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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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6 February 1948 SUBJECT: Reporting of Information on "Flying Discs" TO : Commanding General, Strategic Air Command Commanding General, Air Defense Command Commanding General, Tactical Air Command Commanding General, Air Training Command Commanding General, Air University Commanding General, Alaskan Air Command Commanding General, Air Transport Command Commanding General, Air Materiel Command 1. Any information pertaining to the sighting of so-called flying discs, which is secured by or comes to the attention of Air Force installations within the United States and Alaska, will be forwarded direct to the Commanding General, Air Material Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attention: TSDIN. 2. Such reports will be sent direct, and not through ordinary channels, but copies of all such information may be supplied the Command Headquarters of the installation concerned. 3. In observing the above procedure for reporting information on flying disc sightings, every effort will be made to include the following items: a. Location and time of sighting b. Weather at the time c. Names, occupations and addresses of witnesses d. Photographs of objects, if available e. Sketches of object's configuration f. Object sighted; (1) Number (5) Speed (2) Shape (6) Heading (3) Size (7) Maneuverability (4) Color (8) Altitude (9) Sound (10) Exhaust trail or not ## g. General Remarks 4. A copy of all reports or summaries of information sent to Air Materiel Command in accordance with the above provisions will be forwarded at the same time to this Headquarters, Attention: Director of Intelligence. 5. Headquarters, Air Materiel Command is authorized direct contact with installations of the addresses of this letter in connection with the development of information on flying discs.
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