The Flap of 1947


                   
DATE LOCATIONS TIME NUMBER SHAPE COLOR OBSERVERS ACTIONS SECTION
                   
                   
1947
June 23 Iowa-Cedar Rapids - - - 10 Discs Shiny Railroad Engineer Fast, fluttered
                   
" 24 Wash.-Mt. Ranier 1400 9 Flat Bright Pilot (private) Fluttered, skipped
                   
" 24 Ore.-Cascade Mtns. - - - 5-6 Discs Shiny Prospector,
Contractor
Banked
                   
" 25 N.Y.-Glens Falls - - - 1 Disc Red, blue County Deputy
Treasurer
Unspecified
                   
" 26 Ariz.-Grand Canyon - - - 1 Ball Silver M. D. High speed
                   
" 28 Nev.-Lake Meade 1515 5-6 Circular Unspec. Pilot (USAF) Formation off wing III
                   
" 28 Ala.-Montgomery 2120 1 Light Bright 4 USAF Officers Zigzag, 90º turn III
                   
" 29 N. Mex.-Rocket test site - - - 1 Disc Silver Rocket expert Flew straight IV
                   
July 1 N. Mex.-Albuquerque - - - 1 Disc Bluish Chamber of Com-
merce Executive
Zigzag
                   
" 4 Ore.-Redmond 1100 4 Discs Unspec. Car full High speed
                   
" 4 Ore.-Portland 1305 3-30 Discs Shiny Police, pilots (private) Oscillated II
                   
" 4 Wash.-Seattle 1745 1 Circular White USCG Yeoman Across wind VIII
                   
" 4 Idaho-Hauser Lake *1900 1 Disc Unspec. Over 200 persons Circled, shot up
                   
" 4 Idaho-Boise 2100 9 Discs Silhouetted Airliner crew 2 groups, apart V
                   
" 6 Calif.-Long Beach 1315-
1330
1 Disc Brilliant WWI pilot, teacher Side-slipped
                   
" 6 South Central
Wyoming
1445 1 Oval Unspec. Aviation engineer Steady flight VI
                   
" 7 Wash.-Tacoma 1430-
1500
3 Unspec. Red-purple
blue-white
Two policemen Spinning, threw
sparks
VII
                   
" 7 Ore.-Medford 1720 1 Disc Blue-white Radar technician S to N on edge
                   
July 8 Calif.-Muroc
(Edwards) AFB
0930 3 Spheres or discs Silvery Pilots Est. 300 mph III
                   
" 8 Calif.-Rogers Dry Lake 1150 1 Hemisphere White AF technicians Descending, oscillat-
ing
II
                   
" 8 Calif.-Edwards AFB 1200 1 Thin Metallic USAF test pilot,
others
Dove, climbed,
oscillated
III
                   
" 9 Idaho, Near Boise Day 1 Disc Dark Pilot/aviation editor Climbed, turned on
edge
VII
                   
" 10 N. Mex.-Southern 1647 1 Ellipse White Astronomer Wobbled VI
                   
" 13 Ohio-Dayton - - - 1 Cone Bright Mfg. Pres./Am.
Astronomer
High speed
                   
" 13 Mass.-Gardner 1748 1 Disc Silver Interior decorator Tilted, accelerated
rapidly
VII