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====Flight 105==== {{main|Flight 105 UFO sighting}} {{Location map+|USA West|width=150|float = right|caption=Flight 105 departed Boise bound for Pendleton.|places= {{Location map~|USA West| lat_dir=N|lat_deg=43|lat_min=36|lat_sec=57|mark = BSicon_AIRCLUB_fliph.svg | marksize =16 | lon_dir=W|lon_deg=116|lon_min=12|lon_sec=6|label=Boise | label_size = 100 |position=right}} }} On the evening of July 4, United Airlines Flight 105 took off from [[Boise, Idaho]] in a [[DC-3]] bound for [[Pendleton, Oregon]].<ref name="auto59"/><ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zjI4X7ZOvOIC|title=Watch the Skies!: A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth|first=Curtis|last=Peebles|date=March 21, 1995|publisher=Berkley Books|isbn=9780425151174 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/569377870/|title=8 Jul 1947, 1 - The Spokesman-Review at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In a sign of the times, on departure Boise tower jokingly suggested the crew "be on the lookout for 'flying saucers'".<ref name="Jul5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/428762908/|title=5 Jul 1947, 3 - The Columbus Telegram at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref> During the flight, the crew reportedly observed "four or five 'somethings'", described as "smooth on the bottom and rough appearing on top", but they could not say whether they were "oval or saucer-like".<ref name="Jul5"/> One object was reportedly larger than the rest.<ref name="Jul5"/> The crew later witnessed what they interpreted as four additional objects.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/350610291/|title=5 Jul 1947, 1 - Rapid City Journal at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
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