1948 UAP Sighting — USAF Files
On December 13, 1948, Captain O.M. Legg observed an unidentified flying object that appeared stationary. The object lacked visible means of propulsion, exhaust, fins, or stabilizers, and its size and shape were unknown. It disappeared in a manner similar to a flare burning out.
Background
A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 126 of 342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949, 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 December 13, 1948 and located in Unknown location.
What the file records
On December 13, 1948, Captain O.M. Legg observed an unidentified flying object that appeared stationary. The object lacked visible means of propulsion, exhaust, fins, or stabilizers, and its size and shape were unknown. It disappeared in a manner similar to a flare burning out.
Witnesses on file: Capt 0, M. Legg.
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.