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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.
“The Wash”5 pages
MDT 000.92
Subj: Unidentified Flying Objects
(3) Clock position of object from observer's aircraft: Four o'clock, approximately thirty miles to the right and to the rear
(4) Latitude and longitude: $ 4 3^{\circ} 4 0^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{N} $ $ 7 4^{\circ} 5 5^{\prime \prime} \mathrm{W} $ c. Sea Not applicable
4. Number of objects: One
a. Formation type: Not applicable
5. Distance of object from observer: Thirty miles a. Laterally or horizontally: Horizontally b. Angle of elevation from horizon: Level plane
c. Altitude: 20,000 feet letting down slowly until it dis- appeared into the overcast at 7,000 feet
6. Time in sight: Not stated
7. Appearance of object:
a. Color: Silvery or aluminum
b. Shape: Cylindrical
c. Apparent construction: No opinion
disc Size: Undetermined due to distance and speed
8. Direction of flight; 250 degrees
9. Tactics or maneuvers: Slow descent into overcast
10. Evidence of exhaust: Yes (flame)
a. Color of smoke: Orange and white flame
b. Length and width: More than twice the length of the object Not linked to a story yet.
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 143 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.