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Muroc Army Air Field sightings

When: 8 Jul 1947
Where: Edwards AFB, CA
Sources: 2 public sources

Muroc Dry Lake in 1947, the California test base where the July 8 sightings occurred U.S. Navy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Test pilots, officers and a crew of technicians at Muroc air base in California's Mojave Desert reported round, silvery objects on the morning of July 8, 1947. Edward Ruppelt, later head of Project Blue Book, wrote that this was the first sighting to make the Air Force take a deep interest.

Sources

FirsthandThe Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Edward J. Ruppelt, 1956) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1956
OtherThe Flying Saucers Are Real (Donald E. Keyhoe, 1950) (opens in a new tab)Project Gutenberg / 1950

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