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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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Ill"'" DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE &CT -. ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET .......TALLY "- ~NO. FILE NO. SUBJECT : Director of Intelligence DATE 3 MAR 1948 COMMENT No. ~2----..,.,~ FROM: Director of Plans and Operations Major Cook:csk 7223; 1. The proposal of Air !fateriel Command for stationing fighter aircraft at all bases on a continuous alert status is not considered feasible for the followiQ5 reasons: a . The outlay of aircraft and personnel would be too great consistent m.th the results to be obtained. A b. Proper interception is not possible, except by acci dent, without complete ._dar coverage which the Air Force is not capable of providirg. c. It is doubtful if fighter aircraft would be able to follow up reports emanatir:g, for the most part, from civilian sources. 2. It is recommended that Air Materiel Command's responsibility for 11 collectirg" information on unusual phenomena in the at~osphere be confined to the establishment of direct channels for the receipt of such information. J. It is f1.irther recommended that in lieu of the proposal of Air Materiel Command, all other maj or commands be directed to cooperate with Air Materiel Command and t o che.nn 1 information directly to that command . S • E. ANDERSON Major General, U. S. A.F. Director of Plans &m Operations . PAGE __
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