Documents / Report
This U.S. Air Force compilation, released by the U.S. Department of War, holds numbered checklists and survey sheets for flying object incidents 1 through 100. It covers sightings by officers, test pilots and civilians at Muroc Army Air Field on 7 and 8 July 1947, and sightings by Portland, Oregon police on 4 July 1947. It also includes fireballs seen over California, Nevada and Oregon on 30 December 1947, a Houston fireball, and Finnish reports from January 1948.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: United States. Includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements and other narrative reports or descriptions.
“Norfolk”2 pages
CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
Incident # 47
1. Date 6 July 47
2. Time I/S
3. Location Fairfield-Suisun Air Base, Calif.
h. Name of observer Capt James H. Burniston
5. Occupation of observer Capt. USAF
6. address of observer I/8
7. Place of observation Fairfield Suisun AF Base 122 $ ^{o} $ 03' $ ^{H} $ 38 $ ^{o} $ 19' $ ^{W} $
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer I/S
1C. Time in sight 60 seconds
11. Altitude 10.000 ft
12. Speed in excess of any known aircraft
13. Direction of flight Southeasterly.
1h. Tactics rolled from side to side three times - one side reflected sun strongly from its surface - other gave no reflection
15. Sound could not be determined - due to aircraft in vicinity
16. Size About that of a C-54
17. Color indefinite
18. Shapo indefinite
19. Odor detected I/8
20. Apparent construction I/8
21. Exhaust trails I/S
22. Weather conditions Sunlight
23. Effect on clouds I/S
24. Sketches or photographs None
25. Manner of disappearance B/S
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