3 events in the archive
Every documented UAP event from 1947 in the Disclosure Archives record — hearings, document releases, official reports, named witness testimony, and major civilian sightings. Sorted newest to oldest within the year; each entry links to a primary source.
The Roswell Army Air Field public information officer issues a press release stating that the 509th Bomb Group has come into possession of a 'flying disc' recovered from a nearby ranch. Within twenty-four hours the Army retracts the statement and identifies the debris as a weather balloon.
Civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold reports nine crescent-shaped objects flying in formation near Mount Rainier at speeds he estimates at more than 1,200 mph. His description gives rise to the term 'flying saucer' and is widely treated as the start of the modern UFO era.
Air Materiel Command and Army Air Forces general files covering 1946–1948 UFO investigations conducted before Project Blue Book's formal establishment. Includes the Maury Island and Roswell-era investigative correspondence.