June 29, 1947 — 20Mi NE of Las Cruces, NM
1:15 p.m. Carl J. Zohn, a guided missile expert with the Naval Research Laboratory, is 20 miles east-northeast of Las Cruces, New Mexico, to observe a V-2 rocket launch scheduled for July 3. Between 1:00 and 1:30 p.m., he is riding out to the testing grounds with John R. Kauke and NRL scientist Curtis C. Rockwood (and his wife Nancy) when they see a silvery disc flying at 8,000–10,000 feet. It has no appendages, wings, tail, or propellers. After about 60 seconds it disappears. [Eberhart]
BB Record Card:
SIGN Incident 90:
Report on Interview of Witness:
Letter from AMC to Asst. Chief Air Staff
Misc Newsclip from Blue Book:
Sources:
“Reports from Experts Lend More Serious View to ‘Discs,’” Washington (D.C.) Evening Star, July 8, 1947; p. 2;
“Stiff Necks-Goggle Eyes Order of the Day As ‘Discs’ Continue.” Clovis (N.M.) News-Journal, Jul 8, 1947, p. 1;
“War Department Is Puzzled about Flying Saucers Too; Army Keeping an Open Mind,” Reno Nevada State Journal, July 9, 1947, p. 7;
Ted Bloecher, Report on the UFO Wave of 1947, Case 109, p. III-18;
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknown Catalogue, Case 13, p. 18;
Edward Ruppelt, The report on unidentified flying objects, p. 20;
NICAP, “Naval Research Lab Rocket Scientists See Silver Discs”;
Michael David Hall and Wendy Ann Connors, Alfred Loedding and the Great Flying Saucer Wave of 1947, Rose Press, 1998, p. 33;
Evelyne Tsezana, “Grandpa Zohn Saw UFOs in New Mexico,” Geni, April 6, 2011;
https://www.geni.com/discussions/92999
Wayback link for UFODNA website entry
Curt Collins, “UFOs and Autos,” The Saucers That Time Forgot, January 11, 2024;
https://thesaucersthattimeforgot.blogspot.com/2024/01/ufos-and-autos.htm