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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.
AFCA0-10 (Re• 1 3 Oct 47) INDEX = 000. 9 Phenomena DATE: 6 February 1948 TO: Cor.una nding Gener al , Air Materiel Command , Wri ght- Patter son Air Force Ba se, Dayton, Ohio. FROM: Execu t ive , Ai r I nt elligence Requir ement s Div., Direc t or a te of I ntel ligence . ' SUMMARY: Fl y i ng Di s cs. Ltr FILED: 312. 3 Channels, INDEXER= r g REMARKS: HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE CORRESPONDENCE REFERENCE FORM 8-S867,&F
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Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 28 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.