Unknown UAP Encounter, 1947 — USAAF Box 7 #198
Incident #198 of the 1947-era U.S. Army Air Forces UFO incident summaries (Box 7 of file 38_143685): an unspecified observer reported an unidentified object at not SN ee eee Effect on Cloucst u/s Zxhmust Treil Color of): Me evidence of extamst vonncr of Disspm erence: Seemed to dissolve - thay dida'
Background
Incident #198 of the U.S. Army Air Forces “Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects” series, archived in Box 7 of file 38_143685 and released by the Department of War on May 8, 2026 as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The summary records that an unspecified observer reported a sighting near Unknown.
What the form records
According to the form, the sighting occurred and a reported size of could not be deternined yellow then white undetermined - thought thay were egg-shaped Riss B outstanding reflection Approx 8,000 ft rvort teo far away to detervine a definite st: Gould not be estigated 20 seconds horizontal flight with no apparent change of altitude - not SN ee eee Effect o, at an altitude of not SN ee eee Effect on Cloucst u/s Zxhmust Treil Color of): Me evidence of extamst vonncr of Disspm erence: Seemed to dissolve - thay dida’t go far enpagh to fade from view Wer ions at Tine of Sitting: 5 mile visibility - fog and ance Peculicritics Noted: Appear trenelucent Summary of.
The Remarks/Summary field of the form reads: “of”
Status of the case
All records released under the PURSUE program are designated unresolved by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. The federal government has not concluded these 1947-era incidents 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 active over the U.S. Southwest in 1947), atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.