# June 30, 1947 — nr Grand Canyon, AZ — P-80 Pilot Sees Circular Objects Dive and Land

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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]

Record Card:

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-BBCard](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/b51bec4c72001fff1e0acc58c9cfd24fd3730b48.jpeg)

SIGN Incident 78:

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-BB-Incident78-Summary](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/15bad5ff05b9163581395cda2cb3b713d4ec9970.jpeg)  
 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-BB-Incident78-Checklist-1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/1/147ad9a1b9ef45db8178d2013fdcc551b206876e.jpeg)  
 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-BB-Incident78-Checklist-2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/872784b0421bf89883b749f43c54fd462201ae1b.jpeg)  
 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-BB-Incident78-WeatherBalloonCheck](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/2/2dc40505895e6da11f6299a65a35663d1362b7fb.jpeg)

Hynek Evaluation:

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-BB-HynekEvaluation](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/f/f05ccfa361a14fa3c9744c566da82a28b0eb253b.jpeg)

FBI Files:

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-FBIFILES](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/0/09d1e9d26ebf353f464ef8add8d98291050b85a2.png)

NavCat Entry:

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-NavCat2](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/9f7ab6cf4e5712c5f5241fa1196aded699280a82.jpeg)

Sources:  
Ted Bloecher, Report on The UFO Wave of 1947, Case 20, p. II-12;

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-Bloecher-pII-12](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/e/eebd11c131bb9606f54b23789b3c8a8afaa94334.png)

Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 831, p. 18;

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-Sparks-Case14-p18](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/8371e85f74e8931501da190eff32c735c5921b44.png)

Jacques Vallée, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 191; [Case 59]

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-ValleePTM-Case59-p191](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/3/34115534154918b5f1947ce41074cf4c19b6d643.png)

APRO Bulletin 26, no. 6 (December 1977): 8;

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-APROv26n6-p8](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/b029f972acbf806f1952979346cb700643189a95.png)

George M. Eberhart, ed., The Roswell Report: A Historical Perspective. J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, 1991, p. 10;

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-CUFOSRoswellReport-p10](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/9/9c4cea919a95561f6a1c178588c2965c47eb0c8f.png)

Michael D. Swords, “The Lost Words of Edward Ruppelt,” IUR 20, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1995): 14–15;

 ![06281947-LakeMeadNV-IURv20n2-p14](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/c/c8110edcf0c64b2e3690bd11f6f1de749f0446fd.jpeg)  
 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-IURv20n2-p15](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/5/5532e1b91899e36078709045594c2480d073e290.png)

Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Ed., p. 436;  
Jerome Clark, The UFO Encyclopedia, 4th Ed., p. 482;

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-ClarkIII-p436](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/a/a167de42dc6281c3fb86ff8f25eae61b95be5dcd.png)

NICAP, “P-80 Pilot Sees Circular Objects Dive and Land”;

> **[UFO Report](http://www.nicap.org/470630grandcanyon_dir.htm)**

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-NICAPWebsite](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/d/dfedae381d52a001be3550d6dc5db6effff76dd9.png)

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PURSUE release, pp. 167–168;

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-SIGN-Incident78-p1](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/8/84c498c4e7fbeedece754079e88700530c8d49ed.jpeg)

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[https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release\_1/38\_143685\_box7\_incident\_summaries\_1-100.pdf](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/38_143685_box7_incident_summaries_1-100.pdf)

PURSUE release, p. 136;

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_1-p136](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/b/b2478c6f77936dea736de8ba4cd6664cf5f99b47.jpeg)

[https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release\_1/65\_hs1-834228961\_62-hq-83894\_section\_1.pdf](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_section_1.pdf)

PURSUE release, p. 48;

 ![06301947-nrGrandCanyonArizona-65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_serial_130-p48](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/4/4fee9f60d0c0990fe0949f60280a3379ab6994b2.jpeg)

[https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release\_1/65\_hs1-834228961\_62-hq-83894\_serial\_130.pdf](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_hs1-834228961_62-hq-83894_serial_130.pdf)