U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100

U.S. Department of War · 253 pages · text by OCR, confidence 97%

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From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: United States. Includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements and other narrative reports or descriptions.

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Major Edward Grahan and some unidentified officers of the Alaskan Command observed a greyish balloon approximately 10 feet in diameter in the vicinity of Elmendorf Fld. flying in a NW direction following the contour of the mountains five miles away. The object was reported as flying at an altitude of 1500 feet at an estimated rate of 100 MPH; paralleling the course of a 0-42 landing into a 20-mile per hour wind. NOTE: See also incidents 41 and 38. (Info extracted from wkly Intel Summary ATC 16 July 1947)

Cases discussed

United Air Lines Flight 105 Sighting, Emmett, Idaho 1947
crew of a United Air Lines plane over Boise, Idaho
Muroc Army Air Field disc sightings 1947
Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, California; test pilot Major J. C. Wise, 9 July 1947
The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave 1947
checklists of dozens of July 1947 disc sightings, e.g. Portland, Oregon, 4 July 47

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