RELEASE 07 / DOW-UAP-D177
DOW-UAP-D177, Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1955
- File ID
- DOW-UAP-D177
- Agency
- Department of War
- Release
- Release 07, 23 Oct 2026
- Event date
- 3/15/1955 (read as 15 Mar 1955; precision: day)
- Location
- Catalina Island, California
- Type
- Redactions
- None flagged
The official record
Official copy at war.gov
Official summary, as published
The file contains a report by Paul J. Carr of Avalon, California, who reported observing a bright orange object, approximately the size of a nickel held at arm’s length, on the evening of March 15, 1955. The provisional assessment associated with the report includes a comment from the preparing officer that the sighting is possibly astronomical, and that the incident did not warrant further investigation.
Our reading
HISTORICAL SIGHTINGSRecord cards and a teletype on a bright orange object about the size of a nickel at arm's length seen falling straight down near Avalon, Catalina Island, on 15 March 1955, for about two seconds. The 4602d AISS index card marks it possibly astronomical and too brief to merit further investigation; the Project 10073 record card checks astronomical, meteor.
Three separate measures, each with its reason. They are never added into a score.
E Evidence 1 of 3
One civilian's two-second sighting
N Novelty 2 of 3
Judged from the file; no earlier publication checked
L Linkage 1 of 3
A Project 10073 record card of the Blue Book era; no board entity named
Flags
- The file explains itself. Words in the file that bear on what it shows (recorded, not a verdict):
- Probable meteor. (page 1)
Reading published 31 Oct 2026.
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