Official · Document · Department of War
A Third Object Appeared and Circled the Others
Three witnesses in California saw two objects. Then a third joined them.
In brief
Three witnesses in California saw two objects, then watched a third appear and circle one of them in a sharp turn. They said the objects moved quickly against the wind and disappeared, but they could not identify them.
Summary
This is a compilation (pages 1-100) of U.S. Army Air Forces standardized "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" incident reports forwarded as enclosures, documenting flying-object sightings across the United States during the July 1947 wave. Each entry follows a 26-field check-list (location, observer, occupation, altitude, speed, direction, color, shape, etc.) and is accompanied by witness statements and reliability evaluations. Major clusters include sightings over Muroc Army Air Field, California (early July 1947), Portland, Oregon police observations (4 July 1947), and the Godman Field / Fort Knox, Kentucky event in which P-51 aircraft were directed toward an aerial object. The document is heavily OCR-degraded from a scanned original.
Incidents in the document
- July 1947 · Muroc Army Air Field, California, United States · Page 11
Multiple personnel at Muroc Army Air Field reported silver, disc-like objects flying toward the Mojave direction at roughly 300-400 MPH at about 8,000 ft, some performing tight circles. A test pilot (Major J. C. Wise) reported a similar object while taxiing an XP-84 on 7 July 1947.