# October 14, 1947 — Cave Creek, AZ — Small Black Flying Wing Observed

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October 14, 1947 — Cave Creek, AZ  
12:00 noon. About 11 miles northeast of Cave Creek, Arizona, former fighter pilot J. L. Clark, civilian pilot Anderson, and a third man see a 3-foot “flying wing,” black against the white clouds and red against the blue sky, flying straight at an estimated 380 mph at 8,000–10,000 feet altitude, moving from northwest to southeast for 45–60 seconds. [Eberhart]

Summary:

 ![10141947-CaveCreekAZ-SIGN-Incident37-Summary](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/6/62a9d75ec4c8ff3d8c6bc36a6efbfe48314462e2.jpeg)

Sources:  
NICAP, “Small Black Flying Wing Observed”;

> **[UFO Report](https://www.nicap.org/471014cavecreek_dir.htm)**

Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 62, p. 29;

 ![10141947-CaveCreekAZ-Sparks-Case62-p29](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/uapdiscovery/original/2X/f/fd6855249e0134ea8e3826eb9b9200b9a2318023.png)

[PURSUE release, pp. 84–85;]

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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, pp. 114–115;]

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[https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release\_03/documents/DOW-UAP-D087\_US-AirForce\_Analysis-of-Flying-Objects-in-the-US\_1-100.pdf](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/061226/release_03/documents/DOW-UAP-D087_US-AirForce_Analysis-of-Flying-Objects-in-the-US_1-100.pdf)

“The 701 club Part 1: Case 95 October 14, 1947 Phoenix, Arizona,” SUNlite, Special Edition, no. 2 (July 2026): 4;

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> **[SUNliteSE\_2.pdf](https://www.astronomyufo.com/UFO/SUNliteSE_2.pdf)**
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