1947 UAP Sighting — USAF Files (D17P9)
A communication references data regarding "Flying Discs" received from AC/AS-2, prompting a study by various personnel at Wright Field. The document indicates an opinion was formed based on interrogation reports and preliminary studies, but the specific incidents prompting the st
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 9 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 January 1947 and located in Unknown location.
What the file records
A communication references data regarding “Flying Discs” received from AC/AS-2, prompting a study by various personnel at Wright Field. The document indicates an opinion was formed based on interrogation reports and preliminary studies, but the specific incidents prompting the study are not detailed on this page.
Witnesses on file: unspecified.
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)