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Chief of ~taff
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Director of Intelligence,
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1948, the' following information relative to II Flying uiscs" is hereby
subllitted. -The attached report was r e ceived this Headquarters Z1 klay
1948, £rem ;;,pecial ttgent, D. K. b~own, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Clevel and, ei-i.io.
'I'his Headquarters has no further information and is
not initiating any investigation in accor dance wit h paragraph 2, AUC
Ltr , 45-5,
.t1.ny additional information received by this headquarters
will be :immediately forHarded to your Headquarters .
Copies of report
hav.e been forwarded to t!q . nir ....at eriel Corun.and and hq . n.ir Def~nse
Command as directed in above mentioned directive .
a. Location and t:iine of si ghting - Hobson, ~hio; night of
8 Lay 48.
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l~ames , occupations, and addresses of v,itnesses - ilddresses
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C<J1DmencUng Generit• .Air Uatoriel Com;::and, ,r1{!ht
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INDEX: 000.75 Clippings
DATE:
28 Apr /4}3
TO:
CG, Air I!iateriel Command, Wright- Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio
FROM: Air Intelligence Requirements Division; Directorate of Intelligence
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REMARKS:
HEADQUARTERS
UNITED STATES
AIR
FORCE
CORRESPONDENCE REFERENCE FORM
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.\FOIR- CO/Lt. Col . Garrett/jh/4544
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26 Apr 48
Easic ltr, subj :
Peoort of Information on
11Flying Disc" dated 12 Apr 48
1st Ind
HF.M)0lJAR~S, T!!~ !-.IR Ul'HVF.RSITY, lfax•iell Air Force Base, Alabama
TO:
Chief ofStaff, USAF, Washington 25, D. C., Attn:
Dir of Intelligence l-4 Ap
Forv1ar ded in accordance with par agraph 4 of letter cited in basic
communication.
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/s/ F. :C. LANKSTON
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ASS 1T. ADJ . GEN.
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Department or tho Air Force., Hq. USJ\F, a~initon 25, D. C.
TO:
Co.m.anding Genoral, ili l!ateriel Corn..ar.d, ,right-P4tteraon Air Force
Base, Da;,,ton, Chio
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Reference: Ltr frm Hq Tyndall AFB, dated 12 Apr 48, subject as above.
1st Ind frm Hq Uaxwell Air FB, to C/S, USAF, dated 14 Apr 48.
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HEAD"UAPTERS
500th AIR uNIVERSm 1'JING
TYIIDILL AIR fQ'PCE BASE
PANfJ'11. CITY, FLORIDA
(H- 4) ~J/al/R
12 April 1948
SUBJECT: Report of Information on "Flying Disc"
THRU
Commanding Ger.eral
Air University
~•ell Air Force Base
Montgomery, Alabama
ATTN:
AC of S, A- 2
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Coavnanding General
United States Air Force
'Vashington 25, D. C.
ATTN: Director of i ntelligence
The attached information is fon,arded in compli,mce with USAF Letter,
subj:
"Reporting of Information on "flying Discs ", dtd 6 February 1948.
FOP THE CO!iltA!-'DI NG GENERAL :
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Major, USAF
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AFOIR-00/Lt. Col. Garrett/jh/4544
2 Apr 48
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DUBJECT:
Flying Dines
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Com.T.andin! Goneral
Air liateriel Command
r.rigbt-Patterson Air Force Baao
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN:
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Forwarded for your information.
7:t!O OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF•
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ROBERT TAYLOR 3rd
Ltr frm CSOID, 25 Var
Colonel, U.9AF
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Chief, Collection Branch
Air Intelligence ~e,1uir~.ent:> Divieion
Directorate or Intelligenco
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DF frm Hq USAF, Comment No. 1 to CSGIO dtd 27 Feb 48.
DF frm CSGID, Co11DD.ent No. 2, to Hq USAF, dtd 25 Mar 48.
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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION (lf onv)
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DISPOSITION FORM
SUBJECT
FILE No.
Reporting of Inf'onnation on "Fl ying Discs. 11
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2 7 FEB 194A COMMENT No. 1
Plans & Collection
Lt .Col.Garre~/dk/4544
Branch
Lt.Col• .Smith
1. It is Air Force policy not to ignore reports of sightings and phenomena in
the atmosphere, but to r ecognize t hat part of its mission is to collect, collate,
evaluate, and act on information of- this nature~
2. In Implementing this policy the Air Materiel Comnand has been designated
A the Air Force agency to collect, collate, evaluate and distribute to interested
1"vernment agencies and contractors all information concerning sightings and pheno
mena in the atmosphere vhich can be construed to be of concern to the national security
3. All Air Force installations within anc_l outs~d7 Zone of Interior and Alaska
have been instructed to report all sightings, or information concerning sightings
which comes to their attention, direct t o the Conmandirig Genercµ, Air Materiel Com
mand, ~right-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, Attn: l,'l;I.
4. Air Materiel Conmand has been authorized direct contact with all Air Force
installations whenever required to develop ·additional information on the flying discs.
5. It is requested that all Department of the Army installations also be instruct
ed to report such occurrences directly to Air Materiel Comnand and that they be in
formed that Air Y.ateriel Conmand is authorized to contact them direct when necessary
in connection with such occm:-rences.
6. If possible, reports to Air Materiel C01T11na.'1d should inclnde the following
information:
a. Location arrl time of sighting
b. ~leather at the time
c. Names, occupations, and addresses of witnesses
d.
Photographs of objects, if available
e. Object sighted:
(1) Number
(4) Color
(7) :Maneuverability
(10) Exhaust trail
(2) Shape
(5) Speed
(8) Altitude
or not
(3) Size
(6) Heading (9) Sound
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General remarl<E
FOR Tifr: CHIBF OF STAFF:
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C. P. CAB(/.l?<-1~,c.c..~<:..,.,~-
Major General, U.S.A.F.
Chief, Air Intel. Req. Div.
Directorate of Intelligence
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Attn: t>larus & Collcctim
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l . It io Air Force policy not to ignore report.a of sic;htinga and h•ncmenn in
thtl tmo::s;,h'Jrc, but to recognize thnt pb.rt of itc .Dlission ic to coll.,~t, collo.to,
evnl.U'.lte, tnd act on in.t'oimo.tion of thi::. naturo.
2.
In lcpl
ntin.3 this policy tho Mr
toricl C~ hao bson doolurotcd
,a tho iir Forco or:cncy to collect., coll.ate, ovnl.u:i.to, and dlotributo to intcrcotcd
~..rrunent. ~cncioo and cont.roctors a.11 lntonnaticn conocrninz oi3htiI1,3c c.nd pllono
i:.~ in tho nt.rw:sphcro raich can bo ccnotruod to be of concern to tho Mtionnl occurity.
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/ill Air Forco .tnntall.ntion:; ul.thi.n and outcido Zone of Interior c.nd Alaokn
11:lvo boon 1~tructc4 to raport all oigbt~a., or ini'ol"If;.tion ccncvmi.ri~ ~i•ttincs
which comes to thoir attention, direct to the Co..unndinJ Ocnor::U.,
1r U&.t riol Co:;:
C!llld, ,ri~t- Pottori;on Air Forco Baoo, Do.yton, Chlo, Attn: tel.
4.
ir toriol J~nri h o been authoru:o:1 direct cont11ct itl, oJ.l ~r Force
1.mtc.l.latior..3 ,hQnovor required to dovelop o.dditicna.l 1.nl'oroat.ion on tho tlyin~ dioco.
5. It 18 rvquootcJ thnt ell :J...part!:1....nt at th fil'rJ.f inatal.la.tic.rw nloo be 1notruct
ad to report B~h ocaurroncon directly to Air
toriol Cou:::uU1d anJ. tMt thoy bo in
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1n comcction with auch occurroncco.
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t riol Ccc:an:1 ohcul.d lrielu:1 tho foll.end.CJ&
onnntic.n:
HQ.USAF
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Location nrd ticJ ct c$.g'.htina
b.
,CAthvr a.t the ti.rao
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StT.BJECT:
Re:porting of In:f'orma.tion on
''Flying Discs"
TO:
HQ, USAF, AFOm
FRCM:
D/I, GSUSA
DATE :
25 Mar 4-RA ~
<M'1EN'I' NO. 2
Lt. Col.~th/2931/jes
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Action on Comment No. 1 has been complet ed by request f'or inf'orma.tion
at Inclosure l. •
2. I t 1s requested that Air Materiel Command be directed to transmit to
the Director of Intelligence, GSUSA, an infol'Illation co:py of each cannmmi ~at ion
r eceived from or sent t o commands subordinat e to the Department of the Army in
connection wit h so-cal.l ed
11flying disc" r e:ports .
FOR THE DIRECTOR OF DT.ELLIGENCE :
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Colonel, GSC Colml, GSC
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Chief, Intel ~euce l&.tteu11 lrou~. IO
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Co::J:taodln& General, Air·l!ateriel Cou:mand,
AFOIR-CO/Lt. Col. Garrett/jh/4544
2 Apr 48
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COPY
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH AIR FORCE
Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff, A-2
Intelligence
Hamilton Field, California
4AFDA-3/1208-I
Mar 11, 1948
SUBJECT:
Investigation of Flying Disc.
TO:
Chief of Staff
United States Air Forces
Washing§on, D. c.
ATTN:
Directorate of Intelligence
Air Intelligence Requirements Division
1. Incident reported on 9 March 1948, this headquarters, per
telephone call from S[t. A. M. Larsen, Sheriff's office, Bakersfield,
California.
a. Observation by Mr. Les Buchner, Bakersfield, California,
of t~o objects falling to earth from unknown source on 5 March 1948
between 1610 and 1655 hours. Description of objects simihr to falling
aircraft with smoke and debris trailing. Observation made at Bakersfield
with objects sighted southwest toward Buena Vista Lake, California.
. '
b. Observation by Mr. Denio, employee of the Pacific General
Electric Company, Bakersfield, California, of two objects which fell to
earth from unknown source north of Bakersfield, California, 8 March 1948.
One object seemed to be on fire with red and black smoke trailing behind.
2. Informant Larsen stated that searching parties, aircraft and
rescue units have made numerous attempts to locate these reported objects
without success.
3. Investigation of incident has been initiated by this headquarters.
Report will follow.
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/s/ DONALD L. SPRINGER
Lt. Colonel, USAF
AC of S, A-2
Information to:
ADC, Mitchel Fld, N.Y.
FBI, San Francisco
G-2, Sixth Army
DIO, San Francisco (12th Nav. Dist)
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Air 1.!atocl.'11 OCICW.Ul.1
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flof'cronco lo mode to Colonel l!cCoy•a WOflilal propooul
that cortnin fight.or circrntt be minta.ino4 en c continuouo olort
otcitWl, nithin the Zono of tho utox-lor., to aid in gnthoring in
fo~tion on Fl,yir>e Diacn.
2.
Thio propceol io C011QidONd untoru:,iblo ror the follcruing
~oocono:
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,ho autlDy of ircra:tt oru1 port::annel llO'.u..d. bo too
groat in rolntion to the roz,ulto obtc.inod.
b.
Proper intcrcopticn io not pocoiblo1 ox.capt by ncci
d.cnt, 'Uithout. coi::ipl.cto rodnr eovorr.no.
The Air Pere ic inc pnblo
of providiru ouch covor~o.
c.
It to doubtful if f l!;btor ail"Crntt would oo abl.o to
f ollcm up rcporto cmn:.tine, for tho nost port, tro::i civilian oourcoo.
BY CO'.,:jfilJO OF TH • CHIEF OF STAFFc
GEORGE C. McDONALD
Major General, us~F
Directo~ of Intelligence, Office ot
C"''et of star~·. Operations
DepUt Y u..
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HEADQUARTERS ARMY AIR FORCES
ROUTING
AND
RECORD SHEET
TALLY CJ (1 Q
NO.
FILE
NO.
SUBJECT : Flying Discs
Director of Plans and Operations
DATE 12 FEB 1948
COMMENT ..No . 1
Lt. Col Garrett1/l.,\ii/-+4,..,5..,.44-.-
Director of Intelligence
FROM:
1.
By letter fran this Headquarters, dated 30 December 1947 \dth subject
as above, the Canmanding General, Air liateriel Command is instructed to
11set up
a project whose purpose is to collect, collate, evaluate and distribute to
interested government agencies and contractors all information concerning si ght
ings and phenanena in the atmosphere which can be construed to be of concern to
the national security".
2.
The Commanding General, hir Materiel Command feels that the responsibility
assigned to him for collecting and developing i nformation and intelligence on the
11 flying discs II should be complemented by a ·requirement that all Air Force installa
tions in the United states and Alaska provide a minimum of one each f i ghter or
night interceptor type aircraft, with necessary crews, on a continuous alert basis,
These aircraft should be equipped with gun camera, and such annament as deemed
advi .sable, in order to secure photographs necessary to the obtairment of all
possible data on arry reported and sighted unusual phenanena, of the "flying disc"
type, i n the atmosphere.
3. It is envi saged that each Ai r For ce installati on maintaining aircraft on
an al ert basis for this purpose would i nvestigate all unusual fzyi ng objecte
reported fran any source in any area over which it has cognizance. Such a program
would obviously require a detailed Standar d Operating Procedure, in the preparation
of which Air Materiel COOlllla.nd should cooperate.
4. Your comments and/or concurrence are r~quested.
C. P. CABELL
Brigadie~ General, U. S.A.F.
Chief, Air Intel. Req. Div.
D1reotorat e of Int el ligenao
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Director of Intelligence
DATE
3 MAR 1948
COMMENT No. ~2----..,.,~
FROM:
Director of Plans and Operations
Major Cook:csk 7223;
1. The proposal of Air !fateriel Command for stationing fighter aircraft at all
bases on a continuous alert status is not considered feasible for the followiQ5 reasons:
a .
The outlay of aircraft and personnel would be too great consistent m.th
the results to be obtained.
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b. Proper interception is not possible, except by acci dent, without complete
._dar coverage which the Air Force is not capable of providirg.
c. It is doubtful if fighter aircraft would be able to follow up reports
emanatir:g, for the most part, from civilian sources.
2. It is recommended that Air Materiel Command's responsibility for 11collectirg"
information on unusual phenomena in the at~osphere be confined to the establishment of
direct channels for the receipt of such information.
J. It is f1.irther recommended that in lieu of the proposal of Air Materiel Command,
all other major commands be directed to cooperate with Air Materiel Command and to che.nn 1
information directly to that command .
S • E. ANDERSON
Major General, U.S. A.F.
Director of Plans &m Operations.
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Chief of Staff
United States Air Force
Washington 25, D. C.
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Director of ~ntelligence
Ccmnading General
Air Jefense Command
Mitchel Field, Mew York
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.t\SSt Chief of Staff, A- 2
Ccmrnanding General
r'ourth ,.nny
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ATTN:
Asst Chief of Staff, G-2
Inclosed is &um.mary of lnfonnation prepared by the Tenth hir Force
hesictent ,\gent at houston, Texas covering a report of ".!"lying Disks
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Attachod, £or your intor,mtion, ia cow of Colleution Caooranaum
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tho Horton Brothoro, ond the Assiot.ant Oh.ief or Statf, (.-2, of Europ,nn
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o tho ooai for intcrro~t1on.
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DATE:
13 Februa?"J 1948
to:
Commandi ng -General, Air Materiel Command, Wright- Patterson Air
Force Base, Dayton, Ohio.
FROM:
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Executive, Air Intelligence Requirements Div., Directora te of
Intelligence.
SUMMARY:
"Project SIGN"
"Flying Discs"
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380 .Project
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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE
CORRESPONDENCE REFERENCE FORM
AFG MR - 60 { REV. OCT . 1947)
000.9 Flying Discs
DATE: 12 February 1948
TO:
FROM:
SUMMARY~
FILED:
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REMARKS:
CommPnding General, Air Materiel Command, Wri ght-Patterson Air Force,
Base, Dayton, Ohio.
Sxecut i ve, Air Intelligence Requir ements Div. Directorate of
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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE
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Executive, Air Intelligence Requiracientg l)t9•
Directorate of Iutelligeooe
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O£fice of '.,he Assist,mt Chicf of Steff, A-2
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Atteched report ~or your information.
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/SJ Donald L. Springer
DONALD L. SF'RDIGER
Lt. Colonel, US.AP
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Phenomena
DATE:
6 February 1948
TO: Cor.unanding Gener al, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Ba se,
Dayton, Ohio.
FROM: Execut ive, Ai r I nt elligence Requir ement s Div., Direc t or a te of I ntel ligence .
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HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES
AIR FORCE
CORRESPONDENCE REFERENCE FORM
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Context
This is one of 171 Department of War records in the declassified archive, and one of 30 cases describing a disc/disk. It was published in Release 01 (5/8).
Evidence tiers describe the type of record (sensor capture vs. written report vs.
administrative file) · not a claim about its conclusions. UFO Papers reports only what the documents state.