a wide) which traveled 1:7 miles in 102 seconds (1700 MPH). Dr. Hynek calculated mathematically (see Appendix B) that assuming the estimate of distance to be accurate, in order to see such detail, the objects would need to have been at least 100 feet thick, therefore, 2000 feet long. If the estimated size is more nearly correct, then to have been seen as described, the objects would have been roughly six miles distant. At this distance they would have traveled only 11 miles in 102 seconds, or approximately 00 MPH. The entire report of this incident is replete with inconsistencies. It is to be notedthat the ob= server has profited from this story by selling it to Pate magazine. AMC Opinion: The report cannot bear even superficial examination, there~ fore, must be disregarded. ‘There are strong indications that this report and its attendant publicity is largely responsible for subsequent reportse Declassification Authority: NND 57565