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.

# OLMSTED FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER Olmsted Air Force Base MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

MDT 000.92

BAN/1c

22 September 1949

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

TO: Commanding General Air Material Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio

1. In compliance with FSR 200-4 dated 2 November 1949, and letter, Headquarters USAF, Subject: "Reporting of Information on 'Flying Discs'", dated 6 February 1948, the following information is submitted.

## ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF INFORMATION

1. Date of Sighting: 20 September 1949

2. Time of Sighting: 0906E

3. Where Sighted: Thirty North East, Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York

a. Ground Not applicable

b. A1r

(1) Type aircraft, speed, altitude, direction of flight: C-45 160 10,000 250 degrees

(2) Distance and direction from city, town or known landmark:

Thirty North East, Griffiss Air Force Base, Home, New York