◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
Two Fiery Discs Seen from the Tanker Ticonderoga
Early on 12 November 1947 the second officer on the bridge of the tanker Ticonderoga, twenty miles off the Oregon coast, watched two balls trailing streams of fire come out of the northern horizon and arc away west for about 45 seconds. He told the United Press he did not think they were meteors. The incident summary that carries it made no evaluation, and Hynek's index for Project Grudge later filed the incident as astronomical at fair or low probability. This is the record of what two seamen reported, not a verdict on what crossed the sea.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- Two Fiery Discs Seen from the Tanker Ticonderoga is a reported UAP case in At sea, 20 miles off the Oregon coast, 40 miles south of Cape Blanco, USA, Wednesday 12 November 1947, early morning.
- The second officer of the tanker Ticonderoga reported two balls trailing jet-like streams of fire arcing west from the northern horizon off the Oregon coast early on 12 November 1947.
- Second Officer Claude Lee Williamson told the United Press he did not think they were meteors, because meteors do not usually travel in pairs.
- The incident summary that records it makes no evaluation; Hynek's Project Grudge index later listed it as astronomical at fair or low probability.
- NICAP lists the sighting as a Blue Book unknown.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 2 distinct claimants on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-12; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
Wednesday 12 November 1947, early morning
LOCATION
At sea, 20 miles off the Oregon coast, 40 miles south of Cape Blanco · USA
COORDS
42.26°N 124.80°W
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
2
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-12 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
