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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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# WRIGHT-PATTERSON FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE DAYTON, OHIO CEG/DJS/deg 452 4 August 1949 SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Flying Object TO: Commanding General Air Material Command Wright-Patterson AF Base, Ohio ATTN: MCIAXO-3 The following report of an unidentified flying object is submitted in compliance with Flight Service Regulation 200-4. At.1955E,1 August 1949, the Wright-Patterson Flight Service Center received the following information from Lockbourne Tower, Columbus, Ohio: At 1955E, Columbus Tower, Columbus, Ohio, reported to Lockbourne AFB, Columbus, Ohio, the following information: "a. LOCATION: Over Columbus, Ohio for two (2) hours - 1900E to 2100E. b. WEATHER: 1930E Columbus Weather: 5,000 scattered clouds 12 miles visibility. c. NAME: Mr. Robert J. Andees, CAA Controller, % Columbus Tower, phone Douglas 1522. Mr. Robert L. Markwith, CAA Controller, 177 N. James Road, phone Douglas 5692. Mr. E. J. Lutz, CAA Controller, 457 Marion Road, phone Garfield 6726. d. PHOTOGRAPHS: None. e. SKETCHES: None. f. OBJECT SIGHTED: (1) NUMBER: One. (2) SHAPE: No shape.
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