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This 1948 file from U.S. Air Force headquarters holds correspondence on reporting "flying discs." It includes a February 1948 policy directing all sightings to Air Materiel Command for Project SIGN, along with a rejected proposal to keep fighter aircraft on continuous alert. It also contains forwarded reports: an FBI account of a phosphorescent round object seen at Hobson, Ohio, on 8 May 1948, and objects seen falling near Bakersfield, California, in March 1948. Other items cover Horten brothers flying wing material.
From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 6/15/48, N/A. NARA Record Group 18, catalogue id 6369445. This file contains memorandums, correspondence, and forms related to the reporting of information on flying discs and investigations into sightings.
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COPY h HEAD"UAPTERS 500th AIR uNIVERSm 1'JING TYIIDILL AIR fQ'PCE BASE PANfJ'11. CITY, FLORIDA (H- 4) ~J/al/R 12 April 1948 SUBJECT : Report of Information on "Flying Disc" THRU Commanding Ger.eral Air University ~•ell Air Force Base Montgomer y , Alabama ATTN: AC of S, A- 2 • TO Coavnanding General United States Air Force 'Vashington 25, D. C. ATTN: Director of i ntelligence The attached information is fon,arded in compli,mce with USAF Letter, subj: "Reporting of Information on "flying Discs ", dtd 6 February 1948. FOP THE CO!iltA!-'DI NG GENERAL : 1 Incl - MOlC and Exhibit I. (in dup) /S/ J . B. PRICE Major, USAF Distribution: Adjutant 1 cy ea: c/s USAF CG, AMC CG, AU CONFIDENTIAL
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