Earth File #15 // ATTRIBUTED record

Reported circular-object observation west of Boise by Dave Johnson

Dave Johnson reportedly saw a black circular object for about 45 seconds while flying at 14,000 feet west of Boise. According to the attributed account, it moved sharply and jerkily near a cloud bank, turned edge-on into a straight black line, then shot upward and disappeared. Film Johnson attempted to make reportedly showed no trace; a weather-balloon explanation was also addressed in the account but was not established as the cause.
Source // Project 1947 Earth record separated from alien editorial
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SOL-3 // FILE 0015 // CH 03
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Reported motionDISK
FRED // ROUTING NOTE // generated from Earth Record metadata
DISK
west of Boise, Idaho. The diagram on the left is a structured-record visualization—not a reconstruction, photograph, sensor return, or additional evidence.
UNRESOLVED CLOCK // NOT PRECISE Project 1947
Witness picturepilot 1 interface marker(s) // not a headcount estimate
Motion traceReported motionmoved sharply and jerkily, turned edge-on, shot straight upward
Sensor / evidencecameraattributed witness report, attempted photographic film with no trace
Fred's paperwork completeness8/9 fields // 89%
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1 document(s)1 source node(s)5 structured claim(s) location precision: area moved sharply and jerkilyturned edge-onshot straight upward
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Your archive reports that pilot Dave Johnson attributed a 45-second observation near west of Boise to a black circular object, which he said moved sharply near a cloud bank. The same account says it turned edge-on, appeared as a straight line, and rose out of view. Film he attempted reportedly showed no trace. Three Idaho National Guard personnel were separately reported to have described a round, black object with similar maneuvers. Not ours. We did not cause or operate this phenomenon. The weather-balloon question remains unresolved, as do many human filing systems.
Fred // Earth Records Liaison // AlienBox editorial layer
The archive’s attributed account is an intriguing filing: a pilot reported a black circular object, abrupt maneuvers, and an edge-on turn into a line before losing sight of it. The account also reports that attempted film showed no trace; that is a limitation, not a verdict. A weather-balloon explanation was addressed, but not established. So: unresolved, and still not extraterrestrial by Earth Record standards. Also, for the AlienBox file, this one was not ours. That does not solve the human case; it merely prevents my cousins from being blamed for every poorly labeled aerial incident. Zarnok Vell once borrowed an observation craft for snacks and returned with frozen drinks, a novelty cup, and mileage that remains under review.
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west of Boise, Idaho
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Resolution
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Earth Record // ATTRIBUTED

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ATTRIBUTED RECORD // AlienBox can establish that the cited source reports these claims; that does not independently verify the underlying event.
Witness typespilot
Sensor typescamera
Evidence typesattributed witness report, attempted photographic film with no trace
Dave Johnson reported seeing a circular object for 45 seconds while flying at 14,000 feet west of Boise and said it appeared black and moved sharply and jerkily near a cloud bank.
Claim #380 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 99% extraction confidence
“Three days of aerial search on an assignment to find a flying disc paid off today when for 45 seconds I watched a circular object dart about in front of a cloud bank.”
Source: "A-1: Completely reliable" radar sighting of unidentified aircraft // Chunk 1; source chars 0-22295; chunk 1 chars 0-22295, Lewiston, Idaho Daily Tribune, 10 July 1947, Johnson article
Johnson reported that the object turned edge-on, appeared as a straight black line, then shot straight upward and disappeared from view.
Claim #381 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 99% extraction confidence
“The object was turning so that it presented its edge to me. It then appeared as a straight black line. Then, with the edge still toward me, it shot straight up, rolled over at the top of this maneuver, and I lost sight of it.”
Source: "A-1: Completely reliable" radar sighting of unidentified aircraft // Chunk 1; source chars 0-22295; chunk 1 chars 0-22295, Johnson article, Not A Weather Balloon section
Johnson reported that the weather bureau had not released a balloon for several hours, according to the Boise CAA communications station.
Claim #382 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 98% extraction confidence
“The answer was no, that a balloon had not been released for several hours.”
Source: "A-1: Completely reliable" radar sighting of unidentified aircraft // Chunk 1; source chars 0-22295; chunk 1 chars 0-22295, Johnson article, Not A Weather Balloon section
Johnson reported that the film he attempted to make failed to show any trace of the object; an Eastman laboratory manager said the camera likely could not have captured it at that distance.
Claim #383 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 99% extraction confidence
“Eastman laboratories in San Francisco reported today that film sent them by the Idaho Statesman failed to show any trace of the object I saw and attempted to photograph during my third aerial search for a flying disc.”
Source: "A-1: Completely reliable" radar sighting of unidentified aircraft // Chunk 1; source chars 0-22295; chunk 1 chars 0-22295, Lewiston, Idaho Daily Tribune, 11 July 1947, film follow-up
The source reports that three Idaho national guard personnel—Warren Noe, Bob Ayres, and Ferm Sabala—said they saw a round, black object performing similar maneuvers in the same area and disappearing very fast.
Claim #384 // ATTRIBUTED CLAIM // ATTRIBUTED // 98% extraction confidence
“They said that they had seen an object performing similar maneuvers, round and black in appearance, against the clouds, and that it disappeared "very fast".”
Source: "A-1: Completely reliable" radar sighting of unidentified aircraft // Chunk 1; source chars 0-22295; chunk 1 chars 0-22295, Johnson article, He Saw Something section
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