UFO Radar Sightings in 1947

16 January 1947 22:30 - North Sea -   RAF Mosquito incident. Explanation: Aircraft.

16 January 1947 22:30 - North Sea -   RAF Mosquito pursued unidentified radar target

24 June 1947 14:00 - Mt. Rainier, Washington, USA -   Kenneth Arnold Case. A private pilot saw six shiny discs, 80 feet across, 1500 feet away, in clear weather over the mountains for over three minutes. This report sparked the UFO as a media and government phenomenon. Official explanation: mirage.

28 June 1947 15:15 - Lake Mead, Nevada, USA -   Pilot saw a tight formation of 5-6 white circular 3 ft objects. Explanation: Balloon.

In Mid- 1947 - Arcata, California , USA -   An object was tracked by radar. An unidentified object was tracked by radar (Ehlers). Explanation: AnomProp.

30 June 1947 09:10 - Grand Canyon, Arizona , USA -   Navy Lieutenant incident. Two gray, circular objects about eight or ten feet diameter. Explanation: Meteor.

1 July 1947 - White Sands, New Mexico, USA -   Listed for-the-record only - has been declared a hoax.

4 July 1947 09:12 - Emmett, Idaho, USA -   Five disc-shaped objects with flat bottoms and rough tops.

6 July 1947 13:45 - Clay Center, Kansas, USA -   Silvery circular object 30-50 feet diameter pacing the aircraft. Explanation: Reflection.

9 July 1947 12:17 - Boise, Idaho, USA -   Air Guard At-6 incident. Black disc, standing out against the clouds, made a half-roll and then a stair-step climb. Explanation: Balloon.

Late August 1947 - Holloman AFB, New Mexico, USA -   A round white object traveling at "unprecedented rate of speed". Radar tracked a stationary target at 200 miles altitude.

4 August 1947 16:00 - Everett, Massachusetts, USA -   A bright orange or deep-gold colored cigarette-shaped. Explanation: Reflection.

In late August 1947 - Holloman AFB, New Mexico, USA -   An object was tracked by radar. One object was observed by several witnesses at an airfield for 30 seconds (Markley). Explanation: Mirage.

19 September 1947 - Houston, Texas, USA -   An object was tracked by radar. An unidentified object was tracked by radar only by one witness briefly (Pearson).

30 December 1947 - Pilot Hill, California , USA -   High speed low altitude object trailing red, green and other colored flames

30 December 1947 - Sawtooth National Forest, Idaho, USA -   A high speed object trailing green and blue flames  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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