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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 CCNFIDENTIAL PRIORITY PARAPHRAS: NOT REQUIRED From: COMGENAMC Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio cite COWPPFSC To: CO Flight Service Wash DC Nr: AT-542 7 February 1949 . Unidentified flying object report. USAF Location and time of sighting:Godman AFB Ft Knox Ky 7 Feb 1949 0250 eastern. Weather at the time: 0230 eastern weather clear 10 miles visibility 1016.3 MB, temp 31, dew point 29, wind west north west at 7, Kolzman setting 29.99. 0330 eastern weather: clear 10 miles visibility 1016.9 MB, temp 29, dew point 26, wing north west at 4, Kolzman setting 30.01. Names occupations and addresses of witnesses: Sgt Donald E Ledbetter Tower Operator Fort Knox Ky, PFC Richard G Dumphy Weather Observer Fort Knox Ky, PFC Richard E Peterman Weather Observer Fort Knox Ky, Cpl Charles L Rogers occupation unknown Fort Knox Ky. Photographs of objects if available: none available. Sketches of objects configuration: none. Object sighted: number: 1. Shape: no report, size: no report, color: bright green yellow red, speed: unknown, heading: south west from Godman Field, maneuverability: object appeared to be rotating, attitude, horizontal angle 242.5 degrees, vertical angle 03.6 degrees. Sound: no report, exhaust trail or not: none. General remarks: at 0250 eastern bright object sighted south west of Fort Knox Ky by weather observers. Traced on Theodolite. Object appeared to be rotating with green, yellow and red colors. The object were dimmer as time passed. At 0310 eastern object disappeared in south west completely after a series of bright flashes. ACTION: AF End SPR INFO : ID, PO CM IN 1714 (8 Feb 49) CONFIDENTIAL ACTION COPY
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