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|  PROJECT 10073 RECORD  |   |
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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP 5 Jul 49 06/01. 4 | 2. LOCATION Boise, Idaho  |
|  3. SOURCE Civilian | 10. CONCLUSION BALLOON  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 25 Minutes | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object was a brilliant silver color, round, traveling at great speeds, appeared to be quite high, maneuvered in steady loops and turns and at times appeared to emit occasional puffs of smoke or vapor of a greyish color.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual | Sun had just set. Could have been an upper air research balloo…

CONFIDENTIAL

|  HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS REPORT OF INVESTIGATION | FILE NO. 24-20 | DATE 13 SEP 1949  |
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|  REPORT MADE BY S/A GEORGE E. NIELSEN | REPORT MADE AT DO #19, Fairfield-Brisun AFB | REPORT FOR COPY  |
|  TITLE UNKNOWN SUBJECT Unidentified Aerial Objects Sighted NE Boise, Idaho | PERIOD 25 August 1949 | OFFICE OF ORIGIN DO #16, Hill AFB, Utah  |
|  STATUS RUC |  |   |
|  CHARACTER SPECIAL INQUIRY |  |   |
|  REFERENCE Report of S/A ERNEST C. BLASS, file DO 16 24-17, dated 5 August 1949 |  |   |
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UNCLASSIFIED
DO #19, 24-20

DETAILS:

AT FAIRFAX, CALIFORNIA

On 25 August 1949, were interviewed regarding the unidentified aerial object reported to have been sighted by them.

and his wife stated that while they were at one of the highest points on Skyline Road about six (6) or seven (7) miles northwest of Boise, Idaho, on 5 July 1949, before sundown and while the sun was still visible but at about its lowest point before sinking from sight, their attention was drawn to an object in the sky, by the son of Boise, Idaho.

The object appeared to be circular and about the size of the bottom of …

UNCLASSIFIED
DC #19, 24-20
DETAILS (Cont'd)

Agent's note: [redacted] is a bartender at the King of Clubs, 130
Post St., San Francisco, Calif. His only hobby is athletics, and he
appears to be a man of normal reactions. [redacted] is a housewife,
and also appears to have normal reactions. [redacted] and his wife had
considerable difficulty agreeing on various points concerning the
object sighted and it is believed that the directions given may not be
factual. None of the party had indulged in alcoholics prior to the
sighting, according to [redacted].

REFERRED UPON COMPLETION TO THE OFFICE OF …

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
REPORT OF INVESTIGATION

|  FILE NO. | 24-17 | DATE | 5 August 1949  |
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|  REPORT MADE BY | A/S HUHNT C. BLASS | afb |   |
|  TITLE | SPECIAL INQUIRY | REPORT MADE AT | 16th OSI Detachment Lt. Hon. AFE, Idaho  |
|  INQUIRY | Indentified Aerial Objects | PERIOD | 6-7 July 1949  |
|  OFFICE OF ORIGIN | DO #16, Mill AFB, Mill Field, Utah | STATUS | CLOSED  |
|  CHARACTER | SPECIAL INQUIRY |  |   |
|  REFERENCE | Newspaper article appearing in "Idaho Daily Statesman", Boise, Idaho, and letters f…