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Governor Reagan's UAP Sighting — Pilot and Crew Report
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UNCLASSIFIEDDOD-100 · 1974-05-04
Governor Reagan's UAP Sighting — Pilot and Crew Report
◎Bakersfield, California, USA (Cessna Citation approach)
California Governor Ronald Reagan and his pilot Bill Paynter observed a bright white light that paced their Cessna Citation for several minutes and then accelerated to extreme speed and disappeared. Paynter filed a written report. Reagan subsequently told the story publicly on multiple occasions, including to Norman Miller of the Wall Street Journal in 1974. Reagan later referenced the experience when speaking to the United Nations about the possibility of an extraterrestrial threat.
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