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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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 1. Date: 30 June 1947 Incident # 78 2. Time: 0910 MST 3. Location: Near Williams Field over Grand Canyon, Arizona 4. Name of observer: Lt William G. McClinty, USN 5. Occupation of observer: P-80 student, Williams Fld, Chandler, Ariz. 6. Address of observer: Williams Fld., Chandler, Ariz. 7. Place of observation: plane 8. Number of objects: 2 9. Distance of object from observer: N/S 10. Time in sight: N/S 11. Altitude: decreasing from 35,000 ft 12. Speed: "inconceivable" 13. Direction of flight: straight down 14. Tactics: N/S 15. Sound: N/S 16. Size: 8 ft in dia. 17. Color: [redacted] Light gray 18. Shape: circular 19. Odor detected: N/S 20. Apparent construction: N/S 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: Seemed to have hit ground some 25 miles south of the South Rim of Grand Canyon, Arizona 26. Remarks: (over)

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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