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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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# HAMILTON FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER HAMILTON AIR FORCE BASE HAMILTON FIELD, CALIFORNIA # 2 MAY 1949 SRF 319.1 SUBJECT: Report on Unidentified Flying Objects TO: Commanding General Air Material Command Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton, Ohio ATTENTION: MCIAXO-3 1. Reference Flight Service Regulation 200-4, which directs a complete report will be rendered. 2. A copy of inclosed teletype report from this center contains all information available to the Hamilton Flight Service Center on unidentified flying objects. This report was received from Mr. Marvin L. Small, a radio operator from the CAA Radio Station at Elko, Nevada, on 2 May 1949. FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER: 1 Incl Cpy TUX to CG, ANC fr HFSC, dtd 2 May 49 Military Anniversary 1st Lt. USEF Adjutant Copy furnished: Chief of Staff, USAF ATTN: Dir of Intelligence Comdr, MATS, Wash 20, DC ATTN: Chief, Intell Div CO, Flt Sv, Wash 25, DC ATTN: A-2
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