The year of Roswell and the modern UFO era — Kenneth Arnold's sighting coined the term 'flying saucer.'
57Total Sightings
16Gov. Confirmed
CAMost Active State
diskTop Shape
Notable Sightings in 1947
Roswell (NM) — Disk (1947)
The Roswell incident FBI field office memo — included in FBI case file 62-HQ-83894 released in PURSUE Release 01 — documents a com…
— Disk (1947)
The FBI case file 62-HQ-83894 released in PURSUE Release 01 begins with the first wave of flying disc reports in June-July 1947. T…
— Cylinder (1947)
On August 4, 1947, a Pan American airliner traveling from Gander, Newfoundland to LaGuardia Field in New York encountered what app…
Various — Other (1947)
FBI case file 62-HQ-83894, released in its entirety in PURSUE Release 01, spans 21 years of FBI UFO investigations from June 1947 …
Portland (OR) — Disk (1947)
Blue Book Case #12 — One of the earliest officially logged unidentified cases. Multiple witnesses reported disc-shaped objects ove…
— Unknown (1947)
This file contains memorandums and correspondence related to flying disc/saucer sightings and that those are a matter of concern f…
Phoenix (AZ) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #95 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified aerial object reported over Phoenix Arizona October 1947. …
Emmett (ID) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #34 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified aerial object reported over Emmett Idaho on July 4th 1947 …
South Brookville (ME) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #27 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified aerial object reported over South Brookville Maine. Case l…
Novato (CA) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #69 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified object reported at Hamilton Field California Air Force Bas…
Roswell (NM) — Unknown (1947)
Debris from an unidentified object was recovered on a ranch near Roswell. The US Army Air Force initially announced recovery of a …
Dodgeville (WI) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #91 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified aerial object reported over Dodgeville Wisconsin in Octobe…
Muroc (CA) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #50 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified object reported at Muroc Air Force Base (now Edwards AFB) …
Oswego (OR) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #85 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified aerial object reported over Oswego Oregon.
Fairfield (CA) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #36 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified object reported at Fairfield-Suisan Air Force Base Califor…
— Disk (1947)
This file contains memorandums and correspondence related to flying disc/saucer sightings and that those are a matter of concern f…
keeneyville (il) — Other (1947)
A burning particle from space experienced coincident with an unusual over flight at high altitude
morehouse (mo) — Cylinder (1947)
Looked like airplanes without windows, wings, or tails.
saranac lake (ny) — Disk (1947)
6-7 Disc shaped objects. ((REPORT FROM: BRIAN VIKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.))
san jose (ca) — Chevron (1947)
The object seen that summer evening was cheveron shaped, with a blue glow visable around the edges, moving silently & …