1946 UAP Sighting — FBI Files
Reports of unidentified phenomena date back to Biblical times, but a current series of sightings began around 1946. The volume of reports has increased in recent years due to increased aerial activity, greater public curiosity, and efficient communication methods. The Air Force c
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 72 of 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_7, a declassified FBI vault file released by the Department of War on May 8, 2026 as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The incident is dated 1946 and located in Unknown location.
What the file records
Reports of unidentified phenomena date back to Biblical times, but a current series of sightings began around 1946. The volume of reports has increased in recent years due to increased aerial activity, greater public curiosity, and efficient communication methods. The Air Force continues to investigate these sightings, though no discernible pattern or menace has been identified.
Witnesses on file: civilian observers.
Status of the case
The page-level assessment recorded in the file is: no agency assessment. All records released under the PURSUE program are designated unresolved by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office unless otherwise stated, meaning the federal government has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of this period include experimental aircraft, weather balloons (especially the Project Mogul series), atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.