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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.
RESTRICTED (2) Supplementary wrltten reports, prepared on AF For m 112, will be forwarded to the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters United States Air Force. (3) Commanding General, Air 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 wm be forwarded direct to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCIAXO-3 by installations r eceiv ing information pertaining to the requirements enunciated in Part II. (2) Copies of such reports 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 wm be forwarded at the same time to the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters United States Air Force. (4) Written r eports will be submitted on AF Form 112. (6) Commanding Gener al, Air Materiel Command is authorized direct contact with major Air Commands (ZI) and or ganizations under their control in connection with the develop ment of information on this s ubject. d. Non-Air Force Agencies (1) Addressees ot~er than those of the United States Air Force are requested to forward reports direct to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air F orce Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCIAXO-3. (2) In order to reduce the time factor involved in transmission of this type of information it Ls r equested that, wherever communications facilities permit, subordinate elements be authorized to communicate reports direct to the Commanding General, Air Materiel Com mand. PART II - REQUIB.EMENTS General 1. Date of s ighting. 2. Time of sightl.ng (zonal by 24 hr. clock). 3, Where sighted (observer 's position): a. Ground (1) City, town. (2) Distance and direction from city or town, road, intersection, etc. (3) Fr om building (story), yard, etc. (4) Map coordinates (if feasible) showing latitude and longitude. - 2 - RESTRICTED
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