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Before the Retrieval Story: Kenneth Arnold and the Government’s 1947 Reporting Problem
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
2
Timeline
3
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Live sighting record 602b4845-5368-4266-9b0e-c3080a3ee6ec.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Jun 24, 1947, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Pacific Time
Location
Mount Rainier
Witness account
Narrative
Part 14 of a series reassessing the documentary record behind the 1933 Magenta narrative. TL;DR Arnold’s report remains unidentified. On 24 June 1947, the Idaho businessman and pilot reported nine unfamiliar objects near Mount Rainier; taking him seriously does not establish their identity. The speed claim was early. About 1,200 mph appeared in the next day’s newspaper and in Arnold’s late-June radio interview. His typed military statement gives no mph figure, but says he measured the mountai...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Mount Rainier.
r/aliens carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the 1933 Magenta, Italy UFO Crash incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/aliens.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.