UFO Drop #4 Digs Up 1948 Pilot Evidence, and Wow -- More Mess - Film Daily

UFO Drop #4, scheduled for release on July 10, 2026, adds a dated radio transmission to the public record about a 1948 crash involving a National Guard pilot. The document stems from a PURSUE disclosure program file and includes a 1949 analysis quoting the pilot’s final words. The transmission places the sighting at 7 January 1948, when the pilot reported a “metallic object of tremendous size” directly ahead and slightly above before his aircraft went down. The new quote does not conclusively resolve the case, but it complicates the long-standing explanation that oxygen loss alone caused the crash. The file notes no further radio traffic and gives the incident timing and altitude at roughly 15,000 feet, a level where oxygen systems mattered, according to the article. Contemporary reports attributed the accident to hypoxia after the pilot climbed too high without supplemental oxygen; the newly released message adds an element the original narrative did not address. Weather records listed clear skies, reducing the chance of a misidentification due to clouds or balloons.