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

DOW-UAP-D181, Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1949 is a declassified Case File from Department of War. The record is dated 1949, was released in Release 07 on 2026-10-23 under the PURSUE initiative, and contains 1 file connected to Catalina Island, California.

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.