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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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RES TRIC T ED
(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 wlth major
Air Commands (overseas) 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 requirements enunciated in Part II.
(2) Copies of such r eports may be supplied the Command Headquarters of t he installation
concerned.
(3) A copy of all reports sent to Air Materiel Command in accor dance with these instruc
tions will 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.
(5) Commanding General, Air Materiel Command ls authorized direct contact with major
Air Commands (ZI) and organizations under their contr ol in connection wlth the develop
ment of information on this subject.
d. Non-Air Force Agencies
(1) Addressees ot~er than those of the United States Air Force are r equested to forward
r eports direct to the Commanding General, Alr Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: MCIAX0-3.
(2) In order to r educe the time factor involved in transmission of this type of information
it is r equested that, wherever communications facilities permit, subordinate elements be
authorized to communicate reports direct to the Commanding General, Alr Materiel Com
mand.
PART II - 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 town, road, intersection, etc.
(3) Fr om building (story), yard, etc.
(4) Map coordinates (if feasible) showing latitude and longitude.
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