Captain Smith and Co-Pilot Stevens United Airlines observation
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Captain Smith of United Airlines reported observing flying discs on the evening of July 4, 1947, while on a scheduled flight 8 minutes out of Boise en route to Seattle, Washington.
“Captain Smith was interviewed at the Boise Municipal Airport, Boise, Idaho. Captain Smith was passing through Boise on a schedule flight at the time and had a 20 minute stop-over. Captain Smith reiterated the statements originally made by him to the press as to what he had seen in the late evening of July 4th, when 8 minutes out of Boise on the route to Seattle, Washington.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1947-07-04
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Boise to Seattle route, Washington
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Washington
- Branch
- FBI
- Sensors
- eyewitness
Resolution
Captain Smith and Co-Pilot Stevens made statements to the press. Specific details not fully documented in this source but corroborated as reliable witness.
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_2
Case ID: 1947-FBI-F47F14
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