342 HS1-416511228 319.1 Flying Discs 1949

This 1949 War Department file 319.1, Flying Discs, is a set of U.S. Air Force Flight Service Center reports on unidentified flying objects sent to the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson. The reports cover sightings over Kansas City and Olathe, Rome, Seattle, Greenville, Spokane, Medford, Columbus, Portland, Mountain Home, Jackson and Chanute AFB. Most remain unexplained, but the Greenville object was found to be a weather balloon. The file also holds a 1948 order telling units to report disc sightings.

From the source:Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 1/9/50, N/A. This file primarily contains incident reports on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) written in compliance with the 1948 Flight Service Regulation (FSR) 200-4. The incidents were witnessed by military sources, as well as by some Civilian Aviation Authority (CAA) ones. The reports typically include information such as dates, locations, weather, and altitude, plus detailed descriptions of appearance and movement. Some messages from the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and Army Airways Communications System (AACS) are also included, as well as additional military intelligence reports, several diagrams, and a report from a weather station in Japan.

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(3) Clock position of object from observer's aircraft: Not applicable

(4) Latitude and longitude: Not applicable

c. Sea:

(1) Latitude and longitude: Not applicable

(2) Proximity to land: (Name city, country, etc)

Not a applicable

4. Number of objects:

a. Formation type (if any) (sketch if possible)

One object was sighted.

5. Distance of object from observer:

a. Laterally or horizontally:

The object was first sighted at a distance of two miles; it proceeded toward the observer and passed within 500-800 yards of the tower, then climbed out of sight.

b. Angle of elevation from horizon:

Approximately $ 2 0^{\circ} $ when first sighted, then it climbed out of sight.

c. Altitude:

Altitude was 500 to 1000 feet when first sighted, then it climbed out of sight at approximately 20,000 feet.

6. Time in sight:

Approximately 25 seconds.