East Troy, WisconsinJuly 1947

Unidentified

Summary

On July 7, 1947, in East Troy, Wisconsin, a saucer-shaped object was observed descending vertically through clouds between 11:45 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The object stopped at 1,000 feet altitude and then moved horizontally across the sky for 15 seconds. It covered 25 miles in 20 seconds before stopping and disappearing. One object was sighted by military and civilian witnesses. The Air Force noted that information was insufficient for proper analysis.

Reported location

East Troy, Wisconsin

Date of incident

July 1947

State / country

WI / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 1

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
7 July 1947                      East Troy, Wiso               [ ] Was Balloon
                                                               [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP             4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [ ] Possibly Balloon
1145 GST & 1430 OST            [ ] Ground-Visual             [ ] Was Aircraft
                               [X] Air-Visual               [ ] Probably Aircraft
Local [illegible]              [ ] Ground-Radar             [ ] Possibly Aircraft
                               [ ] Air-Interception Radar   [ ] Not Astronomical
5. PHOTOS                                                    [ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Yes                        6. SOURCE                     [ ] Possibly Astronomical
                               Military & Civilian          [ ] Other
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION       8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE
1 - 15 seconds                 One
2 - 20 seconds

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING  11. COMMENTS
Saucer descended vertically edgewise through    Insufficient information for proper
clouds, stopped at 1,000' and assumed hori-     analysis.
zontal position and proceeded in horizontal
flight from a horizontal position for 15
seconds covering 25 miles, again stopped
and disappeared.

(NO CASE IN FILES)

AFIC FORM 19 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28929510