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.
Idaho Statesman aviation editor and former AAF B-29 pilot Dave Johnson flying in an Idaho Air National Guard AT-6 saw a black disc, standing out against the clouds, make a half-roll then a stair-step climb. Object the size of a 25-cent coin at arm's length. An object was observed. It zig-zagged through the air. It departed by rapidly flying straight up until lost to sight.One black saucer, of huge size, was observed by one experienced male military witness in a warplane for over ten minutes (Johnson, Dave; Hunt; Noe). No sound was heard.
Hynek rating: RV: Radar-Visual UFO reports
Vallee rating: MA1: A UFO has been observed which travels in a discontinuous trajectory. i.e. vertical drops, maneuvers or loops.
Vallee reliability rating: 442: Firsthand personal interview with the witness by a source of proven reliability; site visit by a skilled analyst; natural explanation requires major alteration of one parameter.
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