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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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## CM452 BJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects Commanding General Air Material Command Wright-Patterson AF Base, Ohio ATTENTION: MCIAX0-3 1. The following report of sighting of unidentified flying objects is submitted: a. Location and time of sighting: In the vicinity of Portland, Oregon, Troutdale, Oregon, and Mount Hood, Oregon, from 2100P to 2130P, 30 July 1949. b. Weather at the time: Sky clear, visibility un- limited. c. Names, occupations, and addresses of witnesses: (1) Captain Thrush, pilot Northwest Airlines address Northwest Airlines Dispatch Office Portland, Oregon. (2) Robert Henery, CAA Tower Operator, Portland Airport, Box 1807, Portland, Oregon. (3) H. W. Penhallegan, Civilian Instructor Pilot, Western Skyways, Troutdale, Oregon, 4422 SE Brookland, Portland 6, Oregon. (4) B. J. Brasford, GAA Tower Operator, Portland Airport, Box 1807, Portland, Oregon Mr. Brasford has the names and addresses of four other witnesses of this sighting. d. Photographs of objects, if available: Photographs of objects are not available.
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