June 30, 1947 — nr Grand Canyon, AZ
9:10 a.m. Naval Lt. William G. McGinty is flying a P-80 from Williams AFB [now Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport], Arizona, near the Grand Canyon when he observes two circular objects diving at inconceivable speed and landing 25 miles south of the canyon. [Eberharts]
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Sources:
Ted Bloecher, Report on The UFO Wave of 1947, Case 20, p. II-12;
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 831, p. 18;
Jacques Vallée, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 191; [Case 59]
APRO Bulletin 26, no. 6 (December 1977): 8;
George M. Eberhart, ed., The Roswell Report: A Historical Perspective. J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, 1991, p. 10;
Michael D. Swords, “The Lost Words of Edward Ruppelt,” IUR 20, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1995): 14–15;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 436;
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 482;
NICAP, “P-80 Pilot Sees Circular Objects Dive and Land”;
