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Capt. Gibian, Boise

Late July 1947 (AP reported it on July 29; the *Boise Statesman* later dated it July 20)
Approaching Boise, near Mountain Home, Idaho, USA

Unresolved
Representative drawing from the Discs page, not this specific sighting.
"disc-like"The witness's own shape words

What happened

Coming in to land, Gibian saw a disc-like object "going like hell" at about 9,000 ft. He said that if it was a military experiment it should be kept off civil airways. Army and Navy spokesmen denied knowledge.

Witnesses

Capt. Charles F. Gibian and First Officer Jack Harvey, United Air Lines Flight 105

Explanation

Unresolved

Sources

  1. Patrick Gross UFO filesufology.patrickgross.org

AP, *Register-Guard*, July 29, 1947

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