They changed direction very sharply with the sun flahing off their crescent shaped bodies and disappeared towards the north west. He said they definitely weren't aircraft as they were too big, too fast and manouvered too suddenly.

At the time there was nothing to match such a description and great credence was given to the story because of the chap's history as a fighter pilot. Something in the account jogged a vague memory. I dug out an old book given to me as a souvenir by Boeing . There in the middle was a beautiful picture of a formation of large, bright silver, highly swept winged aircraft flying in formation over Mt. Rainier - oddly enough on the same date as his sighting. They were the early prototypes for the B47 bomber programme and were flying in formation for an official Boeing photo shoot.

It's a pity the B47 crews never saw these UFOs as they had a well set up camera ship flying with them. Of course, the photos of the UFOs might have been taken away by secret agents when they landed soon afterwards at Moses Lake - the flight test centre to the northwest of Seattle."