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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.

RESTRICTED
DEPARTMENT OF THE Affi F ORCE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
DffiECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
15 Febr uary 1949
Affi INTELLIGENCE REQUIB.EMENTS
MEMORANDUM NUMBER 4
UNCONVENTIONAL AffiCRAFT
PART I - GENERAL
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this memorandum is twofold:
a. To enunciate contlnulng Air Force r equirements for information pertaining t o sightings of
unconventional aircraft and unidentified flying objects, including the so-called "Flying Dlscs. "
b. To establish procedures for reporting such information.
2. RESCISSION
Department of the Army Collection Memorandum Number 7, dated 21 January 1948, and letter,
CSGID 425.1, dated 25 March 1948, both subject as above, which have been transferred t o Air
Force agencies for action, ar e herewith super seded.
3. REPORTING
a. General
(1) As complete an answer to the requirements enunciated in Part II, as may be procur
able, should be dispatched by means of electrical transmission immediately after sightings.
(2) Supplementary reports should be forwarded as available by the
consistent with the importance of the lnformation r eported. most expeditious means
b. Major Air Commands (Over seas) and Air Attaches
(1) Initial and supplementary cabled r eports will be transmitted to the Director of Intem
gence, Headquarters United St at<::s Air Force . Cables will contain the phase, " Pass to
COMGENAMC WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB, DAYTON, OHIO, ATTN: MCIAXO-3."
RESTRICTED C9- IIH2,AF

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