1947 UAP Sighting — USAF Files (D17P26)
A memo details observations of flying saucer phenomena collected from reliable sources. These objects are described as circular or elliptical, metallic, and approximately the size of a C-54 aircraft. Reports indicate they fly in formation at speeds exceeding 300 knots and exhibit
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 26 of 18_100754_ General 1946-7_Vol_2, 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 22 August 1947 and located in Unknown location.
What the file records
A memo details observations of flying saucer phenomena collected from reliable sources. These objects are described as circular or elliptical, metallic, and approximately the size of a C-54 aircraft. Reports indicate they fly in formation at speeds exceeding 300 knots and exhibit lateral oscillation.
Witnesses on file: FBI agents.
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.
Sources
- [Original release on war.gov](https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/18_100754_ general 1946-7_vol_2.pdf)
- Department of War UFO Disclosure Portal
- AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office)