Person
Emil J. Smith
Also known as E. J. Smith, Capt. E. J. Smith, Captain Smith
- Captain, United Air Lines (1947)
Emil J. Smith was a United Air Lines captain. On the evening of 4 July 1947, flying Flight 105 from Boise to Seattle, he and his crew watched a group of five objects, and later a second group, silhouetted against the sunset near Emmett, Idaho, and followed them for about 45 miles.
His account was carried by the United Press the next day; the Air Force's copy of the report in its Blue Book files blacks out his name, which NICAP and the press of the time give as Capt. E. J. Smith.
Sources: Project Blue Book case file (U.S. National Archives) · NICAP
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Incidents
- United Air Lines Flight 105 sighting near Emmett, Idaho (witness) — Captain of United Air Lines Flight 105, Boise to Seattle, on 4 July 1947