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This Federal Bureau of Investigation file section collects 1947 to 1949 correspondence, memoranda and newspaper clippings about flying disc reports. It includes Hoover's replies to citizens, a Maine woman's account of a drifting object judged probably a weather balloon, a Richmond memo on a cigar-shaped object seen over Radford, Virginia on May 12, 1949, clippings on the Chiles and Whitted sighting near Montgomery, a Flyin' Saucer toy promotion, and agent interviews with witnesses in Vermont and a pilot near Bethel, Alaska.
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# DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 15 February 1949 AIR INTELLIGENCE REQUIREMENTS MEMORANDUM NUMBER 4 UNCONVENTIONAL AIRCRAFT PART I - GENERAL ## 2. PURPOSE The purpose of this memorandum is twofold: a. To enclose continuing Air Force requirements for information pertaining to sightings of unconventional aircraft and unidentified flying objects, including the so-called "Flying Discs." b. To establish procedures for reporting such information. ## 2. RESCISSION Department of the Army Collection Memorandum Number 7, dated 21 January 1948, and latter, CSGID 425.1, dated 25 March 1948, both subject as above, which have been transferred to Air Force agencies for action, are herewith superseded. ## 3. REPORTING a. General (1) As complete an answer to the requirements enunciated in Part II, as may be procurable, should be dispatched by means of electrical transmission immediately after sightings. (2) Supplementary reports should be forwarded as available by the most expeditious means consistent with the importance of the information reported. b. Major Air Commands (Overseas) and Air Attaches (1) Initial and supplementary cabled reports will be transmitted to the Director of Intelligence, Headquarters United States Air Force. Cables will contain the phase, "Pass to COMGENAMC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, DAYTON, OHIO, ATTN: MCIAXO-3." Classification (cancelled) (changed to 2140 ) effective on 77
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