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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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# MAXWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE MONTGOMERY. ALABAMA SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects 2 January 1949 TO: Commanding General, Air Material Command Wright-Patterson AF Base, Ohio ATTN: MCIAXO-3 1. Reference letter, Headquarters USAF, subject: "Reporting of Information on 'Flying Dises.'" dated 6 February 1948 and Flight Service Regulation 200-4 dated 2 November, subject: "Unidentified Flying Objects," the following information is submitted: a. Location and time of sighting: Two (2) miles east of Jackson, Mississippi at 1700C, 1 January 1949. b. Weather at time: The 1630C weather sequence from Jackson, estimated 18,000 feet, broken clouds, visibility 15, temperature 53, dew point 35, surface wind south-southwest at 7 mph, altimeter setting 3003, remarks, estimated 35,000 feet thin broken. The 17300 weather for Jackson was ceiling measured 16,000 feet, overcast, visibility fifteen(15) miles, temperature 52, dew point 29, wind south at one (1) mph, remarks, breaks in the overcast. c. Names, Occupations and addresses of witnesses: Mr. Tom Rush, 402 Mitchell Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi Employed by Dixie Air Service at Jackson, Mississippi as a pilot. He is an ex-AAF pilot. Telephone Jackson-Mississippi 5-1064. Mrs. Willette Rush, 402 Mitchell Avenue, Jackson, Mississippi, wife of the above, housewife and private pilot. d. Photographs, if available: None available. e. Sketches of objects configuration: To be forwarded.
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