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This declassified 1949 Army General Staff file collects Plans and Operations Division routing sheets and memoranda about flying saucers. On 24 February 1949, prompted by radios from Kirtland AFB, P&O asked the Intelligence Division for an evaluation. The ID study found about 20 percent of some 210 incidents explained, mostly as weather balloons. It found no evidence of foreign activity and said the rest were probably natural phenomena. In April the ID said it could not verify Walter Winchell's broadcast claim that the saucers were Russian guided missiles.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 This file contains an Evaluation Study of the Phenomenon (Flying Saucers) prepared at the request of the Plans & Operations Divisions of the General Staff, U.S. Army (P&O, GSUSA) to determine if the origin could be traced to natural phenomena or the activities of a foreign power.
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GERMAN LEADER SPEAKS IN BEHALF OF GERMAN PEACE TREATY BERLIN--JACOB KAISER, A LEADING CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT SAID IN BERLIN TODAY THAT THE DRAFTING OF A WEST GERMAN CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE FOLLOWED BY GERMAN PEACE TREATY TALKS. KAISER, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN EASTERN GERMANY AND A MEMBER OF THE BONN COUNCIL DRAFTING A CONSTITUTION FOR WESTERN GERMANY SPOKE AT THE PARTY CONVENTION IN BERLIN. HE SAID: "IT MUST BE EXPECTED OF THE OCCUPATION POWERS THAT THEY WILL BEGIN PEACE TALKS AS SOON AS THE BONN CONSTITUTION WORK IS COMPLETED." ... KAISER SAID THAT IT IS NECESSARY "DUE TO THE TERROR EXERCISED BY THE COMMUNISTS," TO FORM A WEST GERMAN STATE AS THE FIRST STEP IN ESTABLISHING A UNITED GERMANY. INS(12:50A) SECOND SERIES OF LECTURES ON DEFENSE BEGINS TODAY FOR CIVILIANS WASHINGTON--SEVENTY-FIVE LEADERS FROM VARIOUS WALKS OF CIVILIAN LIFE TODAY BEGAN GETTING THE INSIDE WORD ON THE NATION'S DEFENSES. THE NEXT THREE DAYS, THEY WILL HEAR MILITARY AND OTHER ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS DISCUSS IN CLOSED SESSIONS WHAT IS BEING DONE TO STRENGTHEN NATIONAL DEFENSES. IT IS THE SECOND JOINT CIVILIAN ORIENTATION CONFERENCE HELD BY THE NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. UP(8:30A) ENLISTEES ASSURED OF JOB REINSTATEMENT AFTER LEAVING SERVICE WASHINGTON--A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TODAY ASSURED ALL YOUTHS ENLISTING IN THE ARMED FORCES THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR OLD JOBS WHEN THEY ARE MUSTERED OUT. ROBERT K. SALYERS, DIRECTOR OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT'S BUREAU OF VETERANS REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS, SAID BOTH ENLISTEES AND RESERVISTS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY ARE PROTECTED BY THE SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT, EVEN THOUGH THE SERVICES ARE NOT DRAFTING MEN AT PRESENT. HOWEVER, HE WARNED THOSE DISCHARGED TO SEEK REINSTATEMENT TO THEIR OLD JOBS WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER LEAVING THE SERVICE. UP(8:35A) JOHNSON AND ROYALL TO REVIEW ARMY DAY PARADE WASHINGTON--ABOUT 10,000 MILITARY MEN WILL MARCH IN THE ARMY DAY PARADE ON WEDNESDAY. MARINES, SAILORS AND AIRMEN WILL HELP THEIR SOLDIER TEAMMATES CELEBRATE THE 1949 ARMY DAY IN GRAND STYLE. UNITS FROM EACH BRANCH OF THE SERVICE WILL JOIN TROOPS IN AN-HOUR-AND-A-HALF-LONG PARADE. PRESIDENT TRUMAN, DEFENSE SECRETARY JOHNSON, AND ARMY SECRETARY ROYALL WILL REVIEW THE MARCHERS WHO WILL PARADE ALONG CONSTITUTION AVENUE BEGINNING AT 1:30 P.M. AP(8:47A) ARMY DAY 1949 WILL BE APRIL 6TH. THE OFFICIAL ARMY DAY FILM "PASS IN REVIEW" WILL BE SHOWN IN THE SIGNAL CORPS AUDITORIUM, 5A 1070 AT 1:45 P.M. ON FRIDAY, 1 APRIL, MONDAY, 4 APRIL, AND TUESDAY, 5 APRIL. RUNNING TIME OF THE FILM IS 11 MINUTES. THE AUDITORIUM SEATS APPROXIMATELY 300 PEOPLE AND NO TICKET OR OTHER IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION. CERTAIN COPIES OF THE WIRE SERVICE BULLETIN OF 4 APRIL 1949 ARE ERRONEOUSLY DATED 4 MARCH.
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