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Kenneth Arnold

8 declassified cases mention this, always in the body of the document rather than as an official record field. Documented incidents span 1947 to 1952.

2 agencies are involved: Department of War and FBI. The case files here include documents and audio recordings. None of the cases carry visible redactions.

Cases

File IDDateAgencyTypePages readExcerpt
DOW-UAP-D1543/26/52Department of WarDocument19/19This is a verbatim transcript of a March 1952 briefing given by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, newly appointed project engineer of the U.S. Air Force's reorganized UFO investigation (soon to be named Project Blue Book). Ruppelt traces the project…
DOW-UAP-PR1603/26/52Department of WarAudioThis is an audio recording of a March 1952 briefing given by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, newly appointed project engineer of the U.S. Air Force's reorganized UFO investigation (soon to be named Project Blue Book). The recording opens with equi…
DOW-UAP-D0944/28/49Department of WarDocument34/34This is Air Intelligence Report No. 100-203-79 / Air Intelligence Division Study No. 203, titled "Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the U.S.," dated 10 December 1948 and jointly issued by the Directorate of Intelligence, Headquarters U…
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…
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…
65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-001N/AFBIDocument126/185The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile…
65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-002N/AFBIDocument194/194Section 2 of the FBI Headquarters "Flying Saucers" file (62-HQ-83894), covering serials 53-100, roughly July-September 1947. Contains several major named incidents and threads. (1) Maury Island, Washington: FBI Seattle teletypes (6-14 Aug 1…
65-hs1-834228961-62-hq-83894-section-003N/AFBIDocument190/190Section 3 of the FBI Headquarters "Flying Saucers" file (62-HQ-83894), covering roughly August-September 1947. The dominant content is the FBI's detailed investigation of the Maury Island incident and the fatal Kelso, Washington B-25 crash.…

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