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This U.S. Department of War file, cleared under NND 843014, collects USAFE intelligence cables dated 4 November 1948 and addressed to General Cabell. One cable relays a 307th Bomb Group report of an unidentified jet-propelled aircraft seen off the west coast of Holland on 5 September 1948. Another says flying saucers keep being reported, including one that hovered over Neubiberg Air Base. It passes on Swedish Air Intelligence's view that the objects may come from an unknown technology, possibly from outside the earth.
From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 11/8/48, Netherlands. NARA Record Group 341, catalogue id 110448. An Air Force intelligence report from November 1948 relating to unidentified flying objects and flying saucers.
TOP SECRET USAFE l4 ff 1524 !OP SSCRET 4 Nov 1948 From OI OB For some time we have been concerned by the recurring reports on .f'lying saucers. They periodically continue to cbp up; during the last week., one was observ·ed hovering over Neubiberg Air Base tor ab:>ut thirt-7 minutes. Th9J' have been reported by so many sources and from such a variet7 of places that we are convinced that they cannot be disregarded and mu.st be explained on eom.e basis wh.£ch is perhaps slightly beyond the eeope o t our present intelligeace thinking O • When officers of this Directorate recently visited the Swedieh Air Intelligence Service. This question was put to the Swedes. Their answer was that soma reliable and fully technically qualified people have reached the conclusion that "these phenomena are obviouel;r the result of a high ••ohnical skill which cannot be credited to any- presently known culture on e~.n Thq1are therefore assuming that these objects originate from eome previous4" unknown or unidentified technology, possibly outside the earth. One of these objects was observed by a Swedish technical expert near his .home on the edge of a lake. The object crashed or landed in the lake and he car16ully noted its azimuth trom his point or observa:tion. Swedish intelligence was sufficiently confident in his observation that a naval salvage team was sent to the lake. Operations were 'Wlderw81' during the visit ot USAF1~ officers. Divers had discovered & previosul.y uncharted crater on the floor ot the lake. No further information is anilable, bat we have been promised knowledge of the resultao In their opinion., the observation was reliable, and they- believe that the depress.ion on the floor ot the lake, 'Which did not appear on current IJdrographic charts, was in fact caused by a flying saucer. • Although accepting this theory of the origin of these objects posea a who,le new group of questions and puts much of our think:i.ng in a changed light, we are inclined not to discredit entirely this somewhat spectacular theory, meantime keeping an open mind on the subject. What are your reactions? TOP (Effl) OF USAPB ITEM: 14) NW90307 Docld:34714985 Page 5
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