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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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wo:n-eo-s portine ot Info~tion on "1lyin~
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Attn: t>larus & Collcctim Lt . • ":i '!Jf,t/dk/45U,Branch
Lt. Col. !"lith
l . It io Air Force policy not to ignore report.a of sic;htinga and h•ncmenn in
thtl tmo::s;,h'Jrc, but to recognize thnt pb.rt of itc .Dlission ic to coll.,~t, collo.to,
evnl.U'.lte, tnd act on in.t'oimo.tion of thi::. naturo.
2 . In lcpl ntin.3 this policy tho Mr toricl C~ hao bson doolurotcd
,a tho iir Forco or:cncy to collect., coll.ate, ovnl.u:i.to, and dlotributo to intcrcotcd
~..rrunent. ~cncioo and cont.roctors a.11 lntonnaticn conocrninz oi3htiI1,3c c.nd pllono-
i:.~ in tho nt.rw:sphcro raich can bo ccnotruod to be of concern to tho Mtionnl occurity.
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) . /ill Air Forco .tnntall.ntion:; ul.thi.n and outcido Zone of Interior c.nd Alaokn
11:lvo boon 1~tructc4 to raport all oigbt~a., or ini'ol"If;.tion ccncvmi.ri~ ~i•ttincs
which comes to thoir attention, direct to the Co..unndinJ Ocnor::U., 1r U&.t riol Co:;:
C!llld, ,ri~t- Pottori;on Air Forco Baoo, Do.yton, Chlo, Attn: tel.
4. ir toriol J~nri h o been authoru:o:1 direct cont11ct itl, oJ.l ~r Force
1.mtc.l.latior..3 ,hQnovor required to dovelop o.dditicna.l 1.nl'oroat.ion on tho tlyin~ dioco.
5. It 18 rvquootcJ thnt ell :J...part!:1....nt at th fil'rJ.f inatal.la.tic.rw nloo be 1notruct
ad to report B~h ocaurroncon directly to Air toriol Cou:::uU1d anJ. tMt thoy bo in
fcmd that l~ t riol C Wl4 io authcrlzc:1 to ccntnct th d1r ct 1cn nocoo01'.lr7
1n comcction with auch occurroncco .
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b . ,CAthvr a.t the ti.rao
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