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Flight 105 UFO sighting

DATE4 Jul 1947
LOCAL TIME—
LOCATIONEn route from Boise, Idaho to Pendleton, Oregon, United States
COORDINATES43.63°N, 116.22°W

A United Airlines crew including Captain Emil Smith, co-pilot Ralph Stephens, and flight attendant Marty Morrow witnessed nine unidentified objects. Believing them to be aircraft, Smith flashed the plane's landing lights intending to alert the objects which he described as "smooth on the bottom and rough appearing on top".

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WITNESSES & UNITS

Flight crew & air traffic control

SENSORS & EVIDENCE

Physical site inspection report

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