38_143685_box7_incident_summaries_1-100.pdf

Buller Sir
20 (8)

DECLASSIFIED Authority
NND 917033

CONFIDENTIAL

D20249 30014
S78-1 (126)

CONFIDENTIAL 615

CONFIDENTIAL

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 8 July 1947 Incident # 1
2. Time 0930
3. Location Muroc Air Field, Muroc, Calif
4. Name of observer 1st Lt Joseph C. McHenry
5. Occupation of observer Billeting Officer in Charge, Muroc AAFld.
6. Address of observer Muroc, AAFld
7. Place of observation ground - Muroc, AAFld
8. Number of objects 2 at first - 1 sometime later
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight N/S
11. Altitude Approx 8000 ft
12. Speed 300 MPH
13. Direction of flight 320° due north heading
14. Tactics Performed a tight circle
15. Sound N/S
16. …

CONFIDENTIAL

enroute to his office and before entering heard one of the local aircraft in the traffic pattern. Looking up he observed the aircraft and slightly to the left he saw 2 silver objects of either spherical or disc-like shape moving about 300 MPH at approximately 8000 ft heading about 320° due north. He immediately called S/Sgt Gerald E. Nauman, T/Sgt Joseph Ruvolo and Miss Jannette Marie Scotte. Witnesses all verified the sighting and the direction of the objects - all three stated that the objects were moving toward Mojave, Calif.

Witness was sure it was not an optical illusion or…

CONFIDENTIAL

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 8 July 47 Incident # 1e
2. Time 10:00
3. Location Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, Calif
4. Name of observer Jannette Marie Scott
5. Occupation of observer Secretary to 1st Lt J. C. McHenry, Billeting Officer
6. Address of observer Muroc AAFld, Muroc, Calif.
7. Place of observation Ground - Muroc
8. Number of objects 3 - two the first time - 1 later
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight N/S
11. Altitude Approx 8,000 ft
12. Speed 300 to 400 MPH
13. Direction of flight Northwest - toward Mojave, Calif.
14. Tactics Fi…

CONFIDENTIAL

Joseph Ruvolo and S/Sgt. Gerald E. Nauman to the front of the B.O.Q. "A" Bldg. Pointing up in a direction directly above the group he asked them to explain what they saw. Witness states that she saw 2 silver-colored disc-like objects flying toward Mojave, Calif, one directly back of the other, at a speed of about 300 to 400 MPH at an altitude of approximately 8,000 ft. She listened carefully for a few minutes but could hear no drone such as occasioned by any aircraft. Casting her eyes for a moment in another direction and then looking back to the same spot she was able to disting…

CONFIDENTIAL

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 8 July 47 Incident # 1c
2. Time 0945
3. Location Muroc AAFld, Muroc, Calif 34° 54' N 117° 53' W
4. Name of observer S/Sgt Joseph Ruvolo
5. Occupation of observer NCO Charge Billeting Office
6. Address of observer Muroc Air Fld., Muroc, Calif
7. Place of observation Ground - Muroc
8. Number of objects 2
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight N/S
11. Altitude Between 7500 or 8000 ft
12. Speed 350 - 400 MPH
13. Direction of flight Northwestern
14. Tactics N/S
15. Sound None
16. Size N/S
17. Color Silver
18. Shape S…

CONFIDENTIAL

About 0945 Lt McHenry, Billeting Officer in Charge, upon returning from the Post Exchange contacted the witness, Sgt Ruvol and asked him to look up in the sky. Witness observed two (2) flying objects which appeared like two flying discs or saucer-shaped silver-colored objects flying in a northwestern direction at approximately 350 to 400 MPH at an altitude of about 7500 or 8000 ft. He could hear no motor roar and was positive that it was not a balloon.

He states: "I am of good health and sound mind and this was no hallucination"

Evaluation: Confirmed by other sources.

CONFIDEN…

CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 8 July 1947 Incident # 2.
2. Time Approximately noon
3. Location Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, California.
4. Name of observer Major Richard R. Shoop
5. Occupation of observer Employed in Office of Chief of Tech. Engineering Div Major -
6. Address of observer Muroc Army Air Field, Muroc, California.
7. Place of observation Ground
8. Number of objects One (1)
9. Distance of object from observer Five (5) to eight (8) miles.
10. Time in sight Eight (8) minutes
11. Altitude fairly high altitude
12. Speed slowly
13. Direction of flight North
The obje…