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DATE OF INFO 7 July 47
LOCATION
SOURCE Last File
DATE IN TO ATIC ---
COLOR yellowish white
SHOULD not 200-205 mm
ALTITRE 10-10,000
LENGTH OF TIME ORDERED ---
TYPE OF OBSERVATION visible
MANEUVER: Sand L.
Was sitting in a/c when source of 324 people looking up in the air at first believed object to be weather balloon, and noted it was whirling.

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ATIC Form 329
Jan 52)

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Incident #3 -- Muroc, California -- 7 July 1947

There is no astronomical explanation of this incident.

In this investigator's opinion, there is nothing in the evidence offered that is basically contradictory to the hypothesis of a weather balloon. Perhaps ascending currents of warm air over the desert could give the illusion that the object was oscillating.

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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Incident # 3

1. Date 7 July 1947
2. Time 10:00
3. Location Murue Army air Field, Murue, California.
4. Name of observer Major J. G. Wise.
5. Occupation of observer Test Pilot
6. Address of observer Murue AAF, Murue, California.
7. Place of observation Ground - Murue AAF, Murue, California
8. Number of objects One (1)
9. Distance of object from observer Off to the north about 10,000 to 12,000 feet altitude.
10. Time in sight not stated
11. Altitude 10,000 to 12,000 feet
12. Speed 200 to 225 MPH
13. Direction of flight heading from west to e…

REMARKS:

Statement given by Major J. G. Wise, Test Pilot, Nurse Army Air Field, Nurse, California.

On 7 July 1947, at approximately 10:10, while running up the XF-84, on the ground I noticed everyone was looking up into the air. Off to the north about 10,000 to 12,000 feet altitude, was an object that I assumed at first to be a weather balloon, but after looking at it for a while I noticed that it was oscillating in a forward whirling movement without losing altitude. It was traveling about 600 to 225 MPH, and heading from west to east.

The object was yellowish white in color and I would es…

Dr HYNEK'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT.

INCIDENT INDEX

1. Astronomical

a. High probability:
#26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 48, 49, 59, 60, 66, 69, 70, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 116, 119, 132, 136, 140, 147, 148, 158, 174, 184, 185, 187, 197, 203, 204, 208, 216, 219, 238.

b. Fair or low probability:
#19, 20, 23, 24, 28, 35, 36, 46, 50, 63, 67, 80, 82, 93, 100, 112, 120, 121, 129, 130, 144, 153, 165, 166, 167, 175, 192, 199, 202, 205, 220, 230, 240.

2. Non-astronomical but suggestive of other explanations

a. Balloons or ordinary aircraft:
#3, 11, 22, 41, 42…