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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, pr epared on AF Form 112, will be forwarded to the
Director of Intelligence, Headquarters United States Alr For ce.
(3) Commandlng General, Alr Materiel Command ls authorized direct contact with major
Air Commands (over seas) and organizations under their control in connection with the
development of information on this subject.
c . Major Air Commands (ZI)
(1) Reports wlll be forwarded direct to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Command,
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCIAX0-3 by Installations r eceiv
ing information pertaining to the r equirements 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 t o Air Materiel Command in accordance with these instruc
tions wtll be forwarded at the same time t o the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters
United states Air Force.
(4) Written r eports wm be submitted on AF Form 112.
(5) Commanding General, Air Materiel Command ls authorized direct contact with major
Air Commands (ZI) and or ganizations under their control in connection with the develop
ment of information on this subject.
d. Non-Air Force Agencies
(1) Addr essees ot.cyer than those of the United states Air For ce are r equested to forward
reports direct to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCIAX0-3 .
(2) In order to reduce the time factor involved in transmission of this type of information
it is r equested that, wher ever communications faciUties permit, subordinate elements be
authorized to communicate r eports direct t o the Commanding General, Air Materiel Com
mand.
PART IT - 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 fr om city or town, r oad, inter section, etc.
(3) From building (story), yard, etc .
(4) Map coordinates (if feasible) showing latitude and longitude.
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