 presents The 1947 UFO Sighting Wave A Comprehensive Chronological Summary of the Period  The Rhodes Photo, July 7, 1947, Phoenix, Arizona Created December 14, 2005,
updated: 11 Dec. 2012
The wave of 1947 has always intrigued me for several
reasons. All the other waves had a precedent. This wave
had come before all of them, had come out of nowhere,
and was an entirely new phenomena. The descriptions of
the objects seen over a six week period were very
similar and half of the sightings involved daylight
objects, many of them described as "flying
discs". The wave suddenly ended with the reported
crash of a strange object at Roswell, New Mexico. For
what we know about the wave of 1947 today we have Ted
Bloecher, and a few others, to thank. What you are about
to read, not counting the BB documents and NICAP
reports, encompasses well over 500 pages.
This project involves a number of people. First of
all, this is an on-going project, and Ted Bloecher is
helping us to constantly update his 1967 work. The
entire updated version
as presented today is available on the NICAP site. Over
a thousand incidents, many of which are included in the
chronology below, are listed in the charts from "The
Report on the UFO Wave of 1947" (Reference 1). We
also wish to thank Wendy Connors and Mike Hall for
allowing us to post their great book, "Alfred Loedding
and the Great Flying Saucer Wave of 1947". No 1947 work
would be complete without the aid of Jan Aldrich of
Project 1947. With the help of William Wise (Project
Blue Book Archive), and Dan Wilson (digging out the
cases from my checklist), the task was much easier. But
without Brad Sparks' updated list, the Comprehensive
Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns, the entire
project would have been impossible. And our thanks go to
Jean Waskiewicz who created the online NICAP DBase
(NSID) that helped make it possible to link from the
cases to the reports themselves. To view the 1947
sightings listed by Blue Book click here. Be
sure to click on and read the two great books below. But
first, let's let Ted Bloecher do the introduction.
Francis Ridge
NICAP Site Coordinator 
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THE CHRONOLOGY
Jan. 16, 1947; North Sea, 50 miles from Holland (BBU) 10:30 p.m. (GMT). RAF pilot of Mosquito pursued unidentified radar target showing efficient controlled evasive action at 22,000 ft speed equal or greater than Mosquito, headed W? towards Norfolk, Eng. (FOIA) This was five months before the Kenneth Arnold sighting and the beginning of the Wave of 1947, followed by the crash at Roswell in early July. The incident was also linked to another "X raid" tracked by radar earlier that same day. An FBI document from July of 1947 quoted the Air Ministry case summary stating that: "no explanation has been forthcoming, nor has it been repeated." This information was not entirely accurate, because a very similar incident had occurred just 24 hours after the North Sea incident. As a direct result, Fighter Command immediately extended its night radar watch. (FOIA) Jan. 17, 1947; North Sea In the afternoon, two Chain Home Low stations in Lincolnshire (Skendleby and Humberstone) tracked what they described as "an exceptionally good track" (U294) at 10,000 feet above the North Sea. With Eastern Sector on alert, Meteor jets from 245 Squadron were placed on standby to scramble if Charlie came within range, but the plot faded from their screens. At 1945 hours the radar station at Humberstone, near Grimsby again tracked an unidentified target over the sea for a period of 30 minutes at a speed of more than 200 mph. Feb. 28, 1947; 6 miles south of Lima, Peru Time not given. While driving C.A.V. saw a sand-colored & very shiny disc-shaped object hovering 6-7 feet off the ground. Three figures emerged from it. They looked like mummies. They had a humanoid profile, but their legs were fused together. The hands looked like fingers in mittens, and they had a opposable thumb. The skin was sand-colored, & they had no facial features. There was a transparent area where the eyes should have been. Source suggested reliability rating: 2. (Due to the time of year and lack of reports, this incident needs to be checked - Fran Ridge) April 1947; Richmond, Virginia ((BBU)
11 a.m. (EST). Meteorologist Minczewski saw a silvery disc through a theodolite while tracking a pibal weather balloon, traveling E to W at less than 15,000 ft, appeared larger than the balloon. (McDonald 1968; FOIA; FUFOR Index) May 17 [19?], 1947; Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma (BBU) Last week of May, 1947; Near
Beaufort, South Carolina
11:00 a.m. Dr. Battey, a physician in Augusta, Georgia, had been fishing ten miles off St. Helena Sound, near Beaufort, South Carolina. He noticed a formation of four disc-like objects flying overhead in a southeasterly direction at a terrific rate of speed. The discs appeared to be spinning on their axes and were at an estimated altitude of about 20,000 feet. They were silvery and appeared highly polished, and on their under-sides, Dr. Battey could see a circular rim, or projection, about one-quarter of the way from the edges. No sound was heard as they flew overhead. The formation sped out of view in less than twenty seconds. Dr. Battey's report of the sighting did not appear in print until July 6th, when the Augusta Chronicle gave it prominent front-page coverage. INS sent it out on the wires, where it was picked up by numerous newspapers around the country. (Bloecher) Bloecher:
There was approximately one sighting every other day for the first half of the June. These were scattered over the midwest and western United States. Then the sighting rate doubled to about 2 per day until June 20. I found 3 sightings for June 20, two for June 21, three on June 22, six on June 23..... and then the explosion: I found 20 reports on June 24! June
2,
1947; Rehoboth Beach (near Lewes), Delaware (BBU)
Pilot Forrest Wenyon in aircraft flying N at 1,400 ft saw a silvery jar-shaped object 15 inches [?] in size cross in front of the plane at 1,000-10,000 mph heading E on a straight course at same altitude, with a silver-white fire exhaust. [Daytime meteor?] Sev secs. (Project 1947; McDonald list; FOIA; Bloecher 1967) June 12, 1947;
Weiser, Idaho (BBU)
6:15 p.m. Mrs. H. Erickson saw 2 high speed round
objects glistening in the sun at high altitude
headed SE in trail formation moving up and down
twice and leaving a vapor trail that persisted for
over an hour. Sev secs. (McDonald list; FOIA; FUFOR
Index; Bloecher 1967)
June
14, 1947; Bakersfield, Calif. (BBU)
2:15 p.m. Veteran pilot Richard Rankin and a
young boy saw 10 "almost round" or Flying
Flapjack-shaped objects in formation at 9,000 ft
and 300-400 mph headed N on a straight level
course, then 7 returned on reverse S course at
2:15 p.m. (McDonald list; FUFOR Index; Bloecher
1967)
June 19, 1947; Webster, Mass. One of the earliest cases of humanoid reports appeared about two weeks later in, I believe, a Worchester paper -- possibly the Telegram. By an older, unidentified woman who saw an occupant inside an object who looked like "a Navy officer." (Bloecher) June 20, 1947; Hot Springs, NM 8:00 PM MST. Woman and her daughter observed three revolving groups of three discs in triangular formation, straight course, S-NE (Bloecher,17,II-9) June
21, 1947; Spokane, Washington (BBU)
11:50 [11:55 PST?] a.m. Civilian woman
[Mrs. Guy R. ?] Overman saw 8 [shiny silvery
and slim-bodied?] disk-shaped objects the
size of a house fly at 600 mph [or slower than
a 2-engine army plane?] traveling SSW at 7,000
ft one object below an aircraft, then fall
with a dead-leaf motion and land before 10
witnesses on the shore of the St. Joe River,
Idaho. Sev mins. (Vallée Magonia 57;
cf. FOIA; FUFOR Index; Bloecher 1967)
June 21, 1947;
Maury Island, Washington
Cat 6. Maury Island Incident (hoax).
June 23, 1947; Cedar Rapids, IowaFran Ridge:
Bloecher found 20 reports on June 24! These were mostly in the far northwestern states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Sightings were scattered throughout the day from morning to night. After the 24th, the sighting rate stayed at about 10 per day or higher, with sightings occurring not just in the west but throughout the country. Railroad engineer saw 10 shiny
disc-shaped objects, very high, fluttering
along in a string toward NW. [UFOE,
XII]
Ridge:
To many, the
events of 1947 seemed to have begun on
June 24th, the date of the sighting made
by Kenneth Arnold, while flying a plane
over the Cascade Mountains of Washington.
It was the report made by this Boise,
Idaho pilot and businessman, who sold
fire-fighting equipment throughout the
northwest, that opened the first chapter
in the modern record of UFO activity. But
as you can tell, this wasn't the
beginning.
June
24, 1947; Mt. Rainier, Washington
At 3:00 P.M., pilot Kenneth Arnold,
was flying his airplane near Mt. Rainier
and noticed some flashes of light. He
then saw the source of the flashes; a
string of nine very bright metallic
objects.
Kenneth
Arnold:
"I spent the next twenty to thirty seconds urgently searching the sky all around - to the sides and above and below me - in an attempt to determine where the flash of light had come from. The only actual plane I saw was a DC-4 far to my left and rear, apparently on its San Francisco to Seattle run. My momentary explanation to myself was that some lieutenant in a P-51 had given me a buzz job across my nose and that it was sun reflecting off his wings as he passed that had caused the flash. Before I had time to collect my thoughts or to find a close aircraft, the flash happened again. This time I caught the direction from which it had come. I observed, far to my left and to the north, a formation of very bright objects coming from the vicinity of Mt. Baker, flying very close to the mountain tops and traveling at tremendous speed.... I observed a chain of nine peculiar looking aircraft flying from north to south at approximately 9,500 ft elevation and going, seemingly, in a definite direction of about 170 degrees." June 24, 1947; Mt. Adams, Wash. (BBU 12) Afternoon. Just about the time that Kenneth Arnold lost sight of his objects, Fred Johnson, listed as a prospector, reported watching five or six disc-shaped craft as they flew over the Cascade Mountains. He said they were round with a slight tail and about 30 feet in diameter. They were not flying in any sort of formation and as they banked in a turn, the sunlight flashed off them. As they approached, Johnson noticed that his compass began to spin wildly. When the objects finally vanished in the distance, the compass returned to normal. June 24, 1947; Richland, Washington 2:30 p.m. PST. L. G. Bernier,
observed three flat objects that were
faster that P-38's. The objects were
flying on a level course to the
northwest. [Note: Richland is part of
the Hanford site]. (Ted Bloecher/Dan
Wilson)
June 24, 1947; Pendleton, Oregon A humanoid report on the same day Arnold had his sighting (Bloecher). June 28, 1947; Rockfield, Wisconsin (BBU) 3:43 [3:45 CST?] p.m. Marion
Beuschler and her brother a farmer saw
7-10 saucer-shaped objects fly
overhead heading S at high speed.
(McDonald list; FOIA; FUFOR Index;
Bloecher 1967)
June
28,
1947; 30 miles NW of Lake Mead,
Nevada (BBU)
3:15 [1:15 PST?] p.m. AAF pilot Lt. E. B. Armstrong from Brook AAF, San Antonio, Texas, flying F-51 fighter at 6,000 ft saw a tight formation of 5-6 white circular 3 ft objects off his right wing heading 120° [about ESE] at 6,000 ft at 285 mph. (Ruppelt p. 19; FOIA; FUFOR Index; Bloecher 1967). June
28, 1947; Maxwell AFB, Montgomery,
Alabama (BBU)
9:20-9:45 p.m. 4 AAF officers
including 2 pilots and 2
intelligence officers, Capt. W. H.
Kayko, Capt. J. H. Cantrell, Capt.
Redman, 1st Lt. T. Dwwey, saw a
bright light just above the SW
horizon travel towards them in a
zigzag with bursts of high speed,
when directly overhead it made a
sharp 90° turn and lost to view
in the S [SW?]. 25-mins. (Ruppelt
p.19; FOIA; FUFOR Index; Bloecher
1967)
June
29, 1947; Des Moines, Iowa (BBU)
3:45 [4:45 CST?] p.m. Bus
driver Dale Bays saw a single file
line of 4 [18 ?] "dirty white"
round objects between circular and
oval in shape, inverted saucer
shape about 175-250 ft diameter 12
ft thick, at about 1,200 ft height
traveling about 300 mph to the
SSE, sound of electric motor or
dynamo. Another group of 13
objects seen heading SSE to NNW
[later?]. Few
mins. (Battelle/BBSR14 ?;
Mary Castner/CUFOS; FUFOR Index;
FOIA; Bloecher 1967)
About June 29, 1947; Jacksonville, Oregon About 1:00 p.m.. A V-formation
of UFOs seen by a group of people
on a Sunday either at the end of
June or early in July. The date,
believed to be June 29, had not
been definitely established. A
group of people west of Medford,
just above the California border.
The formation was traveling
northwest toward Medford, east of
the observers. There were nine
objects. According to one witness,
when first seen the objects were
"as white as snow geese"; as
they came closer they became
blue-white, "like a
fluorescent-bulb light." They were
sharply outlined and seemed to be
solid; "also translucent, like a
light, pebbled, frosted bulb." The
size of the individual objects was
estimated as more than twice the
diameter of the full moon --
presumably when the objects were
nearest to the witnesses, although
this is not stated definitely.
(Reference 1, Section II, Page 3)
June
29, 1947; About 20 [15?] miles
ENE of Las Cruces, New Mexico
(BBU)
About 1:15 [1:20?] p.m.
Rocket scientist-engineer Dr.
Carl J. Zohn, Admin Asst.,
Rocket Sonde Section, USN Naval
Research Lab (NRL) temporarily
assigned to White Sands Proving
Ground (WSPG), NRL scientist
Curtis C. Rockwood and his wife,
and WSPG technician John R.
Kauke, were driving in a car
from Las Cruces to WSPG headed
NE when they saw to their right
front [E] a rotating silvery or
shiny disc or sphere with no
appendages, wings, tail,
propellers, reflecting sunlight
[pulsating?], crossing the sky
at high speed heading N at about
8,000-10,000 ft which suddenly
disappeared in mid-air in a
clear cloudless sky. Kauke had
stopped the car and briefly saw
a short vapor trail at one point
not reported by the others. Zohn
on the passenger side rolled the
window for an unobstructed view.
Nearly 60-secs. (FOIA; cf.
Ruppelt, p. 20; FUFOR Index;
Randle-Schmitt; Bloecher 1967;
etc.)
June
30,
1947; Near S rim of Grand
Canyon, Ariz. (BBU)
9:10 a.m. (MST?). Navy Lt.
William G. McGinty flying P-80
from Williams AAF at 30,000 ft
heading S saw 2 gray, circular
objects about 8 or 10 ft
diameter, diving at
"unconceivable" speed from
about 25,000 ft, which
appeared to land 25 miles S of
the Grand Canyon.
(Vallée Magonia 59; cf.
Project 1947; FOIA; FUFOR
Index; Bloecher 1967)
Bloecher:
Few
of the thirty-nine reports for
this period received headline
attention when they were
printed, and by June 30th,
newspaper coverage was not
quite as widespread as it had
been several days
earlier. But UFO
sightings would very shortly
pick again as the July 4th
holiday approached.
In early July the sighting rate climbed beyond 20 per day to 88 sightings on July 4, 76 on July 5, 156 on July 6, 159 on July 7, and a whopping 189 on July 8. After that it dropped quickly back to 20 per day and then only a few per day. Early July, 1947; Nashville, Tennessee Area of a sighting of a landed disc and two occupants. (Bloecher) Early
July, 1947; Near Malta,
Mediterranean Sea July 1,
1947, Chitose, Hokkaido,
Japan July
1,
1947;
White Sands July 2, 1947. Roswell,
New Mexico (BBU)
9:50 p.m. (MST). Pharmacist
Dan Wilmot, wife, and son
Paul, at home in downtown
Roswell. Fireball came from
SE directly or almost
directly overhead, heading
towards and disappearing
over Sixmile Mtn at about
azimuth 306° (about NW).
(Sparks; Roswell Daily
Record, July 8.1947)July 3, Roswell, New Mexico Cat 6 (physical
evidence). The Roswell
Crash.
July
3, 1947; South
Brooksville-Harborside,
Maine (BBU 27)
2:30 p.m. (EDT). Astronomer John F. Cole alerted by a roaring noise overhead saw about 10 very light colored 50-100 ft wide objects to the N at about 50° elevation in a formation initially about 1.5° wide, with 2 dark forms to their left or 2 objects had darker projections somewhat like wings, moving like a swarm of bees to the NW at about 600-1,200 mph through about 30° arc [at about 4-20 miles distance?]. 10-15 secs. (Berliner; McDonald 1968; FOIA; Bloecher 1967) July 3, Northern Idaho This interesting report describes the landing, seen by a family of ten in Northern Idaho, of eight huge objects. This report should have been among those in the Air Force files because it had been reported to intelligence officers from the Spokane Army Air Base, and an intensive air search was carried out by two missions of the National Guards 116th Fighter Group. Local sheriffs deputies also made a ground search, but since no apparent trace of the objects was found, a report was probably never forwarded to Wright Field in Dayton. (Bloecher) Bloecher:
According to these (AMC) spokesmen, the investigation at Wright Field was continuing, in spite of what spokesmen in Washington were telling the press. Within twenty four hours after the release of these official statements, events would begin to take place that would leave everybody, civilians and military personnel alike, in a state closely approximating Ruppelt's description of a flap. Reports of sightings, coming almost simultaneously from hundreds of bewildered citizens, were made to newspapers and police stations all over the country, and adjacent areas as well, from Southern California to New Brunswick, and from Louisiana to North Dakota. People everywhere were experiencing the beginning of one of the most massive waves of UFO sightings on record. Reports came from all kinds of observers: from picnickers and holiday crowds, from policemen and public officials, and from pilots, farmers, professional men, housewives and bus drivers. July 4, 1947; Redmond (near) , OR (BBU) 11 a.m. C. J. Bogne of Tigard, Ore., and other witnesses in a car near Redmond saw 4 discs flying past Mt. Jefferson on a straight course at high speed. (McDonald list; FOIA; Ruppelt p. 20; Bloecher 1967) July
4, 1947; Portland and
Milwaukee, Oregon, and
Vancouver, Wash. (BBU)
1:05 p.m. Radio
newsman Frank Cooley of
station KOIN, INS wire
service employees in the
Portland Oregon Journal
Building, Clark County
Sheriff's Deputy Fred
Krives, Deputy Clarence
McKay, Sgt. John
Sullivan, Portland
Police Officer Kenneth
A. McDowell, Harbor
Patrol Capt. K. A.
Prahn, Harbor Patrolmen
A. T. Austad and K. C.
Hoff, Portland Police
Officers Earl J.
Patterson [Paterson?],
Walter A. Lissy and
Robert Ellis, Oregon
Highway Patrol Sgt.
Claude Cross, and many
others over a wide area
saw 5 large discs moving
at high speed to the E,
2 flying S and 3 to the
E, with oscillating or
wobbling motion, sudden
90° turns or
zigzagging, radio
reports alerted other
officers who saw the
objects, aluminum or
chromium color, disc or
hubcap or pie-pan or
half-moon shape flashing
in the sun, no vapor
trail, no noise (except
possible humming), some
at 10,000-40,000 ft
others at about 1,000
ft. McDowell noticed
pigeons reacted.
Sullivan, McKay and
Krives noted low humming
sound and reported 20-30
objects. Cooley reported
12 discs at about 20,000
ft. [Further sightings
at 2, 4:30, 5 p.m.]
Patterson, Lissy and
Ellis were pilots. 30-90
secs. (Hynek UFO Rpt pp.
1002; McDonald
1968; FOIA; Bloecher
1967)
July
4, 1947; Seattle,
Washington
Photo by Frank Ryman. Coast Guard yeoman took first known photograph of UFO, a circular object which moved across the wind. Photo shows round dot of light. [UFOE, VII, XII] July 4, 1947;
Portland, Oregon (BBU)
2 p.m. E. A. Evans
saw 3 metallic discs
glinting sunlight, 1
moving W to E, followed
by 2 others heading N.
[Other sightings at
1:05, 4:30, 5 p.m.]
(Hynek UFO Rpt pp.
100-2; McDonald 1968;
FOIA; Bloecher 1967)
July 4, 1947;
Portland, Oregon (BBU)
4:30 p.m. Mrs. L. J.
Hayward saw a silvery
disc-shaped object
looking like a new dime
flipping in an erratic
path moving slowly.
[Other sightings at
1:05, 2, 5 p.m.] (Hynek
UFO Rpt pp. 100-2;
McDonald 1968; FOIA;
Bloecher 1967)
July 4, 1947;
Portland and Milwaukee,
Oregon, and Vancouver,
Wash (BBU).
5 p.m. [Other
sightings at 1:05, 2,
4:30 p.m.] (Hynek UFO
Rpt pp. 100-2; McDonald
1968; FOIA; Bloecher
1967)
July
4, 1947; Near Emmett,
Idaho (BBU 34)
9:12 [8:17? 8:12?]
p.m. (MST). United Air
Lines Flight 105 Capt.
Emil J. Smith, First
Officer Ralph Stevens,
Stewardess Marty
Morrow who was called
in by Smith as a
confirming witness,
flying NW on heading
300° from Boise to
Seattle at about 7,000
ft, saw 5 disc-shaped
objects with flat
bottoms and rough tops
(possibly 100+ ft
size) move at varying
speeds, in loose
formation [or evenly
spaced?] roughly 1,000
ft higher in altitude
about 10° left of
their heading [or at
290°], with one
high and to the right
of the others in the
distance, all
disappearing to the W
[NW?] in a gradual
climb at about 9:20
p.m. as 5 [4?]
additional similar
objects came into view
slightly higher
heading W [or took off
to the NW; 3 objects
in a line with 1 off
to the side]. Smith
tried to close on the
objects at 185 mph as
he climbed from 7,000
to 8,000 ft but could
not. 12-15-mins.
(Berliner; cf.
McDonald 1968;
Bloecher 1967; FBI..)
July 5,1947;
Albuquerque, NM
9:00 AM. Five
discs flew toward
the east over the
city; one circled
back over the city.
In the afternoon
five witnesses saw a
sphere maneuver
in-and-out of
clouds. (Source: Jan
Aldrich, Project
1947: A Preliminary
Report on the 1947
UFO Sighting Wave;
Albuquerque Journal,
July 6, 1947).
July 6, 1947; S.
Central Wyoming
Aviation engineer saw oval UFO. [UFOE, VI] July
6, 1947;
Fairfield-Suisan
AFB, California (BBU
36)
Daytime. AAF
Capt. and Mrs. James
H. Burniston saw a
highly reflective
round flat object
having no wings or
tail, the size of a
C-54 transport (118
ft) roll from
side-to-side 3 times
then fly away very
fast from NW to the
SE [SW?] at 10,000
ft. (Berliner;
Bloecher 1967)
1:45 p.m. AAF pilot Major A. B. Browning and crew flying B-25 E to Kansas City saw a silvery circular object 30-50 ft diameter pacing the aircraft at a little lower altitude then shot off at high speed heading E at 11,000 ft at 210 mph. (Project 1947; FOIA; Bloecher 1967) July 7, 1947; 7
miles N of
Shreveport,
Louisiana (BBU)
Morning. Military
aircraft pilot
Harston saw a bright
silver object about
the angular size of
the moon.
(Project 1947;
McDonald list)
July 7, 1947;
Hickam Field, Hawaii
(BBU)
9 a.m. Civil
Service employee
Saito saw a large
silver balloon-like
object with silvery
disc [attached?]
immediately beneath
it without attaching
cables slowly
ascending to the NW
at 6,000 ft.
(McDonald list;
FOIA; FUFOR Index)
July
7, 1947; Muroc
Army Air Field,
Calif. (BBU)
10:10 a.m. AAF
experimental test
pilot Major Jowell
C. Wise while
powering up an
XP-84 jet on the
runway looked up
where others were
looking and saw to
the N a
yellowish-white
sphere about
5 10 ft
diameter
oscillating in a
"forward whirling"
motion without
losing altitude at
about
10,00012,000
ft altitude moving
W to E at about
200-225 mph.
[Sightings at
Muroc next day.]
(FOIA)
July 7, 1947; Willow Springs, Illinois A very notable incident occurred around noon, when Robert Meegan and his 14 year old son John heard a buzzing noise overhead. They were working in the fields on their farm near the Des Plains River not far from the Argonne National Laboratories. Looking up they saw "13 round objects all going east, single file in a straight line." They described the objects as round with flat bottoms estimated about as big as a house and bluish-grey in color. They stated that the craft flew on a straight and level course toward the east. (Ref 2 page 73) July
7, 1947;
Lakeland,
Florida (BBU)
Bet. [?] 1-2
p.m. (EST). Sign
painter saw 5
round shiny
objects in the
NE climbing at
7,500 ft; shrill
noise heard.
(Battelle/BBSR14
?; Mary
Castner/CUFOS)
July
7, 1947;
Arlington,
Virginia (BBU)
Bet. 10:30
and 11 p.m.
(EDT). AAF Lt.
Col. Cobb saw
a "blob," the
size of a
small
airplane,
reflecting
white light
flying at less
than 500 ft
above ground
to the SE at
about 1,350
mph. (FOIA;
FUFOR Index)
July
7, 1947;
Phoenix,
Arizona (BBU)
Sighting and photograph of a gray, elliptical object about 20-30 feet in diameter with a visible canopy; object moving at an estimated 400-600 m.p.h., spiraled down from about 2,000 feet, then went upward at a 45 degree angle, making no sound while within view. Analysis based on camera data indicated a diagonal size of about 40-50 feet. (Rhodes phtotos, Project SIGN "Initial Report," chart, Incident No. 40) July 7, 1947; Tacoma, Washington Bloecher's case 547, from his book, is a humanoid report. July 7. 1947. Lakeland. Florida (BBU) Bet. [?] 1-2 p.m. (EST). Sign painter Griffin saw 5 round shiny objects in the NE climbing at 7.500 ft; shrill noise heard. (Sparks; Battelle/BBSR14 ?: Mary Castner/CUFOS; Saunders/FUFOR Index) July 8, 1947698, outside of Houston, Texas Case 698, from Bloechers' book, is another humanoid report. July 8,
1947; Los
Angeles
(near),
California
Cat 11,
F-51 pilot (M)
Fran
Ridge:
According to Captain Edward Ruppelt, the top secret "Estimate of the Situation", which was... that the UFOs were interplanetary, listed the following case as one which suggested that conclusion. July
8, 1947; Muroc
Army Air
Field, Calif.
(BBU)
9:45 a.m. (PDT). AAF 1st Lt. Joseph C. McHenry, T/Sgt Joseph Ruvolo, S/Sgt Gerald E. Nauman, and Miss Jannette Marie Scotte at 10:00 a.m., saw two saucer or disc shaped objects, silver and apparently metallic, fly a wide circular pattern [?] at about 7500-8000 ft at 350-400 mph heading 320° (about NW) toward Mojave, Calif. Before the first 2 objects disappeared a 3rd similar disc or spherical silver object reflecting sunlight was seen, with additional 5 witnesses, to the N flying tight circles at about 7,000-8,000 ft beyond capability of known aircraft, maintaining altitude. No sound or trails. 3-4 mins. [See sightings at Muroc later in the day and previous day.] July 8, 1947; Muroc Army Air Field,
Calif. (BBU)
11:50 a.m.-12 noon. AAF experimental test pilot Capt. John Paul Strapp, Mr. Lenz from Wright Field and 2 others in an observation truck at Area 3 of Rogers Dry Lake for a P-82 ejection seat test saw a round silver or aluminum-white object at first thought to be a parachute, about 25 ft wide, falling from a height below the 20,000 ft of the test aircraft at 3x the rate for an ejection seat test, drifting horizontally toward Mt. Wilson (to the S) at less than 50-80 mph, which when close to horizon appeared to have an oval outline with 2 thick fins or knobs on the upper surface which seemed to rotate or oscillate, no propellers, slowly disappearing below the mountain tops in the distance after 90 secs. July 8, 1947, Muroc Army Air Field, Calif. (BBU) Noon. Others witnesses independently, including Muroc CO Col. Signa A. Gilkey and engineer Major Richard R. Shoop and wife saw from a different location 5-8 miles away to the N [?] the apparently same falling object, thin metallic aluminum colored and the size of a pursuit aircraft [50 ft?], reflecting sunlight and oscillating, descend to ground level, then rise again and move slowly off in the distance for a total of 8 mins. No sound or trail. [See sightings at Muroc earlier and later in the day and previous day.] 8-mins. (FOIA; Vallée Magonia 60) July 8,
1947; 40 miles
S of Muroc
Army Air Field
(BBU)
4 p.m.
Exactly four
hours later
the pilot of
an F-51 was
flying at
20,000 feet
about 40 miles
south of Muroc
Air Base when
he sighted a
"flat object
of a light
reflecting
nature." He
reported that
it had no
vertical fin
or wings. When
he first saw
it, the object
was above him
and he tried
to climb up to
it, but his
F-51 would not
climb high
enough. All
air bases in
the area were
contacted but
they had no
aircraft in
the area. [See
previous Muroc
sightings.]
(Exact and
complete quote
from Ruppelt
p. 22)
12:17
p.m. (PDT).
Idaho
Statesman
aviation
editor and
former (AAF)
B-29 pilot
Dave Johnson
flying in an
Idaho Air
National Guard
AT-6 saw a
black disc,
standing out
against the
clouds, make a
half-roll then
a stair-step
climb. Object
the size of a
25-cent coin
[at arm's
length?].
(Berliner,
Sparks,
Wilson)
July
10, 1947;
Harmon Field,
Newfoundland,
Canada (BBU)July
9, 1947; Grand
Falls,
Newfoundland
(BB)
11:30
p.m. Eric Kearsay, a Newfoundland Constable,
arrived home and was asked by his wife it he
saw the
"flying
saucers." Just
minutes
earlier, his
wife, his
mother-in-law,
and Mr. John Jackman saw four round shaped
objects flying
in an easterly
direction. Mr
Jackman
said that the
objects were
flying side by
side at a
terrific rate
of speed. As
Eric Kearsay
looked
skyward, he,
his wife and
Mr. Jackman
saw a round
object like a
huge jellyfish
with a
phosphorous
glow flash
across the sky
in a rocking
motion. The
direction of
this object
was not
stated. (Dan
Wilson)
Bet. 3
and 5 p.m. [or
5:30 p.m.
(ADT)]. Cat.
8. Three
ground
crewmen, A. R.
Leidy, J. N.
Mehrman, and
J. E.
Woodruff, of
Pan American
Airways,
briefly saw a
translucent
disc or
silvery
wheel-shaped
object the
size of a C-54
transport fly
very fast at
10,000 ft,
leaving a dark
bluish-black
trail, then
ascend and cut
a path through
the clouds.
Photo.
(Berliner;
FOIA)
July
10, 1947; Near
Ft. Sumner,
New Mexico
(BBU)
4:47 p.m.
Dr. Lincoln
LaPaz with
wife and 2
teenage
daughters were
driving W on
Hwy 60 when
they saw a
sharply
outlined,
white
ellipsoidal
seemingly
luminous 200
ft object
(±40
ft,
major/minor
axis ratio
2.45) wobbling
in the
distance to
the W
[probably
272°
azimuth
initially]
about 25 miles
away
(±5
miles;
distance from
triangulation
of the cloud
bank by
driving around
it by about
90° over
50 miles along
Hwy 84 and
weather data).
Object about
30 secs almost
motionless at
a low speed of
about 150 mph
(±30
mph) then
disappeared
behind a cloud
at 273°
azimuth
elevation
1° but
reappeared 5
secs later
further to the
right, or N,
and higher at
275°
azimuth 2°
elevation,
about 1 mile
distance
traveled thus
an average
speed of
roughly
600-900 mph
[peak velocity
about 1,400
mph at about
13 gs], but no
sound, no
trail. Object
continued to
slowly drift N
about 2 mins
[in level
flight] until
disappearing
in the cloud
bank [at about
287°
azimuth]. 2.5
mins. (LIFE
Incident 2;
Hynek
astronomer
survey Aug.
1952; etc.)
July
10,
1947;
Morristown,
New Jersey
Cat 8.
Six daylight
discs observed
from aircraft.
July 11, 1947; Elmendorf Air Base, Anchorage, Alaska
(BBU)
6:30 p.m. AHST. AAF Colonel Perry (?) plus another witness Guyer, saw a round 3 ft aluminum object travel at great speed to the S. [July 12?] AAF Major Graham saw a balloon-like grayish 10 ft object headed NW at 100 mph at 1,500 ft. [Same incident?] (McDonald list; FOIA; FUFOR Index) July 28, 1947; Bt. Mountain Home & Boise, Idaho 8:34 p.m. Crew of a Seattle-bound United Airlines Mainliner DC-3 reported disc-like object in the sky at estimated 9,010 feet as twin-engine liner was flying at 7,500 feet. CAA said no other planes in the area where pilot Givian said he saw the disc. (Newsclipping, Dan Wilson) July
29, 1947;
Canyon Ferry,
Montana
(Helena?)
(BBU)
12:05
p.m. Observer
Madden and two
others saw
hovering and
fluttering,
rising and
descending 3
ft gleaming
and shimmering
object heading
NE at 3,000 ft
height at
tremendous
speed.
(McDonald
list; FUFOR
Index)
July
29, 1947;
Hamilton
Field, Calif.
(BBU 69)
2:50 p.m.
(local).
Assistant Base
Operations
Officer Capt.
William H.
Ryherd and
ex-Air B-29
pilot 1st Lt.
Ward Stewart
saw for
unknown length
of time two
round, shiny,
white objects
with estimated
15-25 foot
diameters, fly
3-4 times the
apparent speed
of a P-80,
also in sight,
(or at 750
mph), at
6,000-10,000
ft heading S
or SE at
120°. One
object flew
straight and
level; the
other weaved
from
side-to-side
like an escort
fighter.
(Berliner;
FOIA; FUFOR
Index)
Bloecher:
By the end of July the sighting rate was about one per day and by August it was down to several per week. (Newspapers reported a few sightings in other countries as well.) Capt.
Edward J
Ruppelt:
"By the
end of July
(1947) The UFO
security lid
was down
tight. The few
members of the
press who did
inquire about
what the Air
Force was
doing got the
same treatment
that you would
get today if
you inquired
about the
number of
thermonuclear
weapons
stock-piled in
the U.S.
atomic
arsenal. . .
(At ATIC there
was) confusion
almost to the
point of
panic."
(Report on
Unidentified
Flying
Objects, p.39)
Michael
Swords:
As July
wore on into
August, (Lt.
Col. George
D.) Garrett,
(General)
Schulgen, and
(FBI's liaison
officer to the
AAF/AF) S.
Wesley
Reynolds
became
confused by a
lack of
interest and
pressure
emanating from
the high
echelons of
the Pentagon.
The previous
year they had
gone through
an
investigative
furor about a
subject that
they
considered to
be similar to
the flying
discs, when
hundreds of
ghost rocket
reports came
out of Sweden
and other
European
countries. In
1946, the top
brass had
exerted
continuous
pressure to
find an
answer, but
now it had
gone
completely
quiet. This
puzzling void
has been
termed the
silence from
topside. It
was very
peculiar to
Garrett and
the FBI. Their
mutual
suspicion was
that the very
highest
officials knew
what this
phenomenon was
already
(Swords,
1991).
The
following
pages are a
portion of
Colonel
Garrett's
Estimate
Report. This
is a rough
draft of the
report. The
finalized
version has
not been
located. Page
8 mentions
"lack of
topside
inquiries,
when compared
to the prompt
and demanding
inquiries that
have
originated
topside upon
former events,
give more than
ordinary
weight to the
possibility
that this is a
domestic
project, about
which the
President,
etc. know."
Page three
text is known
but the actual
doc page is
still being
sought.
August,
1947;
Media,
PA
Cat
11,
Boyce Case,
(M)
Sometime in August, 1947; Danforth, IL Labeled a hoax by Col. McCoy, this object found on Illinois farm was neither a crashed disc nor a portion of a Mogul balloon. Aug.
4,
1947; NW of
Bethel, Alaska
(BBU)
Sunset.
Pilot Capt.
Jack Peck and
copilot Vince
Daly flying a
DC-3 saw a
smooth
surfaced black
object larger
than a DC-3
with no
visible means
of propulsion
cross their
flight path at
500-1,000 ft
height. They
averted
collision,
then turned in
pursuit at 170
mph but the
object flew
out of sight
[to the NW at
about 500
mph].
[Additional
witness
Johnston??]
(FOIA; Project
1947; FUFOR
Index)
Aug.
4,
Everett 1947;
(or 10 miles
NW of Boston),
Mass. (BBU)
4 p.m. Pan Am airliner pilot Powell and navigator White saw a bright orange or deep-gold colored cigarette-shaped (or elliptical) object 15 ft long 2-3 ft wide flying at 150 (or 175) mph at 7,000 ft to the E at about 110° magnetic. (Project 1947; McDonald list; FOIA; FUFOR Index) Aug.
13, 1947; 40
miles SW of
Twin Falls [at
Salman Dam].
Idaho (BBU)
9:30 a.m. County Commissioner L. W. Hawkins and Mr. Brown while fishing saw 2 disc-shaped objects 6 ft diameter reflecting light and making the echo of a motor, at 4,000-6,000 ft flying at high speed. (McDonald list; FOIA; FUFOR Index) 1:00
p.m. Snake
River 6 miles
W of Blue Lake
Ranch, 9 miles
NW of Twin
Falls,
Idaho.
A. C. Urie on
land and 2
sons Billy and
Keith 300 ft
away in a
boat, all on
the S side of
the river or
river bank
looking to the
N, saw a
squeezed or
elongated
straw-hat
shaped
sky-blue
object about
10 x 10 x 20
feet, with
pods on the
side emitting
flames, about
1/2 mile away
fly towards
them down the
canyon at
1,000 mph E-W
at 75 ft
height, with a
contour
following
motion up and
down over
uneven
terrain, trees
swaying
underneath
with a
circular
motion,
disappearing
with a swish
sound. Urie
was about 300
ft from the
object which
was about
level with him
about 75 ft
above the
river, and
silhouetted
against the
canyon wall
1,200 ft away,
disappearing
behind a hill
about 1 mile
away. Object
was at about
45°
elevation to
the boys on
the river
below him,
disappearing
behind trees.
5-secs?
(Battelle
Unknown No. 9)
Aug. 14,
1947; Harmon
Field,
Newfoundland,
Canada (BBU)
10:40
a.m. 3 AAF
airmen with
the 147th AACS
Sq. saw 2
small
crescent-shaped
objects pass
over them on a
zigzag path at
2x jet speed
[1,200 mph?]
heading W at
about 1,200 ft
disappearing
into clouds, a
few secs later
a same or
similar object
emerged from
the clouds and
continued to
the W. (FOIA)
Aug.
14, 1947; 5
miles S of
Placerville,
Calif. (BBU)
4 p.m.
Insurance
adjuster
Switzer saw a
metallic
highly-polished
chromium
surface object
4-6 ft wide
10-14 inches
thick, rounded
slightly on
top larger in
the front,
leaving a
white trail,
at 500-1,000
ft height
traveling at
high speed.
(McDonald
list; FOIA;
FUFOR Index)
Aug. 14, 1947; Friuli, Italy Time not given. Professor R. L. Johannis was on a rock-hunting expedition in the mountains in the extreme NW part of Italy. He emerged from a stand of trees & saw, on a rocky riverbank, a large red object that seemed to be shaped like a lens. The witness & the creatures approached one another, but when they were a few paces apart, they stopped. Witness felt paralyzed. Two creatures, about 3 feet tall, heads larger than normal human. No hair. Tight-fitting brown caps. Noses straight & long. Eyes large, protuberant, & round; yellow-green in color with a vertical pupil like a cat. Hands had 8 fingers & seemed to be opposed. Randle/Estes reliability rating: 6 Aug.
15-20
(approx.),
1947; Rapid
City Air Base
[Weaver?],
South Dakota
(BBU)
Major
Hammer sitting
in the parking
lot near the
flight line
shortly after
dark saw to
the NW about
12 elliptical
objects about
the span of a
B-29 (140 ft)
with a
yellow-white
luminous glow
in a tight
diamond
formation,
approaching in
a shallow
descent, level
off at about
5,000 ft
altitude
[height?] at
300-400 mph,
make a gentle
110° turn
to its right
about 4 miles
away climbing
to the SW,
accelerating
rapidly. No
sound or
trail. 1 min?
(FOIA; FUFOR
Index)
Aug. 18,
1947; Near
Mountain Home,
Idaho (BBU)
12 p.m.
United
Airlines
Flight 147
pilot and
copilot saw 2
"skeet target"
shaped objects
flying under
the plane.
(Project 1947)
August 19,
1947:
FBI memo to
D.W. Ladd from
E.G. Fitch
mentioning SAC
Reynolds
conversation
with Lt. Col.
George
Garrett, re:
"there were
objects seen
which somebody
in the
Government
knows all
about."
Aug.
19, 1947; Twin
Falls, Idaho
(BBU)
9:30 p.m. Housing Authority Executive Director Hedstrom saw 55 [?] [luminous?] objects in horizontal flight looking like electric lights headed NE at tremendous speed. (McDonald list; FOIA; FUFOR Index) Aug. 28, 1947; Fukuoka, Japan Time not given. MEW Radar Station. A target was picked up in orbit at a range of 26-30 nautical miles on a bearing of.20 to 30 degrees. Target then took a heading of 023 degrees and vvas tracked to a range of 54 nautical miles where it faded.The target was in a climb on this outbound course and the weather at the time was such that the climb would have to be made on instruments. Speed: 390-415 knots; altitude: 1500 feet. (Item "b" from SECRET letter, Fran Ridge, Jan Aldrich) Late
Aug. 1947?;
Alamogordo
[Holloman]
Army Air
Field, New
Mexico.
AMC
Watson Labs
Project MOGUL
engineer
Rosmovski and
communications
officer Lt. H.
G. Markley
tracked a
stationary
target at 200
miles altitude
using a
modified CPS-4
radar aimed at
70°
elevation.
(FOIA; Loren
Gross
Aug-Dec
1947 SUPP p.
28)
Late
Aug.
1947;
Alamogordo
[Holloman]
Army Air
Field, New
Mexico (BBU
83)
AMC Watson Labs Project MOGUL communications officer Lt. H. G. Markley while watching 2 balloons with radar reflector to the SE in 10x binoculars saw traveling at "unprecedented rate of speed" a round white object in horizontal light S to N several thousand feet over the tops of Sacramento Mtns. [Case falsely explained by AF as false radar targets when no radar observation was involved.] (FOIA; Mary Castner/CUFOS; Loren Gross Aug-Dec 1947 SUPP p. 28; July-Dec 1949 orig Sept. 3,
1947; Lake
Oswego,
Oregon. (BBU
85)
12:15
p.m. (PDT).
Housewife Mrs.
Raymond Dupui
saw 12-15
round, silver
objects fly an
unstated
pattern for
unknown length
of time.
(Berliner;
FOIA)
Sept.
8, 1947; Logan
[Salt Lake
City?], Utah
(BBU)
10:30 or
11 p.m
Anderson and
Hall saw 5
groups of a
total of 12
[?] white or
yellowish
objects
traveling at
high speed to
the N at
2,0003,000
ft height,
faster than
birds, size of
pigeons [?]
(Battelle/BBSR14
?; Mary
Castner/CUFOS;
FUFOR Index)
6:58 p.m.
Pan Am
airliner crew
[military air
flight?] saw a
bright light
with no blue
or red tinge
split in 2
move towards
the plane then
disappear
[first heading
350° then
109° at
9,50010,000
ft traveling
at 1,000 knots
or about 1,200
mph].
[Possible
meteor?]
(McDonald
list; Project
1947; FOIA;
FUFOR Index;
Mary
Castner/CUFOS)
Sept. 16, 1947; Fukuoka, Japan Time not given. MEW radar station. A target was picked up at a range of 89 miles on a bearing of 040 degrees (Point C). Target was tracked on an incoming course to a range of 19 miles and a bearing of 045 degrees at which point it faded out. The nearest known operational U.S.S.R. air bases are on the east coast of Korea at 39° 10' North Latitude and 127 degrees 29' East Longitude and Haeju on west coast of Korea at 38° 02' North Latitude and 125 degrees East Longtude. The range to these oases from Fukuoka is 360 nautical miles. Genzan is classified as having permanent runways of 4500-6000 foot length, and was highly operational by the Japanese. Haeju has one runway of approximtely 4000 foot length, probably surfaced. It is therefore reasonable, to assume that the U.S.S.R. is utilizing the facilities at these bases to the utmost, since the location is strategically between Vladivostok to the north and the U.S. occupied areas of Korea to the south. A recent report from the U.S. XXIV Corps, evaluated F-3, states "a new type aircraft on Haeju airstrip North Korea. "'This aircraft emitted black smoke on take-off, but was not identified as jet propelled." Speed: 840 - 900 mph (730-780 knots); altitude: 10,000 - 20,000 feet. (Item "c." from SECRET AAF letter, Fran Ridge, Jan Aldrich. Sept.
17, 1947; Ft.
Richardson,
Alaska (BBU)
[Army
officer saw a
2-3 ft silver
sphere
traveling S at
tremendous
speed below
the 10,000 ft
cloud cover.]
(McDonald
list; Mary
Castner/CUFOS)
On
September 23,
1947, the
chief of the
Air Technical
Intelligence
Center, one of
the Air
Force's most
highly
specialized
intelligence
units, sent a
letter to the
Commanding
General of the
then Army Air
Forces. The
letter was in
answer to the
Commanding
General's
verbal request
to make a
preliminary
study of the
reports of
unidentified
flying
objects. The
letter said
that after a
preliminary
study of UFO
reports, ATIC
concluded
that, to quote
from the
letter, "the
reported
phenomena were
real." The
letter
strongly urged
that a
permanent
project be
established at
ATIC to
investigate
and analyze
future UFO
reports. It
requested a
priority for
the project, a
registered
code name, and
an over-all
security
classification.
ATIC's request
was granted
and Project
Sign, the
forerunner of
Project Grudge
and Project
Blue Book, was
launched. It
was given a 2A
priority, A
being the
highest
priority an
Air Force
project could
have.
(Ruppelt)
An
interesting
3-page SECRET
letter from HQ
AAF 26 Sept
1947 regarding
three radar
incidents
lsted on this
chrono..
Oct., 1947; Dodgeville, Wisc. (BBU 91) 11:00
p.m. A
civilian
observed a
"saucer"
moving slowly
to the south
at an altitude
of about 2
miles. All at
once the
object in a
sudden burst
of speed
(faster than a
plane) circled
from right to
left in a huge
circle.
Observation
lasted about
one hour.
(Berliner, Dan
Wilson)
Oct.
8/9, 1947; Las
Vegas, Nevada
(BBU)
[AAF
reserve Capt.
Moore saw an
object
traveling at
700 mph leave
an almost
white
smoke/vapor
trail and
change
direction from
SE to W.]
(McDonald
list; FOIA;
FUFOR Index)
Oct. 12, 1947. Guadalupe, Mexico (BBU) 9:30 a.m. (CST). Numerous witnesses saw a cigar-shaped, blue and silver color fireball trailing blue flame heading E to W plunge to earth resembling an errant V-2 rocket and appearing to head for impact in the Zamalayuca Mtns. with a billow of smoke and loud explosion. Mexican Army reserve Capt. Aranda saw the fireball from the Hernandez Torres filling station near Caseta and saw it disappear over the sandhills near Colonia Reforma. No meteorites or other remains found in searches. (Sparks; Loren Gross, Jul-Dec 1947 p. 38; 1947 pp. 69-71; SUPP Aug-Dec 1947 pp. 44-45; Mary Castner/CUFOS; Saunders/FUFOR index) Oct.
14 [12?],
1947; 11 miles
NNE of Cave
Creek, Ariz.
(BBU 95)
12 noon
(MDT). Ex-AAF
fighter pilot
J. L. Clark,
civilian pilot
Anderson,
third man saw
3-foot "flying
wing," black
against the
white clouds
and red
against the
blue sky,
flying
straight at an
estimated 380
m.p.h., at
8,000-10,000
ft, from NW to
SE. 45-60
secs.
(Berliner)
Oct.
20, 1947;
Xenia, Ohio
(BBU)
11 a.m.
Atkinson saw a
round 1 ft
object at
1,500 ft
heading SW on
a straight
course.
(McDonald
list; FOIA;
Mary
Castner/CUFOS)
Oct.
20, 1947;
Dayton, Ohio
(BBU)
1:20 p.m.
Farmer Britton
saw 2
cigar-shaped
objects
reflecting
brilliant
sunlight
traveling W to
E on a
straight
course at high
speed about 1
mile height in
trail
formation
about a city
block apart
emitting a
slight vapor
trail,
disappearing
suddenly.
(McDonald
list; FOIA;
Mary
Castner/CUFOS)
Nov. 2,
1947; Anderson
Rd., Houston,
Texas (BBU)
Daybreak.
Immigration
Service
[agent?]
Brimberry saw
an almost
round or oval
or
saucer-shaped
object with
bright light
[?] about 100
ft [?]
diameter
spinning in
its descent.
(McDonald
list; FOIA;
FUFOR Index)
Nov. 12, 1947;
40 miles N
[S?] of Cape
Blanco,
Oregon, 20
miles off
coast (BBU)
Nov. 3 (or 4), 1947; Vaughn (near), New Mexico Approx
8:00 pm.
Basketball-Sized
object
explodes near
colonel.
Early
morning. USS
Ticonderoga
USN 2nd
Officer
Williamson saw
2 balls of
fire with a
fiery trail
headed NW at
700-900 mph.
[Probable
meteors.]
(McDonald
list; FOIA;
FUFOR Index)
Nov. 15,
1947; Wichita,
Kansas (BBU
2224)
7:02 a.m.
USAF Maj. R.
L. Wallander,
Capt.
Belleman, A/3c
Phipps saw an
orange object
(a blue
streak?)
varied in
shape, as it
made jerky
upward sweeps
with 10-15 sec
pauses. 3-5
mins.
(Berliner)
Nov. 15,
1947; Wichita,
Texas (BBU)
8:25 p.m.
USAF B47
crew and
passengers saw
an elliptical
blue-white
object with
orange or red
tail, moving
erratically.
(BB Status
Rpt?) [Same
case as
above??]
Dec. 8, 1947; Las Vegas, Nevada Moving
reddish UFO
emitted flash
of light, shot
upwards out of
sight.
[XII]
Dec.
30, 1947; 1
mile W of
Pilot Hill,
Calif. (BBU)
7:25 p.m. (PST). Crew of McClellan Field C-47 saw a high speed low altitude object trailing red, green and other colored flames headed E over hills. At 7:58 the crew found a growing ground fire about 7 miles E of Pilot Hill, at 38°50' N, 120°53' W, another C-47 crew sent to investigate found a triangular fire area with 2 points emitting bright blue-green flames, going out at 9:55 p.m. (FOIA) Dec.
30, 1947;
Sawtooth Nat.
Forest, Idaho
(BBU)
7:26 p.m.
(PST). Pilot
AAF Lt. Col.
W. W. Jones,
Hq EPW [Enemy
Prisoners of
War?], and
copilot Major
A. A. Andrae,
flying a C-54
from Great
Falls to
Fairfield-Suisun
Field at
13,000 ft saw
a high speed
object
trailing green
and blue
flames
descending
vertically at
their 2:30
o'clock
position, but
slowing just
above the
ground.
2-secs. (FOIA)
Reference: 1. Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, Ted Bloecher
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