DOW-UAP-D181
Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1949
- Agency
- Department of War
- Format
- Document, 3 pages
- Incident date
- 4/28/49
- Released
- Release 07, October 23, 2026
- Source
- war.gov
- Topics
- Project Sign, Unresolved UAP reports
Description from war.gov
Page 1
PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 28 April 49 3. SOURCE Civilian 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Six 29/04002 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Not Reported 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 7. COURSE Not Reported 8. PHOTOS • Yes X No 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE • Yes FORM LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION Catalina Island, California INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer sighted six objects. Each flew by alone. DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 923007 FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be uned.Page 2
CONTROL NO 0 - 1216- SUBJECT: Ist InbECIMAL FILe No.- Unknown Aeri Phenomena Conf... 9 - 836 FRoM: 17th Distr Kirtland Fld To: TAXS NMex RECORDING AXT-1 DESK FOLLOW UP ON DATE ROUTED TO IAXS DATE RECORDED SUSPENSE DATE 1/ R DATED 5/20/49 NO. INCLS. 1 5/26/49 HOUR 100 ESTABLISHED BY (INITIALS) DATE 2 3 DATE OF REPLY OTHER DISPOSITION: TRANSMITTAL AMC FORM NO. 10-2 120 NOV , 47) SEE OTHER SIDE FOR REMARKSPage 3
Otaluin Palant Qualon, Calif., May ist., 1949. Kenneth Anold, Boise, Idaho. Dear Mr. Anold, About s o'clock of the che Capil apil my will and t school teacher saw six. shy, not in a group, but singly. A Rew minutes later after going to my daughte home, on the nerd street and corresponde block, she and my daughter and my granason saro four more. All travele the same diction. If you are still in terested in flying desks, saucers ete, please let me huo an 1 Proll write more in full. MCIAXS Lidat Kespectfully Pery E. Mackey. P.CO. Box P-1. 71 2- for Quear is on Catali Sland, alant 20 miles hom fong Beach, Calif. In sa Sficient DataThe text is machine-read (OCR) from the scan and can contain errors. The scan is the record.
Machine summary
Written by Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic) on October 23, 2026, from the record's text and war.gov's description. It is not part of the record and can contain errors; check it against the document.
This file contains a May 1, 1949 letter from Percy E. Wackey (name garbled in OCR) of Avalon, Catalina Island, California, to Kenneth Arnold in Boise, Idaho. Wackey reports that around 8 p.m. on April 28, 1949, his wife and a schoolteacher saw six objects in the sky, flying singly rather than in a group. A few minutes later, his wife, daughter, and grandson reportedly saw four more traveling in the same direction. The package also includes an Air Force Project 10073 (Project Sign/Grudge-era) record card listing six objects, a civilian source, ground-visual observation, no photos, and a conclusion of "Insufficient Data for Evaluation." An AMC routing slip shows the item was forwarded from the 17th District, Kirtland Field, New Mexico, to AXS, with dates in May 1949.
The record shows how civilian reports sent to Arnold were passed into Air Force files. Duration, course, and physical evidence fields are blank or "Not Reported," which explains the inconclusive finding. The card's six-object count differs from the letter, which describes ten in two groups. The letter is partly illegible in OCR, and the full follow-up Wackey promised is not included. The record contains no redactions beyond declassification stamps.
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