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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SECRET CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date: 8 July 1947 Incident # 1 2. Time: 0930 3. Location: Muroc Air Field, Muroc, Calif 4. Name of observer: 1st Lt Joseph C. McHenry 5. Occupation of observer: Billeting Officer in Charge, Muroc AAFld. 6. Address of observer: Muroc, AAFld 7. Place of observation: ground - Muroc, AAFld 8. Number of objects: 2 at first - 1 sometime later 9. Distance of object from observer: N/S 10. Time in sight: N/S 11. Altitude: Approx 8000 ft 12. Speed: 300 MPH 13. Direction of flight: 320° due north heading 14. Tactics: Performed a tight circle 15. Sound: N/S 16. Size: N/S 17. Color: Silver 18. Shape: disc-like or spherical 19. Odor detected: N/S 20. Apparent construction: N/S - Apparently metallic 21. Exhaust trails: N/S 22. Weather conditions: N/S 23. Effect on clouds: N/S 24. Sketches or photographs: None 25. Manner of disappearance: in distance 26. Remarks: At approximately 09:30 Lt McHenry left Post Exchange (over) SECRET

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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