1947 UAP Sighting — FBI Files (D2P176)
In July 1947, Sergeant Baker observed two objects traveling northeast at a high altitude (8-10,000 feet). He described them as gray and moving faster than any conventional aircraft, appearing to roll or turn over. Baker seemed puzzled by the observation and was initially reluctan
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 176 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 July 1947 and located in Unknown location.
What the file records
In July 1947, Sergeant Baker observed two objects traveling northeast at a high altitude (8-10,000 feet). He described them as gray and moving faster than any conventional aircraft, appearing to roll or turn over. Baker seemed puzzled by the observation and was initially reluctant to discuss it.
Witnesses on file: S/Sgt Baker.
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.