Flying discs became real paperwork
Department of War, 1947.
The famous phrase matters because it came from Air Materiel Command, not a private believer. The correspondence also shows officials asking for systematic collection, which is less dramatic but more important. This is the moment flying discs start turning into a government workflow.
From the file
It is the opinion that the phenomenon reported is something real and not visionary or fictitious.
The reported operating characteristics, such as extreme rates of climb, maneuverability, and evasive action when sighted or contacted by friendly aircraft and radar, led the authors to consider whether some objects were controlled manually, automatically, or remotely.
open the original, on war.gov ↗ Connections
- Project Sign tried to sort the discs strong linkThe correspondence belongs to the first Air Force effort to collect and evaluate flying-disc reports.
- Project Sign tried to sort the discs strong linkThe Air Materiel Command opinion fed the first official Air Force flying-disc collection effort.