1947 UAP Sighting — FBI Files (D2P165)
The witness observed a chain of unidentified objects flying near mountain peaks. He estimated the chain to be at least five miles long and timed their passage over a five-mile ridge at one minute and forty-two seconds. He ruled out reflections or mirages, having observed them thr
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 165 of 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_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 1947 and located in Unknown location.
What the file records
The witness observed a chain of unidentified objects flying near mountain peaks. He estimated the chain to be at least five miles long and timed their passage over a five-mile ridge at one minute and forty-two seconds. He ruled out reflections or mirages, having observed them through both the airplane window and with an unobstructed view.
Witnesses on file: an airline pilot.
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.