Nine Disc-Shaped Objects Observed at Speed Near Mount Rainier

I am an experienced pilot with several thousand hours in the air and on June 24, 1947, I was flying my CallAir A-2 on a business trip from Chehalis to Yakima, Washington. The time was approximately 2:59 in the afternoon and I was flying at about nine thousand feet near Mount Rainier. I noticed a flash of light to the north, then another. I assumed it was the sun catching the wings of another aircraft. But as I watched I realized there were nine objects flying in a loose chain formation heading southeast at tremendous speed. They were flying between the peaks and I could use the mountaintops as reference points to estimate their velocity. My calculation was approximately 1,700 miles per hour, possibly more — far beyond any aircraft I was aware of at the time. The objects were crescent or disc-shaped, flat on the bottom and domed on top. They moved with a peculiar weaving motion, like a saucer skipped across water — which is exactly how I described it to the press, and where the phrase came from. Each one would dip and rise in relation to the others. They reflected the sun brilliantly, like mirrors. I kept them in view for about two minutes and forty-five seconds before they disappeared over the Cascade crest. I reported the sighting to the Civil Aeronautics Authority upon landing at Yakima. I am not a man who imagines things. I saw exactly what I described.