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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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# DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY STAFF MESSAGE CENTER INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE SECRET PRIORITY PARAPHRASE NOT REQUIRED From: CO Airfield Goose Bay Labrador To : COMGENAMC Wright Patterson AFB Dayton Ohio Info: CSUSAF attn Dir of Intell Wash DC; COMMATS attn Chief Intell Div MATS Andrews AFB Md; CO NBC attn AC/S Intell Ft Pepperrell Nfld DTG : 211930Z 21 February 1949 Report from Crystal 1, Fort Chimo, Quebec, states that on 19 Feb 1949 at about 1840 hours, a sound appearing to be slow running aircraft engines was heard from a general southwesterly direction from the Base at a very high altitude. The sound remained within hearing distance for about 15 to 20 minutes, during which no objects or lights were observed. Check has been made to establish the fact that there were no Canadian or USAF planes from Goose Bay in the vicinity at that time. Written report will follow. ACTION: AF INFO : ID, PO CM IN 5140 (22 Feb 49) DTG 211930Z mcs/D RC 23/22 SECRET
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