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// PURSUE INCIDENT · PURSUE-001 //

Roswell, New Mexico — 08 JUL 1947

FBI Dallas field memo describing hexagonal object suspended from a 20-foot balloon by cable.

“Hexagonal object suspended from a 20-foot balloon by cable.”

Incident summary

FBI Dallas field office memo describes a hexagonal object suspended from a 20-foot balloon by cable, recovered in the New Mexico desert. Memo escalated to bureau leadership.

Why this case matters

This incident is logged in PURSUE Release 01 — the U.S. Department of War's 2026-05-08 declassified UAP file release — under identifier PURSUE-001. The originating agency is the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the case is currently classified DECLASSIFIED and rated CORROBORATED by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). UAP.WATCH mirrors the original record, adds a geographic and temporal index, and links every claim back to the canonical war.gov source.

Primary-source evidence

Declassified documents

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