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Project Sign

9 declassified cases mention this, always in the body of the document rather than as an official record field. Documented incidents span 1947 to 1971.

4 agencies are involved: CIA, Department of Energy, Department of War, and FBI. The case files here include documents. None of the cases carry visible redactions.

Cases

File IDDateAgencyTypePages readExcerpt
CIA-UAP-0191971CIADocument18/19CIA-UAP-019 is a declassified Australian Department of Defense/Foreign Affairs assessment titled "Scientific and Intelligence Aspects of the UFO Problem," sourced from the National Archives of Australia (NAA: A1838, 3092/2/00Q). It is a 19-…
DOE-UAP-D0043/22/49Department of EnergyDocument25/25This document is a declassified transcript of a March 1949 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission memorandum forwarding minutes of a conference on "Aerial Phenomena" held 16 February 1949 at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Convened amid a wave of…
DOW-UAP-D09312/10/48Department of WarDocument47/67This is a declassified 10 December 1948 U.S. Air Force study, "Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the United States" (Study No. 203), produced by the Air Intelligence Division under Project Sign. It analyzes approximately 240 reported s…
DOW-UAP-D0971948Department of WarDocument9/45This file contains an initial report from the Air Materiel Command regarding Project Sign. Project Sign was a 1948-1949 U.S. Air Force program to investigate the nature and origin of unidentified flying objects (UFO). The report details 100…
18-6369445-general-1948-vol-16/15/48Department of WarDocument7/28This file contains memorandums, correspondence, and forms related to the reporting of information on flying discs and investigations into sightings.
341-110448-records-relating-to-the-collection-and-dissemination-of-intelligence-1948-1955-ts-con11/8/48Department of WarDocument7/7This is a declassified U.S. Air Force intelligence file dated 8 November 1948, part of a Top Secret continuation series (No. 2, 2-5300 to 2-5399) titled "Records Relating to the Collection and Dissemination of Intelligence, 1948-1955." It w…
DOW-UAP-D1001947-1948Department of WarDocument239/245A 245-page dossier of Air Materiel Command / Directorate of Intelligence correspondence on the Air Force's 1947-1948 "flying disc" investigation (later Project SIGN); 239 pages are legible, with 6 blank or redacted and one further page cut…
18-100754-general-1946-7-vol-212/30/47Department of WarDocument5/28This file contains memorandums and correspondence related to flying disc/saucer sightings and that those are a matter of concern for the Air Materiel Command.
65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-004N/AFBIDocument214/214Section 4 of the FBI Headquarters "Flying Saucers" file (62-HQ-83894), covering serials 131-185, roughly September 1947 through October 1948. Contains the Portland, Oregon police sighting of 11 September 1947: multiple officers (Robert Adai…

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