This page is a general index of reported UFO crashes from the summer of 1947. The focus of this database is weighted with physical cases, not abounding with "anonymous insider" stories.

The links provided will take you to more information about the specific case. Information is arranged in chronological order. Beneath this is another database arranged by category of crash report [such as cases involving fire, smoke, heat, light, etc.], followed by a listing of crash reports 'by state.'

 

CHRONOLOGICAL DATABASE OF 
1947 FLYING SAUCER CRASHES

DATE	LOCATION	DESCRIPTION [Click on 'location' for detailed info]
6-20-47	Titusville, PA [and other locations]	Molten slag with 'honeycomb properties,' glow and heat
6-21-47	Tacoma, Washington	The famous Dahl and Chisman case: "molten slag"
6-25-47	Nyssa, Oregon	Object said to be 'red hot meteor' strikes car
6-27-47	Tularosa and Eagle, New Mexico	White Sands crew responds to claim of 'fallen object'
7-1-47	Circleville, Ohio	Weather balloon found taken for Flying Saucer crash
7-4-47	Roswell, New Mexico	Air Force press release announces recovery of Flying Saucer, retracts to weather balloon explanation
7-6-47	Grafton Wisconsin	Priest recovers round metal disc, lands after whirring noise and thud
7-6-47	East St. Louis, Illinois	Locomotive engineer collects numerous "discs" composed of white paper
7-7-47	Oxford, Ohio	Sheet of tin foil fastened to four cross-sticks found near the Miami University golf course
7-7-47	New Hampshire	Hot metallic fragments recovered, taken to metallurgist at MIT, resembled parts of jet or V-2
7-7-47	Jackson, Ohio	Capture of a "flying disc" excited residents of Jackson, Ohio, said to be a Radiosonde Transmitter
7-7-47	Shreveport, Louisiana	16-inch aluminum disk found near business district
7-7-47	Bozeman, Montana	Clamshell-shaped object hoax by pilot
7-7-47	Oelwein, Iowa	Disc crashes through trees, man alerts army to claim reward
7-8-47	Ludlow, Kentucky	Southern Railroad employees find aluminum disk
7-8-47	South Bloomfield, Ohio	Box-like gadget covered with silver foil found on farm
7-8-47	Windsor, Ontario Canada	Publicity gimmick, discs thrown from plane
7-9-47	Baker, Montana	26-inch long object found,  bottle filled with ash
7-9-47	Midland, Michigan	Bushel-basket sized fireball leaves dark-looking metallic debris
7-9-47	North Hollywood, California	Construction engineer finds 25-inch metal disc with radio tubes
7-9-47	Thompsonville, Connecticut	Weather balloon found on farm
7-9-47	Rindge, New Hampshire	Burning object starts fire, metal fragments held
7-10-47	Greensburgh/West Chester, N. Y.	Balloon recovery said linked to 'saucer' sightings
7-10-47	Springfield, Massachusettes	Aircraft component, said to be flattened into 'disk'
7-10-47	Beulah Bay, Alabama	Smoking object found in field, produced blue flame
7-10-47	Niwot, Colorado	Balloons recovered, said to be for 'cosmic radiation'
7-11-47	Woodworth, North Dakota	Five people fabricate disc
7-11-47	Laurel, Maryland	FBI alerted to 'buzzing thing' turned over to Laurel police
7-11-47	Black River Falls, Wisconsin	Saucer-object with propeller blades crashes on County Fairgrounds
7-11-47	Twin Falls, Idaho	Saucer delivered to the FBI. Official at Ft. Douglas, Utah would neither 'confirm nor deny' the discovery
7-12-47	Eugene, Oregon	Objects thrown from car
7-12-47	Linden, New Jersey	Object with glowing red light falls from sky, barely misses woman. Inspected by Army officials from Port Newark
7-12-47	Eastchester, New York	Strange contrivance with electronic equipment strikes hedge, thought to be of 'Japanese origin'
7-12-47	Nelsonville, Ohio	Strange contrivance with electronic equipment, pipes show flame effect, thought brought down with shotgun
7-13-47	Amarillo, Texas	Object found after explosion, military seeks to 'hide' it
7-15-47	Clearwater, Florida	Kite-like device with silver disc painted on it
7-15-47	Seattle, Washington	Burning object falls on roof of house, FBI agents informed that "disk could not fly"
7-17-47	Marysville, Kansas	Marshall County News reports "flying saucer" retrieval
7-18-47	Chengtu, China	Balloon recovery said linked to 'saucer' sightings
7-23-47	Ragland, West Virginia	Reporter shown radiosonde
8-8-47	Mullensville, West Virginia	Radiosonde with parachute found


 

DATABASE CATEGORIES

Reports involving flames or FIRE	July 07 - New Hampshire July 07 - Shreveport, Louisiana July 09 - Midland, Michigan July 09 - Ringe, New Hampshire July 10 - Beulah Bay, Alabama July 12 - Nelsonville, Ohio July 15 - Seattle, Washington
Reports referencing SMOKE	July 07 - Shreveport, Louisiana July 09 - Midland, Michigan July 09 - Hollywood, California July 10 - Beulah Bay, Alabama
Allegations of HEAT	June 21 - Titusville, PA [and other locations] July 06 - Grafton, Wisconsin July 09 - Midland, Michigan
Details mentioning LIGHT resulting from either electrical or flame/heat related cirumstnaces	June 21 - Titusville, PA [and other locations] July 09 - Hollywood, California July 12 - Linden, New Jersey
Reports of EXPLOSION seen or heard	July 06 - Grafton, Wisconsin July 13 - Amarillo, Texas
Reports of WIRES, RADIO TUBES AND/OR ELECTRONIC components found on retrieved items	July 06 - Grafton, Wisconsin July 07 - Shreveport, Louisiana July 09 - Hollywood, California July 11 - Laurel, Maryland July 11 - Black River Falls, Wisconsin July 12 - Eastchester, New York July 12 - Linden, New Jersey July 12 - Nelsonville, Ohio July 13 - Amarillo, Texas July 15 - Seattle, Washington
Cases involving the reported misidentification of or finding weather and/or scientific research BALLOONS	July 01 - Circleville, Ohio July 07 - Niwot, Colorado July 07 - Oxford, Ohio July 07 - Jackson, Ohio July 08 - South Bloomfield, Ohio July 09 - Thompsonville, Connecticut July 09 - Baker, Montana http://www.project1947.com/roswell/roslinks.htm July 10 - Greensburgh/West Chester, New York July 17 - Marysville, Kansas July 18 - Chengtu, China July 23 - Ragland, West Virginia August 08 - Mullensville, West Virginia
PUBLICITY STUNTS OR SUSPECTED PRANKS [Note: other cases not listed in this category may be applicable]	July 06 - East St. Louis, Missouri July 07 - Shreveport, Louisiana July 07 - Bozeman, Montana July 08 - Windsor, Ontario Canada July 11 - Woodworth, North Dakota July 12 - Eastchester, New York July 12 - Eugene, Oregon July 15 - Clearwater, Florida
Cases involving MILITARY INTEREST and/or SECRECY	June 21 - Tacoma, Washington June 27 - Tularosa and Eagle, New Mexico ROSWELL July 07 - New Hampshire July 07 - Shreveport, Louisiana July 09 - Midland, Michigan July 11 - Black River Falls, Wisconsin July 11 - Twin Falls, Idaho July 12 - Linden, New Jersey July 13 - Amarillo, Texas July 15 - Seattle, Wasington
Reports of FALLING OBJECTS [as seen in air by witnesses, or heard impacting structure/ground as if from above]	June 21 - Tacoma, Washington June 21 - Titusville, PA [and other locations] June 25 - Nyssa, Oregon June 27 - Tularosa and Eagle, New Mexico July 06 - Grafton, Wisconsin July 07 - Shreveport, Louisiana July 07 - Oelwein, Iowa July 09 - Midland, Michigan July 10 - Springfield, Massachusettes July 11 - Twin Falls, Idaho July 12 - Linden, New Jersey July 12 - Nelsonville, Ohio July 15 - Seattle, Washington
Claims of UNUSUAL NOISE heard prior to retrieval	July 06 - Grafton, Wisconsin July 09 - Midland, Michigan July 11 - Laurel, Maryland
AIRCRAFT PARTS found or seen falling	July 08, 1947 - Ludlow, Kentucky July 10 -Springfield, Massachusettes


 

'47 CRASHED-SAUCER EVENTS
BY STATE/LOCATION

DATE and LOCATION	STATE/COUNTRY
July 08 - Windsor, Ontario Canada	Ontario, Canada
July 18 - Chengtu, China	Chengtu, China
July 10 - Beulah Bay, Alabama	Alabama, U.S.A.
July 09 - Hollywood, California	California, U.S.A.
July 07 - Niwot, Colorado	Colorado, U.S.A.
July 09 - Thompsonville, Connecticut	Connecticut, U.S.A.
July 15 - Clearwater, Florida	Florida, U.S.A.
July 11 - Twin Falls, Idaho	Idaho, U.S.A.
July 07 - Oelwein, Iowa	Iowa, U.S.A.
July 17 - Marysville, Kansas	Kansas, U.S.A.
July 08, 1947 - Ludlow, Kentucky	Kentucky, U.S.A.
July 07 - Shreveport, Louisiana	Louisiana, U.S.A.
July 10 -Springfield, Massachusettes	Massachusettes, U.S.A.
July 11 - Laurel, Maryland	Maryland, U.S.A.
July 09 - Midland, Michigan	Midland, Michigan
July 06 - East St. Louis, Missouri	Missouri, U.S.A.
July 07 - Bozeman, Montana July 09 - Baker, Montana	Montana
July 07 - New Hampshire July 09 - Ringe, New Hampshire	New Hampshire, U.S.A.
July 12 - Linden, New Jersey	New Jersey, U.S.A.
June 27 - Tularosa and Eagle, N.M. July 4 - Roswell, N.M.	New Mexico, U.S.A.
July 12 - Eastchester, New York July 10 - Greensburgh/West Chester, NY	New York, U.S.A.
July 11 - Woodworth, North Dakota	North Dakota, U.S.A.
July 01 - Circleville, Ohio July 07 - Oxford, Ohio July 07 - Jackson, Ohio July 08 - South Bloomfield, Ohio July 12 - Nelsonville, Ohio	Ohio, U.S.A.
June 25 - Nyssa, Oregon July 12 - Eugene, Oregon	Oregon, U.S.A.
June 21 - Titusville, Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
July 13 - Amarillo, Texas	Texas, U.S.A.
June 21 - Tacoma, Washington July 15 - Seattle, Washington	Washington, U.S.A.
July 23 - Ragland, West Virginia August 08 - Mullensville, West Virginia	West Virginia, U.S.A.
July 06 - Grafton, Wisconsin July 11 - Black River Falls, Wisconsin	Wisconsin

REPORTS and COMMENTARY

PROJECT 1947 Report on "Crashed Discs"
By researcher Jan Aldrich

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