Which record covers the Pan American Airways crew sighting near Boston by Captain Alpheus O. Powell and navigator Walter I. White?

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Which record covers the Pan American Airways crew sighting near Boston by Captain Alpheus O. Powell and navigator Walter I. White?

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The sighting by Captain Alpheus O. Powell and navigator Walter I. White is covered by FBI case file serial **62-HQ-83894, Serial 130** [62-HQ-83894/130]. The record consists of summaries of information prepared by Headquarters Air Defense Command, Mitchel Field, New York, dated 12 and 15 September 1947, based on interviews conducted after the 4 August 1947 incident. Powell described his object as cylindrical, blunt at both ends, roughly the length of a P-40 fuselage, and bright orange. White described his as elliptical, deep gold, and approximately 15 feet long. The document notes that White considered Powell "a very stable person; completely reliable, and not given to 'flights of fancy'" [62-HQ-83894/130].