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DOW-UAP-D181, Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1949

Kind
Document
Agency
Department of War
Incident date
4/28/49
Location
Catalina Island, California
Released
Oct 23, 2026
Record
DOW-UAP-D181

The file opens on war.gov, the Department of War's PURSUE site.

WHAT THE RECORD SAYS

The government's own description, as released.

This file contains correspondence from Mr. Percy Wackey of Avalon, California to Mr. Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Idaho. Mr. Wackey relayed that his wife and another individual reported observing six objects over Catalina Island on the night of April 28, 1949. A handwritten annotation and contemporary documentation associated with the letter indicate a conclusion by the U.S. Air Force that the incident lacked sufficient data for evaluation.

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