1947 UAP Sighting — FBI Files (D33P51)
Reports of strange flying objects began appearing around June 25th and were initially met with skepticism. Over the following days, sightings were reported in 36 states, peaking on July 4th. Observers described the objects as round or disc-shaped, traveling at high speeds and alt
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 51 of 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1, 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 June 25 and located in Unknown location.
What the file records
Reports of strange flying objects began appearing around June 25th and were initially met with skepticism. Over the following days, sightings were reported in 36 states, peaking on July 4th. Observers described the objects as round or disc-shaped, traveling at high speeds and altitudes.
Witnesses on file: civilian observers.
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.