Unknown UAP Encounter, 1948 — USAAF Box 7 #200
Incident #200 of the 1947-era U.S. Army Air Forces UFO incident summaries (Box 7 of file 38_143685): Ernest Heley Box yob, Greseent City» Celif 5. Occupation and/or novbies? Dry Cleaner 6, Attention Attrect glint of Mgnt reported an unidentified flying object near Unknown.
Background
Incident #200 of the U.S. Army Air Forces “Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects” series, archived in Box 7 of file 38_143685 and released by the Department of War on May 8, 2026 as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The summary records that Ernest Heley Box yob, Greseent City» Celif 5. Occupation and/or novbies? Dry Cleaner 6, Attention Attrect glint of Mgnt reported a sighting near Unknown.
What the form records
According to the form, the sighting occurred on Mr Andrew N. Siler, a fishernan heard the sgund of a plene. Looking up he saw a silver-colored egg-shaped object that had the appesrance of a small blimp traveling south at ebout 300 mph, Wo wings or tail structure wis visible nor was there any smoke visible, No noise was heard from the object. The.
Status of the case
All records released under the PURSUE program are designated unresolved by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. The federal government has not concluded these 1947-era incidents 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 active over the U.S. Southwest in 1947), atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.