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1947 in UFO history
What happened in 1947 on the UAP Timeline: 12 events.
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#1947 articles
Investigations, analysis and news from the community.
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Pretty memo on the Horten brothers (1947)
A U.S. Army officer reports locating the German Horten brothers, designers of flying-wing aircraft.
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Mexican mystery missile (1947)
An unknown missile allegedly crashes in Mexico and the State Department is said to seek the wreckage.
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Selman Graves and the Paradise Valley crash claim
Pilot Selman Graves says he saw a crashed craft and two humanoid bodies recovered in Paradise Valley, Arizona.
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Hillenkoetter letter of 24 September 1947
A letter attributed to the CIA director allegedly names Air Force and Navy intelligence units as leads on recovered objects.
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Twining memo (1947)
Gen. Nathan Twining writes that the flying discs are real and could be a secret U.S. or Soviet project.
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Hillenkoetter MJ-12 memo of 19 September 1947
A disputed memo attributed to CIA Director Hillenkoetter calls for a presidential directive and scientific study of the discs.
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War Department denial of a U.S. disc program (1947)
The War Department says it knows of no U.S. program that could explain the flying discs.
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Garrett's suspicion of secret U.S. tests (1947)
An Air Force officer tells the FBI he suspects secret U.S. military tests explain some flying disc reports.
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Robert Shirkey affidavit on the Roswell debris flights
Lt. Robert Shirkey's affidavit says he saw debris loaded for flights from Roswell to Fort Worth and Wright Field.
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Thomas DuBose affidavit on the Roswell debris
Col. Thomas DuBose's affidavit says the Roswell debris went via Fort Worth to Wright Field and the balloon photos were a cover story.
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Art McQuiddy and the Roswell press release
Roswell newspaper editor Art McQuiddy says the base announced a recovered disc, then asked him to call it a weather balloon.
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Walter Haut sealed affidavit
Roswell press officer Walter Haut's affidavit says his commander told him the base had recovered crash debris from a disc.
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