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PORTLAND, OREGUN 30, July’ 1947 har C-B-R-T-d-i-I-C-A- TH un 30 July 197 Mr Hichard Hankin, 634 N. s. Simpson Street, Patani: Oregon was interv ewed by this agent and stated in substance as ‘follows: . Vy name is Richard-Raniin, I aml? yeare old and have fom since I was nineteen years old, I first soloed in m air craft in 1919. I tave flowm over all the western parts of the United Sta es many times and have mapped all of the western part of the United States during the years before the late war for the US Forest Service. I an familiar with almost every part of the western United States, During a great part of my life I have done stunt flying for air shows and various other Shae of aeronautical exhibitions. ly brother was "Tex''Rankin who was quite well known in both civilian and Militay flying circles for many years before his death and during the late war ran thousands of Flying Cadets through primary training schools owed and oper= aedd by him, To date I mve accomplished 7000 hours in the air as pilot of both civilian and Military aircraft. I an well acquainted with most articles that one would see in the air and I feel that I am well qualified to say when I see articles flying through the air, although I would not attempt to say that I am infallable and state that I could definitely identify every - object that might be flying through th’ air. The following is.an account of what I saw on 14 June 197 from the yard of my home at 1% South “L™ St, Bakersfield, California. At approximately 1200 noon on the Us of June I was lying in the front yard of my home, There was a lad mowing the lam at the time, I looked up into the sky and saw ten articles flying from tle South to th North at what I wild judge to be 6500 ft. j flying ab approximately what I would judge to be 350 miles per : ated before, I have done quite a lot of map work for ‘orest Se I di ctly remember that at the time I saw the articl +foned it te the lad who was mowing the lawn at the time, I told 2 ne objects were in all probability nearby test centers on the deserts of Southern California. = ; e a kmowledge of aircraft in general I attempted to explain lawm that the objects were probably ons % i r the Arny or Navye At that time I did objects were some sort resembled the pictures that the the objects disappe " . At approximately 1h1 ade, At this time th r 311 in the nly seven ¢ the s time. i the lad, ho # g on th lam, that pobably three of tt e. I actually