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This is a confidential letter the Commandant of the Fifth Naval District in Norfolk, Virginia sent on 13 December 1948, filed with Office, Chief Army Field Forces records. It quotes a 4 November 1948 directive from the Chief of Naval Operations. According to the directive, the Air Force Director of Intelligence expected a new cycle of "Flying Disc" sightings. It orders all stations to report sightings of discs or other unidentified aerial objects to the nearest Air Force command and to Naval District Intelligence, and to get photographs whenever possible.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 This document is a memorandum from the Commandant of the 5th Naval District, and it cites a memorandum related to "flying discs" from the Chief of Naval Operations. The memorandum requests that naval stations report incidents to the nearest Air Force command and to the Naval District Intelligence Office.
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