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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c. Blinked on and off in relation to speed:

## Object was a steady light.

## 13. Support:

a. Wings:

No wings were observed on the object.

b. Aerodynamic lift of fuselage: No fuselage was observed.

c. Vertical jet: No jet was observed.

d. Rotating cylinder or cone: No cylinder or cone was observed.

e. Aerostatic lift (balloon or dirigible): No aerostatic lift condition was observed.

14. Propulsion:

a. Propeller or jet: No propeller or jet was observed.

b. Rotor: No rotor was observed.

c. Aerodynamic vanes (flapping or oscillating) (Fatzmaver effect):

No aerodynamic vanes were observed.

d. Visible exhaust or jet openings: No exhaust or jet openings were observed.

15. Control and stability

a. Fins:

No fins were observed.