Roswell UFO Crash, August 30, 2022 — FBI File
Roswell crash: The year 1947 saw a surge in reported sightings of unidentified flying objects, marking a significant period in UFO history. Numerous accounts from across the country contributed to the public's fascination with these aerial phenomena.
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 46 of AARO Historical Record Report Vol 1 2024, an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) document published in 2024-2025. The incident is dated 1947 and located in Unknown location.
What the document records
The year 1947 saw a surge in reported sightings of unidentified flying objects, marking a significant period in UFO history. Numerous accounts from across the country contributed to the public’s fascination with these aerial phenomena.
Witnesses on file: civilian observers.
Status of the case
The page-level assessment recorded in the document is: no agency assessment. AARO designates unresolved cases as those for which the agency 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 recent periods include drones, classified test platforms, satellite re-entry, balloon traffic, atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.