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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10. Evidence of exhaust:

a. Color of smoke: No exhaust was observed.

b. Length and width: None observed.

c. Odor (if anv):

No odor was detected by the observers inside the control tower.

d. Rate of evaporation:

## None.

e. Does trail vary with sound? (spurts)

## No trail observed.

11. Effect on clouds:

a. Opened path thru clouds:

No clouds were present where the object climbed.

b. Formed cloud or mists: No cloud or mists were formed.

c. Reflected on cloud:

No reflections were observed.

d. Shown thru cloud:

No clouds were between observer and object at any time.

12. Lights:

a. Reflected or attached:

The object itself resembled a light.

b. Luminous:

The object shone with the brightness of a high-intensity runway light.