Department of WarPDFTier 2 · Documented firsthand report
Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1949
DOW-UAP-D181 · Release 07 (10/23)
Agency
Department of War
Document type
PDF
Location
Catalina Island, California (United States)
Incident date
4/28/49
Release
Release 07 (10/23)
Evidence tier
Tier 2 · Documented firsthand report
What the document says
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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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE • TIME GROUP
28 April 4'1
J. SOURCE
Civilian
LOCATION
Catalina Island, Call.!omia
10, CONCLUSION
INSUFFICllNT DATA FOR EVAllJATIOO
11. BRIEF SUMMARY ANO ANALYSIS
Observer sif!tlted six objects. Each fiev by alone.
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.._ HUMBER OF OBJECTS
Six
S. LENCTH OF OBSERVATION
Not Reported
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
7, COURSE
Not Reported
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Context
This is one of 282 Department of War records in the declassified archive, reported in the United States region. It was published in Release 07 (10/23).
Evidence tiers describe the type of record (sensor capture vs. written report vs.
administrative file) · not a claim about its conclusions. UFO Papers reports only what the documents state.