24-20 — 1949-07-30 — Approximately 6 miles east of Nampa, Idaho on US Highway 30

On 30 July 1949 at 1012 hours, Mr. Alvard R. Kiler, field man for Idaho Game and Fish Department, was driving westward on US Highway 30 about 6 miles east of Nampa, Idaho. Scanning the horizon to his left to count pheasants, he noticed a bluish and rose-colored object reflected by the sun at about a 5-degree elevation. The object was flat, of one-piece construction, approximately the size of a Piper Cub, traveling at about 800 mph due westward. Suddenly the object looped upwards and to the rear (on its back without turning over) and headed due east. It appeared to turn edgewise and dissolve rapidly. Weather was clear, 80 degrees, no wind. Total sighting duration was 2 seconds. Reported to Nampa Free Press immediately afterward. Investigated by OSI Detachment 16, Mt Home AFB.

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