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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.

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(2) Supplementary written reports, prepared on AF Form 112, wlll be forwarded to the
Director of Intelllgence, Headquarters United States Air Force.
(3) Commanding General, Air Materiel Command is authorized direct contact with major
Al.r Commands (over seas) and organizations under their control in connection with the
development of information on this subject.
c. Major Air Commands (Zl)
(1) Reports will be forwarded direct to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Command,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCIAXO-3 by l.nstallations r eceiv
ing information pertaining to the requirements enunciated in Part TI.
(2) Copies of such reports may be supplied the Command Headquarters of the installation
concerned.
(3) A copy of all r eports sent t o Air Materiel Command in accordance with these instruc
tions will be forwarded at the same time to the Dlrector of Intelligence, Headquarters
United States Air Force.
(4) Written r eports wlll be submitted on AF Form 112.
(5) Commanding General, Al.r Materiel Command is authorized direct contact with major
Air Commands (ZI) and organizations under their control in connection with the develop
ment of information on this subject.
d. Non-Air Force Agencies
(1) Addressees otQer than those of the United states Air Force ar e r equested to forward
reports direct to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright- Patter son Air
Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCIAXO-3.
(2) In order to r educe the time factor involved in transmission of this type of information
it ts r equested that, wher ever communications facillties permit, subordinate elements be
authorized to communicate r eports direct to the Commanding General, Air Mat eriel Com
mand.
PART II - REQUIREMENTS
General
1. Date of sighting.
2. Time of sighting (zonal by 24 hr. clock).
3. Where sighted (observer's position):
a. Ground
(1) City, town.
(2) Distance and direction from city or town, r oad, intersection, etc.
(3) From building (story), yard, etc.
(4) Map coordinates (if feasible) showing latitude and l~ngitude.
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