Form 97-BB
Date: 24 Oct 2005
From: Francis Ridge
Subject: C-47 Crew Reports Possible Crash of Object, Dec. 30, 1947, Nr. Pilot Hill, California
Category: 11
Distribution: CE, SHG


Dec. 30, 1947. 1 mile W of Pilot Hill, Calif. (BBU)
7:25 p.m. (PST). Crew of McClellan Field C-47 saw a high speed low altitude object trailing red, green and other colored flames headed E over hills. At 7:58 the crew found a growing ground fire about 7 miles E of Pilot Hill, at 38°50' N, 120°53' W, another C-47 crew sent to investigate found a triangular fire area with 2 points emitting bright blue-­green flames, going out at 9:55 p.m. (FOIA

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