DOW-UAP-D177, Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1955

DOW-UAP-D177, Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1955 is a declassified Case File from Department of War. The record is dated 1955, was released in Release 07 on 2026-10-23 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file connected to Catalina Island, California.

The file contains a report by Paul J. Carr of Avalon, California, who reported observing a bright orange object, approximately the size of a nickel held at arm’s length, on the evening of March 15, 1955. The provisional assessment associated with the report includes a comment from the preparing officer that the sighting is possibly astronomical, and that the incident did not warrant further investigation.