Manhattan, New York UFO Sighting (November 23, 1942) — AARO Records (D213P40)
A foo fighters era case from Manhattan, New York. The V-173 aircraft, nicknamed the “Flying Pancake”, first flew on November 23, 1942.
Background
On November 23, 1942, in Manhattan, New York, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) recorded the unidentified-phenomenon case described below. The case is preserved in AARO’s 2024-2025 publications and consolidated annual reports to Congress, declassified or released in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Department of Defense reporting cycles.
One of the foo-fighter-era reports from the second world war, when allied aircrews repeatedly described unexplained luminous objects pacing their bombers.
The case appears in materials produced or curated by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
What the document records
The V-173 aircraft, nicknamed the “Flying Pancake”, first flew on November 23, 1942. It was designed with a circular wing to allow for low-speed takeoffs and landings, and could almost hover. The project was cancelled in 1948 in favor of turbojet engines.
Type of case
The case is a visual sighting reported by ground or air observers.
Status
AARO designates unresolved cases as those for which the agency has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded that they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of recent periods include commercial drones, classified test platforms, satellite re-entry, balloon traffic, atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.