Wisconsin Airborne Flying Discs Sighting
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Four witnesses in two aircraft observed disc-shaped objects performing rapid maneuvers over southern Wisconsin on July 7, 1947, covering distances of 20-25 miles at speeds of 3,960-6,000 miles per hour.
“First sighted over Koshkonong, Wisconsin. Flight was observed from town of Koshkonong to Elkhorn, Wisconsin. This flight covered twenty-five (25) miles in fifteen (15) seconds, which is a speed of six thousand (6000) miles per hour... Observers at East Troy, Wisconsin, flight observed from Eagle, Wisconsin to Muskego, Wisconsin. This flight covered twenty-two (22) miles in twenty (20) seconds, which is a speed of three thousand nine hundred sixty (3960) miles per hour.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1947-07-07
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Southern Wisconsin; Koshkonong to Elkhorn; East Troy to Muskego
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Wisconsin
- Branch
- USAF
- Unit
- 32d AAF Base Unit, Bolling Field
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- disc; described as assuming horizontal position
- Altitude
- 4000 ft
- Duration
- 35s
Resolution
Witnesses included AAF instructor, student pilot, and Captain R. J. Southey, Wing Supply Officer; object observed descending vertically edgewise through clouds, stopping, and performing rapid horizontal flight
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_2
Case ID: 1947-USAF-164FEB
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