DOW Archival Record Release 05

DOW-UAP-D100, Air Materiel Command Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947-1948

DOW-UAP-D100, Air Materiel Command Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947-1948 is a declassified Archival Record from Department of War. The record is dated 1947, was released in Release 05 on 2026-08-07 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file.

Agency
Department of War
Record Year
1947
Released
2026-08-07
Files
1 total

Citation-Ready Summary

DOW-UAP-D100, Air Materiel Command Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947-1948 is a declassified Archival Record from Department of War. The record is dated 1947, was released in Release 05 on 2026-08-07 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file.

This file is a collection of U.S. Government memoranda and correspondence relating to "Project Sign," a 1948 U.S. Air Force program to investigate reports of high-performance airborne objects. The documents characterize some of these reports as being consistent with "real" objects rather than fabrications or resulting from perceptual errors. The U.S. Air Force cites the reported characteristics of the phenomena, e.g., high speed and maneuverability, as exceeding known performance envelopes of U.S.

Key Facts

military aircraft and thereby presenting a potential national security threat, if validated.

This potential threat prompted the Air Force to call on the Air Materiel Command (AMC), the Service's Major Command for logistics and procurement from 1946 to 1961, to gather further evidence to assess the validity of the reports.

Official record metadata lists incident date 1947-1948.

Released as part of PURSUE Release 05 on August 7, 2026.

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