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FBI file 62-HQ-83894, serial 164

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This FBI file serial 164 in 62-HQ-83894 holds several copies of Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4, "Unconventional Aircraft," issued 15 February 1949 by the Directorate of Intelligence, Headquarters United States Air Force. Major General C. P. Cabell signed it. It sets out continuing Air Force requirements for information on unconventional aircraft and unidentified flying objects, including "Flying Discs," and tells commands and outside agencies to send reports to the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB. It also lists detailed reporting questions on sightings, observers, radar data and physical evidence.

  • p. 4 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude.' c . Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
  • p. 12 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
  • p. 19 …contact with major Al.r Commands (over seas) and organizations under their control in connection with…
  • p. 20 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
  • p. 28 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proxlmity to land…
  • p. 35 …direct contact with major Air Commands (over seas) and organizations under their control in connection with…
  • p. 36 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proxlmity to land…
  • p. 43 …direct contact with major Air Commands (over seas) and organizations under their control in connection with…
  • p. 44 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c . Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
  • p. 52 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
  • p. 58 …Major Air Commands (Over seas) and Air Attaches (1) Initial and supplementary cabled r eports will…
  • p. 60 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proxlml.ty to…
  • p. 68 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
  • p. 74 …Major Air Commands (Over seas) and Air Attaches (1) Initial and supplementary cabled r eport s…
  • p. 76 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
  • p. 84 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
  • p. 92 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Pr oximity to…
  • p. 100 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude . c . Sea (1) Latitude and longitude . (2) Pr oximity to…
  • p. 108 …s aircraft. (4) Latltude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longit ude. (2) Proximity to…
  • p. 116 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
  • p. 124 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
  • p. 132 …s aircraft. (4) Latitude and longitude. c. Sea (1) Latitude and longitude. (2) Proximity to land…
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(2) Supplementary written reports, prepared on AF Form 112, will be forwarded to the
Director of Intelligence, Headquarters United States Air Force.
(3) Commanding General, Air Materiel Command is authorized direct contact with major
Air Commands (overseas) and or ganizations under their control in connection with the
development of information on thl.s subject.
c . Major Air Commands (ZI)
(1) Reports wlll be forwarded direct to the Commanding General , Al.r Materiel Command,
Wright-Patterson Al.r Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCIAXO-3 by installations r eceiv
ing lnformation pertaining to the requirements enunciated in Part II.
(2) Copies of such r eports may be supplied the Command Headquarters of the installation
concerned.
(3) A copy of all r eports sent to Air Materiel Command in accordance with these instruc
tions wlll be forwarded at the same ti.me to the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters
United States Air Force.
(4) Written r eports will be submitted on AF Form 112.
(5) Commanding General, Air Materiel Command is authorized direct contact with major
Air Commands (ZI) and or ganizations under thel.r control in connection wl.th the develop
ment of information on this subject.
d. Non-Air Force Agencies
(1) Addressees otQer than those of the United States Air Force are r equested to forward
r eports direct to the Commanding General, Al.r Materiel Command, Wright-Patter son Air
Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCIAXO-3.
(2) In order to r educe the ti.me factor involved in transmission of this type of information
it is r equested that, wher ever communications facilities permit, subordinate elements be
authorized to communicate reports dir ect to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Com
mand.
PART Il - REQUIREMENTS
General
1. Date of sighting.
2. Time of sighting (zonal by 24 hr. clock).
3. Wher e sighted (observer's position):
a. Ground
(1) City, town.
(2) Distance and direction from city or t own, road, intersection, etc.
(3) Fr om building (story), yard, etc.
(4) Map coordinates (lf feasible) showing latitude and longitude.
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