Wright Field, Ohio (Air Material Command) — DEC 1947
AMC memorandum to HQ noting recurring 'flying disc' reports from qualified observers.
“Continued and recent reports from qualified observers...still makes this matter one of concern.”
Incident summary
Air Material Command memorandum dated December 1947 acknowledges that 'continued and recent reports from qualified observers concerning this phenomenon still makes this matter one of concern to Headquarters, Air Material Command'. Predecessor document to Project SIGN.
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-023. The originating agency is the United States Air Force; 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
- AMC MEMORANDUM — RECURRING DISC REPORTS // DECEMBER 1947 (DOC-008 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SECTION 10 (DOC-009 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SECTION 2 (DOC-010 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SECTION 3 (DOC-011 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SECTION 4 (DOC-012 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SECTION 5 (DOC-013 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SECTION 6 (DOC-014 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SECTION 7 (DOC-015 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SECTION 9 (DOC-016 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SERIAL 130 (DOC-017 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SERIAL 153 (DOC-018 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SERIAL 164 (DOC-019 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SERIAL 220 (DOC-020 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SERIAL 403 (DOC-021 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SERIAL 438 (DOC-022 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SERIAL 449 (DOC-023 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SUB A (DOC-024 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 18 100754 GENERAL 1946-7 VOL 2 (DOC-025 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 18 6369445 GENERAL 1948 VOL 1 (DOC-026 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 341 110448 RECORDS RELATING TO THE COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF INTELLIGENCE 1948-1955-TS CONT NO.2 2-5300-2-5399 (DOC-030 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 342 HS1-416511228 319.1 FLYING DISCS 1949 (DOC-032 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SECTION 1 (DOC-040 · DECLASSIFIED)
- 65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 SECTION 8 (DOC-041 · DECLASSIFIED)
- Roswell, New Mexico — 08 JUL 1947PURSUE-001 · CORROBORATED · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Western United States — 2023PURSUE-005 · UNRESOLVED · Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Idaho — c.1950PURSUE-010 · CORROBORATED · 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