Northern Arizona, December 1947 - Incident Number: 31December 1947

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Summary

On December 1, 1947, in Lowell, Arizona, a well-known aerodynamicist reported observing a white object in the early morning sky. The object traveled at 600 miles per hour at an altitude of 2,500 to 3,000 feet. It left a heavy trail but did not look like a regular water trail. The witness described it as not appearing to be an actual object. The case was marked unclassified and submitted to Wright Field. The Air Force evaluation is listed as unknown.

Reported location

Northern Arizona, December 1947 - Incident Number: 31

Date of incident

December 1947

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 2

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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Incident #21

UNCLASSIFIED

AFIC NO. _____ DATE OF INFO mid-December 47

AF ID. _____ LOCATION: ern Arizona

REPORT NO. _____ SOURCE: Well known Aerodynamicist

DATE IN TO AFTC: _____ DATE IN TO AFTC: _____

TIME OF S/T FIELD: early morning COLOR: white

SHAPE: _____ SPEED: 600 mph [illegible] Weather: x___

ALTITUDE: 2-500 3,000' _____ [illegible]

COURS: _____ LENGTH OF T/D OBSERVED: _____ [illegible]

EVALUATION: 1 TYPE OF CONF/MOTOR: _____

NO. OF OBS: 1 MARKINGS: 8 and L

NO [illegible] SKETCHES Object loft white hevy trail but it did not look like a regular yater trail

Grimery AFTC Fort 329 [illegible] not any actual object
(O Jan 52)

UNCLASSIFIED

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28930050