The year of Roswell and the modern UFO era — Kenneth Arnold's sighting coined the term 'flying saucer.'
53Total Sightings
15Gov. Confirmed
CAMost Active State
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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…
— Cylinder (1947)
On August 4, 1947, a Pan American airliner traveling from Gander, Newfoundland to LaGuardia Field in New York encountered what app…
— 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…
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 …
— Unknown (1947)
This file contains memorandums and correspondence related to flying disc/saucer sightings and that those are a matter of concern f…
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 …
Oswego (OR) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #85 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified aerial object reported over Oswego Oregon.
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…
Dodgeville (WI) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #91 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified aerial object reported over Dodgeville Wisconsin in Octobe…
Novato (CA) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #69 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified object reported at Hamilton Field California Air Force Bas…
Muroc (CA) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #50 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified object reported at Muroc Air Force Base (now Edwards AFB) …
Fairfield (CA) — Unknown (1947)
Project Blue Book Case #36 — Officially listed as UNKNOWN. Unidentified object reported at Fairfield-Suisan Air Force Base Califor…
Portland (OR) — Disk (1947)
Blue Book Case #12 — One of the earliest officially logged unidentified cases. Multiple witnesses reported disc-shaped objects ove…
minneapolis (mn) — Disk (1947)
July 1947 around 5 pm I saw a gray disc-like object in the sky which newscaster Cedric Adams mentioned later
hazelton (northeast of) (id) — Disk (1947)
The Object was Huge,Saucer-shaped,beautiful silver,no sound,no exhaust-No lights as it was early afternoon.
green valley (wi) — Unknown (1947)
White lights 5 to 7, 1/4 mile away, no sounds, just disappeared,
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.