July 7, 1947 — Muroc Army Airfield, CA
10:10 a.m. On a runway on the west side of Rogers Dry Lake at Muroc Army Airfield [now Edwards Air Force Base] in southern California, XP-84 test pilot Maj. Jowell C. Wise and several others see a yellowish-white object at 10,000–12,000 feet traveling west in an oscillating motion at about 200 mph. It stops at one point, then continues in horizontal flight. [Eberhart]
Record Card:
Affidavit, J. C. Wise to Thomas A. McMillan, August 13, 1947;
SIGN Incident #3:
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 29, p. 21;
NICAP, “Oscillating Sphere Observed by Test Pilot & Others”;
