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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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# CARSWELL FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER Carswell Air Force Base Fort Worth, Texas MDG:1vb FWII 319.1 14 April 1949 SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Flying Objects TO: Commanding General Air Material Command Wright-Patterson AF Base, Ohio Attention: MCIAXO-3 1. In compliance with FS Regulation 200-4, subject "Unidentified Flying Objects" dated 2 November 1948, in reference to letter, Headquarters, USAF, subject: "Reporting of Information on 'Flying Discs,'", dated 6 February 1948, the following report is submitted. 2. An unidentified flying object was seen over Fort Worth, Texas, on 15 April 1949, at approximately 21050, by 1st Lt Robert A. Francis, who called it to the attention of Captain Stanley Borowski. Both officers are assigned to the Carswell Flight Service Center, Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, Texas. 3. Subject officers had just returned from a local flight and were standing by their aircraft on the flight line. The weather at time object was sighted reported by Carswell Air Force Base was clear and visibility of eight miles. No photographs are available. Object was round and in the shape of a ball, very silver in color. It was traveling at a tremendous rate of speed, estimated to be over 1000 miles per hour, altitude was very hard to judge and cannot be estimated correctly; however, object seemed to be clearly visible. Lieutenant Francis saw the object appear on the horizon in the north northwest direction, it seemed to fly horizontally in the direction of south southeast. It did not appear to burn out, but suddenly disappeared. No sound was heard. The exhaust trail seemed to be approximately three times the size of the object and also was silver in color. The exhaust consisted of silver streaks and star shaped figures. The object definitely did not appear to be a jet or meteor. Its speed was far in excess of any jet speed witnessed by officers. The entire sighting took place in a matter of a few seconds. A check of the Carswell Flight Service flight following racks showed no jet aircraft flying in this area at time object was sighted. ## FOR THE COMMANDING OFFICER: CC: Hq FS, Attn A-2 CC: C, MATS, Attn: Chief Section M. D. GENTRY C/S USAF, W25,D.C.,Attn: Director of Intelligence Captain, USAF
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