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
FRED // CASE CONSOLE
SOL-3 // FILE 0015 // CH 03
CONTEXT VIEW // NOT SOURCE MEDIA
CASE FINGERPRINT
F099-2799-4AC2
CLOCK // NOT PRECISE
SENSOR CONTEXT WITNESS CONTEXT
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%
Interface completeness only // this score does not measure truth, evidence strength, or extraterrestrial probability
1 document(s)1 source node(s)5 structured claim(s) location precision: area moved sharply and jerkilyturned edge-onshot straight upward
FRED // ROUTING NOTEAn open file with recorded sensor context. Fine. I was almost going to finish something today.
Off-record desk banter // not case attribution
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Visitor Transmission // AlienBox editorial layer
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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When
Unknown
Where
west of Boise, Idaho
Morphology
DISK
Evidence authority
ATTRIBUTED
Resolution
UNRESOLVED

Why Fred Thinks This Case Matters

AlienBox comparative analysis from structured Earth Record fields // not a new source // not a change in evidence grade
Console archetype // Aviation + sensor context

Fred keeps this file near the top of the pile because the witness context includes aviation personnel, the record names 1 sensor type, and visual-media evidence is explicitly referenced. That combination makes the case useful for cross-archive comparison without changing its evidence grade.

Professional aviation witness context and at least one recorded sensor type appear in the structured Earth Record. That combination is analytically useful, but it is not automatic corroboration.

What strengthens the record

  • 1 linked source document provide provenance for the Earth Record.
  • 5 claim citations tie extracted statements back to source excerpts or locators.
  • Recorded sensor context: Camera.
  • Recorded evidence context: Attributed Witness Report and Attempted Photographic Film With No Trace.

What limits the record

  • The structured record does not establish multiple independent observers.
  • No published resolved-as conclusion is stored for this dossier.
  • The current dossier is anchored to one source network rather than independent source networks.
  • AlienBox classifies this as ATTRIBUTED, which preserves the difference between a sourced report and independently established underlying facts.

What would help resolve it

  • Can the originating record establish an exact number of observers and whether their observations were independent?
  • Was a later investigation or mundane explanation published by the originating authority or another approved source?
  • Can the source establish a usable duration for the observation rather than only a date or narrative sequence?

Fred Says Go Here Next

Internal research paths chosen from this dossier's structured fields. Similarity is navigation, not corroboration.
UFO & UAP Pilot Reports → Compare this witness context with other aviation records. UFO & UAP Records With Sensor Data → See how other dossiers record sensor context without treating it as automatic corroboration. UFO & UAP Photo and Video Case Files → Compare provenance and limitations across visual-media cases.
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Earth Record // ATTRIBUTED

Human-world claims below are kept separate from Fred and Visitor editorial/lore. Translation changes language, not evidence status.
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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