Incident #36 Sighting Report — Boise, Idaho, November 1947

This document contains records regarding Incident #36, a sighting of an unidentified aerial object near Boise, Idaho, in November 1947. The report, associated with Project 10073, notes that a CAA observer witnessed an object described as a pulsating bluish-green light. The object appeared in the southwest and moved toward the northeast, disappearing over the mountains. Official analysis of the incident concluded that there was insufficient data for a proper evaluation, noting that the lack of specific details regarding speed, altitude, and exact time made it impossible to reach a firm conclusion. An internal assessment suggested that the object might have been a fireball. The file also includes a 1949 memorandum from the Air Weather Service to the Air Materiel Command, which discusses the possibility of weather balloons being responsible for various reported sightings, listing incident #36 among those reviewed. Additionally, the document includes an index of evaluations from the Project Grudge report, where incident #36 is categorized under cases where a lack of evidence precludes a definitive explanation.