State Dept intelligence collection files (1948–1955) — UAP entries
State Department numerical and intelligence-collection files spanning 1948–1955, with entries on UAP / flying-disc diplomatic reporting.
- Record type
- Document Release
- Primary source
- linked
- Named witnesses
- 0
- Media
- 2
An Air Force intelligence report from November 1948 relating to unidentified flying objects and flying saucers.
**Released as part of PURSUE Release 01 (May 8, 2026).** The Department of War published the following primary-source records:
- **341_110448_Records_Relating_to_the_Collection_and_Dissemination_of_Intelligence_1948-1955-TS_CONT_No.2_2-5300-2-5399** (Department of War, 2048-11-08 · Netherlands) — 7 pages.
Source integrity: SHA-256 `45b2fdb6c919cd8e…`
- **341_110677_Numerical_File,_5-2500** (Department of War, 2055-10-14 · Azerbaijan) — 10 pages.
Source integrity: SHA-256 `2cbbb33f9917d45c…`
*Skeleton import — comprehensive narrative analysis pending. Sources are linked above; OCR-extracted text from the page images is available in the [PURSUE Open Atlas dataset](https://huggingface.co/datasets/alex-zhang42/ufo-pursue-open-atlas) (CC0).*
Published
- UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the RecordLeslie Kean · 2010
Dossier compiling first-person accounts from senior government and military witnesses. Set the editorial standard for the modern record.
- In Plain Sight: An Investigation Into UFOs and Impossible ScienceRoss Coulthart · 2021
Long-form investigation by the Australian journalist who broke the David Grusch story two years later.
- UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here—and Out ThereGarrett M. Graff · 2023
Narrative history from a Pulitzer-finalist journalist; the best single-volume entry point into the modern U.S. record.
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