Roswell UFO Crash, July 1947 — FBI File (D214P21)
A first saucer wave case from Roswell, New Mexico. In July 1947, metallic and rubber debris was recovered near Roswell Army Air Field, sparking conspiracy theories.
Background
In July 1947, in Roswell, New Mexico, 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 first wave of “flying saucer” reports that swept the united states after the kenneth arnold sighting of june 1947 and the roswell incident of july 1947.
The case appears in materials produced or curated by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
What the document records
In July 1947, metallic and rubber debris was recovered near Roswell Army Air Field, sparking conspiracy theories. Claims arose that the debris was from an alien spaceship and part of a USG cover-up. Congressman Schiff inquired about the incident with the GAO.
Verbatim from the file
“As far as I know, an alien spacecraft did not crash in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947…if the USAF did recover alien bodies, they didn’t tell me about it…and I want to know.””
Type of case
The case includes reports of figures or beings associated with the object.
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.