Idaho — c.1950
FBI regional office concerned unexplained sightings could cause 'hysteria, or panic'.
“Hysteria, or panic.”
Incident summary
Idaho regional FBI office expressed concern that unexplained sightings could cause 'hysteria, or panic' among the population. Memo released with redactions.
Why this case matters
This incident is logged in the Pentagon's PURSUE catalog — the U.S. Department of War's rolling declassified UAP file release (Release 01 on 2026-05-08, Release 02 on 2026-05-22) — under identifier PURSUE-010. 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
- FBI MEMO — IDAHO FIELD OFFICE // PUBLIC ORDER CONCERNS (DOC-006 · DECLASSIFIED)
- Roswell, New Mexico — 08 JUL 1947PURSUE-001 · CORROBORATED · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Western United States — 2023PURSUE-005 · UNRESOLVED · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Western United States (undisclosed) — SEP 2025PURSUE-017 · UNRESOLVED · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Western United States (undisclosed) — DEC 2025PURSUE-018 · UNRESOLVED · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Western United States (undisclosed) — SEP 2023PURSUE-019 · ANOMALOUS · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Southeastern United States (undisclosed) — 2023PURSUE-020 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD)