342 HS1-416511228 319.1 Flying Discs 1949

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.

D/AC/dwm

19 January 1949

SUBJECT: Project "SIGN"

TO: Commanding General Military Air Transport Service Andrews Air Force Base Washington 25, D. C. ATEN: Chief, Intelligence Division

In compliance with instructions from Pacific Division, MATS, there is transmitted herewith a report of an unidentified aerial object. The Essential Elements of Information Form together with three attachments thereto are enclosed. Copies of the report have been forwarded to:

Headquarters, USAF, Attention: Director of Intelligence Headquarters, Air Materiel Command, Attention: MCIAXO-3 Headquarters, Pacific Division, MATS, Attention: Chief, Intelligence Division.

1 Incl

EEI Form

ARTHUR CONRADI JR.

Major, USAF

Chief of Intelligence