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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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# WRIGHT-PATTERSON FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE DAYTON, OHIO 7 February 1949 SUBJECT: Report of Unidentified Flying Object TO: Commanding General Air Wateriel 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. a. LOCATION AND TIME OF SIGHTING: Godman AFB, Ft Knox, Kentucky, 0250E, 7 February 1949. b. WEATHER AT THE TIME: (1) 0230S Weather: Clear 10 miles visibility, 31.63 NB, temperature 31, dew point 29, wind NNN at 7, Kolzman Setting 29.99. (2) 0330E Weather: Clear 10 miles visibility, 31.69 MB, temperature 29, dew point 26, wind NW at 4, Kolzman Setting 30.01. c. NAMES, OCCUPATIONS, AND ADDRESSES OF WITNESSES: (1) Sgt Donald E. Ledbetter, Tower Operator, Ft Knox, Kentucky. (2) PFC Richard G. Dumphy, Weather Observer, Ft Knox, Kentucky. (3) PFC Richard E. Peterman, Weather Observer, Ft Knox, Kentucky. (4) Cpl Charles L. Rogers, occupation unknown, Ft Knox, Kentucky. d. PHOTOGRAPHS OF OBJECTS, IF AVAILABLE: None available. e. SKETCHES OF OBJECT'S CONFIGURATION: None.
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