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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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# RESTRICTED WRIGHT-PATTERSON FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE DAYTON, OHIO CGG/UHL/deg 20 July 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 22028, 19 July 1949 the Wright-Patterson Flight Service Center received the following information from Cincinnati Air Route Traffic Control Center: At 21:08, Mr Neinkirchen of 2419 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus Ohio, phone Jefferson 2956, telephoned Columbus Ohio Municipal Airport Control Tower to report the following information with respect to unidentified flying object. "a. LOCATION: Over Columbus, Ohio at 2135E. b. WEATHER: Clear sky - visibility 25 miles. c. NAME: Mr Neinkirchen, 2419 Cleveland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio, phone Jefferson 2956, photographer by trade - has worked with jet aircraft and engines. d. PHOTOORA-PBS: None. e. SKETCHES: None f. OBJECT SIGHTED: (1.) NUMBER: One. (2) SHAPE: Flying wing type, swept back wings, tail but no noticeable nose - similar to present day jet aircraft. (3) SIZE: Seemed too small for one man aircraft.
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