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Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1949

File: DOW-UAP-D181
Type: Document, 3 pages
Agency: Department of War
Date: 4/28/49
Place: Catalina Island, California
Released: Release 7, October 23, 2026

The government's 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.

Full text

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE • TIME GROUP
LOCATION
Catalina Island, Call.!omia
28 April 4'1
J. SOURCE
10, CONCLUSION
INSUFFICllNT DATA FOR EVAllJATIOO
Civilian
.._ HUMBER OF OBJECTS
Six
S. LENCTH OF OBSERVATION
Not Reported
11. BRIEF SUMMARY ANO ANALYSIS
Observer sif!tlted six objects.
Each fiev by alone.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
7, COURSE
Not Reported
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