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Prospector's Flying Discs Near Mt. Adams, 1947

F. M. Johnson reported oval objects with clock-hand tails banking into clouds.

Event

May 8, 2026

Location

Pending

Source

PURSUE Program

65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_3

AI Disclosure Brief

AI assisted

Reported Object Read

Prospector F. M. Johnson observed multiple round objects about 30 feet in diameter, oval-shaped tapering to a point, with bright top surface and a tail feature resembling a shifting clock hand, passing low overhead silently at high speed before banking on edge into a cloud.

Notable Characteristics

  • Color: bright top surface
  • Luminosity: bright
  • Size: 30 foot diameter

Reported Motion

  • high speed, banking on edge into cloud

Evidence Notes

  • Eyewitness account via letter
  • Viewed through telescope
  • Corroborated timing with Kenneth Arnold sighting

Declassified FBI file captures early flying disc report from prospector claiming detailed observation matching Arnold's timeframe, forwarded by Air Force intelligence for interview; no follow-up results in this section.

Shape read

Disc

Sensors

visual, telescope

AI confidence

85%

Prosaic Leads

  • Possible influence from Arnold newspaper stories, as noted by Col. Springer
  • Unfamiliar aircraft or atmospheric phenomenon misidentified

Anomalous Indicators

  • Detailed unique features: clock-hand tail mechanism
  • Silent high-speed flight at low altitude
  • Telescope observation corroborating solidity

Evidence Gaps

  • No FBI interview results from Portland as requested
  • No enclosed original Johnson letter image
  • Lack of independent corroboration
External reference status: Unverified

Evidence Quotes // source statements

Open archive
Craft SightingExact quote
"they were Round about 30 foot in dimater tapering sharply to a point in the head end in an oval shape. with a bright top surface. I did not hear any noise as you would from a plane. But there was an object in the tail end looked like a big hand of a clock shifting from side to side like a big magenet. There speed as far as i know seemed to be greater than anything I ever saw. Last veiw I got of the objects they were standing on edge Banking in a Cloud."

F. M. Johnson, Prospector

Letter to Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer dated August 20, 1947

Craft SightingAttributed claim
"Similarity between Arnold's early report and this gentleman's report."

Lt. Col. Donald L. Springer, AC of S, A-2 Intelligence / Fourth Air Force, Hamilton Field

Memo forwarding Johnson's letter, August 25, 1947

Pattern Mesh // linked sightings

No mesh nodes yet. As more vault dumps land, this graph teeth out.

Chronology Trace // before & after

No dated sibling signals are available yet.

Official Files // source material

1 linked
Pdf

65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_3

Declassification authority derived from FBI Automatic Declassification Guide, issued May 24, 2007. 396 (5:31-56) 0062 83894 Class / Case # HO HEADQUARTERS FBI - CENTRAL RECORDS CENTER t of Justice FROM OR ADDED TO THIS FILE) RRP003IXHO 8/11/1274194 3 Vol. 101 Serial # BUREAU FOR OPA JAN 19 1979 BY INVESTIGATION DO NOT DESTROY COPIED FOR FOIPA # 389136 a IPA SERIALS 101-136 R348 PICKETT STREET DO NOT USE CARE IN HANDLING THDESTROY FOIPA # 993087 MAR 1 1978 BY Transfer-Call 421 **** **** 18-1823 *62-HQ-83894-3* SERIALS 101-130 62- HQ-83894 + SECTION 3 SECTION 3 MAY 13 1977 I 130 FOR PA R334 1 Sub + STANDARD FORM NO. 64 Office Memorandum . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO : Director, FBI HMK II * FROM : SAC, San Francisco SUBJECT: REPORTS OF FLYING DISCS DATE: September 4, 1947 AIRMAIL SPECIAL DEL