DOW-UAP-D181, Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1949

Official Conclusion

Insufficient data for evaluation

Official Description

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.

Key Findings

• →On 28 April 1949 at about 8 PM, a wife and a school teacher reportedly saw six objects in the sky over Avalon, Catalina Island, not in a group but singly.
• →A few minutes later, the writer's wife, daughter and grandson reportedly saw four more objects, all traveling in the same direction.
• →Project 10073 Record lists the source as civilian, observation as ground-visual, with no photos and no physical evidence; length of observation and course not reported.
• →Official conclusion on the record card is 'INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION'.
• →The letter was addressed to Kenneth Arnold, who was evidently seen as a contact for flying disk reports; a margin note says MCIAXS did not acknowledge the letter.

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