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.

SUBJ: Observation of an Object in the Atmosphere

(7) Maneuverability - Appeared to be in a shallow dive.

(8) Altitude - Approximately 18,000 feet.

(9) Sound - None

(10) Exhaust trail or not - Yes

g. Remarks: Object was sighted on the first leg of a flight from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to Kittigazuit, N. W. T. Canada while flying at 7,000 ft. MSL on top of an overcast. The object was momentarily sighted above a deck of broken status clouds. It seemed to be a bright flaming orange object and illuminated the sky momentarily behind it.

Dist:

George P Breiner

Hdqs.MATS Attn: Dir.of Intelligence Cmdr.MATS Attn: Chief, Intelligence Division

GEORGE P. BRENNER.

Capt. USAF

Commanding