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OOOOO...EEEEEE...OOOOO!!
Project Blue Book Sightings around Mountain Home
July 4, 1947; over
Emmet
,
Idaho
. 8:17 p.m. PDT. Witnesses: United Air Lines Capt. E.J. Smith, First Officer
Ralph Stevens, Stewardess Marty Morrow. Watched for 12-15 minutes while four
objects with flat bottoms and rough tops moved at varying speeds, with one high
and to the right of the others.
July 9, 1947;
Meridian
,
Idaho
. 12:17 p.m. PDT. Witness:
Idaho
statesman aviation editor and former (AAF) B-29 pilot Dave Johnson. Watched for
more than 10 seconds from an Idaho Air National Guard AT-6 while a black disc,
which stood out against the clouds, made a half-roll and then a stair-step
climb.
July 24, 1949;
Mountain Home
,
Idaho
. 12 noon. Witness: Henry Clark, manager of a flying service, flying a Piper
Clipper. Seven delta-shaped objects, 35-55' in span, 20-30' long, 2-5' thick;
light colored except for a 12' diameter dark circle at the rear of each. They
flew in a tight formation of twos with one behind, and made a perfect, but
unbanked, turn. During the 10 minute sighting, they displayed decreasing smooth
oscillations.
Clark
's engine ran rough during the sighting, and upon landing was found to have all
its spark plugs burned out.
Oct. 23, 1963;
Meridian
,
Idaho
. 8:35 p.m. Witnesses: several unnamed students, including Gordon. One object
shaped like a circle from below and like a football from the side, hovered low
over the observers, making a deep, pulsating, loud, extremely irritating sound,
for 6 minutes.
Sun Valley 1942 -- Downtown Boise statue
Boise foothills featuring our ubiquitous
volcanic rocks -- Boise's historic Union Pacific Train Station
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