Air Intelligence Report No. 100-203-79

USAF Directorate of Intelligence via NICAP · 19 pages · text by OCR

Air Intelligence Division Study No. 203 is a Top Secret analysis dated 10 December 1948, prepared jointly by the USAF Directorate of Intelligence and the Office of Naval Intelligence. It reviews about 210 reported flying object incidents and concludes that some type of flying object has been observed, though its identity and origin cannot be determined. The study treats domestic devices or Soviet aircraft based on German flying-wing designs as possible explanations. It also summarizes selected sighting and radar reports.

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Cited by

The Mantell UFO Incident 1948
The Chiles-Whitted Encounter 1948

Cases discussed

The Ghost Rockets (Spökraketer), Scandinavia, 1946 1946
strange objects first appeared over the Scandinavian countries in 1946
The Kenneth Arnold Sighting 1947
Kenneth Arnold, while flying near Tacoma, Washington, reported a formation of flying objects
Rhodes UFO photographs ("shoe-heel" photos), Phoenix, Arizona, 1947 1947
William Rhoads of Phoenix, Arizona allegedly saw a disk circling... took two photographs
The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave 1947
Portland, Oregon police officers reported varying numbers of disks, 7 July 1947
The Gorman Dogfight 1948
2nd Lt. George F. Gorman... flying near Fargo, North Dakota, sighted an intermittent white light

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