OSI DO #20 / 24-93 — 1948-12-18 — Boise, Idaho (43 deg 24 min N, 116 deg 06 min W to 43 deg 41

On 18 December 1948 between 0720 and 0730 hours MST, Maynard L. Rogers, Weather Bureau employee, observed a brilliant fire-orange ball of fire while driving from his home to the Boise Municipal Airport. The object descended at a 45-degree angle in a straight line to the northeast from an estimated 8,000 feet altitude. He saw it for about 1.75 miles of his 3-mile drive. The object grew in brilliance to white-hot. It left a deep gray smoke trail four times as wide as the object at its base, which formed a straight stratus cumulus cloud over approximately one hour before being dissipated by wind. No noise heard. Object lost from sight as he turned west. No other aircraft were known in the sky. OSI investigation by DO #20 McChord AFB concluded the object was a meteor.

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