August 13, 1947 — Snake River Canyon, ID
1:00 p.m. Albert Clarence Urie and his two sons Billy and Kenneth (or Keith) see a straw hat–shaped, sky-blue object about 10 feet wide, 10 feet high, and 20 feet long. It has “pods” on the side emitting flames and is flying along the Snake River Canyon six miles west of Blue Lakes Ranch near Twin Falls, Idaho. The UFO is moving up and down towards them at 1,000 mph and an altitude of 75 feet about 1/2 mile away. Urie is about 300 feet from the object, which is about level with him and silhouetted against the canyon wall. It disappears behind a hill about one mile away. Hynek, for Project Blue Book, later identifies it as an “atmospheric eddy.” [Eberhart]
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Sources:
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[PURSUE release, pp. 161–164;]
https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/38_143685_box7_incident_summaries_1-100.pdf
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